1999 Dodge Durango equipment problems

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1999 DODGE DURANGO. TRUCK HAS BEEN STALLING AND DYING FOR OVER A YEAR NOW, WITH NO WARNING. THE VEHICLE WILL SHUT DOWN CAUSING YOU TO LOSE POWER BRAKE + STEERING. I'VE CHANGED ALL SENSORS. PLUGS, WIRES ETC, AND STILL STALLS. NO MECHANIC OR DEALER CAN RE-CREATE THE PROBLEM AND DODGE HAS NO RECORD OF THIS PROBLEM BEING AN ISSUE, I'M THE FIRST! HA!

NHTSA complaint #10341991 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER

DT: THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE DURANGO THAT EXPERIENCED AN EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION PROBLEM. THE OIL WAS DISAPPEARING NEARLY EVERY 500 MILES. THERE WAS NO SMOKING OR ANY TYPE OF LEAKS. THE CONTACT FELT THIS WAS A MECHANICAL PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE WAS USING FOUR OR FIVE QUARTS OF OIL RAPIDLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC SHOP FOR INSPECTION. THE MECHANIC REPLACED THE INTAKE MANIFOLD. THE UPPER PLENUM AND THROTTLE BODY WAS REMOVED TO DETERMINE THE LEAK SITE. THE GASKET THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO SEAL THE INTAKE OF THE ENGINE BLOCK HAD APPARENTLY NOT ADHERED TO THE BOTTOM ON THE INTAKE AND ALONG THE ENGINE. THE MECHANIC NOTED THAT CHRYSLER MADE SOME DESIGN CORRECTIONS, BUT THE CYLINDER HEADS WILL COLLECT AND BLOW OVER INTO THE ENGINE, AND EVENTUALLY WILL BE EXPELLED FROM THE VEHICLE ON THE GROUND OR BURNED OUT. IT COULD COLLECT EIGHT TO TEN QUARTS BEFORE EXPELLING. THE REPAIR WAS MADE , AND A GASKET WAS REPLACED. THIS WAS THE SECOND TIME IT WAS REPLACED. THE GASKET DID NOT NECESSARILY FIX THE PROBLEM BECAUSE THE GASKET DID NOT PERMANENTLY ADHERED TO THAT AREA. THEY RETRACTED IT DUE TO HOT AND COLD TEMPERATURES, AND COULD NOT ADHERE AS NEEDED. THE CONTACT HAS ANOTHER 1999 DODGE DURANGO THAT EXPERIENCED THIS PROBLEM. ALSO, THERE WAS A PINHOLE ON THE AIR CONDITIONER EVAPORATOR THAT ALLOWED THE FREON TO ESCAPE AND ENTER IN TO OTHER DURANGOS.

NHTSA complaint #10140206 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

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BROUGHT 99 DURANG. IN FOR FRONT END ALIG. WAS TOLD $ 1600 IN REPAIRS NEEDED, GUESS WHAT? YUP, UPPERAND LOWER BALL JOINTS,INNER CONTROL RODS AND SHOCKS, WELL THE SHOCKS SEEM FINE BUT THE REST IS A MESS, CALLED DEALER IRA DODGE,AND THEY SAID ONLY RECALL WAS FOR A 2000 AND UP.I ASKED IF IT WAS NOMAL FOR ALL FOUR BALL JOINTS TO GO AT 64K(IT COULD HAVE BEEN EARLIER I NEED NEW TIRES AT THE TIME INNER WHEEL WAS WEARING) HE SAID NO.. OH WELL RIGHT, THIS IS RIDICULOUS.CHECKED PART NUMS AT LOCAL PARTS PLACE(AUTOZONE) FOR ALL SAID ABOVE ,$259.THAT INCLUDED NEW SHOCKS, BETTER ONES TOO.ILL NEVER BUY A DODGE AGAIN.AND ILL NEVER GO TO FIRESTONE TIRES

NHTSA complaint #10121233 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER

DODGE DURANGO 1999 BALL JOINTS FAILURE. IT HAS SAME PROBLEM AS 2000 AND UP MODELS. THE CONSUMER WANTS TO KNOW WHY THE MANUFACTURER EXCLUDED THE 1999 MODEL. *BF *NM THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD HAD GONE BAD AND WAS REPLACED, THE DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW WAS INOPERATIVE AND WAS REPLACED THREE TIMES, AND THE A/C HAD GONE OUT. THE CONSUMER REQUESTED REIMBURSEMENT. *SC THE ENGINE HAD A PING SOUND AND WAS REPAIRED 4 TIMES BUT STILL PINGING.

NHTSA complaint #10108605 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

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MY 1999 DURANGO WENT THROUGH A WHOLE FRONT END AT 50,000 MILES AND AT 100,000 MILES THE SAME SIMTOMS ARE PRESENT, WHY DID'NT THE 1999 YEAR MODLE GET RECALLED? Y FRIEND HAS A 1999 AND JUST HIT 60,000 MILES AND HAD TO REBUILD THE FRONT END, THE SHOP SAID THERE WAS 3/4 INCH PLAY IN THE BALL JOINT.

NHTSA complaint #10103967 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

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PREMATURE BALL JOINT WEAR ON MY 1999 DODGE DURANGO SUV.

NHTSA complaint #10098665 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

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I OWN A 1999 DODGE DURANGO AND HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE BALL JOINTS FOR A SECOND TIME. THE FIRST AT 39,000 MILES AND AGAIN AT 70,000 MILES.

NHTSA complaint #10095829 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER

WHILE DRIVING THERE WAS A POPPING NOISE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER IN WHICH THEY FOUND THAT THE UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS WERE COMPLETELY WORN OUT. *AK THE COVER UNDER THE HOOD WAS RIPENED, THE BLACK GUARD UNDER THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE WAS HANGING, THE COOLANT RESEVOIR WAS LEAKING, THE POWER STEERING FLUID LEAKED, THE A/C WAS NOT COOLING DUE TO AN OPEN WIRE FROM THE LOW PUSH SWITCH, AND THE FUEL GAUGE DID NOT READ PROPERLY.

NHTSA complaint #10094818 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

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FAILURE HAS NOT OCCURRED AS OF YET, BUT HAVE HAD ENTIRE FRONT-END REPLACED ON VEHICLE ON 9/12/2002. ON 3/31/2004 WE HAD VEHICLE CHECKED AGAIN AND WAS TOLD BY THE DEALERSHIP THAT THE LEFT SIDE LOWER CONTROL ARE WAS WORN AND WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED AGAIN SOON. I HAVE RECEIPTS AND QUOTES FROM DEALERSHIP AND WILL BE HAPPY TO SUBMIT COPIES.

NHTSA complaint #10082450 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL

WITHOUT ANY WARNING, AND ON 3 SEPARATE OCCASIONS MY 1999 DODGE 4X4, DURANGO COMPLETELY SHUTDOWN WHILE DRIVING. AFTER THE FIRST INCIDENT, W/THE ABS AND ENGINE LIGHT ON THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DODGE DEALER FOR SERVICE. IT WAS FOUND THAT A SPEED SENSOR NEEDED REPLACING, THIS WAS DONE. APPROXIMATELY 4 DAYS LATER WHILE DRIVING ON NEW YORK AVE. IN WASHINGTON DC, THE DURANGO AGAIN COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN, ON THIS OCCASION AND SUBSEQUENT ONES, NO WARNING LIGHTS WERE SHOWN, NO EVIDENCE WAS GIVEN THAT VEHICLE WAS ABOUT TO SHUT DOWN. ON THE LAST OCCASION SEPT 17, 2003 IT AGAIN SHUTDOWN WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH ON LEESBURG PIKE IN FALLS CHURCH VA. UNLIKE THE OTHER 2 OCCASIONS THIS TIME IT WOULD NOT RESTART, ALTHOUGH THE ENGINE ATTEMPTED TO TURNOVER. IT HAD TO BE TOWED, WHERE IT IS CURRENTLY UNDERGOING ANOTHER DIAGNOSIC, CURRENTLY I AM AWAITING A CALL FROM THE SERVICE TECHNICIAN. ADDITIONALLY THE CAR HAS 87,256 MILES AND 3 YEARS OLD, THE BACK WINDOWS ARE NOT WORKING DUE TO A FAILED POWER HOUSING UNIT FOR THE WINDOWS. THE APPROXIMATE COST IS $500 FOR REPAIRS.

NHTSA complaint #10070854 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

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BALL JOINTS FRONT END PROBLEMS .

NHTSA complaint #10067558 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

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I WAS INFORMED TODAY THAT MY 1999 DODGE DURANGO NEEDS UPPER BALL JOINTS FOR THE SECOND TIME SINCE I HAVE OWNED THE CAR. THE FIRST TIME THE CAR HAD 33,327 MILES ON IT AND THIS TIME IT HAS 87,000. I OWNED THE CAR FOR TWO YEARS THE FIRST TIME AND NOW IT WILL BE FIVE YEARS IN APRIL 2004. THE FIRST TIME HERB CHAMBERS DODGE REPLACED BOTH UPPER CONTROL ARMS AND BOTH LOWER BALL JOINTS.

NHTSA complaint #10062399 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

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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 KEEP JUMPING, IT HAS BEEN BACK IN THE SHOP A TOTAL OF PROBABLY 7 TO 8 TIMES SO FAR. OUR SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON & FLASHED THE CODE OF FUEL INJECTOR #8, WHEN IT WAS PUT THROUGH THE DIAGNOSTIC TEST, HOWEVER WE ARE LEARNING THIS IS STILL NOT THE PROBLEM. LAST WEEKEND I WAS GOING TO PUT THE TRUCK IN THE GARAGE. I PUT IN DRIVE, AND IT TOOK OFF ON ME WITHOUT ME EVEN TOUCHING THE GAS. IT HAS DONE THIS SEVERAL TIMES NOW WHILE ON THE ROAD. NOW FOR THE PAST WEEK, WHEN YOU LEAVE A STOP SIGN, IT WILL SHIFT ONCE AND STAY AT ABOUT 3000 - 3500 RPM AND WILL NOT SHIFT UNTIL YOU ARE READY TO STOP. WHEN YOU TRY TO STOP THE TROTTLE STICKS AND THE TRUCK WANTS TO GO. WE ARE AT LOSS WHAT TO DO. WE HAVE OBVIOUSLY PURCHASED A LEMON THAT IT A HAZARD TO BE ON THE ROAD. TO TRADE IT IN OR TRY TO SELL IT OUTRIGHT SEEMS TO BE A CRIME, BECAUSE WE KNOW THE HORRIBLE THINGS WRONG WITH IT. I AM CERTAIN THAT IT IS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE MY HUSBAND & I AND OUR 2 CHILDREN ARE SERIOUSLY HURT OR KILLED BY THE SPURATIC BEHAVIOR OF THIS DANGEROUS VEHICLE. PLEASE ADVISE US WHAT TO DO. IS THERE A LEMON LAW OR ANY THING THAT CAN HELP US. MEANWHILE, WE ARE STUCK MAKING PAYMENTS ON THIS .

NHTSA complaint #10045818 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER

SUSPENSION BALL JOINTS AND BUSHINGS WERE REPLACED ON BOTH SIDES. PROBLEMS ALSO WITH THE TRANSMISSION SENSOR. *MR THE BALL JOINTS, AND BUSHINGS WERE REPLACED ON BOTH SIDES. THE PROBLEM WAS WITH THE TRANSMISSION SENSORS WHICH WORKED INTERMITTENTLY. THE A/C, ALTERNATOR AND THE WATER PUMP FAILED PREMATURELY. *SCC

NHTSA complaint #10038475 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

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MY 1999 DODGE DURANGO HAS HAD TO HAVE UPPER & LOWER BALL JOINTS REPLACED. MECHANIC INFORMED US THAT IF AN EVASIVE MOVE TO BRAKE & SWERVE TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT, THE FRONT END OF THE DURANGO WOULD DROP TO THE GROUND. "BALL JOINTS HOLDING ON BY A THREAD" SAYS MY MECHANIC AND NOT BUILT STRONG ENOUGH FOR THE VEHICLE. *NLM

NHTSA complaint #10031219 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER

1. BALL JOINTS WORE OUT PREMATURELY AT LESS THAN 30K000MILES. 2. AIR CONDITIONING UNIT FAILED AT LESS THAN 30000 MILES AND DEALER WAS NOT ABLE TO FIX OVER THE COURSE OF 1+ YEAR.

NHTSA complaint #10028790 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

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ON DECEMBER 27, 2002 I BROUGHT MY DODGE DURANGO TO JUST CRUISIN, INC TO HAVE MY ANNUAL STATE INSPECTION PERFORMED. I WAS NOTIFIED THAT I FAILED INSPECTION DUE TO OUT OF SPECIFICATION CONDITIONS ON MY FRONT SUSPENSION. THE VEHICLE HAD 62,810 MILES AT THE TIME OF THIS INSPECTION. THEY NOTIFIED ME THAT THEY BELIEVED THIS TO BE A PREMATURE WEARING OF THE PARTS. ON 1/17/03, THE ORDERED PARTS HAD BEEN RECEIVED, AND I HAD THEM REPLACED. JUST CRUISIN REMOVED AND REPLACED BOTH LOWER BALL JOINTS, THE LEFT UPPER BALL JOINT, AND BOTH INNER TIE ROD ENDS. I DID NOT NOTIFY CHRYSLER OF THIS PROBLEM YET. TODAY, I READ AN ARTICLE REGARDING 4 ACCIDENTS AND 81 COMPLAINTS OF PREMATURE WEAR ON THE FRONT SUSPENSION OF DODGE DURANGOS AND DECIDED TO FILE THIS COMPLAINT. I ALSO INTEND TO CONTACT CHRYSLER REGARDING RECOUPMENT OF MY EXPENSES. BECAUSE THE PARTS WERE REPLACED W/ FACTORY PARTS, I PROBABLY WILL STILL NEED TO REPLACE W/ THE REDESIGNED PARTS WHEN THEY COME OUT.

NHTSA complaint #10028829 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER

MY ENGINE DIED WITH 44,000 MILES DUE TO SLUDGE BUILD-UP DEALERSHIP SAYS I DID'NT CHANGE MY OIL BUT I DID AND I HAVE RECIEPTS. I HAVE ALL MY PAPER WORK WHERE I TOOK IT IN FOR REPAIRS FOR THE GUAGES GOING OFF AND OIL PRESSURE DROPPING, HAVING TO PUT 2 QTS OF OIL EVERY 200 MILES, KNOCKING IN MOTOR, AND NOW MY WARRANTY IS OUT I HAVE A BLOWN ENGINE. DEALERSHIP REFUSES TO ACCEPT ANY RESPONSIBILITY. MY POWER WINDOWS AND QUIT WORKING IN THE SUMMER COULD NOT ROLL DOWN WINDOWS AND THE AIR CONDITION WAS NOT BLOWING OUT COLD AIR . GAS TANK STRAP BROKE WITH A FULL TANK OF GAS & WAS BEING HELD ON WITH ONLY 1 STRAP, GAS TANK WAS HANGING DOWN. I HAVE SEVERAL MORE MINOR GRIPES BUT THE MAIN THING NOW IS THE ENGINE. I HAVE READ OVER SOME CONSUMER COMPLAINTS WEB SITES AND IT SEEMS I'M NOT THE ONLY PERSON HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. DT

NHTSA complaint #770633 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER

THE OIL PRESSURE DROPPED AND ALL THE LIGHTS ON THE PANEL HAD COME ON. WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE HAD BECOME SLUGGISH AND THEN HAD GONE BACK TO NORMAL. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO REMEDY. THE OIL WAS BURNING EVERY 200 MILES. THE OVT VALLEY PAN GASKET WAS CHANGED, AND THE INTAKE GASKET WAS REPLACED. THERE WAS A LOUD KNOCKING AND OR CLICKING IN THE MOTOR. THE DEALER FOUND SLUDGE IN THE MOTOR, AND FOUND THAT IT WAS BLOWN. THE SEAT WOULDN'T SLIDE/HARD TO LIFT, AND THE A/C COMPRESSOR WAS FOUND LOOSE. TS SCC

NHTSA complaint #8023922 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER

THE A/C WORKS BUT WILL NOT BLOW OUT AND SINCE WE HAVE HAD IT, IT IS USUALLY WARM AIR THAT BLOWS OUT.

NHTSA complaint #752653 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER

ENGINE- LOUD NOISE, OIL GAUGE GOES TO ZERO THEN ENGINE STALLS OCCURS 30-55MPH. A/C DOES NOT COOL UNLESS ON HIGH

NHTSA complaint #743041 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER

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.

NHTSA complaint #866180 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

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A/C UNIT IS WORKING INTERMITTENTLY.

NHTSA complaint #849514 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER

AIR CONDITIONING DOESN'T WORK. VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN THE DEALER SHOP FOR TWO WEEKS. AIR CONDITIONER MAKES A NOISE, AND IT HAS A ODOR.

NHTSA complaint #849258 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER

AIR CONDITIONER UNIT ISN'T WORKING WHEN SET AT LOW, AND THE A/C UNIT IS BLOWING OUT HOT AIR. ALSO, VEHICLE IS IDLING AT HIGH SPEED.

NHTSA complaint #848378 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.