2001 DODGE DURANGO Suspensionfrontcontrol Armupper Ball Joint Problems

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#10031738 | July 31, 2003

CONSUMER STATED THAT THE UPPER BALL JOINTS WORE OUT. ALSO WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE PULLS TO THE RIGHT AND THE FASTER THE VEHICLE IS MOVING THE HARDER IT PULLS. *PH *TS

#10031783 | July 31, 2003

CONSUMER CALLED COMPLAINING ABOUT THE UPPER BALL JOINTS. ALSO INDICATED THAT HE IS AWARE OF THE INVESTIGATION THAT DODGE HAS ON THE DURANGOS. *PH

#10030539 | July 31, 2003

FRONT UPPER BALL JOINT WORE OUT PEMATURE CAUSING VERY UNSAFE DRIVING--HAD TO REPLACE. *PH

#10031481 | July 30, 2003

CONSUMER BROUGHT VEHICLE IN FOR ROUTINE OIL CHANGE SERVICE. MECHANIC DIAGNOSED EXCESSIVE WEAR OF THE FRONT SUSPENSION BALL JOINTS. FAILURE OF JOINTS MAY RESULT IN WHEEL SEPARATION.

#10030320 | July 29, 2003

FAILURE OF UPPER BALL-JOINT ON PASSENGER SIDE OF 2001 DODGE DURANGO.*AK

#10031437 | July 29, 2003

CONSUMER STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AND WITHOUT WARNING BALL JOINTS ARE WEARING. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

#10030352 | July 29, 2003 Crash

FRONT WHEEL FELL (FROM THE BALL JOINTS TO THE TIRE) OFF OUR 2001 DODGE DURANGO CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO CRASH INTO A CURB. APPEARED TO BE FAULTY BALL JOINT (AREA), CHRYSLER INVESTIGATED AND SAID IT WASN'T FAULTY EQUIPMENT. THIS SEEMS TO BE A COVER-UP ON CHRYSLERS PART. PEOPLE IN MY FAMILY COULD HAVE DIED. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY DURING THIS ACCIDENT.*AK EA03-023

#10031457 | July 29, 2003

CONSUMER STATED THAT THE FRONT UPPER BALL JOINTS HAVE WORN OUT COMPLETELY. VEHICLE IS IN A REPAIR SHOP AT THIS MOMENT FOR UPPER BALL JOINT REPAIRS.*AK

#10030377 | July 29, 2003

I HAVE A 2001 DODGE DURANGO, AND OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS I HAVE NOTICED A PROBLEM WITH MY FRONT END. APPROX. 3-4 WEEKS AGO I BROUGHT MY TRUCK INTO NTB FOR THIS TO BE CHECKED. THEY SOLD ME ON NEW FRONT BRAKES AND ROTORS, FRONT-END ALIGNMENT, AND TIRE ROTATION. THIS DID NOT FIX THE ISSUE. SO LAST WEEK, I BROUGHT THE TRUCK INTO PEP BOYS, AND WAS TOLD THAT THEY THOUGHT THE RACK AND PINION STEERING WAS BAD, BUT NEEDED TO BRING IT INTO A DODGE DEALER. TODAY I BROUGHT MY TRUCK INTO THE LOCAL DODGE DEALER, AND WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS MY UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS. MY VEHICLE ONLY HAS 45,000, AND EVERY PERSON I HAVE SPOKEN WITH HAS TOLD ME THAT THIS SHOULD HAVE LASTED FOR AT LEAST 100,000 MILES. THIS SHOULD BE ANOTHER TESTAMENT TO AN ISSUE WITH THE DURANGO BALL JOINTS. I WOULD...

#10030213 | July 28, 2003

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE FRONT SUSPENSION BALL JOINT IS WEARING OUT PREMATURELY. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK

#10030220 | July 28, 2003

*AKCONSUMER STATES THAT THE UPPER BALL JOINT IS FAILING. DEALER NOTIFIED.

#10030222 | July 28, 2003

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE UPPER BALL JOINT IS WEARING OUT PREMATURELY. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK

#10030074 | July 24, 2003

CONSUMER STATED VEHICLE WAS OUT OF ALIGNMENT. VEHICLE WAS SERVICED, TECHNICIAN NOTICED BALL JOINTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

#10028986 | July 23, 2003

40,000 MILES AND THE BALL JOINTS ARE COMPLETELY WORN OUT. ALSO HAD TO PUT A NEW STEERING RACK ON. BALL JOINTS MAKE POPPING SOUND AND STEERING IS JUMPY CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO VEER IN UNPREDICTABLE DIRECTIONS. CHRYSLER WON'T STAND BEHIND AND WANTS $$$ TO FIX. DOESN'T SEEM THAT BALL JOINTS SHOULD WEAR SO QUICKLY. *AK

#10029987 | July 23, 2003

UPPER BALL JOINT FAILURE CAUSED PREMATURE WEAR OF ALL 4 TIRES, WHICH NEEDED REPLACEMENT, PER MECHANIC.*AK

#10028891 | July 22, 2003

LOST CONTROL OF 2001 DODGE DURANGO ON BROKEN ARROW EXPRESSWAY BETWEEN HARVARD AND LEWIS , HEADING WEST THERE HAS BEEN SEVERAL TIMES THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED, NOT ALL AT THE SAME LOCATION. I FEEL THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH MY DODGE, AND THE ROAD AT THIS LOCATION IS EXTREMELY BAD. I CALLED THE HIGHWAY DEPT. LEFT A MESSAGE BUT NEVER HEARD BACK.

#10026143 | June 30, 2003

THE UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS FAILED AT ONLY 33966 MILES. THE CONSUMER HAD READ OF MANY OTHER DERANGES HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. THE DEALER REPLACED THE UPPER JOINTS BUT NOT THE LOWER JOINTS. *PH *AK *JB

#10022673 | June 9, 2003

UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTPROBLEMS. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN IN TO THE DEALER, AND SHE WAS TOLD THAT SHE SHOULD NOT BE DRIVING THE VEHICLE. MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED, AND STATED THAT THEY HAD NO OTHER COMPLAINTS BUT THEY WERE WILLING TO SPLIT THE CHARGES.*AK

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