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From : steven gozdziak

Q: you didnt mention anything about replacing defective ball joints and = defective serpentine idler as well as the drivers power seat assembly and of course the ever = favorite heat sensitive pcm that would give you a break while in stop and go traffic by= shutting the vehicle down for about 15 minutes till it cooled off......in addition to = the issues you mentioned excepting the turn signals....other than that the rig has been= totally error free! 1999 durango slt 5.9 4wd fully loaded ordered from factory. on sun 15 feb 2004 235902 gmt nobody special nobody@none.net wrote well ive just put the third turn signal in my 1999 durango. ive come= =20 to the conclusion the basic design of the flasher is defective and is=20 asking for trouble. the first turn signal flasher went out after 1.5 years. my turn signals= =20 started to be erratic or they stuck. eventually the turn signal fuse=20 started to blow every week or so. after a week of trying to find the=20 problem i decided to test the flasher. every try to find the flasher=20 in a 99 durango its up behind the fuse panel located under the far=20 left side of the dash. i pulled the flasher out and half of the green=20 cover was melted off the flasher looks like an electrical relay on an iso type multi-prong=20 base. but its not anything standard. its really just a 555 like=20 electronic timer running a relay. well for $42 i would expect more. i replaced the flasher and things worked ok for a another two years.=20 just last week my flasher began to blow fuses again. this time the=20 fuse would blow only when my right turn signal was activated. i though=20 there might have been a bulb problem so i replace all the turn signal=20 bulbs. things didnt get better. i then noticed the right rear turn=20 signal assembly had a little water behind it. the area behind the=20 assembly isnt water tight and open to the outside so i waterproofed=20 all of the connections with conductive grease and silicone sealer. it=20 didnt do any good. i replaced the flasher and things worked ok for a=20 while. i took the old flasher apart and noticed there was some brown=20 discoloration on the inside of the housing. maybe the flasher was=20 starting to overheat again. now im on my third flasher and out $84. then last week my flasher=20 started to stick when flashing. it would flash 3 to 20 times and then=20 stick on. but if i turned on the 4-ways it flashed all the time.=20 hmmmm sounds like a current sensitive problem. when it sticks it=20 would start again if i just tap the flasher. then it would stick = again. so i took the flasher apart. they have gotten cheaper over the years.=20 there is no real hinge on the relay part of the flasher. its kind of=20 a tab stuck into a slot. this kind of hinge doesnt really work that=20 well because it binds. so i took a pair of needle nose pliers and=20 some emery cloth to the contacts. now the hinge kind of works and my=20 turn signals dont stick any more. so my question is why replace a $5 flasher with a $42 piece of junk=20 that has to be replaced after two years i dont tow so i havent=20 exceeded the rating of the flasher. even the parts guy at the=20 dealership asked how many ive gone through. i said this is the third=20 one in 5 years and he said its about right. dodge durango turn signal flasher are cr@p. overall ive very disappointed with my durango. two replacement turn signal flashers. serpentine belt replacement at year 4 but replaced again after 11 = months. dealer says my torque converter is prematurly locking up but they wont= =20 cover it on warranty. gas mileage hovers around 10 mpg in town and 13 mpg on the open road. two of the shocks leaked after 2 years so i replaced all four. am i unusual or am i the rule ive heard from other local durango=20 owners they have had similar problems. .