Dodge Durango Complaints (1998)

965 consumer complaints on file.

#717529January 18, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC, VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
THE POWER WINDOW MOTORS/REGULATORS HAVE FAILED ON ALL 4 WINDOWS REPEATEDLY. REPAIRS UNDER WARRANTY HAVE BEEN DONE, HOWEVER AFTER APPROX 2 MONTHS THE WINDOWS FAIL TO GO UP OR DOWN. . ... DURING LOW SPEED BRAKING THE FRONT DISC BRAKES MAKE A GRINDING NOISE, THE PROBLEM IS CONTINUOUS AND THE DEALERSHIP SAYS ALL ITEMS ARE WITHIN SPECIFICATIONS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#717484January 17, 2000
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM
BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE NEW ONLY 20 MONTHS AGO AND THE BALL JOINTS HAVE FAILED. DEALER ADMITS THAT THAT'S UNUSUAL AND THAT BALL JOINTS SHOULD LAST A VERY LONG TIME. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#717321January 13, 2000
SUSPENSION:FRONT
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#717322January 13, 2000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH
VEHICLE CAN BE PLACED IN GEAR FROM PARK WITHOUT APPLYING THE BRAKE. THIS SITUATION COULD ALLOW UNINTENTIONAL MOVEMENT OF THE VEHICLE AND SUBSEQUENT INJURY. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#717051January 7, 2000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY
BATTERY SUDDENLY DIED, PREVENTING ENGINE START. ALL SYSTEMS FUNCTIONED NORMALLY PRIOR TO INCIDENT, BUT BATTERY TESTED COMPLETELY DEAD AFTER ATTEMPTING TO START VEHICLE. ATTEMPTED JUMP STARTING AND CHARGING BATTERY WITH NO RESULTS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#716851January 4, 2000
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR
SHOULDER RESTRAINT FAILS TO OPERATE IN COLD TEMPERATURES (LESS THAN 25 DEGREES). CHRYSLER WILL NOT REPLACE UNTILL DEALERSHIP CAN DUPLICATE PROBLEM. CHRYSLER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED THAT THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE, DUE TO UNRELIABILITY OF SAID SEAT BELT. IF SEAT BELT WILL NOT RETRACT, CHILDREN WILL NOT HAVE THE MEANS TO BE SAFELY RESTRAINED IN THE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#550187January 3, 2000
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
CRUISE CONTROL FAILED TO DISENGAGE RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO VEHICLE DUE TO LOSS OF CONTROL. YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#715801December 8, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:FAN
THE COOLING FAN, WHEN ENGAGED, REQUIRES A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THE AVAILABLE HORSE POWER. THE COOLING FAN, IN NORMAL TRAFFIC CONDITIONS ON COOL SUMMER DAY IN COLORADO, RUNS EXCESSIVELY. THE CHANGE IN AVAILABLE HORSE POWER BETWEEN FAN-ENGAGED AND FAN-DISENGAGED SITUATIONS IS A SAFETY HAZARD IN THAT ONE DOES NOT KNOW HOW FAST THE VEHICLE WILL ACCELERATE WHEN THE GAS PEDAL IS DEPRESSED FULLY. THE DIFFERENCE IS SIGNIFICANT AND STRIKING. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#549869December 7, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:FAN
ENGINE OVERHEATING DUE TO FAILURE OF THE FAN/CLUTCH ASSEMBLY. MJS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#709175November 23, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
ON WET PAVEMENT, APPROACHING STOP SIGN OR STOP LIGHT, WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES NORMALLY, THE BRAKES LOCK UP, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SKID. ACCIDENTS HAVE NARROWLY BEEN AVOIDED. THE PROBLEM SEEMS SIMILAR TO THE ONE THAT LED TO THE RECENT RECALL OF GM SUV'S AND OTHER VEHICLES. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN BACK TO A DODGE DEALER TO BE CHECKED OUT, BUT THEY FOUND NOTHING WRONG. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#853128November 19, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:FAN
VEHICLE SUDDENLY AND UNEXPECTEDLY LOST POWER AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. DEALER HAS REPLACED THE CLUTCH FAN ON THE COOLING SYSTEM AND THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#714349November 4, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH, VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM SUDDENLY WENT OUT ALL GAUGES RADIO ETC FRONT AREA. CHECKED ALL FUSES AND NOTHING WAS BURNT OUT. RESTARTED ENGINE FOUR TIMES BEFORE RESET AND THEN WAS OK. HAVE HAD RECURRING LOCKING OF BRAKES AND GRINDING LOSE OF CONTROL AT LOW SPEEDS AND ON WET ROADS. DISC BRAKES HAVE NO WEAR INDICATORS ON PADS AND IT RESULTED IN BEING WORN DOWN AND ATE INTO THE FRONT ROTORS BEFORE I WAS AWARE THAT THE PADS WERE SHOT. I HAD TO BUY NEW ROTORS AND PADS AND THE REPLACEMENT PADS ALSO DID NOT HAVE INDICATORS. THE DEALER STATED THAT WAS THE WAY THAT THEY WERE MANUFATURED AND I THEN STATED THAT THIS WAS A SEVERE AND POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS AND DEADLY OVERSIGHT AND THAT IT SHOULD BE CORRECTED. I CONTACTED CHRYSLER AND THEY STATED THAT THEY HAD NO RECALL ON THIS AND THAT THEY HAD NO TECHNICAL PROBLEMS OR BULLETINS ON THIS. MY BATTERY ALSO SUDDENLY WENT OUT WITHOUT ANY WARNING AND IT CAUSED THE ENGINE TO DIE. I COULD NOT RESTART THE ENGINE AND A NEW BATTERY HAD TO BE INSTALLED. POWER WINDOWS WENT OUT AND COULD NOT BE OPENED OR CLOSED BY DRIVERS SWITCH.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#852318November 1, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHILE DRIVING IN ONE LANE AND APPROACHING A STOP LIGHT ON A 35MPH ROAD. ON WEET STREETS, AND WHILE TRYING TO SLOW DOWN, FRONT BRAKES LOCKED UP AND VEHICLE SLID INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#852338November 1, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:PADS, VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
WHILE DRIVING IN NEIGHBORHOOD ANOTHER VEHICLE PULLED OUT IN FRONT. CONSUMER SLAMMED ON BRAKES AND FRONT WHEELS LOCKED UP, VEHICLE SKIDDED AND SLAMMED INTO THE VEHICLEIN FRONT. CONTACTED DEALER WHO SAID THAT BRAKE PADS NEVER TOUCHED THE DRUMS. ALSO, REAR ARM ACTUATOR POWER WINDOWS WILL NOT GO UP OR DOWN. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#782450October 25, 1999
TIRES, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM
OWNER HAS REPLACED THE 3RD SET OF TIRES DUE TO "CUPPING AND FEATHERING".
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#847784October 13, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM IS NOT WORKING. WHEN APPLYING BRAKES, WHEELS LOCKED UP CAUSING VEHICLE TO DRIVE STRAIGHT THROUGH AN INTERSECTION. *YC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#712961October 7, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS
DURING WET CONDITIONS 1 BRAKE WILL LOCK UP CAUSING THE OTHER 3 BRAKES TO FAIL TO OPERATE. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES, ONCE CAUSING ME TO SLIDE INTO AN INTERSECTION. I HAD THE SAME PROBLEM WITH A 1997 DODGE DAKOTA WHICH, I ASSUME HAS A VERY SIMILAR BR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#849222September 29, 1999
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
ENGINE CHECK LIGHT ILLUMINATES, INDICATING A MALFUNCTION WITHIN THE SYSTEM. CAUSE UNKNOWN. DEALER CANNOT IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM. PLEASEW GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#847664September 14, 1999
TRAILER HITCHES
CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AT 15 TO 20 MPH WITH A TRAILER ATTACHED TO THE VEHICLE, AND THE TRAILER CAME UNWELDED FROM THE TONGUE OF THE TRAILER AND TOOK OFF. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO GET THE TRAILER BACK, AND THIS WAS THE SECOND TIME, THE TRAILER CAME UNWELDED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#847318September 9, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
WHILE DRIVING ENGINE CHECK LIGHT ILLUMINATED, INDICATING A MALFUNCTION WITHIN THE SYSTEM, SHORTLY AFTER A NOISE OCCURRED IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, THEN THE VEHICLE COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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