2002 DODGE DURANGO Complaints

TRUCK WILL NOT GO IN RIGHT GEAR IT SKIPS FROM PARK TO DRIVE TO NEUTRAL AND NOW THE KEY IS STUCK IN THE IGNITION. THE VEHICLE WILL START BUT IT WILL NOT GO IN PARK.

WHEN I SHIFT AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION INTO GEAR IT MAKES A TICKING NOISE AND ALSO WHEN I TURN THEY'RE ALWAYS KIND OF A THUMP FEEL TO THE ENTIRE VEHICLE. I ALSO CAN TAKE MY KEY OUT OF IGNITION NO MATTER IF ITS IN DRIVE, PAR, REVERSE ETC...

DASH AND UNDER NEATH AND STEERING COLUNM AND SPEED CLUSTER CAUGHT FIRE TODAY.TRUCK WAS PARKED AND RUNNING.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 DODGE DURANGO. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE EXTERIOR LIGHTING AND INSTRUMENT PANEL FLICKERED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE BATTERY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 193,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 DODGE DURANGO. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE UPPER BALL JOINT FRACTURED AND IMPACTED THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE WHEEL. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO COAST THE VEHICLE CAUTIOUSLY HOME. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE CONTACT WAS NOT INFORMED OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 04V596000 (SUSPENSION) UNTIL AFTER EXPERIENCING THE FAILURE. THE PARTS FOR THE REPAIR WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 208,453. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.

I WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT WHERE I HIT THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME TRAVWLLING APPX 45-50 MILES AN HOUR. AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 DODGE DURANGO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE GEARS FAILED TO SHIFT INTO PARK AND THAT IT WAS DIFFICULT TO REMOVE THE KEY. IN ADDITION, THE GEARS SHIFTED INDEPENDENTLY AND THE KEY WAS ABLE TO BE REMOVED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS STILL IN MOTION. THE CONTACT HAD TO APPLY THE EMERGENCY BRAKE AT TIMES TO PREVENT A FAILURE. THE DEALER REPLACED THE GEAR SHIFT CABLE AND AN S BRACKET, BUT THE FAILURE CONTINUED RANDOMLY. THE MANUFACTURER EXCLUDED THE VEHICLE FROM NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 07V555000 (POWER TRAIN). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 24,347.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 DODGE DURANGO. WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH, THE DOORS INDEPENDENTLY LOCKED AND UNLOCKED CONTINUOUSLY WITHOUT WARNING. AS A RESULT, THE BATTERY BECAME INOPERABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE CENTRAL TIMING MODULE FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 123,998.

CAR WOULD STICK IN PARK. IN TRYING TO MOVE LEVER FROM PARK TO D, THE BRACKET ASSEMBLY HOLDING THE GEAR SHIFT LEVER HAS BROKEN. THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE ON 2002 DODGE DURANGOS. I DID NOT KNOW THE BRACKET WAS BROKEN AT FIRST AND AFTER PUTTING THE CAR IN PARK AND GETTING OUT OF THE CAR WHILE IT WAS RUNNING, THE CAR SLIPPED DOWN INTO REVERSE. I WAS ALREADY AROUND TO THE PASSENGER SIDE WHEN IT STARTED MOVING. SOMEONE COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED!

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 DODGE DURANGO. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, THE HEADLAMPS DIMMED. THE CONTACT PULLED THE VEHICLE OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE POLICE WERE NOTIFIED AND ESCORTED THE VEHICLE HOME. THIS WAS THE THIRD TIME THE FAILURE OCCURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 109,299.