1998 Dodge Durango transmission problems
57 complaints about transmission have been filed for the 1998 Dodge Durango, which is 4% of all its NHTSA complaints.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 57 4% of this year's complaints
- Typical mileage
- 63,000 miles 25 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 5 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 1 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
When transmission problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 0 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 2 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 7 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 12 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 2 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 0 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 2 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 0 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 25 transmission complaints that report mileage, the median is about 63,000 miles, and 36% were reported before 60,000 miles.
These complaints mention 5 crashes, 1 injury.
What owners wrote
My wife put the car in park to walk into a store and the car jumped into reverse, moving quickly toward a busy street with my son in the back seat. She was able to open the door and dive in, hitting the brakes in time to avoid a collision. Her only injury was a bruise on her head from hitting the door frame, but had she not been able to recover in time the car certainly would have ended up in the middle of the street.
1998 dodge durango with only 59200 miles on it which now needs a new transmission. (have been told it is the over drive in the transmission that is bad) this, fortunately, has not caused any type of accident but after hearing all the horror stories about the durango's, my wife and I believe there should be a recall to fix the never ending problems with these trucks - before someone does get seriously injured!
Other problems reported for the 1998 Dodge Durango
- Suspension 820 complaints
- Brakes 104 complaints
- Steering 103 complaints
- Engine 66 complaints
- Drivetrain & axles 56 complaints
- Wipers, windshield & visibility 53 complaints
- Seats 43 complaints
- Electrical system 36 complaints