1999 DODGE DURANGO Complaints

I ALSO HAVE REPLACED LOWER BALL JOINTS ABOUT 1 1/2 YEARS AGO ... IS MY CAR SAFE??? THEY NEED TO INCLUDE THE 1999 IN THE RECALL AS WELL!*JB

UPPER CONTROL ARM BALL JOINT FAILURE. BOTH SIDES. FIRST FAILURE WITHIN 11K MILES, REPLACED BY DEALER UNDER WARRANTY. SECOND FAILURE AT 56K MILES. BOTH OCCASIONS CAUSED CONCERN WHEN VEHICLE STARTED TO SWERVE ON ROAD DEPENDING ON GRADING OF ROAD. DEALER REFUSED TO ADMIT PROBLEM. LATER STATED THAT CHRYSLER WAS AWARE BUT DIDN'T FEEL THERE WAS A PROBLEM. *JB

BALL JOINT FAILURE - YOUR RECALL DIDN'T GO BACK FAR ENOUGH. THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF COMPLAINTS AND REPLACEMENTS FOR THE 1999 YEAR. *JB

A LOUD KNOCKING NOISE WAS HEARD COMING FROM THE FRONT. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT BOTH FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE AND PASSENGER SIDE BALL JOINTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO CORROSION. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH CONSUMER HEARD A LOUD SQUEAKING NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT. SUDDENLY, THE VEHICLE JERKED AND VIBRATED UNCONTROLLABLY. MECHANIC INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND DETERMINED THAT BOTH FRONTAL UPPER BALL JOINTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO CONSUMER NOTICED STEERING FAILURE. STEERING WHEEL BECAME VERY LOOSE. HE THEN TOOK THE VEHICLE TO DEALER TO GET IT SERVICED, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE FAILURE IN STEERING WAS DUE TO BALL JOINTS. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS CONSUMER HEARD A LOUD KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT AND VEHICLE VIBRATED UNCONTROLLABLY. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC REPLACED BOTH FRONTAL UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS. HOWEVER, THE PROBLEM RECURRED, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE UPPER BALL JOINTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AGAIN. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH CONSUMER HEARD A LOUD SQUEAKING NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT. SUDDENLY THE VEHICLE VIBRATED UNCONTROLLABLY. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, AND THE MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE UPPER BALL JOINTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.*AK

VEHICLE FAILED TO PASS STATE INSPECTION BECAUSE NORTH CAROLINA STATE DEEMED IT UNSAFE DUE TO DEFECTIVE UPPER BALL JOINTS. THE UPPER BALL JOINTS WERE REPLACED.*AK

CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR A FRONT END ALIGNMENT. CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT THE FRONT END ALIGNMENT COULD NOT BE PERFORMED BECAUSE THE BALL JOINTS WERE BAD. LATER, CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP, AND WAS TOLD THAT THE BALL JOINTS WERE WITHIN SPECIFICATIONS, AND WOULD NOT REPLACE THEM. CONSUMER CONTACTED A FEW OTHER AFTER MARKET ALIGNMENT SHOPS, AND WAS TOLD THAT THE BALL JOINTS WERE BAD AND AN ALIGNMENT COULD NOT BE PERFORMED. *AK