1998 DODGE DURANGO Complaints

WHILE DRIVING ELECTRICAL CONTROL SYSTEM WOULD SHUT OFF, CAUSING A DISTRACTION TO CONSUMER.*AK

WHILE DRIVING DOWN INTERSTATE ON THE WAY TO WORK, OIL PRESSURE GOES TO 0 AND TRUCK STALLED. GOT TRUCK TOWED TO SHOP AND WAS INFORMED BY SHOP THAT THE ENGINE HAD SEIZED UP. ENGINE FAILURE DUE TO OIL SLUDGE. THIS IS THE FIRST AND ONLY PROBLEM WE HAVE EVER HAD WITH THIS TRUCK AND NOW I SEARCH THE INTERNET AND FIND HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE THIS HAS HAPPENED TO AND THAT THE COMPANY DOES NOT STAND BEHIND THEIR ENGINES AND DOESN'T ADMIT THERE IS ANY PROBLEMS. NOW WE HAVE TO COME UP WITH THE $4,000 - $6,000 TO GET A NEW ENGINE AND STILL MAKE A TRUCK PAYMENT.

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND WITHOUT WARNING THE HEADLIGHTS WILL FLICKER CAUSING A DISTRACTION TO THE CONSUMER VIEW DURING NIGHTTIME. DEALER NOTIFIED. TS

CONSUMER IS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS. THE BALL JOINTS FAILED AT 78,000 MILES. *JB

CONSUMER STATES SINCE SHE HAS PURCHASED HER TRUCK, SHE HAS HAD STEERING WHEEL WAS OFF SET. MR

FIRST FAILURE OIL LIGHT KEPT COMING ON INTERMITENTLY TOOK IT TO DEALERSHIP THEY REPLACED OIL PUMP. NO MENTION OF SLUDGE OR ANY BUILD UP OF MATERIAL IN PAN. THEY SAID THEY HAD SEEN THIS HAPPEN OFTEN AT THIS MILEAGE RANGE. ONE YEAR LATER AND 4 OIL CHANGES THE SAME THING HAPPENED ONLY I LOST ALL OIL PRESSURE. WAS TOWED TO DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIR AND WAS TOLD THAT WE SHOULD HAVE THE GASKET REPLACED BETWEEN THE HEAD AND THE BLOCK BECAUSE THE HEAD WAS ALUMINUM AND THE BLOCK WAS STEEL AND OVER TIME AND HEATING AND COOLING THE GASKET GETS EXTRUDED AND THE ANTIFREEZE WILL GET INTO THE OIL AND SLUDGE UP THE OIL CAUSING THE FAILURE OF THE PUMP. I FEEL DODGE HAS A PROBLEM THAT THEY ARE NOT TELLING THE CONSUMER.

WHEN CO. REP SAID THE CO. WOULD NOT COMPENSATE DUE TO AGE AND MILAGE EVEN THOUGH PARTS FAILED FAR SHORT OF NORMAL SERVICE LIFE. ANY HELP YOU CAN PROVIDE WILL BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. DT

WHILE PULLING INSIDE OF A PARKING SPACE CONSUMER APPLIED THE BRAKES. THERE WAS A LOUD SQUEAKING NOISE AND THE PEDAL WAS VERY HARD. THE DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. TSTHE ABS LIGHT WOULD INTERMITTENTLY ILLUMINATE. CONSUMER FEELS THIS IS AN ISSUE OF DESIGN OR PART FLAW. *JG

ABS LIGHTS CAME ON INTERMITTENTLY FOR SEVERAL MONTHS THEN FINALLY STAYS ON ALL THE TIME. THE DEALER SAID THAT THE ABS UNIT IS DEFECTIVE AND CHARGED HER $750 FOR REPLACEMENT. THE CONSUMER WAS RATHER UPSET BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WAS JUST OUTSIDE OF WARRANTY.

WHILE DRIVING CRUISE CONTROL UNEXPECTEDLY ACTIVATED WITHOUT MANUAL OPERATION. DRIVER APPLIED BRAKES, AND THEY FAILED TO STOP VEHICLE, DRIVER ALSO TURNED CRUISE CONTROL SWITCH OFF AND VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE. AFTER INSPECTION OF VEHICLE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THROTTLE WAS STUCK IN OPEN POSTION. TO GAIN TEMPORARY CONTROL OF VEHICLE THROTTLE WAS RELEASED, AND CRUISE CONTROL SYSTEM WAS DISCONNECTED. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.