[Jims5543]

I had a 2001 Dakota.

The original pads wore out at 55K miles. I, at that time replaced them with Hawks and replaced the fron rotors with powerslots from tire rack. The only other brake related problem I had after that was a siezed caliper at around 65K miles. Other than that one incident I never had any problems with the truck.

Durango's are heavy. I had gotten into the habit with my Dakota of throwing the tranny in neutral and taking my foot off the brake when possible, especially after a hard stop.

You mom is probably warping her rotors stopping hard and sitting with her foot on the pedal. This is trypical heavy cars and trucks with Auto trannies.