Dodge Durango Complaints (2000)

1,075 consumer complaints on file.

#863793June 19, 2000
SUSPENSION:FRONT, POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DIFFERENTIAL UNIT
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE WOULD MAKE FUNNY NOISES IN THE FRONT DIFFERENTIAL. ALSO, WOULD PULL TO THE RIGHT IF STEERING WHEEL WAS LET GO & BRAKES NOT APPLIED. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP & INFORMED CONSUMER IT WAS A CASTER ADJUSTMENT & IT WAS ALREADY DONE. HOWEVER, PROBLEM STILL EXISTED. TOOK TO DEALERSHIP IN ARIZONA, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT IT WAS A DESIGN FLAW, AND MANUFACTURER KNEW ABOUT IT*AK.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#863141June 7, 2000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH
GEARS COULD BE CHANGED WITHOUT DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL. THERE IS NO TRANSMISSION INTERLOCK SYSTEM. *AK WHEN THE GEAR IS SHIFTED FROM PARK TO REVERSE, THE DASH SHOWS IT WRONG. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#723596June 5, 2000
AIR BAGS
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#861807May 12, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
WHEN DRIVING IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC AT SPEED OF 5-10 MPH VEHICLE CUT OFF WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING, CAUSING LOSS OF ALL POWER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#861421May 4, 2000
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
WHEN STARTING UP CAR ACCELERATED WITHOUT APPLYING BRAKES.*AK *ML
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#722216May 3, 2000
POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DIFFERENTIAL UNIT, SUSPENSION:REAR
VEHICLE HAS SEVERE WHINING NOISE FROM REAR DIFFRENTIAL.ALSO HAS GRINDING/CLICKING NOISE TO DATE, REAR DIFFERENTIAL RING AND PINION HAS BEEN REPLACED (NOT FIXED); COMPLETE REAR END ASSEMBLY INSTALLED 05/01/00 (NOT FIXED), DEALER CONTACTED ME AND TOLD ME THEY WOULD "REBUILD THE NEW ASSEMBLY TO TRY TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM, AND WOULD NOT GIVE ME THE VEHICLE BACK UNTIL IT HAS BEEN CORRECTED." THIS IS 3 ATTEMPTS AT THE SAME PROBLEM, I.E., NEW GEAR SET; NEW REAR END ASSEMBLY; CURRENTLY REBUILDING THE NEW REAR END ASSEMBLY (WITHOUT EVER HAVING RETURNED VEHICLE TO ME WITH NEW REAR END INSTALLED). *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#721909April 25, 2000
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
I WAS ON A STOP LIGHT AT 8AM AND THE EXHAUST PIPE WAS BLOWING OUT WHITE SMOKE AND THE ENGINE WAS SHAKING AND THE ENGINE CHECK LIGHT WAS ON. BROUGHT IT TO THE DEALER AND LATE THEY CALLED AND SAID IT WAS THE FUEL INJECTOR. THE NEXT DAY THEY CALLED AGAIN AND SAID ITS THE MODULE NOW. APRIL 6 THEY SAID THE PART WAS NOT AVAILABLE, NOT TILL THE 19TH, IT WAS BACK ORDERED. I WENT THERE ON THE 20TH AND THE PART WAS STILL NOT AVAILABLE. IT HAS BEEN 3 WEEKS TODAY AND THERE IS STILL NO NEWS YET. WHAT ELSE COULD I DO. CAN I JUST RETURN THE TRUCK TO THEM? WE HAD ALREADY PAID OFF THE TRUCK , BECAUSE WE TOOK A LOAN FROM THE HOUSE . WHAT CAN I DO?*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#721850April 23, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
ENGINE MISSES AT IDLE SPEED. RPM'S VARY FROM 800 TO 500 AND SOMETIMES DOWN TO 300 AT WHICH POINT THE ENGINES STARTS TO LUG AND STRAINS TO KEEP RUNNING. IT DOESN'T DO THIS ALL THE TIME. FIRST THING IN THE MORNING USUALLY AND USUALLY WHEN I HAVE JUST COME OFF OF THE INTERSTATE. I'VE TAKEN IT TO TWO DIFFERENT DEALERS NEITHER WHICH HAVE BEEN ABLE TO FIND A PROBLEM.(NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT....THEN NO PROBLEM). *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#551762April 5, 2000
VISIBILITY:REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES:EXTERIOR
DRIVER SIDE MIRROR DOES NOT SHOW OBJECTS WHILE TURNING. YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#720971April 3, 2000
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY:FILLER PIPE AND CAP
IN COOL WEATHER, I GET A THICK WHITE EMULSION BUILDUP ON THE INSIDE OF THE OIL FILLER CAP, TO THE POINT WHERE IT IS DRIPPING DOWN INTO THE CRANKCASE AND GETTING SUCKED INTO THE PCV VALVE. THE LOCAL DEALER, NOT THE ONE WHERE I BOUGHT IT, TELLS ME THIS IS NORMAL AND TO JUST WIPE IT OUT. HAVING WORKED ON CARS FOR OVER 30 YEARS, I DO NOT SEE THIS AS NORMAL. IT SEEMS THAT EXCESIVE MOISTURE IS GETTING INTO THE CRANKCASE FROM SOMEWHERE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#720789March 30, 2000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH
CHILD CRAWLED OUT OF CAR SEAT AND PLACED TRANSMISSION INTO DRIVE, CAR TOOK OFF, ABLE TO CHASE IT DOWN AND STOP VEHICLE. AT A BUS STOP WHERE MANY KIDS WERE AROUND AND COULD HAVE BEEN HIT IF DRIVER WAS NOT RIGHT NEXT TO VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#719661March 4, 2000
POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DIFFERENTIAL UNIT, POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY:AXLE SHAFT, POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFT, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
VEHICLE MAKES GRINDING NOISE...CHRYSLER UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE PROBLEM. WHEEL BEARING REPLACED, DRIVESHAFT REPLACED, MOTOR MOUNT SHIM MACHINED AND INSTALLED...TO NO AVAIL. CHRYSLER NOW BELIEVES IT COULD BE THE FRONT DIFFERENTIAL. CHRYSLER IS BASICALLY EXPERIMENTING WITH VEHICLE IN HOPES THAT NOISE WILL GO AWAY. I HAVE REQUESTED THAT THE VEHICLE BE RETURNED TO CHRYSLER (THROUGH VEHICLE BUY BACK PROGRAM). LONG TERM RELIABILITY AND SAFETY OF VEHICLE QUESTIONABLE AT THIS TIME. DRIVETRAIN HAS BEEN DETERMINED TO BE CAUSE OF PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#855427January 24, 2000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
CONSUMER WAS DRIVING WHEN TRANSMISSION BECAME INOPERATIVE AT ONLY 3000 MILES. DEALER WILL REPLACE COMPLETE TRANSMISSION, BUT IT IS ON BACK ORDER.NO TRANSMISSION PARTS ARE AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#853407November 29, 1999
STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR
WHILE DRIVING AT APPROX. 40-45 MPH STEERING WHEEL COMPLETELY FELL OFF, IT WAS HOLDING ON BY 3 WIRES WHICH COULD HAVE CAUSED LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. DEALER IS INSPECTING VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#712652October 1, 1999
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
THE CAR IS HARD TO CONTROL (STEER) AND THE DEALER HAS WORKED ON IT TWO TIMES AND IS UNABLE TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. THE STAR HOT LINE WAS CALLED TODAY, AND I WAS TOLD TO BRING THE CAR IN IN SIX DAYS AND THEY WOULD WORK ON IT AGAIN. I AM CONCERNED ABOUT HOW SAFE IT IS ON THE ROAD.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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