1998 DODGE DURANGO Complaints

I HAD TO HAVE THE BALL JOINTS REPLACED 6 MONTHS AFTER I BOUGHT THE TRUCK. THE DEALERSHIP SAID THAT MY WHEELS WERE GETTING READY TO FALL OFF AND THE TRUCK WAS TO DANGEROUS TO DRIVE. THEN THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT IN AUGUST OF 2003. I BARELY HAD 50,000 MILES ON IT. THE BRAKES ON IT ARE TERRIBLE. WHEN IT IS RAINING I HYDROPLANE JUST ABOUT EVER TIME I PUT ON THE BRAKES. THE ANTI LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM IS NOT WORKING PROPERLY. THE LIGHT IS NOW ON. THE SPEEDOMETER IS NOW BROKEN. IT STAYS AT ZERO MOST OF THE TIME BUT WILL OCCASIONALLY JUMP UP AND DOWN WHILE DRIVING. THE ELECTRIC DOOR LOCK MAKES A HORRIBLE SOUND WHEN IT LOCKS. LAST BUT NOT LEAST WHENEVER I DRIVE ON THE INTERSTATE AND GO OVER 60 MPH THE ENGINE MAKES A RATTLING NOISE. *JB

WHINING NOISE COMING FROM REAR. TOOK TO DODGE DEALERSHIP. NEEDS COMPLETE REAR END REBUILD. $1300-$1500 ESTIMATE. ONLY 63K MILES. APPARENTLY IT'S A DESIGN DEFECT BY DODGE.

1998 DODGE DURANGO: I'VE HAD TO REPLACE THE FRONT CONTROL ARMS AND BALL JOINTS AT ONLY 53,000 MILES (FALL 02 AND SUMMER 03). I FOUND OUT ABOUT THE PROBLEM BECAUSE OF UNDUE TIRE WEAR...THE TIRE DEALER INDICATED THE TIE RODS AND BALL JOINTS WERE LOOSE AND HAD TO BE FIXED BEFORE THEY COULD ALIGN MY TIRES. UPON CONTACTING THE DODGE DEALER, THE MECHANIC INDICATED THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM AND THEY FIXED IT (OVER $1,200). THE MECHANIC INDICATED THIS SHOULD NOT HAPPEN WITH SUCH LOW MILEAGE ON THE VEHICLE.

DRIVERS SIDE WHEEL HAS A LOUD SQUEAKING NOISE DUE TO CORROSION OF THE UPPER BALL JOINT. THROUGH A INSPECTION THIS PROBLEM WAS SPOTTED. *AK UPPER BALL JOINT GREASE WAS NON EXISTENT AND THE BALL JOINT ASSEMBLY APPEARED TO BE FAILING. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, IT WAS DETERMINED ALL FOUR UPPER/LOWER BALL JOINTS ON THE LEFT AND RIGHT SIDE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED FOR SAFETY REASONS. *PH *JB

MY 1998 DURANGO DRIVE SHAFT HAD TO BE REPLACED DUE TO METAL FLAKING OFF FROM CORROSION. CAR HAS ONLY 53000 MILES AND IS PARKED ON BLACKTOP DRIVEWAY AND IS NOT USED FOR PLOWING OR OFF-ROAD ACTIVITY. USED FOR TRAVEL IN NORTHEAST WINTER CLIMATE. *PH

PE 03-032, FRONT SUSPENSION UPPER BALL JOINT FAILURE. THE UPPER BALL JOINTS, AND THE TIE RODS HAVE BEEN REPLACED. VEHICLE BARELY HAS 74000 MILES.*AK *TS

PE 03-032/ FRONT SUSPENSION: UPPER BALL JOINT FAILURE. CONSUMER STATED THE UPPER BALL JOINTS HAD COMPLETELY WORN OUT, WHICH CAUSED UNEVEN WEAR OF ON THE FRONT TIRES.*AK WHEN THE TIRES WERE BEING REPLACED, THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD AN ALIGNMENT COULD NOT BE PERFORMED BECAUSE THE BALL JOINTS HAD EXCESSIVE WEAR. *PH *JB

BRAKE LINE HAD A HOLE INSIDE OF THE LINE WHICH CAUSED LESS BRAKING POWER. *AK A LOSS OF BRAKING POWER WAS SUDDEN AND THE ABS/BRAKE LIGHTS HAD COME ON. THE ORIGINAL REPAIR DID NOT WORK DUE TO THE ISOLATOR BECOMING DISLODGED. THE DEALER PAID FOR THE REPAIR. *SCC *JB

CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE MADE NOISES. IT WAS TAKEN TO THE MECHANIC TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. THEY HAD TO REPLACE THE UPPER BALL JOINTS, THE RIGHT INNER TIRE ROD AND THE IDLE ARM. *PH THE FUEL PUMP ASSEMBLY MALFUNCTIONED WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE NOT TO START. *PH *JB

THEE WERE PROBLEMS WITH THE LOWER BALL JOINTS. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED WHO STATED THEY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED AT THE TIME OF THIS CALL. *PH *SCC *JB