1999 DODGE DURANGO Complaints

AFTER REPLACING HUB ASSEMBLY AT LES SCHWAB BRAKES DIDN'T WORK RIGHT WHEN STEPPING DOWN ON BRAKE IT WOULD MAKE A SOUND AS IF THEY WERE NOT CATCHING PULLING CAR FORWARD BRAKING ONLY DEPRESSED HALF WAY AFTER A FEW SECONDS BRAKE WOULD LET GO ALL THE DOWN AND THEN WOULD RETURN TO NORMAL I RETORTED TO LES SCHWAB THEY CHECKED BRAKES AND FOUND NOTHING WRONG THE SAID MAY BE SOMETHING WAS HAPPENING TO SUSPENSION BUT IT SHOULD BE OK TO DRIVE IT WOULD CONTINUE OFF AND ON FOR A FEW WEEKS TWO DAYS AFTER THANKSGIVING RETURNING FROM SHOPPING SUN WAS JUST GOING DOWN WHEN BRAKING FOR A CAR I FRONT MY BRAKES GAVE OUT CAUSING ME TO HIT THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME DEPLOYING AIR BAGS TO BOTH SIDES AS WE WERE PUSHING CAR OUT OF ROAD THERE WAS O SKID MARKS AT ALL. *TR

I OWN A 1999 DODGE DURANGO, AND LIKE MANY, ALMOST SCARY AMOUNTS OF OTHER DODGE CUSTOMERS, AM HAVING NUMEROUS ISSUES WITH THIS VEHICLE WHICH PROVIDE EXTREME SAFETY HAZARDS TO THE DRIVERS AND OCCUPANTS. ONE OF WHICH IS AN UPPER BALL JOINT ISSUE, WHICH WAS RECALLED ON THE 2000 MODEL YEAR, BUT NOT OTHER YEARS WITH THE SAME DESIGN FLAW. ANOTHER OF WHICH IS THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION NOT SHIFTING PROPERLY, OR AT ALL RENDERING THE VEHICLE 'IN NEUTRAL' AT TIMES WHILE IN TRAFFIC. ALSO, A PROBLEM, WHICH IS STARTING TO OCCUR INVOLVES THE VEHICLE TO SHUT DOWN OUT OF NOWHERE IN TRAFFIC, LEAVING THE DRIVER TO TRY TO NAVIGATE THIS BEAST TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WITHOUT POWER BRAKESW/STEERING ETC. IF YOU SEARCH THE INTERNET, YOU WILL FIND LITERALLY THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WITH THESE PROBLEMS, SEVERELY ENDANGERING EVERY MAN, WOMAN AND CHILD WHO OCCUPY THESE TRUCKS. DODGE DEALERS CONSTANTLY GIVE OWNERS A RUNAROUND AND DENY THEY HAVE HEARD ANY OTHER CLAIMS OF THESE PROBLEMS. THESE TRUCKS ARE UNSAFE! CHRYSLER NEEDS TO KNOW THAT, AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT! *TR

BRAKES FAILED COMPLETELY, PETAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. I INSPECTED FOR CAUSE & DISCOVERED THAT METAL HYDRAULIC BRAKE LINES HAD MASSIVE LEAKS JUST BELOW POWER STEERING PUMP & JUST FORWARD OF REAR DRIVERS SIDE WHEEL. FAILURE APPEARS TO BE DUE TO CORROSION. PROBLEM OCCURRED WHILE PARKING CAR, NO INJURIES OR DAMAGE INVOLVED. I AM DISCARDING VEHICLE BUT FEEL OBLIGED TO REPORT THIS INCIDENT SINCE I CANNOT IMAGINE A MORE SERIOUS SAFETY FAILURE AND HOPE APPROPRIATE ACTION WILL BE TAKEN TO SAVE LIVES AND PREVENT INJURIES & DAMAGE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE DURANGO. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED AT A BOAT DOCK, IT SHIFTED OUT OF PARK AND INTO REVERSE. THE VEHICLE LANDED IN THE WATER. THE VEHICLE WAS DECLARED TO BE DESTROYED BY THE CONTACT'S INSURANCE COMPANY. THERE WERE NO INJURIES, BUT A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBERS 01V077000 AND 07V555000 FOR THE 2001 DODGE DURANGO FOR THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION COLUMN SHIFT COMPONENT. THE DEALER DID NOT ASSIST AND THE MANUFACTURER HAS NOT BEEN NOTIFIED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE COULD PROVIDE THE POLICE REPORT AND ORIGINAL PRODUCTION STICKER, IF NECESSARY. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 136,000. UPDATED 11/25/08. *LJ UPDATED 1125/08. *JB

VEHICLE SHUTS DOWN WITHOUT WARNING. IN MARCH 2007 THE DURANGO STARTED TO LOOSE ALL POWER AND JUST SHUT DOWN. WE HAD IT TOWED TO A SHOP, AND HAD NEW PCM INSTALLED. A FEW MONTHS AGO, PROBLEM STARTED TO RE-OCCUR AGAIN. HAD IT TOWED A FEW MORE TIMES, BACK IN THE SHOP TO HAVE NEW STARTER. DIES 2 DAYS LATER, PUT IN NEW BATTERY AND CABLES. DURANGO SHUT DOWN IN MIDDLE OF BUSY INTERSECTION, AND HAS NOW BEEN TOWED TO AN AUTO SHOP. MECHANIC SUGGESTS A NEW ALTERNATOR, BUT WEBSITES SHOW OTHER HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEMS: HTTP://WWW.CARCOMPLAINTS.COM/DODGE/DURANGO/1999/ELECTRICAL/VEHICLE_SHUTS_DOWN_WITHOUT_WARNING.SHTML *TR

MY 1999 DURANGO SLIDES IN THE RAIL UNLESS THE SEAT IS POSITIONED AT THE EXTREME FORWARD OR REARWARD POSITIONS. I CAN'T TELL IF IT IS A CRACKED RAIL. . IT IS MOST NOTICEABLE WHEN BRAKING AND THE SEAT MOVES FORWARD. HAD TAKEN IT TO THE DEALER BACK IN 2003 BUT SAID IT WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. IT HAS SEEM TO BE WORSE OVER TIME. DANGEROUS TO THE POINT I AM RELUCTANT TO LET OTHERS DRIVE IT UNTIL IT CAN BE REPAIRED. *TR

THIS TRUCK SHOULD BE RECALLED!! DEATHS WILL OCCUR WITH THIS AND PROBABLY ALREADY HAVE. WILL START RESEARCHING THAT WITH INSURANCE COMPANIES! THE DURANGO SHUTS DOWN WITHOUT WARNING. YOU HAVE NO CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE WHEN THIS HAPPENS. THE OIL PRESSURE DROPS TO 0 AND THE TRUCK THEN ATTEMPTS TO STALL OR DOES STALL. IF THE TRUCK COOLS OR YOU BET COOL AIR ON THE PCM, THEN THE OIL GAUGE JUMPS BACK UP TO 40 AND THE TRUCK RUNS FINE. HAVE HAD THE OIL CHECKED AND THERE OIL IS RUNNING THOUGH THE ENGINE AS IT SHOULD BE ALTHOUGH THE GAUGE SAYS 0 AND THE CHECK GAUGES LIGHT AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON. THIS TRUCK A SAFETY HAZARD AND A LIABILITY TO WHOMEVER IS DRIVING. WE STILL OWE $3500 ON IT AND IT NOW MAKES A NICE YARD ORNAMENT. - THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE FOR ALL OF US DRIVERS. WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO BITE THE BULLET ON THIS ONE. DRIVING IS DANGEROUS ENOUGH WITHOUT DRIVING A DURANGO THAT SHUTS DOWN CONTINUALLY AND WITHOUT NOTICE. YOU LOSE YOUR POWER STEERING, POWER BRAKES AND IT'S HARD TO NAVIGATE OR EVEN GET A TRUCK THIS LARGE TO STOP. WE HAVE THE 4X4 WITH THE 5.9L ENGINE. IT'S A TANK THAT I USED TO LOVE UNTIL IT BECAME TOO DANGEROUS TO DRIVE. DODGE DOES NOT WANT TO TAKE ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS AND EVERY DODGE DEALERSHIP YOU CALL ACTS LIKE IT'S THE 1ST TIME THEY HAVE HEARD OF IT. WITH THE THOUSANDS OF POSTS THAT ARE ON THE INTERNET, I FIND THAT HARD TO BELIEVE. DODGE NEEDS TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS. BUY BACK OUR TRUCKS OR AT LEAST GIVE US A LARGE ENOUGH REBATE ON A NEW VEHICLE. BUT THEY DO NEED TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY. PLEASE CONTACT ME. THESE TRUCKS ARE TOO DANGEROUS TO BE ON THE ROAD. WWW.CARCOMPLAINTS.COM LISTS 62 COMPLAINTS AND THERE ARE MANY MANY MORE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE DURANGO. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH IN RAINY WEATHER CONDITIONS, THE VEHICLE DID NOT STOP WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AND HE CRASHED INTO A VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP EVEN AFTER THE CONTACT REPEATEDLY APPLIED PRESSURE TO THE BRAKES. HE STATED THAT IF THE BRAKING UNIT WAS FUNCTIONING NORMALLY HE WOULD HAVE HAD AMPLE TIME TO AVOID A CRASH. AFTER CLOSE INSPECTION OF THE VEHICLE, HE NOTICED THAT THE BRAKE ASSEMBLY PIN THAT CONNECTS THE MASTER CYLINDER TO THE BRAKING UNIT HAD SEVERE CORROSION ON THE INSIDE, WHICH CAUSED IT TO FRACTURE. THE VEHICLE FAILED AND WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED. THE MANUFACTURER SENT AN INVESTIGATOR TO INSPECT THE VEHICLE AND IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL FOR THAT COMPONENT; THEREFORE, THEY COULD NOT ASSUME ANY FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY. THE CONTACT HAS PICTURES OF THE FAILED COMPONENT. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 106,599. UPDATED 11/12/08 *BF THE TOW TRUCK DRIVER FOUND A HALF INCH THICK PIECE OF STEEL ON THE FLOOR BELOW THE BRAKE PEDAL. AS IT TURNED OUT, A HALF INCH THICK PIECE OF STEEL PIN THAT CONNECTED THE BRAKE PEDAL TO THE MASTER CYLINDER HAD SHEARED OFF. UPDATED 11/13/08. *JB

MY ENGINE SHUT DOWN WHEN ITS REALLY HOT WEATHER, THE MOTOR SHUT DOWN WHEN I TURN A CORNER AND WOULD START BACK HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED BOTH TIMES. THE AIR CONDITION KEEP GOING OUT. IT OCCUR 3 TIMES AND THE LAST TIME IT WOULDN'T START BACK. *TR

99 DODGE DURANGO SLT 5.2 318 MOTOR BLEW. ONLY HAD 105,000 MILES ON IT CHANGED OIL AND DID UPKEEP RIGHT ON SCHEDULE. THIS PILE CRAP HAS BEEN NOTHING BUT A LEMON SINCE WE BOUGHT IT. FIRST IT STARTED SHUTTING OFF WHILE DRIVING, HAD TO FIGHT TOOTH AND NAIL TO GET DODGE TO REPLACE PCM, I DID THE INVESTIGATION TO FIGURE OUT THE PROBLEM BECAUSE THEY DID NOT WANT TO PAY FOR IT AND TRIED REALLY HARD TO STRETCH THIS OUT TO WHERE I WOULD NOT HAVE WARRANTY ANYMORE. THEY WANTED TO SEND US OFF WITH A BLACK BOX AFTER THEY SUPPOSEDLY FIXED PROBLEM BUT DIDN'T. NOW MY MOTOR BLEW! WE HAVE TAKEN MOTOR OUT AND IT LOOKS ALL BURNED UP...WHAT A COMPLETE PIECE OF CRAP..SO ANGRY THAT DODGE REFUSES TO STEP UP ON THESE OBVIOUS DEFECTS THAT ARE THEIR FAULT NOT THE POOR CONSUMER WHO PAID WAY TO MUCH FOR THIS LEMON OF A VEHICLE. ALSO HAVE TO REPLACE ALL BALL JOINTS, BECAUSE THE 99 SHOULD OF BEEN INCLUDED IN THE RECALL!!!! THANKS FOR NOTHING DODGE!!! I WILL NEVER BUY AMERICAN AGAIN, THIS WAS MY FIRST TIME OF STRAYING FROM NISSANS AND TOYOTAS,,,NEVER AGAIN. *TR