1998 DODGE DURANGO Complaints

BOTH SIDES UPPER BALL JOINTS SEPARATED WHILE DRIVING AND A NOISE WAS HEARD COMING FROM THE FRONT. BOTH FRONT TIRES COULD FALL OFF, AND VEHICLE WAS INOPERABLE.*AK

PE 03-032, FRONT SUSENSION UPPER BALL JOINT FAILURE: UPPER BALL JOINTS WORE OUT PREMATURELY. THE PROBLEM WAS REPAIRED BY THE OWNER.*AK THE UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS WERE REPLACED. *JB

WHILE DRIVING THE CONSUMER HEARD A KNOCKING NOISE ON THE PASSENGER'S SIDE WHEEL. THE CONSUMER HAD TO HAVE UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS REPLACED.*AK *NLM

I SPECIAL ORDERED TWO 1998 DURANGOS THAT WERE BUILT WITHIN 3 MONTHS OF EACH OTHER.BOTH UNITS WERE ORDERED WITH THE OPTIONAL 4 WHEEL ABS SYSTEM. ONE VEHICLE THE ABS SENSORS FAILED, AND THEN WITHIN 90 DAYS THE ABS MODULE FAILED CASUING ERRATIC DRIVING BEHAVIOR. THE MODULE WAS REPLACE AT 93K MILES. THE UNIT HAS 150K ON IT CURRENTLY WITH NO MORE ABS PROBLEMS. THE SECOND DURANGO WITH 63K MILES JUST EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM. ABS FAILURE THAT CAUSED THE UNIT TO SWAY AND DRIVE IRRATICALLY ESPECIALLY ON TURNS AND WHEN BRAKING. A 5 STAR RATED DODGE DEALER IN THE DC AREA REPLACED THE ABS MODULE AND ACTUATOR (SP) TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. IN BOTH INSTANCES THE CARS WERE VERY UNSTABLE TO DRIVE. ABS MODULE REPAIR TO UNIT ONE WAS @$650, THE OTHER DURANGO ABS REPAIRS WERE $1450. CONTACTED DAIMLER-CHRYSLER TO SEE IF THERE WERE ANY TSBS ON THIS PROBLEM THEY SAID SORRY, AND THEY WERE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR SAFTEY RELATED REPAIRS BEYOND THE ORINGINAL WARRANTY PERIOD, AND UNWILLING TO INVESTIGATE THE PROBLEM. I FIND IT VERY ALARMING THAT 2 TRUCKS BUILT WITH IN MONTHS OF EACH OTHER, WITH IDENTICAL MECHANICAL SPECS EXPERIENCE THE SAME SAFTEY RELATED PROBLEM. I ALSO OWN A 2001 DURANGO, AND A 2002 DODGE RAM 1500 AND BOTH OF THESE UNITS WERE ORDERED WITH THE UPGRADE 4-WHEEL ABS BRAKES. MY CONCERN, IS THERE A DESIGN FLAW IN THIS SYSTEM THAT COULD CAUSE HARM TO MY FAMILY IN THESE NEW MODEL TRUCKS, OR IS THIS A COVERED UP PROBLEM ON THE 1998 MODELS. BOTH 1998'S HAD DIFFERENT DRIVERS, MY FATHER (82)AND MY OLDEST SON (34 YRS) HAVE BEEN PRIMARY DRIVERS ON THE 63K MILE DURANGO, AND MY SELF AND SPOUSE (50) THE PRIMARY ON THE OTHER UNIT. BOTH UNITS HAVE FULL SERVICE HISTORIES AT 5 STARR RATED DODGE DEALERS...PLEASE ADVISE...REMEBER YOU GUYS SAID THE ABS WAS THE SAFEST WAY TO PROTECT MY FAMILY FROM HARM......

ABS INDICATOR LIGHT COMES ON INTERMITTENTLY, BRAKES WORK AS THEY SHOULD. DEALER REPLACED THE SENSOR. ONE WEEK LATER, ABS LIGHT ILLUMINATED AGAIN. DEALER STATED BRAKES WERE WORKING, BUT THEY COULD NOT FIND THE SOURCE OF THE PROBLEM. THE SOLENOID WAS REPLACED. THE FOLLOWING DAY ABS INDICATOR CAME ON FOUR TIMES. DEALER SUGGESTED REPLACING THE COMPUTER. *AK

WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS BEING SERVICED, THE DEALERSHIP INDICATED THE UPPER BALL JOINTS WERE WORN AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK THE CONSUMER FELT THAT CHRYSLER SHOULD COVER THE EXPENSE TO REPAIR THIS VEHICLE BEFORE ANY MAJOR ACCIDENTS OCCURRED. *SCC *JB

1998 DODGE DURANGO - SUSPENSION - FRONT-CONTROL ARM AND UPPER BALL JOINT HAS BEEN REPLACED AT LEAST 3 TIMES SINCE WE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE IN DEC 1999. WE WERE ADVISED IN AUG OF THIS YEAR THAT THEY NEED TO BE REPLACED AGAIN. *JB

I HAVE REPLACED TWO WINDOW MOTORS AND HAVE ANOTHER ONE TO REPLACE AS IT IS OUT NOW I WAS WONDERING IF THERE WERE ANY COMPLAINTS OR CAMPAIGNS ON WINDOW MOTORS ALSO I WANT TO COMPLAIN ABOUT FRONT SUSPENSION EITHER THE BALL JOINTS UPPER OR LOWER ARE WEAK OR OUT BUT I HAVE WEAR PROBLEMS ON MY NEW TIRES AND IT SHOULD NOT BE THAT WAY ONLY BEING A 1998 ARE THERE ANY CAMPAIGNS ON THIS .*JB

UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS HAVE FAILED AT 65000 MILES ON 98' DODGE DURANGO. ALSO HAD TO REPLACE PITMAN AND IDLER ARMS. *JB

MY 1998 DODGE DURANGO' UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS FAILED WITH ONLY 59000 MILES. REPLACEMENT COSTS WERE OVER $900. *JB