2000 DODGE DURANGO Complaints

POPPING NOIZE AND SENSATION IN REAR END PREVIOUSLY, TODAY ON HIGHWAY POPPED AND THEN 3/4 MILE LATER POPPED AND THEN STARTED VIBRATING AND MAKJNG CONTINUOS POPPING. CATASTROPHIC REAR END CARRIER AND AXLE CAME APART

IN MARCH OF 05 I PURJUST 4 NEW 275/45/20 GOODYEAR TIRES FROM PRO TINT CUSTOM WHEELS. BY AUG.6,05 I WAS ON THE HIGHWAY I HAD MY RIGHT FR. TIRE HAD A BLOW!! I HAD THE TRUCK TOW TO PRO TINT TOCK. AND TO SEE IF THERE WAS ANY REASON FOR IT?AND THEY DIDN'T PURJUST A NEW TIRE. RIGHT AT 2 WEEK FROM THAT DAY MY WIFE & SON WERE TAVLING ON THE HIGHWAY AND HAD A BLOW OUT! THANK GOD THEY DID NOT FLIP OVER THIS TIME IT WAS ON LEFT RW.THIS TIME I HAD IT TOW TO GEMINI AREA SALES REPRESENTATIVE OF GOODYEAR TIRES . BUT BE FORE I HAD THE TRUCK TOW TO HIS SHOP I HAD TALK TO HIM OVER THE TELEPHONE AND TOLD HIM ABOUT THE PROBLEM I WAS HAVING WITH THE TIRES. [HE SAID THAT HE WAS GOING TO TAKE A LOOK AT THEM AUG.28,05 FIRST OF ALL HE WAS NOT PRESENT SO ASK A ONE OF THE OTHER HELPER BY THE NAME OF JACK ? DID MR. DAN TAYLOR IN FORM HIS WORKER ABOUT MY PROBLEM! HE SAY KIND OF SO THEY STARTED ON THAT AT11;43 AND THEY DID NOT FINSH UNTIL 3;45 AND WHEN IT TOOK THE PERSON TO TELL ME ALL HE COULD FIND WAS A TINY PIECE OF RUSTED PIN THAT COULD HAVE EASLY GOTTEN IN THERE WOW BEING TOW IT IS THE SIZE OF A TIP OF A PIN THAT YOU COULD NOT HARDLY SEE I TOLD HIM YOUR KIDING ME RIGHT I SAID IT TOOK YOU 3 AND ONE HALF OF A HOUR !! AND THAT IS ALL YOU COULD FIND AND HE GOES ON ABOUT ALL THAT MIGHT BE ONE OF THE REASON THEN HE SAYS MY AIR MIGHT HAVE BEING LOW ,AS HE WENT BACK TO FINCH WORKING ON MY TIRE THE OTHER WORKER COME TO ME AND SAID I HAD BAD VOW TEM AND I SAID IF THAT WAS THE CASE WITH THE TRUCKS WEIGTH AND ANY MOVEMENT THE TIRE WOULD HAVE HAD A LOW TIRE THAT WOULD BE VERY EASY TO SEE THAT ONE THING ONE ALWAY DO FOR THE SAFTY OF MY FAMILY. SO I JUST ASK, WHEN IS MR. TAYOR DUE BACK AND THE MAN SAID HE WILL BE BACK THE FOLLOWING DAY SO I MADE A CALL TO MR. TAYLOR AND I DID TELL HIM ABOUT THE PROBELM I HAD WITH THE OTHER PERSON AND COULD HE HELP ME!! AND HE SAID I NEED TO CALL CIN,OHIO GOOD BYE . NOT SO NICE!!!!!!!!!

DT: THE CONTACT STATED TWO WEEKS AGO MADE AN APPOINTMENT TO HAVE RECALL REPAIR WORK DONE. THE DEALER DID NOT REALLY WANT TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT BECAUSE THE CONTACT HAD NOT BOUGHT THE CAR THERE, BUT DID SO. TWO WEEKS AGO, SHE TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND SPOKE TO AN INDIVIDUAL WHO TOLD HER THAT THE PARTS HAD BEEN THERE, BUT THEY RAN OUT OF THEM AGAIN, AND THE PARTS HAD BEEN SENT TO THE ORIGINAL DEALER.*AK

DT: CONTACT STATED ON 8-9-05 RECEIVED A RECALL CONCERNING THE BALL JOINTS ON 2000 DODGE DURANGO. EIGHT MONTHS AGO WHEN SHE HEARD ABOUT THE RECALL SHE CALLED THE GARAGE, AND THEY TOLD HER THEY WERE OUT OF THE PARTS AND WOULD CALL HER BACK IN A FEW WEEKS. THEY WENT ON TO SAY IT WAS NOT SERIOUS AND SHE DID NOT NEED TO BE CONCERNED. AFTER ONE MONTH SHE CALLED THEM BACK, AND THEY SAID THEY HAD THE PARTS BUT MISSED CONSUMER'S NAME, AND WERE CURRENTLY OUT OF THE PARTS AGAIN. THEY WOULD CALL CONSUMER BACK WHEN THE PARTS CAME IN. THEY NEVER CALLED CONSUMER BACK. CONSUMER CALLED THE MANUFACTURER ON 8-9-05, AND THEY SAID TO USE A DIFFERENT DEALERSHIP. *AK

I OWN A 2000 DODGE DURANGO 2WD WITH 63000 MILES ON IT. THE ENGINE IS HAVING TO BE REPLACED. I WAS TOLD IT IS BECAUSE OF NOT HAVING OIL CHANGED, BUT I HAVE RECEIPTS THAT SHOW THE OIL WAS CHANGED REGULARLY. THIS IS VERY COSTLY AND I HAVE HEARD THAT OTHER PEOPLE HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. THE SERVICE TECHNICIAN DESCRIBED THE ENGINE HAS BEING FULL OF SLUDGE. *NM

THE CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL CAMPAIGN NOTICE 04V596000 IN DECEMBER 2004 AND CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP. THE DEALER INDICATED THAT THERE WERE NO PARTS AVAILABLE FROM MANUFACTURER FOR REPAIRS. THE DEALERSHIP WAS UNABLE TO TELL THE CONSUMER WHEN THE PARTS WOULD BECOME AVAILABLE. *AK *NM

DAIMLER/CHRYSLER DID A RECALL ON THE UPPER BALL JOINTS ON SOME DODGE DURANGOS. I HAVE HAD MY BALL JOINTS REPLACED TWO TIMES, THE FIRST TIME WAS THE SUMMER OF 2004, BEFORE THE RECALL HAPPENED, THEN AGAIN IN DEC 2004 WHEN THE RECALL WAS ANNOUNCED. TO MY UNDERSTANDING WHEN YOU REPLACE BALL JOINTS UPPER & LOWER SHOULD BE REPLACE TOGETHER BECAUSE THEY ARE ONE COMPONENT AS WITH THE CONTROL ARMS ALSO. AS AN RESULT OF NOT BEING REPLACED AT THE SAME TIME IT CAUSED DAMAGE TO MY SUV. I AM GOING TO DISPUTE THIS WITH THE MAKERS OF THE DODGE DURANGO, BECAUSE THESE COMPONENTS WORK TOGETHER,ONE GOING BAD CAUSES THE OTHER ONES TO GO BAD ALSO, THEY SHOULD HAVE REPAIRED THE UNIT CORRECTLY INSTEAD OF TAKING THE CHEAP WAY OUT. I WAS TOLD BY AN REPAIR SHOP THAT WHEN THE DEALER REPLACED THE BALL JOINTS THEY ALSO SHOULD REPAIRED THE CONTROL ARMS, WHICH DID NOT HAPPEN. THE DEALER WANTS TO CHARGE ME FOR SOMETHING THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE DONE I THE FIRST PLACE. I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED WITH THE MAKERS OF THIS SUV. *JB

A BOLT HEAD SHEERED OFF OF THE EXHAUST LINE/MANIFOLD CONNECTION CAUSING AN AUDIBLE EXHAUST LEAK NEAR THE MANIFOLD. THE DEALER IS CHARGING $245 TO REPAIR THE BOLT INCLUDING THE TAPPING (REMOVAL) OF THE BOLT AND ITS REPLACEMENT.

2000 DODGE DURANGO DEVELOPED PROBLEMS WITH THE UPPER BALL JOINTS.***NO ANSWER REQUIRED***. *MR THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THE LOWER BALL JOINTS WERE BAD AND BEYOND LOCAL SAFETY INSPECTION SPECIFICATIONS. THE MECHANIC STATED THE LOWER BALL JOINTS WERE CAUSED BY THE UPPER BALL JOINTS BEING OUT SO BADLY THAT THE VIBRATION CAUSED EXCESSIVE WEAR. *JB

IN 2004 I TOOK MY VEHICLE TO MY MECHANIC TO CHECK MY FRONT DRIVERS DOOR LOCK AND RIGHT BACK PASSENGER DOOR LOCKS. THEY ARE MAKING LOUD SCREECHING NOISES WHEN THEY TRY TO LOCK OR UNLOCK. HE TOLD ME HE CONTACTED DODGE AND IT WAS VERY EXPENSIVE TO REPAIR, BUT WHAT SURPRISED ME MOST EAS THAT THE DEALER HE SPOKE TO WAS WELL AWARE IOF THE PROBLEM AND NOT SURPRISED TO HEAR OF THE PROBLEM. DUE TO THE COST THE DOORS WERE NOT REPAIRED. NOW ALL DOORS EXCEPT THE BACK LEFT PASSENGER DOOR SCREECH LOUDLY AND EITHER DO NOT LOCK AT ALL OR STAY LOCKED. WHEN I BROUGHT MY VEHICLE IN TO HAVE A RECALL ON THE BALL JOINTS REPAIRS THEY TOLD ME MY DOORS WEREN'T THE WORST THEY HAD HEARD AND THEY WOULD GET WORSE. I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW DEALERS CAN KNOW THIS PROBLEM EXISTS AND NOTHING BE DONE BY DODEGE TO FIX THE DOOR LOCKS. IT'S REALLY SAD THAT AT ANYTIME SOMEONE CAN JUST OPEN MY CAR AND EVEN WORSE, I HAVE 2 SMALL CHILDREN IN MY CAR WITH ME ALL THE TIME AND IF WE EVER HAD AN EMERGENCY, THEY COULD EITHER BE LOCKED IN THE CAR OR THEY COULD FALL OUT SINCE SOME DOORS DON'T LOCK AT ALL.