1999 DODGE DURANGO Vehicle Speed Control Problems

ABS PARKING BRAKE LIGHT ON. NO CODE COMES THROUGH SCANNER. TRANSMISSION DRAGS AND SHIFTS IMPROPERLY THROUGHOUT. DURING SLIPPERY SNOW CONDITIONS NOT ABLE TO BRAKE WITH ABS IS VERY DANGEROUS FOR MY FAMILY AND OTHERS ON THE ROAD. THERE ARE MANY REVIEWS REGARDING THIS ISSUE WITH THE DODGE DURANGO AND THIS SHOULD BE A VERY IMPORTANT MATTER DUE TO ALL THE DODGE DURANGOSO ON THE ROAD. I HAVE BEEN TO A COUPLE MECHANICS THAT DON'T EXACTLY KNOW WHAT THE ACTUAL PROBLEM IS AND THAT IS NOT OK. SAFETY FIRST!

ABS & BRAKE LIGHTS ILLUMINATED AND SPEEDOMETER WORKS SPORADICALLY - I JUST PURCHASED MY VEHICLE BUT WAS TOLD BY PREVIOUS OWNER THAT THE ABS & BRAKE LIGHTS HAVE BEEN ON FOR SOME TIME AND A CONTINUOUS PROBLEM. BOTH THE ABS & BRAKE LIGHTS ARE ILLUMINATED AND THE SPEEDOMETER WORKS SPORADICALLY. AFTER SEARCHING THE INTERNET FOR REPAIR OPTIONS, I HAVE FOUND THAT SEVERAL THOUSAND PEOPLE HAVE THE SAME ISSUE. I AM TOLD IT IS ONE OF TWO ISSUES: WHEEL AND/OR TRANSMISSION SENSORS AND/OR ABS CONTROL MODULE. I FEEL THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL BY DAIMLER CHRYSLER AS THERE ARE WAY TOO MANY COMPLAINTS & ISSUES WITH THE SAME THING.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE DURANGO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ODOMETER DISPLAYED A NO BUS READING. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT SHE PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND RESTARTED THE VEHICLE, BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE FAST ENOUGH TO MERGE IN WITH TRAFFIC. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN STOPPED AND TOWED HOME. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER OR MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 182,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

1) EVENTS LEADING UP TO THE FAILURE? NONE. ENGINE FAILURE OCCURS WITHOUT WARNING. 2) THE ENGINE FAILURE OCCURS TOTALLY RANDOMLY, WITH NO PERCEIVABLE INDICATION PRIOR. IT HAS HAPPENED AT STOP SIGNS, IN PARKING LOTS, AND ON ROADWAYS. WERE THIS TO HAPPEN ON A HIGHWAY OR A BRIDGE OR A STEEP HILL, THE OUTCOME COULD VERY EASILY BE FATAL! 3) FAILURE DOES NOT GET RECORDED BY ONBOARD COMPUTER; HENCE, MECHANIC IS UNABLE TO TROUBLESHOOT THE ERROR AND FIX IT. TO DATE, I HAVE READ THAT THE CAR'S PCM (POWER CONTROL MODULE) IS AT FAULT. *TR

1) EVENTS LEADING UP TO THE FAILURE? NONE. ENGINE FAILURE OCCURS WITHOUT WARNING. 2) THE ENGINE FAILURE OCCURS TOTALLY RANDOMLY, WITH NO PERCEIVABLE INDICATION PRIOR. IT HAS HAPPENED AT STOP SIGNS, IN PARKING LOTS, AND ON ROADWAYS. WERE THIS TO HAPPEN ON A HIGHWAY OR A BRIDGE OR A STEEP HILL, THE OUTCOME COULD VERY EASILY BE FATAL! 3) FAILURE DOES NOT GET RECORDED BY ONBOARD COMPUTER; HENCE, MECHANIC IS UNABLE TO TROUBLESHOOT THE ERROR AND FIX IT. TO DATE, I HAVE READ THAT THE CAR'S PCM (POWER CONTROL MODULE) IS AT FAULT. *TR

1) EVENTS LEADING UP TO THE FAILURE? NONE. ENGINE FAILURE OCCURS WITHOUT WARNING. 2) THE ENGINE FAILURE OCCURS TOTALLY RANDOMLY, WITH NO PERCEIVABLE INDICATION PRIOR. IT HAS HAPPENED AT STOP SIGNS, IN PARKING LOTS, AND ON ROADWAYS. WERE THIS TO HAPPEN ON A HIGHWAY OR A BRIDGE OR A STEEP HILL, THE OUTCOME COULD VERY EASILY BE FATAL! 3) FAILURE DOES NOT GET RECORDED BY ONBOARD COMPUTER; HENCE, MECHANIC IS UNABLE TO TROUBLESHOOT THE ERROR AND FIX IT. TO DATE, I HAVE READ THAT THE CAR'S PCM (POWER CONTROL MODULE) IS AT FAULT. *TR

1999 DODGE DURANGO: TROUBLES WITH OIL PRESSURE GAUGES DROPPING TO 0, SLUDGE BUILD UP, ENGINE MYSTERIOUSLY STALLING, SPEED SENSOR PROBLEMS, AIR CONDITIONING NOT WORKING AFTER SEVERAL HOURS OF DRIVING.

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

LOWER BALL JOINTS ON BOTH SIDES OF VEHICLE. *BF THE VEHICLE FAILED INSPECTION DUE TO WORN FRONT UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT HE IS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM WITH HIS VEHICLE AS THE LATER YEAR MODEL LISTED IN THE RECALL. THE VEHICLE AS A RESULT OF THE FAILED BALL JOINTS HAS UNEVEN TIRE WEAR , BRAKE PROBLEMS , OIL PRESSURE PROBLEMS, SLUDGE BUILD UP, AND SPEED SENSOR ISSUES. *TC

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...

SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, I TOOK MY 1999 DODGE DURANGO IN FOR A "CHECK ENGINE" LIGHT MALFUNCTION. THE DEALER INFORMED ME THAT THE SPEED SENSOR WAS BAD, AND WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. ADDITIONALLY, THEY ALSO INFORMED ME THAT THE INNER TIE ROD ENDS WERE WORN AND WOULD ALSO NEED REPLACEMENT. I WAS EXTREMELY SHOCKED TO HEAR THIS. AT LESS THAN 38000 MILES, THIS SUV SHOULD NOT BE EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH SUCH A MAJOR SUSPENSION COMPONENT. I ASKED THE TECHNICIAN TO SHOW ME WHAT HE WAS TALKING ABOUT AND HE PROCEEDED TO SHOW ME THE AMOUNT OF PLAY IN MY FRONT SUSPENSION DUE TO THIS FAULTY COMPONENT. WHEN I INQUIRED AS TO WHY THERE WAS NO GREASE FITTING ON MUCH OF THE FRONT END, HE REPLIED "THATS THE WAY DODGE DESIGNS EM" AND LEFT IT AT THAT. I OPTED TO PERFORM THE WORK MYSELF SO AS TO SAVE THE OUTRAGEOUS LABOR...

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE WILL SUDDENLY ACCELERATE WITHOUT WARNING. RPMS WILL INCREASE TO DANGEROUS LEVELS. CONSUMER'S VEHICLE ALMOST COLLIDED WITH OTHER TRAVELING VEHICLES.*AK

THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ACCELERATION. *JB

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING WITH MY DAUGHTER WHEN SHE ACCELERATED ALLOWING EITHER THE THROTTLE TO STICK OR TRANSMISSION SURGE. SHE WAS SENT OUT OF CONTROL WILDLY INTO A ROAD SIGN AND SOME TREES. NO INJURIES, ONLY A FAILURE TO CONTROL TICKET AND ABOUT 2500.00 DAMAGE. *JB

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60MPH WITH CRUISE CONTROL ENGAGED, AND CRUISE CONTROL DISENGAGED WITHOUT WARNING, AND VEHICLE LURCHED FORWARD. ALSO, VEHICLE HAS LURCHED FORWARD SEVERAL TIMES, AND PROBLEM WAS GETTING WORSE. TACHOMETER WILL "REV" UP, BUT SPEEDOMETER WILL NOT FUNCTION. CONSUMER VERY CONCERNED ABOUT SAFETY WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT STATE SPEED LIMIT STEPPED ON BRAKES AND WITHOUT WARNING VEHICLE DID NOT SLOWDOWN , VEHICLE CONTINUED COASTING, CAUSING CONSUMER TO USE EMERGENCY BRAKES, AND TO TURN VEHICLE OFF. WHEN RESTARTING, VEHICLE WITHOUT WARNING, BEGAN TO ACCELERATE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AND WITHOUT WARNING VEHICLE WILL SURGE/ STALL. MECHANIC HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. ALSO, HAS REPAIRED HEAD GASKET/ CLEANED THROTTLE/ POWER TRAIN, AND TIMER MODULE. HOWEVER, VEHICLE IS STILL HAVING SAME PROBLEM. *AK

THREE WINDOWS ON MY 99 DODGE DURANGO HAVE FAILED. ONLY THE DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW STILL WORKS. THIS IS ODD BECAUSE IT'S THE ONE WHICH IS USED THE MOST BY FAR. I FIND IT HIGHLY UNUSUAL THAT ALL THREE OF THE OTHER WINDOW MOTORS HAVE FAILED. I BELIEVE THERE MUST BE A DEFECT IN THE WINDOW MOTORS ON MY VEHICLE. PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN REPORTED TO THE MANUFACTURER AND IF DODGE HAS AGREED TO REPLACE THESE DEFECTIVE PARTS.

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...

WHILE I WAS DRIVING DOWN INTERSTATE 20 MY DURANGO BEGAN TO ACCELERATE ON ITS OWN, AND I COULD NOT GET IT TO STOP. CRUISE CONTROLWAS NOT ON. I HAD TO RIDE BRAKE HARD TO GET OFF INTERSTATE, AND I HAD TO PUT ON EMERGENCY BRAKE TO COME TO STOP,. MY REAR WHEELS CONTINUED TO SPIN, AND ONLY WAY I WAS ABLE TO STOP VEHICLE WAS TO SHUT ENGINE OFF WITH KEYS. I HAD BOTH MY CHILDREN (AGES 2 AND 4)WITH ME AT THE TIME AND WE WERE LUCKY NOT TO BE INJURED OR KILLED. WE TOOK DURANGO IN TO DEALERSHIP LISTED IN THIS REPORT, AND THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO FIND ANYTHING WRONG. I WAS TOLD IT WAS A FLUKE AND T HAT MANUFACTURER HAD NEVER HEARD OF THIS PROBLEM WITH ANY OTHER DURANGO. SINCE THEN I HAVE HEARD OF THIS HAPPENING NUMEROUS TIMES TO OTHER DRIVERS. ONE INSTANCE MADE...

WHEN CRUISE CONTROL IS ON RPMS FLUCTUATE. SPEED IS NOT AFFECTED, IT STAYS THE SAME. CRUISE CONTROL MODULE WAS NO GOOD. DEALER DIDN'T GIVE AN EXPLAINATION. *AK

VEHICLE ACCELERATES/ MOTOR MAKES A KNOCKING SOUND. DEALER REPLACED SPARKS, IT CAUSED VEHICLE TO LOOSE HORSE POWER AND FUEL ECONOMY. A NEW INTAKE GASKET WAS PUT IN, AND THE COMPUTER WAS SCANNED TO ADD A NEW CODE FOR MORE FUEL. PROBLEM WAS NOT SOLVED. *AK

VEHICLE WAS PARKED, STARTED VEHICLE TO MOVE IT ABOUT 5 FEET, PUT VEHICLE IN GEAR THEN VEHICLE ACCELERATED AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED, DRIVER ADVOIDED TRUCK ON HIS LEFT VEHICLE HIT THE SIDES OF THREE TREES ON RIGHT, DRIVER ADVIODED HEAD ON WITH A PARKED CAR BY TURNING LEFT HARD, ENTERING A DRIVEWAY HITTING A GATE, FENCE AND FENCEPOST, THEN HITTING ANOTHER FENCE AND FENCEPOST STOPPING AT A GARAGE WALL. THIS ALL HAPPENED IN A MATTER OF ABOUT 5 SECONDS, VEHICLE ACCELERATED AT FULL THROTTLE AND NO AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT AT IMPACT.*AK

AFTER REPAIR OF CRUISE CONTROL BRAKE SWITCH THE CRUISE CONTROL BEGAN TO ACCELERATE VERY QUICKLY AND WOULD NOT DISENGAGE AFTER HITTING THE BRAKE PEDAL. NLM

VEHICLE EXPERIENCING PROBLEM WITH COLD START. DEALER UNABLE TO CORRECT PROBLEM, AND VEHICLE EXPERIENCING PROBLEM WITH SUDDEN ACCELERATION WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH. CRUISE CONTROL WAS NOT ENGAGED DEALER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE PROBLEM. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILSON THIS MATTER. *AK

WHILE USING THE A/C HOT AIR WILL COME OUT INSTEAD OF COLD AIR, AND WINDOW HAD TO BE ROLLED DOWN. *AK CRUISE CONTROL MALFUNCTIONED, SUDDENLY JERKED FROM 55MPH TO 85MPH AND THEN TO 35MPH. *YH

SERVO/ACTUATOR ASSEMBLY FAILED CAUSING CRUISE CONTROL TO LOOSE SPEED AFTER A COUPLE OF MILES (WON'T HOLD VACUUM). NLM

WHILE DRIVING UP A HILL THE THROTTLE STUCK, CAUSING A COLLISION. UPON IMPACT, THE DRIVER / PASSENGER'S SIDE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK *YC

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ACCELERATION, CAUSING VEHICLE TO SIDE SWIPE THREE TREES AND HIT A LARGE TREE HEAD ON. HOWEVER, NO DEPLOYMENT OF BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER AIR BAGS DURING COLLISION, WHICH RESULTED IN MINOR INJURIES. *YC

VEHICLE ACCELERATED UNCONTROLLABLY AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS BACKED OUT OF A PARKING SPACE AND PLACED INTO DRIVE. THE VEHICLE'S ENGINE RACED AND THE ACCELERATOR SUDDENLY TOOK OFF WHEN TOUCHED TAKING THE VEHICLE AND DRIVER 10 FEET INTO A BRICK WALL. THE VEHICLE WAS UNCONTROLLABLE AND WE SUSPECT A DEFECT IN THE ACCELERATOR, ENGINE'S FUEL INJECTION AND COMPUTER. THIS ACCIDENT WOULD HAVE BEEN A FATALITY WITHOUT THE USE OF SAFETY BELTS AND AIR BAGS! PLEASE HELP ME MAKE SURE THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN TO OTHERS!