Dodge Durango Complaints (1999)

1,967 consumer complaints on file.

#10028880July 22, 2003
SUSPENSION:FRONT
FRONT END SUSPENSION SQUEAKS HORRIBLY. EMBARRASSING TO DRIVE AT TIMES. I HAVE BEEN TOLD BY THE DEALER THAT I NEED TO HAVE BOTH UPPER AND LOWER CONTROL ARMS/ BALL JOINTS REPLACED ON BOTH SIDES. BY VIEWING THE COMPLAINTS FILE I SEE THIS IS COMMON AND DON'T SEE THE SENSE IN REPLACING THEM ONLY TO HAVE THEM GO BAD AGAIN. DODGE NEEDS TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS PROBLEM WITH THIS SUV AND STOP GIVING THEIR CONSUMERS GRIEF. WHY WAIT FOR FATALITIES!!
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#10020029July 11, 2003
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT, SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
THE UPPER AND LOWER ARM BALL JOINTS WERE REPLACED AT THE OWNER'S EXPENSE BEFORE THE VEHICLE REACHED 100000 MILES. *NLM *SCC *JB
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#10025677July 8, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
OIL GAUGE PRESSURE WOULD SUDDENLY DROP TO ZERO AND THE "CHECK GAUGES" LIGHT WOULD COME AND AND A WARNING SIGNAL IS HEARD. INVESTIGATED INTERNET AND FIND THERE ARE 100'S OF CASES OF THE SAME PROBLEM.*AK
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#10023918June 28, 2003
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT, SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
PREMATURE WEAR- UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS. BOTH HAD TO BE REPLACED. *NLM
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#10023924June 28, 2003
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT, STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY
MY 99 DODGE DURANGO HAD BOTH LOWER BALL JOINTS AND AN INNER TIE ROD(DRIVER SIDE) REPLACED WITH THE TRUCK HAVING ONLY BECAUSE 20,000 MILES ON IT THIS PROBLEM MADE THIS VEHICLE VERY DANGEROUS TO DRIVE BECAUSE YOU WERE NOT ABLE TO STEER IT PROPERLY IT WAS ALWAYS PULLING. *NLM
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#10023575June 23, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
VEHICLE HAS HAD SEVERAL PROBLEMS INVOLVING BOTH THE ENGINE COOLING AND OIL PRESSURE. UPON BRAKING, THE VEHICLE'S CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WOULD COME ON. I HAVE TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO TWO DIFFERENT DEALERS FOR SERVICE. ON ONE OCCASION IT WAS FOUND THAT THE VEHICLE HAD VERY LITTLE OIL. THIS WAS ONLY ONE WEEK AFTER AN OIL CHANGE WAS PERFORMED. NO OIL LEAK WAS FOUND. IN SUBSEQUENT WEEKS THE GAUGES STARTING DROPPING TO ZERO AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WOULD COME ON. TOOK TO ANOTHER DEALER AND SEVERAL PARTS WERE REPLACED INCLUDING THE WATER PUMP, THERMOSTAT, ETC. I AM STILL NOT CONVINCED THAT THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN SOLVED, ESPECIALLY AFTER READING THE COMPLAINTS ON THIS WEBSITE. I WOULD LIKE THIS TO BE RESOLVED PRIOR TO MY ENGINE BLOWING LIKE MANY OF THE OTHERS THAT I'VE SEEN ON THIS COMPLAINT DATABASE. *NLM
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No
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0
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0
#10023355June 19, 2003
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:TORQUE CONVERTER
VEHICLE'S TORQUE CONVERTER FAILED AND WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO THIRD GEAR. ONLY 35K MILES ON VEHICLE. DEALER CHARGED $750 TO FIX THE PROBLEM. *NLM
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0
Deaths:
0
#10023370June 19, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
MY 1999 DURANGO STARTED EXPERIENCING A SPARK KNOCK AND ENGINE OIL CONSUMPTION DUE TO BAD INTAKE GASKET DESIGN. I HAVE TALKED TO A COUPLE OF OTHER DURANGO OWNERS WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM AT THE SAME MILEAGE. THE GASKET CAN'T BE PROPERLY TIGHTENED AND OIL LEAKS INTO THE INTAKE CAUSING A KNOCKING UNDER LOAD. THE FIX COSTS AROUND $1,000. *NLM
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10022853June 11, 2003
AIR BAGS
WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A COLLISION AND AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK
Crash:
Yes
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10022789June 10, 2003
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM
ENGINE CHECK INDICATOR LIGHT STAYS ON THROUGHOUT TRAVEL SHOWING VEHICLE SURGING DUE TO FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM RUSTING. *AK
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0
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#10022147June 3, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
VEHICLE WAS READING LOW ON OIL AND DRIVING VERY ROUGH. OIL LEVEL WAS AT SPECIFICATIONS. DEALER DIAGNOSED THAT THE OIL PRESSURE SENSOR HAD FAILED.*AK
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No
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No
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0
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0
#10022148June 3, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:ABS WARNING LIGHT
WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER APPLIED BRAKES ABRUPTLY FOR A QUICK STOP, BUT THE VEHICLE SLID THROUGH THE INTERSECTION AND THE ABS LIGHT ILLUMINATED. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE BRAKE SENSOR HAD FAILED.*AK
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No
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No
Injuries:
0
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#10022151June 3, 2003
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY
CONSUMER GOT INTO VEHICLE AN ATTEMPTED TO START BUT BATTERY EXPLODED WITHOUT WARNING WHEN THE KEY WAS TURNED.*AK
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No
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No
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0
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#10021784May 28, 2003
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY THE TRANSMISSION STALLED AND A GRINDING NOISE WAS COMING FROM THE REAR. *TT
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No
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No
Injuries:
0
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#10019121May 22, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
THE VEHICLE DIES WHEN COMING TO A STOP, THIS HAS HAPPENED TWICE APPROXIMATELY 2 WEEKS APART. BOTH TIMES WHEN IT HAPPENED THE GAS GAUGE WENT TO THE EMPTY POSITION THEN AFTER TRYING TO RESTART AFTER A FEW MINUTES THE GAUGE STARTED READING AGAIN AND THE VEHICLE STARTED AND RAN FINE. WE TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND ALL THEY DID WAS LET IT SIT THERE AND IDLE TO TRY TO VERIFY THE COMPLAINT. THEY TOLD US THAT THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. *NLM
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No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10019010May 20, 2003
EQUIPMENT:MECHANICAL, SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM
I HAVE HAD MY VEHICLE INTO TWO PLACES FOR UNDERBODY INSPECTIONS AND M-59 DODGE TOLD ME MY BALL JOINTS (UPPER & LOWER) AND CONTROL ARMS WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. I HAD M-59 DODGE REPLACE THEM ONCE AT 44,000 MILES ON MY '99 DURANGO AND NOW AT 77,000 THEY SAY THEY NEED IT AGAIN? SO, I TOOK IT INTO ANDERSON DODGE FOR A SECOND OPINION AND THEY SAID THEY WERE FINE (GOOD) ACTUALLY. SO, I CHECKED DEFECTS OFF THE NHSTA WEBSITE AND SAW SEVERAL INSTANCES OF BALL JOINTS FAILING AT EVERY 30,000 MILES. SO, I CALLED A DODGE PARTS DEPARTMENT AND ASKED WHAT THE PART #S WERE FOR BALL JOINTS AND CONTROL ARMS FOR A '99 DURANGO AND FOR A '99 DAKOTA (4X4) AND GUESS WHAT THEY ARE THE SAME NUMBERS????? LET ME GUESS, DESIGN THE 4X4 DAKOTA AND JUST ADD ALL THAT WEIGHT AND MOMENT ARMS OF THE BACK OF THE SUV TOP AND LIFT GATE AND NOT EXPECT THE EQUATIONS TO CHANGE FOR WEAR AND TEAR OF THE FRONT SUSPENSION?????? AND THEN I FOUND OUT THAT THE SUSPENSION WAS MODIFIED IN THE 2000 MODEL YEAR. WHAT A SURPRISE??? I WONDER IF NHSTA WOULD BE INTERESTED IN MY FINDINGS?????? NOW I AM GOING TO A THIRD DODGE DEALER FOR ANOTHER INSPECTION TO SEE IF I REALLY DO HAVE A PROBLEM WITH BALL JOINTS AND CONTROL ARMS. IF THESE BALL JOINTS I HAVE NOW ARE OK, I WANT TO KNOW IF I CAN TAP THEM AND PUT IN A GREASE FITTING IN ORDER TO EXTEND THE LIFE OF THEM. IF HOWEVER, THEY ARE NOT OK, I AM GOING TO FILE A COMPLAINT WITH NHTSA AND SHOW THEM MY FINDINGS. I BELIEVE A DESIGN FLAW SHOULD BE A RECALL. *NLM
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No
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No
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0
Deaths:
0
#10020082May 19, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
WHEN THE DRIVER APPLIED THE BRAKE WHILE DRIVING AT A LOW SPEED THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. THE VEHICLE COASTED TO A STOP. *NLM
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No
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No
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0
Deaths:
0
#10018842May 17, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
AFTER THE BRAKES WERE SERVICED THEY CONTINUED TO SQUEAK UPON APPLYING THE BRAKE PEDAL. THE LOUD SQUEAK SEEMS TO GET BECOME WORSE OVER TIME. *JB
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0
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0
#10018815May 16, 2003
STEERING:COLUMN, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
I OWN A 1999 DODGE DURANGO. I HAVE HAD ALOT OF TROUBLE WITH IT. AT FIRST WHEN I WOULD CALL OR TAKE IT BY THE DEALERSHIP, THEY WOULD TELL ME THAT NOTHING WAS WRONG. THE FIRST PROBLEM WAS WITH THE STEERING WHEEL MAKING A RATTLING NOISE BETWEEN 20-30 MPH. THEY FIRST TOLD ME NOTHING WAS WRONG IT WAS TIRE NOISE. THEN I BROUGHT IT BACK A WEEK LATER AND THEY REPLACED THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER. WHEN IT WAS STILL DOING IT A WEEK LATER, I TOOK IT TO ANOTHER DEALER AND THE STEERING COLUMN WAS FOUND TO BE BENT AND REPLACED. NOT LONG AFTER THAT I HAD TROUBLE WITH THE ENGINE, WHEN I WOULD STOP, THE ENGINE WOULD IDLE DOWN AND ALMOST STALL. I STOPPED AT A GAS STATION AND FOUND I HAD NO OIL. I PUT IN TWO QUARTS AND CALLED THE DEALER. THEY FOUND THE PLENUM GASKET HAD A LEAK. I HAD THAT REPLACED FOR OVER $450. SHORTLY AFTER THAT I WAS TRAVELING HOME ON THE HIGHWAY AND IT HESITATED AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I TOOK IT INTO THE DEALER AND THEY RAN A DIAGNOSTICS TEST AND COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG. I NOTICE THAT THE RPM'S HAD STARTED REVVING UP AND DOWN WHILE YOU WERE DRIVING RIGHT AFTER THIS HAPPEN. I CALLED AND QUESTIONED ABOUT IT AND THEY SAID TO CHANGE THE OIL. IT STILL DID IT AFTER AN OIL CHANGE. WHILE ON OUR WAY HOME TO NY, WE HAD STOPPED AND IT STALLED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN. WHEN WE GOT HOME I TOOK IT IN AND HAD ANOTHER TEST DONE ON IT. THEY REPLACED THE OUTPUT SPEED SENSOR AND SAID THAT WAS GOING TO FIX IT. IT STILL DID THE RPM THING AFTER THAT, AND THEY TOLD ME THAT I WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR ANOTHER DIAGNOSTICS TEST. I HAVE SINCE, GOTTEN A TUNE UP AND OIL CHANGE, AND IT STILL DOES IT. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON AND GOING OFF. I AM SORRY THAT THIS IS SO LONG, BUT I FEEL LIKE I HAVE TRIED EVERYTHING AND NO ONE WILL HELP. MY QUESTIONS ARE, HAVE YOU HEARD OF ANYTHING LIKE THESE PROBLEMS BEFORE, ARE THERE ANY RELATED RECALLS, AND IS THERE ANYTHING YOU CAN DO TO HELP GET THIS RESOLVED? I WOULD APPRECIATE ANY HELP! *NLM
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0
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0
#10018617May 13, 2003
EQUIPMENT:MECHANICAL, VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
MOTORS ON THE WINDOWS HAVE FAILED THREE TIMES IN FOUR YEARS ON TWO REAR WINDOWS WITH VERY LITTLE USE. *JB
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No
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