Dodge Durango Complaints (1999)

1,967 consumer complaints on file.

#10536747August 22, 2013
ENGINE, POWER TRAIN
VEHICLE STALLED AT 60MPH. SPEED AND TACH WENT TO ZERO. VEHICLE WOULDN'T START. WOULD START AFTER COOLING DOWN ABOUT 20 MINUTES. WOULD STALL AGAIN. SAME THING OVER AND OVER AGAIN. FINALLY IT STALLED FOR GOOD. HAD IT TOWED TO DODGE DEALER. DEALER SAID THE PROBLEM WAS THE PCM. PAID $2000 TO HAVE PCM INSTALLED WITH A NEW IGNITION COIL. IT LASTED ABOUT 4 HOURS AND 200 MILES AND IT STALLED AGAIN. SAMETHING OVER AGAIN. HAD IT TOWED TO ANOTHER DODGE DEALER PAID AN ADDITIONAL $260 HAD ANOTHER IGNITION COIL INSTALLED AND IT STILL DOESN'T RUN RIGHT. THE DASH WARNING LIGHTS COME ON INTERMITTENTLY, THE SECURITY SYSTEM ENGAGES FOR NO REASON AND CONTINUES TO STALL. DODGE CAN'T SEEM TO FIND THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM, CAN'T FIX THE PROBLEM, OR SIMPLY DOESN'T CARE. MY VEHICLE CURRENTLY WON'T START AND IS GROUNDED. ALL THIS AFTER ALMOST $2500 REPAIRS FROM DODGE THAT DIDN'T FIX THE PROBLEM. I HAVE ALL THE REPAIR INVOICES FROM THE DEALERS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10524488July 11, 2013
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, EXTERIOR LIGHTING
WHEN I TURN ON MY HEADLIGHTS THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER, PANEL, LIGHTS GO OUT THE TURN SIGNAL ARROWS LIGHT UP. AT NIGHT THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AS YOU CAN NOT SEE HOW FAST YOU ARE GOING AND ALSO IF ANY OF THE WARNING LIGHTS WERE TO COME ON YOU WOULD NOT KNOW BECAUSE YOU CAN'T SEE THEM AS THEY DO NOT LIGHT UP. THIS IS ALSO A PROBLEM DURING THE DAY BECAUSE OF THE INSTRUMENT LIGHTS ARE OUT. WHEN I CRANK CAR THE CHIMES DO NOT ALWAYS SOUND. I AM GETTING SHOCKED WHEN I STOP TURN OFF CAR AND GET OUT AND TOUCH THE DOOR TO CLOSE IT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10524046July 9, 2013
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
ABOUT A MONTH AFTER BUYING MY 5.9 SLT DURANGO I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT ABOUT 75MPH AND THE ENGINE STALLED AND I LOST POWER STEERING AS WELL AS POWER BRAKES AND THE ODOMETER READ NO BUS. AFTER ABOUT 10 MINUTES IT TURNED BACK ON AND DROVE JUST FINE THE REST OF THE DAY. IT WAS ABOUT 90 DEGREES OUT AT THEN TIME OF THE FAILURE. WE TOOK IT TO SEVERAL SHOPS AND FINALLY FOUND OUT THE PROBLEM (PCM/ MAIN COMPUTER) AND WE WERE SHOCKED THAT THERE WAS NOT A RECALL AFTER HEARING HOW OFTEN THIS OCCURRED. $1200 DOLLARS LATER IT RUNS AMAZING. THE PROBLEM DID GET PROGRESSIVELY WORSE BEFORE WE WERE ABLE TO GET IT TO THE DEALERSHIP TO FIXIT. THE LONGEST WE HAD TO WAIT WAS 45 MINUTES BETWEEN STALL AND START UP. WE ALSO INSTALLED A K&N COLD AIR INTAKE SYSTEM THAT HAS A HEAT SHIELD AROUND THE COMPUTER. I LOVE DODGE AND AM SAD THEY HAVE NOT YET MADE A RECALL ON THIS POTENTIALLY DEADLY PROBLEM. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10521892June 26, 2013
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE DURANGO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FUEL STRAP BECAME FRACTURED. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A MECHANIC AND WAS TOLD THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THE FUEL STRAPS. THE CONTACT SPOKE WITH THE MANUFACTURER REGARDING NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 99V342 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE), BUT THE CONTACT WAS TOLD THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 161,159. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10515908June 9, 2013
ENGINE
MY VEHICLE STOPS WITHOUT ANY CAUSE WHILE DRIVING AND WILL NOT START UP. I WAS TOLD IT WAS THE PCM BEING LOCATED IN A BAD LOCATION. VERY DANGEROUS TO BE DRIVING OR TO BE STRANDED! *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10511063May 8, 2013
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
MY DODGE DURANGO SHUT OFF WITH ANY WARNIG AND WAS VERY SCARY .. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10501923March 7, 2013
STRUCTURE:BODY, ENGINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE DURANGO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER STARTING THE IGNITION, A LOUD TICKING NOISE WAS HEARD OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE AND SMOKE EMITTED FROM THE AIR VENTS. THE CONTACT INSPECTED UNDERNEATH THE HOOD AND DETECTED THAT THE TICKING NOISE ORIGINATED FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. IN ADDITION, THE EXTERIOR OF THE VEHICLE EXHIBITED SEVERE RUST SPOTS AND SUBSTANTIAL CRACKS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSIS AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO LOCATE THE PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE DEFECT. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 114,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10481553October 23, 2012
SERVICE BRAKES
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE DURANGO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING 3 MPH HE ATTEMPTED TO APPLY THE BRAKES BUT TO NO AVAIL. THE CONTACT THEN CRASHED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT THE BRAKE LINES HAD FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS UNAVAILABLE.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10481298October 21, 2012
STEERING
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE INTO A PARKING SPOT I HEARD SOME VERY NOTICEABLE CLICKING WHILE MAKING A SLIGHT TURN THEN A LOUD NOISE KINDA LIKE METAL DROPPING ON TO THE STREET FROM FRONT END THEN I EXPERIENCE TOTAL LOSS OF STEERING OF MY DURANGO. THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO RUN, I WAS UNABLE TO STEER AT ALL. I EXAMINED UNDER THE HOOD I DISCOVERED THE BELT DRIVE CAME OFF. I A RAN THE BELT BACK AROUND ALL OF THE COMPONENTS THE VEHICLE AGAIN STARTS BUT I CANT TURN THE WHEEL AT ALL.... NOT HAPPY! *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10478229October 1, 2012
STEERING, SERVICE BRAKES, ENGINE
ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS, BEGINNING TWO MONTHS AFTER WE BOUGHT THE VEHICLE (USED), ENGINE WOULD DIE FOR NO REASON. LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND POWER BRAKES. WOULD TURN OVER, BUT NOT RESTART. AFTER WAITING BETWEEN 10-30 MINUTES, VEHICLE WOULD RESTART. HAPPENS AT SLOW SPEEDS, MEDIUM SPEEDS AND EXPRESSWAY SPEEDS. INCONVENIENT AT SLOW SPEEDS, VERY DANGEROUS AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. SOUNDS SIMILAR TO OTHER COMPLAINTS REGARDING CPU/CPM OVERHEATING. DODGE NEEDS TO RECALL THIS BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED! *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10475166September 12, 2012
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE DURANGO. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT MERGED TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD AND WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE THIRTY MINUTES LATER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT REPLACED THE IGNITION COIL. AFTER THE REPAIR THE FAILURE CONTINUED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 225,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10474359September 8, 2012
WHEELS, SUSPENSION
THE FRONT TIRES WORE OUT VERY QUICKLY, WE REPLACED THE TIRES AND WITHIN A YEAR THEY WORE OUT AGAIN. ALIGNMENT HAS NOT HELPED. WE TOOK IT IN AND FOUND OUT THE BALL JOINTS ARE BAD. $1000 REPAIR. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10473879September 5, 2012
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
I WAS DRIVING ON THE ROAD ON A BUSY ROAD AND IT SHUT OFF ON ME ..I COULD NOT TURN THE WHEEL TO GET OFF THE ROAD...SOMEONE ALMOST REAR ENDED ME BECAUSE OF IT!..ITS HAS DONE THIS TO ME SEVERAL TIMES...IT SCARED ME SO BAD THAT I QUIT DRIVING IT! *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10473031August 30, 2012
ENGINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE DURANGO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTAC MENTIONED THAT HE WAS ABEL TO MANEUVER THE VEHICLE TO THE SHOULDER AND IMMEDIATELY RESTARTED. A FEW MILES LATER AND THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSE THAT THE CAM SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE REMEDY FAILED TO REPAIR THE PROBLEM. THE MILEAGE WAS UNAVAILABLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10473080August 30, 2012
SERVICE BRAKES, ENGINE, POWER TRAIN
I BOUGHT A 1999 DODGE DURANGO SLT 5.2 LTR ENGINE AS OF 3 TO 4 YRS AGO, AND IN SOME CASES LIKE MINE, IT ABSOLUTELY DOES MEAN IT CAN BE AN ABSOLUTELY UNRELIABLE & ABSOLUTE DANGEROUS VEHICLE!!!!! ..EVERYTHING THAT CAN HAPPEN, HAS HAPPENED TO THIS VEHICLE. ENGINE STALLS OUT, THE FRONT DIFFERENTIAL EXPLODED ON THE HIGHWAY 4 MILES AFTER I HAD TO PUT IN 4 WHEEL DRIVE & ALMOST CAUSED ME TO WRECK,I HAD TO REPLACE THE WHOLE FRONT DIFFERENTIAL AXLES.. THE BACK (REAR) BREAKS HAVE NEVER WORKED SINCE I BOUGHT THE THING, THE EXHAUST MANIFOLDS GOT SO HOT THAT THE BOLTS THAT CONNECT IT TO THE MANIFOLD PIPES BURNED OFF AND IS NOW, AND HAS BEEN SITTING FOR A MONTH SINCE I CAN'T KEEP IT TOGETHER. RIGHT NOW ALL THREE OF MY FRONT BRAKE LINES HAVE ROTTED INTO, AT THE CONNECTOR FROM THE MASTER CYLINDER THAT SENDS THE FLUID TO THE FRONT 2 WHEELS!!.. THAT'S JUST THE START OF ALL OF THE TERRIBLE DANGER THAT IT POSES TO ME AND OTHER DRIVERS ON THE ROAD. THIS VEHICLE SHOULD BE CONSIDERED A COMPLETE RECALL OF THE 1999 DODGE DURANGO SLT. THE DODGE MANUFACTURE SHOULD NOT GET BY WITH THIS. ITS ALMOST LIKE SELLING A DEVICE TO GET HURT IN. I PAID OVER 4,000.00 FOR THIS DURANGO, JUST TO SPEND THAT MUCH MORE MONEY AND THE CHANCE OF GETTING HURT OR WORSE WHILE HAVING IT REBUILT WHERE IT IS SUPPOSE TO BE SAFE. ....OTHER THINGS THAT HAVE STOPPED WORKING ALSO.. MOTOR OIL & TRANSMISSION LEAKS & SLIPS, WINDOWS (2 OF THEM) HAVE STOPPED WORKING UP & DOWN, GLOVE BOX LATCH BROKE, ASH TRAY BROKE OFF, REAR HATCH WILL NOT OPEN, HATCH WIPER SHORTED OUT, FRONT END TIRES SPRADDLE OUT LIKE THEY ARE GOING 2 DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS, THE PAINT FINISH HAS COMPLETELY FADED FROM THE HOOD & STARTING IN OTHER PLACES, STARTER SOLENOID CLICKS 10 TO 30 TIMES BEFORE IT WILL CRANK THE ENGINE...THERE IS MORE ALSO!.. THIS IS NOT A SAFE VEHICLE!! I HAVE NEVER HAD TROUBLE LIKE THIS WITH ANY OTHER AUTOMOBILE IN ALL OF MY 45 DRIVING YEARS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10469642August 8, 2012
ENGINE, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
VEHICLE SHUTS DOWN WITHOUT WARNING ALSO LOSING POWER STEERING,BRAKES ETC. MAY OR MAY NOT START AFTER 15 MINUTES OR SO. HAVE HAD GRANDKIDS WITH ME ON 2 SEPARATE OCCASIONS,ONE BEING SITTING IN 90 DEGREE HEAT FOR OVER AN HOUR AND VEHICLE WOULDNT START, WAITING ON TOW. ANOTHER TIME VEHICLE SHUT DOWN AND HAD TO JUMP LANES AND COAST TO GET TO SIDE ROAD TO STOP. VERY, VERY DANGEROUS SITUATIONS MANY TIMES! HAVENT DROVE IT SINCE. SITTING IN DRIVEWAY AROUND 3 MONTHS. ABS HAS ALSO GONE OUT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10465980July 17, 2012
ENGINE, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE DURANGO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN DRIVING IN HOT WEATHER THE VEHICLE WOULD STALL WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE COULD BE RESTARTED AFTER A FEW HOURS AND WOULD RETURN TO NORMAL FUNCTION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO REPLACED THE MOTOR, THE FUEL SENSOR AND THE ENGINE SENSORS BUT THE FAILURE WAS NOT CORRECTED. THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO STALL WITHOUT WARNING WHEN DRIVING IN HOTTER WEATHER. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 147,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 166,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10465384July 12, 2012
ENGINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE DURANGO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THERE WERE NO LIGHTS ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A MECHANIC AND THE MAIN COMPUTER WAS REPLACED, BUT THAT DID NOT CORRECT THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO ANOTHER MECHANIC, BUT THEY WERE UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN TO THE DEALER. THE VIN WAS NOT ACCEPTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 150,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 151,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10464162July 3, 2012
ENGINE
VEHICLE JUST STOPPED RUNNING.TOOK TO MECHANIC,RAN CODES ON COMPUTER,NOTHING FOUND. NO TROUBLE CODES. STARTED UP AFTER A FEW MIN. RAN FOR A WEEK AND DID IT AGAIN TWICE IN THE SAME DAY. WIFE WONT DRIVE IT ANYMORE. WAS TOLD IT WAS A COMPUTER PROBLEM,BUT IT RUNS GOOD FOR AWHILE THEN DIES WITHOUT WARNING. DODGE SHOULD ADMIT THERE'S A PROBLEM AND FIX IT. *JS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10463879July 1, 2012
POWER TRAIN
VEHICLE SHUTS DOWN UNEXPECTEDLY. WAS TRAVELING 55MPH DOWN A CROWDED TWO LANE HIGHWAY. THE VEHICLE JUST SHUT DOWN. NO STEERING NO BRAKES. FEARED FOR MY LIFE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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