Component: electrical system details: i own a 1999 dodge durango it has 130000 miles on for the past 2 months it just shuts off no power to gauges and engine dies just like i turned the engine off doesn't matter where you are just have to wait about 30 min and will start back up this is very dangerous to my family after searching the web for this problem i noticed several other people have the same problem this happens daily several mechanics have looked for the problem but it has not been found dodge needs to step up to the plate and repair there defective vehicles. last year i had to replaced the master brain was told this was the problem. now one year later after the warranty is out it is doing it again, no one can find out why it is cutting out again, been in shop several time with told nothing is wrong. i have had this 1999 dodge durango since 1999 and always taken care of it as far as maintenance goes. someone please tell me what is causing the problem. i do not want another suv to roll over because of cutting out and not being able to control the suv. i bought a dodge because this happen once to my ford and i almost lost my family (3 children and husband) that time. i did lose the full use of my left hand. this problem need to be taken care of please help i see i am not the only one. *tr
Durango was parked at a business lot when my mother tried to start it the gas gauge didn't register, so she called my husband to come and see if he could get the vehicle started. he couldn't get it started after about half and hour of trying so he called a friend to tow it home. i went with them to tow it and tread before we hooked it up to start the durango. the gas gauge registered and the vehicle started. i drove it about three blocks before the vehicle shut down on me in the middle of traffic. it started back up and i drove about half a block before the durango shut off on me again. i was lucky enough to manage to pull over to the side of the road this time, but i was still in the lane the vehicles were driving in with a vehicle that wouldn't start. once again the gas gauge wouldn't register and vehicle wouldn't start. a police office stopped by to check on me and to inform me that where my vehicle had broken down in a very bad place. we then towed the vehicle home. after ariving home we checked the durango and it started for about 3 min. after whitch it died again, it restarted right after it died but only to shut off wiht in another minute or so. this is the vehicle i use to take my child places, and other children also, i am only glad that my mother had barrowed the car for the day and i wasnt stuck with my son in a vehicle that could have turned in to a death trap had i been on the freeway. we just put on a new startd last week and have had no problems before this, other than the heater not working. *ak
Dt: the caller said that the vehicle shuts down. this happened at any speed. when he pulled off of the road and sat there for a while and the vehicle started up again. the caller stated it has happened intermittently. the dealer did not know what was wrong with the vehicle. the manufacturer was not aware of the problem, and urged the consumer to go back to the dealer and perform a diagnostic test. the problem started on june 13, 2005, and it was happening to both the caller and his wife. the dealer wanted to replace the fuel pump and filter. the caller said that his wife just came in and has been on the side of road the for the last 2 hours with this problem. she was almost ticketed for stopping on the interstate. she was pushed off to the side of the road. his wife told the police that it wouldn't start in a while so they let her sit there until it started. *ak the consumer purchased a pcm and replaced it. the vehicle stopped the stalling. *sc
While driving there was a popping noise. the vehicle was taken to the dealer in which they found that the upper and lower ball joints were completely worn out. *ak the cover under the hood was ripened, the black guard under the front of the vehicle was hanging, the coolant resevoir was leaking, the power steering fluid leaked, the a/c was not cooling due to an open wire from the low push switch, and the fuel gauge did not read properly. *sc
Front suspension/ball bearings completely gone. oil pressure gage drops to 0 even after having the oil changed. transmission problems. abs and brake light stays on.
The oil pressure dropped and all the lights on the panel had come on. while driving the vehicle had become sluggish and then had gone back to normal. the dealer was unable to remedy. the oil was burning every 200 miles. the ovt valley pan gasket was changed, and the intake gasket was replaced. there was a loud knocking and or clicking in the motor. the dealer found sludge in the motor, and found that it was blown. the seat wouldn't slide/hard to lift, and the a/c compressor was found loose. ts scc