1999 DODGE DURANGO Complaints

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE DURANGO. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, THE VEHICLE VEERED TO THE LEFT AND THE POWER ASSIST PULLED TO THE RIGHT. THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD NOISE AND SMOKE APPEARED UNDER THE HOOD. IN ADDITION, THE VEHICLE WAS NOT RUNNING PROPERLY AND THE BRAKES OVERHEATED WITH A BURNING ODOR. THE CONTACT OBSERVED SEVERE TIRE WEAR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER AND THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. ON OVER 20 SEPARATE OCCASIONS, THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR THE SAME ISSUES; HOWEVER, THE FAILURES STILL PERSIST. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 20,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 122,000.

MY 99 DURANGO WHILE DRIVING JUST LOOSES ALL POWER AND SHUTS DOWN I HAVE REPLACED THE BATTERY, AIR IDLE PROCESSOR. THE STEPPER MOTOR AND A NEW ALTERNATOR. MY VEHICLE STILL WILL NOT STAY RUNNING, I HAVE CHILDREN AND NEED TO GET THEN TO AND FROM SCHOOL, I FEEL VERY UNSAFE BECAUSE I DO NOT KNOW WHEN THIS IS GOING TO SHUT DOWN. I HAVE READ ALOT OF OTHER COMPLAINTS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE SAME YEAR VEHICLE ON AUTO BEEF.COM. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A MANUFACTURER DEFECT AND DODGE NEEDS TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY BEFORE THIS ENDS UP IN VERY SERIOUS ACCIDENTS POSSIBLE DEATH. *TR

MY WIFE HAS A 99 DURANGO 5.9L 4X4 WITH 175,000 MILES. ABOUT THREE WEEKS AGO IMMEDIATELY AFTER A STANDARD TUNE-UP THE VEHICLE BEGAN READING MULTIPLE MISFIRES AND A "P1391" ERROR CODE. I RECHECK EVERYTHING AND USE THE SCANNER TO RESET ALL OF THE TROUBLE CODES ON THE TRUCK. NEXT THING YOU KNOW - EVERYTHING IS RUNNING FINE AND THERE WEREN'T ANY ERROR CODES REGISTERING. NEXT DAY MY WIFE DRIVES THE TRUCK AND CALLS ME LATER IN THE DAY AND SAYS JUST SUDDENLY STOPPED WORKING WHILE SHE WAS DRIVING THE TRUCK DOWN THE ROAD ' NO STEERING, NO BRAKES, NOTHING. SHE WAS ' FORTUNATELY ' ABLE TO COAST IT TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND RE-START IT WERE IT FIRED RIGHT BACK UP AND WAS DRIVING FINE. THEN IT HAPPENS AGAIN THE NEXT DAY ' AGAIN WHILE SHE'S DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD IN TRAFFIC AND WITH NO WARNING. SO, I HOOKUP THE HANDHELD AGAIN AND THIS TIME I ONLY READ THE P1391 ERROR CODE. SO I REPLACE THE CAMSHAFT POSITION SENSOR AND THE CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR. SO NOW I'M SEARCHING THE INTERNET FORUMS AND FIND OUT THAT THIS IS A KNOWN BUT UNACKNOWLEDGED PROBLEM BY DODGE. NO RHYME OR REASON ' IT APPEARS TO HAVE HAPPENED ACROSS ALL MILEAGE RANGES AND IN ALL PARTS OF THE COUNTRY AND IN PARTICULAR WITH THE 1998 ' 2003 DODGE DURANGOS. SO KNOW WE'RE FACED WITH THE PROSPECT THAT A NEW VEHICLE COMPUTER ($690.00 DEALER INSTALLED) MIGHT FIX THE PROBLEM BUT THAT WE MAY (BECAUSE NO ONE SEEMS TO KNOW FOR SURE) HAVE TO ADDITIONALLY REPLACE SEVERAL OTHER SENSORS THAT, IF NOT REPLACED, MAY BLOW OUT THE NEW VEHICLE COMPUTER. OBVIOUSLY, IF THIS A KNOWN DESIGN FLAW (PLACEMENT OF VEHICLE COMPUTER ' PCM ' IN ENGINE COMPARTMENT UNNECESSARILY EXPOSES THE UNIT TO HIGH TEMPERATURES THEREBY CAUSING THE UNIT TO FAIL) WITH POTENTIALLY FATAL RESULTS (SUDDEN AND COMPLETE LOSS OF POWER IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC OR WHILE ROUNDING A CORNER, ETC.) THEN DODGE NEEDS TO ISSUE A RECALL AND/OR BY SOME OTHER MEANS REPLACE THOSE UNITS THAT ARE DEFECTIVE AS A RESULT AND REDESIGN THE PLACEMENT OF THE UNIT IN ANOTHER AREA. *TR

1999 DODGE DURANGO,DRIVER SIDE BRAKE LINE RUSTED COMPLETELY THROUGH,CAUSING BRAKE FAILURE ,HAD CHILDREN IN CAR WITH ME AND HAD TO STOP WITH EMERGENCY BRAKE,CONTACTED BBB NO HELP,ALL MY BRAKE LINE RUNNING FROM ENGINE COMPARTMENT TO EACH WHEEL NEED REPLACEMENT ,ALL ARE RUSTING,# ,THANK YOU DAN SPINA *TR

WELL I LIKE THE VEHICLE BUT IT IS JUST NOT SAFE FOR ANYONE TO DRIVE.. I WOULD NOT EVEN WANT TO BE ON THE ROAD WITH SOMEONE DRIVING A DURANGO LET ALONE DRIVE MY OWN. I CAN NOT EVEN TELL YOU ALL THE PROB I HAVE HAD WITH MINE. *TR

MY 1999 DODGE DURANGO WOULD SHUT DOWN AND ALL THE GAUGES WOULD GO TO "0." LOST POWER STEERING AND POWER BRAKES. MY WIFE ALMOST HAD A T-BONE CRASH WITH A SEMI TRUCK IN OREM, UT. AFTER DOING MY RESEARCH, IT IS OBVIOUS THAT DODGE FAILED IN THEIR RESPONSIBILITY TO THE CONSUMER. THE PCM (POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE) GOES BAD IN SPECIFICALLY THE 1999 DURANGO'S AND BELOW ARE A BUNCH OF TESTIMONIES THAT IT IS A COMMON PROBLEM. THIS IS DANGEROUS AND SOMEONE COULD END UP DEAD. - HTTP://WWW.AUTOMOTIVEHELPER.COM/TOPIC91464.HTM - HTTP://WWW.CARSURVEY.ORG/VIEWMORECOMMENTS_REVIEW_41149_4.HTML - HTTP://WWW.CARCOMPLAINTS.COM/DODGE/DURANGO/1999/ELECTRICAL/VEHICLE_SHUTS_DOWN_WITHOUT_WARNING.SHTML THE BELOW WEBSITE WILL SHOW THAT THIS IS THE BIGGEST PROBLEM WITH THE 1999 DODGE DURANGO. HTTP://WWW.CARCOMPLAINTS.COM/DODGE/DURANGO/1999/ELECTRICAL/INDEX.SHTML I JUST SPENT OVER $1,000 REPLACING MY PCM TO FIX THE PROBLEM. MOR IMPORTANTLY, MY WIFE AND KIDS ALMOST GOT IN AN ACCIDENT. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS RECALLED, AS IT COULD POTENTIALLY CAUSE DEATH OR INJURY. THIS PROBLEM SHOULD BE FIXED BY DODGE AS A RECALL, NOT BY THE CONSUMER. *TR

THE CAR CUTS OFF WHILE IT IS DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, INCLUDING HIGHWAY SPEEDS AND WITH NO WARNING AT ALL. AFTER A FEW MINUTES IT WILL USUALLY START BACK UP. THERE WERE NO INJURIES BUT IF IT WAS TO CUT OFF WHILE DRIVING AND GOING AROUND A CORNER IT COULD EASILY RUN OFF THE ROAD OR INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. I HAVE READ ABOUT LOTS OF OTHER DRIVERS OR THIS SAME TYPE OF VEHICLE HAVING THE SAME EXACT PROBLEM. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE DURANGO. ON EIGHT OR NINE OCCASIONS, WHILE EITHER IDLING OR DRIVING BETWEEN 25-35 MPH, THE VEHICLE HAS STALLED IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC. SOMETIMES, THE VEHICLE WILL IMMEDIATELY RESTART AND OTHER TIMES, IT TAKES A HALF AN HOUR BEFORE RESTARTING. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER ON THREE OCCASIONS FOR THIS FAILURE, BUT THEY HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

MY VEHICLE FOR MANY WEEKS WOULD SHUT DOWN WHILE DRIVING ESPECIALLY ON HOT DAYS WITH NO WARNING. GAUGES WOULD FREEZE. I WOULD STOP MY VEHICLE AND EITHER HAVE TO WAIT 20 MINS. THE VEHICLE WOULD GO TILL DIED AGAIN, OFTEN THE NEXT STOP, OR BRAKING DURING A TURN. ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO BRAKE OR STEER EVEN DRIVING 55MPH. ALMOST CAUSING ACCIDENTS. MY MECHANIC SAID IT WAS THE COMPUTER, THE COMPUTER HAD NO HISTORY, TAKE IT TO A DEALER. DURING THAT WEEKEND WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 10 MILES DIED 5 TIMES IN 100+ TEMP POLICE STOPPED TO HELP. SENT ME TO HOSPITAL WITH HEAT EXHAUSTION AND TEMP OF 102.9. NEXT MORNING DROVE VEHICLE TO DEALER. DEALER DIAGNOSED AS FUEL PUMP. I PAID FOR REPAIR AND DROVE OFF WITH VEHICLE. I DROVE LESS THAN 3 MILES AND 2 MORE TIMES THE VEHICLE DIED. DEALER SENT TOW TRUCK. NEXT MOURNING DEALER CLAIM CAR IS FINE RUNNING 5 HOURS IN SHOP. I INSISTED TAKE ON ROAD IN HEAT. WHEN SHUT HOOD DIED. DEALER NPW CALLING PCM BAD NOT COMPUTER. I WAS TOLD HAD TO PAY FOR PCM AS WELL THAT FUEL PUMP WAS BAD ANYWAY. I ASKED FOR OLD PARTS WAS TOLD DO NOT RETURN CORE PARTS? I HAD ASKED FOR REPLACED PART RETURN. I PAID AND LEFT. AFTER CONTACTING OWNER OF DEALERSHIP NEXT DAY. ONE WEEK LATER REFUNDED FOR FUEL PUMP NOT PCM. *TR

FAULTY PCM PART (COMPUTER), WHEN THE VEHICLE IS DRIVING IN HOT WEATHER, OVER 80 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT, THE VEHICLE COMPLETELY DIES. THE ENGINE DIES & THE ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS ARE SHUT OFF. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES, AND CAUSED SOME NEAR-CRASH SITUATIONS WHILE MY CHILDREN WERE IN THE CAR! AFTER SCOURING THE INTERNET & TALKING WITH MECHANICS, I HAVE DISCOVERED THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED EVENT. I REPLACED THE FAULTY PCM & THE PROBLEM HAS NOT RETURNED. *TR