1999 DODGE DURANGO Complaints

CONSUMER STATES: ON THE FRONT END DRIVER'S SIDE, THE LOWER AND UPPER BALL JOINTS WERE BAD AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE BOOT WAS COMPLETELY BLOWN OUT. IT WAS MAKING A SQUEAKING NOISE AND HAD A DIFFERENT DRIVE. *TT

DT; THE BALL JOINTS FAILED AT 58,230 MILES WHEN THE CONSUMER WENT FOR THE STATE INSPECTION. *JB

1999 DODGE DURANGO EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS WITH CONTROL ARMS AND BALL JOINT FAILURES.*MR THE CONSUMER HAD ALL THE BALL JOINTS REPLACED IN LATE 2003 AFTER HEARING INCIDENTS FROM THE MEDIA. IN LATE 2004, THE CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A MINOR LOW SPEED ACCIDENT AND THE LEFT CONTROL ARM ASSEMBLY INCLUDING THE LEFT BALL JOINT WERE REPLACED. (THE CONSUMER DID NOT STATE IF THERE WAS DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE). AFTER THE REPAIR THE CONSUMES WIFE STARTED TO HEAR A POPPING SOUND, THE VEHICLE WAS RETURNED TO THE DEALER BUT NO PROBLEM WAS FOUND BUT THEY DID CHECK ALL THE BOLTS AND TIGHTENED TO SPECS. IMMEDIATELY AFTER PICKING UP THE VEHICLE THE NOISE WAS STILL THERE. THE CONSUMER INSPECTED THE VEHICLE HIMSELF BY REMOVING THE LEFT FRONT TIRE AND WHEEL ASSEMBLY AND FOUND THE COTTER PIN INSTALLATION POORLY DONE ON THE UPPER BALL JOINT. THE CONSUMER THEN FOUND THE LOWER CONTROL ARM ASSEMBLY WHICH HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN REPAIRED TO BE POORLY DONE AS WELL. THE BRAKES SQUEAKED, BUT THE CONSUMER DECLINED THE REPAIRS. *JB

I TOOK MY 1999 DODGE DURANGO INTO HAVE THE TIRES ROTATED. THE AUTO TECH SAID BOTH THE UPPER BALL JOINTS WERE FAILING ON BOTH SIDES AND THE LOWER BALL JOINT ON THE LEFT SIDE ALONG WITH THE TIE-RODS. MY DURANGO HAS 100,000 MILES ON IT. I WAS TOLD BY THE MANAGER OF THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT THAT DURANGOS WERE KNOW FOR BALL JOINT PROBLEMS AND THAT THEY HAVE HAD RECALLS. I SEE THE 2000 DURANGOS HAVE HAD RECALLS, WHAT ABOUT THE 99'S. $800.00 WITH OF REPAIRS IS VERY COSTLY.

I HAVE A 1999 DODGE DURANGO WHICH HAS LOWER & UPPER BALL JOINTS THAT NEED TO BE REPLACED AND ON 33269 MILES ON THE VEHICLE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO BUT THE DEALERSHIP SAYS IT IS MY PROBLEM, THAT MY YEAR IS NOT ON THE RECALL LIST.

DT: FRONT END SUSPENSION WORN OUT. AND ABS BRAKES; THE BRAKES WORK BUT THE ANTI-LOCK DOESN'T WORK . *AK

DT: 1. BRAKES -THE BRAKES ARE WEARING OUT TOO FAST, AND WHEN NEW BRAKES ARE PUT ON, THEY MAKE NOISES. ON THE RIGHT PASSENGER'S SIDE. 2. THE PASSENGER SIDE LOWER A FRAME BALL JOINT BROKE WHILE DRIVING. THERE WERE NO INDICATION THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM. AND THERE IS NO RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM. *AK

I TOOK MY 1999 DODGE DURANGO SLT 4X4 TO HAVE AN ALIGNMENT AND I WAS TOLD THAT THE ALIGNMENT WS FINE BUT THAT THE FRONT BALL JOINTS WERE FAILING. THE SERVICEMAN TOLD ME THAT ALL 2000 AND LATER MODEL DURANGO'S WERE RECALLED TO REPLACE THE PARTS. HE ALSO TOLD ME THAT MY VEHICLES PARTS WERE THE SAME AS THE 2000 YEAR MODELS THAT WERE RECALLED. THE RECALL WAS BECAUSE THE BALL JOINTS HAD FAILED CAUSING SEVERAL ACCIDENTS. WHY THE 1999 MODELS WEREN'T INCLUDED I DON'T KNOW. I SENT A LETTER TO DODGE AND THEY GAVE ME THE GENERIC ANSWER THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS ACTIVE FOR MY VEHICLE. I HAVEN'T FIXED THE VEHICLE YET AND ALL THE PARTS ARE STILL IN PLACE.

1999 DODGE DURANGO, BOUGHT NEW, HAS 53,000 MILES, I WAS DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY ON 4/22/05,"CHECK GAUGES" LIT UP ON DASHBOARD, OIL PRESSURE GAUGE WENT TO ZERO, CAR STILL DRIVABLE, PULLED OVER AFTER 3-4 MILES INTO TURNPIKE SERVICE AREA, CHECKED OIL STICK AND IT READ FULL, CONTINUED ADDITIONAL DRIVE TO DESTINATION OF APPROX. 5 MILES AND DROPPED OFF AT NEARBY DODGE DEALERSHIP, THEIR DIAGNOSIS IS SLUDGE IN ENGINE AND OIL PUMP HAS TO BE REPLACED AND THE ENTIRE ENGINE WILL HAVE TO BE REPLACED, THEY SUSPECT LOUSY MAINTENENACE BY CAR OWNER REGARDING OIL CHANGES, I HAVE DOCUMENTATION THAT CAR WAS WELL MAINTAINED, ON A INTERNET SEARCH, I FOUND THAT HUNDREDS OF DURANGO OWNERS HAVE EXPERIENCED THE "EXACT" PROBLEMS WITH THIS TYPE OF VEHICLE. IN ADDITION, I HAVE EXPERIENCED OTHER PROBLEMS WITH MY VEHICLE: REPLACED WINDOW MOTER, REPLACED LEAK IN COOLING SYSTEM THERMOSTAT, REPLACED SWITCH ASSEMBLY FOR A/C HEATING UNIT, REPLACED BRAKES AND ROTORS ON FRONT.*AK

1999 DODGE DURANGO SPEED SENSOR FAILED AS WELL AS THE UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS. ***NO ANSWER REQUIRED***. *MR AT 49,000 THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT. THE SPEED SENSOR FAILED FOR A SECOND TIME. *JB