1999 DODGE DURANGO Power Trainautomatic Transmission Problems

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE DURANGO. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STALLED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VHICLE AFTER WAITING APPROXIMATELY FORTY MINUTES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE MECHANIC STATED THE ENGINE WOULD HAVE TO BE REBUILT. THE CONTACT HAD THE VEHICLE REPAIRED, HOWEVER, THE FAILURE CONTINUED. THE CONTACT BELIEVED THERE WAS A FAILURE WITH THE PCM MODULE IN THE TRANSMISSION. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 152,305.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE DURANGO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AS HE STARTED THE VEHICLE, THE BRAKE, CHECK ENGINE, AND ANTI LOCK BRAKE WARNING LIGHTS ALL ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE BUT WITH VERY LIMITED POWER. THE VEHICLE WAS RESISTANT TO ACCELERATION YET THE ENGINE EXHIBITED AN ABNORMAL INCREASE IN RPMS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP WHERE THE CONTACT WAS TOLD THAT THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NEED TO BE REBUILT. THE TRANSMISSION WAS REBUILT. THE BRAKE AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHTS CONTINUED TO ILLUMINATE AND THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A SECOND INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP WHERE THE BRAKES WERE REPLACED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 140,000.

1999 DODGE DURANGO. STALL OUT WHILE DRIVING FOR NO REASON! LOOK AT SOME OF THESE WEBSITES.... HTTP://WWW.CARCOMPLAINTS.COM/DODGE/DURANGO/1999/ELECTRICAL/VEHICLE_SHUTS_DOWN_WITHOUT_WARNING.SHTML 120 COMPLAINTS OF THE SAME NATURE! DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS!!!! *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE DURANGO SLT. WHILE DRIVING 10-30 MPH THE VEHICLE LUNGED FORWARD AND SHIFTED OUT OF SECOND GEAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE SHIFTED FROM FIRST TO THIRD GEAR AND THE RPMS INCREASED UP TO 34000. THE FAILURE OCCURRED TWENTY MINUTES AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DEALER REFUSED TO OFFER HIM ANY ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO WAS REPLACING THE TRANSMISSION AND TRANSFER CASE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 132,520. ALSO, THE BALL JOINT WAS BROKEN AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. UPDATED 10/07/10

TRANSMISSION IN MY 1999 DODGE DURANGO HAS BEGUN TO SLIP AND ITS PULLING HARD. IT WON'T GO INTO 2ND OR 3RD WITHOUT ME DEPRESS THE GAS PEDAL. I'VE TRIED TRANSMISSION FIX LUBRICANT, CHANGED THE FLUID AND FILTER, AND TUNEUP. I'VE BEEN READING FROM SEVERAL WEBSITES THAT PEOPLE ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSION AND DODGE WON'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. PEOPLE WORK TOO HARD TO HAVE THEIR VEHICLES MAINTAINED AND GETTING A REBUILT OR BRAND NEW ONE WILL COST THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS THAT NORMAL PEOPLE LIKE MYSELF DON'T HAVE. IS IT ANYTHING YOU CAN DO ABOUT THIS SO THAT PEOPLE LIKE MYSELF CAN HAVE A PEACE OF MIND KNOWING THAT THE TRANSMISSION IS IN WORKING CONDITION AND ITS SAFE. *TR

COMPONENT: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM DETAILS: I OWN A 1999 DODGE DURANGO IT HAS 130000 MILES ON FOR THE PAST 2 MONTHS IT JUST SHUTS OFF NO POWER TO GAUGES AND ENGINE DIES JUST LIKE I TURNED THE ENGINE OFF DOESN'T MATTER WHERE YOU ARE JUST HAVE TO WAIT ABOUT 30 MIN AND WILL START BACK UP THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS TO MY FAMILY AFTER SEARCHING THE WEB FOR THIS PROBLEM I NOTICED SEVERAL OTHER PEOPLE HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM THIS HAPPENS DAILY SEVERAL MECHANICS HAVE LOOKED FOR THE PROBLEM BUT IT HAS NOT BEEN FOUND DODGE NEEDS TO STEP UP TO THE PLATE AND REPAIR THERE DEFECTIVE VEHICLES. LAST YEAR I HAD TO REPLACED THE MASTER BRAIN WAS TOLD THIS WAS THE PROBLEM. NOW ONE YEAR LATER AFTER THE WARRANTY IS OUT IT IS DOING IT AGAIN, NO ONE CAN FIND OUT WHY IT IS CUTTING OUT AGAIN, BEEN IN SHOP...

1999 DODGE DURANGO-SO MANY PROBLEMS WITH THIS VEHICLE. HAD TO REPLACE THE COMPUTER DUE TO OVERHEATING-COMMON PROBLEM I HEAR. NOW THE UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS ARE BAD AND NEED REPLACED OR MY TIRES COULD FALL OFF? LOTS OF INFORMATION THAT THIS IS AN EXTREMELY COMMON PROBLEM AND VERY VERY DANGEROUS. OTHER YEARS OF DERANGE HAVE BEEN RECALLED BECAUSE OF BALL JOINTS BEING BAD. I HAVE NOT HAD AN ACCIDENT YET AND AM HOPING NOT TO. CAN'T AFFORD ALL THESE REPAIRS FOR THINGS THAT SEEM TO BE A COMMON ISSUE WITH THIS VEHICLE. *TR

I OWN A 1999 DODGE DURANGO, AND LIKE MANY, ALMOST SCARY AMOUNTS OF OTHER DODGE CUSTOMERS, AM HAVING NUMEROUS ISSUES WITH THIS VEHICLE WHICH PROVIDE EXTREME SAFETY HAZARDS TO THE DRIVERS AND OCCUPANTS. ONE OF WHICH IS AN UPPER BALL JOINT ISSUE, WHICH WAS RECALLED ON THE 2000 MODEL YEAR, BUT NOT OTHER YEARS WITH THE SAME DESIGN FLAW. ANOTHER OF WHICH IS THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION NOT SHIFTING PROPERLY, OR AT ALL RENDERING THE VEHICLE 'IN NEUTRAL' AT TIMES WHILE IN TRAFFIC. ALSO, A PROBLEM, WHICH IS STARTING TO OCCUR INVOLVES THE VEHICLE TO SHUT DOWN OUT OF NOWHERE IN TRAFFIC, LEAVING THE DRIVER TO TRY TO NAVIGATE THIS BEAST TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WITHOUT POWER BRAKESW/STEERING ETC. IF YOU SEARCH THE INTERNET, YOU WILL FIND LITERALLY THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WITH THESE PROBLEMS, SEVERELY ENDANGERING EVERY MAN, WOMAN AND CHILD WHO OCCUPY THESE TRUCKS. DODGE DEALERS CONSTANTLY GIVE...

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE DURANGO. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED AT A BOAT DOCK, IT SHIFTED OUT OF PARK AND INTO REVERSE. THE VEHICLE LANDED IN THE WATER. THE VEHICLE WAS DECLARED TO BE DESTROYED BY THE CONTACT'S INSURANCE COMPANY. THERE WERE NO INJURIES, BUT A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBERS 01V077000 AND 07V555000 FOR THE 2001 DODGE DURANGO FOR THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION COLUMN SHIFT COMPONENT. THE DEALER DID NOT ASSIST AND THE MANUFACTURER HAS NOT BEEN NOTIFIED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE COULD PROVIDE THE POLICE REPORT AND ORIGINAL PRODUCTION STICKER, IF NECESSARY. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 136,000. UPDATED 11/25/08. *LJ UPDATED 1125/08. *JB

WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH HEARD A LOUD NOISE AND SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE SUV WITH LOSS OF SPEED. PULLED OVER AND SAW A FIRE. I PUT IT OUR AND HAD THE TRUCK TOWED. UPON RETURNING HOME AND INSPECTING THE TRANSMISSION IT WAS SPLIT ALL THE WAY AROUND AND WAS SPRAYING TRANSMISSION FLUID ON THE EXHAUST. TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED AND NEW DODGE TRANSMISSION LASTED 7 MONTHS AND LOST REVERSE. *TR

I HAVE HAD REPEATED PROBLEMS WITH MY '99 DODGE DURANGO THAT STARTED WITH THE ENGINE LIGHT GOING ON IN SEPTEMBER 27, 2005 AND IS NOW THE NEED FOR A NEW CPM. THE CAR INTERMITTENT STALLS WHILE RIDING DOWN THE ROAD AT 55MPH OR AFTER IDLING AT STOP LIGHT & TURNING LEFT (POWER STEERING GOES OUT AND CAR BLOCKS INTERSECTION/TRAFFIC) - "NO BUS" APPEARS ON MILEAGE, EVERYTHING SHUTS OFF. SEEMS TO HAPPENS ON DAYS WHEN THE ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE EXCEEDS 75 DEGREES AND DISAPPEARS ONCE CAR HAS SAT (WHEREVER IT STALLED) FOR 20-30MINUTES. NO DIAGNOSTIC CODE APPEARS WHEN PUT THE CAR IS PUT ON THE COMPUTER AND I WAS ADVISED BY MORE THEN ONE DEALERSHIP THAT THE PROBLEM HAD TO GET WORSE AND PRODUCE A CODE BEFORE DEALERSHIP OR ANYONE ELSE COULD DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. NOW THAT THE 8 YR FEDERAL POWERTRAIN WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED FOR ME, IT SEEMS THE PROBLEM IS...

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE DURANGO. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE STRUCK A LIGHT POLE WHILE ATTEMPTING TO AVOID CRASHING INTO TWO OTHER VEHICLES. THE DRIVERS SIDE AIR BAG FAILED TO DEPLOY AND THE CONTACT SUSTAINED A LARGE BUMP ON HIS HEAD AND A CUT ON HIS UPPER LIP. THE CONTACT HAS A POLICE REPORT AND THE REPORT OF THE DAMAGE TO HIS VEHICLE. THE VIN, PURCHASE DATE, AND ENGINE SIZE WERE UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 167,883 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 1676,833. THE CONSUMER STATED HAVE BEEN THROUGH ALOT WITH THIS VEHICLE PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT HE HAS HAD THE ENGINE REPLACED TWICE IN THE CAR AND REBUILT THE TRANSMISSION PRIOR TO THE CAR HAVING 38000 MILES ON IT AND NOW HE HAS A DEFECTIVE AIR BAG. THE CONSUMER STATED WOULD LIKE CHRYSLER TO PAY THE REMAINING BALANCE ON THE CAR. THE CONSUMER PROVIDED PICTURES OF THE...

1.ENGINE INCREASED IN RPMS WITHOUT PROPERLY SHIFTING INTO 3RD GEAR, HAVE TO LET OFF THROTTLE ENTIRELY TO ALLOW TRANSMISSION TO SHIFT 2. TRANSMISSION IS STARTING TO FAIL 3. TBD WHETHER OR NOT TO SELL OR SALVAGE

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE DURANGO. AT 30 MPH THE GEAR SHIFT MALFUNCTIONED AND THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO SHIFT GEARS. ONCE THE CONTACT'S FOOT WAS REMOVED FROM THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHIFT GEARS PROPERLY. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT A NEW TRANSMISSION WAS NEEDED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 129000.*AK

OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS OF OPERATING THE VEHICLE (2005-2007): 1. FIRE IN THE FRONT WHEEL ASSEMBLY AFTER 1.5 HOURS OF 4-WHEEL DRIVE - 1100$ REPLACE 2. SPEED SENSOR FAILURE ($500 WORK) 3. ENGINE FAILURE ON THE HIGHWAY @80 MPH - $7000 REPLACE AND OTHER COSTS, LUCKY SURVIVED 4. JOINT BALLS REPLACE (ABOUT 400$) 5. AC FAILURE ($960 REPAIR) 6. NOW PARKED - TRANSMISSION/ENGINE JOINT OIL LEAK, ESTIMATED $1200 REPAIR. *JB

I PURCHASED A 1999 DURANGO IN JAN OF 2000. I HAVE HAD NUMEROUS PROBLEMS INCLUDING REBUILDING THE TRANSMISSION. MY BIGGEST COMPLAINT IS THE ENGINE SLUDGE AND SPARK KNOCK. I HAVE HAD THE OIL PUMP AND SCREEN REPLACED TWICE AS WELL AS THE UPPER INTAKE GASKETS. IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE UPPER INTAKE GASKETS LEAK INTERNALLY CAUSING OIL CONSUMPTION, SPARK KNOCK, AND EVENTUALLY OIL SLUDGE AND ENGINE FAILURE. CHRYSLER SHOULD DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE THOUSANDS OF VEHICLES THAT ARE EXPERIENCING THESE ISSUES. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ENGINE MALFUNCTIONED IN THE VEHICLE AS EARLY AS JUNE FIRST OF 2005. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERS AND LEFT WITH THEM FOR ONE WEEK TO UNDER-GO DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE DEALER DETERMINED THROUGH THE TESTING THAT THE PROBLEM WAS PERTAINING TO THE FUEL PUMP AND REPLACED THE PART. THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO EXPERIENCE MORE PROBLEMS CONCERNING STALLING AND ALL THE WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALERS WHO REPLACED THE WATER PUMP. ONE WEEK LATER, THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED SIMILAR PROBLEMS INCLUDING WATER DRIPPING FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE MOTOR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO REPLACED GASKET OF THE WATER PUMP. THE VEHICLE STALLED WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY DURING MORNING RUSH HOUR TRAVELING AT 30 MPH. IT WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHO DETERMINED THAT THE #3 CYLINDER HAD NO COMPRESSION, THE COOLANT WAS COMING OUT...

DEFECTIVE JOINTS & TIE RODS, FAULTY OIL PUMP, TRANSMISSION SHIFTING PROBLEMS, FAULTY WATER PUMP, BAD ROTORS. *NM

I HAVE A 1999 DODGE DURANGO WITH 73,000 MILES. WE HAD THE TRANSMISSION REPLACED AND OTHER MAJOR REPAIRS DONE TO IT LAST YEAR. SINCE THEN IT HAS GIVEN US NOTHING BUT TROUBLE. THIS CAR IS OUR FAMILY CAR SO WE TRAVEL EVERYWHERE WITH THE KIDS IN THE BACK. IT HAS STALLED AND DIED ON US OFTEN. AT TIMES ON THE FREEWAY IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC AND OTHER TIMES IN THE MIDDLE OF INTERSECTIONS. THE POWER STEERING GOES AND SO DO THE BRAKES. I HAVE BEEN LUCKY SO FAR IN AVOIDING ACCIDENTS. THE MECHANICS CAN NOT FIND OUT WHAT IS WRONG WITH IT SO NOTHING IS DONE ABOUT IT. THE FUEL LINES HAVE BEEN CHECKED AND REPLACED AND SO HAS THE FUEL PUMP AND THE SAME PROBLEM CONTINUES. *JB

IN JANUARY OF 05 HAD TO HAVE BOTH UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS REPLACED, CONTROL ARM, FRONT BRAKES AND NEW TIRES AS A RESULT OF BAD F/E SUSPENSION. NOW TODAY THE SPEED SENSOR (AND I AM HOPING THAT'S IT) HAS GONE OUT ON THE TRANSMISSION. I HAVE HAD TWO WINDOW MOTOR FAILURES, A SUDDEN DROP IN OIL PRESSURE CAUSING THE TRUCK TO STALL AND THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. THERE HAVE BEEN MANY COMPLAINTS IN REGARDS TO THESE FAILURES AND THE DODGE DURANGO AND ALTHOUGH THEY HAVE RECALLED OTHER DODGE TRUCKS FOR THESE ISSUES - THEY HAVE YET TO HAVE RECALLED THE 1999. I HAVE CONTACTED DODGE SINCE JANUARY OF THIS YEAR REGARDING THIS ISSUE AND THEY RESPONDED TELLING ME THAT THEY HADN'T HAD ENOUGH COMPLAINTS TO ISSUE A RECALL. I FIND THIS HARD TO BELIEVE SEEING ALL THE COMPLAINTS MADE TO NHTSA AND TO CONSUMER AFFAIRS...

TRANSMISSION NOT SHIFTING RIGHT, ENGINE REVING TO HIGH. TRANSMISSION HAD TO B TRANSMISSION WENT OUT 2ND GEAR BAD NOT SHIFTING RIGHT. TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REBUILT, THIS CAR HAD ONLY 67000 MILES ON IT. TRANSMISSION WAS SERVICED AT 35000 MILES NEVER HAD TROUBLE BEFORE.I THINK TRANSMISSION SHOULD HOLDUP LONGER THAN THIS. ALSO CAR HAR IDLE PROBLEM WHEN ENGINE IS WARM AFTER RESTART, WHEN COMING TO A STOP AT REDLIGHT CAR IDLES RUFF ACTS LIKE IT WANTS TO DIE. WHEN DRIVING MORE SMOOTHS OUT, RUNS FINE THEN? THIS CAR HAS ALWAYS BEEN SERVICED ON TIME! LAST YEAR WAS IN TO DEALER TWICE FOR HARD START & IDLE PROBLEMS! SPENT OVER $500.00 FOR AIR IDLE SPEED PART & R THROTTLE POSLOCH! SEEMS TO ME COMPUTOR PARTS SHOULD HOLDUP LONGER! T

AT CHRISTMASTIME OUR TRANSMISSION BEGAN ACTING UP. WE BELIEVED THE HARSH WINTER WEATHER WAS CAUSING THE PROBLEM BC ONCE THE ENGINE HEATED UP, THE VEHICLE DROVE JUST FINE. AT ANY RATE, WE TOOK IN TO BE SERVICED IN MARCH AND HAD THE 4X4 REAR DIFFERENTIALS FLUSHED AND SERVICED AND THE FLUID CHANGED. WHILE IT WAS IN FOR THAT REPAIR (AT A DEALERSHIP) THEY CALLED AND SAID THE 2 FRONT BALL JOINTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. WE KNEW ABOUT THE RECALL, SO ASKED THEM ABOUT IT, BUT IT JUST FIGURES OUR VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED. SO, $1600 LATER, WE WENT AND PICKED IT UP AND SEEMED TO DRIVE JUST FINE. WELL, THEN 3 WKS. LATER I WAS DRIVING TO THE GROCERY STORE. I WAS STOPPED A RED LIGHT, AND WHEN IT TURNED GREEN I WENT TO GO AND IT JUST BARELY ACCELERATED. LUCKILY, THE RED LIGHT WAS RIGHT IN FRONT OF...

STARTED WITH REBUILT TRANSMISSION, THEN SLUDGED IN MOTOR. HAD TO REPLACE MOTOR WITH ONLY 120,000 MILES MOTOR AND TRANSMISSION 5,000. ALSO HAD TO REPLACE BALL JOINTS, TIE RODS AND BEARINGS COST $1,000*AK

WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH THERE WAS A CRACK IN THE TRANSMISSION. OWNER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER, AND OWNER WAS INFORMED THAT THE TRANSMISSION APPEARED AS IF THE DRIVER HAD BEEN GOING 80 MPH, THEN SUDDENLY SHIFTED THE VEHICLE INTO PARK. THEN, OWNER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER, WHO CLAIMED THAT VEHICLE HAD TOO MANY MILES ON IT, AND THERE WAS NOTHING ELSE THEY COULD DO. *AK

MY DURANGO STEERING HAD BEEN OUT OF CONTROL I TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC AND BOTH FRONT BALL JOINTS ARE BAD AND IT IS LEAKING TRANSMISSION FLUID FROM THE FRONT SEAL.IT IS COSTING 700.00 TO BE FIXED. THIS IS MONEY I DO NOT HAVE. I HAVE OWNED THE CAR 1 AND A HALF YEARS.IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE RELIABLE TRANSPORTATION. *AK

OUR TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT SHIFT TO 3RD GEAR,REMOVED,REBUILT AND RE-INSTALL, EXCHANGED TORQUE CONVERTER NEEDED, REPLACED ALL SOLENOIDS AND SWITCH 12/31/04 STARTED AROUND 80,000 MILES. WORK DONE @ 80751. I AM ONE OF 3 PEOPLE THAT I KNOW WHO HAVE (OR HAD) A 99 DURANGO ON MY SONS HOCKEY TEAM, ALL HAVE HAD TROUBLE WITH TRANNY, 1 AT 64,000 MILES, FIXED AND TRADED, OTHER HAS SAME SYMPTOMS AS OURS, HAS 72,000 MILES.-- ONLINE STORIES SEEM TO INDICATE THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED PROBLEM, TRANSMISSION SHOP SAID SEEMS TO BE VERY COMMON WITH EARLY MODELS TRANNY 42RE?--DATE OF BUILD 9/98-- VIN#1B4HS28Y3X535962-- NOT TO MENTION THE NEW "0 OIL PRESSURE" READING THAT HAPPENED THIS PAST W/E, WHICH SEEMS TO BE POPPING UP, WILL CLEAN PAN AND REPLACE PVC TO SEE IF THAT PROBLEM IS SOLVED AS RESEARCH INDICATES, AND LAST BUT LEAST- BALL JOINTS---AND NEW TIRES WILL BE NEEDED DUE TO UNEVEN INSIDE...

WHILE PULLING OUT OF A PARKING LOT THERE WAS A LOUD KNOCK AND THE VEHICLE SHOOK. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, 75,000 MILES. I HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED HOME. THE NEXT DAY THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS NOT ILLUMINATED, I HAD A MECHANIC DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM AND HE SAID THERE WASN'T ONE AND THAT SOMETIMES THE LIGHTS JUST COME ON AND RESET THEMSELVES. AT 83,000 MILES MY TRANSIMISSION BEGAN TO SLIP. THE MACHNIC STATED THAT THE LOUD KNOCK THAT I EXPERIENCED EARLIER WAS A ROD THE CONNECTS THE TRANSMISSION THE THE ENGINE BREAKING AND THAT I NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION. TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED WITH ONLY 83,000 MILES ON A WELL MAINTAINED VEHICLE. *AK

THE CONSUMER WAS RUN OVER BY HER OWN VEHICLE WHILE STANDING BEHIND IT. SUDDENLY THE VEHICLE SLIPPED OUT OF PARK AND INTO REVERSE. THIS WAS DUE TO THE INTER-LOCKING BRAKE TRANSMISSION. *JB

EXCESSIVE TIRE WEAR, ROAD NOISE. UPPER BALLS JOINTS BAD. REPLACED. NOW THEY ARE SHOT AGAIN, SAME PROBLEM, EXCESSIVE TIRE WEAR AND ROAD NOISE. 62K ON FIRST REPAIR. TRUCK IS USED 90% HIGHWAY DRIVING, NO TOWING, AND NO HEAVY LOADS. I HAVE ALSO HAD TO REPLACE LOWER BALL-JOINTS, TIE ROD ENDS, ETC. TRANSMISSION HAS GONE OUT TWICE. FRONT WHEEL BEARINGS, AND ON AND ON. FRONT SUSPENSION DESIGN IS JUNK!

10/29/04 DROVE CAR FROM JAX, FL TO SAV. GA. APPROXIMATELY HALF WAY THERE, CHECK GAUGE AND NO OIL PRESSURE. HAD CAR TOWED TO SERVICE CENTER. SAID THAT THE SCREEN IN THE OIL FILTER OR PUMP WAS CLOGGED AND TONS OF SLUDGE IN THE ENGINE. THEY FLUSHED THE SCREEN AND THE ENGINE OUT AND CHANGED THE OIL. CAR RAN NORMAL FROM THERE AND DROVE BACK TO JACKSONVILLE FINE. ONCE BACK ON JACKSONVILLE, THE CHECK GAUGE AND NO OIL PRESSURE IS BACK. CAR SITTING IN DRIVEWAY, AFRAID TO DRIVE TO WORK AND NO MONEY TO REPLACE WHAT IS WRONG THIS TIME. SECOND CHRYLSER VEHICLE OWED AND SHOULD OF LEARNED THE FIRST TIME WHEN I HAD A DODGE CARAVAN THAT HAD THE TRANSMISSION REPLACED 3 TIMES AND OTHER NUMEROUS PROBLEMS. APPARANTLY, THIS IS A MANUFACTUER DEFECT IN NUMEROUS PRODUCTS AND THEY NEED TO OWN UP TO THE MIDDLE CLASS PEOPLE WHO CANNOT AFFORD...

1999 DODGE DURANGO. MULTIPLE PROBLEMS WITH VEHICLE. 6,000 MILES FREEZE PLUG; 48,691 TIE ROD END OUTER, SERPENTINE BELT; 63,851 TRANSMISSION SPEED SENSOR; 66,002 MILES BALL JOINTS FRONT UPPER; 68,175 MILES BALL JOINTS LOWER.*AK CONSUMER PAID OUT-OF-POCKET FOR EACH INCIDENT. I HAD EXTENDED INSURANCE THAT WAS PAID FOR WHEN TRUCK WAS BOUGHT, BUT WAS NOT GIVEN ANY INFORMATION ABOUT IT. NEVER RECIEVED ANY INFO FROM FEDELITY INSURANCE ABOUT EXTENDED INSURANCE. DURING INVESTIGATION, BY MYSELF, TO REPORT INCIDENTS TO DAIMLER CHRYSLER DISCOVERED ON BILL OF SALE THAT EXTENDED INSURANCE HAD BEEN PAID FOR. CONTACTED DAIMLER CHRYSLER AND FIDELITY INSURANCE. DAIMLER CHRYSLER REIMBURSED FOR PARTS OF TIE RODS & UPPER BALL JOINTS; THEY REFUSED TO PAY FOR ANYTHING ELSE AND CLAIMED IT WAS DUE TO CONSUMER'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN VEHICLE. FIDELITY INSURANCE WOULD ONLY REFUND UP TO A YEAR FROM INITIAL REPORT OF 08/04/04. REFUSED TO REIMBURSE FOR ANYTHING BEFORE. SUBMITTED ALL DOCUMENTATION...

I HAVE A 1999 DODGE DURANGO. IN 2/04 I HAD TO REPLACE MY TRANSMISSION (45.000) MILES. IN 9/04 (47,000 MILES) I NOW HAVE TO REPALCE MY REAR DIFFERENTIAL. *AK

WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARK, THE DRIVER'S CHILD WAS ABLE TO SHIFT GEARS WITHOUT APPLYING THE BRAKE PEDAL. THIS CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO COLLIDE INTO AN APARTMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE CAUSE HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED AT THIS TIME. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *LA

COMPLAINT REGARDING THE BALL JOINTS ON A 1999 DODGE DURANGO.*MR THE VEHICLES TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED AT 50000 MILES. NOW THE VEHICLE BALL JOINTS ARE FAILING PREMATURELY. THE CONSUMER WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW LONG IT WILL TAKE TO RECALL THIS PROBLEM. *NM

WHILE DRIVING, THE CONSUMER HEARD A SQUEAKING NOISE COMING FROM THE TRANSMISSION. THE TRANSMISSION WOULD ALSO SLIP GEARS. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION. *JB *NM

TIRES WORN UNEVEN BECAUSE OF PREMATURE WEAR OF THE BALL JOINTS. *PH THE CONSUMER STATED THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTED UP AND DOWN. *JB

WHILE DRIVING TRANSMISSION WAS HARD TO SHIFT AND IT SLIPPED GEARS. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH CONSUMER HEARD A RATTLING SOUND COMING FROM THE FRONT END. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DETERMINED THAT UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS WERE WORN OUT ON BOTH SIDES. ALSO, CONSUMER HEARD A CLANKING SOUND COMING FROM THE ENGINE. DEALER EXAMINED THE VEHICLE, AND FOUND THAT A NEW TRANSMISSION WAS NEEDED.*AK

I HAD TO REPLACE THE UPPER BALL JOINTS (BOTH SIDES) ON MY 99 DURANGO WHEN IT HAD @ 50,000 MILES. BRAND NEW SET OF TIRES WAS WEARING ON THE INSIDE, TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC AND HE SAID THE BALL JOINTS WERE SO BAD HE WOULD NOT DRIVE IT ACROSS TOWN. REPLACED BOTH BALL JOINTS AND REPLACED TIRES. THEN ON FEB. 20,2004 WITH 93,000 MILES ON IT THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT. SPENT $600.00 ON BALL JOINTS, $350.00 ON TIRES, AND $3,200 ON A TRANSMISSION.

CONSUMER REPLACED THE UPPER BALL JOINTS TWICE. ALSO, WHEN BRAKES WERE DEPRESSED THEY PULSATED. ROTORS, PADS, CALIPERS, AND MASTER CYLINDER WERE REPLACED AT LEAST ONCE. ALSO, TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED.*AK LOWER BALL JOINTS WERE ALSO REPLACED. *LA

WHILE HAVING THE TRUCK SERVICED THE CONSUMER ASKED THE DEALERSHIP TO INSPECT THE BALL JOINTS. UPON INSPECTION THE DEALERSHIP NOTICED THAT ALL FOUR BALL JOINTS WERE BAD. *NLM THE VEHICLE WOULD ALSO JUMP FORWARD WHILE IN THE PARK POSITION. *SC

WE PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE FROM V & H FORD INC, MARSHFIELD, WI. IN JUNE 2003. THE NEXT DAY AFTER I GOT IT I STARTED IT & IT STARTED TO SQUEAL. MY HUSBAND NOTICED TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAKING AS WELL. WE TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALER, WE WERE TOLD THAT THE FAN CLUTCH & SERPENTINE BELT WERE SHOT, AS WELL AS A LITTLE LEAK IN THE TRANSMISSION. THEY PUT SOME KIND OF SEALER ON IT & CONTINUED TO LEAK. (ALSO DURING ALL OF THIS TIME, OUR RPM'S KEPT JUMPING.) AFTER THE 3RD TIME, THEY SAID THEY DID A FACTORY AUTHORIZED REPAIR & PUT WHAT WAS REFERRED TO AS A "COCK RING" IN IT TO SEAL IT. THIS SEAMS TO HAVE TAKEN CARE OF THIS. THEN WHEN THE TRUCK WAS PUT IN REVERSE IT KEPT CLUNKING, THE U-JOINTS WENT OUT NEXT, THEN THE LATCH BROKE ON OUR GLOVE BOX. MEANWHILE THE RPM'S...

WHILE DRIVING FRONT END OF VEHICLE SHOOK, AND THE TRANSMISSION STOPPED OPERATING. DEALER DETERMINED THAT THE FRONT UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS WERE WORN. ALSO, TRANSMISSION PUMP STOPPED OPERATING. WITHOUT OIL THE TRANSMISSION GEARS SEIZED AND BURNED UP. *AK ACCORDING TO DODGE, FLUIDS WERE JET BLACK. CONSUMER HAD A REBUILT TRANSMISSION AND BALL JOINTS INSTALLED. MECHANIC STATED FAILURE WASN'T ON THE CONSUMER'S PART. CONSUMER NOTED THE TRANSMISSION SHOULDN'T FAIL AT 55K MILES. *PH

UPPER BALL JOINT WORN OUT , MY TIRES HAVE BEEN WEARING OUT ON THE INSIDE SINCE I HAD BOUGHT THE DURANGO BRAND NEW , DEALERSHIP COULD NOT FIND OUT WHAT WAS WRONG , TWO WEEKS AGO I TOOK MY DURANGO TO TIRE STORE TO HAVE NEW TIRES AND AN ALIGNMENT , THEY INFORMED ME THAT MY UPPER BALL JOINTS WERE WORN OUT AND I WAS LUCKY THAT THE FRONT END DID NOT FAIL , THEY DID ADVISE ME THAT THEY HAVE HAD AROUND 20 DURANGOS IN THERE SHOP THAT HAD THE SAME THING WRONG ,

FRONT SUSPENSION/BALL BEARINGS COMPLETELY GONE. OIL PRESSURE GAGE DROPS TO 0 EVEN AFTER HAVING THE OIL CHANGED. TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. ABS AND BRAKE LIGHT STAYS ON.

HAVE HAD CAR IN DEALERSHIP 7 TIMES FOR VARIOUS TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. DEALER CLAIMS THEY CANNOT FIND PROBLEM. FINALLY ON THE 7TH TRIP, THEY ADMITTED THERE WAS A PROBLEM. THE PROBLEM NOW, IS EXTENDED WARRANTY COMPANY DOES NOT WANT TO REPAIR PROBLEM BECAUSE CAR IS 3000 MILES SHORT OF WARRANTY EXPIRATION. CAR APPEARS TO SHIFT BACK AND FORTH FROM 1ST TO 2ND RAPIDLY (OSCILLATES), WHEN DOWNSHIFTED AND THROTTLE HELD OPEN. CAR BUCKS LIKE A BRONCO. VERY DANGEROUS.

WHILE HAVING VEHICLE SERVICED BY A MECHANIC FOR A TRANSMISSION LEAK, MECHANIC NOTICED THAT UPPER BALL JOINT HAD WORN AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.*AK

CONSUMER STATES THAT TRANSMISSION SLIPS WHEN VEHICLE IS COLD.*AK

WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED, THE FRONT END PULLED EXCESSIVELY TO THE RIGHT OR LEFT. ALSO, WHEN MAKING TURNS, CONSUMER HEARD A LOUD "GRINDING" COMING FROM THE FRONT END. DEALER DIAGNOSED THAT THE ENTIRE FRONT END NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO BALL JOINT FAILURE. *AK THE WHINING NOISE WAS HEARD WHEN GOING AROUND CURVES. THE MARKER LIGHTS HAD BECOME INOPERATIVE WHEN PULLING OUT OF "INT" SWITCH AND THE HEAD LAMP SWITCH WAS REPLACED, AND UPON ACCELERATION, THERE WAS A PINGING NOISE IN THE PASSING GEAR. *SCC. THE TIE RODS WERE ALSO REPLACED.*JB

WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY THE TRANSMISSION STALLED AND A GRINDING NOISE WAS COMING FROM THE REAR. *TT