Dodge Durango Complaints (1999)

1,967 consumer complaints on file.

#896767September 24, 2001
SUSPENSION:FRONT:WHEEL BEARING, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR, WHEELS:HUB
THERE'S A SNAPPING NOISE WHENEVER VEHICLE IS BEING DRIVEN AT LOW SPEEDS. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER AND THEY REALIGNED AND REPLACED BEARINGS, HUBS, AND ROTORS. *AK CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE CONTINUES TO MAKE THE NOISES UNDER THE FRONT END, DEALER HAS ATTEMPTED TO FIX THIS PROBLEM 8 TIMES. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#785606September 14, 2001
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
THE CONSUMER WENT TO HAVE AN ALIGNMENT PERFORMES BUT THE DEALER WOULD NOT ALIGN THE VEHICLE BECAUSE OF BADLY WORN FROM LOWER BALL JOINTS. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#752157September 13, 2001
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
MY CAR ENGINE REVS AND ACCELERATES AND I AM NOT ABLE TO APPLY BY BRAKES, NO WARNING LIGHTS APPEAR PRIOR TO INCIDENT. THIS HAPPENED TWICE DRIVING AT AROUND 45-50MPH. ONLY WAY TO STOP THE VEHICLE IS TO APPLY EMERGENCY BRAKE OR BY TURNING OFF THE ENGINE LEAVING ME UNABLE TO STEER. ESCAPED TWO MAJOR ACCIDENTS BECAUSE OF THIS. DEALER IS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM SO UNABLE TO FIX IT. THEY HAVE THERE SUSPICIONS OF WHAT MAY BE THE PROBLEM, ( VACUUM). BUT THERE AFRAID IT MAY NOT BE THE PROBLEM AND IT WILL COST THEM IF ITS NOT. I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE THE CAR. THE FIRST TIME THIS HAPPENED I TOOK IT TO ANOTHER MECHANIC AND HE REPLACED THE BRAKES, THOUGH THAT DID NOT TAKE CARE OF THE INITIAL PROBLEM. ERROR CODES SHOWED UP BUT NOT ABLE TO FIX IT. SECOND TIME , TOOK TO THE DEALER WHICH I TOLD THEM TO INSTALL A CO-PILOT BOX RECOMMENDED TO ME BY NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS ( CHRYSLER, BUT IN ORDER FOR THEM TO FIND OUT THE PROBLEM I MAY HAVE TO GET INTO ANOTHER INCIDENT THAT MAY CAUSE HARM TO OTHERS OR MY FAMILY. ENGINE REVS AT VERY HIGH RPMS AND ACCELERATES FAST SO THIS MAY CAUSE THE CAR TO DRIVE INTO SOMEONE ELSES CAR OR A PEDESTRIAN, BECAUSE THE BRAKES DON'T WORK WHEN THIS HAPPENS. I WILL HAVE TO THROW IT IN PARK, DAMAGING THE TRANSMISSION OR BY USING THE EMERGENCY BRAKES THAT MAY NOT STOP IN TIME. OR TURNING OFF THE IGNITION WHICH LEAVES ME UNABLE TO STEER THE CAR OUT OF HARMS WAY.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#563091September 10, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
CONSUMER STATES THE ROTORS AND BRAKE SHOES HAD TO BE REPLACED AT 15,000 MILES.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#751963September 9, 2001
UNKNOWN OR OTHER, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
FOLLOWED MANUFACTURERS MAINT. SCHEDULE. OIL PRESSURE PROBLEM DEVELOPED AT APPROX 31K MILES. DEALER REPLACED OIL SENDING UNIT. OIL PRESSURE PROBLEM RETURNED AT APPROX 34.5K MILES. DEALER CHANGED OIL AND FILTER, REPLACED OIL SENDING UNIT AGAIN, AND COMPLETED TSB 180600. AT APPROX. 35.5K MILEAGE, WHILE AT CRUISE SPEED (65-70 MPH), RAPID TAPPING FOLLOWED BY IMMEDIATE LOSS OF OIL PRESSURE AND TOTAL ENGINE POWER LOSS. TOWED TO DEALER, BUT DEALER CLOSED AND WILL HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL 9/10/2001 FOR EXPLANATION/REPAIR.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#895654September 4, 2001
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR
SEAT BELT RETRACTOR ON DRIVER'S SIDE IS STICKING, AND ON PASSENGER'S SIDE IS COMPLETELY JAMMED. WHOLE UNIT HAS TO BE REPLACED. BUMPER TO BUMPER WARANTY DOESN'T COVER THE PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#751619September 4, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#895553August 30, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
BRAKES HAVE BEEN A INTERMITTENT PROBLEM ON VEHICLE SINCE IT WAS PURCHASED. CONSUMER HAD DEALER CHECK VEHICLE BEFORE GOING ON A ROAD TRIP. DEALER ASSURED CONSUMER THERE WOULD BE NO PROBLEM. CONSUMER WENT TO APPLY BRAKES, AND BRAKES WENT TO FLOOR, CAUSING CONSUMER'S VEHICLE TO REAR END ANOTHER VEHICLE. DEALER HAS TEST DRIVEN VEHICLE BY PUTTING 221 MILES ON IT, AND COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG. CONSUMER HAS BEEN VERY CONCERNED ABOUT SAFETY OF VEHICLE BECAUSE CHILDREN WER BEING TRANSPORTED.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#895561August 30, 2001
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR
01 V 119 000/FMVSS209/RETRACTOR: VEHICLE TAKEN TO DEALER; NEMER NWE COUNTRY SARATOGA DODGE;SARATOGA, NY; PHONE# 518/584-7272)FOR RECALL APPOINTMENT. LATER ON, LEARNED THAT RECALL WAS NOT DONE. DEALER'S ONLY REPLIED WAS THAT THEY DID NOT GET TO IT. SEEKING ASSIST FROM NHTSA IN THIS MATTER. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATON ON THIS MATTER.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#751429August 30, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH
TRUCK PARK IN GEAR ON FLAT SPOT TRUCK ROLLED 50 FT DOWN HILL AND HIT TREE DEAD CENTER OF TRUCK. TRUCK WAS IN PARK 4+4WAS IN TWO WHEEL DRIVE BUT DIAMLER CHESLER IS GOING TO LOOK AT IT BUT I KNOW TEY GOING TO SAY ITS MY FAULT BUT I DID NOTHING WRONG BUT PARK AND WALK AWAY.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
1
#895450August 29, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
INTERMITTENTLY WHEN APPLYING BRAKES PEDAL WOULD PULSATE AND HARDEN, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE, EVEN WITH BOTH FEET ON PEDAL. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#751355August 29, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE, STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM, INTERIOR LIGHTING
WHILE APPROACHING TUCSON ON I-10, ON INSIDE LANE, AT LEGAL SPEED OF 75 MPH, TOTAL LOSS OF ENGINE POWER,POWER STEERING AND DASH LIGHTS.NARROWLY MISSED GETTING HIT BY PASSING CARS AND TRUCKS.LUCKY TO GET TO SIDE OF ROAD FOR TOWING WITHOUT ACCIDENT.FAILURE OF POWER CONTROL MODULE(COMPUTER MALFUNCTION)& REQUIRED REPLACEMENT.SAME PROBLEM WHEN SUV 6 MONTHS OLD,REQUIRING REPLACEMENT.LOSS OF ALL POWER OCCURS WITHOUT WARNING.TWO FAILURES OF CRITICAL PART IN TWO YEARS TOO MUCH, VERY DANGEROUS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#895229August 27, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DIFFERENTIAL PROPORTIONAL VALVE, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER CYLINDER
VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO DEALER 6 TIMES FOR REAR ABS BRAKES LOCKING UP. DEALER REPLACED MASTER CYLINDER AND PROPORTIONAL VALVE. IT DID NOT REMEDY PROBLEM. DASH INDICATOR FOR ABS CAME ON INTERMITTENTLY. DEALER INDICATED IT WAS A NORMAL CONDITION FOR THIS VEHICLE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#895112August 24, 2001
SUSPENSION:FRONT:WHEEL BEARING
WHEN DRIVING AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING FRONT BEARINGS MALFUNCTIONED. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#894655August 17, 2001
SUSPENSION:FRONT
VEHICLE IS EXPERIENCING UNKNOWN GRINDING/ CLICKING/THUMPING AND SEVERE VIBRATION WHEN DRIVING. VEHICLE BEEN IN THE DEALER'S SHOP ON SIX OCCASIONS, AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#750621August 16, 2001
STEERING:LINKAGES
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#894467August 15, 2001
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM
AFTER SEEING INFORMATION ON INTERNET CONCERNING DEFECTIVE BALL JOINTS THAT COULD CAUSE TIRES TO WEAR OUT, CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP, TECHNICIAN INDICATED THAT BALL JOINTS HAD TO BE REPLACED DUE TO WORN TIRES. CONSUMER HAD CONTACTED DEALER, BUT VEHICLE COULD NOT BE FIXED BECAUSE OF EXPIRED WARRANTY. *AK THE TIRES WORE OUT DUE TO THE BALL JOINTS BEING WORN, JOINTS WERE WORN OUT TO A POINT OF VEHICLE BEING UNSAFE TO DRIVE, DODGE WOULD NOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT THE FAULTY BALL JOINTS. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#894134August 13, 2001
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH REARENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE, AND NEITHER AIRBAG DEPLOYED. CONSUMER SUFFERED FACIAL INJURIES. DAMAGE TO VEHICLE WAS $ 9000.00. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#894153August 13, 2001
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR, AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH REARENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE. UPON IMPACT, AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, AND SEAT BELT DID NOT WORK. CONSUMER HIT HER HEAD ON STEERING WHEEL,SUSTAINING FACIAL INJURIES. DAMAGE TO FRONT END OF VEHICLE WAS $ 9000.00. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#750367August 13, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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