1998 DODGE DURANGO Complaints

AS MY WIFE, STARLA LEE CITARELLA ,WAS PULLING INTO A PARKING SPACE THE BRAKE PEDAL PAD SLIPPED OFF AS SHE APPLIED THE BRAKES. HER FOOT THEN HIT THE GAS PEDAL , CAUSING VCEHICLE TO ACCELERATE. SHE WAS ABLE TO DIRECT THE CAR AWAY FROM THE PARKED CARS AROUND HER AND WENT UP A SMALL EM BANKEMENT, STRIKING A LIGHT POST AND A SMALL TREE. SHE PROCEDED OVER THE SMALL HILL AND CAME TO REST ON THE DOWNWARD SLOPE. *AK

DEALER REPLACED VEHICLES PRESSURE GOVERNOR FOR TRANSMISSION WHICH HAD BEEN DAMAGED DUE TO LOW FLUID LEVEL. *YC

WINDOW'S FAILED, DRIVER'S SIDE DOES NOT GO DOWN EVERYTIME WHEN BUTTON IS PUSHED.

POWER WINDOW FAILED, DEALER WOULD NOT FIX PROBLEM DUE A RECALL THAT WILL BE ISSUED IN THE FUTURE, WINDOW WORKS FINE FOR NOW. NO RECALL ISSUED YET. *YC

1. STOPS OR MISSES GEARS ON UPSHIFT WHEN ACCELERATING. THIS OCCURS FREQUENTLY, AND IS MOST APPARENT WHEN TOWING/MERGING INTO FASTER TRAFFIC, OR TRAVELING UP AN INCLINE. THIS SLIP CAUSES THE ENGINE TO REV INTO THE VERY HIGH RPMS. THE LAST TIME THIS OCCURRED, A BELT BROKE AND CAUSED THE LOSS OF STEERING IN THE TRUCK. 2. SHIFT INDICATOR ON THE DASH DOES NOT DISPLAY INDICATOR WHEN IN D DRIVE POSITION. THE INDICATOR IS LOST BETWEEN NEUTRAL AND DRIVE POSITIONS. 3. NOTICEABLE VIBRATION IN THE GAS PEDAL WHEN DRIVING IN CERTAIN SPEED RANGES. IT IS MOST NOTICEABLE WHEN ACCELERATING BETWEEN 30 TO 40 AND 60 TO 70. 4.VIBRATION NOISE CAN BE HEARD AND CAN BE FELT IN THE GAS PEDAL. THIS IS A RECENT DEVELOPMENT ( SINCE NOV, 1998 ). *AK

ON TWO DIFFERENT OCCASIONS THE VEHICLE WAS INVOVED IN TWO ACCIDENTS. IN BOTH CASES VEHICLE WAS COMING DOWN A HILL WHEN BRAKE FAILED TO OPERATE ON WET ROAD CONDITIONS. REASON UNKNOWN. VEHICLE HAVE BEEN INSPECTED BY DEALER AND INFORMED THAT NOTHING COULD BE FOUND. *AK

CONSUMER EXPERIENCING ONGOING PROBLEM WITH VIRBATION WHENEVER VEHICLE REACHES HIGH SPEED OF 50 OR MORE MPH. BETWEEN 50-70 MPH VIBRATION APPEARS TO BE COMING FROM REAR, AND 70-75 MPH, THE WHOLE VEHICLE WOULD VIBRATE. VEHICLE BEEN IN /OUT DEALER SHOP ON FIVE OCCASIONS, AND PROBLEM CANNOT BE RESOLVED. *AK

BRAKES LOCK AND CAR HIGHLY SUCCEPTABLE TO HYDROPLANING WHEN TURNING, ESPECIALLY FROM A STOPPED POSITION, ON ANY LEVEL OF RAINFALL. MOST SERIOUS INCIDENT INVOLVED CAR TURNING 360 DEGREES TWICE THEN RESTING OPPOSITE SIDE OF ROADWAY, IN ONCOMING TRAFFIC LANES, AFTER JUMPING A LOW MEDIAN, COMPLETELY OUT OF MY CONTROL. I WAS ATTEMPTING TO TURN ON A GREEN ARROW FROM A DEAD STOPPED POSITION, GOING APPROX 0-5 MPH WHEN LOSING CONTROL OF THE CAR. I DO NOT FEEL SAFE DRIVING THIS VEHICLE.

VEHICLE CONTINUALLY OVERHEATING CAUSING AIR CONDITIONER TO KICK OFF, WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE OVER 95 DEGREES.

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE OR STARTING/PARKING AND THEN STOPPING THE VEHICLE GOES FROM PARK TO ANOTHER GEAR WITHOUT LETTING DRIVER TOUCH THE BRAKE OR PEDAL. CONTACTED DEALER, THEY DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT A PROBLEM WITHIN THIS VEHICLE. *AK