NHTSA Complaint #10045810 — 2000 DODGE DURANGO

PURCHASED 2000 DURANGO W/70K MILES IN 5/01. COMPALINED ABOUT FRONT END SEVERAL TIMES, ROUGHNESS. ALSO TRANSMISSION NOT SHIFTING. AFTER A FEW WARRANTY REPAIRS AND SEVERAL COSTLY REPAIRS, TORQUE CONVERTER BRAKES WHEEL BEARINGS BRAKES AGAIN, THE VEHICLE WAS OUT OF WARRANTY AND THEY IMMEDIATELY SAID I NEED CONTROL ARMS AND UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOUINTS. I CANT AFFORD TO REPLACE THEM AT THIS POINT, I AM WAITING FOR THEM TO GO OUT WHILE I AM DRIVING DOWN THE FREEWAY. THIS CAR HAS HAD NUMEROUS PROBBLEMS. DOOR LOCK ACTUATORS, AC, HEATER,FUEL PUMP, WATER PUMP, STARTER COILS, THE LITTLE STUFF WAS ALWAYS FIXED UNDER WARRANTY AFTER AN ARGUMENT , NOW I AM READING ABOUT ALL THESE OTHER COMPLAINTS FROM PEOPLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEMS...THOUGHT YOU WOULD LIKE TO KNOW ABOUT ANOTHER PARTY W/ THE SAME PROBLEMS, SHOULD I SEND YOU THE RECEIPTS AND THERE NOTES FOR STUFF WEARING OUT?IS THERE YET A RECALL ON THESE BALL JOINTS AND BEARINGS SO MAYBE THEY WILL GET FIXED BEFORE I END UP IN A CRASH?*AK