2001 Chrysler Chrysler Truck

Routine

Owners filed 3 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the suspension › rear. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Suspension › Rear1
000
Structure1
000
Engine and Engine Cooling › Cooling System1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Structure
Filed Feb 4, 201062,201 milesCA

DASH DEVELOPED SEVERAL HUGE CRACKS ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. WHEN FIRST SAW IT AND WAS CHECKING IT OUT THE EDGE OF ONE PIECE CUT MY HAND. *TR

Engine and Engine Cooling › Cooling System
Filed Jun 2, 200564,000 milesIL

LEADING HEAD GASKET LEAD TO POOR PERFORMANCE AND LOSS OF COOLANT

Suspension › Rear
Filed May 11, 200548,000 milesMI

2001 DODGE DURANGO I CAN NOT CONTROL THIS VEHICLE ON BUMPY ROAD SURFFICES, IT JUMPS FROM SIDE TO SIDE,SOMETIMES INTO THE NEXT LANE UPON DRIVING OVER POT HOLES LARGE OR SMALL, CRACKS, WINDING ROAD CHANGES CAUSE THIS VEHICLE TO VEAR OUT OF CONTROL ON IT OWN MAKING IT DIFFICUT TO HANDLE. PASSANGERS IN THE BACK SEAT ASK ME WHATS WRONG WITH YOUR CAR ,THEY FEEL THE SHIFT IN THE SEAT, IHAVE TALED AT GSA STATIONS WITH MANY OTHER PEOPLE WHO OWN THE SAME TYPE OF VEICLE AND THEY TELL ME THE SAME THING. I HAD A1994 NISSON PATHFINDER AND DRIVE THE SAME ROAD CONDITIONS AS IN MY DURANGO AND NEVER HAD A PROBLEMNOT EVEN ONCEAND I DROVE THE PATHFINDER 200'000 MILLES,AND SOLD THE PATFINDER TO MY CUSTOMER AND HE DROVE IT TO300,000 MILES. I MAINTAIN MY VEHICLES, TIRE PREASURE TO SPECK AND TIRE ROTATION I NOW AM GOING OUT OF MY WAY TO AVOID THE HWYS. FOR FEAR OF KILLING MYSELF OR ANYONE ELSE. I INVITE THE NATIONAL HWY. TRAFFIC & SAFT TO TEST DRIVE MY DURANGO.

3 of 3 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2000
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20022000Routine
2001 — this page3000Routine
20005001Fatalities reported

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Reading this record

No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.

Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.

Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.