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1999 Dodge Durango engine problems

310 complaints about engine have been filed for the 1999 Dodge Durango, which is 10% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the 2nd most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
310 10% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
89,000 miles 190 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
7 and 7
Injuries and deaths
8 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When engine problems show up

Engine complaints by mileage, 1999 Dodge Durango Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 89,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 5 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 12 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 32 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 34 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 20 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 21 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 22 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 22 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 11 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 5 complaints 200k+ miles: 6 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 89,000 miles
Based on 190 complaints that include mileage. 26% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles5
20k to 40k miles12
40k to 60k miles32
60k to 80k miles34
80k to 100k miles20
100k to 120k miles21
120k to 140k miles22
140k to 160k miles22
160k to 180k miles11
180k to 200k miles5
200k+ miles6

What the data shows

Of the 190 engine complaints that report mileage, the median is about 89,000 miles, and 26% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 7 crashes, 7 fires, 8 injuries.

What owners wrote

I was driving through a stop light prob around 15 MPH speeding up to 30 when a van going 30 ran the red light, struck me on the side of my durango, spun us around and we were hit head on by the van which pushed us back into a light pole. The air bags did not deploy I have a permanant dent in my head from hitting the steering wheel

January 2013 CrashInjury

Tl* the contact owns a 1999 dodge durango. On june 8, 2010 while driving at 65 MPH, the vehicle shut off without warning. The contact experienced the failure several times. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealership, but the dealer could not produce a failure code or duplicate the failure. The contact called the manufacturer who stated they were unaware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 156,000. The current mileage was 157,121.

Reported at 156,000 miles, April 2010

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