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1999 Dodge Durango complaints

Owner reports filed with NHTSA about this vehicle, newest first and reproduced as filed. They are unverified accounts: one proves nothing, and a pattern across many is the thing worth reading. Back to the full 1999 record →

Electrical System
Filed Mar 16, 200353,000 milesPA

VEHICLE STALLS OUT WHILE IN MOTION AT ANY GIVEN TIME. CAME VERY CLOSE TO BEING REAR ENDED BY A TRACTOR TRAILER. IT IS ALWAYS A GUARANTEE THAT AFTER PUTTING GAS IN THE VEHICLE IT WILL STALL OUT APPORX. 2-3 MILES AFTERWARDS, SOMETIMES FOR OVER 45 MINS. AT A TIME. VEHICLE HAD (2) DIAGNOSTIC REPORTS DONE IN WHICH THE FIRST STATED THE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKETS NEEDED REPLACING AND THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDED CLEANING. THIS WAS NOT TRUE, SINCE BOTH WERE COMPLETED, VEHICLE CONTINUES TO STALL OUT WHILE DRIVING IN GENERAL TRAFFIC OR STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC SIGNAL. THE SECOND DIAGNOSTIC DONE STATED NOTHING WAS WRONG, HOWEVER, AFTER DESCRIBING TO THE DEALER THE MULTIPLE PROBLEMS, THEY SUGGESTED THAT THE PCM NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. AFTER REVIEWING THE COMPLAINTS ON THIS SIGHT THAT ARE SIMILAR TO THE ONE THAT I HAVE , IT APPEARS THAT THIS COULD BE EITHER THE (PCM) OR (CENTRAL COMPUTER MODULE/PICK UP PLATE) THAT IS THE PROBLEM. *NLM DEALER CURRENTLY WORKING ON REPLACING THE PCM, BUT I WILL ALSO QUESTION THE (CENTRAL COMPUTER MODULE/PICK UP PLATE) TO SEE IF THE TWO ARE IN RELATION TO ONE ANOTHER. I PRAY THAT THIS WILL RESOLVE THIS PROBLEM AS I FEAR THAT I AM DRIVING AROUND IN A DEATH TRAP BECAUSE OF THE MULTIPLE CLOSE CALLS THAT I HAVE HAD IN THIS VEHICLE WHILE STALLING OUT IN THE MOST DANGEROUS PLACES. *NLM

Power Train › Driveline › Driveshaft
Filed Mar 14, 200384,500 milesNH

TRANSFER CASE IN DODGE DURANGO SLT 4WD(1999) CRACKED IN HALF WHILE DRIVING. TOOK IT TO MY LOCAL TRANSMISSION PLACE AND AFTER FURTHER REVIEW, HE FOUND THE FRONT DRIVE SHAFT HAD WEAKENED(BROKE) WHICH DESTROYED THE U-JOINT WHICH CAUSED THE TRANSFER CASE TO CRACK. WHEN HE CALLED DODGE TO ORDER A NEW FRONT DRIVE SHAFT, THEY SAID THEY WERE BACK ORDERED 2-3 WEEKS. WHEN ASKED IF THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THIS PART, HE WAS TOLD NO. BUT THE DRIVE SHAFT IS BACK ORDERED. HOW DOES THAT HAPPEN AND NOT HAVE A PROBLEM? *JB

Fuel System, Gasoline › Delivery › Hoses, Lines/Piping, and Fittings
Filed Mar 13, 2003IN

THE VEHICLE HAD A DEFECTIVE FUEL LINE ASSEMBLY, WHICH CAUSED FUEL TO LEAK FUEL AT THE CONNECTION, THE FUEL LINE WAS REPLACED TWICE, HOWEVER THE PROBLEM RECURRED. *JB

Visibility › Power Window Devices and Controls
Filed Mar 13, 2003IA

THREE OF THE POWER WINDOWS FAILED PREMATURELY. THE CONSUMER REQUESTED THESE UNITS BE REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY BUT WAS DENIED. *NLM *JB

Suspension
Filed Mar 5, 200355,000 milesMA

AFTER ONLY 55,000 MILES THE ENTIRE FRONT SUSPENSION SYSTEM FAILED. BOTH UPPER CONTROL ARMS, BALL JOINTS,TIE RODS NEEDED REPLACEMENT. $1700 REPAIR ON A $30000 TRUCK!*JB

Steering
Filed Mar 3, 200345,000 milesDC

THERE WAS A POPPING NOISE IN THE FRONT END, THE DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD BY A SERVICE DEALER THE STEERING ASSEMBLY HAD EXCESSIVE PLAY. THE CONSUMER NOTICED ON THE RIGHT SIDE REAR UPPER BUSHING HAD TORN A RUBBER GROMMET. SCC *JB

Suspension › Front › Control Arm
Filed Feb 20, 2003GA

BEARINGS IN UPPER AND LOWER CONTROL ARMS HAD TO BE REPLACED DUE TO DETERIORATION. DEALER STATED THAT THEY COULD NOT FIND PROBLEM ON SEVERAL VISITS WHILE UNDER WARRANTY. FINALLY, AFTER NUMEROUS ALIGNMENTS AND TIRE REPLACEMENTS A FRIEND MECHANIC NOTICED BEARINGS WHICH CAUSED NOISE FROM ORIGINAL PURCHASE DATE. CLICKING NOISE AT LOW SPEEDS AND TURNS TURNED INTO LOUD GRIND, WHICH IS WHEN PERSONAL MECHANIC FOUND PROBLEM. ONE DEALERSHIP SAID THE PROBLEM WAS FRONT SHOCKS. REPLACED THEM BUT DID NOT SOLVE PROBLEM. DEALERSHIPS ARE AVOIDING PROBLEM HOPING WARRANTIES RUN OUT. I EQUATE CAR DEALERSHIPS/SERVICE DEPARTMENTS WITH CARNIVAL WORKERS. THIS IS THEIR CASH COW!!!!!

Suspension › Front › Wheel Bearing
Filed Feb 19, 200361,000 milesNY

THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL BEARING LOCKED UP, AND THE TIRE BLEW OUT, WHICH RESULTED IN LOSS OF CONTROL OF VEHICLE. *JB

Suspension › Front › Control Arm › Upper Ball Joint
Filed Feb 19, 200326,000 milesNY

WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE VIBRATED UNCONTROLLABLY. THE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER T DROVE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR AN ANALYSIS, HOWEVER THE MECHANIC COULD NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK THE DEALER DETERMINED THE UPPER BALL JOINTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, THE FIRST SET WAS REPLACED AT 26000, THE VEHICLE IS NOW ON THE SECOND SET OF BALL JOINTS. *JB

Wheels › Multi Piece
Filed Feb 17, 200356,740 milesPA

THE ENTIRE FRONT WHEEL HUB ON DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDES HAD TO BE REPLACED AT 56,740 MILES, I WOULD LIKE TO ADD THESE WERE EASY HIGHWAY MILES. IT HAPPENED WITHOUT WARNING, I WAS DRIVING WHEN I NOTICED A LOUD RUMBLE AND VIBRATION UNDER MY FEET WHEN TURNING THE WHEEL SLIGHTLY, I IMMEDIATELY WENT TO MY MECHANIC AN WAS SURPRISED WHEN HE PUT IT ON THE RACK AND BOTH WHEELS ROCKED BACK AND FORTH!! THIS COULD HAVE CAUSED A SERIOUS ACCIDENT HAD THEY LET GO WHILE TRAVELING 50MPH. JUST WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF ANYONE ELSE EXPERIENCED THIS PROBLEM? MY HUSBAND CALLED THE DEALERSHIP WHERE WE LEASED IT TO SEE IF THEY HAD ANY COMPLAINTS AND THEY REALLY DIDN'T SEEM TO CARE. WE JUST FEEL AT 56,000 HIGHWAY MILES THESE SHOULD HAVE PLENTLY OF LIFE IN THEM YET.

Suspension › Front › Control Arm › Upper Ball Joint
Filed Feb 16, 200361,000 milesIL

MY 1999 DODGE DURANGO, PURCHASED NEW, HAS WORN OUT MAJOR COMPONENTS IN THE FRONT SUSPENSION, PARTICULARLY THE BALL JOINTS AND CONTROL ARMS, AFTER JUST 4 YEARS AND 60,000 MILES. AFTER TALKING TO THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP AND SEVERAL OTHER DURANGO OWNERS, THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE WITH THIS VEHICLE.

Air BagsCrash
Filed Feb 12, 2003MI

THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT, AND THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY.*JB

Latches/Locks/Linkages › Doors › Latch
Filed Feb 10, 2003NJ

THE DOOR LOCKS DID NOT LOCK OR UNLOCK PROPERLY. *JB THE FIRST DRIVERS SIDE DOOR HAD MADE A BUZZING SOUND WHEN THEY WERE LOCKED OR UNLOCKED, THEN THEY COMPLETELY FAILED. THE DOOR REMAINS MAKING NOISE, BUT DOESN'T ALWAYS LOCK OR UNLOCK AND SOMETIMES GET JAMMED. THE PROBLEM ALSO HAPPENED WITH THE PASSENGER SIDE, AND BACK DRIVER SIDE. SCC

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited SlipCrash
Filed Feb 7, 200352,000 milesGA

APPLIED BRAKES AND RAN INTO THE BACK OF ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE AIR-BAG DIDN'T DEPLOY. PH

Electrical System
Filed Feb 6, 2003WI

THE RADIO AND THE DIMMER LIGHTS COMES ON AND OFF ON THEIR OWN. CAUSE IS UNKNOWN. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. PH

Suspension › Front › Control Arm › Lower Ball Joint
Filed Feb 4, 200360,000 milesMA

I FAILED INSPECTION DUE TO BALL JOINTS. UPON TAKING 99 DURANGO TO THE DEALER, WAS TOLD BOTH UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS ON BOTH PASSANGER AND DRIVER SIDE NEED TO BE REPLACED. I HAVE 60,000 MILES AND I DON'T THINK THAT ALL THIS SHOULD BE WRONG.

Tires › Tread/Belt
Filed Feb 3, 2003TX

THE TIRE TREAD HAS COME APART. *JG

Engine and Engine Cooling
Filed Feb 3, 2003MA

WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE WOULD SHUT OFF. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. PH

Vehicle Speed ControlCrash
Filed Feb 2, 200352,510 milesOH

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING WITH MY DAUGHTER WHEN SHE ACCELERATED ALLOWING EITHER THE THROTTLE TO STICK OR TRANSMISSION SURGE. SHE WAS SENT OUT OF CONTROL WILDLY INTO A ROAD SIGN AND SOME TREES. NO INJURIES, ONLY A FAILURE TO CONTROL TICKET AND ABOUT 2500.00 DAMAGE. *JB

Air Bags › Frontal
Filed Jan 30, 2003CA

WHILE TRAVELING ABOUT 55MPH ON HIGHWAY ANOTHER VEHICLE RAN INTO AND T-BONE HER THE RIGHT SIDE. AND THE DUAL AIRBAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION DEALER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. TS

Engine and Engine Cooling
Filed Jan 29, 2003VA

OIL PRESSURE GAUGE INDICATED DROP OF OIL PRESSURE AND LOSS POWER IN THE ENGINE. DEALER HAS TO REPLACE THE ENGINE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. PH *TR

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited SlipCrash
Filed Jan 23, 200380,000 milesTX

WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED, THEY LOCKED UP, WHICH CAUSED EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE, WHICH RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT. *TS. AT 81,000 MILES THE ENGINE FAILED, AND THE MASTER CYLINDER, BRAKE BOOSTER AND LINES LEAKED. *JB

Suspension › Front › Control Arm › Lower Ball Joint
Filed Jan 22, 200349,700 milesIL

STEERING PROBLEMS. ALSO, THREE BALL JOINTS WERE STRIPPED. CONSUMER CALLED DEALER, AND THEY STATED THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL RELATING TO BALL JOINTS. TS. *AK

Seats
Filed Jan 21, 2003GA

WHILE SITTING AT AN INTERSECTION, ANOTHER VEHICLE REAR ENDED THE CONSUMER. THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SEAT COLLAPSED. PLEASE FILL IN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, DEALER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. PH

Power Train › Transfer Case (4-wheel Drive)
Filed Jan 16, 2003CO

WHILE DRIVING AT 90MPH, THE VEHICLE STARTED TO SMOKE UNDER THE HOOD. THEN THE TRANSFER CASE FELL TO THE GROUND CAUSING CONSUMER TO PULL OVER. DEALER NOTIFIED. PH

Unknown or Other
Filed Jan 13, 200376,000 milesAL

PLEASE INVESITGATE THE OIL PUMPS ON THE 1999 DODGE DURANGO. OURS HAS GONE OUT 2 TIMES OVER THE PAST 2 1/2 MONTHS. THE DEALER IS TRYING TO BLAME THIS ON SLUDGE IN THE ENGINE FROM NOT CHANGING THE OIL, BUT THAT IS NOT TRUE. WE DO HAVE OUR OIL CHANGED. THEY ALSO TRIED TO STATE THAT WE WERE REALLY LOW ON OIL. MY HUSBAND HAD JUST PUT A QUART OF OIL IN THE ENGINE THE DAY BEFORE. I WENT TO CARSURVEY.COM AND FOUND SEVERAL LISTINGS OF THIS SAME PROBLEM WITH THE 1999 DODGE DURANGO...THE OIL PRESSURE SUDDENLY DROPS TO ZERO. SOME REPORTS STATE THEY EVEN THREW THEIR RODS WHEN IT HAPPENED. OTHERS HAVE HAD BEARING WEAR. WE WERE ON THE INTERSTATE WHEN OUR OIL PRESSURE SUDDENLY DROPPED TO ZERO WHEN THIS HAPPENED THE FIRST TIME. WE HAD TO STOP AND CONTINUE PUTTING OIL IN THE ENGINE ABOUT EVERY 100 MILES SO WE COULD MAKE IT HOME FROM VACTATION. IT'S LIKE THE OIL WAS DISAPPEARING, BUT THERE WAS NO VISIBLE LEAK. NO LEAK IN OUR DRIVEWAY WHEN WE GOT HOME EITHER. THE DEALER REPLACED THE OIL PUMP AFTER WE GOT HOME IN OCTOBER. THREE WEEKS LATER THE OIL PRESSURE WOULD START AT ZERO WHEN I INITIALLY TURNED ON THE CAR IN THE MORNING, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WOULD DING, AND THEN THE OIL PRESSURE WOULD GO UP TO NORMAL. I THOUGHT IT WAS DUE TO COLD WEATHER. LAST THURSDAY, I WENT TWO BLOCKS AND THE OIL PRESSURE DROPPED TO ZERO 4 TIMES WHILE I WAS DRIVING. I IMMEDIATELY RETURNED THE CAR HOME AND MY HUSBAND HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALER BECAUSE WE ARE AFRAID TO DRIVE IT. THE DEALER IS REPLACING THE PUMP AGAIN. I R

Suspension › Front › Control Arm › Lower Ball Joint
Filed Jan 12, 2003PA

CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE GAS STATION TO HAVE THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE CHANGED. THE MECHANIC NOTICED THAT THE DRIVER'S SIDE UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS NEEDED REPLACEMENT DUE TO CORROSION.*AK *PH

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc › Rotor
Filed Jan 8, 2003CT

CONSUMER IS CONCERNED THAT ROTORS HAVE TO BE REPLACED EACH TIME FRONT BRAKE PADS ARE REPLACED. *TT *NLM

Suspension › Front › Control Arm › Upper Ball Joint
Filed Jan 2, 2003MN

WHILE TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY VEHICLE WILL GO FROM SIDE TO SIDE AND VIBRATE. HAD TO REPLACE BALL JOINTS AND TIE RODS. PLEASE FILL IN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. TS. *AK

Engine and Engine Cooling
Filed Jan 1, 200361,109 milesKY

CHECK GUAGES LIGHT COMES ON, OIL PRESSURE GAUGE GOES TO ZERO THEN BACK. HAD FUEL GAUGE DO THE SAME. TOOK INTO DEALER AND DEALER ATTRIBUTED TO WIRES AND DID A "WIGGLE"TEST. VEHICLE HAD NO MORE PROBLEM WITH FUEL GAUGE. SEVERAL WEEKS LATER THE CHECK GAUGES AND THE OIL GAUGES DID SAME THING. TOOK TO DEALER AND THEY STATED IT MAY BE OIL PUMP. AFTER REMOVING OIL PAN, DEALER STATED TO MUCH SLUDGE IN PAN AND HAD EXTENDED WARRANTY SEND AN ADJUSTER TO CHECK OUT. DEALER THEN TOOK ENGINE APART TO FIND THAT SLUDGE WAS THROUGH OUT THE ENGINE BUT NO DAMAGE TO BEARINGS OR VITAL PARTS. WARRANTY COMPANY "WESTERN DIVERSIFIED" DECLINED REPAIR STATING THAT TO INFREQUENT OIL CHANGES. WARRANTY STATED THAT EVEN WITH PROOF OF OIL CHANGES THAT THIS IS AN OIL BREAKDOWN PROBLEM AND NOT THEIR PROBLEM. DEALER STATED NOW THAT IT WAS OUR RESPONSIBILITY AND WANTED US TO PAY FOR A NEW ENGINE. CONSUMER REFUSED AND FORTUNATELY GOT TO TRADE IN VEHICLE TOWARDS PURCHASE OF A NEW ONE. ONLY AFTER REVIEWING NHTSA WEBSITE DID WE REALIZE THAT WE WERE IN A NO WIN SITUATION AND LUCKILY GOT OUT FROM UNDER THE VEHICLE. THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT DODGE OBVIOUSLY KNOWS ABOUT, I AM WAITING FOR THIS COMPANY TO DO THE RIGHT THING. WE HAVE SHOWN OUR COMMITMENT TO THE COMPANY BY BUYING SEVERAL VEHICLES THE LEAST THEY COULD DO IS PAY US THE SAME RESPECT!!!!!!!!

Air Bags
Filed Dec 27, 2002MI

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND NO WARNING THE CLOCK SPRING WENT OUT CAUSING THE CONSUMER HORN NOT TO WORK. DEALER NOTIFIED. TS

Power Train › Automatic Transmission › Torque Converter
Filed Dec 17, 200250,000 milesCT

DURANGO`S TRANSMISSION WENT BAD, DEALER OF NO HELP ,50,000 MI. ON VECHICLE ALSO NOT THE SAME PROBLEM THAT WAS COMPLANED ABOUT. TS

Engine and Engine Cooling
Filed Dec 9, 200216,854 milesGA

THE OIL PRESSURE DROPPED AND ALL THE LIGHTS ON THE PANEL HAD COME ON. WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE HAD BECOME SLUGGISH AND THEN HAD GONE BACK TO NORMAL. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO REMEDY. THE OIL WAS BURNING EVERY 200 MILES. THE OVT VALLEY PAN GASKET WAS CHANGED, AND THE INTAKE GASKET WAS REPLACED. THERE WAS A LOUD KNOCKING AND OR CLICKING IN THE MOTOR. THE DEALER FOUND SLUDGE IN THE MOTOR, AND FOUND THAT IT WAS BLOWN. THE SEAT WOULDN'T SLIDE/HARD TO LIFT, AND THE A/C COMPRESSOR WAS FOUND LOOSE. TS SCC

Fuel System, Gasoline › Storage › Tank Assembly › Mounting
Filed Dec 9, 2002GA

CONSUMER STATE FUEL TANK STRAP HAD BROKEN CAUSING FUEL TANK TO HANG DOWN. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED AND REPAIR VEHICLE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. TS

Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline
Filed Dec 9, 2002GA

MY ENGINE DIED WITH 44,000 MILES DUE TO SLUDGE BUILD-UP DEALERSHIP SAYS I DID'NT CHANGE MY OIL BUT I DID AND I HAVE RECIEPTS. I HAVE ALL MY PAPER WORK WHERE I TOOK IT IN FOR REPAIRS FOR THE GUAGES GOING OFF AND OIL PRESSURE DROPPING, HAVING TO PUT 2 QTS OF OIL EVERY 200 MILES, KNOCKING IN MOTOR, AND NOW MY WARRANTY IS OUT I HAVE A BLOWN ENGINE. DEALERSHIP REFUSES TO ACCEPT ANY RESPONSIBILITY. MY POWER WINDOWS AND QUIT WORKING IN THE SUMMER COULD NOT ROLL DOWN WINDOWS AND THE AIR CONDITION WAS NOT BLOWING OUT COLD AIR . GAS TANK STRAP BROKE WITH A FULL TANK OF GAS & WAS BEING HELD ON WITH ONLY 1 STRAP, GAS TANK WAS HANGING DOWN. I HAVE SEVERAL MORE MINOR GRIPES BUT THE MAIN THING NOW IS THE ENGINE. I HAVE READ OVER SOME CONSUMER COMPLAINTS WEB SITES AND IT SEEMS I'M NOT THE ONLY PERSON HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. DT

Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline
Filed Dec 9, 2002PA

HAD CONTINOUS PROBLEM WITH THE OIL PRESSURE GUAGE FLUCUATING, VEHICLE HAD BEEN MAINTAINED, OIL WAS ALWAYS CHECKED AND CHANGED WHEN NEEDED, TOLD BY MECHANIC FAULTY FILTER, SAID WAS NO LEAKS BUT HAD TO ADD OIL AT TIMES. WHEN IT PROBABLY SHOULDN'T HAVE NEEDED TO, THERE SEEMS TO BE A DEFINITE PROBLEM WITH THIS YEAR AND TYPE OF TRUCK DUE TO ALL THE INFORMATION FOUND ON THE INTERNET, DODGE/CHRYSLER SHOULD OWN UP TO THEIR REPUTATION AND COME CLEAN, I WILL NEVER BUY ANYTHING THAT HAS TO DO WITH THIS COMPANY EVER AGAIN. I WAS DRIVING HOME WITH MY DAUGHTER ON THE TURNPIKE, THE OIL GAUGE KEPT DROPPING BACK AND FORTH THEN ALL THIS TAPPING AND LOUD NOISES FROM THE ENGINE, I PULLED OVER AND HAD TO BE TOWED HOME AND WAS TOLD I NEEDED A NEW ENGINE, YOU COULD SEE A HOLE, I GOT NO SATISFACTION FROM THE DEALER OR FROM THE ZONE REPRESENTATIVE, SHE PARROTED THE DEALER AND DUE TO MY FINANCIAL STATUS AT THIS TIME I CANNOT AFFORD NOR DO I BELIEVE I SHOULD HAVE TO PUT OUT A CENT. THIS VEHICLE DEFINITELY NEEDS TO BE INVESTIGATED I BELIEVE IT TO BE A LEMON OF A VEHICLE. DT

Air Bags › Frontal
Filed Nov 21, 2002AZ

CONSUMER STATED HAD A FRONT END COLLISION TRAVELLING APPROXIMATELY 55MPH. THE TRUCK WAS TOTALED. BOTH THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. TS

Seat Belts › Front › AnchorageCrash
Filed Nov 21, 2002AZ

CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISON TRAVELLING APPROXIMATELY 55MPH. THE FRONT DRIVER'S SAFETY BELT DID NOT RESTRAIN/RETRACT CAUSING CONSUMER TO COME INTO CONTACT WITH THE FRONT WINDSHIELD. CONSUMER SUFFERED SERIOUS INJURIES. TS

Visibility › Rearview Mirrors/Devices › Exterior
Filed Nov 15, 200238,000 milesPA

BOTH SIDEVIEW MIRRORS OBSTRUCTED THE CONSUMER'S VIEW WHEN SHE ATTEMPTED TO MAKE A TURN, THE DEALERSHIP STATED THE MIRRORS WERE HEATED AND COULD NOT BE REMOVED. TS *JB

Power Train › Clutch Assembly › Pedal/Hand Lever(motorcycle)
Filed Nov 7, 2002FL

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE LOCK OUT SWITCH HAS TO BE REPLACE ON TWO OCCASION. AND NOW THE PROBLEM IS REOCURRING DEALER AND MANAUFACTUER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. TS

Power Train › Clutch Assembly › Pedal/Hand Lever(motorcycle)
Filed Nov 7, 2002FL

PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITONAL INFORMATION. TS

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Power Assist
Filed Nov 7, 2002FL

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE LOCKOUT SWITCH HAS TO BE REPLACED ON TWO OCCASION AND NOW THE PROBLEM IS REOCURRING DEALER MFR NOTIFIED. TS

Power Train › Automatic Transmission › Control Module (tcm/Pcm/Tecm)
Filed Nov 7, 2002PR

WHILE THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING, THE VEHICLE COMPLETELY SHUT OFF CAUSING THE POWER STEERING AND THE POWER BRAKES TO FAIL. THE DEALER REPLACED THE PCM. *YH

Suspension
Filed Nov 7, 20028,000 milesPR

TIRES HAS UNEVEN WEAR. THE FRONT SHOCK WERE ALSO REPLACED. THE CONSUMER CONTINUED TO HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THE TIRES AND SUSPENSION. *JB

Exterior Lighting › Turn Signal
Filed Nov 4, 2002MI

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE AND TURN THE LIGHT SIGNAL, RIGHT OR LEFT LIGHTS WILL WORK INTERMITTENLY. AS WELL HEAD LAMP WONT WORK PROPERLY. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. MR

Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline
Filed Nov 1, 2002OH

FORTUNATELY THERE WAS NO ACCIDENT. I ATTRIBUTE THAT TO USING SYNTHETIC OIL INSTEAD OF REGULAR OIL. THE OIL PRESSURE GUAGE DROPPED TO 0 THEN WOULD GO BACK TO NORMAL. THIS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES. I HOPE I GOT IT INTO THE DEALER IN TIME. THE DEALER THINKS I DID. THE DEALER CLAIMS THE PROBLEM IS SLUDGE CAUSED BY TOO INFREQUENT OIL CHANGES. I CHANGED THE OIL WITHIN THE GUIDELINES LISTED IN THE OWNERS MANUAL. PLUS, SYNTHETIC OILS ARE NOT SUBJECT TO THE SAME SLUDGE PROBLEMS AS REGULAR OILS ARE. DEALER DROPPED THE PAN, REPLACE THE SCREEN AND OIL PUMP AND CLEANED AS BEST THEY COULD. COST $809. THIS IS THE FIRST VEHICLE I'VE OWNED (33 YEARS) THAT HAS EVER HAD A SLUDGE PROBLEM. THERE HAS TO BE SOMETHING IN THE DESIGN OF THE ENGINE THAT CONTRIBUTES TO THIS PROBLEM. DT

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc › Rotor
Filed Oct 30, 200245,000 milesCT

THE FRONT ROTORS RUSTED WHICH CAUSED THE FRONT BRAKES TO BE REPLACED. TS *JB

Service Brakes, Hydraulic
Filed Oct 30, 2002CA

CONSUMER STATES, WHEN HE APLLIED THE BRAKES IS A INTERMITENTLY BRAKE LIGHT. DEALER INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND TOLD CONSUMER HAS TO REPLACE THE ABS MODULE RELAY SWITCH. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. TS

Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline
Filed Oct 29, 2002PR

CONSUMER STATES WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF. DEALER WAS CONTACTED. TS

Service Brakes, Air › Disc › Caliper
Filed Oct 26, 2002MA

CALIPER BOLTS AND INSIDE THREADS ARE STRIPPING AND FALLING OUT CAUSING PARTIAL BRAKE FAILURE. DT

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