Dodge Durango Complaints (1998)

965 consumer complaints on file.

#10003320January 24, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
WHILE DRIVING DOWN INTERSTATE ON THE WAY TO WORK, OIL PRESSURE GOES TO 0 AND TRUCK STALLED. GOT TRUCK TOWED TO SHOP AND WAS INFORMED BY SHOP THAT THE ENGINE HAD SEIZED UP. ENGINE FAILURE DUE TO OIL SLUDGE. THIS IS THE FIRST AND ONLY PROBLEM WE HAVE EVER HAD WITH THIS TRUCK AND NOW I SEARCH THE INTERNET AND FIND HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE THIS HAS HAPPENED TO AND THAT THE COMPANY DOES NOT STAND BEHIND THEIR ENGINES AND DOESN'T ADMIT THERE IS ANY PROBLEMS. NOW WE HAVE TO COME UP WITH THE $4,000 - $6,000 TO GET A NEW ENGINE AND STILL MAKE A TRUCK PAYMENT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10002904January 18, 2003
STEERING:COLUMN
INTERMEDIATE STEERING COLUMN FAILURE
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10001592December 27, 2002
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND WITHOUT WARNING THE HEADLIGHTS WILL FLICKER CAUSING A DISTRACTION TO THE CONSUMER VIEW DURING NIGHTTIME. DEALER NOTIFIED. TS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10003949December 21, 2002
SUSPENSION
CONSUMER IS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS. THE BALL JOINTS FAILED AT 78,000 MILES. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8022776November 14, 2002
STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR
CONSUMER STATES SINCE SHE HAS PURCHASED HER TRUCK, SHE HAS HAD STEERING WHEEL WAS OFF SET. MR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#769567November 11, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
FIRST FAILURE OIL LIGHT KEPT COMING ON INTERMITENTLY TOOK IT TO DEALERSHIP THEY REPLACED OIL PUMP. NO MENTION OF SLUDGE OR ANY BUILD UP OF MATERIAL IN PAN. THEY SAID THEY HAD SEEN THIS HAPPEN OFTEN AT THIS MILEAGE RANGE. ONE YEAR LATER AND 4 OIL CHANGES THE SAME THING HAPPENED ONLY I LOST ALL OIL PRESSURE. WAS TOWED TO DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIR AND WAS TOLD THAT WE SHOULD HAVE THE GASKET REPLACED BETWEEN THE HEAD AND THE BLOCK BECAUSE THE HEAD WAS ALUMINUM AND THE BLOCK WAS STEEL AND OVER TIME AND HEATING AND COOLING THE GASKET GETS EXTRUDED AND THE ANTIFREEZE WILL GET INTO THE OIL AND SLUDGE UP THE OIL CAUSING THE FAILURE OF THE PUMP. I FEEL DODGE HAS A PROBLEM THAT THEY ARE NOT TELLING THE CONSUMER.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#769350November 6, 2002
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
CAR CAUGHT FIRE WHILE DRIVING. DT
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#768801October 24, 2002
SUSPENSION:FRONT, POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DIFFERENTIAL UNIT, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHEN CO. REP SAID THE CO. WOULD NOT COMPENSATE DUE TO AGE AND MILAGE EVEN THOUGH PARTS FAILED FAR SHORT OF NORMAL SERVICE LIFE. ANY HELP YOU CAN PROVIDE WILL BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. DT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8021270October 21, 2002
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS
WHILE PULLING INSIDE OF A PARKING SPACE CONSUMER APPLIED THE BRAKES. THERE WAS A LOUD SQUEAKING NOISE AND THE PEDAL WAS VERY HARD. THE DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. TSTHE ABS LIGHT WOULD INTERMITTENTLY ILLUMINATE. CONSUMER FEELS THIS IS AN ISSUE OF DESIGN OR PART FLAW. *JG
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8019832September 30, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
ABS LIGHTS CAME ON INTERMITTENTLY FOR SEVERAL MONTHS THEN FINALLY STAYS ON ALL THE TIME. THE DEALER SAID THAT THE ABS UNIT IS DEFECTIVE AND CHARGED HER $750 FOR REPLACEMENT. THE CONSUMER WAS RATHER UPSET BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WAS JUST OUTSIDE OF WARRANTY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8017252August 27, 2002
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL
IDLE SPPED CONTROL UNIT FAILURE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8017304August 27, 2002
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
WHILE DRIVING CRUISE CONTROL UNEXPECTEDLY ACTIVATED WITHOUT MANUAL OPERATION. DRIVER APPLIED BRAKES, AND THEY FAILED TO STOP VEHICLE, DRIVER ALSO TURNED CRUISE CONTROL SWITCH OFF AND VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE. AFTER INSPECTION OF VEHICLE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THROTTLE WAS STUCK IN OPEN POSTION. TO GAIN TEMPORARY CONTROL OF VEHICLE THROTTLE WAS RELEASED, AND CRUISE CONTROL SYSTEM WAS DISCONNECTED. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8017080August 23, 2002
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
LEFT FRONT TIRE FELL OFF OF VEHICLE DUE TO LOWER BALL JOINT BREAKING.CONTACTED DEALER.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8016978August 22, 2002
STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AND WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED OR VEHICLE HITS A BUMP IN THE ROAD VEHICLE WILL PULL TO RIGHT OR LEFT.DRIVER LOST CONTROL OF STEERING. CONTACTED DEALER. ALSO, STEERING COLUMN HAD TOTALLY DISENGAGED. CAUSED BY DESIGN FLAW.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8017054August 22, 2002
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE
WHILE TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING DRIVER'S SIDE SEATBELT WILL COME LOOSE. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#766077August 22, 2002
SEATS
THE MECHANICAL CONNECTION BETWEEN THE FRONT CUSHION MOTOR AND THE FRONT OF THE SEAT FAILED, ALLOWING THE DRIVER'S SEAT TO ROCK BACK AND FORTH ABOUT 8 INCHES ON THE REAR SEAT PIVOT. THIS ROCKING MOTION RESULTS IN THE LIFTING OF THE DRIVER'S FOOT FROM THE BRAKE OR GAS PEDAL, AND A POSSIBLE LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. IF BACKING UP, ESPECIALLY WHILE ON AN INCLINE, AND THE BRAKE IS APPLIED, THE SEAT WILL ROCK TO THE REAR, LIFTING THE DRIVER'S FOOT FROM THE BRAKE PEDAL. IF THE ACCELERATOR IS HIT TOO HARD IN DRIVE, THE FOOT IS LIFTED FROM THE ACCELERATOR, RESULTING IN A SUDDEN LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL.. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8016625August 19, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:COLUMN SHIFT
VEHICLE STARTED LOSING TRANSMISSION FUEL, VEHICLE STALLED OUT. TRANSFER CASE HAD A LARGE CRACK IN IT, WHICH WAS CAUSING FUEL TO LEAK OUT.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#764504July 20, 2002
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM
PREMATURE FAILURE OF UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS, REQUIRING REPLACEMENT WITH NO MONETARY REIMBURSEMENT FROM DEALER OR DAILMER/CHRYSLER!*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#764446July 19, 2002
STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR
THERE IS A NOISE COMING FROM STEERING COLUMN AND AT TIMES "FEELS" LIKE SOMETHING IS VERY LOOSE IN THIS AREA! ASKED DEALER ABOUT IT, AND WAS INFORMED THAT NOISE WAS NORMAL!! IT APPEARS TO BE GETTING "WORSE" AS TIME GOES ON! THANKS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#566550July 10, 2002
SUSPENSION:MULTIPLE AXLE
HEARING NOISE IN THE REAR END OF THE VEHICLE, CONSUMER TOOK CAR IN FOR INSPECTION. THE VEHICLE NEEDED BEARINGS REPLACED. THE BEARINGS HAVE BEEN REPLACED THREE (3) TIMES. DODGE INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THE WHOLE REAR OF VEHICLE IS FAULTY. *JG
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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