2000 dodge durango. Both front ball joints and right front wheel bearing and u joint have all had to be replaced. This is owned by our business, myers insurance, inc. Mileage was 57898 work on u joint was done 11-24-03 at roy's dodge
2000 Dodge Durango transmission complaints
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I was driving my 2000 dodge durango on christmas night when my vehicle start making a noticeable sound. It sounded like I had flat tire or something was stuck in the wheel area. I looked and searched under the vehicle but could not find the cause of the noise. My fiancee, sister and friend were in the vehicle and could not figure out was wrong. We were quite scared and did not know what was wrong. For three days my car made the same until my mechanic was available on monday, december 29th. The noise was coming from a busted ball joint/bearing. It was very near off collapsing the wheel and front end. What stuck in my mind was the mechanic at the time said, that I was extremely fortunate that I brought my car in when I did because the "whole axle could have broken and fallen off." I was quite scared and relieved, obviously. Well, almost $600 later and I find out that this all coulc have been averted by dodge notifying car owners.
Transmission on 2000 dodge durango would not shift from 1 to 2. Took to shop and second gear is completely gone. Transmission faiure at 50000 miles.
Transmission failure at 57,000 miles.
When driving the SUV, there is a loud noise the whole time when driving this vehicle, the dealer said it not under the extended warranty that we purchased, also the window in the back left side will not let up or down. It has been very difficult I am only had this vehicle for 5 months.
Transmission failed two weeks after purchase.
While driving approximately 15 MPH right, the front wheel detached from the vehicle. The axle broke which caused the wheel to detach. *ak the consumer stated that he attempted to slow down, went over a speed bump and felt a lost of steering due to the flat tire. *scc
While pulling into an intersection vehicle made a loud crunching sound. Consumer pulled over, and noticed that drivers side front wheel had almost come off. *ak the left front axle broke. Mechanic recommended replacing the hub and bearing, steering knuckle, ABS sensor, front brake and caliper pins. Consumer declined and noted that the repair included keeping the failed parts. *ph *nlm ea03-023
We own a 2000 dodge durango. We experienced vibration in the front and strange noises. Mechanic checked front end of vehicle. Said that front right upper ball joint was defective to the point where it was unsafe to operate. He showed us the abnormal "play" in the front and said the wheel could easily separate from the chassis. He replaced this ball joint, but warned that the other three (consisting of lower and upper ball joints on left side, and lower ball joint on right side) are also bad and will need replacing in the very near future. Also said the universal joints in the rear will need to be replaced in the near future. This is all after we spent more than $200 to replace rear wheel axle bearings.
Power train: automatic transmission failure.
2000 - dodge durango - w/ 57,364 miles required upper ball joint (l) repair of $126,65. Rear universal joint axle and ban bushings $194.26. He vehicle rumbled and vibrated similiar to driving on a washboard.
I have a 200 dodge durango 2 wheel drive with 54000 miles and my family were at a stop light in joplin mo, I went to take off and before I went 3 inches the driveshaft started hitting the bottom of the truck and ground. I stopped engine and got out to see what happened thinking a ujoint broke, no chance, the pinnion broke in half. Upon closer investigation you could see what appears to be a bubble in the center of pinnion shaft where it wasnt cast properly weakening until it broke. After it broke the truck wouldnt move forward ( locked up ) just pushable backwards .if I was going down the road 65 MPH and it broke it could of killed us all not to mention a 7 mth old daughter stuck there for 4.5 hrs and now sick. Im a ase master certified tech with over 27 yrs experience. This is the last dodge ill buy and ill never recomend anyone else to buy dodge either. After the new rearend gets in it im trading it off for a chevrolet.
I purchased my 2000 dodge durango 8 months ago. It now has 57,000 miles. In the last month, I replaced the torque converter clutch, the transmission, the "computer chip", and now one of my doors will not open (must replace the actuator in the door).*ak I have been told that the bearings on both sides need to be replaced, and that the shock are leaking. Shuold this happen on a 2000?
Transmission has failed two weeks after purchase date. *ak the vehicles transmission went in reverse while the gear was in drive. The vehicle was towed to the dealer. The dealer refused to repair the vehicle free of charge because of the vehicles mileage, 37828. The consumer was under the assumption that the warranty was valid. The warranty was effective from 2002 (3 years/36k miles). The vehicle experienced multiple electrical problem. The indicator lights stopped working, hazard lights stopped working, the right rear passenger door lock failed and the left passenger window motor failed. The vehicle also experienced steering problems. *ts
A moaning noise from my transmission while it is in reverse.
Faulty transmission on the 3rd transmission in the first 75k. The first gear went out on all three within 20k miles of install.
While driving at an undetermined speed engine light came on and smoke started coming from underneath the vehicle. This resulted in vehicle bursting into flames. Prior to this occurrence dealership replaced transmission sensor 3 times. Cause of the fire was undetermined.
Transmission has irregular shifts between gears. It seems to fluctuate between 1st and 2nd gear, or like it can't pick which gear it wants to be in. Transmission clunks between drive and reverse. Larson dodge in puyallup told me it was normal and that I should pay for a transmission fluid change even though it was still under factory warranty. Said it needs synthetic tranny fluid. Only 30k miles on it.
Rear end makes a whining sound and can be put into drive without pressing brake.
Had to replace the transmission at 41,000 miles on our 2000 dodge durango. Around 30,000 miles the SUV's RPM's would fluctuate and stall at stops. It would do it spuratically, yet basically daily. The place where we had it serviced said they would have to duplicate the problem before they could fix it. Since this didn't happen all of the time the service department could not duplicate it. On one occassion the SUV stalled and we immediately drove it to the service department they did tell us there was a service bulletin issued about the computer needing reprogrammed because of high RPM's while idling. So they reprogrammed the computer. That lasted for a couple of days and we were calling the service department again. This time they said they could reprogram the computer again but would have to charge us $60.00 do it. Feeling that we should not have to pay for this we did not have it done. It was shortly after that my husband was driving the durango and it quit working the transmission light came on and the engine light. The vehicle was towed to the service department and we were notified that the transmission was bad and they had tried to rebuild it but that did not work so they were putting a brand new transmission in the 2000 durango with 41,000 miles. Luckily we had purchased an extended warrentee and only had to pay $50.00 to replace the transmission. We had contacted damlier chrysler and told them about the situation and I am very disappointed in their company they acted as if they did not care. We have had numerous other problems with this vehicle, drivers side shoulder seatbelt bolt just fell out, we had the rear A/C motor replaced, the A/C unit itself does not get cold which the service department still has not been able to fix it, the vehicle shifts into gear hard sometimes you have to floor it to get the vehicle to go into reverse, and there are other things. If we had done our research before purchasing this vehicle we would not have bought it.
Consumer's 3 years old son engaged the vehicle from park to drive and damaged the front of the vehicle. Consumer inquired as to how it was possible for the child to engage the shifter with ut compressing the brake pedal. Dealer not notified yet.
The consumer was able to move the gear shift without pressing down on the brake pedal. The dealer informed the consumer the vehicle was designed that way.
Transmission and drive shaft failure at 52000 miles.
While driving the automatic transmission didn't shift properly due to a defective output sensor. The dealer has been notified.
Transfer case has gone bad. Dodge missed the diagnosis and sent us back driving until I was able to bring it back in a april (over a month later). We have currently about 75,000 miles on our 2000 durango. The transfer case went bad unexpectedly and untimely. Our wheels could have locked up while we were driving causing serious injury to us and others.
Transmission went out of over drive while driving down the freeway, would not go back into over drive, "check engine" light came on 5 different times, dealer first told me I may not have replaced gas cap properly after filling with gas, dealer worked on durango each time under warranty, dealer finally changed transmission fluid and seals and re-booted or re-programmed computer and check engine light is finally off. I lost 3 days on an out of town trip (central oregon)waiting for a dealer to open on monday to check it, he told me to continue on trip, he could find nothing wrong. (to get me far from his dealership?) I lost about two weeks usage out of the durango and have lost any faith in the car being reliable as it has several problems.
Durango fails to up shift at redline from first gear to second, when gear selector is in drive. Engine hits rev limiter repeatedly. Took to suburban chrysler (saint paul), where I was told this is normal operation. I agree the engine should have a rev limiter if the transmission doesn't shift (my complaint). Not only did suburban chrysler (saint paul) waste a whole day of having my durango, they used a half a tank a gas and put over a hundred miles on it just to tell me "there is no problem." every car I have ever owned had automatic transmission (and I have worked on a few myself), and have never failed to shift at redline (those cars had 100 times the mileage, that my durango has). When I picked up my durango not only was I pissed they used it all day and couldn't find anything wrong with it, they didn't even shut the hood all the way when they were done. I had to pull over on the freeway to close the hood properly (it was bouncing on the safety catch). I complained to chrysler who told me to visit another dealer. This is certainly 5 out of 10 star service.
Occasionally transmission will not engage when attempting to accelerate from a stop. Transmission is in drive but acts as if in park or neutral. This has happened several times when attempting to pull away after stopping for a traffic light.
The vehicle changed gears without the brakes being applied.
Transmission failed causing vehicle not to accelerate.*jb..
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