2000 DODGE DURANGO Complaints

WHILE DRIVING 35-45 MPH CONSUMER LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE AND RAN INTO AN EMBANKMENT HEAD-ON. UPON IMPACT, FRONTAL AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH CONSUMER'S VEHICLE REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE. UPON IMPACT, FRONTAL AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. MANUFACTURER AND DEALERSHIP WERE CONTACTED. *AK

CONSUMER FELL A SLEEP BEHIND THE WHEEL WHILE DRIVING 35-45 MPH ,RESULTING IN A HEAD ON CRASH WITH A TRACTOR TRAILER. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK

BOTH FRONT HUBS ARE BAD CAUSING BOTH TIRES TO WOBBLE AND SWAY ON TURNS. TIRES ARE NOW WORN OUT COMPLETELY ON INSIDE. *LA

UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS FAILED INSPECTION. MY CAR HAS ONLY 36,000 MILES. THERE HAS NEVER BEEN ANY INDICATION THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH MY CAR(IN OPPOSITON TO CHRYSLER'S CLAIM THAT OWNERS WILL BE ABLE TO TELL). *AK

UPPER AND LOWER SUSPENSION BALL JOINTS ARE OUT OF SPECIFICATION AND PREMATURE WEARING. DEALER INFORMS ME THIS IS A FREQUENT AND RECURRING PROBLEM WITH DURANGOS AND CAN LEAD TO SERIOUS FRONT END LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. IF THE DEALER SAYS THIS IS A RECURRING PROBLEM, HOW CAN THIS NOT BE A RECALL ITEM?*AK

THE TWO OCCURRENCES INVOLVED PREMATURE DETERIORATION OF VARIOUS DEVICES AND COMPONENTS. AT APPROXIMATELY 37,000 MILES (AFTER WARRANTY EXPIRED), THE DEVICE THAT CONTROLS THE CHECK ENGINE OPERATIONS HAD TO BE REPLACED. MOST RECENTLY, AT 40,000 MILES, THE POWER STEERING PUMP AND LINES HAD TO BE REPLACED. IT WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THAT THE PREMATURE CORROSION OF THE LINES CAUSED THE PUMP DAMAGE. *NM

WHILE MERGING ONTO THE FREEWAY THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED UP TO 60- 65 MPH AS IF THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS ACTIVATED. THE CONSUMER STATES, "HE WAS UNABLE TO GET THE VEHICLE TO STOP FOR 15 MILES OR MORE UNTIL IT WAS SAFE TO DRIVE UNTO A GRASSY AREA". THE DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *NM

CONSUMER STATES THAT SEAT BELTS WILL NOT RELEASE ONCE LOCKED IN IT IS A PROBLEM GETTING OUT OF THE SEAT BELTS. CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A DEALER, AND WAS TOLD THAT SEAT BELTS WERE NOT ON RECALL, AND IT WILL COST CONSUMER APPROXIMATELY $300.00 TO HAVE THEM REPAIRED. *AK

WHILE VEHICLE WAS GOING THROUGH STATE INSPECTION TECHNICIAN NOTICED THAT ONE OF THE WHEELS WAS WOBBLY, AND TECHNICIAN DETERMINED THAT THE BALL JOINTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK