2000 DODGE DURANGO Complaints

CONSUMER IS REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT FOR DAMAGES RESULTING FROM AN ACCIDENT IN THE 2000 DODGE DURANGO.*MR THE VEHICLE FRONT WHEEL BEARING FAILED AND RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT IN WHICH THE CONSUMER WAS INJURED. *NM

BEGAN GETTING HOT DURING SUMMER WITH A/C ON: COMPLET RADIATOR FLUSH AND FILL AT DODGE DEALER, WATER PUMP FAILURE, REPLACED, SAME PROBLEMS, NOW HIGH PRESSURE HOSE BLOWN, NOT CIRCULATING COOLANT.

DT: CONSUMER HAD TO HAVE LEFT UPPER BALL JOINTS REPLACED AND PAID OUT OF POCKET. THEN, A RECALL NOTICE AS ISSUED FOR THE LEFT AND RIGHT UPPER BALL JOINTS. DEALER REIMBURSED CONSUMER FOR THE UPPER BALL JOINTS BUT NOT FOR THE WHEEL ALIGNMENT. AFTER GETTING THE RECALL HAD TO TAKE IT IN TO HAVE THE RIGHT SIDE FIXED. REPLACED THE PARTS, BUT DID NOT DO THE ALIGNMENT WHICH WAS INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. FILED A COMPLAINT PREVIOUSLY ON MAR 22, 2005 AND STILL HASN'T HEARD ANYTHING. ODI 10114468. *AK

EXCESSIVE LOWER BALL JOINT WEAR I RECENTLY HAD THE UPPER BALL JOINT REPLACED THROUGH A RECALL WITH DODGE. DURING THE STATES ANNUAL INSPECTION THE LOWER BALL JOINT SHOWED EXCESSIVE WEAR AND FAILED THE STATE INSPECTION. THE TRUCK ONLY HAS 62,000 MILES ON IT AND NEARLY ALL ON PAVED ROADS. THE CONDITION THAT SUPPOSEDLY CAUSED THE RECALL FOR THE UPPER BALL JOINT IS THE SAME FOUND IN THE LOWER BALL JOINT. ADDITIONALLY, THERE IS NO GREASE FITTING TO ALLOW FOR GREASE TO BE ADDED AS NECESSARY.

POWER STEERING SUDDENLY WENT OUT. YESTERDAY AFTERNOON I HAD MY 95 YR OLD MOTHER, 2 YR OLD GRANDSON, SON AND SISTER UP ON GRIZZLY PEAK IN BERKELY AND THE POWER STEERING WITHOUT PRIOR SIGNS JUST ALL OF A SUDDEN DID NOT FUNCTION. I CALLED CHRYSLER 24 HR HELP AND THEY SEND A FLAT BED TOLL TRUCK. MY 2000 DURANGO WITH 44,300 MILES WAS TOWED TO CONNELL CHRYSLER JEEP DODGE IN OAKLAND.

I HAVE A CONCERN REGARDING FRONT AND BACK BREAKS. YOU HEAR CLICKING NOISE. WE HAVE GOT THEM CHANGE THREE TIMES THIS YEAR.

DT: THE OIL PRESSURE FAILED WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY. THE CONSUMER HAD TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND HAD THE OIL PUMP REPLACED THREE TIMES. BOTH HEADS HAVE BEEN REPLACED. THE SLUDGE HAS BEEN CLEANED OUT, AND THE ENGINE STILL HAD NO OIL PRESSURE. NO LEAKS HAVE BEEN NOTICED. THE VEHICLE CAN BE DRIVEN FOR ABOUT 3 MILES, AND THEN THE OIL PRESSURE WILL DROP. *JB

CHRYSLER HAS HAD NUMEROUS PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION ON THE DURANGO AND DAKOTA WITH THE TORQUE CONVERTER OVERHEATING CAUSING THE TRANSMISSION TO NOT SHIFT PROPERLY OR AT ALL. A SIMPLE FIX WOULD BE FOR CHRYSLER TO INSTALL AN ADEQUATE OIL COOLER. THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH DODGE VEHICLES AND THE COMPANY IS WELL AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. NOW MY VEHICLE AT 94,000 WITH ALL SERVICES DONE PROPERLY AND ON TIME ACCORDING TO THE MANUFACTORER IS COSTING ME $1500.00 TO FIX. WHEN I ASKED THE SERVICE MANAGER WHY CHRYSLER HAS NOT HAD A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM HIS RESPONSE WAS BECAUSE IT WOULD COST $1100 PER VEHICLE TO FIX. SOMETHING SHOULD BE DONE TO LET OTHER CONSUMERS KNOW ABOUT THE PROBLEM. IF I WOULD HAVE KNOWN THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH OVERHEATING I COULD HAVE HAD ANOTHER COOLING SYSTEM INSTALL FOR LESS THAN $100.

RECHARGE AIR CONDITIONER. WOULD NOT HOLD FREON FOR A MONTH. DIANOSTICS FROM MECHANIC STATING FREON LEAKING FROM VAPORIZER INSTALLED IN DASH OF VEHICLE CAUSING FREON TO LEAK INTO THE CABIN DEPT. OF VEHICLE. VAPORIZER REPLACED AND HAVE DEFECTIVE PART

2000 DODGE DURANGO SAFETY RECALL FOR UPPER BALL JOINTS.***NO ANSWER REQUIRED***. *MR THE CONSUMER SENT IN RECEIPTS THAT TOTALED 1,336.55, HOWEVER THE MANUFACTURER SENT THE CONSUMER A CHECK FOR 319.32. *JB