Dodge Durango 2001-- help! Engine starts fine but can't drive- won't move easily at all; kind of feels like parking brake is on but it is not (I don't use it, have not); it feels like the wheels are being restricted some how, not sure? I don't know anything about "cars" but it has been at a mechanics and they can't figure out what is wrong with it. So, just looking for some ideas.
I don't know why (I don't agree with it) but they all have seemed to focus on the transmission, and like I said, I really don't think that's the problem at all.... engine starts and runs fine (I had transmissions go out on two cars in the past, and this does not feel or act like those at all! And I have not had any signs of transmission troubles before this!).
I have only had this vehicle for about a month but I know the previous owner had the transmission rebuilt or replaced, and it was by the 'dealer'. But, no one is listening to me...I think this is important and no one will listen: ...there was a whole lot of loose rust pieces that kept falling off of the vehicle on each side underneath all 4 doors, and while I was washing the vehicle last weekend, just before all of this trouble, I was spraying with high water pressure from the hose, all those areas of rust to get all the loose rust pieces off the vehicle. I did spray closely and maybe up and into the holes of the sides and the water was going up and under the vehicle. Then I took it to a car wash shortly after, because what I was trying to wash just wasn’t looking very good, so I did the most deluxe wash where it supposedly sprays and cleans underneath. There is a lot of rust underneath as well.
So, I wonder if any of what I did, and the fact that there is a ton of rust underneath as well--- could any of that have anything to do with why it went out the next day or so, or why it would not drive, or it was extremely hard to drive? I would push on the gas and it just would not move, unless I gave it a lot of gas, and then it would move slowly and very hard, like the brakes were all on. I was afraid to keep trying to drive the vehicle for fear I would do more serious damage by doing that. I can tell you right after the car wash, there was some sort of strange noise, which I thought, was coming from the front tires/wheels? I thought it was as if something was caught someplace in the wheels or tires and just needed to work it’s way out; but I really don’t know enough about all this stuff to know if that was anything serious or not, but I do know it wouldn’t drive the next day.
Thank you to anyone and all who can offer any good suggestions...that I can offer to those working on my car!
Sue C
:serious :frown
I don't know why (I don't agree with it) but they all have seemed to focus on the transmission, and like I said, I really don't think that's the problem at all.... engine starts and runs fine (I had transmissions go out on two cars in the past, and this does not feel or act like those at all! And I have not had any signs of transmission troubles before this!).
I have only had this vehicle for about a month but I know the previous owner had the transmission rebuilt or replaced, and it was by the 'dealer'. But, no one is listening to me...I think this is important and no one will listen: ...there was a whole lot of loose rust pieces that kept falling off of the vehicle on each side underneath all 4 doors, and while I was washing the vehicle last weekend, just before all of this trouble, I was spraying with high water pressure from the hose, all those areas of rust to get all the loose rust pieces off the vehicle. I did spray closely and maybe up and into the holes of the sides and the water was going up and under the vehicle. Then I took it to a car wash shortly after, because what I was trying to wash just wasn’t looking very good, so I did the most deluxe wash where it supposedly sprays and cleans underneath. There is a lot of rust underneath as well.
So, I wonder if any of what I did, and the fact that there is a ton of rust underneath as well--- could any of that have anything to do with why it went out the next day or so, or why it would not drive, or it was extremely hard to drive? I would push on the gas and it just would not move, unless I gave it a lot of gas, and then it would move slowly and very hard, like the brakes were all on. I was afraid to keep trying to drive the vehicle for fear I would do more serious damage by doing that. I can tell you right after the car wash, there was some sort of strange noise, which I thought, was coming from the front tires/wheels? I thought it was as if something was caught someplace in the wheels or tires and just needed to work it’s way out; but I really don’t know enough about all this stuff to know if that was anything serious or not, but I do know it wouldn’t drive the next day.
Thank you to anyone and all who can offer any good suggestions...that I can offer to those working on my car!
Sue C
:serious :frown
