1999 DODGE DURANGO Complaints

1999 DODGE DURANGO. - REPLACEMENT OF FRONT END UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS AT 59553 MILES. PREVIOUSLY TOLD THAT LUBRICATION WAS ALL THAT WAS NEEDED BY DODGE DEALER. LATER TOLD THAT FRONT END ALIGNMENT COULD NOT BE GUARANTEED WHEN REPLACING WORE TIRES. NOW AT 70K MILES, THE FRONT END IS SQUEAKING AGAIN. SAME SOUND THAT ORIGINALLY APPEARED AT OR NEAR 30K MILES. *JB

I HAD MY UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS REPLACED ON MY 1999 DODGE DURANGO ON 11/10/04. ALL FOUR JOINTS SHOWED UNUSUAL WEAR AND THE DRIVERS SIDE WERE VERY CLOSE TO FAILURE. *AK

EXCESSIVE TIRE WEAR, ROAD NOISE. UPPER BALLS JOINTS BAD. REPLACED. NOW THEY ARE SHOT AGAIN, SAME PROBLEM, EXCESSIVE TIRE WEAR AND ROAD NOISE. 62K ON FIRST REPAIR. TRUCK IS USED 90% HIGHWAY DRIVING, NO TOWING, AND NO HEAVY LOADS. I HAVE ALSO HAD TO REPLACE LOWER BALL-JOINTS, TIE ROD ENDS, ETC. TRANSMISSION HAS GONE OUT TWICE. FRONT WHEEL BEARINGS, AND ON AND ON. FRONT SUSPENSION DESIGN IS JUNK!

I OWN A 1999 DODGE DURANGO. ON 11-2-04 WHILE DRIVING ON I-70 AT AROUND 7:30A.M. THE FRONT AXLE FELL A PART.

I HAVE A 1999 DODGE DURANGO, ON TUESDAY 11-2-04 THE FRONT AXLE FELL A PART. THIS REQUIRED THE VEHICLE TO BE TOWED, I HAD TO RENT A CAR AND THE VEHICLE IS STILL IN THE SHOP AT THIS POINT 11-9-04. THERE ARE ONLY 80, 177 MILES ON THE DURANGO. *AK

AT 41000 MILES MY 1999 DURANGO 5.9L EXPERIENCED SPARK KNOCK AND HEAVY OIL CONSUMPTION. OIL CHANGED AT EVERY 3000 MILES. CALLED CHRYSLER FOR HELP. THEY SAID TOO OLD AND DID NOT OFFER ANY HELP. I REPLACED ALL THE VALVE SEALS. DID NOT FIX. REPLACED THE PLENUM GASKET AS STATED BY THE TECHNICAL BULLETIN. DID NOT FIX. FINALLY, TORE DOWN ENGINE AND FOUND A BROKEN OIL RING ON #8 CYLINDER. REPLACED ALL RINGS AND BEARINGS. FINALLY FIXED ALL AT MY COST. CHRYSLER DID NOT OFFER HELP. ONLY ONE THING TO SAY TO CHRYSLER, YOU HAVE ONE LESS CUSTOMER. *AK

UPPER BALL JOINTS WERE REPLACED BECAUSE OF EXTENSIVE WEAR AT 29,000 MILES. FOLLOWING REPLACEMENT THEY WORE OUT AGAIN, AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AGAIN. *AK

10/29/04 DROVE CAR FROM JAX, FL TO SAV. GA. APPROXIMATELY HALF WAY THERE, CHECK GAUGE AND NO OIL PRESSURE. HAD CAR TOWED TO SERVICE CENTER. SAID THAT THE SCREEN IN THE OIL FILTER OR PUMP WAS CLOGGED AND TONS OF SLUDGE IN THE ENGINE. THEY FLUSHED THE SCREEN AND THE ENGINE OUT AND CHANGED THE OIL. CAR RAN NORMAL FROM THERE AND DROVE BACK TO JACKSONVILLE FINE. ONCE BACK ON JACKSONVILLE, THE CHECK GAUGE AND NO OIL PRESSURE IS BACK. CAR SITTING IN DRIVEWAY, AFRAID TO DRIVE TO WORK AND NO MONEY TO REPLACE WHAT IS WRONG THIS TIME. SECOND CHRYLSER VEHICLE OWED AND SHOULD OF LEARNED THE FIRST TIME WHEN I HAD A DODGE CARAVAN THAT HAD THE TRANSMISSION REPLACED 3 TIMES AND OTHER NUMEROUS PROBLEMS. APPARANTLY, THIS IS A MANUFACTUER DEFECT IN NUMEROUS PRODUCTS AND THEY NEED TO OWN UP TO THE MIDDLE CLASS PEOPLE WHO CANNOT AFFORD PROBLEMS LIKE THESE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING THERE WAS A POPPING NOISE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER IN WHICH THEY FOUND THAT THE UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS WERE COMPLETELY WORN OUT. *AK THE COVER UNDER THE HOOD WAS RIPENED, THE BLACK GUARD UNDER THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE WAS HANGING, THE COOLANT RESEVOIR WAS LEAKING, THE POWER STEERING FLUID LEAKED, THE A/C WAS NOT COOLING DUE TO AN OPEN WIRE FROM THE LOW PUSH SWITCH, AND THE FUEL GAUGE DID NOT READ PROPERLY. *SC

THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR A ROUTINE INSPECTION. THE MECHANIC INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED THAT BOTH UPPER AND BALL JOINTS WERE LOOSE AND WORN OUT. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *JB THE CONSUMER STATED THAT A FAMILY DOWN THE STREET WITH THE SAME VEHICLE ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. *TC