1999 Dodge Durango Brakes Problems

Your brake lines have burst due to rust and corrosion, and this has happened multiple times even after replacing them with factory parts. When steel brake lines corrode and burst, your brakes can fail completely, making it impossible to stop your vehicle. The repeated failures suggest a systemic corrosion problem rather than isolated incidents. A fix would involve replacing the brake lines with new ones and potentially investigating why they're corroding so quickly (such as checking for water intrusion, poor drainage, or using protective coatings).

THE BRAKE CALIPER BOLTS PULL OUT OF THE SPINDLE. WHEN DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD THERE WAS A GRINDING SOUND COMING FROM THE FRONT WHEEL, UPON FURTHER INSPECTION I FOUND THAT THE PINS HOLDING THE CALIPER ON THE SPINDLE HAS PULLED THE THREADS OUT. AFTER REPLACING IT WITH AN OVERSIZE CALIPER PIN THE THREADS PULLED AGAIN. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE DURANGO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING 3 MPH HE ATTEMPTED TO APPLY THE BRAKES BUT TO NO AVAIL. THE CONTACT THEN CRASHED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT THE BRAKE LINES HAD FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS UNAVAILABLE.

WHEN DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS THE ENGINE WILL SUDDENLY SHUT OFF LOSING POWER STEERING AND BRAKES. AFTER SITTING FOR 10 TO 30 MINUTES IT WILL RESTART AND RUN FOR AN ADDITIONAL DISTANCE UNTIL SHUTTING OFF AND REPEATING THE SAME SYMPTOMS AGAIN. IT WILL SOMETIMES PERFORM NORMALLY FOR DAYS UNTIL ONCE AGAIN QUITTING FOR NO REASON. MULTIPLE COMPONENTS HAVE BEEN REPLACED WITHOUT CORRECTING THE PROBLEM. DODGE DENIES THERE BEING ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE BUT THERE ARE MANY INSTANCES OF THE SAME CONDITION BEING REPORTED ON INTERNET SITES FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY. *TR

1999 DODGE DURANGO SLT / 4WD / 8 CYL 5.9L - VEHICLE MILEAGE 53,712 AS OF 08/31/10; THE FOLLOWING OEM COMPONENTS / PARTS ARE DEFECTIVE / BROKEN / WORN PREMATURELY CAUSING OTHER PARTS / COMPONENTS / SYSTEMS TO FAIL, BRAKE & SHOULD BE RECALLED, SERVICED, REPLACED BY DAIMLER CHRYSLER, LLC AT THEIR EXPENSE (NO WONDER THEY NEEDED BAILOUT $): 6) FRONT BRAKE ROTORS UNDERSIZED FOR GVW CAUSING PREMATURE BRAKE FAILURE / REPLACEMENT & POSSIBLE ACCIDENT. VEHICLE HAS BEEN MAINTAINED W/ ALL SCHEDULED FACTORY SERVICES & OIL CHANGES. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE DURANGO. WHILE DRIVING 35-40 MPH,THE CONTACT ENGAGED THE BRAKES BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP. HE CRASHED INTO THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE IN FRONT BUT THERE WAS NO DAMAGE AND NO PERSONAL INJURIES. THE FAILURE OCCURRED MORE FREQUENTLY AND THE ABS LIGHT ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY . THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN INSPECTED OR REPAIRED AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 167,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 168,000.

1999 DODGE DURANGO REAR WHEEL LOCK ON FREEWAY 5 SOUTH OF SAN DIEGO CLOSE TO PALM AVE NO ACCIDENT BUT REALLY CLOSE TO BE ONE THE ABS LIGHT ON MY TRUCK CAME ON COUPLE TIMES CHANGE COUPLE THING LIKE SENSORS AND PROBLEM REMAINS. *TR

EARLY GENERATION DODGE DURANGO (98-01) HAS ABS PROBLEMS, CAUSING ABS TO SHUT DOWN, LEAVING THE BRAKE PEDAL VERY LOW. I HAVE RESEARCHED THIS TO BE A VERY COMMON PROBLEM AND THE VEHICLE WAS NEVER RECALLED ON THIS. FIX TO PROBLEM SEEMS TO ONLY BE A COMPLETE BRAKE SYSTEM REBUILD, WITH AFTERMARKET PARTS TO FIX THE PROBLEM AND NOT HAVE IT RETURN AGAIN. I HAVE HEARD THAT SOME PEOPLE HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES DUE TO THIS PROBLEM AND I THINK IT SHOULD BE ADDRESSED EVEN THOUGH THESE VEHICLES ARE OLD, THEY ARE NOT SAFE AND NEED TO BE RECALLED FOR THE OWNERS AND EVERYONE SAFETY AROUND THEM. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE DURANGO. WHILE DRIVING LESS THAN 5 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL BECAME VERY SOFT AND EXTENDED TO THE FLOORBOARD. THE CONTACT NOTICED BRAKE FLUID LEAKING FROM THE DRIVER'S SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. UPON FURTHER RESEARCH, HE DISCOVERED NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 99V342000; HOWEVER, HIS VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE MANUFACTURER REFUSED TO ASSIST WITH ANY REPAIRS SINCE HIS VEHICLE WAS EXCLUDED FROM THE RECALL. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE LESS THAN 45,000.

WE HAVE HAD A LITANY OF PROBLEMS WITH THE ABS SYSTEM, THE LAST ONE BEING IN OCTOBER 2008. THE MECHANIC REPLACED A SENSOR AND IT WAS FINE UNTIL 1/8/2009. WHILE DRIVING THE CAR THE ABS MOTOR SWITCHED ON AND WOULDN'T TURN OFF, EVEN WITH THE ENGINE OFF. DOBBS AUTO HAD TO DISCONNECT THE UNIT AND TRIED TO ORDER THE NEW MODULE, BUT IT BACKORDERED UNTIL JANUARY 30,2009. I NOW HAVE TO DRIVE THE CAR WITHOUT ANY ABS BRAKES AND IT WILL COST OVER $900 TO REPLACE MODULE. SINCE IT IS BACKORDERED THE MECHANIC BELIEVES THAT IS AN INDICATION OF A DEFECT WITH MODULE AND THUS I THINK IT SHOULD BE REPLACES BY DODGE, NO COST TO ME. WHEN I NOTIFIED DODGE THEY TOLD ME ONE OF THEIR MECHANICS WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT IT. *TR

BRAKES FAILED COMPLETELY, PETAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. I INSPECTED FOR CAUSE & DISCOVERED THAT METAL HYDRAULIC BRAKE LINES HAD MASSIVE LEAKS JUST BELOW POWER STEERING PUMP & JUST FORWARD OF REAR DRIVERS SIDE WHEEL. FAILURE APPEARS TO BE DUE TO CORROSION. PROBLEM OCCURRED WHILE PARKING CAR, NO INJURIES OR DAMAGE INVOLVED. I AM DISCARDING VEHICLE BUT FEEL OBLIGED TO REPORT THIS INCIDENT SINCE I CANNOT IMAGINE A MORE SERIOUS SAFETY FAILURE AND HOPE APPROPRIATE ACTION WILL BE TAKEN TO SAVE LIVES AND PREVENT INJURIES & DAMAGE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE DURANGO. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH IN RAINY WEATHER CONDITIONS, THE VEHICLE DID NOT STOP WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AND HE CRASHED INTO A VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP EVEN AFTER THE CONTACT REPEATEDLY APPLIED PRESSURE TO THE BRAKES. HE STATED THAT IF THE BRAKING UNIT WAS FUNCTIONING NORMALLY HE WOULD HAVE HAD AMPLE TIME TO AVOID A CRASH. AFTER CLOSE INSPECTION OF THE VEHICLE, HE NOTICED THAT THE BRAKE ASSEMBLY PIN THAT CONNECTS THE MASTER CYLINDER TO THE BRAKING UNIT HAD SEVERE CORROSION ON THE INSIDE, WHICH CAUSED IT TO FRACTURE. THE VEHICLE FAILED AND WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED. THE MANUFACTURER SENT AN INVESTIGATOR TO INSPECT THE VEHICLE AND IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL FOR THAT COMPONENT; THEREFORE, THEY COULD NOT ASSUME ANY FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY. THE CONTACT HAS PICTURES OF THE FAILED COMPONENT. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 106,599. UPDATED 11/12/08 *BF THE TOW TRUCK DRIVER FOUND A HALF INCH THICK PIECE OF STEEL ON THE FLOOR BELOW THE BRAKE PEDAL. AS IT TURNED OUT, A HALF INCH THICK PIECE OF STEEL PIN THAT CONNECTED THE BRAKE PEDAL TO THE MASTER CYLINDER HAD SHEARED OFF. UPDATED 11/13/08. *JB

1999 DODGE DURANGO,DRIVER SIDE BRAKE LINE RUSTED COMPLETELY THROUGH,CAUSING BRAKE FAILURE ,HAD CHILDREN IN CAR WITH ME AND HAD TO STOP WITH EMERGENCY BRAKE,CONTACTED BBB NO HELP,ALL MY BRAKE LINE RUNNING FROM ENGINE COMPARTMENT TO EACH WHEEL NEED REPLACEMENT ,ALL ARE RUSTING,# ,THANK YOU DAN SPINA *TR

I HAVE A 1999 DODGE DURANGO AND THE "BRAKES" DOESN'T WORK. WHEN I WAS DRIVING I WOULD HEAR A RUMBLE SOUND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN WHEN I TRY TO BRAKE THE "BRAKES" WOULDN'T WORK OR IT WOULD TAKE A SEC TO KICK IN. I HAVE READ A COUPLE OF CONSUMERS ISSUES WITH THIS AND IT SOUNDS LIKE IT ALL LEAD BACK TO THE ABS SYSTEM. SHOULDN'T THIS BE A RECALL NOT JUST A SERVICE BULLETIN? *TR

ABS CONTROLLER MODULE ON VEHICLE IS FAULTY. THIS CAUSES RANDOM FAILURE OF ABS SYSTEM RESULTING IN UNSAFE BRAKING CONDITIONS. IT ALSO CAUSES BACK BRAKES TO LOCK UP AND NOT RELEASE CAUSING UNSTABLE DRIVING CONDITIONS. DEALER INDICATED THAT DESIGN IS FAULTY AND THAT DODGE DOES NOT MAKE PARTS, BUT CAN REPLACE THE WHOLE UNIT WITH A NEW DESIGN FOR $2,000.00. IF THE DESIGN IS FAULTY THEN IT SHOULD BE A RECALL IN MY OPINION. *TR

1999 DODGE DURANGO 4X4 BOUGHT IN SEPT. 07, WITHIN TWO WEEKS LOST OF OIL PRESSURE DURING HIGHWAY DRIVING JUST OVER 150 MILES, OIL PRESSURE GOES TO ZERO AND ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON. HAD TO PUT 4.5 QTS OF OIL. LATER ON DURING THE TRIP THE SPEEDOMETER QUIT WORKING UNLESS GOING ABOVE 50 MPH. ALSO AT THE SAME TIME THE ABS LIGHT AND BRAKE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND STAYS ON. GOING TO START WITH REPLACING THE SPEED SENSOR ON THE TRANSMISSION. HOPEFULLY THIS SOLVES THE ABS AND BRAKE LIGHT PROBLEM. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE DURANGO. WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE ABS AND BRAKE LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE CONTROL MODULE FAILED AND THEY REPLACED IT ON TWO OCCASIONS. APPROXIMATELY SIX MONTHS LATER, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE DEALER STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION OUTPUT SENSOR FAILED. THEY MADE THE REPLACEMENT. APPROXIMATELY ONE YEAR LATER, THE REVERSE LIGHT AND REAR POWER WINDOWS WERE INOPERATIVE. THE DEALER INSTALLED A NEUTRAL SAFETY SWITCH. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 30,840 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 72,000. THE CONSUMER STATED WHEN SPOKE WITH MECHANIC AT SUPERSTITION THEY INFORMED HER THAT THE PROBLEM WAS THE EMISSION COIL WHICH CONTROLS THE SPARK PLUGS. UPDATED 10/24/07 *TR UPDATED 12/12/07 *TR

I HAVE A 1999 DODGE DURANGO THAT THE BRAKES AND ABS DASH LIGHTS STAY ON ALL THE TIME. BRAKES HAVE BEEN REPLACED ON ALL FOUR WHEELS, TECHNICIAN SAID THE PROBLEM WITH THE DASH LIGHTS IS MOST LIKELY A SENSOR. I HAVE TALKED TO OTHERS THAT OWN DODGE DURANGOS, AND THIS IS A COMMON COMPLAINT. TALKED TO THE DEALER, SINCE IT IS NOT UNDER WARRANTY, ESTIMATED COST TO REPAIR WAS ABOUT $1,200 (AND THEY WOULD STILL NOT GUARANTEE THAT IT WOULD CORRECT THE PROBLEM. IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THIS IS CLEARLY A SAFETY DEFECT, AND THE MANUFACTURER SHOULD BE HELD RESPONSIBLE TO MAKE THE CORRECTIONS AT THEIR COST. *TR

THE ABS AND BRAKE DASH LIGHTS COME ON INTERMITTENTLY. TOOK TO SHOP IMMEDIATELY. THEY REPORTED THAT AN INTERNAL RELAY IN THE CAB (CONTROLLER ANTI-LOCK BRAKE) HAD FAILED AS WELL AS THE FAILURE OF THE LEFT FRONT WHEEL SPEED SENSOR. COST FOR REPAIRS $581.00. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH IN THE RAIN, THE ABS LIGHT ON THE DASH ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY, AND THE VEHICLE SWERVED FROM SIDE TO SIDE. THE VEHICLE ULTIMATELY COLLIDED WITH A CONCRETE BARRIER IN THE CENTER OF THE HIGHWAY, AND STRUCK ONE PERSON, WHO SUFFERED TWO BROKEN LEGS. A POLICE REPORT WAS TAKEN AT THE SCENE OF THE CRASH. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A JUNKYARD, AND DECLARED A TOTAL LOSS.

I STEPPED ON THE BRAKE AND MY BRAKE LINE BLEW. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION, ALL OF THE BREAK LINES ON MY 1999 DODGE DURANGO WERE RUSTED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *NM

DT: WHILE DRIVING THE BRAKE LINE DISINTEGRATED. THE BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON AFTER THE BRAKES FAILED. THERE WAS BRAKE FLUID LEAKING UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. THIS HAPPENED ON SEPTEMBER 20, 2005. HAD NOT CONTACTED THE DEALER. BACK ON OCTOBER 19, 2004 THEY CHANGED REAR BRAKE SENSOR. *AK UPDATED 11/02/05. *JB

DT: ON JULY 31, 2005 THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. SHE TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER AND HAD IT FIXED. THE NEXT DAY THE LIGHT WAS STILL ON. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER. CURRENTLY, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT, ABS LIGHT AND A BRAKE LIGHT WERE ON. VEHICLE HAD BEEN TO THE DEALER 4 TIMES AND STILL COULDN'T FIND THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN CONTACTED . SHE HAS PAID FOR ALL THE TRIPS TO THE DEALER AND THEY HAVEN'T FIXED IT YET. SHE COULD NOT AFFORD TO CONTINUE PAYING FOR ALL REPAIRS. *AK

DT: THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE AIRBAG LIGHT KEPT COMING ON AND OFF. THE ABS LIGHT ALSO KEPT COMING ON AND OFF. THEN THIS OCCURRED THE RPM GAUGES WOULD STOP WORKING ALONG WITH THE OTHER GAUGES ON THE DASHBOARD. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE TRUCK TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID THAT THE TRUCK IS NOT COVERED UNDER ANY RECALL. THE OWNER HAS TALKED TO MANUFACTURER. THEY TOLD THE CONSUMER TO HOLD ON TO HIS REPAIR RECEIPTS. THE MANUFACTURER ALSO INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT THERE WAS NOT A RECALL ON HIS VEHICLE. *NM

DT: CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AT 25 MPH, WHEN SHE WAS GETTING READY TO GO UNDER AN OVERPASS, SHE APPLIED THE BRAKES FOR A RED LIGHT AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOORBOARD. CONSUMER WAS APPLYING THE BRAKES SUDDENLY AND HARD FOR A QUICK STOP. HOWEVER, THE ABS BRAKES DID NOT ACTIVATE. THERE WERE NO SKID MARKS ON THE ROAD. CONSUMER HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE ON THE SIDE BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP. CONSUMER STATED THAT WHEN SHE FIRST PURCHASED THE VEHICLE THERE WAS NOISE UNDER THE HOOD AND THE DEALER TOLD HER THE ABS BRAKES WERE TRYING TO TEST THEMSELVES. AFTER THE ACCIDENT CONSUMER COULD HEAR A GRINDING NOISE UNDER HOOD WHEN VEHICLE WAS STARTED. THE NOISE WAS ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE AND ONLY LASTED FOR A COUPLE SECONDS.*AK

DT: 1. BRAKES -THE BRAKES ARE WEARING OUT TOO FAST, AND WHEN NEW BRAKES ARE PUT ON, THEY MAKE NOISES. ON THE RIGHT PASSENGER'S SIDE. 2. THE PASSENGER SIDE LOWER A FRAME BALL JOINT BROKE WHILE DRIVING. THERE WERE NO INDICATION THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM. AND THERE IS NO RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM. *AK

1999 DODGE DURANGO, BOUGHT NEW, HAS 53,000 MILES, I WAS DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY ON 4/22/05,"CHECK GAUGES" LIT UP ON DASHBOARD, OIL PRESSURE GAUGE WENT TO ZERO, CAR STILL DRIVABLE, PULLED OVER AFTER 3-4 MILES INTO TURNPIKE SERVICE AREA, CHECKED OIL STICK AND IT READ FULL, CONTINUED ADDITIONAL DRIVE TO DESTINATION OF APPROX. 5 MILES AND DROPPED OFF AT NEARBY DODGE DEALERSHIP, THEIR DIAGNOSIS IS SLUDGE IN ENGINE AND OIL PUMP HAS TO BE REPLACED AND THE ENTIRE ENGINE WILL HAVE TO BE REPLACED, THEY SUSPECT LOUSY MAINTENENACE BY CAR OWNER REGARDING OIL CHANGES, I HAVE DOCUMENTATION THAT CAR WAS WELL MAINTAINED, ON A INTERNET SEARCH, I FOUND THAT HUNDREDS OF DURANGO OWNERS HAVE EXPERIENCED THE "EXACT" PROBLEMS WITH THIS TYPE OF VEHICLE. IN ADDITION, I HAVE EXPERIENCED OTHER PROBLEMS WITH MY VEHICLE: REPLACED WINDOW MOTER, REPLACED LEAK IN COOLING SYSTEM THERMOSTAT, REPLACED SWITCH ASSEMBLY FOR A/C HEATING UNIT, REPLACED BRAKES AND ROTORS ON FRONT.*AK

I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE MY BALL JOINTS ON MY 1999 DODGE DURANGO TWICE IN THREE YEARS. I ALSO FOUND OUT TODAY THAT I NEEDED A NEW HUB ASSEMBLY. I KNOW THERE ARE LOT OF PEOPLE EXPERIENCING SIMILAR PROBLEMS WITH THIS VEHICLE AND WANT TO KNOW IF THERE IS ANYTHING THAT CAN BE DONE TO HAVE DAIMLER/CHRYSLER FIX THIS PROBLEM. I ALSO, KNOW THAT THERE IS A RECALL FOR 2000-2004 MODELS, BUT WHAT ABOUT 1999 MODELS. IT SEEMS AS THOUGH SIMILAR PROBLEMS EXIST WITH PREMATURE AGING OF THE BALL JOINTS AND OTHER FRONT END COMPONENTS. *AK

CAR REPAIRED NUMEROUS TIMES ON BRAKES, TRANSFER CASE AND MOSTLY TRANSMISSION. KEEP FIXING SEAL LEAKS BUT REFUSE TO SEARCH FOR SOURCE OF PROBLEM. NUMEROUS TRANSMISSION LEAKS, TRANSFER CASE LEAKS AND BRAKES SQUEAL EVEN AFTER REPAIR. BEEN IN SHOP 10 TIMES FOR REASONS ABOVE. SUPPOSEDLY DEALER STATES REPAIRED CORRECTLY EACH TIME. MY CAR IS NOW OUT OF WARRANTY AND STILL CONFLICTING WITH DEALER ABOUT IT. ALSO CONTACTED CHRYSLER WITH NO RESOLUTION.*AK

WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKES VEHICLE PULLED TO RIGHT. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. ABS BRAKING LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD AND REMAINED ON. CONSUMER DROVE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

I WAS DRIVING ON A LOCAL CITY STREETWHEN THE DRIVER IN FRONT OF ME BRAKED HARD BECAUSE THE CAR IN FRONT OF HIM DECIDED TO TURN INTO A DRIVEWAY IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING AN INTERSECTION. I OF COURSE BRAKED HARD AND THE BRAKE PEDAL IN MY 1999 DODGE DURANGO BROKE AND WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR, AS IT TURNS OUT THERE IS A PIN THAT GOES THROUGH THE BRAKE PEDAL ARM AND THE HEAD OF IT (THE PART THAT ACTUALLY APPLIES THE THE BRAKES) BROKE OFF. I HIT THE PEOPLE IN FRONT OF ME DAMAGING THEIR TRUNK AND THE FRONT OF MY DURANGO. THERE WAS NOT EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO EITHER VEHICLE, ALTHOUGH IT DID PUNCTURE MY RADIATOR AND ALL OF THE COOLANT RAN OUT. SO AT THIS POINT THE VEHICLE CAN NOT BE DRIVEN. STILL HAVE THE BROKEN PIN AND IT'S OBVIOUS THAT THERE WAS A FLAW IN IT WHERE IT BROKE. *AK

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES VEHICLE TILTED OVER AND SLID. *AK

ANTI-LOCK BRAKE WARNING LIGHT COMES ON WHILE DRIVING. IN ACCORDANCE WITH OWNER'S MANUAL IMMEDIATELY TOOK TO DEALER FOR REPAIR. DEALER UNABLE TO IDENTIFY CAUSE - ESTIMATES $1,350.00 IN COST TO REPLACE MAIN SENSOR, WHICH HE CANNOT ASSURE WILL CORRECT. RECOMMENDS I JUST DRIVE AND IGNOR WARNING LIGHT. I AM ABLE TO LOCK UP BRAKES, INDICATING ANTI-LOCK FEATURE NOT FUNCTIONING AS IT SHOULD.

BRAKES ON 99 DURANGO DO NOT WORK AT TIMES. OTHER TIMES THE BRAKES WORK FINE. IT SEEMS THAT WHEN THE ROAD IS WET OR HIGH HUMIDITY THE BRAKES DO NOT WORK. IT IS A VERY SCARY FEELING TO HIT THE BRAKES AND NOT HAVE ANY RESPONSE. AFTER A 1 TO 2 SECOND DELAY THE BRAKES FINALLY ENGAGE. I HAVE HAD TO SWERVE TO THE SHOULDER ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS WHEN TRYING TO STOP ON THE FREEWAY SO AS TO NOT HIT THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. I HAVE REPLACED THE BRAKES AND ROTORS AT MY COST AND THE PROBLEM PERSISTS. THE BIGGEST PROBLEM IS THAT YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN THE BRAKES WILL WORK AND WHEN THEY WILL NOT. I AM NOT A MECHANIC, BUT I WONDER IF IT IS IN THE ABS SYSTEM. READING THIS FORUM IT APPEARS THAT MANY OTHERS HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEMS. *CB

UPON STARTING VEHICLE CONSUMER NOTICED ABS AND BRAKE LIGHTS WERE ILLUMINATED. DEALER REPLACED THE REAR WHEEL SPEED SENSOR.*AK *TS *PH

WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY, MY DURANGO SUDDENLY PULLED TO THE LEFT. ALL ATTEMPTS TO STEER OR USE THE BRAKES FAILED AND MY CAR WENT INTO A SPIN AND HIT THE BARRIER WALL OF A BRIDGE TWO TIMES. THE POLICE REPORT STATES THAT THE CAUSE OF CRASH IS THAT THE DRIVER "LOST CONTROL OF HER VEHICLE WHEN THE LEFT REAR TIRE/RIM SEPARATED FROM THE AXLE."*AK

POOR BRAKES WITH THE 2 WHEEL ABS SYSTEM AT DODGE DURANGO 1999. THE BREAKING POWER IS MAINLY ON REAR TIRES, AND WHEN THEY LOCK UP THE ABS SYSTEM RELEASE THE BRAKES WHICH RESULT IN AN NOT ACCEPTABLE BRAKING LENGTH, ESPECIALLY AT SLIPPERY SURFACE AND/OR BAD TIRES. THIS IS DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF 2 WHEEL ABS SYSTEM TOGHETER WITH THE MAIN BRAKING POWER ON THE REAR TIRES, I HAVE HAD MY VEHICLE CHECKED, IT IS IN GOOD WORKING CONDITION. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE AT THE DURANGO, POORLY DESIGNED BRAKING SYSTEM. I HAVE NOT HAD AN ACCIDENT YET DUE TO THIS, BUT I AM AFRAID IT MIGHT HAPPEN EVEN THOUGH I DRIVE EXTRA CAREFULLY BECAUSE I AM AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM.*AK

WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER APPLIED BRAKES ABRUPTLY FOR A QUICK STOP, BUT THE VEHICLE SLID THROUGH THE INTERSECTION AND THE ABS LIGHT ILLUMINATED. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE BRAKE SENSOR HAD FAILED.*AK

WHEN THE DRIVER APPLIED THE BRAKE WHILE DRIVING AT A LOW SPEED THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. THE VEHICLE COASTED TO A STOP. *NLM

AFTER THE BRAKES WERE SERVICED THEY CONTINUED TO SQUEAK UPON APPLYING THE BRAKE PEDAL. THE LOUD SQUEAK SEEMS TO GET BECOME WORSE OVER TIME. *JB

THE BRAKES FAILED WHILE DRIVING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THEY SUGGESTED THAT THE CONSUMER REPLACE THE ROTORS AND CALIPERS. *NLM

STOP ABRUPTEDLY ON DRY ROADS UNDER 45 MPH AND THE CONSUMER THINKS THAT THE FRONT BRAKES LOCKED UP AND THE VEHICLE SKID INTO THE INTERSECTION. DEALER SAID NOTHING WRONG WITH THE BRAKES.

WHILE DRIVING DOWN FREEWAY, VEHICLES IN FRONT CAME TO AN ABRUPT STOP WENT TO STEP HARD ON BRAKES BUT PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR. WE HIT THE CAR IN FRONT OF US AND DID A LOT OF DAMAGE. DODGE SAID THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG.

AFTER PULLING OUT OF A DRIVEWAY, VEHICLES IN FRONT OF ME CAME TO AN ABRUPT STOP. I STEPPED HARD ON THE BRAKES AND 4WAL ABS BRAKES DID NOT WORK. I WAS ONLY GOING ABOUT 15 OR 20 MPH. THIS IS THE 2ND ACCIDENT IN 6 MONTHS BUT DODGE SAYS THERE IS NOTHING WRONG. THIS DID MORE DAMAGE THAN THE 1ST ACCIDENT. WHAT IS WRONG WITH THE BRAKING SYSTEM?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

I HAVE TALKED WITH OTHER OWNERS OF DODGE/CHRYSLER AND THEY HAVE HAD ABS BRAKE PROBLEMS; PLEASE DON'T IGNORE THIS. AS IT IS I CAN'T AFFORD TO FIX IT FOR THE $700. THEY WANT AND HAVE TO DRIVE IT BROKEN... MR

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHEN TRYING TO APPLY THE BRAKES THE BRAKE PEDAL WILL GO TO THE FLOOR CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO HAVE EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. REPLACED MASTER CYLINDER TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. NO PRIOR WARNING BEFORE FAILURE. BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON AFTER FAILURE. ROAD SURFACE WAS DRY.

WHILE DRIVING APPLIED BRAKES, AND THEY DID NOT WORK PROPERLY, CAUSING FRONT COLLISION. REPLACED MASTER CYLINDER TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM.

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

ABS LIGHT ON DASH CAME ON. DEALER REPLACED ABS VALVE. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.*AK

DISC ROTORS WARPED AT 13,500 MILES CAUSING ERRATIC STOPPING, MACHINED AND WARPED AGAIN AT 22,000 MILES. CAR IS USED ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY FOR LONG-DISTANCE DRIVING, NOT FOR CITY DRIVING.*AK

WHILE DRIVING APPLIES BRAKES AND PEDAL GOES TO FLOOR WITHOUT STOPPING VEHICLE DUE TO A MALFUNCTION OF ABS WHICH RESULTED IN A COLLISION. HAS HAD BRAKES REPAIRED AT LEAST 5 TIMES FOR SAME PROBLEM. DEALER CONTACTED.*AK

WHILE DRIVING, UPON PRESSING BRAKE PEDAL IT PULSATES ERRATICALLY. *AK THE OUTSIDE SURFACE OF THE ROTORS WAS SMOOTH WHILE THE INSIDE SURFACE WAS ROUGH AND UNEVEN, INDICATING THAT IT WAS DEFECTIVE. *YH

DEALER TRIED TO RETURN VEHICLE WITH COULD NOT DUPLICATE, BUT I DECLINED ACCEPTANCE. THEY WERE TEST DRIVING VEHICLE WHEN BRAKES WENT OUT AND THEY LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE RESULTING IN EXTENSIVE DAMAGE.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AND UPON COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP, BRAKES MAKE A NOISE. HAD TO PRESS PEDAL COMPLETELY TO THE FLOOR TO STOP VEHICLE. ALSO, HAD BRAKE PADS CHANGED AT 30,000. *AK THIS HAS CAUSED TWO ACCIDENTS. *SLC

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE'S BRAKES BECOME INOPERATIVE, THE VEHICLE ONLY HAS ONE FUNCTIONAL BRAKE SYSTEM WHICH IS THE FRONT RIGHT. THE VEHICLE ALSO SLIDES ERRATICALLY, THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *NLM *MJ

WHILE DRIVING AT STATE SPEED LIMIT AND WITHOUT WARNING VEHICLE STARTED TO ACCELERATE FASTER THAN SPEED INTENDED, RESULTING IN BRAKE FAILURE.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AT STATE SPEED LIMIT STEPPED ON BRAKES AND WITHOUT WARNING VEHICLE DID NOT SLOWDOWN , VEHICLE CONTINUED COASTING, CAUSING CONSUMER TO USE EMERGENCY BRAKES, AND TO TURN VEHICLE OFF. WHEN RESTARTING, VEHICLE WITHOUT WARNING, BEGAN TO ACCELERATE. *AK

ABS LIGHT AND BRAKE WARNING LIGHT CAME ON. WHEN APPLYING BRAKES VEHICLE DID NOT STOP UNTIL PEDAL HIT THE FLOOR. DEALER SAID MASTER CYLINDER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.*AK

WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED PEDAL BECAME HARD, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE WHICH RESULTED IN A COLLISION. NLM/*AK *TT

ENGINE CHECK GUAGE LIGHT CAME ON. CHECKED GAUGES NO CHANGE. WITHIN 5 MINUTES, CLICKING STARTED. PULLED OFF ROAD, CAR SHUT OFF. AAA TOWED TO NEAREST DODGE DEALER. FIXED.(?) SHUT OFF SAME WAY AFTER FIX. WENT BACK TO DEALER, STATED DIFFERENT PROBLEM, ABS SENSOR ADDED ADDITIONAL CHARGES. WENT TO 2ND DODGE DEALER FIX SENSOR FOR SEVERAL HUNDRED DOLLARS LESS. SHUT OFF AGAIN 2ND DEALER REFUSED TO WORK BEHIND ORIGINAL DEALERS WORK. HAD AAA TOW TO AUTO CLINIC, CLINIC STATED THAT PARTS ORIGINALLY STATED BY 1ST DEALER AS GOOD WERE INFACT DAMAGED. (HEAD GASKETS, BAD PISTONS AND VALVES. HELP!

CONSUMER STATES THE ROTORS AND BRAKE SHOES HAD TO BE REPLACED AT 15,000 MILES.*JB

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

BRAKES HAVE BEEN A INTERMITTENT PROBLEM ON VEHICLE SINCE IT WAS PURCHASED. CONSUMER HAD DEALER CHECK VEHICLE BEFORE GOING ON A ROAD TRIP. DEALER ASSURED CONSUMER THERE WOULD BE NO PROBLEM. CONSUMER WENT TO APPLY BRAKES, AND BRAKES WENT TO FLOOR, CAUSING CONSUMER'S VEHICLE TO REAR END ANOTHER VEHICLE. DEALER HAS TEST DRIVEN VEHICLE BY PUTTING 221 MILES ON IT, AND COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG. CONSUMER HAS BEEN VERY CONCERNED ABOUT SAFETY OF VEHICLE BECAUSE CHILDREN WER BEING TRANSPORTED.*AK

INTERMITTENTLY WHEN APPLYING BRAKES PEDAL WOULD PULSATE AND HARDEN, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE, EVEN WITH BOTH FEET ON PEDAL. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER.*AK

VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO DEALER 6 TIMES FOR REAR ABS BRAKES LOCKING UP. DEALER REPLACED MASTER CYLINDER AND PROPORTIONAL VALVE. IT DID NOT REMEDY PROBLEM. DASH INDICATOR FOR ABS CAME ON INTERMITTENTLY. DEALER INDICATED IT WAS A NORMAL CONDITION FOR THIS VEHICLE.*AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

I REPORTED THIS LAST YEAR WHEN IT HAPPENED BUT I WAS NEVER CONTACTED. DODGE PUT ME IN TOUCH WITH MIKE MARTELL WHO IS THE DAIMLER-CHRYSTLER LIASON FOR SAFETY. I HAVE REASON TO BELEIVE THAT THEY DELETED MY INFORMATION ABOUT THE WAY THE BRAKE PEDAL BROKE OFF BEFORE IMPACT. EVERY TIME I CALLED IT HAD DISAPPEARED FROM THEIR INFORMATION. I ALSO RECEIVED WORD FROM THE INVESTIGATOR THEY SENT OUT TO LOOK AT THE AIRBAGS THAT THE AIRBAGS WERE IN FACT DEFFECTIVE. DODGE TOOK THE ORIGINAL REPORT AND DENIED IT. THOSE VEHICLES ARE UNSAFE AND DODGE SHOULD BE HELD RESPONSIBLE. MY WIFE AND I HAVE SPENT OVER $20,000.00 IN MEDICAL BILLS AS A RESULT AND DODGE REFUSED ANY HELP. *AK

BRAKES PULSATE WHEN APPLIED. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM. *AK ROTORS WERE PITTED. *SLC

BRAKE PEDAL PAD AND REAR BRAKES REPLACED. *SLC

TRAVELING ON THE FREEWAY IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC WHEN SUDDENLY I HAD NO BRAKES,STEERING,AND ALL GAUGES WERE FLATLINED.IT WAS RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC SO I WAS ABLE TO MUSCLE THE STEERING TO GET INTO THE BREAK DOWN LANE AND USED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO COME TO A SAFE STOP. SHUT THE VEHICLE OFF AND CALLED THE DODGE DEALER. AFTER ABOUT 5 MINUTES THE VEHICLE RESTARTED AND ALL SYSTEMS WERE OPERATING CORRECTLY. MY HUSBAND TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP. I EXPLAINED WHAT HAPPENED AND THANKS TO A PERSISTANT TECH THEY FEEL THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN RECTIFIED. THE TEMP THAT DAY WAS IN THE 80'S AND I HAD THE AIR CONDITIONING ON WITH THE TRAFFIC MOVING SLOWLY. THEY FEEL THAT THE IDLE AIR CONTROL MOTOR WHICH SHOULD NORMALLY BE IN THE TEENS WAS OPERATING AT 54+AND BARELY MOVING THEN WHEN THE COMPRESSOR KICKED ON FOR THE AIR CONDITIONING IT CAUSED THE MOTOR TO OVERHEAT AND STALLED THE VEHICLE. THE DEALERSHIP WORKED VERY HARD TO HELP RESOLVE THIS PROBLEM AND IF THIS IS THE ANSWER THAN HOPEFULLY WHAT HE FOUND WILL HELP OTHER TECHNICIANS WHO ARE HAVING DURANGO'S BROUGHT TO THEM WITH THE SAME PROBLEM REPAIR THE VEHICLE. I REALLY CANNOT EXPRESS ENOUGH HOW HARD THE TECHNICIAN WORKED TO HELP ME WITH THIS. HE WENT SO FAR AS TO TAKE THE VEHICLE HOME ONE EVENING TO SEE IF HE COULD GET THE SAME PROBLEM TO HAPPEN AGAIN. *AK

CONSUMER FEELS THERE IS A DEFECT IN BRAKES. CONSUMER PUSHES ON BRAKES AND BRAKES WILL LOCK, AND JUST SLIDE. CONSUMER HAS HAD BRAKES CHANGED 3 TIMES, AT 7,000/ 14,000 AND 25,000 MILES. *AK

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE FLOOR. THE BRAKES PULSATED AND THERE WAS A VIBRATION. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK CONSUMER STATES THE PROBLEM WAS PREMATURE WARPING OF ROTORS, THE ROTORS WERE SO SEVERLY WARPED THAT UNDER MODERATE TO HEAVY BRAKING IT WOULD CAUSE FRONT WHEEL TO LOCK UP. *JB

ABS/BRAKE LIGHT COMES ON AND VARIOUS COMPONENT WITHIN THE SYSTEM HAVE FAILED 3 TIMES

ON 5/01/2000 TOOK VEHICLE TO BE SERVICED TOLD DEALER THAT SOMETHING WRONG WITH BRAKES. TIRES WERE ROTATED AND TOLD ME NOTHING WRONG WITH THEM. ON 8/07/2000 AFTER SLIDING THROUGH A STOP SIGN FOR THE SECOND TIME THEY VERIFIED THAT I HAD NO BRAKES ALL THE WAY AROUND BECAUSE THE REAR END WAS LEAKING AND IT TOOK OUT THE BACK BRAKES AND THEN THE FRONT BECAUSE THERE WAS NO BACK BRAKES. IT COST $ 547.04 NOT INCLUDING WHATEVER THEY BILLLED FOR WARRANTY WORK ON THE REAR END. BUT IF THE REAR END LEAK HAD BEEN CAUGHT ON 5/01/2000 THEN I WOULDN'T HAVE LOST ALL THE BRAKES , WHICH ON THAT DATE THEY SAID WERE FINE. *AK

BEGINNING IN JANUARY OF 2000 OF BRAKES HAVE MALFUNCTIONED. WE HAVE EXPERIENCED OUR BRAKES NOT WORKING AT ALL CAUSING US TO RUN THROUGH RED LIGHTS AND PAST STOP SIGNS. OUR BACK BRAKES HAVE LOCKED UP ON US ON MULTIPLE OCCASSIONS CAUSING US TO HAVE TO SWERVE TO AVOID CAUSING WRECKS. ON MULTIPLE OCCASSIONS WE HAVE LEFT BLACK SKID MARKS ON PAVEMENT DUE TO BACK BRAKES LOCKING UP. THESE BREAKING PROBLEMS HAVE HAPPENED AT SPEEDS VARYING FROM 5 MILES PER HOUR TO 65 MILES PER HOUR. THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN FOR REPAIR ON THE BRAKES ON 7 SEPERATE OCCASSIONS WITH REPAIRS RANGING FROM CLEANING AND ADJUSTMENTS TO CHANGING OF CALIPERS. ON 1/14/200 THE DX WAS BRAKES DIRTY AND NEEDED ADJUSTED. ON 2/3/00 DX CALIPERS NOT WORKING. 3/23/00 CALIPERS REPLACED. ON 11/10/2000 BRAKES WERE CLEANED AND ADJUSTED. WE PICKED UP OUR VEHICLE TODAY 1/13/01 FOR REPAIR ON BRAKES. WE COMPLAINED THAT AGAIN BRAKES ARE LOCKING UP AND FAILING. THE BRAKES WERE AGAIN CLEANED AND ADJUSTED PER TECHNICIAN. FROM THE DATE OF PURCHASE OUR REAR LATCH HAS NOT LOCKED. 1/14/2000 DX REAR LOCK ASSY FAILURE. 2/3/00 ASSEMBLY REPLACED. 3/23/00 THE DX WAS ACCUATOR . 10/17/2000 ACCUATOR REPLACED. 1/13/01 TECHNICIAN MADE ANOTHER INTERNAL REPAIR IN AC/HEATER SYSTEM. ON 10/17/2000 WE NOTIFIED BERRY MOTOR THAT WE WERE SMELLING OUR FIRECRACKER SMELL AND SMELL NOTICABLE WHEN AIR CONDITIONING ON BECAUSE IT WOULD BRING SMELL INTO VEHICLE. NO DX NOTED AT THAT TIME. 11/10/2000 VEHICLE IN FOR OVERHEATING PROBLEMS. DX. GASKET LEAKING. WE RECENTLY EXPERIENCED OVERHEATING AGAIN. TODAY'S (1/13/01) DX THERMASTAT FAILURE AND WARPED THERMASTAT HOUSING. WE HAVE MANY THINGS GO WRONG WITH THIS VEHICLE; HOWEVER, OUR BIGGEST CONCERN IS THE BRAKE MALFUNCTIONING. WE HAVE BEEN TOLD BY THE DEALERSHIP THAT THE NEW ANTI-LOCK BRAKES OUR MADE OUT OF A NEW MATERIAL WHICH IS EFFECTED BY DIRT. THEY STATE THAT WHEN THESE BRAKES GET DIRTY, IT WILL CAUSE THEM TO NOT FUNCTION CORRECTLY. *AK

THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS PROBLEM HAS RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT. THE FIRST TIME I WASN'T SURE WHAT HAPPEN BUT AFTER SOME INVESTIGATION I FOUND THAT THE ABS SYSTEM WAS NOT WORKING PROPERLY. INSTEAD OF THE BRAKES PUMPING LIKE THEY ARE SUPPOSE TO. WHEN EXCESSIVE FORCE IS APPLIED THE BRAKES LOCK UP AND THE TRUCK GOES INTO A SLIDE. ALSO IF YOU ARE APPLING THE FORCE TO THE BRAKES AND YOU HIT A HOLE OR ANY OBJECT IN THE ROAD THIS CAUSES THE BRAKE TO RELEASE RESULTING IN LOSS OF BRAKES. IT IS LIKE TRYING TO STOP A FREIGHT TRAIN, I SPOKE WITH DODGE TODAY AND THE CHRYLSLER'S INVESTIGATION TEAM IS GOING TO LOOK INTO THIS PROBLEM. IN THE MEAN TIME, THIS PROBLEM HAS RESULTED IN TWO ACCIDENTS FOR ME CAUSING ME SEVERAL THOUSAND DOLLARS IN DAMAGES TO MY TRUCK. I THINK THERE IS A SERIOUS UNDERLYING PROBLEM WITH MY VEHICLE AND HAS MADE UNSURE THAT I WANT TO CONTINUE TO OWN THIS TRUCK. PLEASE HELP ME WITH THIS MATTER, I DON'T THINK DODGE FEELS THAT IT IS THEIR PROBLEM AND I DONT THINK THEY ARE WILLING TO FIX IT.*AK

BRAKE DRUMS WARPED IN BOTH FRONT AND BACK. REPLACEMENT COST APPROX. $750.00

INTERMITTENTLY WHEN APPLYING BRAKES THE PEDAL STARTS TO STOP NORMALLY. BRAKES BEGIN TO GRIND, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPINGDISTANCE. DEALER HAS INSPECTED VEHICLE, AND DETERMINED THAT ABS SENSOR IS BAD. THE PART HAS BEEN ON BACK ORDER.*AK

VEHICLE FAILED TO STOP AT 2 RED LIGHTS , 2 STOP SIGNS , AND WHILE MAKING A RIGHT TURN AT AN INTERSECTION. THE FIRST INCIDENT WAS ABOUT 1 YEAR AGO. THE DEALER HAS INSPECTED THE CAR AND BELIEVES IT IS THE ABS MODULE , WHICH THEY HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR ABOUT 4 MONTHS FROM DODGE .

WHEN DRIVING AT 30-35 MPH AND UPON DEPRESSING BRAKE PEDAL TO MAKE A NORMAL STOP CONSUMER NOTICED A LOUD NOISE, BRAKE PEDAL GOT VERY HARD, MAKING IT VERY DIFFICULT TO STOP WHICH CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. DEALER FOUD NOTHING WRONG WITH THE BRAKES. ALSO NEITHER DRIVER'S SIDE NOR PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED.

I'VE CONTACTED DODGE A NUMBER OF TIMES, THEY DECLINE RESPONSABILITY FOR AIRBAGS AND REFUSE COMMENT ON BRAKE PEDAL FAILURE. THIS IS ALSO THE FOURTH TIME I'VE ATTEMPTED TO CONTACT NHTSA AND WOULD LIKE A REPLY.

I'VE CONTACTED DODGE A NUMBER OF TIMES, THEY DECLINE RESPONSABILITY FOR AIRBAGS AND REFUSE COMMENT ON BRAKE PEDAL FAILURE. THIS IS ALSO THE FOURTH TIME I'VE ATTEMPTED TO CONTACT NHTSA AND WOULD LIKE A REPLY.*AK

APPROACHING A STOP WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH DRIVER APPLIED BRAKES AND ABS LOCKED UP, CAUSING A REAR END CRASH. THERE WAS ALMOST $2,000 DAMAGE TO VEHICLE.. PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT, VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO THE DEALERSHIP NUMEROUS TIMES FOR THIS PROBLEM. DEALERSHIP HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

UPON COLD START WHEN PLACING VEHICLE IN REVERSE AND DRIVE, AND UPON DEPRESSING BRAKE PEDAL, PEDAL GETS VERY HARD, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. EMERGENCY PARKING BRAKE IS ENGAGE IN ORDER TO STOP VEHICLE. PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER, DEALER HAS YET TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

THE CONSUMER HAD THE BRAKE PADS REPLACED AND THE ROTORS RESURFACED, HOWEVER AFTER REPAIRS THE BRAKES ARE MAKING NOISE. *MJS

ANTI-LOCK BRAKES FAILED, CAUSING VEHICLE TO SKID, AND RESULTING IN NEAR MISS ON TWO OCCASIONS, CLUTCH FAN WASNT WORKING SINCE DATE OF PURCHASE ENGINE SOUNDED LIKE JET ENGINE GETTING READY FOR TAKE OFF ASKED DEALER IF NORMAL, SAID YES. TRANSFER CASE STARTED GROWLING AFTER PUT IN TO FOUR WHEEL DRIVE FOR FIRST TIME. OUTPUT BEARINGS IN TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REPLACED.

AFTER BEING STOPPED AT A SEMAPHORE CONTROLLED INTERSECTION, THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN AND TRAFFIC PROCEEDED TO CROSS THE INTERSECTION. AS I WAS ENTERING THE INTERSECTION, TRAFFIC AHEAD OF ME CAME TO AN ABRUPT STOP. WITH PLENTY OF TIME TO STOP, I STEPPED HARD ONCE ON THE BRAKE, BUT THE VEHICLE DID NOT SLOW DOWN. I EVEN HAD TIME TO LOOK DOWN TO BE SURE THAT MY FOOT WAS INDEED ON THE BRAKE BEFORE LOOKING UP TO WATCH AS I HIT THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME.*AK

WENT TO APPLY BRAKES TO STOP WHEN BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. ABS LIGHT CAME ON. HAD NO BRAKES, AND HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE IN REAR. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. BRAKE FAILURE LIGHT DID NOT INDICATE ANY PROBLEMS. TAKING VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP.*AK

CONSUMER HAS HAD PROBLEMS WITH ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM. EMPLOYEE OF CHRYSLER DROVE VEHICLE WITH CONUSMER & FOUND OUT ABS BRAKES LOCKED UP. DEALERSHIP, WHERE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED, COULDN'T DETERMINE WHAT WAS THE CAUSE. CONSUMER WAS TRYING TO CONTACT MANUFACTURER. *AK

2 WEEKS AGO I HAD THE REAR BRAKES LOCK-UP UNDER LESS THAN MODERATE PRESSURE. THE DEALERSHIP ADJUSTED THE BRAKES AND CHARGED ME 35.00. THEN ON 5-15 THEY LOCKED-UP AGAIN WITH THE SAME AMOUNT OF BREAK PRESSURE. THERE IS VIRTUALLY NO WARNING EXCEPT THE BRAKE PEDAL IS A LITTLE STIFFER. AFTER THE BRAKES WERE ADJUSTED I DID NOTICE THAT MY MILEAGE INCREASED ALMOST 2MPG (SO IT'S OBVIOUS THEY MUST HAVE BEEN DRAGGGING) I CONTACTED CHRYSLER CUSTOMER SERVICE AND THEY SAID IT WAS A VEHICLE MAINTENCE PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE IS LESS THAN 2 YEARS OLD AND LESS THAN 16,000 MILES SO IT SHOULDN'T NEED ANY REAR BRAKE ADJUSTMENT. THE REAR ARE SELF ADJUSTING ANYWAY. I FEEL THAT THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY CONCERN ESPECIALLY SINCE I TRANSPORT MY WIFE AND CHILD IN THIS VEHICLE. CHRYSLER SAID MY COMPLAINT WAS THE ONLY ONE WHICH I UNDERSTAND I MAY HAVE "LEMON" BRAKES ON MY VEHICLE. I COMMUTE ON THE CAPITAL BELTWAY EVERYDAY AND HAVE LOCKED-UP THE BRAKES AT AROUND 55 TO 60 MPH A FEW TIMES. I HOPE THIS ISSUE IS TAKEN SERIOUSLY BECAUSE MY WIFE IS AFRAID TO DRIVE THIS VEHICLE ANY LONGER. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. PAUL D. ALLEN. *AK

WHILE DRIVING, ABS BRAKE AND AIR BAG LIGHTS WILL COME ON UNEXPECTEDLY. ALSO, CRUISE CONTROL WILL SHIFT SPEED. *AK

DEALER PERFORMED UNAUTHORIZED BRAKE SERVICE, AFTER CONSUMER RETRIEVED VEHICLE FROM DEALER CONSUMER NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM BENEATH THE VEHICLE, UPON INSPECTION FOUND OUT THAT THE BRAKE WERE BURNING. NLM

CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE INTO THE DEALERSHIP FOR RECALL 99V342000 REPAIRS/ FUEL LEAKAGE. MECHANIC DID ADDITIONAL WORK ON VEHICLE WITHOUT CONSUMER'S PERMISSION. HE PERFORMED BRAKE WORK, CLEANED THE ROTORS. SHE PICKED UP VEHICLE ON THE SAME DAY THAT SHE LEFT IT AT DEALERSHIP. CONSUMER WAS SIX MILES DOWN THE ROAD AND NOTICED BLACK SMOKE COMING FROM VEHICLE. SHE PULLED OVER AND SMOKE WAS COMING FROM THE WHEELS OF ALL FOUR TIRES. VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED, AND THE VEHICLE IS AT THE DEALERSHIP AGAIN. *AK *ML

CONSUMER WAS APPROACHING A STOP LIGHT AND ATTEMPTED TO APPLY BRAKES, AND THE RIGHT FRONT BRAKE LOCKED UP, CAUSING THE CONSUMER TO SLIDE INTO THE SIDE OF ANOTHER AUTOMOBILE. THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS FAILURES OF THE BRAKES, ALWAYS UNDER WET ROAD CONDITIONS. *AK *ML

VEHICLE IS EQUIPPED WITH REAR ANTI- LOCK BRAKES. IN WET OR SNOWY CONDITIONS, REAR WHEELS LOCK UP, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SKID, WHICH MAY CAUSE NO BRAKING AND RESULT IN A CRASH. VEHICLE HAS RWAL BRAKES. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH AND IN AN EMERGANCY STOP T BRAKING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED WHICH HAD AN IMPACT. ROAD WAS WET BUT THERE WAS PLENTY OF DISTANCE TO STOP. VEHICLE JUST SKID. CAUSE UNKOWN. CURRENTLY NO PROBLEMS WITH RWAL ABS SYSTEM.

ABS FAILS TO ACTIVATE ON SNOW, ICE OR WET ROADS. DEALER SAYS THE CONDITION IS NORMAL.

WHILE DRIVING AT 15 MPH APPLIED THE BRAKES, AND THEY WENT STRAIGHT TO THE FLOORBOARD, AND FAILED, VEHICLE LOST CONTROL, RESULTING IN TWO COLLISIONS.

WHILE TURNING INTO A PARKING LOT AND ENGINE STALLED/WHEEL LOCKED UP AND POWER BRAKES QUIT.CONTACTED DEALER AND MANUFACTURER. HAS BEEN REPAIRED 3 TIMES. *AK

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING INSIDE OF A PARKING GARAGE UPON APPLYING BRAKES THE BRAKES DIDN'T WORK HAD TO PUT ON EMERGENCY BRAKES TO PULL INTO A PARKING SPACE. THEN TRUCK STARTED SMOKING UNDERNEATH HIS VEHICLE. CONSUME R TRIED TO OPEN HOOD AND IT WOULDN'T COME UP. VEHICLE STARTED TO SPIT OUT SPARKS AND FIRE OCCURRED. FLAMES STARTED DRIPPING FROM UNDERNEATH THE HOOD. THEN THE TRUCK EXPLODED AND THE TWO FRONT TIRES BLEW OUT. FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS NOTIFIED. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING ABOUT 45 MPH REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE IN FRONT. IT WAS NOT RAINING BUT GROUND WAS WET. CONSUMER SAID WHEN THE DRIVER IN FRONT PUT ON THE BRAKES, SHE WAS ABOUT SIX CAR LENTHS BEHIND WITH PLENTY OF TIME TO STOP. BUT, CAR DIDN'T STOP, CAUSING A COLLISION. CONSUMER WAS NOT HURT, BUT THE PEOPLE IN THE OTHER CAR WERE. *AK

WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES WHILE PULLING A 26 FOOT CAMPING TRAILER, BRAKES LOCKED UP. THE VEHICLE SKIDDED APPROXIMATELY 150 FEET BEFORE COMING TO A STOP. REAR TIRES WERE "FLAT SPOTTED" DUE TO BRAKES LOCKING. THIS HAPPENED WHILE MAKING AN EMERGENCY STOP. WHEN THE SYSTEM WAS CHECKED BY DEALERSHIP FOR TROUBLE, COMPUTER PRINTED OUT "WRONG ANTI LOCK CONTROLLER FOR THIS VEHICLE". THE CONTROL BOX WAS REPLACED WITH THE CORRECT UNIT. *AK

WATER STAIN ON HEADLINER, 3 OF THE 4 WINDOWS HAVE ALL BEEN STUCK IN THE UP POSITION A TOTAL OF 5 TIMES,THE BACK OF THE VECHICLE SLIDES OUT OF CONTROL IN WET CONDITIONS,BRAKES PADS ALREADY HAD TO BE REPLACED IN UNDER 10000 MILES. *AK

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES THERE IS A HARD RESISTANCE AND THE VEHICLE DOES NOT STOP. VEHICLE HAS REAR ENDED TWO DIFFERENT VEHICLES. DEALER SAYS THE BRAKE VACUUM SYSTEM IS WORKING PROPERLY. *AK

WHEN TOUCHING THE BRAKES SLOWLY VEHICLE WILL LOCK UP WITHOUT WARNING WHICH CAUSED AN ACCIDENT ONCE. ON ANOTHER OCCASION CAUSED A CHILD TO BE THROWN FOWARD AND HIT WINDSHIELD, CUTTING HER MOUTH. CERTIFIED MECHANIC STATED THAT FRONT CALIPERS WILL STICK WHILE THE REAR WHEEL ABS WILL PUSH IT FORWARD. *AK

LEASED. OWNER'S MANUAL STATES STARTING THE VEHICLE BRAKES MUST BE APPLIED AND SHIFTING TO ANY DRIVING RANGE, BUT WHEN BRAKES ARE NOT APPLIED, VEHICLE CAN BE SHIFTED INTO GEAR. MANUFACTURER CONTACTED, AND STATED VEHICLES DESIGN DOES NOT HAVE THE SHIFT INTERLOCK. PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION *AK

WHEN DRIVING AT 5-10 MPH AND WHEN TOUCHING BRAKES, THE WHEELS SCREECHED AND LOCKED UP AS IF SLAMMED ON BRAKES. INCIDENT OCCURRED AGAIN AT 30-35 MPH. ACCIDENT OCCURRED. VEHICLE HAD $5,000 DAMAGES. DEALER HAS THE VEHICLE, TESTING. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK