My Durango has 47,718 miles and it is making a sound like a thud...it feels like i have hit a bump in the road when it does this and it sounds like it is coming from the rear. It happens when I am slowing down from speeds above 35 mph or so, it does'nt happen all the time though.
It happened once right after we bought it, I took it in to the dealer and they said that they had to make some kind of adjustment to the transmission...but it stopped after that till now.
The vehicle is out of warranty so I am hoping I can fix it myself, with your help.


Thanks

 

Until I read the transmission fix part I would have thought it was a loose spare tire. Still might be.

 

Go back to the previous dealer, have them bring up the service history and have them tell you what fix they did last time. Then, repeat said fix.

If the problem is exact, and they fixed it last time, should be this easy. Once done, find out why-the-frack the fix didn't last longer than the interval from the first repair until now.

HTH,

IndyDurango

 

Thanks, I was hoping it would be that easy but the tire is pretty tight under there.

 

I think that is the best thing to do, I'll take it back to the dealer a/s/a/p.

thanks

 

does it do it any other time? I was hearing/feeling a "thud" whenever i'd let off the gas and push it again...the u-joints were bad

 

nope just when slowing down

 

"I was hearing/feeling a "thud" whenever i'd let off the gas and push it again...the u-joints were bad"

I have this too! How to you check u joints?

 

I had this problem when i was slowing down into turns and it I had to have both of my rear springs replaced.