1999 DODGE DURANGO Complaints

MOTOR, IGNITION, TIE RODS, BRAKES. HEATER/AIR HAVE HAD HARDLY NO HEAT OR A/C FOR THE LAST 4 YEARS.. HAVE REPLACED EVERYTHING FROM FAN, BLOWER, COOLING, WATER PUMP, HEATER CORE ETC. STILL BACK IN THE SHOP ON 12-28-04 GOT BACK TODAY 01-01-05 AND STILL NO HEAT DON'T KNOW WHAT IS WRONG WITH IT. *JB

I HAVE A 1999 DODGE DURANGO, BRAKES REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE OVERHEATED, RADIATOR, AIR COMPRESSOR AND MORE PROBLEMS. *BF THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT THE BALL JOINTS WERE GONE AND THE TRANSMISSION WAS STICKING. *SC *JB

WHILE PULLING OUT OF A PARKING LOT THERE WAS A LOUD KNOCK AND THE VEHICLE SHOOK. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, 75,000 MILES. I HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED HOME. THE NEXT DAY THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS NOT ILLUMINATED, I HAD A MECHANIC DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM AND HE SAID THERE WASN'T ONE AND THAT SOMETIMES THE LIGHTS JUST COME ON AND RESET THEMSELVES. AT 83,000 MILES MY TRANSIMISSION BEGAN TO SLIP. THE MACHNIC STATED THAT THE LOUD KNOCK THAT I EXPERIENCED EARLIER WAS A ROD THE CONNECTS THE TRANSMISSION THE THE ENGINE BREAKING AND THAT I NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION. TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED WITH ONLY 83,000 MILES ON A WELL MAINTAINED VEHICLE. *AK

I OWN A 1999 DODGE DURANGO HAS SAME PROBLEM, BALL JOINTS PROBLEMS. *BF *SC

THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR A ROUTINE INSPECTION. THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE CONSUMER THE UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *JB

WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE STARTED VIBRATING UNCONTROLLABLY. THE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND PULLED OVER. THE DRIVER NOTICED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE WHEEL HAD CAVED IN. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE DRIVER THAT THE LEFT AND RIGHT UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO CORROSION. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *JB

WHILE HAVING A ROUTINE OIL CHANGE PERFORMED, THE MECHANIC NOTICED THAT THE UPPER BALL JOINTS WERE CORRODED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE BALL JOINTS WERE REPLACED. *JB

THE VEHICLE WOULD VIBRATE WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A REPAIR SHOP. THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE CONSUMER THE UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS AND THE HUB BEARING NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *JB

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THE CONSUMER WOULD HEAR KNOCKING NOISES COMING FROM THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE. THE DEALERSHIP REPAIRED THE FRONT UPPER/LOWER BALL JOINTS. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION. *JB

UPON PERFORMING A FRONT END ALIGNMENT, THE DEALERSHIP NOTICED THAT THE FRONT UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS WERE EXTREMELY WORN AND COULD FAIL AT ANY TIME. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE BALL JOINTS. *JB