1998 Dodge Durango SLT 5.2 magnum V8 from North America
Summary:
Worthless garbage
Faults:
The valves broke down and needed to be replaced at only 23,000 miles!
One cylinder wasn't firing right and had to be replaced.
The engine keeps on making a horribly loud annoying noise.
The car practically eats away tires. I have the THIRD set at only 83,000 miles!!
The seating is not very comfortable and the front passenger seat's cloth was horrible and was replaced.
The rear lights go off once you go about 120 miles non-stop.
The truck is a gas-guzzling monster and just loves the refueling stations.
The radiator needed to be replaced soon after the 50,000 mile mark.
General Comments:
HORRIBLE CAR! Since I got this worthless junk, all I had was PROBLEMS.
I am very disappointed with its quality, reliability, ride, handling and maintenance costs.
I wouldn't recommend to anyone.
Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? No
Review Date: 14th December, 2002
20th Feb 2012, 04:08
That is so not true, because the Chevy Suburban, which has a Vortec V8 5.3, and some a 6.0, gets better gas mileage than any Durango, even the 5.2 and 5.9 RT.
Dodge is garbage, and they need to be shut down ASAP.
BTW, I own a Durango, and a Chevy Suburban Z71 model. With my Dodge, if it's not one thing, it's another.
21st Feb 2012, 22:14
I got over 280000 miles on mine, a 2003. It was a company car, so I could care less about it personally. Same engine, and had a trans replacement and O2 sensors. Great in the snow. The gas gauge was off a quarter tank at 250k.
It was fleet maintained, so the front end alignments were kept up. I got good tire life on mine.
When traded in, the comment was they could not believe the mileage, as it ran great and looked great. The mileage hurt its trade in value.
I now have an Edge, with over 50000 miles on it. Company cars can be a great used car buy. I change the oil filters every month, and keep them up. An average buyer paying out of their personal pocket may not do the owner's manual mileage recommendations on filters etc, as I have done.
9th Aug 2010, 11:33
You know buying a large gas-guzzling SUV and then complaining about the gas mileage is the same as eating deep fried fast food all the time and complaining about the weight gain.
You bought a V8, large SUV! What kind of gas mileage were you expecting?! With all due respect those of us who drive gas misers (like myself - a Civic) really don't want to hear your complaints since we are also suffering with higher gas prices.