1998 DODGE DURANGO Complaints

CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION IN WHICH THE DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

AIR CONDITIONAL HAS NOT COOLED PROPERLY SINCE WE BOUGHT VEHICLE, DURING SUMMER HOT MONTHS THE VEHICLE IS UNABLE TO KEEP THE INSIDE COOL AND COMFORTABLE. FIRST TRIP TO DEALERSHIP WAS 5 DAYS FROM TAKING OWNERSHIP, I HAVE BEEN TO 3 DEALERSHIPS OVER THE PAST 1 1/2 YRS AND NO ONE HAS BEEN ABLE TO FIX THIS. MOST SAY I'M CRAZY. BRAKES HAVE SQUEAKED CONSTANTLY NOT ONLY DURING MORNING HOURS. PAD HAVE BEEN REPLACED ONCE AT 9000 MILES AND DID NOT HELP AND NOW AT 29,000 MILES IT'S EXTREMELY LOUD PAD WERE CHECKED LAST WEEK AND STILL THEY SAY IT'S NORMAL. ENGINE IS PINGING ON ACCELERATION AND HAS SINCE WE BOUGHT VEHICLE, ONCE AGAIN DEALERSHIP IS SAYING THIS IS NORMAL WE HAVE TRIED HIGHER OCTANE FUEL AND ALSO MID TO SUPREME GAS AND IT STILL CONTINUES, I CAN ONLY GET ROUGHLY 280 - 290 MILES TO A TANK OF GAS. WHEN I MET THE DEALER REP HE INFORMED ME TIRES WERE WEARING BADLY AND TO BE SURE WE ROTATE THESE TIRES EVERY 3000 MILES WHICH WE HAVE DONE. TIRES HAVE NOW WORN OUT AND DEALERSHIP IS SAYING THAT THIS IS NORMAL. SOME HOW THIS DIFFERS IF I HAD NOT ROTATED THEM THEN THEY WOULD HAVE WORN OUT DIFFERENTLY BUT DUE TO THE ROTATING IT'S EVENLY WORN OUT AND NOW THEY WON'T TAKE CARE OF THIS PROBLEM. *AK

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON, VEHICLE STARTED IDLING AND CUT OFF. PULLED OVER AND SAT FOR AWHILE TO COOL OFF, THEN SHIFT INDICATOR JUMPED OUT OF GEAR. WENT TO PUT FOG LIGHTS, AND THEY FAILED TO OPERATE PROPERLY. FOG LIGHT SWITCH REPLACED THREE TIMES, BATTERY AND THROTTLE BODY ALSO REPLACED. *AK *ML

THE POWER WINDOWS DO NOT OPERATE AS DESIGNED, THE WINDOW LOCK BUTTON DOESN'T WORK AND THE WINDOWS WILL NOT GO UP OR DOWN. NLM

WHILE DRIVING SHOULDER BELTS FOR THE MIDDLE SEATS TIGHTEN AROUND THE OCCUPANT FOR NO REASON. OCCUPANT HAS TO KEEP TAKING THE SEAT BELT OFF TO READJUST IT. VAN TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP. PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

REPORTING 2-YEAR OLD CHILD WAS ABLE TO SHIFT VEHICLE OUT OF GEAR ( FROM REVERSE TO FORWARD ). VEHICLE RAN INTO AN OFFICE BUILDING WALL. NO INJURIES REPORTED. *AK

BRAKE ROTORS WEAR UNEVENLY DUE TO THE BRAKE PAD BEING RUSTED. THIS CAUSES EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

FRONT BRAKES LOCK UP ON ICE. ALSO, THERE'S A BAD HOWLING NOISE WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED IN COLD WEATHER. DEALER FOUND NOTHING WRONG. *AK *ML

WHILE STARTING VEHICLE ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON. NOTICED ROUGH IDLE . DEALER HAS REPAIRED VEHICLE FOR THIS PROBLEM EIGHT TIMES. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATON. *AK

LOW BEAMS WOULD GO OUT WHENEVER HIGH BEAMS WERE ACTIVATED. THIS AFFECTED VISIBILITY WHILE DRIVING IN A DARK AREA/ROAD. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED THAT NOTHING COULD BE DONE. *AK