1999 DODGE DURANGO Complaints

WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS BEING INSPECTED AT STATE INSPECTION STATION THE INSPECTOR INFORMED CONSUMER THAT BOTH UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED ON THE RIGHT SIDE, AND THE LOWER BALL JOINT ON THE LEFT SIDE ALSO NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED.*AK

I HAVE A 1999 DODGE DURANGO 4WD AND HAVE SUFFERED THE SAME UPPER BALL JOINT PROBLEM IDENTIFIED IN THE DECEMBER 2004 RECALL OF THE 2000-2003 DODGE DURANGO. I HAD TO HAVE THE UPPER BALL JOINT AND MOST OF THE FRONT SUSPENSION REPLACED. FORTUNATELY I REPLACED THE WORN PARTS BEFORE HAVING AN ACCIDENT. *JB

I'VE BEEN NOTICING IMPROPER TIRE WEAR ON MY 1999 DURANGO AND HAD IT LOOKED AT AND WAS TOLD THE BALL JOINTS ARE FAILING. NOW I NEED TO HAVE THEM REPAIRED AT MY OWN EXPENSE WHEN THE SAME PROBLEM FOR 2000 TO 2003 WAS ADDRESSED BY A RECALL THAT SHOULD HAVE INCLUDED 1999!! *JB

RE DODGE DURANGO RECALLS FOR BALL JOINTS -WHAT ABOUT 1999. *BF THE CONSUMER BELIEVES THAT THE 1998 AND 1999 DODGE DURANGO ALSO NEEDS TO BE RECALLED FOR FAULTY BALL JOINTS. *NM

DODGE DURANGO 1999 BALL JOINTS REPLACED. *BF THE CONSUMER BELIEVES THE 1999 DODGE DURANGO SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE CURRENT RECALL. *NM

DODGE DURANGO 1999 UPPER BALL JOINTS DEFECT. *BF THE UPPER BALL JOINT ON THE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE POPPED OFF AND CAUSED THE FRONT END TO COLLAPSE. *NM

DODGE DURANGO 1999 UPPER BALL JOINTS DEFECT. *BF THE CONSUMER WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHY HIS VEHICLE IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. *NM

DODGE DURANGO 1999 UPPER BALL JOINTS DEFECT. *BF THE CONSUMER DOES NOT UNDERSTAND WHY THE BALL JOINTS ON HIS VEHICLE WEREN'T RECALLED. *NM

I PURCHASED MY 1999 DURANGO IN EARLY 2000. SINCE THAT TIME, I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE NUMEROUS PARTS OF THE FRONT END SUSPENSION INCLUDING WHEEL BEARINGS ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, RIGHT SIDE HUB ASSEMBLY, BOTH SPINDLES, AND THE ROTORS TWICE. LAST WEEK, I NOTICE THE WHEEL WAS LITERALLY FLOPPING SIDEWAYS WHEN I TURNED. MY DEALER THEN REPLACED THE UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS ON BOTH SIDES. AFTER THE REPLACEMENT OF THE BALL JOINTS, I DROVE THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED AN EXTREME SHAKING WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES, AND A DRAMATIC PULL TO THE RIGHT. MY DEALER EXAMINED THE FRONT END AGAIN, AND AFTER ELIMINATING ALL OTHER POSSIBILITIES FOR THE PROBLEM THEN NOTICE THAT THE FRONT BRACKET WHICH HOLDS THE LOWER CONTROL ARM ON THE RIGHT SIDE WAS FRACTURED. UPON EXAMINING THE BRACKET THEY DISCOVERED THAT THERE WAS NO SPOT WELD ON THE BRACKET AND THE TWO SIDE WELDS WERE ONLY ON THE FRAME, BUT NOT THE BRACKET ITSELF. THE BRACKET AND FRAME WERE FRACTURED ALMOST ALL THE WAY AROUND THE FRAME. ACCORDING TO THEIR SERVICE MEN, AND BODY REPAIR STAFF, THE BRACKET APPEARS TO HAVE NEVER BEEN PROPERLY WELDED AT THE MANUFACTURE. SUBSEQUENTLY, I HAVE A VEHICLE, WITH THAT I CANNOT DRIVE. THIS SEEMS TO BE A MANUFACTURE DEFECT, WHICH RESULTED IN ME HAVING TO DO NUMEROUS REPAIRS OVER THE 5 YEAR PERIOD I HAVE OWNED THE VEHICLE, AND PUT MY FAMILY IN SERIOUS DANGER OF A CATASTROPHIC FRONT END FAILURE. *NM

UPPER BALL JOINTS SEVERELY WORN OUT. (DANGEROUS!) TIE ROD ENDS LOOSE. THESE VEHICLES (1999 MODEL YEAR) NEED TO BE INCLUDED IN THE BALL JOINT RECALL. THE SUSPENSION/UPPER BALL JOINTS ARE POORLY DESIGNED AND WAY TO LIGHT DUTY! *NM