1999 DODGE DURANGO Complaints

AT 50,000 MILES THE UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS FAILED. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *JB

FAILURE HAS NOT OCCURRED AS OF YET, BUT HAVE HAD ENTIRE FRONT-END REPLACED ON VEHICLE ON 9/12/2002. ON 3/31/2004 WE HAD VEHICLE CHECKED AGAIN AND WAS TOLD BY THE DEALERSHIP THAT THE LEFT SIDE LOWER CONTROL ARE WAS WORN AND WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED AGAIN SOON. I HAVE RECEIPTS AND QUOTES FROM DEALERSHIP AND WILL BE HAPPY TO SUBMIT COPIES. *JB

WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARK, THE DRIVER'S CHILD WAS ABLE TO SHIFT GEARS WITHOUT APPLYING THE BRAKE PEDAL. THIS CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO COLLIDE INTO AN APARTMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE CAUSE HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED AT THIS TIME. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *LA

CONSUMER STATED THAT WHEN HE TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR REGULAR MAINTENANCE HE WAS TOLD BY THE MECHANIC THAT LOWER BALL JOINTS WERE LOOSE. ALSO, WHEEL COULD FALL OFF. CONSUMER CALLED THE MANUFACTURER, AND WAS GIVEN A HARD TIME. CONSUMER FELT THAT MANUFACTURER SHOULD HAVE GIVEN THE PROBLEM SOME CONSIDERATION, AND REPAIR T VEHICLE BEFORE THERE WAS A CRASH, AND SOMEONE WOULD GET HURT OR KILLED. *AK

TRUCK STALLS OFTEN, WHILE DRIVING OR WAITING AT A STOP LIGHT. BRAKES GO OUT, POWER STEERING GOES OUT, ALL GAUGES GO OUT. VERY DANGEROUS ON FREEWAY. WAIT 5 TO 45 MIN AND CARS STARTS AND RUNS FINE. *JB

1999 DODGE DURANGO: VEHICLE HAD BALL JOINTS REPLACED AT APPROXIMATELY 60K MILES PER DEALERS DIAGNOSIS. AT 90000 MILES DEALER AGAIN STATES EXCESSIVE BALL JOINT WEAR AND RECOMMENDS REPLACEMENT.*AK

UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINT IN 1999 DURANGO. DEALER STATED THEY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED . MY VEHICLE ONLY HAD 60,000 MILES ON IT AT THE TIME.*AK

CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE UPPER BALL JOINTS FAILED. *AK THE TECHNICIAN REPLACED THE UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS. *NM

WHILE SITTING AT A INTERSECTION AND WAITING TO MAKE A LEFT TURN ANOTHER VEHICLE REAR ENDED CONSUMER'S VEHICLE, CAUSING CONSUMER'S VEHICLE TO HIT THE VEHICLE IN FRONT, AND CAUSING A SIX CAR CHAIN OF REACTION COLLISION. BOTH FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE AND PASSENGER'S SIDE SEATS COLLAPSED FORWARD. UPON IMPACT, BOTH FRONT AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DRIVER AND PASSENGER SUSTAINED NECK AND BACK INJURIES, AND WERE TRANSPORTED BY AMBULANCE TO THE HOSPITAL. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED BY THE INSURANCE COMPANY. *AK

CONSUMER NOTICED THAT WHILE DRIVING, VEHICLE RODE ROUGHLY. CONSUMER DROVE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT BOTH FRONT UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK