2004 Dodge Durango SLT from North America - Comments

I have had no problems what so ever with my Dodge Durango SLT!

I have had this SUV for almost five months and I love it!

I have three children under 7 years of age and it is so roomy.

We have taken this SUV to Houston twice now and it has been a pleasure both times.

It rides very smooth and the air conditioning is very powerful and very cold fast, especially for living in Louisiana.

You don't get very good gas mileage (maybe 14 miles to gallon),however, I cannot expect much more for a large V8 vehicle.

I will definitely buy American made from now on!!

I have had nothing, but foreign cars before and have found them to be very expensive!

After five months a new car should run like that. The test comes around 50,000 and the final exam around 200,000.

I'm not sure about that... 5 months is way too early, but I would say that 25k-30k is right around where the first test is, then 60k and final around 100k miles. Anything past 100k and it's still running like a champ, then consider yourself lucky.

My 1999 Dodge Durango was great at 5000 miles also. AT 40000 miles it gave the first indication of no oil pressure. As soon as I stopped the pressure came back. To the shop, replace sending unit. That lasted just long enough for the extended warranty to expire, then the problem occurred again. Second sending unit, good for a few thousand miles, then no pressure again. Another sending unit and assurances from one dealership that I did not have a problem. They had it hooked to their machine when the gauge went to zero and it still had pressure. However, they weren't sure what was wrong. At 105,000 miles I had the dubious honor of paying 5,000 dollars for a new engine. I bought this from a Dodge Dealer. Fortunately I got 3 year, 36,000 mile warranty on the new engine. Just under one year and around 14,000 miles later, it is presently in the shop because the oil pressure dropped to zero. First thing the dealer said was sending unit. My wife told him to tell that tale to others as we had heard it before.

If I ever win a lottery, I will spend whatever to get a chopper to drop this thing through the roof of the nearest Dodge Service Center. I am still upset that the government spent my tax dollars to bail Chrysler Motors out way back when. We would all be better off it they had just gone bust. Wouldn't be quite so bad if they would just admit they have a problem.

I've seen no complaints about the new Hemi engine yet!!!

Wait until you get to the 10K-20K mile range. You won't be singn "american made" anymore. My 2002 ran great until 15K, when the transmission went out, ruining our family trip with a newborn infant. This was my second and last dodge/american vehicle I would ever own. I now have a 2004 toyota 4 runner with 20K miles, and it still feels like a brand new car, especially the quality of the interior. I will never buy american again. I have seen the light (OK a bit dramatic). Just my experience.

I have 178,000 on my 1998, 318 engine with 4-wheel drive. Runs great, changed oil and filter every 3000 miles. That's right, it's not new and you have to replace parts every once in a while, recently ball joints and a used starter. Spark plugs at 100,000 and again at 170,000. Drives great, wish I could get a new one just like it.

Lmao the guy says he will never buy american again lol he bought a dodge what does he expect? gm is still overall better then ford and dodge.