1998 DODGE DURANGO Complaints

CONSUMER HAS A CONCERN THAT A SECOND TIE ROD NEEDS TO BE REPLACED WITH LESS THEN 11,000 MILES OF WEAR. DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *LA

I HAVE BEEN ADVISED BY MY GOODYEAR MECHANIC THAT MY 1998 DODGE DURANGO IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE BECAUSE ALL UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS ARE WORE OUT AND NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE HAS 82000 MILES ON IT. THE REPAIR IS GOING TO COST OVER $400.00.I HAVE RECEIPTS THAT SHOW REGULAR MAINTENANCE IS PREFORMED ON THE VEHICLE. I THINK SOMEONE IS NOT DOING THERE JOB, BECAUSE IT SEEMS THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. AS WELL AS MAJOR MEDIA COVERAGE. ON YOUR COMPLAINT FORM YOU ASK HOW MANY DEATHS. WELL I'M GLAD I DIDN'T HAVE ANY TO LIST .HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE TO DIE BEFORE YOU PEOPLE DECIDE TO REACT TO THIS COMPLAINT. I HAVE ALSO HAD TO REPLACE THE FRONT A/C EVAPORATOR CORE AT A COST OF $750.00. NO DEATHS TO REPORT IN THIS CASE EITHER (SORRY).THIS IS THE FIRST DODGE I HAVE EVER OWNED. IT MAY BE MY LAST. I AM REPLACING TO 4 BALL JOINTS AS WE SPEAK... BECAUSE I AM CONCERNED WITH MY FAMILY'S SAFETY. EVEN IF YOU ARE NOT. THANKS FOR LETTING ME VENT... TOM BOTTOMS *LA

AIR BAG WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON AND STAYED ON BECAUSE OF THE DEFECT DESCRIBED IN THE CLOCKSRPING MATERIAL RECALL 01V153000. BU TTHIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK

THE CONSUMER HAD TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR INSPECTION AND THE MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT BOTH UPPER BALL JOINTS WERE WEARING PREMATURELY. THE CONSUMER WILL HAVE THE MECHANIC REPLACE THE UPPER BALL JOINTS. *AK (ALL OF THE BALL JOINTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED) *SC *JB

WHILE DRIVING A LOUD NOISE WAS HEARD COMING FROM THE REAR. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, AND DROVE IT TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT BOTH FRONT UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

ABS/BRAKE LIGHTS CAME ON. WE TOOK THE CAR TO A REPUTABLE DEALER FOR REPAIRS. FIRST, WE WERE TOLD THAT THE REAR SPEED SENSOR WAS DEFECTIVE. THE LIGHTS CAME BACK ON 3 MONTHS LATER. THEN, WE WERE TOLD THAT THE MAIN RELAY WAS OPEN AND IT NEED RESETTING. THE LIGHTS CAME ON AGAIN. WE TOOK IT BACK AND WAS TOLD THE SAME THING AGAIN( MAIN RELAY WAS OPEN). THE LIGHTS CAME BACK ON AGAIN. THIS LAST TIME WE TOOK IT IN WE WERE TOLD THAT IT NEEDS A ANTILOCK CONTROLLER MODULE, WHICH COST AT THE MINIMUN OF $600.00.*AK

I HAVE A CONCERN ABOUT THE BALL JOINTS ON MY 1998 DODGE DURANGO. I HAD MY VEHICLE'S BRAKES SERVICED ON OR ABOUT JANUARY 2004 AT SEARS AUTOMOTIVE IN EASTPOINT MALL. I WAS MADE AWARE THAT MY BALL JOINTS WERE BAD ON MY FRONT END, THEREFORE I WAS NOT ABLE TO GET A FRONT END ALIGNMENT. LATER THAT DAY, MY WIFE INFORMED ME ABOUT A CBS NEWS REPORT SPEAKING ABOUT THE DEFECTSA IN THE BALL JOINTS OF DODGE DURANGOS AND THE DODGE PICKUPS AND HOW CHRYSLER WAS NOT "UP TO THE CHALLENGE" TO EITHER EXTEND A RECALL OR EITHER OFFER FOR OWNERS OF THESE VEHICLES TO VOLUNTARILY BRING THE VEHICLES TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR A FREE INSPECTION OF THE POSSIBLE DEFECT. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I DO NOT HAVE TO PAY UP TO $1500.00 FOR A DEFECT THAT CHRYSLER SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR CORRECTING BEFORE ANYONE GETS SERIOUSLY INJURED OR WORSE!

DURING A DRIVE OIL PRESSURE DROPPED. I STOPPED, TO CHECK THE OIL WHICH WAS FINE. 2 DAYS LATER I COMPLETELY LOST OIL PRESSURE AFTER HAVING CHNGED MY OIL RECENTLY. I OWNED THE VEHICLE LESS THAN 2 MONTHS AND HAD TO HAVE THE OIL PUMP AND SCREEN REPLACED. AFTER READING THE WEB I REALIZED THIS IS A DODGE DEFECT THAT THEY HAVE KNOW ABOUT. *AK

1998 DODGE DURANGO WITH BAD UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS DUE TO THE BAD BALL JOINTS THE TIEROD IS NOW WARPED.*AK

MY 1998 DODGE DURANGO 4X4 IS IN NEED OF REPLACEMENT OF THE FOLLOWING FRONT END PARTS: DRIVER'S SIDE UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS, AND OUTER TIE ROD, PASSENGER SIDE UPPER AND LOWER BALLJOINTS, AND INNER TIE ROD. THE SUV IS VERY DIFFICULT TO HANDLE BECAUSE OF THIS AND I FEEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS PUTTING MY LIFE IN JEOPARDY ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS ON HIGHWAYS.*AK