engine problem
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2007Jan 20
(reported on)Durango
- Automatic transmission
- 1,200 miles
I have been having problems with my durango ever since I bought it. This is not a winter car in the north. My car started chuggin' (misfiring) and I took it to the dealership and they said I had water in where my sparkplugs were. I asked how it got there and they stated that it was caused for carwash. If that's the cause no one better take their cars through car wash because your gonna get water in your sparkplugs. I said fine, so i started washing my car by hand. Let me remind you this is only happening in the winter months that there is snow on the ground. this keeps happening and the only thing they are doing is putting lubericant in the sparkplugs to dry them out. I may be a woman but I am not dumb. It started snowing this week and my engine light came on again and it is misfiring. I have to take my durango back in so they can do their temp. fix on it. Thank god this is a leased durango but I do feel sorry for the next person that buys it because if they didn't fix the problem correctly now the next person is gonna get it.
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2007Oct 09
(reported on)Durango ST V6
I bought in April 2005 a 2004 Dodge Durango with 100 miles, in August 2005 I initially took my vehicle into the local dodge dealer due to my check engine light coming on. I was told two days later that there was NO problem with my vehicle, the the light never came on, and the shaking I was having was the way my vehicle was supposed to drive. In April 2007, my brother (a Chrysler Mechanic) borrowed my car for the weekend to drive up to school. When he returned my car, he told me to take it directly to our local Chyrlser dealer and have it checked out cause something was extremely wrong. I took it in and they said I needed some engine work, and my transmission looked at, but that they couldn't fit me in that week due to it being season in our town. So I brought it in the next week. Two weeks later I finally pick up my car, they had only done transmission work. The "engine guy" was backed up. Finally, early July I brought it in again. Well my car needed a new engine, and a ton of bolts and other adjustments due to a bunch of stuff was missing/installed incorrectly...now I've never taken this vehicle to any one other than Dodge or Chrysler, and they've tried blaming me ...On August 9th I received my car back, by the 10th I was ready to return it cause It was STILL shaking, and the 12th my check engine light came back on. I called Chrysler to inform them, they told me to drive it for a week, and see if the light went off. It never did. I went to take my vehicle in and Chrylser refused to work on it. told me to take it to Dodge. Well Dodge is on the other side of town, so I had to wait until I had more time to get there. The next week I was driving to my mothers house and the car started sputtering, not wanting to drive, the RPM's were jumping everywhere. It ended up correcting itself. But still first thing Monday I drove to Dodge, they said water had gotten into my sparkplugs, cause the techs used the wrong sparkplugs on my engine, and didn't screw in all the way. Had to pay for a $273. tune up on an engine that didn't yet have 1,000 miles. (I'm still waiting to have Daimler chrysler reimburse). Well two weeks after that, I had the same issues again, car is shaking extremely bad after 70 mph (i do alot of interstate driving), shakes bad at idle, check engine light is back on again, not wanting to drive. Well I took it in to Dodge again and they said I could have a harmonic balancer problem in the engine. Now remember, tomorrow would be two months that I've had my vehicle back from the new engine being installed. Of that time, my car has been in the shop close to a month. I've been out of it now three weeks. and the time with the tune up was 4 days. I get a call that because dodge is owned seperatly from our local chrysler, they can't warranty out my engine, and I need to take it to Chrysler, who by the way refuses to work on my vehicle. I've been assigned a special claims rep in Detroit with Daimler Chrysler, but have found pretty much that they are just a sounding board when your mad. They don't really get much done for you. Still waiting to find out what they can do to fix my vehicle. They tell me that I am a second owner on the vehicle so I'm not covered under the Lemon Law's, but Daimler Chrysler is the only other person to hold a title on the vehicle. I'm at a loss, I've basically got an expensive paperweight.
Cristina T.
Ft. Myers, FL, USA
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