2002 Dodge Durango Brakes Problems

WHILE DRIVING, NO MATTER WHAT SPEED THE VEHICLE STARTS TO SPUTTER, LOSES POWER AND WILL STALL. I WAS LOW ON GAS, AND TOOK MY CAR TO A LOCAL GAS STATION FOR FUEL. AFTER PUTTING $10 IN MY CAR WAS RUNNING EXTREMELY ROUGH. I WAS DOING ABOUT 20 MPH, WHEN IT JUST SHUT OFF. BRAKES GOT REAL HARD. AFTER RE STARTING THE VEHICLE ALL SEEMED NORMAL. THEN, I DROVE ABOUT 3 CAR LENGTHS AND IT DID IT AGAIN AT A RED LIGHT. I TRIED PUSHING THE GAS TO SEE IF THAT WOULD DO ANYTHING, IT DIDNT. I DROVE ALL IN , ABOUT 3 MILES, AND THE CAR STALLED 7 TIMES. WHILE IN THE DRIVE THROUGH, IT STALLED 3 ABD AT ONE POINT JERKED SO FAR I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO HIT THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. VEHICLE SPEED DOES NOT MATTER , AS IT WILL SLOWLY LOSE POWER AND TURN OFF. I WAS DRIVING LOCALLY ON A CITY STREET. MY BEST GUESS TO THIS PROBLEM WOULD BE SOMETHING RELATED TO THE EVAP SYSTEM, QUITE POSSIBLY THE PURGE VALVE BUT IM NOT 100% SURE BUT THIS SITUATION IS VERY UNSAFE, I HAVE 2 SMALL CHILDREN AND CANNOT DRIVE THIS VEHICLE. DURING MY TRIP THE SPEED WAS BETWEEN 20-45 MPH

HAPPENED TWICE SINCE DEC. 2018 WHEN DRIVING ON CITY STREETS AT SPEED OF APRX. 35-45 AND ABS WAS DEPLOYED IT IMMEDIATLY UNLOCKED AND JUMPED FORWARD CAUSING THE CAR TO NOT IMMEDIATELY STOP. CAME VERY CLOSE TO REAR ENDING CAR IN FRONT OF ME HAD I BEEN CLOSER.

HAD TO PUT IN THE SHOP FOR THE BRAKE LINES WERE RUSTED THROUGH AND THE EXHAUST IS THE SAME WAY TO THE MANIFOLD

THE BRAKING SYSTEM HAS ALWAYS HAD A PROBLEM "SKIPPING" EVEN AFTER MULTIPLE REPAIRS - REPLACING BRAKES, ROTORS, BRAKE BOOSTER, MASTER CYLINDER, HUBS AND WHEEL BEARINGS. IF I HAVE TO COME TO A "SHORT STOP" THE TRUCK SKIPS LIKE IT TRIES TO STOP, LETS GO, THEN TRIES TO STOP AGAIN. IT HAPPENS ABOUT 3-4 TIMES BEFORE IT ACTUALLY COMES TO A COMPLETE STOP! I THINK IT IS RELATED TO THE DURANGO'S. I HAD ANOTHER MODEL YEARS AGO (1999) AND THE SAME THING HAPPENED. I DIDN'T REALIZE UNTIL HAVING THE SAME TROUBLE WITH THE 2002 MODEL IT WAS PROBABLY RELATED TO THE MODEL OF THE VEHICLE OR MAYBE DODGE IN GENERAL. I WAS ACTUALLY IN 2 VERY MINOR ACCIDENTS DUE TO THIS. ONCE IN EACH VEHICLE. AFTER THE LAST ROUND OF REPAIRS ALL SEEMED GREAT, BUT IT JUST NEVER LASTS! *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 DODGE DURANGO. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AND TRAVELED TO THE FLOORBAORD. IN ADDITION, BOTH REAR WHEELS SEIZED. THE CONTACT WAITED A WHILE AND CONTINUED DRIVING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE BRAKES FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 117,000. *DT UPDATED 12/06/18*JB

I WAS PARKED IN DRIVEWAY AS I WAS EXITING TO GO INTO STREET THE BRAKES FELT VERY SOFT. AS I SHIFTED INTO DRIVE THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY DOWN WITH MINIMAL BRAKING. I PULLED TO THE SIDE AND STOPPED THE ENGINE. I NOTICED A POOL OF FLUID WHICH TURNED OUT TO BE BRAKE FLUID FROM A BRAKE LINE. TODAY NINE MONTHS LATER THE SAME THING HAPPENED ON THE OTHER SIDE. THIS VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED NEW IN OCTOBER,2003. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 DODGE DURANGO. WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AND THE VEHICLE VIBRATED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS DIFFICULT TO STOP. THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT BRAKE ROTORS AND BRAKES WERE REPLACED; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. IT WAS UNKNOWN WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 210,000.

CONTINUED PROBLEM WITH BRAKING SYSTEM. HAVE HAD BRAKES REPLACED THREE TIMES IN 80K MILES. ONCE THE BRAKES SEIZED ON THE ROAD ( WAS STOPPED BY TROOPER DUE TO SMOKE) AND HAD TO BE TOWED. RECENTLY SIMILAR, PRECURSOR SYMPTOMS TO SEIZING BEGAN AGAIN, THEY WERE CONFIRMED BY MY DEALERSHIP AND THE ENTIRE FRONT BRAKING SYSTEM HAD TO BE REPLACED. THIS IS THE SECOND DODGE TRUCK/VAN THAT I HAVE OWNED THAT HAS HAD THIS PROBLEM. MY PREVIOUS VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED THREE TIMES AFTER THE BRAKES SEIZED. SEEMS TO AFFECT TRUCKS/VANS WITH 16" DIA WHEELS SINCE I HAVE OWNED OTHER CHRYSLER PRODUCTS WITHOUT THIS PROBLEM. THE MAINTENANCE MANAGER'S RESPONSE TO MY COMPLAINT ABOUT THE FOURTH MAJOR BRAKING PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE WAS "NO CAR IS PERFECT". I FULLY UNDERSTAND THAT NOTHING IS PERFECT, BUT IF YOU CAN'T GET THE BRAKING SYSTEM RIGHT YOU SHOULDN'T BE SELLING CARS. IN MY MIND THAT'S THE BRAKING SYSTEM IS THE NUMBER ONE SAFETY PRIORITY ON A VEHICLE. *TR

ABS AND BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON IN THE DASH. THE BRAKES DID BECOME SPONGY. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN DIRECTLY TO THE MECHANIC ABOUT 3/4 DOWN THE ROAD. HE FOUND THE CLIP TO THE REAR ABS SENSOR HAD BROKEN AND THE SENSOR TORN APART. FURTHER INVESTIGATION SHOWED THAT THE SENSOR HAD BEEN BROKEN BY THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL WHICH HAD FOR NO GOOD REASON SHATTERED INTO PIECES. THIS IS A GARAGE KEPT VEHICLE WITH 50,000 MILES AND NO ABUSE. *TR

FRONT LEFT BRAKE CALIPER LOCKED DURING RUSH HOUR LEAVING WASHINGTON, DC ON A FRIDAY EVENING. THE DURANGO HAD 79,000 MILES ON IT. THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED FROM A DEALER'S LOT IN AUGUST 2006. ALL MAINTENANCE HAS BEEN KEPT UP ON THE VEHICLE. WE HAD TO REPLACE BOTH CALIPERS IN THE FRONT. ALSO, REPLACE BOTH BRAKE PADS AND SHOES. THE BRAKE SHOES WERE BRAND NEW. THEY WERE PLACED ON THE DURANGO A MONTH PRIOR.*AK

I HAVE A 2002 DODGE DURANGO. IT HAS REAR ANTILOCK BRAKES. I HAVE HAD NUMEROUS CLOSE CALLS IN HARD STOP SITUATIONS WHERE THE WHEELS LOCK UP AND THE VEHICLE SLIDES FORWARD. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO A BRAKE SPECIALIST WHO AGREED AFTER A TEST RIDE THERE WAS A SERIOUS PROBLEM BUT SAID I NEEDED TO GET THE DEALER INVOLVED. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO SEVERAL DODGE DEALERS OVER A PERIOD OF ABOUT FOUR YEARS. THEY HAVE MADE SEVERAL RECOMMENDATIONS TO WHICH I HAD THE SERVICE DONE AND IT MADE NO DIFFERENCE. NOW THEY KEEP TELLING ME THERE IS NOTHING WRONG. I GOT DODGE REGIONAL INVOLVED LAST YEAR. THEY TOLD ME TO TAKE IT BACK TO THE DEALER AND HAVE THEM CHECK IT OUT. THE DEALER SAID THAT THE ABS WAS ENGAGING EARLY BUT DID NOTHING TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. I RECENTLY REACHED DODGE REGIONAL AGAIN. HE SAYS HE TALKED TO THE SERVICE MANAGER AT THE DEALERSHIP WHO TOLD HIM THEY RECOMMENDED THE ROTORS BE REPLACES AND I REFUSED. I TOLD HIM THAT WAS A LIE THAT I HAD THE ROTORS AND PADS REPLACED. DODGE REGIONAL SAID THERE WAS NOTHING HE COULD DO TO HELP. HE SAID THE SERVICE MANAGER RECOMMENDED I BRING THE CAR IN FOR INSPECTION AGAIN AT ANOTHER $90. I TOLD HIM I REFUSE TO KEEP PAYING THESE FEES TO HAVE THEM TELL ME THERE'S NOTHING WRONG. I THEN PUT IN A CALL TO THE SERVICE MANAGER AT THE DEALER AND LEFT HIM A DETAILED MESSAGE ASKING HIM TO PLEASE RETURN MY CALL. HE NEVER RETURNED MY CALL. I HAVE ATTEMPTED TO REACH DODGE REGIONAL FOR THE LAST FEW DAYS AND HIS PHONE JUST RINGS WITH NO VOICEMAIL PICKING UP. I AM OUT OF IDEAS AND PATIENCE. I LOVE MY VEHICLE BUT IT IS A SEVERE HAZARD. IT SEEMS AS THOUGH ONCE AGAIN NOTHING WILL HAPPEN UNTIL SOMEONE IS KILLED OR SERIOUSLY INJURED BEFORE ANYTHING GETS DONE. I HAVE PLENTY OF DOCUMENTATION WITH MY COMPLAINTS TO THE DEALERS AS BACKUP. I HOPE SOMEONE THERE CAN HELP ME GET THIS PROBLEM RESOLVED. BY THE WAY, I KNOW ANOTHER PERSON WHO HAS THE SAME YEAR DURANGO AS ME AND SHE COMPLAINS OF THE SAME PROBLEM. *TR

I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AT 55 MPH, 6 CAR LENGTHS BEHIND A VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME STOPPED ABRUPTLY (A DISABLE VEHICLE WAS IN THE LANE) AND WHEN I SLAMMED ON THE BRAKES, THE VEHICLE KEPT ROLLING AS IF NO BRAKES WERE APPLIED. MY FOOT WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. THERE WERE NO VIBRATIONS FROM THE ABS AS WELL AS NO LOWERING OF THE FRONT END, TYPICAL FROM BRAKING. I ENDED UP COLLIDING INTO THE VEHICLE AT ABOUT 30 MPH AND THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. I HAD PREVIOUSLY COMPLAINED SEVERAL TIMES TO MY DEALER THAT THE BRAKES WERE FAULTY IN A PANIC SITUATION. I COMPLAINED SHORTLY AFTER PURCHASING THE VEHICLE AND UP UNTIL A YEAR AGO. IN ALL INSTANCES, I WAS ADVISED THAT THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH MY BRAKES AS NO CODE WAS DETECTED. *NM

TRANSMISSION SLIPPING,STARTED AS SLIPPING AT SHIFT POINTS WHEN COLD PROGRESSED TO SLIPPING ANYTIME AT SHIFT POINTS AND WHEN ENGAGED IN A GEAR.HAPPENS MORE WHEN ENGINE AT OPERATING TEMPERATURE IN BUMPER TO BUMPER TRAFFIC OR UNDER STRAIN SUCH AS UPHILL DRIVING,BEEN TO DEALERSHIP 6 TIMES OVER 1 1/2 YEARS NO WORK DONE TO TRANSMISSION,REPETED CLAIMS OF UNABLE TO RECREATE PROBLEM, PERSONALY WENT ON TEST DRIVE WITH SERVICE MANAGER,HE DROVE ANT EXPERINCED PROBLEM CLAIMED PROBLEM TO BE FROM OVER HEATING REPLACED RADIATOR THERMOSTAT DIREGARDED FACT PROBLEM HAPPENING MORE THAN A YEAR WITH COLD ENGINE, NO TRANSMISSION WORK DONE.STILL SLIPPING RETURNED BACK TO DEALERSHIP STILL NO WORK DONE BUT CONFIRMED PROBLEM WITH ABS BRAKES WOULD NOT REPAIR. CONTACTED CHRYSLERFOR HELP DEALERSHIP LIED STATING UNABLE TO RECREATE EITHER PROBLEM. CHRYSLER NOT HELPING. *AK

ANTI-LOCK BRAKES - HAVE TO EXTEND STOPPING DISTANCE MORE THAN ANY OTHER CAR EVER OWNED. ANTI-LOCK ACTIVATES VERY EASY, BUT DOES NOT CAUSE DURANGO TO SLOW DOWN QUICKLY. DEALERSHIP SAID MASTER CYLINDER HAS INTERNAL LEAK AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACES - COST IS OVER $500. DURANGO ONLY HAS 60,000 MILES ON IT.

DT: THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 DODGE DURANGO. THE CONTACT STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE THE BRAKES ON THE DRIVERS SIDE CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE BRAKE PADS MELTED TO THE ROTOR AND THE CALIPERS ON THE DRIVERS SIDE WERE REPLACED. THE BRAKES AND THE ROTORS WERE REPLACED ABOUT TWO MONTHS PRIOR TO THIS AND SIX MONTHS BEFORE THAT THEY WERE REPLACED. THE TOTAL AMOUNTS OF TIMES THE BRAKES HAS BEEN REPLACED 5-6 TIMES AND THAT IS CHANGING THE ROTORS MORE THAN TWICE. *NM

1. DRIVER'S SIDE SPINDLE NUT WORKS LOOSE CAUSING ROTOR TO BECOME LOOSE. 2. LOOSE ROTOR CAUSES THE SEALED BEARING TO LOOSE GREASE AND FAIL. CAN CASUE WHEEL LOSS OR LOSS OF CONTROL. 3. ROTOR AND SPINDLE NUT MUST BE REPLACED EACH TIME. THIS HAS OCCURRED ON THIS VEHICLE TWO TIMES.

WHILE DRIVING ON 5/27/05 BOTH FRONT BRAKECALIPERS LOCKED, FORTUNATELY ONLY TRAVELING A FEW MILES..BRAKES SMOLDERING...WARPED ROTAORS AND CRYSTALIZED BOTH FRONT BRAKES' PADS...FOR CORRECTION NEW MASTER CLYINDER,FRON ROTORS,CALIPERS AND BRAKE PADS

THE VEHICLE HAS A LITTLE OVER 35K MILES ON IT. IT FAILED THE SAFETY INSPECTION BECAUSE RIGHT INBOARD BRAKE PAD WAS LOOSE. IT WAS LOOSE BECAUSE THE ANTI-RATTLE CLIP HAD ROTTED AWAY INSIDE THE CALIPER PISTON. THE LEFT SIDE WAS INTACT BUT NEARLY RUSTED AWAY. THERE WAS OVER 50% OF THE FRICTION MATERIAL LEFT ON PADS.

OCCASIONALLY UNDER NORMAL OR SLIGHTLY HEAVY BREAKING THE ANTI-LOCK BREAK SYSTEM WILL KICK IN WITH A NOTICEABLY LONG PAUSE BETWEEN BREAKING AND ROLLING. THIS CAUSES OUR DURANGO TO TAKE LONGER TO STOP THAN NORMAL. I HAVE HAD A COUPLE INSTANCES WHERE I STOPPED TOO CLOSE TO THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME OR TOO CLOSE TO THE CROSS WALK BECAUSE THE VEHICLE'S BREAKING SYSTEM FAILED. MY WIFE REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE WHEN THE DURANGO WOULD NOT STOP SOON ENOUGH BECAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM.

HAD TO MAKE A SUDDEN STOP AND ABS SYSTEM WAS DANGEROUSLY SLOW TO ENGAGE, RELEASE AND RE-ENGAGE. BRAKE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE FLOOR AND BARELY STOPPED BEFORE HITTING VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME. TOOK IT TO 2 DEALERS AND BOTH SAID THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG ACCORDING TO SPECIFICATIONS. MAJOR SAFETY HAZARD!