8.7
pretty badTypical Repair Cost:
$175.00
Average Mileage:
145,184 miles
Total Complaints:
9 complaints
Most common solutions:
- not sure (9 reports)
engine problem
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2009Jun 22
Durango
- Automatic transmission
- 100,000 miles
My 18 year old son purchased a used 1999 Durango and one week into driving it the Durango shuts down and loses all power. We have found that after letting it sit for a bit it will start back up. After searching on line it appears to be a notorious problem and I am finding it hard to believe Chrysler has not come up with a resolution to this. This could be extremely dangerous. This happens nearly every day to him. It really is a bad situation. You have a teenager, working full time, trying to pay his way through college, borrows money to purchase what he thought was a decent dependable vehicle only to find out afterward the person who sold it to him surely knew about the problems and was not honest NOW trying to find an inexpensive fix for it. Suggestions???????
2009Apr 08
Durango LS 5.9L V8
- Automatic transmission
- 266,654 miles
I have a 99 durango. it wants to stall every once in a while then it might stop for a day or 2 then start again. the rpms go up and down, not like real fast, then it will drop down below two rpms. it shut off sometimes. i have to hold the brake and gas at the same time to keep it started then sometimes my rpm wil stick up real high and its like im burning out without even pressin the gas i have know idea what it could be
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2009Apr 30
Durango SLT V8
- Automatic transmission
- 154,000 miles
I have a 1999 Dodge Durango with 154,000 miles on it. It's cutting off/stalling out in idle mode, or basically once it gets below 2RPMs. Once it's above 2RPMs, it runs beautifully, no problems. No check engine light on, the oil pressure gauge is NOT dropping or moving up and down eratically at all, the TPS has been replaced, the air idle control valve has been replaced, air filter, and few other minor things replaced and still no luck. We took it to a mechanic who was a complete ass to begin with by telling us he didn't really WANT to look at the vehicle in the first place, but did. His conclusion (after SUPPOSEDLY looking at it) was that the compression was low or completely gone in the engine, and the only thing to do was to replace the engine at $3000. Needless to say we took our vehicle back from the shop after hours and didn't pay him a dime, because he was full of sh*t and we don't even think he properly diagnosed it. Funny thing is, when we drove it home from the mechanic, it didn't cut off AT ALL! It hasn't been driven since we brought it home which was yesterday to see if it would cut off again, but it probably will. We are taking to another mechanic this weekend which is a friend of the family so we TRUST him, but we are willing to take any suggestions we can get. I know it's hard to diagnose something you can't physically see or drive, but ANY suggestions would greatly be appreciated. I love my durango(although I swear by foreign made cars), and just want it to be fixed!
2008Aug 26
Durango V8
- Automatic transmission
- 167,000 miles
engine shuts down while driving without notice, replaced a/c idle control sensor three times, check engine light still on, still doing the same thing is worse in warm weather.
2009Apr 01
Durango SLT 5.2L
- Automatic transmission
- 135,000 miles
I have heard of this problem over and over again. I have to say the only thing I can attribute it to is the sledge in the engine plugging the oil pump. I know I have some non believers but just listen here young grasshoppers I too was a non believer and low and behold I am a changed man. I once was lost but have found my way. I had this issue and I am an A.S.E. master certified technician and even I was boggled. So I made a flyer and hung it in my repair shop looking for people with the same issue and actually found 6 others as pissed as we are. So in an effort to help honest hard working broke ass people like us I offered my services for free to try to end this problem once and for all. I carefully dissected 3 engines and found all three oil pumps cutting out intermittently so I cleaned the screens thoroughly on the pump and on those three engines the problems stopped so I replaced all of the rest with new pumps (on my shop credit card) and only one still had the problem which ended up being electrical. So I don't promise all will be fixed but at least look into it. I really want everyone email me feed back so I can continue to help my freinds on this sight. Thanks and God Bless
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2008Jul 01
Durango 4.6L
- Automatic transmission
- 95,000 miles
My Lemon
I wish i would have read this blog prior to my purchase. I have similar if not the exact problem with my Durango. While driving the vehicle shuts off during the heat and then after 5-20 minutes the vehicle then comes back on. It is very dangerous and annoying especially in the summer time. Has Dodge recalled this vehicle if not they need to. it can be a death trap. Does anyone have information concerning this vehicle, they should not be allowed to operate in the U.S.
2009Jan 12
Durango 5.2L V8
- Automatic transmission
- 140,000 miles
My car stalls while driving with no real reason. I don't have any faith in it to go more then 10 miles at a time, I had to take my 2 year old son to the Hospital that's a little over 10 miles and I stalled, Had to wait on the side of the road for 20 mins and It started back up. This is a pain and I feel like driving it into the ocean. I wanted a Durango for many years and now I cant stand one.
2007Dec 27
Durango SLT V8
- Automatic transmission
- 150,000 miles
shuts down without warning safety hazard should be a recall i will sue if i get hurt
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2009Oct 26
Durango SLT V8
My Durango stopped on me around six months ago for the first time. After 15 minutes or so it started back up and ran fine. I had a diagnostic run on it. All it would report is that the vehicle had Auto-stopped on me. I was in Colorado then. I married a woman in California and headed for Redding in June. The Durango Auto-Stopped several times on the 1300 mile trip. This is dangerous, of course, because you lose your power steering and brakes whenever it happens. There is no warning whatsoever. I had it diagnosed here in Redding and was told the same thing as before. The mechanic here suggested I had to wait until I experienced "an event" that would register a code before the problem could be identified and dealt with. I bought a new Auto-stop relay and called a local mechanic. By that time, because of several Auto-stops, I was aware that the only gauge that didn't work when I Auto-stopped was the gas gauge. The mechanic figured this was an indicator that the fuel pump sensor was reporting to the computer that I was out of gas. That made sense to me because I could turn the car over, the lights and horn worked, etc. He replaced the fuel pump ($590.00) and I thought we were good to go. My wife and I were out in a rural area giving her 15-year-old daughter a driving lesson, going 40mph down a country road when the car begain to drift to the right. The girl complained that the steering wheel was locked as we barrelled along the shoulder and through the weeds. I was in the back seat and told her to just apply the brakes and stop the car. She was upset, of course, and complained that the brakes didn't work either as we went through a stop sign. Drivers from both directions very nearly T-boned us as she put her whole leg into the brake. I got out and explained to a bunch of angry people that it wasn't the girl's fault, she had, in fact, done very well to keep her head and slam her leg into the brake. We'd have ended up in a river if she hadn't. I threw my shoulder into the thing and pushed it to the side of the road for the hundredth time, waited 15 minutes, started it up and drove it home. I certainly wouldn't sell this vehicle to another unsuspecting soul (it runs fine for up to 15 miles before it Auto-stops). I've read other comments on your site and don't see a clear solution to this problem. If misery loves company, I suppose I should feel good because there are lots of other folks dealing with this. I don't, I just hope someone has figured it out by now.
Thanks! Tom (WordWulf)
wordwulf
Redding, California, USA
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