I have a 98 Dakota with the 5.2L V8 and 89K miles on it. I've never changed
the plugs. My son's 2000 Dakota has a 3.9L V6 with 97K miles on it. Those
are also the original plugs. Same with my wife's 02 Intrepid (70k miles)
and daughter's 2000 Neon (120K miles) - original plugs. Today's engines
don't need plug changes like the older engines so you may want to consider
saving your money until one goes bad.

"lcarr" > wrote in message
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>I have the V8, 4.7L. I just had them changed and it was a whopper of a
> bill.
> miles wrote:
>> lcarr wrote:
>> > I would like to change the 8 plugs in my Durango next time around.
>> > This is a cost-cutting measure, since the shop really charged me a
>> > bundle. I noticed they have some sort of cap or device on top of each
>> > plug. In fact, the rear two seem to go back into the fire wall a bit.
>> > It looks like I can get to it, but I would hate to remove a bunch of
>> > stuff first.
>> > How difficult is this job? I have changed plugs in my '93 Dakota but
>> > they are easy, wires, easy access, etc. My concern also, is will I
>> > throw a code with the engine if I do it myself?
>>
>> Which engine do you have? The Hemi has 16 plugs and 2 cylinders are
>> difficult to get too. Shops figure 2 hours labor so thats why the high
>> cost for them to change. I have about 40K on mine so it's about time to
>> change mine as well.
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