2000 DODGE DURANGO Complaints

TRANSMISSION "GRABBING" AND "SLIPPING" IN ALL GEARS. MOST NOTICABLE ON THE HIGHWAY. TRANSMISSION GOES FROM OVERDRIVE TO ONE AND SOMETIMES TWO LOWER GEARS AT HIGHWAY SPEED. VEHILCLE WILL JUMP AND SPUTTER. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER WHO DID NOT GET IT REPAIRED. IT WAS ALSO TAKEN TO MY LOCAL MECHANIC, WHO SAYS IT'S A LEMON. (I HAVE NO FAITH IN THE DEALER WHO SOLD ME THE GARBAGE AFTER THEY CLAIMED TO HAVE NOT FIGURED MY FIANANCING CORRECTLY ABD HIT ME WITH A $975 ADDITIONAL FEE.) ELLENVILLE DODGE. *AK

CONSUMER HAD PLACED KEY IN THE IGNITION TO START VEHICLE WHEN IT SUDDENLY ACCELERATED FORWARD, WITHOUT WARNING, AND HIT A TREE. VEHICLE WAS STILL IN PARK POSITION WHEN ACCELERATION OCCUR. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED BY INSURANCE CO. BOTH AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. DRIVER SUFFERED SEVERE INJURIES AND WAS HOSPITALIZED. *NM

THE VEHICLE WAS IN THE PARK POSITION, WHEN THE CONSUMER TURNED THE KEY, THE VEHICLE JUST ACCELERATED. THE VEHICLE SPUN AROUND, MADE A LEFT HAND CUT GOING INTO A DITCH AND HITTING A TREE. THERE WERE INJURIES. THE CONSUMER HAD A BROKEN RIGHT LEG. THE AIR BAGS DID DEPLOY. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *JB

MY COMPLAINT IS SIMPLY THAT I CANNOT UNDERSTAND WHY YOUR AGENCY HASN'T ORDERED A RECALL CONCERNING DEFECTIVE BALL JOINTS ON 2000 DODGE DURANGOS, AND DURANGOS OF OTHER MODEL YEARS SO AFFECTED. THESE DEFECTS ARE HIGHLY DANGEROUS, AND HIGHLY COSTLY TO OWNERS. YOUR INACTION IS SIMPLY FACILITATING DAIMLER CHRYSLER'S CYNICAL POLICY OF IGNORING THE ISSUE AND HOPING THAT IT BLOWS OVER. IN THE ABSENCE OF A RECALL ORDER, I FAIL TO SEE HOW YOUR AGENCY IS PROTECTING AMERICAN TAXPAYERS. *NM

WHILE DRIVING, THE TRANSMISSION COMPLETELY FAILED. WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT GO OVER 25 MPH AND THEN IT JUST WOULD NOT GO AT ALL. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER. THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THERE WAS NOTHING THAT COULD BE DONE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. PLEASE PROVIDE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER. *JB

SEPTEMBER 12, I WENT TO BACK OUT OF A PARKING LOT AND THE TIE ROD END CAME UNHOOKED FROM THE RACK AND PINION STEERING. THE THREADS ON THE BOLTS WERE STRIPPED OUT. WHEN THE REPAIR SHOP WENT TO LOOSEN THE OTHER TIE ROD IT DISINTEGRATED. THEY COMMENTED THAT WE WERE REAL LUCKY IT HAD COME APART. THEY ALSO INDICATED THAT THE VEHICLE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH MILE TO WARRANT THE NEEDED REPAIRS. *NM

10/8/04 DROVE VEHICLE FOR APPROX 4 MILES TODAY, EVERYTHING NORMAL AS COULD BE. LEAVING A PARKING SPOT WITH LIMITED CLEARANCE, REQUIRING A FULL TURN-TO-LOCK ON THE STEERING WHEEL, UPPER BALL JOINT FAILED, CAUSING SEPARATION OF THE FRONT AXLE (4WD), AND SEPARATION OF THE LOWER BALL JOINT. THERE WAS NO NOISE OR OTHER INDICATION OF IMPENDING FAILURE. *NM

SINCE PURCHASING THE DURANGO, I HAVE EXPERIENCED SEVERAL ISSUES WITH THE CAR. THE LIGHTS TURN OFF WHEN DRIVING. WHEN THIS OCCURS, YOU HAVE 3 CHOICES: GET OFF THE ROAD; TURN ON THE HIGH BEAMS; FLICK THE LIGHTS AND HOPE THAT THEY COME ON.*AK

OUR 2000 DODGE DURANGO WITH JUST OVER 36,000 MILES BLEW ON A TRIP OUT OF TOWN LEAVING US STRANDED. THE FACTORY WARRANTY HAD JUST EXPIRED. THE EXTENDED WARRANTY PEOPLE CAME DOWN AND ARE TRYING TO BLAME IT ON US, SAYING WE DIDN'T CHANGE THE OIL ENOUGH, (THAT'S RIDICULOUS) WE DID CHANGE THE OIL, BUT EVEN IF WE HADN'T IT SHOULDN'T MAKE THE ENGINE BLOW, IT MIGHT MAKE IT RUN LIKE CRAP, IT WASN'T REALLY DOING THAT EITHER. AFTER RESEARCHING ON THE INTERNET, I FOUND MANY OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAD THE SAME PROBLEM, IT TURNS OUT IT IS A PART IN THE OIL PUMP THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN RECALLED IN 98,99, AND 2000 MODELS BEFORE THEY EXTENDED THE FACTORY WARRANTY IN LATER MODELS. DO THEY REALLY EXPECT PEOPLE WITH THESE PROBLEMS TO BUY A NEW MOTOR FOR 6,000, AND THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY OF IT!!!! OUR DURANGO IS STILL AT THE DEALERSHIP, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. CHRYSLER IS TRYING TO IGNORE US, TO TRADE FOR A NEW VEHICLE, WE WILL LOSE AROUND 4 THOUSAND DOLLARS AND OUR PAYMENTS WILL BE MORE EXPENSIVE THEN WE CAN REALLY AFFORD. WE STILL OWE $14,000 ON THAT PIECE OF CRAP. THEY NEED TO EXTEND THE WARRANTY LIKE VOLKSWAGEN AND TOYOTA DID WHEN THEY HAD THIS PROBLEM WITH SOME OF THEIR MODELS, OR DO SOMETHING!!!! THANK YOU. *AK

WHILE DRIVING DRIVER"SEHICLE WANDERED FROM SIDE TO SIDE. STEERING WHEEL WOULD PULL FROM LEFT TO RIGHT ON ITS OWN. CONSUMER DROVE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT BOTH FRONTAL UPPER BALL JOINTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO CORROSION. *AK