Clock spring failure-same sceanario as current the federal safety agency investigation involving daimler chrysler mini-vans. Failure resulted in a non-warranty covered expense of $219.42 in parts and labor to replace clock spring.
2001 Dodge Durango acceleration complaints
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The vehicle on this occasion started knocking and the check gauges light appeared. It stated I needed oil when I recently had an oil change. It then cut off. I took the vehicle to the dealer to find out that I needed a new engine supposedly due to sludge build up. I have had all oil changes and services performed. I even went as far as to have the 30,000 mile service done. Previous problems include replacement of an air bag, rear window problems, air conditioner not working, noises while in reverse when parking, all in all also getting stuck in 4-hi. All in all they told me they would not replace my engine even with my chrysler warranty. The vehicle only has 42,000 miles. Also had new ignition switch installed due to speedometer failure.
2001 durango r/t. Second failure of transmission (11/26/03) @ 35000 miles. Handled by different dealerships and no one knows exactly why or how transmission is failing. Rpm tachometer races between 100 - 800 RPM during driving conditions including load, light load, flat terrain, and occasionally down hill when driving of speeds greater than 45 MPH in drive and overdrive. Excessively hard clung when shifting between 1st and 2nd and between 2nd and 1st. 1st failure (2/6/02) was before PCM and transmission flash recalls @ 20000 miles. Service manager insisted that this was a normal thing and his jeep did the same thing. After much convincing that I would prefer the opinion of a tech instead did they take the vehicle for repair. Vehicle was kept for an additional week than what was promised for delivery. Vehicle was kept in garage for the 2 weeks and when picked up all personal items, electronics, tire jack, etc was missing (~ $2700 worth) and accusing me of leaving my doors unlocked (did not quite understand his point and aurguement since it sat in the dealerships garage for the 2 week duration). Since ... Transmission does not always go into park and occasionally drive, verbally told not a big deal by dealership service manager due to the transmission being flashed. Noticed vehicle surging with RPM increase after driving a while. Oh, by the way, yea, the ball joints needed replaced at ~18000 miles too (10/2002)!
Car surges at about 55 MPH. Four dealers have looked at it and claim they do not understand it.
Sudden acceleration.
While depressing brake pedal, backing vehicle out, it started to travel fast due to gas pedal and brake pedal being too close to each other please provide further information.
1) car races as if in high gear (while in reverse and then in drive) but won't move unless you floor it. After 200ft. Of flooring it ..it drops into gear and runs normally. The problem is intermittent and not specific to cold weather but engine is usually cold.. 2)problem is common to durangos...car shifts freely from park to reverse or any other gear without having to engage the brake.
The transmission makes noise when putting in reverse. The consumer stated that he had continuous problems with the transmission, but the dealer can not duplicate the problem, on two occasions when backing up, the transmission popped back into park and locked up.
When gear shift lever is put all the way into park positioning, sometimes vehicle will not indicate it is in any gear at all. There is a square which surrounds the p, d, n, etc. On the gear indicator, and none of them will be outlined. In addition to sometimes not indicating the car is in gear, it can be in a different gear than indicated. It can say it is in drive but when accelorator is depressed the vehicle does not go anywhere. It simply revs as if it is in neutral. I consider this a safety problem as the vehicle could roll over my small children if I think it is in park but it actually isn't. The vehilce has been in for repair 3 times and I am told this happens but there is no repair for the problem.
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