2000 DODGE DURANGO Complaints

WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH A BANGING NOISE WAS HEARD COMING FROM THE REAR. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT BOTH UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO CORROSION. *AK

WHEN TURNING THE VEHICLE IN EITHER DIRECTION A NOISE WAS HEARD COMING FROM THE FRONT. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER FIVE TIMES, BUT DEALER COULD NOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. CONSUMER SUSPECTED THAT BALL JOINTS CAUSED THE NOISE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING THERE WAS SEVERE VIBRATION IN THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE, DEALERSHIP HAS INSPECTED SEVERAL TIMES AND STATED NOTHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE.

WHEN DRIVING OVER BUMPS A SQUEAKING NOISE WAS HEARD COMING FROM THE FRONT END OF VEHICLE. CONSUMER SUSPECTED THE PROBLEM RELATED TO BALL JOINTS, BASED ON A TV REPORT. *AK

DEALERSHIP INFORMED CONSUMER THAT FRONT UPPER BALL JOINTS WERE WORN OUT. CONSUMER WAS NOT HAVING ANY PROBLEMS AT THIS TIME. *AK

WHILE DRIVING THE TIRES FELT AS THOUGH THEY WERE GOING TO SEPARATE FROM VEHICLE. AFTER DEALERSHIP INSPECTED THE VEHICLE THEY DETERMINED THAT BALL JOINTS FAILED. CONSUMER IMMEDIATELY PARKED VEHICLE UNTIL SOME REPAIRS WERE MADE. *AK

AT APPROXIMATELY 55K (5/03) MILES I HAD TO SPEND $1662 FOR WORK ON MY DODGE DURANGO'S DIFFERENTIAL. IT HAS BEEN MY EXPERIENCE THAT THESE TYPES OF PROBLEMS DON'T COME UP UNTIL WAY OVER 100K+ MILES. THEN 11/03 IT WAS MANDATORY THAT I REPLACE ALL 4 BALL JOINTS. THIS ALSO DOESN'T SEEM RIGHT SINCE THE CAR ONLY HAD APPROXIMATELY 65K MILES ON IT AT THAT TIME. YOU WOULD THINK WHEN YOU TAKE YOUR AUTO TO THE DEALER FOR ALL ITS SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE AND HAVING SPENT $35K ON IT NEW, ONE WOULDN'T BE HAVING THESE SORTS OF EXPENSIVE PROBLEMS.

2000 DODGE DURANGO. BOTH FRONT BALL JOINTS AND RIGHT FRONT WHEEL BEARING AND U JOINT HAVE ALL HAD TO BE REPLACED. THIS IS OWNED BY OUR BUSINESS, MYERS INSURANCE, INC. MILEAGE WAS 57898 WORK ON U JOINT WAS DONE 11-24-03 AT ROY'S DODGE

DISCOVERED INFORMATION ABOUT DEFECT ON THE 2000 DURRANGO FROM THE MEDIA THIS MORNING 3/4/2004 CLOSE FRIEND CONSIDERED FAMILY WAS KILLED IN A HEAD ON COLLISION ON HIGHWAY 156 IN MAY OF 2002. ENTIRE FAMILY STILL TO DAY WAS WONDERING WHAT HAPPENED TO MAKE HIS VEHICLE GO INTO ANOTHER LANE WHICH CAUSE THE CRASH AT 3:00PM. AUTOPSY REPORT NO DRUGS, NO ALCOHOL, NO PHYSICAL EVIDENCE OF A HEART ATTACK OR STROCK. IT'S BEEN BOTHERING US FROM THAT DAY AS TO WHAT HAPPENED. ON THE PICTURE OF THE VEHICLE FRONT PAGE OF THE HOLLISTER PAPER THE DURRANGO HE WAS DRIVING IT'S CLEAR AS DAY THAT THE WHEEL ON THE DRIVER SIDE IS BENT AND COULD HAVE SNAP CAUSING THE FATAL HEAD ON ACCIDENT THAT NOT ONLY KILLED LEONARDO MARQUEZ UPON IMPACT BUT ALSO KILLED THE WOMEN DRIVER OF THE OTHER VEHICLE UPON IMPACT. THE ARTICLE IS ON THE FRONT PAGE OF THE FREE LANCE LOCAL PAPER HOLLISTER CALIFORNIA TUEDAY MAY 14TH 2002 VOL 129 ISSUE 149. THIS STEERING DEFECT INFORMATION WAS NEVER KNOWN BY MYSELF OR THE FAMILY UNTIL DISCOVERED ON KPIX CHANNEL 5 NEWS 3/4/2004 WHICH LEAD ME TO THIS WEB SITE. *AK

I HAVE A 2000 DODGE DURANGO AND I AM HAVING AN ANNOYING SQUEAKING SOUND FROM THE FRONT END AND THOUGHT IT WAS MY SHOCKS, SO I HAD NEW SHOCKS INSTALLED AND IT DIDN'T FIX THE PROBLEM. I HEARD ON THE NEWS WHERE ALOT OF OTHER PEOPLE ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM AND THAT IT HAS TO DO WITH THE BALL JOINTS GOING BAD. I DO NOT FEEL THAT I SHOULD HAVE TO PAY TO HAVE THIS REPAIRED DUE TO APPARENTLY THERE IS A DEFECT OR THERE WOULDN'T BE SO MANY PEOPLE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM.