Check Engine Light On problems of the 1999 Dodge Durango

Phantom misfire can drop engine rpm and stall. Every possible sensor replaced. Fuel pump, injectors replaced. Entire ignition system replaced. There has never been a check engine light and while the phantom misfire happens a professional code reader shows no misfire and no history of events. Can happen at anytime, any speed. At slower speed the engine will cut off while driving causing a dangerous problem with loss of steering and brake hydraulics. Condition has been happening for over five years and I'm into this demon for thousands of dollars.

This has happened on numerous occasions. While driving, especially in extremely hot or extremely cool situations, the vehicle engine shuts down unexpectedly. First symptom - check engine light. Second symptom (3 seconds later) - fuel gauge from half full to empty. Third symptom (immediate) - low fuel warning light. Fourth symptom (2 seconds later) - low fuel warning light. Fifth symptom - engine shut down at highway speed. Completely lost vehicle control. No power steering, no power brakes. Muscled car to the side of the road and barely avoided an accident. Could have been easily killed. Problem appears pcm-related, but from what I've read, numerous people have paid $1,000 for a new pcm only to have the same results. This is a serious problem and has been reported thousands of times on the internet. I hope somebody does something with Dodge on this before a child is killed when the truck dies at highway speed.

This truck should be recalled!! deaths will occur with this and probably already have. Will start researching that with insurance companies! the Durango shuts down without warning. You have no control of the vehicle when this happens. The oil pressure drops to 0 and the truck then attempts to stall or does stall. If the truck cools or you bet cool air on the pcm, then the oil gauge jumps back up to 40 and the truck runs fine. Have had the oil checked and there oil is running though the engine as it should be although the gauge says 0 and the check gauges light and check engine light comes on. This truck a safety hazard and a liability to whomever is driving. We still owe $3500 on it and it now makes a nice yard ornament. - this is a serious safety issue for all of us drivers. We shouldn't have to bite the bullet on this one. Driving is dangerous enough without driving a Durango that shuts down continually and without notice. You lose your power steering, power brakes and it's hard to navigate or even get a truck this large to stop. We have the 4x4 with the 5. 9l engine. It's a tank that I used to love until it became too dangerous to drive. Dodge does not want to take any responsibility for this and every Dodge dealership you call acts like it's the 1st time they have heard of it. With the thousands of posts that are on the internet, I find that hard to believe. Dodge needs to take responsibility for this. Buy back our trucks or at least give us a large enough rebate on a new vehicle. But they do need to take responsibility. Please contact me. These trucks are too dangerous to be on the road. . Read more...

On July 31, 2005 the check engine light came on. She took vehicle to dealer and had it fixed. The next day the light was still on. Vehicle was taken back to the dealer. Currently, the check engine light, abs light and a brake light were on. Vehicle had been to the dealer 4 times and still couldn't find the cause of the problem. Manufacturer had not been contacted . She has paid for all the trips to the dealer and they haven't fixed it yet. She could not afford to continue paying for all repairs.

Consumer was driving on the highway and suddenly engine's oil pressure meter dropped to zero. Then, the vehicle stalled in the middle of the road. She took vehicle to dealer to get serviced, but the engine light still came on. Also, mechanic determined that the vehicle had worn out upper and lower ball joints. Vehicle could not pass inspection due to the engine light.

While driving 60 mph on the florida turnpike in miami, the check engine light came on, the oil presure gauge dropped to zero and all power to car was lost. No steering, braking or control of any nature over the vehicle was possilbe. This I may add occurred while heading for a toll booth. While still coasting I tried to restart the engine in an attempt to regain power to the steering and brakes, the engine would not restart. I tried to apply brakes but could not depress the brake pedal it was as if I were pushing on a concrete wall. After going through the toll booth I tried to steer the car to the right shoulder, I could only move the steering wheel about 1/2 inch, luckily this was enough to allow the car to gradually make it to the shoulder. I coasted to a stop about 1/4 mile or more past the toll booth. Fortunately traffic was light as it was a Sunday afternoon and I made it to the shoulder without incident. I tried to restart the car again and it would not crank. I did have electrical power to the lights and emergency flashers. I raised the hood and checked the oil level, it was fine, the motor was not excesively hot, in fact the temperature gauge never went above normal operating range. The car is at my mechanics now being checked for possible problems. I did not take to the dealer as I do not trust their honesty nor work, after all they built this inferior death trap called a Durango. I truly beleive this car is unsafe, no car should loose complete steerage and stopping ability under any conditions. I was traveling at 60mph in a heavily congested city without the ability to steer or brake a 2 ton hunk of steel. How lucky was I and other motorists on the road to be alive and uninjured?.

Bought this vehicle with 44,490 mi, check engine light came on within one mile of the dealers lot. It was fixed at no cost to me, but it came on three more times on different days. Now there is some kind of noise in the rear end or brakes, not all the time though. The front tires were bad, but had good tread, those are my expense according to the dealer. I have to live with it, but I made a bad mistake buying this vehicle. The dealer did not tell me that these vehicles were under investgation by NHTSA.

While driving at highway speed, the vehicle experienced engine failure. Two pistons malfunctioned and there was a hole in the block. Without warning the check engine light had come on for a few seconds before a loud bang was heard and complete engine failure occurred.

Without any warning, and on 3 separate occasions my 1999 Dodge 4x4, Durango completely shutdown while driving. After the first incident, w/the abs and engine light on the vehicle was taken to a Dodge dealer for service. It was found that a speed sensor needed replacing, this was done. Approximately 4 days later while driving on new york Ave. In washington DC, the Durango again completely shut down, on this occasion and subsequent ones, no warning lights were shown, no evidence was given that vehicle was about to shut down. On the last occasion sept 17, 2003 it again shutdown while driving approximately 45 mph on leesburg pike in falls church va. Unlike the other 2 occasions this time it would not restart, although the engine attempted to turnover. It had to be towed, where it is currently undergoing another diagnosic, currently I am awaiting a call from the service technician. Additionally the car has 87,256 miles and 3 years old, the back windows are not working due to a failed power housing unit for the windows. The approximate cost is $500 for repairs.

Purchased my 1999 Dodge Durango in July 1999. This vehicle has always been serviced at the local Dodge dealership in little rock at the service intervals that Chrysler recommends in their service manual. I started having problems with my Durango at 51,492 miles with the check engine light coming on. I immediately took it in for service. The service dept. Told me that the vehicle's computer said I had a blown head gasket along with #7 injector being bad. So a new platinum gasket, #7 injector and injector service was done at a cost to me of $814. 72. At 52,085 miles the check engine light came on again. Again into the Dodge service dept. Only to find out that now the engine computer is bad (pcm213) and will be replaced under Dodge's 80,000 mile warranty. My thinking at this point was that if the computer was giving out false information at 51,492 miles then perhaps my $814. 72 bill for a new platinum gasket wasn't justified. Of course, the service dept. Assured me that these repairs were indeed necessary at the time. At 53,628 miles I grew concerned about upper/lower ball joints being bad on my Durango after watching a cbs news report. As I was planning a cross country trip for the holidays, I had the service dept. Evaluate the balls joints before I left, and sure enough, my Durango needed upper and lower ball joints and a right tie rod. Because this problem can be so dangerous I was instructed not to drive the vehicle and had to take alternate transportation on my trip. New parts were ordered and the Dodge service dept. Replaced the upper and lower ball joints on both sides and a right tie rod arm at a cost to me of $952. 10 plus a $57. 82 diagnostic test to tell us these parts were bad in the first place. I feel that my vehicle is unreliable and not one that I can depend on in the future. These are safety defects that Chrysler should have fixed at no cost to me. I cannot afford to repair this vehicle anymore.

The consumer stated the steering was very unstable. Took vehicle in for a front end alignment and the dealer noticed that the front ball joints and tie rod needed replacement. The dealer also removed and replaced both control arms. The engine light was on. When the vehicle was started the rpm's are high. Engine control modulator and injector wire harness was replaced.

The check engine light came on, consumer was informed that there was a sludge in the engine due to improper maintenance and that the engine could blow at anytime, the engine finally blew while driving at highway speed which also caused the transmission to be destroyed.