1999 DODGE DURANGO Complaints

ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS, BEGINNING TWO MONTHS AFTER WE BOUGHT THE VEHICLE (USED), ENGINE WOULD DIE FOR NO REASON. LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND POWER BRAKES. WOULD TURN OVER, BUT NOT RESTART. AFTER WAITING BETWEEN 10-30 MINUTES, VEHICLE WOULD RESTART. HAPPENS AT SLOW SPEEDS, MEDIUM SPEEDS AND EXPRESSWAY SPEEDS. INCONVENIENT AT SLOW SPEEDS, VERY DANGEROUS AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. SOUNDS SIMILAR TO OTHER COMPLAINTS REGARDING CPU/CPM OVERHEATING. DODGE NEEDS TO RECALL THIS BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED! *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE DURANGO. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT MERGED TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD AND WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE THIRTY MINUTES LATER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT REPLACED THE IGNITION COIL. AFTER THE REPAIR THE FAILURE CONTINUED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 225,000.

THE FRONT TIRES WORE OUT VERY QUICKLY, WE REPLACED THE TIRES AND WITHIN A YEAR THEY WORE OUT AGAIN. ALIGNMENT HAS NOT HELPED. WE TOOK IT IN AND FOUND OUT THE BALL JOINTS ARE BAD. $1000 REPAIR. *TR

I WAS DRIVING ON THE ROAD ON A BUSY ROAD AND IT SHUT OFF ON ME ..I COULD NOT TURN THE WHEEL TO GET OFF THE ROAD...SOMEONE ALMOST REAR ENDED ME BECAUSE OF IT!..ITS HAS DONE THIS TO ME SEVERAL TIMES...IT SCARED ME SO BAD THAT I QUIT DRIVING IT! *TR

I BOUGHT A 1999 DODGE DURANGO SLT 5.2 LTR ENGINE AS OF 3 TO 4 YRS AGO, AND IN SOME CASES LIKE MINE, IT ABSOLUTELY DOES MEAN IT CAN BE AN ABSOLUTELY UNRELIABLE & ABSOLUTE DANGEROUS VEHICLE!!!!! ..EVERYTHING THAT CAN HAPPEN, HAS HAPPENED TO THIS VEHICLE. ENGINE STALLS OUT, THE FRONT DIFFERENTIAL EXPLODED ON THE HIGHWAY 4 MILES AFTER I HAD TO PUT IN 4 WHEEL DRIVE & ALMOST CAUSED ME TO WRECK,I HAD TO REPLACE THE WHOLE FRONT DIFFERENTIAL AXLES.. THE BACK (REAR) BREAKS HAVE NEVER WORKED SINCE I BOUGHT THE THING, THE EXHAUST MANIFOLDS GOT SO HOT THAT THE BOLTS THAT CONNECT IT TO THE MANIFOLD PIPES BURNED OFF AND IS NOW, AND HAS BEEN SITTING FOR A MONTH SINCE I CAN'T KEEP IT TOGETHER. RIGHT NOW ALL THREE OF MY FRONT BRAKE LINES HAVE ROTTED INTO, AT THE CONNECTOR FROM THE MASTER CYLINDER THAT SENDS THE FLUID TO THE FRONT 2 WHEELS!!.. THAT'S JUST THE START OF ALL OF THE TERRIBLE DANGER THAT IT POSES TO ME AND OTHER DRIVERS ON THE ROAD. THIS VEHICLE SHOULD BE CONSIDERED A COMPLETE RECALL OF THE 1999 DODGE DURANGO SLT. THE DODGE MANUFACTURE SHOULD NOT GET BY WITH THIS. ITS ALMOST LIKE SELLING A DEVICE TO GET HURT IN. I PAID OVER 4,000.00 FOR THIS DURANGO, JUST TO SPEND THAT MUCH MORE MONEY AND THE CHANCE OF GETTING HURT OR WORSE WHILE HAVING IT REBUILT WHERE IT IS SUPPOSE TO BE SAFE. ....OTHER THINGS THAT HAVE STOPPED WORKING ALSO.. MOTOR OIL & TRANSMISSION LEAKS & SLIPS, WINDOWS (2 OF THEM) HAVE STOPPED WORKING UP & DOWN, GLOVE BOX LATCH BROKE, ASH TRAY BROKE OFF, REAR HATCH WILL NOT OPEN, HATCH WIPER SHORTED OUT, FRONT END TIRES SPRADDLE OUT LIKE THEY ARE GOING 2 DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS, THE PAINT FINISH HAS COMPLETELY FADED FROM THE HOOD & STARTING IN OTHER PLACES, STARTER SOLENOID CLICKS 10 TO 30 TIMES BEFORE IT WILL CRANK THE ENGINE...THERE IS MORE ALSO!.. THIS IS NOT A SAFE VEHICLE!! I HAVE NEVER HAD TROUBLE LIKE THIS WITH ANY OTHER AUTOMOBILE IN ALL OF MY 45 DRIVING YEARS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE DURANGO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTAC MENTIONED THAT HE WAS ABEL TO MANEUVER THE VEHICLE TO THE SHOULDER AND IMMEDIATELY RESTARTED. A FEW MILES LATER AND THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSE THAT THE CAM SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE REMEDY FAILED TO REPAIR THE PROBLEM. THE MILEAGE WAS UNAVAILABLE.

VEHICLE SHUTS DOWN WITHOUT WARNING ALSO LOSING POWER STEERING,BRAKES ETC. MAY OR MAY NOT START AFTER 15 MINUTES OR SO. HAVE HAD GRANDKIDS WITH ME ON 2 SEPARATE OCCASIONS,ONE BEING SITTING IN 90 DEGREE HEAT FOR OVER AN HOUR AND VEHICLE WOULDNT START, WAITING ON TOW. ANOTHER TIME VEHICLE SHUT DOWN AND HAD TO JUMP LANES AND COAST TO GET TO SIDE ROAD TO STOP. VERY, VERY DANGEROUS SITUATIONS MANY TIMES! HAVENT DROVE IT SINCE. SITTING IN DRIVEWAY AROUND 3 MONTHS. ABS HAS ALSO GONE OUT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE DURANGO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN DRIVING IN HOT WEATHER THE VEHICLE WOULD STALL WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE COULD BE RESTARTED AFTER A FEW HOURS AND WOULD RETURN TO NORMAL FUNCTION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO REPLACED THE MOTOR, THE FUEL SENSOR AND THE ENGINE SENSORS BUT THE FAILURE WAS NOT CORRECTED. THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO STALL WITHOUT WARNING WHEN DRIVING IN HOTTER WEATHER. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 147,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 166,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE DURANGO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THERE WERE NO LIGHTS ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A MECHANIC AND THE MAIN COMPUTER WAS REPLACED, BUT THAT DID NOT CORRECT THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO ANOTHER MECHANIC, BUT THEY WERE UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN TO THE DEALER. THE VIN WAS NOT ACCEPTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 150,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 151,000.

VEHICLE JUST STOPPED RUNNING.TOOK TO MECHANIC,RAN CODES ON COMPUTER,NOTHING FOUND. NO TROUBLE CODES. STARTED UP AFTER A FEW MIN. RAN FOR A WEEK AND DID IT AGAIN TWICE IN THE SAME DAY. WIFE WONT DRIVE IT ANYMORE. WAS TOLD IT WAS A COMPUTER PROBLEM,BUT IT RUNS GOOD FOR AWHILE THEN DIES WITHOUT WARNING. DODGE SHOULD ADMIT THERE'S A PROBLEM AND FIX IT. *JS