2000 DODGE DURANGO Complaints

2000 DODGE DURANGO 2 WHEEL DRIVE. I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE NEW. CURRENTLY HAS 39,000 MILES ON IT. AVE HAD TO REPLACE BOTH UPPER BALL JOINTS ON THE VEHICLE ALREADY (APPROXIMATELY 23,000 MILES WERE ON THE VEHICLE AT THE TIME). NOW, I AM TOLD, I HAVE TO REPLACE THE RIGHT UPPER AGAIN. I ALSO HAVE TO REPLACE THE RIGHT INNER TIE-ROD, AND THE RACK & PINION BUSHINGS. I HAVE HAD CONSTANT FRONT TIRE WEAR PROBLEMS SINCE THE CAR WAS NEW. I AM ON MY THIRD SET OF TIRES FOR THE FRONT END.*AK

AUTOMOBILE IS POORLY MANUFACTURED. I AM GETTING OVER RAN WITH REPAIRS BILLS OF PART S THAT SHOULD NEVER FAIL. IN 40 YEARS OF DRIVING AND BUYING AUTO I HAVE NEVER SEEN SUCH A POORLY BUILT CAR.*AK

AFTER DRIVING OVER 100 MILES ON INTERSTATE I-79 I PULLED INTO A PARKING LOT AND MY RIGHT FRONT TIRE BROKE OFF LEAVING THE VEHICLE UNABLE TO MOVE. UPPER BALL JOINT BROKE WHICH IN TURN BROKE THE AXEL WHICH BROKE THE TIE ROD. WHEN THE LOWER BALL JOINT WAS REMOVED IT ALSO FELL APART. I WAS TERIFIED BY WHAT HAD HAPPENED. I WAS TOLD BY THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT MAKING THE REPAIRS THAT A PART IN THE TIE ROD WAS BROKEN BUT NO REPLACEMENT PART WAS MADE SO THE ENTIRE TIE ROD MUST BE REPLACED. ALSO THE TIE ROD NEEDED WAS ON BACK ORDER SO A USED TIE ROD WILL HAVE TO BE USED. I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THE USED TIE ROD SHOULD BE OKAY WITH NO DEFECTS. THE COST TO REPAIR HAS GONE WELL OVER $1,000.00. I CAN NOT STRESS TO YOU HOW UPSET I HAVE BEEN SINCE THIS HAPPENED. IF I HAD LOST THAT TIRE OUT ON THE INTERSTATE MYSELF AND OTHERS COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED. *LA

VEHICLE HAS 73,000 MILES AND POWER STEERING PUMP SHAFT SLOWLY WORKED LOOSE CAUSING PUNCTURE INTO PLASTIC COOLING TANK/SHROUD. PUNCTURE APPEARS TO BE FROM CONTACT WITH SHAFT AND HAS ABOUT A NICKEL SIZE HOLE IN PLASTIC TANK. CAUSED VEHICLE TO OVER HEAT AND LOSS OF COOLANT. ALARM INDICATION FAILED TO LIGHT ON INSTRUMENT CLUSTER. TAKING TO DEALER TO FURTHER INVESTIGATE THIS PROBLEM. *JB

THE GALT FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT HAS 2 DODGE DURANGO'S 4X4. DURING AN INSPECTION OF THE BRAKES, IT WAS DISCOVERED THE BRAKE LINE ON THE FRONT LEFT WHEEL WAS RUBBING THE CHASSIS. THE METAL BRAKE LINE NEAR THE CALIPER WAS WORN MORE THEN HALF WAY THROUGH THE WALL OF THE BRAKE LINE. UPON INSPECTING THE OTHER SIDE IT WAS DISCOVERED THE RIGHT FRONT BRAKE LINE WAS ALSO WORN. I INSPECTED THE OTHER DODGE DURANGO AND DISCOVERED IT WAS ALSO WEARING IN THE SAME PLACE. FAILURE OF THE FRONT BRAKE HYDRAULIC SYSTEM WILL REDUCE THE VEHICLE'S BRAKING ABILITY AS MUCH AS 70%. IN MY PROFESSIONAL JUDGMENT, THIS PROBLEM IS WORTHY OF A FORMAL INVESTIGATION AND A RECALL, IF OTHERS DODGE DURANGOS ARE FOUND WITH THIS PROBLEM. THE GALT FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT'S AFFECTED VEHICLES ARE AS FOLLOWS: [XXX] WITH 36,101 MILES AND [XXX] WITH 42,888 MILES THANK YOU [XXX] FIRE MECHANIC GALT FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT. *LA UPDATED 07/25/2012 *JS INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 60 ANF 70 MPH, THE LEFT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE SEPARATED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER PREVIOUSLY HEARD A NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT SHOP AND THE MECHANIC DETERMINED THE LOWER BALL JOINT FAILED. *AK THE CONSUMER FELT A SUDDEN PULL TO THE LEFT WHEN HE SAW THAT THE TIRE AND WHEEL SEPARATED FROM THE VEHICLE. *SC *JB

UPON ARRIVING HOME FROM A FAMILY VACATION, TOTAL TRIP OF 200 MILES, AND TOWING AN EIGHTEEN FOOT TRAILER, WE SUDDENLY LOST ALL POWER STEERING ABILITY ON OUR 2000 DODGE DURANGO. THAT WAS A VERY SCARY EXPERIENCE. IT IS ALSO A VERY PREMATURE PART FAILURE DUE TO THE FACT THAT OUR DURANGO HAS ONLY 50,000 MILES ON IT. WE ARE CURRENTLY AWAITING THE FULL REPLACEMENT OF THE POWER STEERING PUMP DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE POWER STEERING PUMP SHAFT INSIDE THE PUMP SUDDENLY AND UNEXPLAINABLY BROKE. I AM REALLY GLAD THAT THIS DID NOT OCCUR DURING OUR TRAVEL ON THE MAJOR HIGHWAYS WE HAD TO TAKE ON OUR WAY HOME, ESPECIALLY SINCE WE HAD OUR FOUR YEAR OLD GRANDSON IN THE VEHICLE WITH US.

WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH, THE CONSUMER HEARD A LOUD POPPING NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND PULLED OVER. THE CONSUMER, WHO WAS A MECHANIC, INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED THAT THE UPPER FRONT BALL JOINT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO WORN OUT PARTS. *AK AFTER THE REMOVAL OF THE RIGHT SIDE UPPER BALL JOINTS, THEY APPEARED TO HAVE NEVER BEEN LUBED AT THE ASSEMBLY LINE. *SC *JB

WHILE DRIVING, THE CONSUMER HEARD NOISES COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION AND TR MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT BOTH UPPER BALL JOINTS FAILED. *AK THERE WAS NO WARNING. THE UPPER BALL JOINT SEPARATED UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS. THERE WAS DAMAGE IN THE LEFT FRONT SUSPENSION, STEERING GEAR, CONTROL ARM, AND THE AXLE SHAFT WERE ALL REPLACED. *SC *JB

WHILE THE ENGINE WAS IDLING THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO ENGAGE INTO DRIVE WITHOUT APPLYING THE BRAKE. AS A RESULT THE VEHICLE ROLLED FORWARD COLLIDING WITH A PARKED VEHICLE. THE DEALER STATED THAT "THE BRAKE DISENGAGEMENT FEATURE IS NOT ON THE VEHICLE". *LA THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT THIS SAFETY FEATURE WAS NOT INSTALLED ON DODGE VEHICLE'S UNTIL 2001. *NM