2000 DODGE DURANGO Power Trainautomatic Transmission Problems

SINCE PURCHASE OF 2000 (NEW) DODGE DURANGO 5.9L 4 WHEEL DRIVE, THE TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN SERVICED SEVERAL TIMES AT GREAT AMOUNTS OF COST. I RARELY USE 4 WHEEL DRIVE AND TAKE CARE OF EACH REQUIRED SERVICE. ON THE INTERNET I NOTICE SEVERAL SIMILAR/SAME COMPLAINTS. THE 4 WHEEL DRIVE LIGHT STUCK ON AND THE TRANSMISSION IS STUCK IN 4 WHEEL WITH NO INDICATION OF GOING INTO 2 WHEEL/NEUTRAL OR OTHER WISE. *TR

WHILE DRIVING IN 4 WHEEL DRIVE I REVERSED HEARD A CLUNK. THOUGHT I HIT SOMETHING SAW NOTHING THAT I COULD HAVE HIT. PUT IT INTO DRIVE AND DROVE FOR A FEW MINUTES HAD TO BACK UP AGAIN AND FOUND I HAD NO REVERSE. I WAS ABLE TO GET WHERE I NEEDED BUT FOUND THAT THE FORWARD GEARS WERE NOW NOT COOPERATING. CALLED TRANSMISSION SHOPS AND EVERY ONE OF THEM STATED THAT IT IS A COMMON PROBLEM FOR DODGE TRANSMISSIONS ESPECIALLY THOSE IN THE DURANGO. IT IS A 2000 DODGE DURANGO WITH ABOUT 150000. I BELIEVE IF A TOYOTA OR AN OLDER DODGE CALL LAST MORE THAN 250000 THEN THESE NEWER WAS SHOULD LAST LONGER WITH OUR SUPPOSED BETTER TECHNOLOGY. *TR

DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, TRANSMISSION WILL NOT PROPERLY SHIFT. RUNS TO ABOUT 3500- 4000 RPMS DOING 45MPH AND FAILS TO SHIFT. HAVE NOT HAD A CHANCE TO TAKE TO A DEALER WILL UPDATE WHEN DEALERSHIP IS NOTIFIED. *TR

1) NO WARNING SIGNS 2) POPPING OUT OF PARK AND GOING INTO REVERSE, RUNNING ME OVER WHILE I WAS OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE 3) HAVE HAD TRANSMISSION WORK DONE, ALWAYS USE THE EMERGENCY BRAKE DO NOT TRUST BEING IN PARK. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 DODGE DURANGO. WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH OVER ICE AND SNOW, THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE SLIPPED AS THE CONTACT DECELERATED. THE VEHICLE LANDED INTO A DITCH AND THEN FLIPPED OVER. THE AIR BAGS NEVER DEPLOYED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. HE BELIEVES THAT IF THE VEHICLE FLIPPED OVER, THE AIR BAGS SHOULD HAVE DEPLOYED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 78,000. THE CONSUMER STATED THE TRANSMISSION MADE A SUDDEN SHIFT PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT AND WHEN EVALUATED BY THE MECHANIC THE ONLY ERROR CODE ADMITTED WAS THAT OF THE TRANSMISSION. UPDATED 12/18/07 *TR UPDATED 12/18/07. *KB

YOU DO NOT HAVE TO APPLY THE BREAK WHEN SHIFTING FROM PARK TO DRIVE. *NM

MY STEERING ALL OF A SUDDEN WAS LOOSE AND SCARY TO DRIVE. I CHECKED MY POWERS STEERING FLUID TO FIND THAT I WAS ALMOST COMPLETELY OUT. SO I FILLED IT. ONE DAY LATER IT WAS DOWN AGAIN. I TOOK IT TO A SHOP AND FOUND OUT MY RACK AND PINION NEEDED TO BE COMPLETELY REPLACED, AT 75000 MILES. I HAVE HAD PLENTY OF VEHICLES OVER 150000 MILES AND NEVER REPLACED A RACK AND PINION. THIS JUST SEEMS TO BIZARRE FOR ME. ALSO MY TRANSMISSION SOMETIMES WONT GO INTO GEAR WHEN I SHIFT FOR A FEW SECONDS AND THEN IT WILL CLICK IN. IT DOESN'T MATTER IF ITS COLD OR WARM EITHER. WHEN I TOOK IT TO A SHOP THEY DROVE IT FOR A COUPLE DAYS AND COULDN'T FIND A PROBLEM BUT IT STILL DOES IT. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED WITH THE KEYS IN THE IGNITION AND THE ENGINE RUNNING, A CHILD CLIMBED INTO THE DRIVER'S SEAT, AND MOVED THE COLUMN GEAR SHIFT ALLOWING THE VEHICLE TO ROLL BACKWARDS AND CRASH INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES, BUT THE VEHICLE SUSTAINED MODERATE DAMAGE. THE POLICE WERE ON THE SCENE, AND A REPORT WAS TAKEN. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER TO AWAIT FURTHER INSPECTION BY A FACTORY REPRESENTATIVE.

TRANSMISSION FAILURE. *NM

WHEN THE TRANSMISSION GEARS SLIP IT WOULD CAUSE THE VEHICLE TO HESITATE BEFORE ACCELERATING. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

I HAVE A 2000 DODGE DURANGO THAT HAS 109,000 MILES. TRAVELING ON AN INTERSTATE HIGHWAY AT 75 MPH, MY TRANSMISSION DROPPED FROM 5TH GEAR TO 1ST/2ND GEAR CAUSING ME TO LOSE CONTROL OF MY VEHICLE ENDING UP IN THE MEDIAN. UPON TAKING THE VEHICLE TO A DEALERSHIP IN TOPEKA, THEY REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION SOLENOID (WHICH I WAS TOLD USUALLY GOES OUT AROUND 100,000 MILES)(I BELIEVE THIS WAS THE PART, THEY TOLD ME THAT IT CONTROLLED ALL SHIFTING BASED ON PRESSURES INSIDE THE HOUSING) AND TOLD ME THAT NOTHING ELSE WAS WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. LESS THAN 80 MILES AFTER RECEIVING THIS SERVICE, THE SAME INCIDENT OCCURRED ON A TWO-LANE HIGHWAY AT APPROX. 65 MPH. I, AGAIN, LOST CONTROL OF MY VEHICLE, INITIALLY WEST-BOUND, AND ENDED UP NEARLY GETTING IMPACTED ON MY PASSENGER SIDE BY AN 18 WHEELER BEFORE COMING TO REST IN THE EAST-BOUND DITCH. THIS TIME, THE COMPLETE TRANSMISSION...

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WENT OUT COMPLETELY AFTER 58,000 MILES, JUST UNDER 5 YEARS OF USE. THE VEHICLE WAS SERVICED REGULARLY FOR ALL RECOMMENDED PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE PER VEHICLE HANDBOOK. IN ADDITION, IT WAS TAKEN IN FOR TRANSMISSION CHECK-UP ONCE DURING THE FIRST 36,000 MILES AND WAS INFORMED THAT EVERYTHING WAS OKAY. I STILL FELT THERE WAS A PROBLEM DUE TO THE FACT THAT THERE WAS A HIGH PITCHED WHINNING NOISE COMING FROM THE TRANSMISSION. ALSO TRANSMISSION SEEMED LIKE IT WAS SLIPPING.

TRANSMISSION JUST STOPPED WORKING. I ONLY HAD 49000 MILES ON MY 2000 DODGE DURANGO WHEN I WAS JUST DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND IT STOPPED SHIFTING. LOST ALL POWER TO THE DRIVE SYSTEM. *AK PER TRANSMISSION SHOP IN THE AREA AND ALL OVER THE USA THIS IS A KNOW PROBLEM WITH THE 518 TRANSMISSION. THERE IS A CHECK VALUE IN THE COOLER LINE THAT WILL PUG UP AND CAUSE THE TRANSMISSION TO OVER HEAT AND BURN OUT THE CLUCH. DODGE KNOWS THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM AND HAVE REPLACED MANY TRANSMISSION UNDER WARRENTY. WENT THE TRANSMISSION IS REPLACE THEY PUT IN AN UPGRADE KIT FOR THE COOLING LINE AND THE VALUE IS TAKEN OUT PER DODGES INSTRUTIONS. THE TORK CONVERTOR IS REPLACED WITH A NEW STILE THAT DOES NOT FLOT AND DOES NOT PUT MENTAL PATRS INTO THE FLUEDED THAT PLUGS THE CHECK VALUE. THE ONLY GOOD THING THERE IS...

AFTER TWO WEEKS OF PURCHASING OUR (2 YEARS OLD @ THAT TIME)DURANGO, AS WE WERE DRIVING WE HEARD A LOUD SCREACHING NOISE, WE FOUND A PIECE THAT APPEARANTLY BROKE OFF, IT HAD TO DO WITH THE BRAKES WE WERE TOLD. LATER OUR TRANSMISSION WASNT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY, IT NEEDED NEW SENSOR. WHEN STEERING IT SCREACHES (HAD PROBLEM RIGHT AFTER PURCHASING) AND ITS BEEN GETTING WORSE, WE TOOK IT TO DEALER AND THEY FLUSHED POWER STEERING FLUID AND WE ALSO HAD TO HAVE RIGHT BALL JOINT REPLACED AT THE SAME TIME. WHEN STEERING IT STILL SOUNDS BAD. WE HAD TO REPLACE THE BATTERY A YEAR AFTER PURCHASING ONE AT THE DEALERSHIP AND A MONTH AFTER THAT OUR TRANSMISSION WENT OUT. DEALER WANTED TO CHARGE $3700.00. WE TOOK IT SOMEWHERE ELSE, HOPE TO PICK UP TODAY FROM SHOP WILL BE PAYING $2570.00. *AK

SINCE DAY ONE THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN AND OUT OF DEALERSHIP, FROM TRANSMISSON PROBLEMS, STEERING , NOISES. I STOPPED BRINGING IN TRUCK AT 30,000 MILES WHEN MY WARRANTY EXPIRED, AND KNOW I JUST HAVE LIVE WITH IT.*AK

TRANSMISSION "GRABBING" AND "SLIPPING" IN ALL GEARS. MOST NOTICABLE ON THE HIGHWAY. TRANSMISSION GOES FROM OVERDRIVE TO ONE AND SOMETIMES TWO LOWER GEARS AT HIGHWAY SPEED. VEHILCLE WILL JUMP AND SPUTTER. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER WHO DID NOT GET IT REPAIRED. IT WAS ALSO TAKEN TO MY LOCAL MECHANIC, WHO SAYS IT'S A LEMON. (I HAVE NO FAITH IN THE DEALER WHO SOLD ME THE GARBAGE AFTER THEY CLAIMED TO HAVE NOT FIGURED MY FIANANCING CORRECTLY ABD HIT ME WITH A $975 ADDITIONAL FEE.) ELLENVILLE DODGE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING, THE TRANSMISSION COMPLETELY FAILED. WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT GO OVER 25 MPH AND THEN IT JUST WOULD NOT GO AT ALL. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER. THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THERE WAS NOTHING THAT COULD BE DONE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. PLEASE PROVIDE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER. *JB

WHILE SHIFTING TRANSMISSION DOWNN SHIFTED ON ITS ON. TRANSMISSION HESITATED WHILE APPLYING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, AND THEN ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN. CONSUMER DROVE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, AND MECHANIC COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM.*AK THE DRIVER INFORMED THE MECHANIC THAT THIS PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED MORE THAN ONCE AND HAS NOT BEEN RESOLVED. PLEASE FILL IN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

WHILE THE ENGINE WAS IDLING THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO ENGAGE INTO DRIVE WITHOUT APPLYING THE BRAKE. AS A RESULT THE VEHICLE ROLLED FORWARD COLLIDING WITH A PARKED VEHICLE. THE DEALER STATED THAT "THE BRAKE DISENGAGEMENT FEATURE IS NOT ON THE VEHICLE". *LA THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT THIS SAFETY FEATURE WAS NOT INSTALLED ON DODGE VEHICLE'S UNTIL 2001. *NM

THE OVER DRIVE WILL ENGAGE AND DISENGAGE BY ITSELF,THEN THE TRANSMISSION STARTED SLIPPING. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE OVERDRIVE SOLENOID. THE PROBLEM STILL EXIST. THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM WAS DUE TO THE PRESSURE BOOST VALVE COVER PLATE HOLES NOT BEING BIG ENOUGH. THERE'S A TSB 211100 ON THIS ISSUE, IN WHICH IT INDICATED THAT THE DEALERSHIP WILL REPLACE THE EXISTING PLATE WITH A PLATE THAT HAS BIGGER HOLES TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. *NM

I HAVE A 2000 DODGE DURANGO R/T. I ONLY HAVE 31,000 MILES ON MY DURANGO AND THE TRANSMISSION IS POURING FLUID OUT. APPARENTLY THERE IS A STANDARD DEFECT IN ALL DURANGOS REGARDING SEALS FOR THE TRANSMISSION. ALL THE RINGS HAVE TO BE REPLACED WHICH REQUIRES PULLING OUT THE WHOLE TRANSMISSION. I RARELY DRIVE MY VEHICLE, MAYBE A FEW TIMES A WEEK. TO THE STORE ETC. SEEMS TO ME THAT SINCE DODGE IS AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSION THEN THEY SHOULD BE DOING SOMETHING TO HELP FIX THEM. THIS SHOULD NOT BE HAPPENING AFTER 31,000 MILES. BEING AN R/T I PAID ALMOST $28,000 FOR IT WHEN IT WAS ALMOST 2 YEARS USED WITH 18,000 MILES ON IT. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE! I READ COMPLAINTS AT CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND SAW THAT I AM NOT ALONE. MY 6 PERSON FAMILY LIVES ON ONE SMALL INCOME. WE PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE FOR...

TRANSMISSION ON 2000 DODGE DURANGO WOULD NOT SHIFT FROM 1 TO 2. TOOK TO SHOP AND SECOND GEAR IS COMPLETELY GONE. TRANSMISSION FAIURE AT 50000 MILES.*AK

TRANSMISSION FAILURE AT 57,000 MILES. *AK

POWER TRAIN: AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE. *AK

A MOANING NOISE FROM MY TRANSMISSION WHILE IT IS IN REVERSE. *LA

FAULTY TRANSMISSION ON THE 3RD TRANSMISSION IN THE FIRST 75K. THE FIRST GEAR WENT OUT ON ALL THREE WITHIN 20K MILES OF INSTALL. *LA

TRANSMISSION HAS FAILED TWO WEEKS AFTER PURCHASE DATE. *AK THE VEHICLES TRANSMISSION WENT IN REVERSE WHILE THE GEAR WAS IN DRIVE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER REFUSED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE FREE OF CHARGE BECAUSE OF THE VEHICLES MILEAGE, 37828. THE CONSUMER WAS UNDER THE ASSUMPTION THAT THE WARRANTY WAS VALID. THE WARRANTY WAS EFFECTIVE FROM 2002 (3 YEARS/36K MILES). THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED MULTIPLE ELECTRICAL PROBLEM. THE INDICATOR LIGHTS STOPPED WORKING, HAZARD LIGHTS STOPPED WORKING, THE RIGHT REAR PASSENGER DOOR LOCK FAILED AND THE LEFT PASSENGER WINDOW MOTOR FAILED. THE VEHICLE ALSO EXPERIENCED STEERING PROBLEMS. *TS *NLM

WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNDETERMINED SPEED ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND SMOKE STARTED COMING FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. THIS RESULTED IN VEHICLE BURSTING INTO FLAMES. PRIOR TO THIS OCCURRENCE DEALERSHIP REPLACED TRANSMISSION SENSOR 3 TIMES. CAUSE OF THE FIRE WAS UNDETERMINED. *AK

TRANSMISSION HAS IRREGULAR SHIFTS BETWEEN GEARS. IT SEEMS TO FLUCTUATE BETWEEN 1ST AND 2ND GEAR, OR LIKE IT CAN'T PICK WHICH GEAR IT WANTS TO BE IN. TRANSMISSION CLUNKS BETWEEN DRIVE AND REVERSE. LARSON DODGE IN PUYALLUP TOLD ME IT WAS NORMAL AND THAT I SHOULD PAY FOR A TRANSMISSION FLUID CHANGE EVEN THOUGH IT WAS STILL UNDER FACTORY WARRANTY. SAID IT NEEDS SYNTHETIC TRANNY FLUID. ONLY 30K MILES ON IT.*AK

REAR END MAKES A WHINING SOUND AND CAN BE PUT INTO DRIVE WITHOUT PRESSING BRAKE.*AK

HAD TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION AT 41,000 MILES ON OUR 2000 DODGE DURANGO. AROUND 30,000 MILES THE SUV'S RPM'S WOULD FLUCTUATE AND STALL AT STOPS. IT WOULD DO IT SPURATICALLY, YET BASICALLY DAILY. THE PLACE WHERE WE HAD IT SERVICED SAID THEY WOULD HAVE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM BEFORE THEY COULD FIX IT. SINCE THIS DIDN'T HAPPEN ALL OF THE TIME THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT COULD NOT DUPLICATE IT. ON ONE OCCASSION THE SUV STALLED AND WE IMMEDIATELY DROVE IT TO THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT THEY DID TELL US THERE WAS A SERVICE BULLETIN ISSUED ABOUT THE COMPUTER NEEDING REPROGRAMMED BECAUSE OF HIGH RPM'S WHILE IDLING. SO THEY REPROGRAMMED THE COMPUTER. THAT LASTED FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS AND WE WERE CALLING THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT AGAIN. THIS TIME THEY SAID THEY COULD REPROGRAM THE COMPUTER AGAIN BUT WOULD HAVE TO CHARGE US $60.00 DO IT. FEELING THAT WE SHOULD NOT HAVE TO...

CONSUMER'S 3 YEARS OLD SON ENGAGED THE VEHICLE FROM PARK TO DRIVE AND DAMAGED THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER INQUIRED AS TO HOW IT WAS POSSIBLE FOR THE CHILD TO ENGAGE THE SHIFTER WITH UT COMPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL. DEALER NOT NOTIFIED YET. *AK

WHILE DRIVING THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION DIDN'T SHIFT PROPERLY DUE TO A DEFECTIVE OUTPUT SENSOR. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *NLM

TRANSMISSION WENT OUT OF OVER DRIVE WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE FREEWAY, WOULD NOT GO BACK INTO OVER DRIVE, "CHECK ENGINE" LIGHT CAME ON 5 DIFFERENT TIMES, DEALER FIRST TOLD ME I MAY NOT HAVE REPLACED GAS CAP PROPERLY AFTER FILLING WITH GAS, DEALER WORKED ON DURANGO EACH TIME UNDER WARRANTY, DEALER FINALLY CHANGED TRANSMISSION FLUID AND SEALS AND RE-BOOTED OR RE-PROGRAMMED COMPUTER AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS FINALLY OFF. I LOST 3 DAYS ON AN OUT OF TOWN TRIP (CENTRAL OREGON)WAITING FOR A DEALER TO OPEN ON MONDAY TO CHECK IT, HE TOLD ME TO CONTINUE ON TRIP, HE COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG. (TO GET ME FAR FROM HIS DEALERSHIP?) I LOST ABOUT TWO WEEKS USAGE OUT OF THE DURANGO AND HAVE LOST ANY FAITH IN THE CAR BEING RELIABLE AS IT HAS SEVERAL PROBLEMS. *JB

DURANGO FAILS TO UP SHIFT AT REDLINE FROM FIRST GEAR TO SECOND, WHEN GEAR SELECTOR IS IN DRIVE. ENGINE HITS REV LIMITER REPEATEDLY. TOOK TO SUBURBAN CHRYSLER (SAINT PAUL), WHERE I WAS TOLD THIS IS NORMAL OPERATION. I AGREE THE ENGINE SHOULD HAVE A REV LIMITER IF THE TRANSMISSION DOESN'T SHIFT (MY COMPLAINT). NOT ONLY DID SUBURBAN CHRYSLER (SAINT PAUL) WASTE A WHOLE DAY OF HAVING MY DURANGO, THEY USED A HALF A TANK A GAS AND PUT OVER A HUNDRED MILES ON IT JUST TO TELL ME "THERE IS NO PROBLEM." EVERY CAR I HAVE EVER OWNED HAD AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION (AND I HAVE WORKED ON A FEW MYSELF), AND HAVE NEVER FAILED TO SHIFT AT REDLINE (THOSE CARS HAD 100 TIMES THE MILEAGE, THAT MY DURANGO HAS). WHEN I PICKED UP MY DURANGO NOT ONLY WAS I PISSED THEY USED IT ALL DAY AND COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH...

OCCASIONALLY TRANSMISSION WILL NOT ENGAGE WHEN ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE FROM A STOP. TRANSMISSION IS IN DRIVE BUT ACTS AS IF IN PARK OR NEUTRAL. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES WHEN ATTEMPTING TO PULL AWAY AFTER STOPPING FOR A TRAFFIC LIGHT. *NLM

AUTO TRANSMISSION DOES NOT ENGAGE WHEN IN DRIVE , ACTS LIKE IN NEUTRAL OR PARK. OIL CHANGES AND TRANSMISSION FLUID HAS BEEN SERVICED . DEALER WANTS OVER $3000.00 FOR A REBUILT TRANSMISSION. THIS IS A SAFTY ISSUSE DODGE NEEDS TO LOOK INTO. *JB

TRANSMISSION FAILED CAUSING VEHICLE NOT TO ACCELERATE.*JB..*AK

THE BATTERY WAS REPLACED BY THE DEALER ON THREE DIFFERENT OCCASIONS, THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED LAST YEAR, AND THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE DOOR LOCK SYSTEM. *JB

TRANSMISSION NEEDING COMPLETE OVERHAUL AT 55,000 MILES

CONSUMER STATES, VEHICLE'S TRANSMISSION SLIPS OUT OF GEAR AND IS UNABLE TO DRIVE. DEALER NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. TS

TRANSMISISON SLIPS WHEN CHANGING FROM 1 TO 2 AND 2 TO 3. DEALER SAYS I AM A "GOOD CUSTOMER" AND WILL "EXTEND" WARRANTY TO COVER THIS FOR A $250 DEDUCTIBLE, OR THIS WOULD HAVE COST ME $2300. I APPRECIATE THE EFFORT, BUT I BELIEVE CHRYSLER HAS A PROBLEM WITH THIS FAMILY OF TRANSMISSIONS. I HAVE 36.5K MILES, THE 36 MONTHS PORTION WAS UP IN OCTOBER. THERE ARE SEVERAL PERSONS AT WORK WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED SAME TYPE SYMPTOMS RELATED TO TRANS. THIS TRANS IS ALSO USED ON DAKOTAS, DURANGOS AND AT LEAST THE 1500 RAMS. THE DURANGO OWNERS CLUB WEBSITE HAS ALSO HAD SEVERAL POSTS JUST FOR DECEMBER RELATED TO TRANSMISISONS WITH VEHICLES STARTING IN "98. HOW MANY MORE ARE OUT THERE THAT CHRYSLER IS NOT ADMITTING TO? DEALER DIDN'T OPEN TRANS, JUST ORDERED THE REBUILD KIT (LAST MONDAY). AS OF THIS MORNING, 12-30-02, MY TRUCK WAS STILL NOT BEING WORKED...

WHILE DRIVING THE ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED; ALSO , THE TRANSMISSION LIGHT. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, AND DEALER RESET MEMORY, 60 MILES LATER THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. TS....*AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 40 MPH VEHICLE SUDDENLY CAME TO A HOLT. VEHICLE WOULD NOT GO INTO REVERSE OR DRIVE. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO DEALER. DEALER STATED IT WAS REAR ALIGNMENT. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING VEHICLE SHUT DOWN WHILE TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY. TRANSMISSION BLEW OUT. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER ,AND THEY WERE TRYING TO CORRECT TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

TRANSMISSION SHIFTS INTO PASSING GEAR, RPMS RISE AND LOSS OF POWER, WHILE STEADY ON GAS. *AK

UPON STARTING VEHICLE AND PUTTING IT INTO REVERSE TRANSMISSION COMPLETELY SHUTDOWN. HAD TO HAVE VEHICLE TOWED. DEALER REFUSED TO REMEDY PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AKI

CONSUMER STATES FENDER FELL OFF DRIVERS SIDE, DEALER INSTALLED TWO WHEEL WELL FASTENERS, CONSUMER STATES THAT RAIL DUST COVERS VEHICLE AT REAR, CONSUMER STATES RATTLING, SQUEAKING, CRUNCHING OR MOANING NOISE THROUGHOUT VEHICLE OVER BUMPS, DEALER REPLACED ANTI RATTLE CLIP, AND BOTH REAR LEFT SPRINGS, VEHICLE LUNGES FORWARD WITH BRAKE ON AT STOPS, DEALER FOUND THROTTLE VALVE WAS SCORED AND REPLACED VALVE BODY, TRANSMISSION HESITATES OR WILL NOT ENGAGE WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED, DEALER REPLACED ALL SEALS, CLUTCHES, AND CLEANED AND INSPECTED OVERDRIVE, SHIFT LINKAGE OUT OF ADJUSTMENT, ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, ENGINE PINGS ON ACCELERATION, DEALER UNABLE TO DUPLICATE, CONCERNS WITH BROKEN REAR SEAT LATCHES AND SEAT NOT FLIPPING FORWARD, DEALER PERFORMED CLOCKSPRING SAFETY RECALL 01V153000. *TT

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK