Upper ball joint failure caused premature wear of all 4 tires, which needed replacement, per mechanic.
2001 Dodge Durango suspension complaints
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I have 2001 dodge durango and recently heard noises in the front end ,and the vehicle seems to skip across the road when going over bumps. In addition, the right side tires both front and back are wearing on the outside. The left side is wearing normally. While going over bumps, the steering wheel at times, is almost thrown out of your hands. Vehicle also seems to be riding very rough than when first purchased. Dealer inspected front end and claimed there were no problems.
I have a 2001 dodge durango that had the upper control arm and lower ball joints wore out prematurely. The vehicle has 50599 miles. Took the vehicle in to repair the A/C blower. The dealer called to tell me during the test drive, they heard popping noises in the front end. They checked the ball joints and control arms and found them to be out of tolerance and needed to be replaced. Question why the took a "test drive" to check the A/C blower. I suspect they knew there was a problem with the ball joints and control arms on this model and wanted to have it corrected.
Front suspension has wobble. Front tires showed sign of wear on the outside edge within 18k miles. Performed an alignment at 24000 miles. Front end of the durango still has steering wheel wobble at 60 MPH at 40k miles. Issue seems similar to the federal safety agency action number pe03032. Have not had the front end suspension looked at, and the car is out of warranty.
40,000 miles and the ball joints are completely worn out. Also had to put a new steering rack on. Ball joints make popping sound and steering is jumpy causing the vehicle to veer in unpredictable directions. Chrysler won't stand behind and wants $$$ to fix. Doesn't seem that ball joints should wear so quickly.
Lost control of 2001 dodge durango on broken arrow expressway between harvard and lewis , heading west there has been several times that this has happened, not all at the same location. I feel there is a problem with my dodge, and the road at this location is extremely bad. I called the highway dept. Left a message but never heard back.
On occasion when I am turning sharp the front suspension will pop. I have heard this sound ever since the vehicle was purchased (new). The service facility at the dodge dealer was unable to find anything wrong.
Front tires started wearing excessivey on the outer edge with less than 2000 miles on vehicle accompanied by hard pulling to the right. Vehicle has been to taken to two different dealers with minimal results. It was first diagnosed as an alingment problem, dealer supposedly aligned vehicle to factory specs. The second visit I was told the spring isolators were misaligned (realigned isolators and front end). "complaints about service and continuos problems addressed to service manager". I was offered a free oil change as compensation. Third visit was to different dealer who identified the problem as worn right front upper ball joint (replaced parts). Vehicle was taken in again recently at 36000 miles with excessive tire wear and uncontrollable pull to the right. Dealer stated that the goodyear ls tires were the problem since they are only a 30,000 mile tire and cross rotated the lt. And rt. Front tires as a fix. I immediately followed up with a visit to the local goodyear dealer and the first suggestion was I get a front end alignment and told me that the goodyear tires on the vehicle are 40,000 mile plus. All problems have all occured during the warranty period. Additionally I called chrysler to inquire about noted problems and was told they had not received any complaints or history of front end problems with durangos. I did request to start a customer problem file and expressed my concern about both dealerships reluctance to provide quality service for warranty work. Finally, when driving over a bump at any speed vehicle is hard to control, the vehicle will becomes very unstable and bounces to left or right.
Both rear leaf spring assemblies broke. *jb *scc
Upper and lower ball jointproblems. Vehicle was taken in to the dealer, and she was told that she should not be driving the vehicle. Manufacturer was contacted, and stated that they had no other complaints but they were willing to split the charges.
The upper ball joints were replaced due to premature wear. This caused the vehicle to shake while driving. *ak
This vehicle and all other durangos are not safe at this speed, to stay on track over un-even road. This can cause sevear accidents on fwy use as I-75 or I-94 in detroit. Please look also at the ford explore up to the new model which has finaly a indepented rear , therfore a smaller roll-over incedent rate will result. Please contact me for further information.
The vehicle stops running while driving with no warning, this causes loss of all power including steering and brakes, the vehicle has been taken to the dealer on three occasions but they have not been able to fix the problem. Nlm
Steering wheel pulled to right (as if someone grabbed it and pulled). Steering pulled same way again (within seconds) and durango went into spin, then into ditch, then rolled. Road conditions were excellent, no other traffic, weather was dry and clear.
When driving over a bump at any speed vehicle is hard to control, it goes to left or right. Dealer blamed this on too much tire pressure, and adjusted the pressure. Consumer test drove another vehicle like this, did not handle the way her's did.
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