2000 Dodge Durango Brakes Problems

The contact owns a 2000 Dodge Durango. The contact stated that the ABS warning light was illuminated. The contact stated that while driving 20 MPH, the vehicle was slow to stop. While depressing the brake pedal, there was an abnormal grinding sound coming from the vehicle. The vehicle was towed to the residence. The local dealer was not contacted. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not contacted. The failure mileage was approximately 164,731.

DRIVING ON GLENDALE AZ AND HIT THE BRAKES AND THE REAR BRAKES LOCK AND ALMOST LOST CONTROL OF MY VEHICLE , SEARCH ON LIKE FOR CAUSES AND FOUND A RECALL F05 ANTILOCK BRAKE SYSTEM , CALL THE DEALERSHIP BUT THERE'S NO RECALL FOR MY VEHICLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 DODGE DURANGO. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE TENSIONER HANGED FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE TENSIONER WAS RUSTED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 95,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

WHILE DRIVING NB ON SOUTHWEST HIGHWAY IN PALOS THE LIGHT CHANGED TO YELLOW, THEN RED, I APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE VEHICLE WAS SLOWING DOWN AS NORMAL. SUDDENLY THE BRAKE PEDAL HIT THE FLOOR AS IF THE HYDRAULICS FLUID HAD BEEN LET OUT OF THE BRAKE SYSTEM. THE ABS AND BRAKE LIGHT WENT ON AND I COULD HEAR THE ANTI LOCK SYSTEM MAKING NOISE. I PUMPED THE BRAKES QUICKLY AND CAR STOPPED IN JUST ENOUGH TIME TO PREVENT AN ACCIDENT. I PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND OPENED THE HOOD TO INSPECT THE FLUID LEVELS, THEY WERE PERFECT, NO LEAKS EITHER. I RESTARTED THE CAR AND THE ABS AND BRAKE LIGHT WENT OUT, THE BRAKES DO NOT APPEAR TO BE WORKING CORRECTLY HOWEVER, I WILL HAVE A MECHANIC CHECK THEM OUT ON FRIDAY. *TR

WHILE BACKING MY DODGE DURANGO ONTO BOAT RAMP TO TAKE A JETSKI OUT OF THE WATER, I LOST ALL BRAKES AND PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. I USED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP FROM GOING IN THE WATER. AFTER INSPECTING THE BRAKE LINES I NOTICED THEY RUSTED ALL THE WAY THRU AND CAUSED ALL FLUID TO LEAK OUT RESULTING IN COMPLETE LOSS OF BRAKES. A REPAIR STATION ESTIMATED 1500 TO 2000 TO REPLACE BRAKE LINES, AND SAID IT IS COMMON ON DURANGOS AND DAKOTAS DUE TO BAD METAL LINES FROM FACTORY. THEY ALSO SAID BRAKE LINES SHOULD NOT RUST OUT LIKE THIS AND IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE THAT COULD RESULT IN FATALITIES WITH ALL THE AFFECTED MODELS STILL ON THE ROAD. *TR

WHILE DRIVING AT ROAD SPEED SOUTHBOUND ON NC STATE ROAD 1922, AND APPROACHING A STOP SIGN AT THE INTERSECTION WITH NC STATE HIGHWAY 98, I NOTICED A SUDDEN AND NEARLY COMPLETE LOSS OF BRAKING POWER ACCOMPANIED BY BRAKE PEDAL TRAVEL TO THE FLOOR. NO VISIBLE FLUID LEAKAGE EXISTS, NOR ARE ANY DIAGNOSTIC LIGHTS ILLUMINATED ON THE VEHICLE'S DASHBOARD. REPLACEMENT OF THE BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER WAS DONE, AND THE FAILURE PERSISTED.. THE FAILURE IS PERSISTENT AND OCCURS WITH EVERY USE OF THE BRAKE PEDAL. THE CONSEQUENCES ARE GREATLY INCREASED STOPPING DISTANCE WITH PEDAL TRAVEL TO THE FLOOR EVEN UNDER MODERATE FOOT PRESSURE. DIAGNOSIS BY CERTIFIED DODGE MECHANICS AFTER CONSULTATION WITH CHRYSLER INDICATE A FAILURE OF THE ABS ACCUMULATOR. FAILED PART IS AVAILABLE FOR ANALYSIS. NO ADDITIONAL WORK HAS BEEN COMPLETED AT THE TIME OF THIS FILING. *TR

DRIVING ON CITY ROADS THROUGH TRAFFIC LIGHTS AND SUDDENLY HAD NO BRAKES. BRAKE PEDAL WAS ON THE FLOOR. NARROWLY AVOIDED CRASHING BY SWERVING INTO FREE TURN LANE AND TURNING. APPLIED PARKING BRAKE TO COME TO A STOP. DODGE DEALERSHIP LOOKED AT VEHICLE AND REPORTED THAT THE RETAINING CLIP FOR BRAKE PEDAL TO BOOSTER WAS MISSING. THEY REPLACED THE CLIP TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. THERE IS NO OLD PART SINCE IT WAS MISSING COMPLETELY. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 DODGE DURANGO. WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN DRIVING ROUGHLY AND SMOKE APPEARED UNDER THE HOOD. THE BRAKES STIFFENED WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE CONTACT EASED OFF THE BRAKES, BUT THEY FAILED COMPLETELY. MORE SMOKE APPEARED UNDER THE HOOD. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO PULL THE VEHICLE OVER, BUT LOST CONTROL. SHE HEARD TWO SNAPPING NOISES UNDER THE HOOD. SHE APPLIED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE, WHICH STOPPED THE VEHICLE. THE PASSENGER OPENED THE HOOD AND NOTICED FLAMES IN THE ENGINE. THEY CALLED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND A REPORT WAS FILED. THE ENGINE FIRE SPREAD TO THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT OF THE VEHICLE. A FEW MINUTES LATER, THE VEHICLE WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. PRIOR TO THE FIRE, REPAIRS HAD BEEN MADE TO THE ENGINE BECAUSE IT WOULD STALL AND OVERHEAT. THE CONTACT BROUGHT THE VEHICLE IN FOR SERVICE THE DAY AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED IN NOVEMBER OF 2008. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 124,000.

2000 DURANGO 2-WHEEL DRIVE. BRAKES LOCK UP AND TAIL SLIDES AROUND. IT IS AS IF THE REAR END IS BOUNCING WHEN BRAKING (BACK END TOO LIGHT). EVEN WORSE WHEN ROAD WET. VERY DANGEROUS. WHY DOES IT DO THIS??? NO ACCIDENT. AM VERY CAREFUL AND DON'T LET PEOPLE DRIVE IT. *TR

CAR JUST SHUT DOWN ON INTERSTATE WHILE I WAS DRIVING 65 MPH. AFTER BEING TOWED TO AUTO REPAIR SHOP. THE CAR STARTED BACK UP WITH NO PROBLEM FOR AWHILE, NOW THE CAR IS MAKING NOISE. FOR YEARS PRIOR TO THIS THE CAR DOES NOT STOP OCCASIONALLY WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED. *TR

DRIVING THE DURANGO DOWN OUR HILL. BRAKES WERE LOST. IMMEDIATELY AFTER ACCIDENT I CHECK BRAKE FLUID, IT WAS FULL. THEN CHECK BRAKE PEDAL, IT DID GO TO FLOOR WITH NO EFFECT BY PUMPING THE BRAKES. DURANGO TOTALED AS WAS THE OTHER CAR THAT HIT MY WIFE AND KIDS. NO SERIOUS INJURY OCCURRED. COMPLETE BRAKE JOB 8 MONTHS BEFORE. HAVE HAD BRAKES PROBLEMS BEFORE, NEVER ABLE TO ISOLATED THE PROBLEM. *JB

WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY I DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL TO SLOW DOWN AND THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND ABS LIGHTS CAME ON. THINKING THE SYSTEM NEEDED TO BLEED I HAD THAT DONE. I DROVE THE VEHICLE HOME , AND FOUND IT VERY DIFFICULT TO STOP WHEN NEEDED. I HAD THE FOLLOWING PARTS REPLACED: MASTER CYLNDER, BRAKE POWER BOOSTER, ABS SYSTEM, REAR WHEEL CYLINDERS ,AND HAD THE LINES FLUSHED. I STILL HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO BRAKES! THERE WAS NO BRAKE PRESSURE AT ALL. THE PEDAL WENT STRAIGHT TO THE FLOOR WITH NO RESISTANCE. TOOK TRUCK TO MECHANIC, AND THEY COULD NOT FIND THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. SO IT STILL SAT WITH NO BRAKES. *AK

DODGE DURANGO'S WITH TWO WHEEL ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM PROBLEMS**CC THE REAR BRAKES LOCKED WHICH CAUSED THE AXLE TO BOUNCE SEVERELY. THE BACK OF THE VEHICLE STARTED SWERVING TO THE SIDE. THE REAR AXLE BOUNCE AND THE VEHICLES INSTABILITY SEEMED TO REDUCE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE FRONT BRAKES. THE ULTIMATE RESULT WAS A VERY SLIGHT BUMPER IMPACT WITH A SEMI-TRAILER. *JB

ON WET SURFACES, IN SEATTLE AREA, WHEN, THE BRAKES COME ON BY ABS, BUT THE BRAKING CAPACITY GOES DOWN TO LESS THAN 50 PERCENT BRAKE CAPACITY, RESULTING IN COLLISIONS, EVEN THOUGH DISTANCE FACTOR IS SAFE. CAR HAS 70,000 MILES ON IT. *NM

DURING NORMAL HIGHWAY DRIVING FRONT LEFT BRAKE ENGAGED AND LOCKED. VEHICLE WAS PULLING EXTREMELY HARD TO THE LEFT AND CONTROLLABILITY WAS AN ISSUE. UPON STOPPING LEFT WHEEL ASSEMBLY WAS SMOKING. *NM

BRAKE CALIPER BOLTS. THIS IS A 2ND OCCURRENCE. I HAVE REPLACED THE FRONT BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS ON THE 2000 DURANGO IT WAS NOTED THAT ONE BOLT WAS MISSING ON THE LEFT SIDE AND THE 2ND WAS STRIPPED. ON THE RIGHT SIDE ONE WAS STRIPPED. ON THE PREVIOUS PAD REPLACEMENT ONE WAS STRIPPED. THE REPLACEMENT BOLTS DO NOT APPEAR TO HAVE ENOUGH THREAD LENGTH TO MAKE A SECURE CONNECTION. *JB

I HAVE A 2000 DODGE DURANGO R/T WITH FACTORY 17" WHEELS. IT WAS PURCHASED FROM RUSNAK DODGE IN PASADENA, CALIFORNIA WITH THOSE WHEELS ON IT. AFTER SEVERAL YEARS OF POOR BRAKING EXPERIENCE, WITH THE ABS SYSTEM ACTIVATING PREMATURELY, AND SEVERAL TIMES AT THE DEALERSHIP WITHOUT A FIX, A MECHANIC ACCIDENTALLY DISCOVERED THE PROBLEM. THERE IS NO AVAILABLE SELECTION IN THE SOFTWARE OF THE ON BOARD COMPUTER TO ALLOW FOR 17" WHEELS. ALL OF THE SELECTIONS ARE FOR THE 15" WHEELS THAT COME ON THE STANDARD MODEL. THE DEALERSHIP WAS ABLE TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM BY MEASURING THE CIRCUMFERANCE OF MY TIRES, CALCULATING HOW MANY TIMES THEY ROTATE IN A MILE, AND CREATING A SETTING FOR THE 17" WHEELS. THE VEHICLE STOPS FAR BETTER NOW. I AM CONCERNED ABOUT OTHER DRIVERS WHO WOULD HAVE NO WAY TO KNOW THIS, BECAUSE I AM A 27 YEAR VETERAN FIRE DEPARTMENT CAPTAIN AND PARAMEDIC, AND RESPOND TO TRAFFIC COLLISIONS QUITE REGULARLY.

I HAVE HAD MY FRONT BRAKES REPAIRED 3 TIMES IN THE LAST 6 MONTHS AND THE ARE OUT AGAIN MY GRAND CARAVAN ONLY HAS 67,000 MILES AND IS A 2000 I ALSO HAVE TO REPAIR MY INGNITION ON SOME THING BECAUSE IT DOES NOT KICK OVER AND I REPLACED THE RELAY FUSE AND THATS NOT THE PROBLEM. I SHOULD NOT BE HAVING THESE PROBLEMS OUT OF SUCH A NEW CAR THATS NOT DROVEN THAT MUCH. I ALSO HAVE TO GET THE REAR BRAKES DONE BECAUSE THERE GOING OUT TO. PLEASE HELP. THANK YOU MS UDARBE

THE GALT FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT HAS 2 DODGE DURANGO'S 4X4. DURING AN INSPECTION OF THE BRAKES, IT WAS DISCOVERED THE BRAKE LINE ON THE FRONT LEFT WHEEL WAS RUBBING THE CHASSIS. THE METAL BRAKE LINE NEAR THE CALIPER WAS WORN MORE THEN HALF WAY THROUGH THE WALL OF THE BRAKE LINE. UPON INSPECTING THE OTHER SIDE IT WAS DISCOVERED THE RIGHT FRONT BRAKE LINE WAS ALSO WORN. I INSPECTED THE OTHER DODGE DURANGO AND DISCOVERED IT WAS ALSO WEARING IN THE SAME PLACE. FAILURE OF THE FRONT BRAKE HYDRAULIC SYSTEM WILL REDUCE THE VEHICLE'S BRAKING ABILITY AS MUCH AS 70%. IN MY PROFESSIONAL JUDGMENT, THIS PROBLEM IS WORTHY OF A FORMAL INVESTIGATION AND A RECALL, IF OTHERS DODGE DURANGOS ARE FOUND WITH THIS PROBLEM. THE GALT FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT'S AFFECTED VEHICLES ARE AS FOLLOWS: [XXX] WITH 36,101 MILES AND [XXX] WITH 42,888 MILES THANK YOU [XXX] FIRE MECHANIC GALT FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT. *LA UPDATED 07/25/2012 *JS INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, THE REAR BRAKES LOCKED UP. THE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND DROVE IT TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE DRIVER THAT THE FRONT AND REAR BRAKES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND REPLACED THEM. HOWEVER, THE PROBLEM STILL OCCURS AT THIS TIME. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS.