2001 DODGE DURANGO Complaints

CAR FAN BLOWER FOR A/C & HEAT JUST STOPPED AT 61,000 MILES. CAR IS ONLY 2001. LOADED DURANGO IN EXCELLENT SHAPE. HARD TO BELIEVE THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM. DEALER SAID THIS WAS COMMON. TALKED TO MANY PEOPLE SAID IT WAS NOT A COMMON PROBLEM. *AK

MY WIFE AND I OWN A 2001 DODGE DURANGO SLT. GREAT CAR BUT VERY DANGEROUS AND REMARKABLY OBVIOUS DESIGN FLAW IN THE FRONT ROTORS. WE CURRENTLY HAVE 30,000 MILES ON OR DURANGO AND I 'M GETTING READY TO PUT THE THIRD SET OF ROTORS ON THE FRONT END. THE FIRST CHANGED SET WAS PUT ON AFTER ONLY 9200 MILES. OF COURSE AT THE DEALERSHIP YOU GET THE BLAH, BLAH ABOUT HOW IT IS A NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR ITEM. WHICH I AGREE IT IS;HOWEVER, IT IS NOT NORMAL TODAY OR YESTERDAY FOR ANY ROTOR ON ANY VEHICLE TO WARP SO BADLY AFTER ONLY 8000 MILES OF USE. ROTORS WARP FROM EXCESSIVE HEAT BUILDUP-> THAT IS A FACT. I DID FURTHER RESEARCH THROUGH VARIOUS DODGE DEALERSHIPS. OF THE FIVE RESPECTIVE DEALERSHIPS CONTACTED ALL FIVE AGREED THAT THE ROTORS ARE UNDERSIZED AND ARE PRE-MATURELY WEARING ON ALL DODGE DURANGOS, BUT THEY COULDN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT. WHEN I CHANGED THE ROTORS AFTER ONLY 8000 MILES I WAS FAIRLY SURPRISED TO SEE ALMOST NO WEAR ON THE FRONT BRAKE PADS. REGARDLESS OF THIS SMALL AMOUNT OF WEAR I DECIDED TO REPLACE THE FRONT PADS WITH NEW HIGH END CERAMIC PADS WHICH HELP WITH REDUCING HEAT BY HELPING DISSIPATE HEAT THROUGH THE CERAMIC MEDIA. AT 17,000 MILES WARPED ROTORS ON THE FRONT END AGAIN, CERAMIC PADS LOOKED GREAT. I DO NOT PULL A BOAT/ RV OR ANYTHING ELSE ON MY VEHICLE. I LIVE IN FLAT CORN COUNTRY NOT COLORADO WITH EXCESSIVE MOUNTAINS THAT WOULD PUT STRAIN ON THE BRAKING SYSTEM. BRAKES ARE THE SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT PART ON ANY VEHICLE, AND WHEN THEY ARE UNDERSIZED AND DON'T DISSIPATE HEAT CORRECTLY THEY WILL WARP EVERYTIME. THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION THAT IS NOT ISOLATED AND IS PREVALENT WITH EVERY 2001 DURANGO. I HOPE I'M NOT WASTING MY FINGERS TIME AND THAT THIS HAS SOME IMPACT ON DODGE, SO THAT THEY MAY RIGHT THIS WRONG AND GET RECALL PERFORMED BEFORE SOMEONE OR MORE PEOPLE ARE KILLED AND INJURED FROM THIS CONDITION. *JB

THE VEHICLE FAILED PENNSYLVANIA STATE INSPECTION. THE TECHNICIAN INDICATED THAT THE VEHICLE'S UPPER BALL JOINTS NEEDE DTO BE REPALCED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *NM

ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. CODES LISTED WERE P1757 AND P1762. GOVERNOR PRESSURE SOLENOID AND GOVERNOR PRESSURE SENSOR. ENGINE RPMS RACE TO OVER 3000 BEFORE FINALLY SHIFTING. FEELS LIKE THE ENGINE IS GOING TO BLOW. *NM

THE DASH LIGHTS STARTED GOING OFF AND ON WITHOUT WARNING. I PULLED OVER WHEN I REALIZED THE TAILLIGHTS WERE NOT WORKING. A FIRE HAD STARTED IN THE TAILLIGHT SOCKET ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONED WITHIN 3 MINUTES, BUT THE FIRE STILL DID $8,000 IN DAMAGE AND TOOK THE DEALER 10 WEEKS TO FIX. THE CAUSE WAS UNKNOWN, BUT THE ENTIRE REAR WIRING HARNESS HAD TO BE REPLACED.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AND APPLYING THE BRAKES VEHICLE LURCHED FORWARD. VEHICLE HAS HAD THIS PROBLEM FOR OVER A YEAR. VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN ONE COLLISION, AND WAS BEING SUED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES OR FATALITIES. *AK

BACKING OUT OF DRIVEWAY. TURNED STEERING WHEEL TO THE RIGHT AND THE FRONT END DROPPED. THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE CAME AWAY FROM THE CONTROL ARM AT THE UPPER BALL JOINT. *AK

RT. FRONT WHEEL NOISE AND LOCKED-UP TURNING INTO PARKING LOT. PULLED FORWARD TURNING TO LEFT AND WHEEL FREED. DROVE 30 MILES ON HIGHWAY TO DEALERSHIP WITHOUT INCIDENT. DEALER FOUND RT. FRONT WHEEL HUB BEARINGS WORE OUT AND DANGEROUSLY AFFECTING SAFETY OF WHEEL. VEHICLE WITH 53,000 MILES AND IN SHOP ON EXTENDED WARRANTY X3 FOR CONTROL ARM/SUSPENSION REPLACEMENTS/ REAR WHEEL BRAKE CYLINDER LEAKS AND REPAIRS AND NOW RT. FRONT WHEEL HUB BEARINGS.CHRYSLER NO HELP. LUCKY TO HAVE FORSIGHT TO BUY EXTENDED WARRANTY. NOW WITH LACK OF TRUST OF VEHICLE. *AK

A SQUEAKING NOISE WAS HEARD FROM UNDER THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE WHEN TURNING. WHILE DRIVING ON THE A BUMPY FREEWAY VEHICLE PULLED TO THE LEFT WHEN IT WENT OVER A BUMP. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALERSHIP, WHO INDICATED THAT THE FRONT UPPER BALL JOINTS HAD PREMATURELY WORN OUT WHICH CAUSED THE FRONT TIRES TO WEAR. *AK

I HAD TO REPLACE THE UPPER BALL JOINT IN MY VEHICLE. I WAS TOLD THAT THERE IS AN ONGOING INVESTIGATION REGARDING THE UPPER BALL JOINTS IN 2000-02 MODELS. I NOTICED A NOISE WHEN I HIT THE BRAKES OR A ROUGH SPOT IN THE ROAD. I TOOK MY VEHICLE IN FOR SERVICE AND HAD TO PAY $272.00 TO HAVE THESE REPLACED. *LA