posted 07-21-2003 05:59 PM         

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The government is investigating an alleged defect on the Dodge Durango that has led some drivers to lose control of their vehicles, according to documents released Monday.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says four drivers have reported the failure of an upper ball joint on the Durango's front suspension. In two of those cases, the front wheels separated from the Durango. In the other two cases, the front suspension collapsed. All four drivers lost control of their vehicles, although no injuries were reported.

NHTSA also said it has received 81 complaints alleging that the front suspension ball joints are wearing out prematurely.

NHTSA is investigating Durangos from model years 1998 through 2003. There are 450,000 Durangos on the road from those years.

posted 07-22-2003 08:40 AM         

I don't know if we will have this problem anymore though. On July 5th, we had a guy turn left into the front of our truck and the force was so strong, it pushed our left front wheel all the way to the frame. Thankfully nobody was injured. Our airbags did not deploy but the the guy who hit us (in an Altima) got his front end wiped off and his air bags did deploy.

If you would like to see an animation of the collision, here is the link... (we are the blue animation going up)

Durango Collision

We are still waiting for the truck to be fixed, hopefully it will be done this week.

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