general problems of the 2001 Dodge Durango

Bought vehicle about 1 month ago and my horn and cruise control were working at time of purchase. Took car home and went out the next day and found out that horn didn't work after almost getting into and accident, so now I no longer have a horn or cruise control on my car.

The contact owns a 2001 Dodge Durango. The contact was driving 40 mph with the cruise control activated when the air bag warning lamp illuminated, the horn became inoperable and the cruise control would not deactivate. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who diagnosed that the clock spring would need to be replaced. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure who did not offer any assistance. The vehicle was repaired. The failure mileage was 66,000 and the current mileage was 66,500.

Tl - the contact owns a 2001 Dodge Durango. While traveling 20 mph the contacts vehicle was struck in the front end by a nearby vehicle, however none of the airbags in the contacts vehicle had deployed. None one was injured and the vehicle has not been diagnosed. The current and failure mileages were 116000. Bml.

The contact owns a 2001 Dodge Durango. While driving 45 mph, the contact crashed the vehicle head on into a tree. None of the air bags deployed. The vehicle has not been diagnosed by a dealer and the contact did not notice any differences beforehand. The current and failure mileages were 45,000. Updated 10-29-08 the consumer stated there was a large tree in the road. The consumer suffered injuries. Updated 10/30/08.

Clock spring failure-same sceanario as current NHTSA investigation involving daimler Chrysler Mini-vans. Failure resulted in a non-warranty covered expense of $219. 42 in parts and labor to replace clock spring.

While driving 35 mph the consumer lost control of the vehicle and was involved in a front end collision. Upon impact none of the airbags deployed.

Consumer states while traveling at 60 mph, consumer hit a dip in the road, lost control of vehicle, and hit a wall. Upon impact, none of the air bags went off. Both airbags deployed tow truck driver informed consumer that the tie rod end failed to cause such accident.

While making right hand turns consumer heard a clicking noise. Took vehicle to two different dealerships at least 6 times. One dealership replaced the clock spring twice. The other dealership replaced the clock spring once. However, problem was not resolved. Each time the mechanics indicated that clicking noise problem could not be heard or located. Vehicle had been test driven by the mechanics with consumer in vehicle.