BASIC AUTO CHECKUP DESOVERED ISSUE. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS LIFTED IN THE AIR THE FRONT END FELL APART. BOTH BALL JOINTS FOR THE 2000 DURANGO I OWN HAD TO BE REPLACED WHICH END UP COSTING CLOSE TO $500. I HAD HEARD 1 YEAR AGO ABOUT POSSIBLE PROBLEM BUT DIDN'T THINK ANYTHING OF IT UNTIL NOW WHICH LEAD ME TO RESEARCH IT. IT WOULD SEEM THIS IS A VERY COMMON ISSUE, AND IT COULD HAVE POSSIBLITY BEEN WORSE BY IT FALLING OFF WHILE I WAS DRIVING, WHICH COULD HAVE RESULTING IS SERIOUS INJURY.*AK
2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
I HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM AS MANY OTHER DODGE DURANGO OWNERS ARE EXPERIENCING. MINE IS A 2004 DODGE DURANGO WITH A 5.7 HEMI ENGINE. IT WAS ALWAYS PROPERLY MAINTAINED AND SERVICED. ONE MORNING WE WENT TO TURN IT ON AND A LOUD KNOCKING SOUND CAME OUT OF THE ENGINE. IT WAS A BROKEN ROD. WITHOUT ANY SYMPTOMS OR ANY WARNINGS WHATSOEVER, A ROD DECIDED TO BREAK. INCREDIBLE TO THINK THAT A WELL MAINTAINED ENGINE WOULD BREAK FOR NO REASON WITH LESS THAN 100K MILES ON IT. *TT