2001 DODGE DURANGO Complaints

2001 DODGE DURANGO HAS REPEATED TRANSMISSION FAILURES. OVER DRIVE WILL ENGAGE BY ITSELF CAUSING TEMPERATURE LIGHT TO COME ON AFTER A PERIOD OF TIME. I HAVE SPENT OVER A 1000.00 FORM 6/2003 TO 11/2003 FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. *LA

I OWN A 2001 DODGE DURANGO WITH POWER SEATS. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS ISSUE HAS OCCURRED. THE FIRST TIME WAS REPAIRED UNDER WARRANTY BEFORE THE PART COMPLETELY FAILED. THE SECOND TIME THE PART COMPLETELY FAILED AND IS CURRENTLY BEING REPAIRED UNDER WARRANTY. THE DRIVERS POWER SEAT BRACKET HAS METAL ROD RUNNING FROM LEFT TO RIGHT UNDER SEAT THIGH AREA. THIS METAL ROD IS USED TO LIFT AND ADJUST THE SEAT HEIGHT. THERE ARE METAL WASHERS ATTACHED TO SERVO MOTORS THAT FATIGUE AND WEAR OUT. AT FIRST SEAT BEGINS ROCKING SLIGHTLY BACKWARD ON ACCELERATION. EVENTUALLY WASHER(S) FAIL CAUSING METAL ROD TO MOVE FREELY WITHOUT ANY STABILIZATION. IF DRIVERS SIDE POWER SEAT IS LOWERED ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR AND ALL THE WAY BACK THE SEAT APPEARS STABLE. IF DRIVERS SIDE POWER SEAT IS RAISED AND ADJUSTED FOR SMALLER DRIVER AND THE WASHER HAS BROKEN, THE SEAT FALLS BACKWARD SEVERELY AND HAS THE POTENTIAL FOR CAUSING A SEVERE ACCIDENT. I'M A MEMBER OF THE DURANGO OWNERS CLUB (HTTP://WWW.DURANGOCLUB.COM/CEILIDH/CEILIDH.HTML) AND SEVERAL MEMBERS ARE ENCOUNTERING ISSUES WITH THE SEATS ROCKING BACK AND FORTH OVER TIME. TO DATE, WE ARE THE ONLY ONES IN YOUR CLUB REPORTING THAT THE SEAT ACTUALLY BREAKS AND FALLS BACKWARDS. *LA

2001 DODGE DURANGO 35,000 MILES PURCHASED NEW FROM DEALER DEFECTIVE BALL- JOINT PROBLEM. *LA

WHEN DRIVING OVER BUMPS VEHICLE SHOOK. CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP. MECHANIC NOTICED THAT THE UPPER BALL JOINT WAS WEARING OUT PREMATURELY. *AK

WE HAVE A 2001 DODGE DURANGO AND IT HAS 52,953 MILES ON IT AND NEEDS TO HAVE THE FRONT BALL JOINTS REPLACED. OUR MECHANIC TRIED TO ORDER THE BALL JOINTS FOR THIS VEHICLE AND THEY ARE ON BACK ORDER. THE BALL JOINTS SHOULD NOT BE GOING OUT ON A VEHICLE WITH THIS LOW OF MILES. IT IS OUR PRIMARY VEHICLE AND WE HAVE TO DRIVE IT AS IS BECAUSE THE BALL JOINTS ARE ON BACK ORDER. *LA

THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE IN FOR INSPECTION. THE MECHANIC NOTICED THAT THE FRONT UPPER BALL JOINTS WERE WEARING PREMATURELY. THE OWNER WILL HAVE THE DEALERSHIP FIX THE UPPER BALL JOINTS. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *PH

MY DURANGO IS ALL OVER THE ROAD ON BUMPY SURFACES AND IF YOU HAPPEN TO HIT A BUMP ON A CORNER, IT JUMPS ACROSS THE ROAD. THE DEALER PUT ON NEW FRONT SHOCKS, BUT IT DID NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM. I HAVE NOT HAD A CHANCE TO RETURN IT AGAIN. *LA

WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL WAS TURNED THERE WAS A CLICKING NOISE. THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD BY THE DEALER THAT ALL FOUR BALL JOINTS, UPPER AND LOWER WERE BAD. THIS VEHICLE ALWAYS KNOCKED. THE DEALER CHECKED OUT THE PROBLEM, BUT COULDN'T DUPLICATE IT. *AK THE PART HAD NOT BEEN REPLACED. THE CONSUMER HEARD ON THE NEWS A RECALL WAS IN THE MAKING, BUT THE DEALER STATED THAT THEY WERE UNAWARE OF ANY RECALL . *SCC *JB

WHILE DRIVING 2001 DODGE DURANGO ON A STRAIGHT-AWAY, UP HILL, THE FRONT WHEELS SUDDENLY VEERED TO THE LEFT, AND DRIVER LOST CONTROL OF TRUCK, HITTING TELEPHONE POLE HEAD-ON, AND TOTALLING VEHICLE. *AK

CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO START VEHICLE BECAUSE KEY WAS STUCK IN THE LOCK POSITION IN THE IGNITION. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED. *AK