My 2001 dodge durango 5.9 r/t is having some problems. I have a vibration when I hit 45-50 mph..........?

Question

It shakes the whole car. Also when I shift from neutral to reverse their is a clunking sound. It's going to the shop on Monday (Thank god it's under warranty!) what do you think the problem is?

Answer 1

Sounds like a bad Universal Joint !

Answer 2

Have your tires balanced. Try shifting into 1st gear before you shift into reverse to stop the transmission. Some transmissions are very sensitive to the speed when you shift into reverse. If it still does it when you are stopped, put it in 1st, and then reverse then I would take it to the shop.

Answer 3

I have the same vehicle, well my husband does now, but I replaced the tires and it was much better. You can have your tires rotated and see if that helps. Ours also made the clunking noise, not sure why still. We've had our transmission rebuilt already.

Answer 4

you have a universal joint at the front and at the back of the drive shaft. get up under and take a hold of the drive shaft and give it a good shaking. if there is any movement at all then that's your problem. also your torque converter( if and automatic) straight drive it is one of the fingers on the pressure plate is either broken or weak.

Answer 5

Ujoint/driveshaft

Answer 6

Yeah thats a tranny problem, saw some posts like yours at the dodgetalk.com forum or dakotadurango.com check them out if you can't wait till monday.

Answer 7

You need a wheel alignment, very common problem.Also check out how bad your tires are. This may have caused your front end to go out of alignment.

Answer 8

my car does the SAME THING!!! only it's a little 03 focus, i took it in and they filled the tires up and rotated them, every-things fine now :-)