Ball joint failure on 2005 dodge durango. I find it amazing that a vehicle that 27 months old and driven soley on the streets of new jersey would suffer "ball joint" and "tie rodend" failure. The vehicle has only 40k miles and has been dealer service.
2005 Dodge Durango suspension complaints
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We purchased a 2005 dodge durango used march 11, 2006 with 16,568, miles on it. On march 13th two days after we purchased it and 16,614 miles later (48 miles later) the truck broke down on the highway! We had the truck towed in to earnhardts dodge, find out the ring gear and pinion set needs replaced, differential side bearings - all axles replace (includes case and side gears if necessary) this is quoted from all my receipts. 2nd time around (july 18,2006) - now has 24,795 miles on it, rear end issues again! Again this is the repairs - seal, axle shaft oil - replace all other axles-right. Brake pads, disc brake-both sides rear replace due right rear axle seal leaking contaminated pads, rotor has fluid burned into the surface. Replaced right axle seal and brakes. Also had to replace watts link sway bar, replaced bell crank and links. Replaced both rear stabilizer bars again. 3rd time (january 10,2007) - now at 38,051 miles replace seal, axle shaft oil, replace all other axles - replace seal, drive pinion oil replace all others. 4th time, (january 29,2007) now at 39,329 again, replaced bell crank, watts link. 5th time (july 16,2007) - 52,058 failed bearing in rear diff, need to replace ring & pinion and all bearings- cost - $1,474, (why would I want to pay this much when they haven't been able to fix this problem?) told them to put the truck back together, we can't afford to fix it. 6th time - now after researching this vehilce, we found out, earnhardts dodge/hyundai in gilbert arizona (same placed we purchased it at) january 17,2006) (now 6 repairs) noticed the durango had rear differtial leaks, they replaced seal, drive pinion oil and all three parts - then returned the vehicle to stock when it was finished at 16,614 miles! Just 48 miles before we purchased the vehicle!!
I was driving approximately 10 MPH and I felt a jolt. Then car leaned to the left slightly and then jerked sharply to the left about four to five feet into a cement pillar. I had to get out of the car through the passenger side because the driver's side door was pinned shut by the pillar. When I got out and walked around to the driver's side I saw my left front tire laying flat parallel with the ground, pinned partially under the vehicle. All of the components of the tire (the brakes, suspension, brake line, etc.) were still attached to the tire. Where the upper ball joint should have been there was a large crack in the metal, and the tie rod was snapped. There was damage to the front left side of the vehicle due to the impact with the pillar. I am currently in litigation with the manufacturer because they were saying it was my fault. I was driving a 2005 dodge durango with 2042 miles on it that was purchased on 11/30/04.
Once again while driving my 2005 durango slowing down to make a turn the vehicle stalled in the middle of a busy intersection. Oncoming traffic just missed colliding with the passenger side of the vehicle. Also there has been a problem with the vehicle accelerator sticking causing the vehicle to have excessive RPM. Also the front end seems to have some type of problem, while turning the vehicle the front end knocks and feels as if the wheels are going to fall off. Daimler chrylser was contacted about the stalling problem again. This is my second durango as this was the replacement for the 2004 (lemon) durango which daimler chrylser bought back. Chrysler still has not issued a recall for the stalling problem as this seemes to be a big problem with the 2004 model year as well. The dealeship had a mechanic test drive the vehicle and the stalling could not be reproduced. Therefore nothing was fixed and the problem still exists, hopefully someone looks into the crash data statistics of how many durango had crashes due to vehicle stalling.
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