2001 Dodge Durango SLT 4X4 review from North America

The driver-side brake caliper began to leak at approximately 23,000 miles.

One of the brackets on the driver's side seat is broken, but will be repaired under warranty.

While shopping for this vehicle, I was looking primarily for third row seating for my children. After driving all of the mini-vans on the market and being underwhelmed by the reliability of the Ford and Dodge products (most of the problems were with the V-6 engines and Transmissions), I began to look into the sport-utility products.

After driving the high dollar Nissan, Toyota, and Chevy products, I decided to take a look at Dodge. In the Durango I found a vehicle which was;

1) imminently more affordable than the Toyota, Nissan, or Chevy sport-utilities.

2) had much better acceleration and handling than all except the highest end offerings from Chevy and Toyota, and.

3) was much quieter and refined in its driving than the ford explorer.

I have been overjoyed with the performance of my vehicle and chalk-up what few problems I do have to the fact that I drive this vehicle off road daily, and perhaps a bit rougher than anyone should.