1998 DODGE DURANGO Complaints

DODGE FAILS TO RECOGNIZE THIS IS A PRODUCT DEFECT......AND THEY ARE DOING NOTHING. NO SAFETY DEFECT. *AK

WHILE TRYING TO ROLL WINDOW DOWN WINDOWS WOULD NOT MOVE. PASSENGER'S SIDE FIRST, THEN DRIVER'S SIDE AND REAR PASSENGER'S SIDE WINDOW. NO NOISES OR SOUNDS WHEN TRYING TO ROLL WINDOWS DOWN. DEALER SAID IT WAS WINDOW REGULATORS. *AK *SLC

BOTH WINDOWS ON LEFT SIDE OF CAR WILL NOT WORK... DRIVER WINDOW IS GOING OUT. *AK

WHENEVER DRIVING ON FREEWAY OR MAKING TURNS VEHICLE WOULD SHAKE VIOLENTLY & MAKE NOISES. TOOK TO DEALERSHIP & MECHANIC CHANGED & BALANCED. STEERING WAS CHANGED & WHEELS ALIGNED. BUT, PROBLEM STILL EXISTS.ALSO, WAS INFORMED BY MECHANIC THAT RACK & PINION STEERING NEEDED REPLACING. *AK

CONSUMER HAS BEEN HAVING TROUBLE WITH BALL JOINTS THAT WEAR OUT FAST, AND HAD BEEN RECALLED. WHEN MAKING A TURN FEELS VIBRATION IN STEERING WHEEL, AND IS NOT TIGHT ANY MORE. *AK

RECALL 99V342000 AND 99V-341, DEALER REFUSED TO CORRECT RECALL PROBLEM BECAUSE FUEL TANK WAS FULL. ALSO, RECALL INFORMATION GIVES NO INDICATION THAT TANK HAS TO BE EMPTY TO HAVE RECALL PROBLEM COMPLETE. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

1)INITIALLY HEARD A "CLUNK" FROM RIGHT REAR EVERY TIME WE'D HIT A BUMP. TURNED OUT TO BE NOT A BROKEN SHOCK ABSORBER, NOR THE BOLT WHICH ATTACHES THE SHOCK ABSORBER TO THE FRAME, BUT THE ACTUAL FRAME PIECE TO WHICH THE BOLT/ABSORBER ASSEMBLY ATTACHES. 2)WHILE OBSERVING PROBLEM 1, NOTICED OIL/DIRT "LEAK" ON DRIVER'S SIDE OF REAR DIFFERENTIAL/AXLE.

BALL JOINTS SUPPOSEDLY REPACED BY DEALER REP AT PURCHASE OF USED VEHICLE - MILEAGE 36,000. NEXT YEAR INSPECTION DENIED DUE TO FAILED BALL JOINTS AGAIN - UPPER ON BOTH SIDES. DEALER WILL REPLACE FOR HIGH FEE. *AK

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 45MPH ON HIGHWAY AND APPLIED BRAKES. PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO FLOOR, AND BRAKES DIDN'T GRAB. VEHICLE LOST CONTROL AND WS INVOLVED IN A COLLISION. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

CONSUMER STARTED VEHICLE AND HEARD A BUSZING NOISE. LATER THAT DAY, VEHICLE STARTING SHAKING AND MAKING A RATTLING NOISE. THEN, CONSUMER TURNED OFF CAR. TRIED TO RESTART, AND IT WOULD NOT. 3 HOURS LATER, TRIED TO START AGAIN, AND THERE WAS NOTHING AT ALL.*AK