1999 DODGE DURANGO Complaints

VEHICLE DIES SPORADICALLY, HAS THE "NO BUS" INDICATION ON THE ODOMETER. IT IS A COMMON ANOMALY CAUSING $800 TO $1500 IN REPAIRS ON MY 1999 DODGE DURANGO. *TR

I BOUGHT MY DURANGO LAST YEAR AND IT HAS LEFT ME AND MY KIDS STRANDED ON ROAD MANY TIMES IN VERY DANGEROUS SITUATIONS BECAUSE OF NO SHOULDER TO PULL OUT OF WAY OF OTHER DRIVERS, IT SHUTS DOWN WITHOUT WARNING, LOSES ALL POWER, RESTARTS IN 1-30 MINUTES BUT WILL SHUT DOWN AGAIN WITHIN A FEW MILES ESPECIALLY ON HOT DAYS. FIRST REPLACED FUEL PUMP THEN RELAY SWITCHES AND PROBLEM STILL CONTINUES, NOTHING EVER SHOWS ON THE DIAGNOSTICS. THREE MECHANICS HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO FIGURE IT OUT BUT I STILL HAD TO PAY FOR THEIR TIME SO HERE I AM WITH ONLY ONE VEHICLE THAT I STILL OWE MONEY FOR AND CAN'T DEPEND ON IT TO GET ME ANYWHERE. I DRIVE EVERYDAY IN FEAR THAT MY CAR IS GOING TO STALL AND GET ME OR MY KIDS KILLED. *TR

1999 DODGE DURANGO 4 WHEEL DRIVE ENGINE WILL STALL AND WILL NOT START FOR 10 TO 20 MINUTES. GAUGES ARE INOPERATIVE. NO BUS MESSAGE DISPLAYED ON ODOMETER. STALLS IN TRAFFIC. FREEWAYS ALMOST GOT REAR ENDED A BUNCH OF TIMES ...PLEASE HELP BEFORE WE GET KILLED. *TR

VEHICLE SHUTS OFF WITHOUT WARNING, NO EVENTS LEADING UP TO FAILURE. OCCURRENCE NOT CLEAR AT THIS TIME BUT IT'S FREQUENT. FUEL PUMP REPLACED AND CHECKED FOR LOOSE WIRES. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE DURANGO. THE CONTACT HAS EXPERIENCED MULTIPLE FAILURES WITH THE VEHICLE SHUTTING OFF WITHOUT WARNING. WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THE VEHICLE SHUTS OFF AND THE POWER STEERING AND BRAKES FAIL. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION, THE CONTACT DETERMINED THAT THE WIRING HARNESS CONNECTION TO THE COMPUTER WAS FAILING. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN INSPECTED BY A DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THEY WERE AWARE OF THE ISSUE, BUT THERE WAS NO RECALL. THE CONTACT WOULD NOT BE PROVIDED ANY COMPENSATION. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 120,000.

THE DURANGO WHICH IS A 1999 MODEL RECENTLY BROKE 100,000 MILES, AFTER IT HIT THAT 100.00 MILE MARK I NOTICED THAT THE STEERING HAD AT LEAST 1/2 IN. OF PLAY. I TOOK THE DURANGO IN TO A TIRE PLACE TO HAVE MY TIRES REPLACED AND THEY TOLD MY THAT THE TIE RODS WERE BAD. THAT WAS AROUND CHRISTMAS. NOT TOO LONG AGO I REPLACED THE TRANSFER CASE ON THE TRUCK COSTING ME ALMOST $400.00!! THE MECHANIC ADVISED ME THAT I WAS ABOUT A WEEKS WORTH OF DRIVING AWAY FROM BEING PUT IN A DITCH BECAUSE MY TIE RODS WERE IN SUCH BAD CONDITION. I HAVE TO GO TO WORK SO THIS PROBLEM IS NOT ACCEPTABLE. I CAME ACROSS A BLOG TALKING ABOUT A RECALL FOR THE 2000-2003 MODEL DURANGOS THAT HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. I WANT SOMETHING DONE ABOUT MY DURANGO THAT I DON'T HAVE TO PAY FOR BECAUSE I CANNOT AFFORD TO FIX A PROBLEM ON MY ONLY VEHICLE THAT IS NOT MY PROBLEM. THE VEHICLES WERE MANUFACTURED UNSAFE. *TR

I WAS ON THE HIGHWAY AND MY VEHICLE SHUT DOWN. WHEN THIS HAPPENED I WAS DOING 65 M.P.H. AND LOST CONTROL OF THE STEERING AND BRAKING WHICH ALMOST RESULTED IN A CRASH WITH MY TODDLER IN THE VEHICLE. I FINALLY GOT SOME HELP FROM A PASSER BY TO GET IT OFF OF THE ROAD AND LET THE PCM COOL DOWN AND IT STARTED AGAIN. THIS HAPPENS WHENEVER IT IS ABOVE 70 DEGREES OUT SIDE. I HAVE CONTACTED DODGE AND THEY WILL NOT WARRANTY THIS PROBLEM NOR RECALL IT. WE NEED HELP. I HAVE FOUND OVER ONE HUNDRED CASES OF THIS HAPPENING AND DODGE WILL DO NOTHING ABOUT IT. PLEASE HELP BEFORE SOME ONE GETS KILLED IF THEY HAVEN'T ALREADY THIS IS SERIOUS. A NEW P.C.M. COST BETWEEN 800.00 AND 1200.00 DOLLARS AND THE SAME THING KEEPS HAPPENING. THE OTHER THING ON THE 1998 AND 1999 DURANGO IS THE OIL PUMP SCREENS ARE TO SMALL AND KEEPS CA]USING ENGINE FAILURE IN THE SAME MANNER AS THE PROBLEM ABOVE. PLEASE INVESTIGATE YOU ARE THE ONLY ONES THAT CAN SAVE A LIFE. THANK YOU. *TR

I HAVE 99 DODGE DURANGO I HAVE HAD IT SINCE 2004 THEN I HAVE HAD TO PUT OVER 3,000 INTO THE FRONT END. I HAVE HAD THE BALL JOINTS (UPPER AND LOWER) REPLACED. MY BALL JOINTS BROKE THE FIRST TIME AND MY CAR ALMOST CRASHED INTO A TREE. I WAS JUST DOING 60 DOWN A HIGHWAY. I TURNED AND GOT ABOUT 200 FEET INTO A DRIVEWAY AND MY TIRE JUST FELL OFF AND MY WHOLE CAR HIT THE GROUND. I KNOW THAT THIS HAS BEEN CHECKED. EVERYONE I KNOW WHO HAS 99-2002 DURANGO HAS THIS PROBLEM. IF I WOULD HAVE BEEN GOING 60 AND THIS HAPPENED THEN... I WOULD NOT BE HERE TYPING THIS. IT SHOULD BE A RECALL, IT MAKES THIS VEHICLE UNSAFE. I JUST HAD MY BALL JOINT REPLACED AGAIN, NOT TO MENTION I HAD TO BUY BRAND NEW TIRES BECAUSE THE BAD BALL JOINT RUBBED MY BRAND NEW TIRES DOWN. THIS IS A MANUFACTURES MESS UP. THERE IS NO WAY THIS MANY PEOPLE HAVE HAD A PROBLEM WITH THIS AND NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE ABOUT IT. *TR

1999 DURANGO STALLS RANDOMLY WITHOUT WARNING. RECENTLY WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY WITH MY WIFE AND TWO KIDS IT STALLED AT 60 MPH ON ROUTE 15 IN CONNECTICUT. IT WAS EVERYTHING I COULD DO TO KEEP THE TRUCK ON THE ROAD AND GET IT RESTARTED. THE RESULTS COULD HAVE BEEN CATASTROPHIC. I WILL NO LONGER LET MY FAMILY RIDE WITH ME IN THE VEHICLE. I HAVE DONE SOME SEARCHES ON-LINE AND AM SHOCKED TO SEE HUNDREDS OF POST ABOUT THE SAME PROBLEM AND NO RESOLUTION OR ACKNOWLEDGMENT FROM DODGE. I FEEL THERE NEEDS TO BE A RECALL AND CORRECTIVE ACTION. OF COURSE IF DODGE DOESN'T KNOW HOW TO FIX THE PROBLEM IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO DO A RECALL. THEY SHOULD THEREFORE BUY THE VEHICLES BACK FROM THE CURRENT OWNERS. *TR

HERE IS A COPY OF MY COMPLAINT THAT I EMAILED DIRECTLY TO DODGE: I HAVE DONE ALOT OF RESEARCH AND HAVE FOUND THAT THE DEALERS DO NOT KNOW HOW TO FIX THIS PROBLEM AND THERE ARE NUMEROUS WEB SITES WITH FELLOW 1999 DODGE DURANGO OWNERS WHO ARE EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM AND WE ARE LOOKING FOR YOUR RECALL TO PERMANENTLY CORRECT THE MATTER. YOUR DEALERS HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM AT ANY PRICE. WHEN THE OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE OF WHERE EVER YOU LIVE GETS WARM, THE VEHICLE WILL STOP WITH NO WARNING AND YOU LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. THE DASH SAYS "NO BUS" WHERE THE MILEAGE USUALLY IS. IT IS UNPREDICTABLE AND DANGEROUS TO DRIVE THIS VEHICLE ALTHOUGH I LOVE EVERYTHING ELSE ABOUT IT. I AM SAD TO SEE THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL YEARS OF CONSUMERS ASKING DODGE FOR HELP WITH THIS PROBLEM AND YET THERE IS NO ANSWER FROM YOU. PLEASE EXPLAIN TO ME WHAT YOU CAN DO ABOUT THIS. I DO NOT WANT TO BE A STATISTIC ABOUT DRIVING A 1999 DODGE DURANGO AND DYING FROM IT. PLEASE DO SOMETHING. I CAN'T DRIVE THE VEHICLE IN THE SPRING OR SUMMER BUT DON'T FEEL RIGHT ABOUT TRYING TO SELL IT AND PASS IT ON TO SOMEONE ELSE WHO DOESN'T KNOW ANY BETTER. I AM SURE THAT YOU ARE VERY AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM AND CAN FIND SEVERAL WEB SITES WITH CONSUMERS ASKING FOR HELP AND REPORTING SIMILAR PROBLEMS JUST BY GOOGLING 1999 DODGE DURANGO BUT HERE ARE A FEW LINKS FOR YOU TO VISIT TOO. HTTP://WWW-ODI.NHTSA.DOT.GOV/COMPLAINTS/RESULTS.CFM HTTP://WWW.CARCOMPLAINTS.COM/DODGE/DURANGO/1999/ELECTRICAL/VEHICLE_SHUTS_DOWN_WITHOUT_WARNING.SHTML PLEASE DO THE RIGHT THING AND OFFER YOUR CONSUMERS THE HELP THAT THEY NEED. THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATE PROBLEM AND YOU ARE SURELY AWARE OF IT. I WILL AWAIT YOUR ANSWER ABOUT A RECALL THAT WILL CORRECT THIS. *TR THANK YOU, LEAH