general problems of the 2003 Dodge Durango

Tl the contact called on behalf of his mother who owns a 2003 Dodge Durango. The contact state that while his mother was driving 55 mph, the vehicle downshifted to first gear without warning temporarily and then returned to normal operation. The vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired. Leith Chrysler Jeep (5500 capital blvd, raleigh, nc 27616, (919) 867-5907) was contacted and informed the contact that the VIN was not under recall. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and informed the contact take the vehicle to an authorized dealer. The failure mileage was approximately 160,000.

Truck will not go into park.

This company claims to sell Chrysler fluid that which almost killed my driver and me because of my disabilities and other issues and for using dexron fluid in their product. They are advertising this to other Chrysler owners. I have research and locate a few documents where this company mislead me and used dexron instead of Chrysler fluid atf4 which completely different dexron. Transtar tried to pass the blame when my 2003 Durango was working perfectly until using their fluid which cause my transmission to overheat and destroy it. I only asking them for filter. They claim to be expects in transmission and who knows who else that sell this bad product to other Chrysler/Dodge owners. . Read more...

Never had any problems til we drove almost 5 hrs on vacation to gatlinburg and before we even got into town the check gauge light came on and realized the temp gauge was in the red. Never leaked coolant or smelled any antifreeze. The next day after letting it sit overnight it seemed fine no check light was on drove it back still no engine light on and temp was fine,few weeks later all hell broke loose! the valve train started ticking. Had it towed to the dealership (kings cjd) and found a failed rocker & tappet had replaced 4 days later was doing it on the driver side,took it back that's when it took them a few days to figure out it was leaking coolant down into the cylinders. Chrysler didn't have cylinder heads available it took over 2 months for us to get the part (not from Chrysler) as far as we know they still don't have the part available. 28 plus people are on a waiting list to receive cylinder heads that are still not available! repeated trips to the dealership for leaking valve covers on both sides,still dealing with issue of possible leak around crank seal on timing cover. Chrysler does seem to give a darn about our time and money wasted for the supposed repairs that are not fixed!! has anyone else reading this had any issues regarding cylinder heads???? I think when you have 28 plus people on the waiting list for the same part for the same make & model vehicle same engine 4. 7 v8 obviously their is a manufacture issue not an owner issue!!! that's just a taste of what is going on their is plenty more and Chrysler just keeps telling us im sorry and that's it im sorry!!! we have had several case mgrs and noone seems to be caring.

Vehicle stalling.