Dodge Durango Complaints (2005)

1,567 consumer complaints on file.

#10135035September 1, 2005
AIR BAGS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
ENGINE STALLS AT FREEWAY/HIGHWAY SPEEDS CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL - NUMEROUS ELECTRICAL FAILURES - TRANSMISSION - A/C BLOWS BOTH COLD & HOT AIR AT SAME TIME - POWER SWITCHES GETTING HOT TO TOUCH - REPAIRING DEALER HAS BEEN UNABLE TO FIX - EACH TIME IT IS WORKED ON - PROBLEMS MULTIPLY AFTER THEY FLASH/REPROGRAMMED PCM/COMPUTER
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10134912August 31, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
VEHICLE WAS IN GEAR AND EITHER SLOWING TO A STOP OR ALREADY STOPPED. THE ENGINE RPM'S DROPPED BELOW 500 AND THEN RECOVERED VERY BRIEFLY (~1 SECOND) BEFORE STALLING. THE ENGINE WAS IDLING VERY ROUGH DURING THE DROP/RECOVERY PHASE BEFORE STALLING. THIS INCIDENT OCCURRED 5 TIMES WITHIN A 1 HOUR PERIOD. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10129902August 19, 2005
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL
DT: 2005 DODGE DURANGO. THE DEALERSHIP CASE NUMBER IS: 4607005. WHEN THE CONSUMER SET THE CRUISE CONTROL AND WAS GOING DOWN A HILL, THE VEHICLE WILL GAIN ABOUT 15 MPH AND THE CONSUMER WOULD HAVE TO STEP ON THE BRAKE TO SLOW THE VEHICLE DOWN. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND THEY SENT THE INFORMATION TO THE MANUFACTURER, THE DEALER TOOK THE VEHICLE FOR A TEST DRIVE AND THE MANUFACTURER SAID THAT IT WAS DESIGNED THAT WAY. SO THEY SAID APPLY THE BRAKES WHEN NECESSARY. THE LOCAL DEALER/CHIEF MECHANIC SAID THAT THIS SHOULD NOT BE LIKE THIS. *JB *SC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10132843August 15, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH
DT: THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE ON AUGUST 3, 2005. THE INTERIOR DOME LIGHT WAS STUCK, AND THAT WAS THE ONLY INDICATION THERE WAS A PROBLEM. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT CAME AND PUT OUT THE FIRE. , IT ORIGINATED FROM DASHBOARD AROUND STEERING COLUMN. THE DEALERSHIP WAS SUPPOSE TO HAVE SPECIALIST COME OUT, BUT THEY HAVE NOT LOOKED AT IT YET. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10132778August 14, 2005
STEERING
THE VEHICLE IS MAKING POPPING NOISE WHEN TURNING. I TRADED MY 2003 CARAVAN IN FOR THE DURANGO BECAUSE IT WAS MAKING THE SAME NOISE THAT MY NEW DURANGO IS MAKING AND THE DEALERSHIPS (2 DIFFERENT ONES) COULD NOT FIND OR FIX THE PROBLEM. NOW THE DURANGO IS MAKING THE NOISE AND THE DEALERSHIPS CANT FIX IT. I CALLED CHRYSLER AND ALL THEY COULD SUGGESTED WAS TO TAKE IT TO A DIFFERENT DEALERSHIP. IF THAT'S ALL THEY CAN DO THEN I WILL FILE LEMON LAW AFTER THE FOURTH TRIP TO THE DEALERSHIP AND WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER DODGE/CHRYSLER VEHICLE... *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10132018August 9, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
MY 2005 DODGE DURANGO HAS AN ENGINE STALLING PROBLEM. IT CURRENTLY HAS 13000 MILES ON IT. I BOUGHT IT BRAND NEW IN DEC. SINCE THEN IT HAS STALLED ON US ABOUT 6 TIMES AT VARIOUS SPEEDS IN DRIVE AND IN REVERSE. I HAVE CALLED THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP 3 TIMES NOW AND NOTHING IS BEING DONE ABOUT IT. THEY CONTINUE TO TELL ME THAT THEY HAVE NEVER HEARD OF THIS PROBLEM AND DO NOT KNOW WHAT IS CAUSING IT. THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT CONCERNS ME BECAUSE I USE THIS VEHICLE TO CART AROUND MY VERY YOUNG CHILDREN SO I NEED SOME THING RELIABLE. PLEASE HELP TO GET THIS PROBLEM TAKEN CARE OF SOON. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10131908August 8, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
ON JULY 8, 2005 AT 6:30 AM, I OPENED MY CAR DOOR TO GO TO WORK AND THERE HAD BEEN AFIRE INSIDE THE CAR DURING THE NIGHT, CAUSING EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE INTERIOR. HAD THE CAR TOWED TO MY STATE FARM APPROVED REPAIR CENTER. AFTER REPAIRS WERE STARTED, THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE WAS DETERMINED BY THE REPAIR SHOP TO BE A WIRE UNDER THE SEAT THAT WAS FOR ELECTRIC SEATS WHICH IS NOT AN OPTION IN MY CAR. DODGE WAS NOTIFIED AND THEY SAID TO STOP REPAIRS UNTIL THEY SENT AN INSPECTOR TO LOOK AT CAR. HE CAME THE FOLLOWING WEEK AND DETERMINED DODGE WAS NOT AT FAULT AND SEALED THE FILE AND WAS TOLD TO RETAIN A LAWYER IF I WANTED TO FIND OUT WHY, OTHERWISE TOO BAD. I FOUND A RECALL ON 2001 DODGE RAMS THAT WAS FOR THE SAME EXACT PROBLEM AND 2 REPORTED SUCH FIRES IN 2001 DURANGOS. MY CASE IS NOT AN ISOLATED INCIDENT AND DODGE REFUSES TO TAKE CARE OF THE PROBLEM. THE NHTSA ID IS 01V253000. OBVIOUSLY DODGE DID NOTHING TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM AND HAS NOT RECALLED THE 2002 DODGES. PLEASE HELP ME. VALERIE DAVIS. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10131683August 5, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY, AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW
DT: ENGINE STALLED ABOUT 5 DIFFERENT TIMES WHILE SLOWING DOWN. SHE STARTED VEHICLE AND IT DIED WHILE SHE WAS SITTING STILL. DEALER DID NOT KNOW WHAT THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM WAS, AND THEY DIDN'T KNOW IF IT WILL BE COVERED BY THE WARRANTY. MANUFACTURER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED YET.*AK UPDATE 11/15/05. *JB....CONTACT COMPLAINED ABOUT VEHICLE STALLING. MANUFACTURER'S RECALL OF FUEL TANK, AND AIRBAG LIGHT PROBLEM. IN REGARD TO STALLING, THE CONTACT WAS TOLD BY THE DEALERSHIP THAT THE STALLING PROBLEM COULD NOT BE REPEATED BY SERVICE TECHNICIANS AND THAT NO CODES WERE AVAILABLE AFTER COMPUTER DIAGNOSIS. THEN, WAS TOLD TO START VEHICLE WHEN IT STALLS THE NEXT TIME AND HAVE IT TOWED DIRECTLY TO THE DEALERSHIP. IN THIS WAY, THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO OBTAIN THE CODE FOR THE PROBLEM. ALSO, THEY TOLD THE CONTACT THAT THE IDLE WASN'T CORRECT AND THEY ADJUSTED IT APPROPRIATELY. CONCERNING THE FUEL TANK RECALL, AFTER RECALL SERVICE WAS PERFORMED, THE FUEL TANK WAS REPLACED. FINALLY THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG LIGHT WOULD COME ON AND STAY ON DURING VEHICLE OPERATION. THE DEALERSHIP INVESTIGATED IT AND FOUND A WIRE PROBLEM WHICH THEY REPAIRED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10130758August 1, 2005
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY
EVER SINCE I PURCHASED MY 2005 DODGE DURANGO IN MAY, 2005, I HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO COMPLETELY FILL THE GAS TANK. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO FILL THE TANK, THE GAS GETS BACKED UP IN THE STEM TO THE TANK, AND IT SHUTS OFF THE GAS PUMP. THIS MAKES IT VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO TELL WHEN THE GAS TANK IS TRULY FULL OR IF IT IS JUST BACKED UP IN THE FILLER STEM TO THE TANK. I BROUGHT THE VEHICLE IN FOR SERVICE TO THE DEALER WHERE I PURCHASED IT, AND WAS TOLD THERE WAS AN "E-VAMP" LEAK IN THE TANK. THIS WAS FIXED AND I WAS TOLD THE TANK WAS ALSO FIXED AND READY FOR NORMAL FILLING. AS SOON AS I LEFT THE DEALER, I TRIED TO FILL THE TANK, BUT IT WAS NOT FIXED. I IMMEDIATELY INFORMED THE SERVICE PERSON, WHO WAS STILL THERE. I AGAIN BROUGHT THE VEHICLE IN FOR SERVICE, AND THE FUEL TANK WAS REPLACED. (AFTER BRINGING THE SERVICE TECHNICIAN FOR A RIDE TO THE GAS PUMP SO HE COULD SEE WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS.) THE VEHICLE WAS GIVEN BACK TO ME WITH A NEW FUEL TANK, AND THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10130314July 27, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
WHILE DRIVING IN STOP-AND-GO TRAFFIC ON SUNDAY JULY 17, 2005, MY 2005 DODGE DURANGO (~1700 MILES) ENGINE SHUT OFF. I PLACED THE CAR IN NEUTRAL (I WAS STILL ROLLING) AND WAS ABLE TO STOP THE VEHIUCLE AND RESTART THE ENGINE. I TOOK THE CAR INTO A 5-STAR DEALERSHIP (WHERE IT WAS PURCHASED FROM) AND THEY KEPT THE VEHICLE FOR 2 DAYS. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT CONCLUSION WAS THAT THEY COULD FIND NO TROUBLE. I HAVE SEEN SIMILAR FAILURES WITH THIS VEHICLE ON THE NHTSA WEBSITE, SO I FEEL CONFIDENT THAT THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED CASE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10125643July 22, 2005
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
DT: THE VEHICLE STALLED INTERMITTENTLY. THE PROBLEM OCCURRED AT LEAST THREE TIME PER WEEK WHILE DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS OR WHILE IDLING AT A STOP LIGHT/SIGN. THE RPM GAUGE GOES UP THEN FALLS TO 0, AND CAR DIES. SERVICE DEALER STATED THEY CAN NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM AND SUGGESTED THAT THE CONSUMER USE A HIGHER OCTANE GAS. THEY ALSO SUGGESTED THAT VEHICLE MAY HAVE BAD GASOLINE, AND IT IS WORKING ITS WAY THROUGH THE SYSTEM. *AK *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10128675July 13, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
HAD DRIVEN 05 DURANGO ABOUT 5 MILES. WHEN BRAKING TO ENTER THE DRIVEWAY AT HOME, VEHICLE ENGINE SHUT OFF. NO POWER AT ALL. VEHICLE HAS 4513 MILES WITH A 5.7L HEMI.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10128292July 11, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
FOUR TIMES BETWEEN THE MONTHS OF FEBRUARY AND JULY 2005 MY VEHICLE HAS STALLED WHILE DRIVING AT SLOW SPEEDS. ALSO, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START DAILY EACH MORNING FOR A PERIOD OF TWO WEEKS. THE VEHICLE WOULD BE JUMP STARTED AND RUN CORRECTLY DURING THE DAY, HOWEVER, WHEN LEFT OVERNIGHT, THE BATTERY WOULD BE DEAD. THE DEALER COULD NOT PROVIDE AN ANSWER FOR THE STALLING. REGARDING THE ELECTRICAL, THEY TESTED THE DRAW AND HELD THE VEHICLE FOR TWO WEEKS. AFTER SEVERAL DAYS, THEY INDICATED THAT IT WAS AN ELECTRICAL DEVICE BEHIND THE DASH BOARD. THE ELECTRICAL PROBLEM HAS BEEN FIXED, HOWEVER, THE STALLING CONTINUES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10127409July 4, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
(1) NORMAL DRIVING ON I-4 ABOUT 75 MPH (2) WANTED TO ACCELERATE AND THE RPMS WOULD NOT GO PAST 3000. I TRIED SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO GO FASTER AS IT USUALLY DOES GO WELL BEYOND 3000 BUT NO AVAIL. I EVEN PUT IT IN NEUTRAL WHILE DRIVING AND THE SAME THING OCCURED. (3) I PLACED THE TRUCK IN NEUTRAL TURNED IGNITION OFF THEN ON, PROBLEM SOLVED AND HAS NOT OCCURED SINCE THEN AT THE TIME I HAD ABOUT 2100 MILES ON THE TRUCK. (1) ABOUT 3 WEEKS AFTER THE OTHER INCIDENT I WAS HAD JUST TURNED MY TRUCK ON FOR THE SECOND TIME DURING THE DAY AND WAS ABOUT TO DRIVE WHEN (2) JUST SHUT OFF WITH NO WARNING, MY ODOMETER WENT BLANK AND MY CLOCK WENT OFF (3) I JUST RESTARTED AFTER SETTING THE GEAR SELECTOR BACK TO NEUTRAL AND IT STARED WITH NO PROBLEM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10127355July 3, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
I BOUGHT A 2005 DODGE DURANGO A WEEK AGO AND IT HAS STALLED OUT 2 TIMES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10127106June 30, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
ON 4 SEPERATE OCCASIONS VEHICLE ENGINE HAS STALLED FOR NO APPARENT REASON. MOST RECENT EVENT OCCURED ON TOLL BRIDGE NEARLY CAUSING ACCIDENT/LOSS OF CONTROL OF VEHICLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10126639June 27, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
DT: THE VEHICLE SHUTS OFF WHILE DRIVING IT HAPPENED WITHOUT WARNING. CAR HAD BEEN DRIVEN FOR ABOUT ONE MINUTE THE VEHICLE WAS ONLY MOVING ABOUT 5 MPH OR LESS. THE VEHICLE WAS PUT IN PARK AND RESTARTED JUST FINE. A MONTH LATER THE SAME THING HAPPENED AT A STOP SIGN, THIS TIME THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF WHILE SITTING AT STOP. THERE WAS NO WARNING THIS TIME EITHER. OWNER DOESNT REMEMBER IF THE ELECTRIC IN VEHICLE WAS OFF OR NOT. THIS TIME THE VEHICLE STARTED RIGHT BACK AGAIN. THEN OWNER CONTACTED DEALERSHIP, THERE IS NOTHING THE DEALER CAN DO ABOUT IT BECUASE NO INFO IN THE SYSTEM ABOUT IT. THE DEALERSHIP NEEDED THE VEHICLE IN ORDER TO INSPECT, THEN THE OWNERS COULDNT TAKE TO DEALER AT THAT TIME BECAUSE THEY NEEDED THE VEHICLE. THIS HAPPENED AGAIN WITH SHUTTING OFF SEVERAL TIMES. THEN ON JUNE 2, AT APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE SHUTT OFF AGAIN. THIS TIME THE VEHICLE STARTED BACK UP AGAIN AND THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER. THE DEALER REPORTED NO PROBLEM, THE DIAGNOSTIC COMPUTER SHOWED NO ERROR CODES. THEN STALLED AGAIN THE 24TH OF JUNE. THE VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 45 THIS TIME, AND MAKING A LEFT TURN, THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION. THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF AGAIN LATER THAT DAY, THE VEHICLE WERE ON, AIR CONDITIONING, ALL SHUT OFF. THE DASH LIGHTS WENT OUT. THERE WAS NO ELECTRICITY IN THE VEHICLE EXCEPT FOR THE TAIL AND HEAD LIGHTS, AND THE VEHICLE HAD NO BRAKE LIGHTS, AND THIS WAS DANGEROURS BECUASE THIS TIME THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF AT NIGHT. THE VEHICLE STARTED AGAIN AND WAS DRIVEN FOR THE REST OF THE TRIP. THEN VEHICLE WAS TOWED HOME.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10126530June 24, 2005
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
DT: CONTACT OWNED A 2005, DODGE, DURANGO. WHILE DRIVING OVER 40 MPH WITH THE BACK WINDOWS DOWN, THE DOORS AND THE WINDOWS SHOOK VIOLENTLY. HAD TO PUT THE BACK WINDOWS UP TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM. CONTACT HAD FOUR PEOPLE FROM THE DEALERSHIP DRIVE THE VEHICLE, AND THEY NOTICED THE SAME THING. DEALERSHIP STATED THAT THEY WERE THE FIRST ONE TO BRING THIS PROBLEM TO THEIR ATTENTION. THE CHRYSLER REPRESENTATIVE STATED THAT THIS VEHICLE HAD SAME PROBLEM. THE ONLY SOLUTION WAS TO CRACK THE FRONT WINDOWS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10126172June 22, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN FOR SERVICE SEVERAL TIMES FOR STALLING PROBLEMS , RECENTLY BROUGHT IN AGAIN ON 06-20-05 FOR STALLING , VEHICLE IS HARD TO START THEN WILL STALL AFTER STARTING , ALSO STILL STALLS OUT IN TURNS AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, MANUFACTURER STILL WON'T RECOGNIZE THE PROBLEM AS A SERIOUS SAFETY HAZARD
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10126877June 22, 2005
STRUCTURE
WHEN CONSUMER ROLLS THE WINDOWS DOWN IN THE 2005 DODGE DURANGO THE WHOLE VEHICLE SHAKES.*MR CONSUMER STATES THAT WHEN WINDOWS ARE DOWN THE PASSENGERS IN THE VEHICLE EARS HURT. SERVICE MANAGER WAS ABLE TO REPLICATE THE PROBLEM BUT REFUSED TO FIX THE PROBLEM, SAYING IT WAS AN ENGINEER PROBLEM AND TOLD CONSUMER TO JUST ROLL THE FRONT WINDOW DOWN. CONSUMER FEELS THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY PROBLEM AND NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT, OR IN AN ACCIDENT.*SB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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