2000 Dodge Durango: steering wheel locks up

Filed Jun 1, 2014 · Brakes, Electrical · 139,000 miles · MA

Driving on regular road just turns off and you loose control of steering , brakes and speed, it has happened on highway and lucky it has happened while on right lane. Steering locks down and you are force to use muscle power to get it out of the way. Can I make a lawsuit against the dodge people to fix such problem or should I wait until my wife gets killed or others as it has happened with other durango owners? Replacing the PCM didn't do the job the problem's still happening and now is in the parking lot until it becomes safe.

Filed Aug 4, 2013 · Acceleration, Electrical · 130,000 miles · OK

Purchased the vehicle locally. After 2 days of owning it the vehicle would shut off at random moments. Sometimes when I am driving at 40mph and sometimes at 20mph and under. In traffic and sometimes after being parked for a bit will not startup. When we are driving and the engine shuts off the steering wheel locks up also. The vehicle may take hours before it starts again. There has been many many complaints and still no real solution. The 1999 to 2001 durangos must be recalled before a fatality occurs.

Filed May 28, 2006 · Engine · 98,000 miles · ID

My 2000 durango has started stalling while driving. Steering locks up and is hard to pull over to the side of the road. Has done this at multiple speeds and conditions of driving. Mostly happened in stop and go traffic. No prior warning to it stalling or losing all power. Once the vehicle is shut off it is hard to re-start again, at this time the battery, oil pressure, gas and temp gauges wont operate. I have had to wait up wards of an hour before the gauges will move and the car will restart. The gauge or dash lights never indicate a problem, not until the car dies will the check engine light sometimes come on. I have taken the car in and after 2 tries to fix it and $500 they said it was the computer. Now after 3 weeks of waiting and more money spent, they say the computer was rebuilt? And it still would die and wouldn't restart. Then they put in a new computer, I drove home, then never made it out of the driveway. Does anyone know what might be my cars problem, being a single mom with 3 kids I now fear for their safety and the costs I am spending on this car.

Filed Jan 1, 2004 · Steering · 41,000 miles · MD

2000 dodge durango (41k miles) steering wheel locks while driving, brake, and electrical system failures. Dealership has offered to buy back the car for $14k. The car was bought 6 months ago with 32k miles for $23k plus a trade in payoff amount for a 2003 toyota rav4, which is in addition to the durango purchase price. The offered amount is not sufficient to replace the defective car with a new or used car of comparable size/functionality. The dealership expects us to take a loss of $9k in addition to purchasing another car.

Filed Oct 18, 2000 · Airbags, Steering · IN

While making a turn power steering locked up, and the air bag light illuminated. Consumer was told by dealer, that the clock spring broke, and that this could cause the air bag to deploy.