2002 DODGE DURANGO Complaints

BEGINNING IN APRIL 2012 IT WAS EXTREMELY HARD TO GET GEAR SHIFT OUT OF PARK YOU HAD TO ATTEMPT THIS SEVERAL TIMES THIS OCCURRED EVERY SO OFTEN THERE WAS NO SIGNIFICANT ROUTINE. WE TOOK THIS TO DODGE IN GAINESVILLE SEVERAL DIFFERENT TRIPS AND IT WOULD NOT REPEAT THE PROBLEM FOR THEM. STARTING AROUND DECEMBER OF 2014 THE VEHICLE WOULD COME OUT OF PARK ALL BY ITSELF WHILE PARKED AND WITH THE VEHICLE OFF THEN WE WOULD HAVE TROUBLE GETTING THE KEY OUT OR THE VEHICLE BACK INTO PARK. THIS HAPPENS CONSTANTLY AND WE ARE NOW SCARED TO DRIVE IT. I CALLED CHRYSLER AND THEY SAID THERE WAS A RECALL OF THIS NATURE BUT NOT ON MY VEHICLE. I FIND THIS HARD TO ACCEPT CONSIDERING IT IS DOING THE EXACT SAME FAILURE OF OTHER DURANGO'S FROM THIS MANUFACTURE DATE. PLEASE RESPOND AND LET ME KNOW IF I SHOULD JUNK MY ONLY VEHICLE OR GET A SECOND MORTGAGE TO HAVE REPAIRED. ON A SECOND REQUEST I ALSO HAD A WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR REPLACED AND WAS CHARGED APPARENTLY THERE WAS A RECALL ON THAT BUT GAINESVILLE DODGE DOESN'T COVER RECALLS ? IS THIS NORMAL OR ARE THE DISHONEST. *TR

WAS DRIVING AT LOW RATE OF SPEED AND THE SPARE TIRE FELL FROM UNDER DURANGO THE CABLE THAT HOLDS IT IN PLACE JUST BROKE. HAD I BEEN ON BUSY HIGHWAY AT 55 TO 65 MPH PEOPLE COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED. THERE SHOULD BE SOME KIND OF SAFETY HOLDING TIRE BESIDES JUST THE LITTLE CABLE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 DODGE DURANGO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE INDEPENDENTLY SHIFTED OUT OF PARK. IN ADDITION, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO SHIFT OUT OF PARK INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 07V555000 (POWER TRAIN). THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 138,500.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 DODGE DURANGO. WHILE DRIVING 75 MPH, THE REAR DRIVER SIDE TIRE VIBRATED, ACCOMPANIED BY A GRINDING NOISE AND LOUD SOUND. THE CONTACT EXITED THE VEHICLE AND DISCOVERED THE WHOLE TIRE WAS MISSING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE REAR AXLE AND DRUM NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. NO REPAIRS WERE MADE TO THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 DODGE DURANGO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN DRIVING, THE KEY WOULD RELEASE FROM THE IGNITION WHILE IN ANY GEAR. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE DIAGNOSTIC WAS UNKNOWN. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

WHILE MAKING URGENT STOP WITH HEAVY BRAKE PEDAL APPLICATION, BRAKES SUDDENLY LET LOOSE FOR A MOMENT AND THEN RESUME BRAKING ACTION. UPON FIRST INCIDENT, DEALER REPLACED VARIOUS ABS COMPONENTS. NOT SOLVED. MORE CHECKS, NOT SOLVED. EVENTUALLY, FRONT AND REAR BRAKE PADS WERE CHANGED, EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE NOT WORN OUT. THIS SOLVED THE PROBLEM FOR ANOTHER 30,000 OR SO MILES. WITH SLIGHT WEAR ON THE BRAKE PADS, PROBLEM OCCURRED AGAIN. PAID FOR NEW BRAKE PADS EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE NOT RECOMMENDED. THIS AGAIN SOLVED THE PROBLEM. *TR

THE VEHICLE STARTED TO SWERVE INTO THE OTHER LANE ON THE HIGHWAY, AND AS I ATTEMPTED TO REGAIN CONTROL WITH BOTH HANDS FIRMLY ON THE WHEEL, AND GENTLE STEERING, I FOUND I STILL HAD NO ABSOLUTELY NO CONTROL WITH THE STEERING, IT WAS COMPLETELY LOOSE IT WAS DISCONNECTED. AT THAT SAME TIME, I WENT FOR MY BRAKES, ONLY TO FIND THEY ALL OF A SUDDEN WERE NOT FUNCTIONING EITHER. THE VEHICLE EVENTUALLY SWERVED INTO THE FENCE OF TO THE SIDE OF THE FREEWAY, THEN THE VEHICLE TO FLIP TWO TIMES. *TR

WHILE DRIVING A HIGHWAY SPEEDS AND GOING OVER A BUMP IN THE ROAD THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE WILL JUMP SIDEWAYS WHICH COULD CAUSE LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. *TR

OIL PRESSURE KEEPS CHANGING WHEN IT SHOULDN'T WHICH IS CAUSING CAR TO OVERHEAT. *TR

I WAS PARKED IN DRIVEWAY AS I WAS EXITING TO GO INTO STREET THE BRAKES FELT VERY SOFT. AS I SHIFTED INTO DRIVE THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY DOWN WITH MINIMAL BRAKING. I PULLED TO THE SIDE AND STOPPED THE ENGINE. I NOTICED A POOL OF FLUID WHICH TURNED OUT TO BE BRAKE FLUID FROM A BRAKE LINE. TODAY NINE MONTHS LATER THE SAME THING HAPPENED ON THE OTHER SIDE. THIS VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED NEW IN OCTOBER,2003. *TR