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Dodge Durango Engine and Performance Problems

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#38 of 70 Re: 2002 Dodge Durango [notamachanic] by michaeldefillo

Jul 17, 2010 (11:56 am)

Replying to: notamachanic (Oct 13, 2009 8:50 pm)
I love the internet. My 2002 Durango 4.7L w/auto trans, is doing the same thing right now... only sometimes but the frequency has increased recently. Symptoms: Sometimes, when the vehicle is started it sounds like the motor is racing and it wont shift out of first gear. After a few moment to a minute or two it goes away and all is normal and without symptom. So yesterday the battery died and I replaced it, it started right up and the symptom was present. It appeared to me the mechanical fan was spinning at to high of a rate and very loud and moving an excessive amount of air for low idle and upon engine rev. so, I conclude the fan clutch is bad since it should turn freely when the motor is cold and have only mild resistance when the motor is at operating temperature according to my chiltons manual. After inspection I see mine has resistance when cold... although mild I believe it should turn freely without any resistance whatsoever like a pinwheel in the wind...Not sure if their is a mechanical fan speed sensor or some other sensor that prevents it from shifting out of first gear... but once the fan stops spinning at an excessive rate the vehicle shifts and operates normal. Hmmm. I will replace the fan clutch and comment mare later. Mike

#39 of 70 Re: 2002 Dodge Durango [michaeldefillo] by michaeldefillo

Jul 25, 2010 (12:21 pm)

Replying to: michaeldefillo (Jul 17, 2010 11:56 am)
Hi Mike here. I ended up troubleshooting the engine cooling system as a whole. I discovered the electric fan was not working, and the engine coolant temperature sensor was below the minimum specification. So I flushed the radiator, replaced the engine coolant temperature sensor, the thermostat and installed a new electric fan. So far the check engine light has not come back on and it is running like a champ. Turns out the mechanical fan clutch was not the problem at all. Hmmm. My reference material was the Chiltons repair manual found at the local auto parts store. Very easy to follow if you have a little bit of mechanical ability. A word of advice if you are working on the cooling system get the fan shrouds out of your way there is two bolts at the top half and the window wash connectors and two bolts at the bottom half. Happy

#40 of 70 Re: Durango 99 5.2 cylinder [dani18] by hagron

Nov 08, 2010 (7:03 pm)

Replying to: dani18 (Feb 23, 2010 2:47 am)
Contact your Attorney General's office and file a complaint: the mechanic is not finished until the replacement engine is running.

#41 of 70 Knock Sensor Problems only in Cold Weather by melcwdurango

Dec 04, 2010 (10:50 pm)

Last winter, my 2005 Durango V8 4x4 (no hemi ) with 50K miles came up with a Knock Sensor error code. I purchased the sensor, but didn't have the money to have it installed. The truck ran fine, with the error code coming on and off occasionally, but no trouble with the performance.
 
But this year, since the temperature has dropped to 20 degrees, I now have both knock sensors tripping my check engine light at the same time. This happened all the sudden and my truck will not run right at all!! It looses power, feels like the engine is seriously misfiring. I seriously doubt that both sensors are fowled up at the same time with little or no warning and causing problems like this.
 
What else could be wrong? I don't have the money to waste changing knock sensors when that isn't the problem. I read in another post that it could be my distributor instead....... Help please!!!! Thanks!!!

#43 of 70 Engine surge by advocate6

Mar 14, 2011 (2:43 pm)

When attempting to put my car in gear the engine surged. The car was out of control. I could not stop it with my breaks nor could I steer properly. I collided with a parked car in a private parking lot. No injuries.
Has anyone else experienced something similar?

#44 of 70 Re: Engine surge [advocate6] by akcamai

Apr 08, 2011 (3:51 pm)

Replying to: advocate6 (Mar 14, 2011 2:43 pm)
Yes... I have experienced something like that... I had just gotten my Durango SUV out of the shop for its 90,000 checkup ($800 ouch) and drove it two miles. It surged and I managed to get it out of traffic, into parking lot and impaled it onto a snowberm and a tree. I was freaked out. I had it towed and it turns out that the dealership had oops dropped a plastic spark plug wrapper into the throttle cable housing. Check to see if you have something blocking your throttle cable. Scary but I got lucky. However, now every tube, pipe and gasket down on the bottom of the engine needs to be replace because they are all leaking... I'm up to $750 in bills from these replacements and the dealership says that its is not liable. have you ever had a transmission coolant line crack and leak?

#45 of 70 2000 Dodge Durango w/Electric Cylinder prob? by jadedangel29f

May 13, 2011 (4:28 pm)

Hi,
I have a 2000 Dodge Durango 5.2 Engine.. I haven't had any real trouble until now. My check engine light keeps coming on and I took it to advanced auto and they told me that 4 of my 8 cylinders were coming back as something wrong with the electrical wiring ? Has anyone else had this problem ? The cylinder's don't have wiring in it... Could it be the computer ? Is this an easy fix or should I just sell it and get a new car ?

#46 of 70 2000 durango 4.7 running bad by gixerryder

May 14, 2011 (7:47 pm)

I have a 2000 4.7 Durango that runs very bad.
I had a tune up done and replaced injectors. After$1500 it still runs very rough and engine light is on. Also the same codes come up ie: injector malfunction and multi misfires. now I am told it might be ecu/pcm. I hate to invest another $500 on a might be. Any ideas? thanks in advance.

#47 of 70 Re: 2000 durango 4.7 running bad [gixerryder] by jadedangel29f

May 14, 2011 (7:57 pm)

Replying to: gixerryder (May 14, 2011 7:47 pm)
Like I said, I haven't had any problems really with it until now... I took it to advanced Auto and they said that 4 of the 8 cylinders were kicking back some kind of electrical problem.... I'm lost because there's no actual wiring in the cylinders.....I'm just wondering how much it would cost to fix ? And what are the long term effects ? I'm on a fixed income so it would take me some time to save up the money to get it fixed.. If I don't get it done right away could this blow my motor ?

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