1999 DODGE DURANGO Complaints

1999 DODGE DURANGO FAULTY ELECTRICAL/COMPUTER OPERATIONS. VEHICLE INTERMITTENTLY STALLS WHILE DRIVING. VEHICLE HAS STALLED WHEN STARTING FROM A STOP (0-5MPH), AT CRUISING SPEEDS (55MPH) OR RANDOMLY WHILE DRIVING IN THE CITY (25-3MPH). REPLACED PCM AND ISSUE SUBSIDED FOR 2 YEARS ONLY TO BEGIN AGAIN. DEALERSHIP STATED THE RECURRENCE WAS DUE TO FAULTY ABS CONTROL UNIT, REPLACED IN AUG '09, ONLY TO HAVE SAME ISSUE OCCUR AGAIN 2 DAYS AFTER RETRIEVING THE VEHICLE. PREVIOUSLY CAR WOULD RESTART AFTER ENGINE HAD TIME TO COOL DOWN. SINCE PCM WAS REPLACED, ISSUE HAS BECOME TWOFOLD - INTERMITTENT STALLING AND INTERMITTENT NOT STARTING. DROVE THE CAR TO SCHOOL, RETURNED HOME, CAR SAT FOR 1 HR, GO TO LEAVE, CAR WONT START. ENGINE CRANKS, PLENTY OF BATTERY (ALL ELECTRICAL WORKS) BUT ENGINE WONT TURN OVER. SINCE APRIL, THIS EXACT SAME SCENARIO HAS OCCURRED HALF DOZEN TIMES - AFTER DRIVING THE CAR FOR SOME PERIOD OF TIME AND THEN LETTING IT SIT, ONLY TO LEAVE AND IT WILL NOT START - WAIT FOR 30MIN-90MIN, AND CAR STARTS. THE LAST TWO TIMES THIS OCCURRED, WAITED FOR MORE THAN 2 HOURS AND CAR WOULDN'T START SO HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALERSHIP. THIS APPEARS TO BE A COMMON COMPLAINT WITH THIS MAKE/MODEL AND YET MANUFACTURER CONTINUES TO TURN A BLIND EYE TO CONSUMERS AS WELL AS TURNING THEIR BACKS ON THE DEALERSHIPS. I HAVE BEEN THE SOLE OWNER OF THIS VEHICLE AND PURCHASED IT NEW TO MY SPECIFICATIONS (INTERNET ORDER) AND HAVE FOLLOWED THE SCHEDULED SERVICE/MAINTENANCE TO THE LETTER. 11 YEAR OLD VEHICLE IN NOV, WITH 151,000 MILES - THEY DON'T MAKE THEM LIKE THE USED TO. *TR

MY 1999 DODGE DURANGO JUST STOPS RUNNING BUT USUALLY STARTS BACK UP AGAIN. MY WIFE USUALLY DRIVES THIS CAR WITH OUR 3 CHILDREN AND PRESENTS A VERY DANGEROUS PROBLEM IF IT STOPS RUNNING AT THE WRONG TIME. THERE ARE MANY COMPLAINTS ON THE INTERNET ABOUT THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL. I FEEL THAT DODGE NEEDS TO INVESTIGATE THIS PROBLEM AND FIND A SOLUTION FOR ITS CUSTOMERS. *TR

1999 DODGE DURANGO SHUTS OFF WITHOUT WARNING. MECHANICS FAIL TO DIAGNOSE PROBLEM THAT WOULD INCLUDE DEALERS AND PRIVATE SHOPS. DODGE REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE PROBLEM AS A MANUFACTURE DEFECT. *TR

1999 DODGE DURANGO HAS CONTINUOUSLY STALLED IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. ENGINE, ELECTRICAL SHUT DOWN WITH NO NOTICE. NO CODES APPEAR. WE HAVE REPLACED CAMSHAFT AND CRANKSHAFT SENSORS, REPLACED AND REWIRED STARTER BUT PROBLEM CONTINUES. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS OCCURRENCE AND WE HAVE MISSED NEAR (POSSIBLY FATAL) ACCIDENTS. SOMEONE NEEDS TO STEP IN AND ASSIST OWNERS BEFORE A FATALITY OCCURS. THANK GOODNESS THE SEMI TRUCK DRIVER WHO WAS TRAVELING AT 45+ MPH SAW OUR STALLED VEHICLE AND WAS ABLE TO MOVE. IMAGINE THE SCENE IF IT HAD STALLED ON A RAILROAD CROSSING! *TR

1999 DODGE DURANGO CONSTANTLY STALLING OUT. MY WIFE WAS STUCK SIDEWAYS IN THE MIDDLE OF A BUSY INTERSECTION TODAY AFTER PULLING OUT AND THE VEHICLE DIED DURING ACCELERATION. HAS HAPPENED A NUMBER OF TIMES AND APPARENTLY IS HAPPENING TO A LOT OF THE SAME YEAR DURANGOS. SIMPLY GO TO CARCOMPLAINTS.COM AND REVIEW THE NUMBER OF SIMILAR INCIDENTS. THERE IS LITTLE TO NO WARNING. WE HAVE SEEN A DIFFERENCE IN THE FREQUENCY OF THE OCCURRENCE WHEN IT IS RAINING OR HAS RAINED. IT DOES IT MORE FREQUENTLY WHEN IT HAS. IT IS VERY SPORADIC, SO WE NEVER KNOW WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DRIVE OR NOT. IF THERE ARE ANY WARNING SIGNS, WE WOULD KNOW TO USE EXTRA CAUTION PRIOR TO DRIVING IT THAT DAY OR TAKE OTHER FORMS OF TRANSPORTATION. I CERTAINLY HOPE NO ONE GETS KILLED WHILE THIS IS HAPPENING AND I HOPE IT IS NOT ONE OF MY FAMILY. PLEASE INVESTIGATE THIS SITUATION! *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE DURANGO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD STOPPING ISSUES. WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE STOPPED WITHOUT WARNING. THERE WAS A LOSS OF ALL ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS, POWER STEERING, AND ABS. SHE HAD TO POUR COLD WATER ON THE COMPUTER IN ORDER FOR THE VEHICLE TO RESTART AND WAS ALMOST STRUCK BY A SEMI-TRUCK IN THE PROCESS. THE CONTACT WAS CONCERNED FOR HER SAFETY AND HER LIFE. THE MANUFACTURER WOULD NOT ASSUME ANY LIABILITY FOR THE FAILURES. A DODGE SPECIALIST STATED THAT THIS WAS A FREQUENT ISSUE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE LESS THAN 170,000.

DRIVERS SEAT WHICH IS ELECTRICAL IS LOOSE FROM THE TRACK. IT MOVES ON THE TRACK WHEN YOU BRAKE OR MOVE SUDDENLY. THE ONLY WAY IT DOES NOT MOVE IS WHEN IT IS ALL THE WAY FORWARD OR BACK. IT APPARENTLY IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM. I WAS TRYING TO FIND SOLUTIONS WHEN I CAME ACROSS THIS WEBSITE HTTP://WWW.CARSURVEY.ORG/REVIEWS/DODGE/DURANGO/R33777/COMMENTS/ . I BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE USED AND IT HAS HAD THE SAME PROBLEM SINCE I HAVE OWNED IT. I DID NOT REALIZE AT THE TIME THAT IT WAS NOT SUPPOSED TO DO IT. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE DURANGO. WHILE DRIVING LESS THAN 5 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL BECAME VERY SOFT AND EXTENDED TO THE FLOORBOARD. THE CONTACT NOTICED BRAKE FLUID LEAKING FROM THE DRIVER'S SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. UPON FURTHER RESEARCH, HE DISCOVERED NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 99V342000; HOWEVER, HIS VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE MANUFACTURER REFUSED TO ASSIST WITH ANY REPAIRS SINCE HIS VEHICLE WAS EXCLUDED FROM THE RECALL. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE LESS THAN 45,000.

ELECTRICAL PROBLEM CAUSING STALLING IN TRAFFIC. ENGINES SHUTS OFF BECAUSE OF SHORT SOMEWHERE OR COMPUTER FAILURE. REPLACED IGNITION COIL AND HAVE CHECKED WIRING AND BATTERY CONNECTIONS BUT SOMETHING IN THE PCM OR SENSORS KEEPS FAILING ON AND OFF. *TR

I OWN A 1999 DOGE DURANGO IT HAS 145000 MILES ON FOR THE PAST 2 MONTHS IT JUST SHUTS OFF NO POWER TO GAUGES AND ENGINE DIES JUST LIKE I TURNED THE ENGINE OFF DOESENT MATTER WHERE YOU ARE JSUT HAVE TO WAIT ABOUT 30 MIN AND WILL START BACK UP THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS TO MY FAMILY AFTER SERCHING THE WEB FOR THIS PROBLEM I NOTICED SEVERAL OTHER PEOPLE HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM THIS HAPPENS DAILY SEVERAL MECHANICS HAVE LOOKED FOR THE PROBLE BUT IT HAS NOT BEEN FOUND DODGE NEEDS TO STEP UP TO THE PLATE AND REPAIR THERE DEFECTIVE VEHICLES. *TR