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 to fidelity, but have yet to recieve any reimbursement. Final incident on 09/04/04 has not yet been addressed by daimler chrysler nor fidelity insurance. Truck has had multiple incidents of needing service -- all of which should not have to be replaced under 68,000 miles. Dodge refuses to take responsabilty of defective parts and vehicle. I have read multiple incident on-line of other durango owners and mine is minor compaired to some. Everyone has had to replace ball joint, but multiple people have had to replace transmittions a number of time. I am stuck with a defective vehicle that if not gotten rid of will cost me thousands of dollars. My truck is paid off as of 10/2004, extended insurance is up at 72,000 miles. I am unable to afford buying another car that is appropriate to my family situation.
1999 Dodge Durango engine complaints
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Truck stalls often, while driving or waiting at a stop light. Brakes go out, power steering goes out, all gauges go out. Very dangerous on freeway. Wait 5 to 45 min and cars starts and runs fine.
I was driving my 1999 5.2 dodge durango the warning light came on I lost oil pressure and my motor stopped. I had to have it towed and the garage told me the engine was seized. I don't think that this should have happend and have been told this is a common problem with these motors.
While driving at various speeds vehicle stalled. Consumer towed the vehicle to the dealer, but technician could not duplicate or correct the problem.
Burnt valves at 57,000.
Intermittently check engine indicator light illuminated on dashboard. While driving at highway speeds and without any warning engine slowed down. Vehicle was taken to the dealer were they replaced engine sensor.
Ball joint failure on 1999 dodge durango @ 53,000 miles head gasket failure on 1999 dodge durango @ 53,000 miles
While driving 70 MPH a loud knocking noise was heard coming from underneath the hood. Driver applied the brakes and pedal went to the floor. Consumer was able to maintain control of the vehicle and pulled over. Then, vehicle stalled. Consumer tried to restart vehicle, but was unable to do so. Consumer had vehicle towed to the dealer for inspection, and mechanic determined that engine needed to be replaced due to sludge built up.
1999 dodge durango with 42,000 miles - faulty both upper and lower ball joints - both inner tied rods - water pump - excessive tire wear even though the tires were rotated every 6,0000 miles.
Oil consumption was in excess after oil change. Changed oil and checked it after approximately 400 miles and found it was a quart low. Watched it close and it was consuming oil fast. Took it to dealer and was told the intake manifold seal/gasket would need to be replaced. Called a mechanic and he told me that this was a common occurrence with the durango, he did one every couple of months! Even the dealer mechanics says they saw this quiet often. One mechanic told me that the seals were made out of a paper like material but now used metal type so the problem will not recur! This is a know defect in this engine. There are several complaints of this nature when I searched on line. The cost is $675.00 + tax. I feel I should be helped with this know engineering defect. This is a very costly repair!
While driving about 70 MPH I heard a loud noise coming from under my 1999 durango, I took the vehicle to a local firestone, they discovered that the drive shaft had fell from it's housing, so I then took the vehicle to a transmission shop, cottman. The shop informed me of the following, the yoke and the bolt that retained the drive shaft in the transfer case had broken off some how, due to this occurrence, the transfer case was damaged, because all of the oil leaked out. Also in 2003, had to have the ball joints replace and, also the engine head because the vehicle was burning to much oil and damage the heads.
Plenum gasket failure which LED to oil flow restriction that caused serious engine damage.
We have been told by our local dealership that the ball joints are worn, and are excessively wearing our brand new set of tires. We are very upset that dodge is not doing anything about this obvious problem. We have never had a vehicle with so many issues before, the intake gasket, the ABS sensor, the seal on rear axle, a seat belt that wouldn't work, and now this. Very unhappy with the vehicle as a whole.
While driving 35 MPH engine failed without warning. Dealer stated sludge built up in the engine compartment.
While driving at 60 MPH engine revved up but vehicle wouldn't accelerate. Consumer pulled off the road, and let vehicle sit for a few seconds while idling. Then, pulled back onto the road. Consumer drove home at 15 MPH. The cause of vehicle's failure to accelerate properly has not been determined.
My engine blew last summer due to low oil pressure. The service mechanic knew it was bad and did not tell me about it until it blew. It cost me $6000.00 for a new engine. Now my sterring is rocky and virbrating and clicky when I turn.
Our engine ceased after having repeated problems with the oil pump, we were called liars by the dealership and diamler chrysler. They don't seem to want to take responsibility for anything. When I took our durango in because the front end kept pulling to the right after we paid $5200. For our motor to be replaced, I was told we needed new tires and a front end alignment. So I took it to another place to have the work done, since my confidence in the dealership was gone. Only to be told they could not allow me to take the car back out on the road with my children in the car, do to the ball joint. He said it would take one pothole and I'd probably roll my car, another $1200. Later and I could have my car back. What is up with this? They allowed us to risk our lives driving this vehicle, and diamler chrysler seems to care less about all the problems with this SUV, how many people out there are spending money to keep fixing this vehicle and trying to make the payments. We got rid of a car so we wouldn't have to make repair payments and right into a nightmare. When is someone going to do something about the problems with this vehicle, and I think we should be reimbursed for all the repairs that they knew about and did nothing to fix. It's not fair to the public to have to dig in their pockets to fix a mistake that diamler has known about and refuses to do anything to make it right for the consumers! We are the people that purchase your product, you should be more supportive rather than calling people liars!! You well knew that the problems with this vehicle and yet you continue to sell them, with no regard to the consumers that drive their families in these cars, we could have been killed, what would have happened then, or would that have been our fault as well.
Dodge durango 5.2l v-8 engine motor blew up after 54k miles. Complete motor failure required motor replacement.
Purchsed a 1999 dodge durango in fall of 1998. When truck was two years old, oil pressure guage went to zero repeatedly. I immediately took it to dealership. Was told the oil pump needed to be replaced. I had the work done. Over the course of two years the guage would intermittenly go to zero. Had oil pump checked. It was deemed to be okay. Shop could not duplicate problem. During the last 6 mo.s problem continued more often. Took to shop. I was told it was an electrical problem with the oil pressure guage. On one occasion, truck abruptly quit while I was going down a hill. Kind of a scary experience! The shop replaced a fuel pump. On feb. 28.2004, truck's oil pressure guage went to zero, a loud noise was heard, and truck,s engine quit.(while I was traveling at 60 MPH.) engine is history. My truck now has no trade-in value. After reading about identicle complaints on this web site, and consumer affairs' web site, it is obvious to me that dodge has a problem. I believe that this problem could even result in injury or death. I know that I will never purchase another dodge and will tell everyone I know about my experience I have had for three years with this truck. Thank you.
Ball joints and steering knuckle replaced at a cost of $1200 + with only 58000 miles on it at that time. Now the oil pressure is fluctuating wildly which could be an indication of premature engine failure. Vehicle now has approx 72000 miles on it now.
While driving at 60 MPH, vehicle began to lose power and lurch. Shortly after, smoke began to appear from center console and HVAC ducts as engine stopped running. Vehicle was safely maneuvered onto shoulder and stopped; by then heavy smoke was pouring from center console area and HVAC vents. Driver bailed out and watched from the side of the road as interior completely filled with smoke. Vehicle was towed to mechanic, subsequent examination determined underbody sound dampening mat had been ignited by overheated catalytic converter. Burning underbody mat subsequently caused extensive thermal damage to center console, carpet, and HVAC ducts inside console. Root cause of catalytic converter overheating was attributed by dealer mechanic to possible intermittent connection of coil wire, allowing excessively rich fuel/air mixture to be passed to catalytic converter.
I purchased my 1999 durango in march 2001. In dec 2003 I had to get the driveshaft rebuilt. The velocity joint had worn out. Then in jan '04 I was traveling about 65mph on an interstate just outside of town. My check engine light came on. I started to here a knocking sound along with feeling like there was a cylinder down. I got my truck towed back home and replaced the disributor cap since the points were worn. Didn't take care of the problem. Towed my truck to my mechanic. After checking several items he determined that cylinder 1 and 8 were not firing. He also checked the oil. It had gunk in it and told me that the manifold gasket and/or plenum gasket had failed and the oil looked like it was mixed with antifreeze. I then had checked to see if anyone else had experienced problems of this kind. I was suppressed to find out that there was 30 to 40 similar complaints like mine on your website alone where the engine had failed with the oil gunking up. I have not had the oil pump checked but since reading the complaints, assume that this had some cause to the problem. My truck only has 72000 miles on it. I agree that the 5.2 engine that dodge had put in the durango is junk as well as everyone else. It is a shame that dodge does not stand up behind the engines it builds. If you have this many people with problems, then it is time to do something about it. I am going to trade this off as soon as my mechanic can get it running. I will back up the next person that happens to buy my "now" piece of junk when they have to take it back to dodge. I will not buy another dodge product!!!
Purchased my 1999 dodge durango in july 1999. This vehicle has always been serviced at the local dodge dealership in little rock at the service intervals that chrysler recommends in their service manual. I started having problems with my durango at 51,492 miles with the check engine light coming on. I immediately took it in for service. The service dept. Told me that the vehicle's computer said I had a blown head gasket along with #7 injector being bad. So a new platinum gasket, #7 injector and injector service was done at a cost to me of $814.72. At 52,085 miles the check engine light came on again. Again into the dodge service dept. Only to find out that now the engine computer is bad (pcm213) and will be replaced under dodge's 80,000 mile warranty. My thinking at this point was that if the computer was giving out false information at 51,492 miles then perhaps my $814.72 bill for a new platinum gasket wasn't justified. Of course, the service dept. Assured me that these repairs were indeed necessary at the time. At 53,628 miles I grew concerned about upper/lower ball joints being bad on my durango after watching a cbs news report. As I was planning a cross country trip for the holidays, I had the service dept. Evaluate the balls joints before I left, and sure enough, my durango needed upper and lower ball joints and a right tie rod. Because this problem can be so dangerous I was instructed not to drive the vehicle and had to take alternate transportation on my trip. New parts were ordered and the dodge service dept. Replaced the upper and lower ball joints on both sides and a right tie rod arm at a cost to me of $952.10 plus a $57.82 diagnostic test to tell us these parts were bad in the first place. I feel that my vehicle is unreliable and not one that I can depend on in the future. These are safety defects that chrysler should have fixed at no cost to me. I cannot afford to repair this vehicle anymore.
We have several complaints about our 1999 dodge durango. We have had the PCM go in 2003, luckily my wife did research and found out there was a recall and it was covered. The front suspension ball joints are blown and now our dealership has informed us that we need to spend $5100.00 to repair the engine due to the oil pump is blown. The engine will seize if my wife attempts to drive the durango. There just seems to be a common thread here since most of the complaints I have read about are the same complaints we have.
Purchased durango in may 02,and performed regular maintenance on it.on 11/20/02 my family and I were on our way to michigan and the check gauges light came on and the oil pressure dropped to 0,the motor started to knock.we were on the ohio turnpike,(with 5 children),and had to find a place to pull over before the engine would blow.this was odd with only 46300 miles on the motor.luckily we were next to an exit,we pulled over and called the chrysler garage,they said do not drive the vehicle any further your oil pump is more than likely bad.the garage told us that there had been sludge build up in the motor which clogged the pickup tube which made pump fail,all do to lack of maintenance.the oil pump was replaced and got the vehicle back on 1/9/03 at the price of $350.90.the vehicle stil had a tapping sound coming from engine and the mechanic told me it was the lifters and it would go away.in october 2003,my sister and I were packing the car to go to my aunts funeral 250 miles from home,I started the car to go, we heard a knocking noise from the engine and the check gauges light came on and the oil pressure gauge dropped to 0,so we called the garage again.they said to bring it in they will replace the oil pump again. The vehicle had 55626 miles on it at the time, and they told us that there was still a problem with sludge in the motor from lack of maintenance.they told us they flush the motor with clean oil over and over for two days to remove any sludge,fixed my car free of charge and this time I had it back in a week.january 18,03 at 11:00 pm I was picking up my husband from work and the check gauges light came on again and oil pressure gauge was at zero.the garage said to bring it in and they would once again change the oil pump, free of charge, but still continue to tell me that there is still probably sludge in the motor,due to lack of amintenance and that they may not have gotten all it.the mileage now stands at 58300. 300 miles away from the next oil change.
Bought this vehicle with 44,490 mi, check engine light came on within one mile of the dealers lot. It was fixed at no cost to me, but it came on three more times on different days. Now there is some kind of noise in the rear end or brakes, not all the time though. The front tires were bad, but had good tread, those are my expense according to the dealer. I have to live with it, but I made a bad mistake buying this vehicle. The dealer did not tell me that these vehicles were under investgation by the federal safety agency
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.
The right rear window motor had to be replaced since it abruptly stopped working. But the real problems are with the car all of a sudden dying while driving normally on the road, causing the power steering and brakes to fail making it almost impossible to steer out of harms way if you find yourself admist a lot of traffic. Once the car dies it usually starts right back up again after a few minutes, but it has become so unpredictable that I'm afraid to take the vehicle back out on the street! The milage now is at 48000 and the problem started occuring at around 40000 first rarely but now more frequently.
I have had the vehicle in the garage since july 28, 2003. It will work for a couple days then something else goes wrong. I am putting it back in the garage on friday due to more transmission problems. I have put way too much money into this vehicle. Something needs to be done!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ball joints are all defective and the freeze-out plug rusted causing fluid leakage.
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