1999 DODGE DURANGO Complaints

I AM LETTING YOU KNOW THAT MY DODGE DURANGO 1999 HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH THE BALL JOINTS WHICH NEED REPLACING, BACK IN THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR I FILED THE SAME COMPLAINT ABOUT IT AND AM INTERESTED IN KNOWING WHAT CAN BE DONE BEING THAT SEVERAL OF THE SAME VEHICLES HAVE THIS PROBLEM AND ARE CONSISTANT WITH THE SAME MODEL OF VEHICLE THAT I HAVE. I FEEL AS THOUGH I PUT MY CONFIDENCE IN PURCHASING THIS VEHICLE AND WOULD NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT ANY SAFETY ISSUES AND NOW I DO. THIS TO ME IS A FAILURE IN PARTS ON MY VEHICLE. I HAVE NOT HAD FAILURES WITH THE WHEELS FALLING OFF BUT HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED BY OUR MECHANIC THAT THEY WILL HAVE TO BE REPLACED SOON OTHERWISE WE WILL HAVE BIGGER PROBLEMS. JUST WANT TO BE ADVISED IF THE MANUFACTURER IS GOING TO ADDRESS THIS PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL? THE DATE I HAVE ENTERED IS A DATE IN WHICH I BELIEVE IS ABOUT THE TIME THAT I HAVE RESPONDED WITH THIS CONCERN ON MY VEHICLE. THE MEDIA HAD REPORTED THIS PROBLEM ON THE NATIONAL NEWS AND AT THE TIME I DID NOT KNOW HOW TO GO ABOUT GETTING THE INFO TO THEM THAT I INDEED HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM WITH MY VEHICLE AND WAS INTERESTED IN KNOWING WHAT THE MANUFACTURER WAS GOING TO DO IN REGARDS TO THIS?*AK

FAILURE OF BALL JOINTS ON 1999 DODGE DURANGO WITH ONLY 41,811 MILES, FREQUENT COMPLAINTS DURING WARANTY PERIOD AND DEALER WAS UNABLE TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM SHORTLY AFTER WARRENTLY EXPIRED I WAS HIT WITH A BIG BILL TO REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE BALL JOINTS ON A 1999 DODGE DURANGO. *AK

NOISE COMING FROM FRONT SUSPENSION,TIRES WEARING INCORRECTLY. DURING A REALIGNMENT IT WAS DISOVERED THAT THE TOP BALL JOINTS AND INNER TIE RODS WERE VERY BADLY WORN AT 36,000 MILES. REPLACED THE TOP BALLS JOINTS,INNER TIE RODS,ALIGNMENT AND TIRES. $1200 REPAIR CHARGES FOR A FAIRLY NEW VEHICLE. ALLS JOINTS DO NOT WERE OUT THAT QUICKLY. DESIGN ISSUE OR BAD PARTS,I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHICH.*AK

FRONT END OF MY 1999 DURANGO, WHICH ONLY HAS 71,862 MILES, IS MAKING A CLUNKING NOISE WHEN TURNING CORNERS OR GOING THROUGH DIPS IN THE ROAD. I CHECKED THE FRONTEND IF THE VEHICLE WHILE ON A JACK AND FOUND THAT THE LEFT FRONT WHEEL ASSEMBLY - POSSIBLY THE BALL JOINTS - MOVED DAMATICALLY COMPARED THE THE RIGHT SIDE. I FEEL THAT THERE IS A POTENTIAL PROBLEM THAT THE FRONT END ASSEMBLY MY BREAK OFF IF THE RIGHT SET OF CIRCUMSTANCES OCCUR. I READ TODAY THAT DURAGNO'S FROM 2000-2004 ARE BEING RECALLED FOR THE SAME TYPE OF PROBLEM WITH THE FRONT END. O YOU THINK THAT MY VEHICLE SHOULD BE COVERED FOR REPAIR UNDER A FACTORY DEFECT ALSO? THIS VEHICLE DOES NOT HAVE . *AK

I HAVE A 1999 DODGE DURANGO WHICH HAD BOTH UPPER BALL JOINTS REPLACED LAST SUMMER. THEY WERE ABOUT TO FAIL. WHY DOES THE RECENT DURANGO BALL JOINT RECALL ONLY COVER THE YEARS 2000 TO 2003? MY VEHICLE OBVIOUSLY SUFFERED FROM THE SAME DEFECT. WHAT CAN I DO TO RECLAIM THE COST OF THIS REPAIR ($400)?*AK

ANNUAL INSPECTION OF 1999 DURANGO "FAILED" DUE TO UNSAFE BALL JOINTS AND TIE-RODS. BALL JOINTS AND TIE RODS REPLACED AT MY OWN PERSONAL COST.*AK

I HAVE A 1999 DODGE DURANGO.ON MAY 11, 2004 I HAD TO REPLACE UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS. THE MECHANIC SAID I WAS IN DANGER OF HAVING AN ACCIDENT IF I DIDN'T REPLACE THEM. I BELIEVE THEY WERE DEFECTIVE AND THE 1999 MODELS SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE RECALL.*AK

I HAVE HAD MY 1999 DURANGO FOR FOUR YEARS. I HAVE SEEN A FAILURE OF MY FRONT-END BALL JOINT. IS THIS PROBLEM FOR 1999 AS WIDE-SPREAD AS THE 2000-2004 MODELS?*AK

IN THE BEGINING OF NOVEMBER I TOOK MY 1999 DODGE DURANGO INTO THE SHOP TO HAVE A NOISE CHECKED OUT. THE MECHANIC DISCOVERED THAT MY BALL JOINTS WERE ALMOST COMPLETLY WORN OUT. THEY INSTRUCTED ME TO NOT DRIVE IT ON THE HIGHWAY IF I COULD NOT AFFORD TO GET IT FIXED THAT DAY. I DRIVE 30 MILES TO WORK ON THE HIGHWAY EVERYDAY SO I HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO HAVE THEM FIXED. I NOW SEE THAT THE NTSA HAS SUGGESTED A RECALL OF THE 2000-2003 DURANGOS, WHY ISN'T THE 1999 DURANGO INCLUDED?*AK

WE HAD BEEN HEARING STRANGE NOISES WHEN WE WERE GOING AROUND CORNERS COMING FROM THE WHEELS IN FRONT, WE TOOK IT TO A DODGE DEALERSHIP AND WERE TOLD OUR WHEELS WERE ABOUT TO BREAK OFF AND NEEDED TO REPLACE THE UPPER BALL JOINTS. WE DID THAT AT A BIG EXPENSE TO US AND SINCE HAVE HAD NO PROBLEM WITH THE WHEELS BUT LOTS OF PROBLEMS WITH EVERYTHING ELSE IN THE TRUCK.*AK