The brake rotors need to be turned or replaced at 25000 miles. The vehicle is too heavy/big for the smaller sized rotors. Vehicle does not respond efficiently to brakes. In my case, the master cylinder needed to be replaced by the dealership at 25000 miles. This is a serious safety issue that needs to be addressed with dodge on the manufacturing of the durango.
2002 Dodge Durango brakes complaints
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Dealer states that brake rotors are warped to the point of not being turned and that I will need to pruchase new ones at the cost of approx. $450.00. The brakes pads are only slightly worn. Car shutters vigorously when brake is applied. Dealer states that this is not under warrenty and that this is not a manufacturers defect. I have contacted dodge/chrystler waiting for a response.
Returned vehicle to dealer complaining of poor antilock brake performance and excessive pedal travel. Dealer resurfaced front rotors/replaced pads. Vibration from run out is gone but poor antilock performance and excessive pedal travel still exits. Dealer states all is fine. Excessive stopping distance contributed to first accident.
I was traveling at 25 MPH and approx. 100 feet behind other cars when someone about 10 cars ahead made a hard stop causing everyone behind them to do the same. I heard at least three cars tires screaching to a stop in front of me. When I applied my brakes in my 2002 dodge durango with brake pedal pushed down as far as it would go and as hard as I could the truck slowed to about 5 MPH with everything loose in the truck flying foward, but the truck did not stop. For the last 30 feet it just kept going at 5 MPH and I hit the rear of of a 97 honda accord. The tires never locked up or did I feel any anti-lock pulsation in the brake pedal as I have on other vehicles. I had no control in this accident. If I had not had 4 wheel anti-lock brakes I would have been able to stop. Something is wrong with the braking system on this truck! But the dealer said everything was normal. People are going to be killed if this problem is not dealt with. The honda I hit suffered heavy damage because of the height differance in bumpers. My truck was not as bad. My auto insurace rate will be going up from what I believe I could not have prevented. Thank goodness no body was hurt.
I have 30,000 miles on my 2002 durango slt plus. I have had the rear replaced twice and it still makes noise. My entire family just missed a accident ( 3 children) because the antilock brakes do not function properly under awd mode. The transmission is clunking everytime we stop. The ball joints are wearing out! Just found out seat belts are unsafe! I am scared to death for my family !
The brakes pulsated when they were applied. However, there wasn't any problem with braking. The driver took the vehicle to the dealer and the mechanic noticed that both front rotors were warped and needed to be resurfaced *ak after replacing 3 sets of rotors within six months the consumer feels that dodge auto parts are defective. *cb
The ABS system will not allow for an emergency stop. The "cycle" time is very long between brake application on a dry road. Sometimes the brake pedal will go all the way to the floor and no brakes applied. Have had to steer sharply to avoid other cars, can not rely on the brakes to sop every time.
2002 dodge durango.
When coming to a sudden stop ABS brakes failed and pedal would go to the floor, causing an accident.
Vehicle took longer to stop. As result, consumer's vehicle was involved in an accident. Dealer stated there was a marginal problem with the brakes.
Anti-lock brakes on my 2002 dodge durrango have put me into the middle of an intersection durring a red light ,at stops on dirt roads the rear wheels lock like the front brakes aren't working and it looks like a cracked weld on the control arm bracket on the left front. Dodge say's nothing is wrong and they won't fix it ,I have a pregnant wife and 4 kids who ride in this SUV and I can't get dodge to fix it, oh and the steering feels loose on it to ,road walks.
Had a car length & 1/2 in front of me, I do this because I have had problems before with the car not stopping. Applied brakes normally, car slowed & pulled to the right but would not stop. Applied brakes with both feet - literally lifted myself up on the seat during applying of brakes & still would not stop. Rear ended car in front.
When applied brakes to stop with plenty of distance and not a sudden stop, it kept on rolling nearly rear ending the car in front of us. We finally stopped about an inch from the car in front of us. It seems like the brakes were not working.
Consumer states vehicle pulls to the right when applying brakes. Dealer notified.
When having to make a sudden stop, not quick enough to normally cause skidding, the anti lock breaks will engage and not release causing an extended stopping distance. About 50% of the time when the anti-lock breaks engage, the break peddle goes all the way to the floor and the vehicle will continue to roll. We have had this occur several times. We have had to avoid other vehicles to prevent an accident as well as have rolled through a few red lights. Each time the dealer does not find anything wrong with the vehicle. The replaced and adjusted the rear breaks once which did seem to help having the anti lock breaks engage so easily. Today it happened again and we had to swerve onto the curb to avoid rear ending a vehicle which resulted in a broken rim on the vehicle.
When having to stop when someone stops in front of you and put on your brakes all of a sudden, I have no brakes. My husband has already had 1 wreck and I have almost had 3. Last friday while traveling to work a truck pulling a utility trailer suddenly stopped in front of me and I had to hit my brakes, when I did they went directly to the floor and since I wasn't real close I finally did stop about 2 inches from the utility trailer. When this happens and I put my brakes on I push the brake pedal down and hold it. But there are no brakes, it tries to brake but the pedal just keeps on going to the floor.I noticed afterward that the brakes seem to readust themselves. Took vehicle to alexander dodge and they looked a brakes but did not find anything. This is very dangerous, since this time I almost did not get stopped.
When the driver applied the brake pedal it went to the floor which caused extended stopping distance. Nlm
When the consumer attempted to apply the brakes, the anti-lock-brake system engaged, which almost resulted in a rear-end collision. The dealer replaced the anti-lock brake system unit, however the problem recurred.
When the brakes were applied, the pedal traveled to the floor, which caused the vehicle to experience extended stopping distance.
Needed to do a hard stop. The anti-lock brakes seemed slow to engage, dis-engage, and re-engage during which the car would roll. Basically, the ABS would engage, then disengage, and before they would re-engage, the car rolled. It was a noticeable amount of time, and a noticeable roll before the ABS re-engaged. It seemed like it took a second. Since the car rolled and wouldn't stop, we needed to swerve to miss traffic. Took it to a dodge dealer, and they said nothing was wrong. Even test drove it with the service manager, pointed out the roll, but he only gave me excuses. I guess if the ABS light doesn't come on, they don't think anything is wrong.
The consumer had to use excessive force when braking to stop the vehicle.
Consumer was driving and applied brakes suddenly. Brakes were functioning erratically and car would not stop, only "barely" slow down. Abs did not engage and consumer had to drive vehicle off the road to effectively slow it down. Dealer could not duplicate or diagnose problem. Ts
Consumer states that when trying to apply the brakes the brake will pulsate causing the vehicle to have extended stopping distance. Dealer notified. Ts
When stopping quickly, but not in a panic. The ABS brake system will sometimes brake and release. When the brakes are no where near lockup. This has caused the me to come close to rear ending a vehicle in front of me that should have been a slightly faster stop than normal, but no where close to causing an accident. I would prefer no ABS system if this system on the durango is normal. No accidents for over 30 years, but two close calls with this vehicle. I know this is not normal for normal ABS brakes. Dealer found no problems with the brakes. Dt
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