2000 DODGE DURANGO Complaints

WHILE TRAVELING AT ANY SPEED CONSUMER NOTICED A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT END. VEHICLE WAS SERVICED THREE TIMES, BUT THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM.*AK *MR

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND WHEN MAKING TURNS CONSUMER HEARD RAPID CLANKING SOUNDS COMING FROM THE FRONT WHEELS. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER, AND EXAMINED BY A CERTIFIED MECHANIC, WHO DETERMINED THAT UPPER BALL JOINTS WERE WORN OUT, AND NEEDED REPLACEMENT. *AK *LA

WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER HEARD A NOISE INDICATING THAT SOMETHING WAS LOOSE IN THE FRONT END. *AK THIS WOULD ALSO OCCUR WHEN A BUMP WAS HIT AND DRIVING ON A GRAVEL ROAD. *SC

WHEN MAKING A LEFT OR RIGHT TURNS, THERE WOULD BE A LOUD POPPING NOISE COMING FROM THE STEERING WHEEL. *AK *SC *JB

THERE WAS A LOUD SQUEAKING NOISE WHEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THEY REPLACED THE BALL JOINTS.*AK *LA

THE BALL JOINTS WORE OUT PREMATURELY. SOMETIMES, THE STEERING WHEEL JERKED OUT OF THE DRIVER'S HAND, AND THERE WAS A CLANKING NOISE IN THE FRONT END. ALSO, POWER DOOR LOCKS WORKED INTERMITTENTLY.*AK *LA

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THERE WAS VIBRATION IN THE FRONT END OF VEHICLE. AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT UPPER BALL JOINTS WERE SEVERELY WORN OUT. DEALER EXAMINED UPPER BALL JOINTS AND REPAIRED THEM. *AK *LA

WHEN TURNING IN EITHER DIRECTION A GRINDING NOISE WAS HEARD. THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM HAD NOT BEEN DETERMINED, BUT THE CONSUMER SUSPECTED DEFECTIVE BALL JOINTS COULD BE THE CAUSE. *AK *JB

WHILE DRIVING A KNOCKING NOISE WAS HEARD COMING FROM THE FRONT END. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHO DETERMINED THAT UPPER BALL JOINTS WORE OUT PREMATURELY. *AK

ADVISE CHRYSLER AGAIN MY BALL JOINTS ARE WORN AND WILL NOT PASS A STATE SAFETY INSPECTION. THE WHEELS COULD BE VERTICALLY MOVED UP AND DOWN. THE MECHANIC SHOOK THE WHEEL AND THE BALL JOINT CAME OFF. IF I WOULD HAVE BEEN DRIVING THIS, I WOULD HAVE ENCOUNTERED A MAJOR FATAILITY.*AK