1999 DODGE DURANGO Complaints

THE CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE INSPECTED BY A TECHNICIAN WHO DETERMINED THAT THE UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK *SC *JB

WHILE DRIVING, A LOUD NOISE WAS HEARD FROM THE FRONT. CONSUMER DROVE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT BOTH FRONT UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO CORROSION. *AK WHILE ROTATING HIS TIRE THE CONSUMER CHECKED THE BALL JOINTS AND NOTICED THAT THE UPPER AND LOWER ONES WERE EXTREMELY LOOSE. THE CONSUMER BELIEVES THIS WAS CAUSE BY LACK OF GREASE BECAUSE THERE ARE NO GREASE FITTINGS. *NM

INNER AND OUTER TIE RODS BOTH SIDES NEED TO BE REPLACED. UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS NEED TO BE REPLACED. TIRES PREMATURELY WORN DUE TO FRONT END FALLING APART. "DODGE DEALER SAYS VEHICLE COULD LOOSE CONTROL OR WHEEL FALL OFF IF NOT REPLACED. DODGE DEALER ALSO SAID SHOULD BE A FACTORY RECALL DUE TO SAFETY AND NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS BUT SAID TOO EXPENSIVE TO MOVE ON WITHOUT BEING ORDERED TO CORRECT ISSUES." $1,951.00 NOT INCLUDING COST OF TIRES. *JB

SHAKING AND SHIMMY IN THE FRONT END WHEN DRIVING ON ROADS FRONT END WOULD SHAKE UNCONTROLLABLY,NEED TO REPLACE BOTH SIDE OF UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS AND TIE ROD ENDS ALL WAS WORN OUT AT 80000 MILES ALSO TRANSMISSION WOULDN'T SHIFT,SPEED SENSOR BAD ON TRANSMISSION,OLD PARTS AVAILABLE CERTIFIED MECH DID REPLACEMENT AND HAD TO HAVE IT RE-ALIGNED. *JB

UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINT FAILURE AT 55,000 WHICH RESULTED IN TIRE FAILURE WENT TO DEALERSHIP HAD COMPLETE SERVICE CHECK DEALERSHIP SAID THERE WAS NO PROBLEM. ALWAYS HAVING VECHICLE SERVICED EVERY 3000 MILES. UP TO 75000 MILES-NO PROBLEM. AT 76000 MILES COULD NOT GET FRONT WHEEL ALIGMENT-DUE TO BALL JOINTS WORE OUT-BUT YET DEALERSHIP ALWAYS STATING VEHICLE WAS IN GOOD CONDITION NOTHING WRONG ?????*AK

WHILE DRIVING V APPROXIMATELY AT 35 MPH FRONT TIRES WERE SQUEAKING. HAD TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP TO HAVE TIRES ROTATED. MECHANIC NOTICED, AFTER PLACING VEHICLE ON HOIST, THAT THE INSIDE FRONT TIRES WERE BEING GOUGED BY THE FRONT BALL JOINTS. ALSO, THAT THE FRONT BALL JOINTS WERE ABOUT TO BREAK. THE BALL JOINTS HAD BEEN REPAIRED.*AK

I JUST HAD ALL 4 BALL JOINTS IN MY 1999 DODGE DURANGO REPLACED. I ONLY KNOW 2 OTHER PEOPLE THAT OWN THIS VEHICHLE AND THEY HAVE BOTH HAD TO REPLACE THE SAME PARTS LONG BEFORE YOU SHOULD NEED TO.*AK

I HAD TO HAVE THE BALL JOINTS REPLACED AT 61000 MILES. THE REPAIRER SAID THAT HE HAD SEEN AN INORDININATE NUMBER OF DURANGOS AND DAKOTAS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. *AK

THE TECHNICIAN DETERMINED THE NEED TO REPLACE THE BALL JOINTS. AN INDEPENDENT SHOP REPLACED ON TWO OCCASION, BOTH SIDES, THE LOWER AND UPPER BALL JOINTS AT VERY LOW MILEAGE. *AK THE PITMAN ARM WAS REPLACED, SHOCKS WERE INSTALLED BECAUSE THEY DISPLAYED A BOUNCY/MUSHY RIDE. *SC

WHILE TURNING CORNERS, THE CONSUMER HEARD A KNOCKING AND GRINDING SOUND COMING FROM THE FRONT END. THE DEALER FOUND THAT THE BALL JOINTS WERE WORN AND THE TRANSMISSION NEED TO BE REPLACED. *JB