Dodge Durango Forum II

Mike Turpin
turpindm@usit.net

Today I decided to see if there were any recalls or TSBs listed at www.nhtsa.dot.gov/cars/problems/. Well, there weren't, BUT there were lots of "complaints". Just to give you fellow D owners an inkling regarding how chronic the problem is, I've pasted the complaints in below for your info.

Mike

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Consumer complaints containing the word "window" for 1998 Dodge
Durango. Obtained from www.nhtsa.dot.gov/cars/problems/

ODI ID: 549869
Make: DODGE TRUCK
Model: DURANGO
Year: 1998
Date of Failure: Tuesday, December 08, 1998
Incident: No
Fire: No
Number of Injuries:
Component: EQUIPMENT:ELECTRIC POWER ACCESSORIES:WINDOWS
Summary: POWER WINDOWS BINDING DUE TO FAILURE OF THE REGULATOR ON
SEVERAL OCCASIONS. MJS
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ODI ID: 551339
Make: DODGE TRUCK
Model: DURANGO
Year: 1998
Date of Failure:
Incident: No
Fire: No
Number of Injuries:
Component: EQUIPMENT:ELECTRIC POWER ACCESSORIES:WINDOWS
Summary: THE POWER WINDOWS DO NOT OPERATE AS DESIGNED, THE WINDOW
LOCK BUTTON DOESN'T WORK AND THE WINDOWS WILL NOT GO UP OR DOWN.
NLM
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ODI ID: 605901
Make: DODGE TRUCK
Model: DURANGO
Year: 1998
Date of Failure: Monday, December 01, 1997
Incident: No
Fire: No
Number of Injuries:
Component: EQUIPMENT:ELECTRIC POWER ACCESSORIES:WINDOWS
Summary: WINDOW REGULATOR FAILED. NLM
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ODI ID: 606531
Make: DODGE TRUCK
Model: DURANGO
Year: 1998
Date of Failure:
Incident: No
Fire: No
Number of Injuries:
Component: EQUIPMENT:ELECTRIC POWER ACCESSORIES:WINDOWS
Summary: WINDOW SENSOR FAILED. YH
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ODI ID: 606546
Make: DODGE TRUCK
Model: DURANGO
Year: 1998
Date of Failure: Saturday, August 01, 1998
Incident: No
Fire: No
Number of Injuries:
Component: EQUIPMENT:ELECTRIC POWER ACCESSORIES:WINDOWS
Summary: DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE WINDOWS INOPERABLE. YH
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ODI ID: 606895
Make: DODGE TRUCK
Model: DURANGO
Year: 1998
Date of Failure: Saturday, November 07, 1998
Incident: No
Fire: No
Number of Injuries:
Component: EQUIPMENT:ELECTRIC POWER ACCESSORIES:WINDOWS
Summary: POWER LOCKS AND POWER WINDOWS FAILED. MJS
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ODI ID: 607279
Make: DODGE TRUCK
Model: DURANGO
Year: 1998
Date of Failure: Friday, October 01, 1999
Incident: No
Fire: No
Number of Injuries:
Component: EQUIPMENT:ELECTRIC POWER ACCESSORIES:WINDOWS
Summary: POWER WINDOW FAILED, DEALER WOULD NOT FIX PROBLEM DUE A
RECALL THAT WILL BE ISSUED IN THE FUTURE, WINDOW WORKS FINE FOR
NOW. NO RECALL ISSUED YET. *YC
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ODI ID: 607549
Make: DODGE TRUCK
Model: DURANGO
Year: 1998
Date of Failure: Saturday, July 04, 1998
Incident: No
Fire: No
Number of Injuries:
Component: VISUAL SYSTEMS:GLASS:POWER WINDOW DOOR AND SIDE
Summary: WINDOW'S FAILED, DRIVER'S SIDE DOES NOT GO DOWN
EVERYTIME WHEN BUTTON IS PUSHED.
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ODI ID: 608679
Make: DODGE TRUCK
Model: DURANGO
Year: 1998
Date of Failure: Monday, June 01, 1998
Incident: No
Fire: No
Number of Injuries:
Component: EQUIPMENT:ELECTRIC POWER ACCESSORIES:WINDOWS
Summary: AUTOMATIC WINDOW SWITCH FAILED. YH
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ODI ID: 608810
Make: DODGE TRUCK
Model: DURANGO
Year: 1998
Date of Failure:
Incident: No
Fire: No
Number of Injuries:
Component: EQUIPMENT:ELECTRIC POWER ACCESSORIES:WINDOWS
Summary: ELECTRIC WINDOW REGULATOR FAILED. YH
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ODI ID: 608915
Make: DODGE TRUCK
Model: DURANGO
Year: 1998
Date of Failure: Friday, May 01, 1998
Incident: No
Fire: No
Number of Injuries:
Component: EQUIPMENT:ELECTRIC POWER ACCESSORIES:WINDOWS
Summary: FRONT PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW MOTOR FAILED. YH
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ODI ID: 609076
Make: DODGE TRUCK
Model: DURANGO
Year: 1998
Date of Failure: Tuesday, September 01, 1998
Incident: No
Fire: No
Number of Injuries:
Component: EQUIPMENT:ELECTRIC POWER ACCESSORIES:WINDOWS
Summary: DRIVER SIDE WINDOW SWITCH FAILED. YH
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ODI ID: 609661
Make: DODGE TRUCK
Model: DURANGO
Year: 1998
Date of Failure: Saturday, July 18, 1998
Incident: No
Fire: No
Number of Injuries:
Component: VISUAL SYSTEMS:GLASS:POWER WINDOW DOOR AND SIDE
Summary: DOOR--WINDOW REGULATORS.
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ODI ID: 703068
Make: DODGE TRUCK
Model: DURANGO
Year: 1998
Date of Failure: Sunday, January 31, 1999
Incident: No
Fire: No
Number of Injuries: 0
Component: VISUAL SYSTEMS:GLASS:WINDOW:DOOR AND SIDE
Summary: ALL FOUR WINDOWS HAVE FALLEN DOWN AND WOULD NOT GO UP. *AK
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ODI ID: 710241
Make: DODGE TRUCK
Model: DURANGO
Year: 1998
Date of Failure:
Incident: No
Fire: No
Number of Injuries:
Component: EMERGENCY PARKING BRAKE:MECHANICAL
Summary: TURN SIGNALS INTERMITTANT - DEALER SERVICE UNABLE TO
LOCATE CAUSE. POWER WINDOWS ALSO INTERMITTANT EXCEPT DRIVER'S.
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ODI ID: 717529
Make: DODGE TRUCK
Model: DURANGO
Year: 1998
Date of Failure:
Incident: No
Fire: No
Number of Injuries:
Component: BRAKES:HYDRAULIC:SHOE:DISC BRAKE SYSTEM
Summary: THE POWER WINDOW MOTORS/REGULATORS HAVE FAILED ON ALL 4
WINDOWS REPEATEDLY. REPAIRS UNDER WARRANTY HAVE BEEN DONE,
HOWEVER AFTER APPROX 2 MONTHS THE WINDOWS FA
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ODI ID: 717706
Make: DODGE TRUCK
Model: DURANGO
Year: 1998
Date of Failure:
Incident: No
Fire: No
Number of Injuries:
Component: VISUAL SYSTEMS:GLASS:POWER WINDOW DOOR AND SIDE
Summary: PASSENGER'S POWER WINDOW ASSEMBLY ON DRIVER'S SIDE FAILS
TO OPEN WINDOW. *AK
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ODI ID: 718593
Make: DODGE TRUCK
Model: DURANGO
Year: 1998
Date of Failure: Wednesday, May 13, 1998
Incident: No
Fire: No
Number of Injuries: 0
Component: ENGINE:OTHER PARTS
Summary: THE PROBLEMS WE HAD WITH THE WINDOWS, GOING DOWN BY
ITSELF AND THEN NOT BEING ABLE TO GET THEM UP WAS REPORTED TO THE
DEALER (TOMKINSON DODGE) TWICE. THE FIRST
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ODI ID: 825641
Make: DODGE TRUCK
Model: DURANGO
Year: 1998
Date of Failure:
Incident: No
Fire: No
Number of Injuries:
Component: EQUIPMENT:ELECTRIC POWER ACCESSORIES:WINDOWS
Summary: POWER WINDOWS GO DOWN BY THEMSELFS AND WILL NOT GO BACK
UP. DEALER HAS REPAIRED VEHICLE. *AK
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ODI ID: 825751
Make: DODGE TRUCK
Model: DURANGO
Year: 1998
Date of Failure:
Incident: No
Fire: No
Number of Injuries:
Component: VISUAL SYSTEMS:GLASS:POWER WINDOW DOOR AND SIDE
Summary: OWNER STATES 3 OF THE POWER WINDOWS ON VEHICLE HAVE
FALLEN DOWN WHILE IN THE UP POSTION. CAUSE OF PROBLEM UNKOWN. *AK
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