While making a right turn a loud noise was heard coming from the passenger side wheel. Consumer was able to drive the vehicle home, and will take the vehicle to repair shop for inspection in the near future.
1999 Dodge Durango suspension complaints
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While rotating the tires mechanic determined that the upper and lower ball joints needed replacement.
While driving, consumer heard a loud noise coming from the front driver side ball joints.
My 99 dodge durango was brought in for routine maintenance and I was then told I could not drive it home...it was too dangerous! The ball joints needed to be replaced because they were defective. I left with a $1000 ball joint replacement and was terrified to think that if I hadn't gone in for maintenance, the wheels could have broken off the car!!! I am a mother of 3 small children and the thought of what could of happened makes me sick. Please encourage dodge to recall this part immediately before the "could have" turns into a tragic fatality. Thank you, sherri schoenfeldt.
Today I am having my upper ball joints replaced on my 1999 dodge durango with 56000 miles. My mechanic found the problem during a routine oil change and said they were severely worn. That night I saw the report on cbs news. Add this to the file on the durango. Thankfully we caught this before there was an accident.
Ball joints were replaced at 85,000 miles. Currently, the cv joints need to be replaced.
There's a grinding noise in the steering wheel when making a left turn or reversing. The mechanic indicated that the right upper ball joint was bad and needed to be replaced.
Upon having the tires rotated the dealership noticed that the right upper ball joint had a lot of play in it and needed to be replaced. The cause of the failure is yet to be determined.
Consumer took vehicle to the dealer for an oil change, and mechanic determined that upper ball joints needed replacing due to worn out parts.
When driving over bumps front end pulsated. Vehicle was taken to the dealer for an alignment, and mechanic could not do the alignment because the ball joints were defective.
Independent shop indicated to the consumer the need to be replaced the lower and upper ball joint. Please provide further information.
Consumer took vehicle to dealer for an oil change, and mechanic determined that both upper ball joints needed replacing due to worn out parts.
While making right hand turns, the consumer would hear a loud noise coming from the front end. The dealerships mechanic was notified, but did not resolve the problem. Please provide more information. The cause was not determine.
There is a popping noise in the front end of the vehicle while driving. The vehicle is also pulling to the right. Cause is unknown. Please describe further.
While driving over bumps vehicle made a squeaking noise. Consumer suspected the problem was caused by defective ball joints. Consumer will have the vehicle inspected.
Technician noticed that while replacing the front tires all four ball joints wore out prematurely, and needed to be replaced.
While driving at any speed and when turning corners consumer heard a clicking sound coming from the front wheels.
While driving consumer heard a loud noise coming from the front end. Independent repair shop replaced the lower ball joints. Dealership notified.
While driving at any speed, consumer heard a loud noise coming from the front end. Independent shop replaced the lower and upper ball join, at owner expenses of $1300. Dealership notified.
When turning in either direction while driving a noise was heard coming from the front end. Vehicle was taken to a repair shop, where the mechanic replaced the upper and lower control arms.
Had taken vehicle to an independent tire mechanic for replacement of tires. While replacing the tires mechanic determined that front upper ball joints were worn out. This problem was causing front wheel spindle and hub to move very easily. The upper ball joints were replaced.
Whether this is a complaint leaves me to wonder about the ball joints on the durangos--I have a 1999 durango which I get serviced by a independent mechanic and just made me aware that the ball joints on my durango don't look good and I should think about getting it fixed in the future???? With the hipe in the media leaves me to wonder if there is a chance on a recall on this particular part????
I was informed by my mechanic that the ball joints on my truck are defective. After being told this I saw the news the other night regarding the dodge durangos, and the tiers falling off do to the ball joints. My mechanic also told me that they needed to be taken care of. With a big price tag I was wondering what can be done about this. (there was no incident yet?)
To much play in the upper ball joints.
The 1999 dodge durango was purchased from south oak dodge in south holland, ill. It was purchased as a demo with a few thousand miles on it. Since that time I have returned to the dealer on several different occasions for an oil change and filter and to report squeaking in the left front tire. I was told that it just needed lubrication. Each time after changing my oil they would lubricate the wheels. I also explained that the noise was worse when I turned the corner and if I had to use the four wheel drive it was difficult to turn. I also explained that the tires were worn on the inside and on occasion it looked like the left front tire was going to fall off. My complaint was dismissed when the service manager said "oh that's not going to happen " shortly thereafter he said the tire had a slow leak and that he would put a plug in it. My complaints were often dismissed. My car only has 57,000 miles on it. This morning I heard the news regarding the ball bearings on the dodge durango. In addition to the above this particular carrier will provide a temporary solution to a problem until your warranty expires. When you return you are charged s maximum amount to correct a problem that occurred while the car was under warrenty. This happened to my boyfriend who has a 1998 one ton pickup quad seats four door dodge 24 valve turbo engine 3800 dooley. The red engine light kept coming on. We took it in to have the problem fixed. The next day we were told that there was no major problem. Not more than 3 blocks away the lightt came on again. We returned to the service departmennt. The manager stated "oh I'ts probably just a sensor problem". If you continue to have problems bring it back in. The red light continued to stay on. Three months later the truck began to run poorly. We took it back to the dealer. The service departmennt stated that he need a valve job that would cost $1,800.00. Further the extended warrenty had just expired.
When my husband took my 1999 durango 4x4 in for maintenance on the transmission the mechanic stated that the front left upper ball joint was in need of replacement. This was at a dodge dealer and at no time did the mechanic give any indication that this was an ongoing problem with the durangos. When I saw the report on cbs news I then realized that my durango was not safe to drive. I have scheduled to have the ball joints replaced because I can't wait for chrysler to issue a recall and risk the safety of my family.
I have a 1999 dodge durango that's having upper balljoint problems. You had a news report of this problem accuring with durango and dakotas. I recently found out this was going on with my vehicle.
Had to spend 2,100 dollars to have front upper and lower ball joints replaced on both sides. After dodge dealer red tagged our vehicle as unsafe to drive.dodge failed to inform us of an ongoing problem with the 1999 dodge durango front suspensions.we had the vehicle repaired at another shop due to cost.
Upper ball joints are worn out on my '99 durango. I was told this by a tire shop when I went to buy new tires. The front end noise and handling difficulty are on the increase since this problem was diagnosed in october of '03. I took my car to tire discounters in centerville, ohio.
With only 42,000 miles on the vehicle I was told that all four ball joints required replacement during a routine inspection. I was also told that I should not drive the vehicle without replacement because the ball joints were so bad.
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