Should i buy a 99 durango

As the year with the third most complaints on CarComplaints. A warning against the model year for a used Dodge Durango may be warranted due to a large number of complaints. What were the complaints? Engine problems, again. You might want to steer clear of that model year, no matter how the low price tag tempts you.

The model was the last of the second generation of the Dodge Durango. It earned the lowest possible reliability verdict from Consumer Reports. There were also quite a few complaints about electrical problems for this year. Now in the third generation since its redesign, the Dodge Durango has had some more recent problem years as well.

While the third generation has largely been an improvement. The Durango remained a body-on-frame model for the second-generation even though it grew into a full-size SUV, but the biggest change came with the arrival of the third-generation which is where it moved to unibody construction and dropped back down into the midsize class. If you want to get a used Dodge Durango or other used vehicles for the lowest possible price, government and police auctions are the way to go.

As well as telling you where to go to get the very lowest prices on new and used vehicles, I also cover finance, insurance, parts, detailing and other stuff too. With the ability to carry up to seven people and tow a trailer of up to 7, pounds, the Durango was a very flexible vehicle that could suit a lot of different types of buyers.

There were four different engines offered in the first-generation Durango, which were a 3. In and there was a limited-edition Shelby S. The output was horsepower and there were several exterior enhancements of note, especially the standard Viper blue paint with the iconic pair of racing stripes down the center of the vehicle. This model was even more closely related to the Dodge Ram Pickup than the first-gen model, and it shows. This generation was also offered with a third-row bench seat to deliver eight-seat passenger capacity, and it was a bigger vehicle than the previous generation and the one that was to follow.

The eagle-eyed among you may have noticed a gap between the end of the second-generation and the start of the third-generation of the Durango, which means there was no model year Durango as the nameplate had a brief hiatus before the third-generation appeared.

Over the years since its launch in early , the Durango has become more and more desirable and more and more powerful. I changed a water pump but otherwise the engine has only had ignition parts replaced. It has been a great car. The tailgate rusted out and when I purchased a used one it was the wrong color so 3 years ago I painted the car to get a few more years out of and it has not disappointed me.

I test drove a and my old Durango is going to be hard to replace. I had interest in a new RT model and was disappointed to learn the only interior option was black. For that reason primarily I will not buy one until a lighter color is available. I am not as concerned about gas mileage as I am the performance for towing trailers from my 17 foot boat to a 24 foot enclosed sled trailer. My old high mileage Durango has towed both flawlessly, again that is why I bought it. I still see a lot of older Durango's on the road and fewer of the newer models built on the RAM platform instead of the Dakota platform as original.

The new ones are built on a Jeep Grand Cherokee platform and seem to be comparable to the older models but Dodge needs to fine tune a bit. I was impressed with the comfort and ride of the new model but the salesman brought a V6 for the test drive even after I told him I had no interest in a V6.

The test drive confirmed that I will never purchase a 3. The difference in gas mileage between the V6 and the Hemi 5. The V6 simply does not cut it. I bought the Durango after buying a Dakota with a 3. My Durango is the perfect size, it's too bad they ruined it by going bigger. I have , miles on it and it is still going strong and runs like new.