1999 DODGE DURANGO Complaints

I HAVE AN ENGINE PROBLEM THAT I THOUGHT WAS AN OIL PUMP THAT WAS BAD BUT WHEN I TOOK IT TO THE MECHANIC HE TOLD ME THAT I NEEDED TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE MOTOR. I CAME BACK HOME AND DID SOME RESEARCH ON THE 1999-2001 SERIES OF THE DODGE DURANGO AND CAME ACROSS A STAGGERING NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS TO THE SAME EFFECT OF WHAT WAS HAPPENING ON MY CAR. THE WEBSITE THAT I FOUND THESE ON IS HTTP://WWW.CONSUMERAFFAIRS.COM/AUTOMOTIVE/DODGE_DUR_OIL.HTML PLEASE GO ON THIS WEBSITE AND READ THESE COMPLAINTS! SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE ABOUT THIS! OBVIOUSLY THERE IS A DEFECT IN THESE MOTORS AND THIS IS A HAZARD TO PEOPLE DRIVING ON THE ROAD! ONE COMPLAINT ON THERE WAS FROM A MAN WHO WAS DRIVING HIS WIFE TO THE HOSPITAL BECAUSE SHE WAS IN LABOR WHEN HIS ENGINE QUIT ON THE FREEWAY! THAT IS DANGEROUS! I WOULD TRULY APPRECIATE ANY FORM OF INVESTIGATION INTO THIS CONTINUING PROBLEM! THANK YOU DEEPLY FOR YOUR TIME! SINCERELY, A CONCERNED DRIVER. *TR

MY 1999 DODGE DURANGO HAS BEEN MAKING STRANGE CREAKING NOISES FOR SOME TIME. EVERY TIME I HAVE TAKEN IT IN FOR SERVICE, I'VE BEEN TOLD EVERYTHING IS OKAY. JUST RECENTLY THOSE CREAKING NOISES BECAME WORSE. THIS TIME WHEN I TOOK THE CAR IN FOR SERVICE I FOUND OUT IT WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE BALL JOINT. IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT I HAVE IT FIXED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. IT COST $635 TO FIX. *TR

WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH HEARD A LOUD NOISE AND SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE SUV WITH LOSS OF SPEED. PULLED OVER AND SAW A FIRE. I PUT IT OUR AND HAD THE TRUCK TOWED. UPON RETURNING HOME AND INSPECTING THE TRANSMISSION IT WAS SPLIT ALL THE WAY AROUND AND WAS SPRAYING TRANSMISSION FLUID ON THE EXHAUST. TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED AND NEW DODGE TRANSMISSION LASTED 7 MONTHS AND LOST REVERSE. *TR

THE ELECTRONIC DRIVER SEAT STOP WORKING AND THE BACK WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR. *TR

I WAS APPROACHING A RED LIGHT AND WHEN I USED THE BRAKES MY VEHICLE WENT OVER INTO THE RIGHT LANE, WITHOUT WARNING. IT DIDN'T SWERVE OR PULL, IT WENT!!! THERE WAS A VEHICLE IN THE RIGHT LANE AND IF THE DRIVER HAD NOT PAID ATTENTION, I WOULD HAVE HIT THAT VEHICLE. I HAD TO QUICKLY TURN THE WHEEL TO THE LEFT TO REGAIN CONTROL OF VEHICLE AND CONSEQUENTLY ENDED UP RUNNING THE RED LIGHT. LUCKILY, I WAS NOT KILLED AT THAT INTERSECTION AND THE DRIVER IN THE RIGHT LANE WAS NOT HURT, TRYING TO SWERVE AND GET OUT OF MY WAY. *TR

WHEN AMBIENT TEMPERATURE GETS ABOVE 65 DEGREES, THE VEHICLE WILL COMPLETELY SHUT OFF WITHOUT REGARD TO MOVING FAST OR BEING STOPPED. A SIGNAL SHOWS IN THE DASH THAT READS "NO BUS". CAR WILL NOT START AGAIN UNTIL IT HAS SAT FOR SEVERAL MINUTES AND COOLS DOWN A LITTLE. THERE ARE MANY STRINGS ONLINE ABOUT THIS SAME PROBLEM WITH DODGE DURANGOS. MINE IS A 1999 MODEL WITH 5.9L ENGINE. THIS HAS OCCURRED MANY TIMES, AND MOSTLY WHEN MY WIFE IS DRIVING WITH CHILDREN IN THE CAR. IT HAS PROVEN TO BE VERY DANGEROUS ON THE BUSY ROADS OF LAS VEGAS. MANY ONLINE FORUMS INDICATE THAT IT IS A PROBLEM WITH THE CONNECTOR AT THE ECM. IF THAT IS TRULY THE PROBLEM, IT IS A MFR DEFECT THAT IS ENDANGERING LIVES OF THOUSANDS OF U.S. CITIZENS AND SHOULD BE FIXED WITHOUT GUESSWORK AND WITHOUT DELAY BY THE MFR. *TR

PCM FAILURE. WAS DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AT 75MPH WHEN I LOST ALL POWER( I.E. STEERING, BRAKES, ETC.) AND THE ENGINE DIED. TRIED RESTARTING AND THE ODOMETER FLASHED A WARNING CODE. 30 MINUTES LATER IT STARTED. I ONLY GOT ABOUT TWO MILES AWAY AND IT HAPPENED AGAIN. CONTACTED LOCAL DODGE DEALER AND THEY SAID THAT IT WAS A FAIRLY COMMON THING BUT SINCE MY WARRANTY WAS OVER THAT I WAS ON MY OWN. A WEEK LATER I WAS DRIVING IT AND THE SAME PROBLEM HAPPENED. THIS TIME I ENDED UP IN A DITCH BECAUSE I LOST THE ABILITY TO STOP AND STEER. I REPLACED THE PCM AND THE PROBLEM WAS RESOLVED. IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN COVERED BY DODGE SEEING THAT THERE ARE OVER 300 CASES ALONE THAT PEOPLE HAVE PUT ON THE WEB ABOUT THIS EXACT ISSUE. DOES SOMEONE HAVE TO DIE OR SOMETHING FOR DODGE TO TAKE CREDIT FOR THEIR MISTAKE? 4 MONTHS AGO THE ABS SYSTEM WENT OUT AS WELL. AGAIN, FOUND THAT 100'S HAVE REPORTED THIS SAME ISSUE TO DODGE. *TR

I AM A SINGLE PARENT WITH TO KIDS, I AM GOING TO COLLEGE FULL-TIME AND WORKING TO MAKE ENDS MEET. I RECENTLY ACQUIRED A 1999 DODGE DURANGO THAT I NOW HAVE TO EITHER SELL, SCRAP, OR SOMETHING . DUE TO THE NEED TO REPLACE THE BALL JOINTS AND TIE RODS IN THE TRUCK, ALSO EVERY TIME I STEP ON THE BREAK MY DASH LIGHTS TURN OFF!!!! WHY IS IT THAT THE 1999 NWAS NOT RECALLED ALONG WITH THE OTHERS? *TR

DRIVER'S SEAT TRACK HAS FORWARD TO REARWARD MOVEMENT. BETTER CALLED "PLAY" IN TRACK ASSEMBLY. TRACK ASSEMBLY IS DEFECTIVE. SEAT IS A POWER ELECTRIC SEAT. *TR

I WAS DRIVING ON THE EXPRESSWAY AND MY DODGE DURANGO BEGAN TO STALL. I PUT ON MY HAZARD LIGHTS IMMEDIATELY. CARS BEGAN TO SWERVE TO AVOID ME. I TRIED TO PULL OFF TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD BUT THE ENGINE CUT OFF AND THEN THE BRAKES WOULD NOT WORK UNTIL I TRIED TO RESTART THE CAR IN NEUTRAL. I COULD NOT RESTART THE CAR FOR 20 MINUTES. WHEN THE CAR DID START I PROCEEDED HOME. THE CAR STALLED THREE MORE TIMES ON THE WAY HOME. *TR