1999 Dodge Dodge Truck

THE PREVIOUS RECALL FOR BALL JOINTS DID NOT INCLUDE THIS VEHICLE WHICH IS A 1999 DURANGO, I HAD TO PAY OUT OF POCKET TO HAVE THEM REPLACE BALL JOINTS IN NOVEMBER 2004. WHEN I RECENTLY HAD MY VEHICLE LOOKED OVER BY THE DEALER, I WAS TOLD THAT I NEED NEW BALL JOINTS AGAIN. I DON'T THINK I SHOULD HAVE BEEN EXCLUDED FROM THE INITIAL BALL JOINT RECALL. OBVIOUSLY MY VEHICLE WAS SHOWING QUALIFICATIONS.*AK

THE STEERING IS LOOSE. THE TRUCK WANDERS BACK AND FORTH IN THE LANE. THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE WEARS CONSIDERABLY FASTER THAN ANY OF THE OTHER TIRES DESPITE REGULAR ALIGNMENTS PERFORMED AT A DEALERSHIP. IT IS A 1999, DODGE RAM 4X4 1500 SPORT PICKUP. I HAVE CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP WHERE PURCHASED AS WELL AS CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS AND THEY STATED THERE ARE NO CURRENT ISSUES WITH THIS VEHICLE. *AK

I HAD MY VEHICLE AT THE DEALERSHIP LAST YEAR AND THEY RECOMMENDED THAT I HAVE THE UPPER BALL JOINTS REPLACED. THINKING THEY WERE JUST TRYING TO GET MORE MONEY OUT OF ME, I DID NOT HAVE THE WORK DONE. I THEN HEARD ABOUT THE RECALL OF THE 2000--- AND THOUGHT MINE SHOULD BE INCLUDED. IT WASN'T AND I DID NOT GET A SUFFICIENT ANSWER FROM CHRYSLER AS TO WHY IT WASN'T. I WANTED DATA WHICH I FOUND HERE ON THIS SITE. BEFORE TAKING MY SMALL CHILDREN ON A VACATION IN THE TRUCK, I AM HAVING THE PARTS REPLACED BY A PRIVATE MECHANIC, WHOM I TRUST.

I WAS DRIVING MY 1999 DODGE DURANGO WHEN I NOTICED MY BRAND NEW FRONT TIRES WERE WEARING FUNNY. I THOUGHT THE ALIGNMENT WAS BAD, TOOK IT TO GET FIXED, AND FOUND OUT IT WAS ALL FOUR OF THE FRONT BALL JOINTS. NOW THERE IS A HORRIBLE SHAKING IN THE FRONT END, AND SQUEAK. I WAS QUOTED CLOSE TO $1000.00 TO FIX. I KNOW THIS HAS BEEN A VERY COMMON PROBLEM AMONG THE 1999 YEAR BUT THE RECALL IS ONLY GOOD FOR THE 2000-2002. I DO NOT HAVE THIS KIND OF MONEY TO PUT INTO SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE TAKEN CARE OF BY THE DEALERS.

ALL 4 BALL JOINTS IN MY 1999 DODGE DURANGO WENT BAD AT 38,000 MILES. CAR WAS UNCONTROLLABLE AND I WAS AFRAID TO DRIVE IT SO I CALLED MY DEALER. HE INFORMED ME THAT IT WAS NOT UNDER WARRANTY AND NO RECALLS HAD BEEN ISSUED. I THEN TOOK MY 1999 DURANGO TO MY SERVICE REPAIR MAN AT WHICH TIME HE INFORMED ME THAT ALL BALL JOINTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND THAT ME & MY FAMILY WERE IN DANGER OF AN ACCIDENT FROM THE WHEELS FALLING OFF. I HAD ONLY HAD THE VEHICLE FOR 3 YEARS AFTER BUYING IT NEW FROM THE DEALER AND ONLY USED IT FOR LOCAL DRIVING. *AK

IN OCTOBER OF 2003 OUR 1999 DURANGO BEGAN MAKING SQUEAKING NOISES WHEN GOING OVER BUMPS. AT THE TIME WE ONLY HAD 56,442 MILES ON IT. WE HAD HEARD OF COMPLAINTS VIA TELEVISION WHERE UPPER BALL JOINTS WERE THE CAUSE OF SOME OWNERS DURANGO'S WHEELS TO COMPLETELY DISENGAGE AND COME OFF. WE HAD BEEN HEARING THIS NOISE IN OUR "99 DURANGO FOR SOME TIME, SO THOUGHT IT BEST FOR SAFETY PURPOSES TO HAVE IT CHECKED OUT AT OUR DEALERSHIP LITHIA DODGE IN EUGENE, ORE. THEY VERIFIED THAT THE UPPER BALL JOINTS WERE WORN PREMATURELY AND WERE IN NEED OF REPLACEMENT. THEY REPLACED THE UPPERCONTROL ARMS WITH BALL JOINT , BUT WERE UNABLE TO GUARANTEE WEAR AS THEY REPLACED THEM BASICALLY WITH THE PARTS THAT HAVE NOW BEEN DEEMED DEFECTIVE BY CHRYSLER CORP. WE FEEL THAT THIS RECALL IS NOT GOING BACK FAR ENOUGH. DAIMLER CHRYSLER NEEDS TO ALSO INCLUDE THE 1999 DODGE DURANGO.*AK