1999 DODGE DURANGO Complaints

HAMPTON, VA. THIS MORNING I WAS DRIVING MY KIDS TO SCHOOL, AND THE TRUCK JUST TURNED OFF. I LOST THE POWER STEERING & BRAKES. I WAS IN A SCHOOL ZONE, I WAS GOING UNDER 25 MPH WHEN THIS HAPPENED. AFTER ME AND THE KIDS PUSHED THE CAR OUT OF THE STREET, I LET THE TRUCK COOL OFF FOR ABOUT 20 MINUTES THEN IT STARTED UP AND I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE HOME. BY MY UNDERSTANDING FROM BLOGS AND THE DODGE CUSTOMER SERVICE IS A KNOWN ISSUE, BUT NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE ABOUT THIS. *TR

ON 9/8/2013, THE CAR QUIT WITHOUT WARNING. THE CAR HAD BEEN RUNNING AT HIGHWAY SPEED WITHOUT ISSUE AND WITHOUT ANY WARNING LIGHTS. THE ENGINE STOPPED RUNNING MANY MILES FROM ANY ASSISTANCE. THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO CRANK OVER. THERE WAS PLENTY OF GASOLINE. THERE WAS NO SPARK FROM THE IGNITION SYSTEM, COIL, PLUGS, ETC. THERE HAVE MANY PREVIOUS EVENTS. THERE HAVE BEEN MANY ENGINE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM REPAIRS. INCLUDING THE PCM AT ~$1600 55 WEEKS AGO. *TR

VEHICLE STALLED AT 60MPH. SPEED AND TACH WENT TO ZERO. VEHICLE WOULDN'T START. WOULD START AFTER COOLING DOWN ABOUT 20 MINUTES. WOULD STALL AGAIN. SAME THING OVER AND OVER AGAIN. FINALLY IT STALLED FOR GOOD. HAD IT TOWED TO DODGE DEALER. DEALER SAID THE PROBLEM WAS THE PCM. PAID $2000 TO HAVE PCM INSTALLED WITH A NEW IGNITION COIL. IT LASTED ABOUT 4 HOURS AND 200 MILES AND IT STALLED AGAIN. SAMETHING OVER AGAIN. HAD IT TOWED TO ANOTHER DODGE DEALER PAID AN ADDITIONAL $260 HAD ANOTHER IGNITION COIL INSTALLED AND IT STILL DOESN'T RUN RIGHT. THE DASH WARNING LIGHTS COME ON INTERMITTENTLY, THE SECURITY SYSTEM ENGAGES FOR NO REASON AND CONTINUES TO STALL. DODGE CAN'T SEEM TO FIND THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM, CAN'T FIX THE PROBLEM, OR SIMPLY DOESN'T CARE. MY VEHICLE CURRENTLY WON'T START AND IS GROUNDED. ALL THIS AFTER ALMOST $2500 REPAIRS FROM DODGE THAT DIDN'T FIX THE PROBLEM. I HAVE ALL THE REPAIR INVOICES FROM THE DEALERS. *TR

WHEN I TURN ON MY HEADLIGHTS THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER, PANEL, LIGHTS GO OUT THE TURN SIGNAL ARROWS LIGHT UP. AT NIGHT THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AS YOU CAN NOT SEE HOW FAST YOU ARE GOING AND ALSO IF ANY OF THE WARNING LIGHTS WERE TO COME ON YOU WOULD NOT KNOW BECAUSE YOU CAN'T SEE THEM AS THEY DO NOT LIGHT UP. THIS IS ALSO A PROBLEM DURING THE DAY BECAUSE OF THE INSTRUMENT LIGHTS ARE OUT. WHEN I CRANK CAR THE CHIMES DO NOT ALWAYS SOUND. I AM GETTING SHOCKED WHEN I STOP TURN OFF CAR AND GET OUT AND TOUCH THE DOOR TO CLOSE IT. *TR

ABOUT A MONTH AFTER BUYING MY 5.9 SLT DURANGO I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT ABOUT 75MPH AND THE ENGINE STALLED AND I LOST POWER STEERING AS WELL AS POWER BRAKES AND THE ODOMETER READ NO BUS. AFTER ABOUT 10 MINUTES IT TURNED BACK ON AND DROVE JUST FINE THE REST OF THE DAY. IT WAS ABOUT 90 DEGREES OUT AT THEN TIME OF THE FAILURE. WE TOOK IT TO SEVERAL SHOPS AND FINALLY FOUND OUT THE PROBLEM (PCM/ MAIN COMPUTER) AND WE WERE SHOCKED THAT THERE WAS NOT A RECALL AFTER HEARING HOW OFTEN THIS OCCURRED. $1200 DOLLARS LATER IT RUNS AMAZING. THE PROBLEM DID GET PROGRESSIVELY WORSE BEFORE WE WERE ABLE TO GET IT TO THE DEALERSHIP TO FIXIT. THE LONGEST WE HAD TO WAIT WAS 45 MINUTES BETWEEN STALL AND START UP. WE ALSO INSTALLED A K&N COLD AIR INTAKE SYSTEM THAT HAS A HEAT SHIELD AROUND THE COMPUTER. I LOVE DODGE AND AM SAD THEY HAVE NOT YET MADE A RECALL ON THIS POTENTIALLY DEADLY PROBLEM. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE DURANGO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FUEL STRAP BECAME FRACTURED. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A MECHANIC AND WAS TOLD THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THE FUEL STRAPS. THE CONTACT SPOKE WITH THE MANUFACTURER REGARDING NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 99V342 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE), BUT THE CONTACT WAS TOLD THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 161,159. *TR

MY VEHICLE STOPS WITHOUT ANY CAUSE WHILE DRIVING AND WILL NOT START UP. I WAS TOLD IT WAS THE PCM BEING LOCATED IN A BAD LOCATION. VERY DANGEROUS TO BE DRIVING OR TO BE STRANDED! *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE DURANGO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER STARTING THE IGNITION, A LOUD TICKING NOISE WAS HEARD OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE AND SMOKE EMITTED FROM THE AIR VENTS. THE CONTACT INSPECTED UNDERNEATH THE HOOD AND DETECTED THAT THE TICKING NOISE ORIGINATED FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. IN ADDITION, THE EXTERIOR OF THE VEHICLE EXHIBITED SEVERE RUST SPOTS AND SUBSTANTIAL CRACKS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSIS AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO LOCATE THE PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE DEFECT. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 114,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE DURANGO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING 3 MPH HE ATTEMPTED TO APPLY THE BRAKES BUT TO NO AVAIL. THE CONTACT THEN CRASHED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT THE BRAKE LINES HAD FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS UNAVAILABLE.

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE INTO A PARKING SPOT I HEARD SOME VERY NOTICEABLE CLICKING WHILE MAKING A SLIGHT TURN THEN A LOUD NOISE KINDA LIKE METAL DROPPING ON TO THE STREET FROM FRONT END THEN I EXPERIENCE TOTAL LOSS OF STEERING OF MY DURANGO. THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO RUN, I WAS UNABLE TO STEER AT ALL. I EXAMINED UNDER THE HOOD I DISCOVERED THE BELT DRIVE CAME OFF. I A RAN THE BELT BACK AROUND ALL OF THE COMPONENTS THE VEHICLE AGAIN STARTS BUT I CANT TURN THE WHEEL AT ALL.... NOT HAPPY! *TR