2004 DODGE DURANGO Complaints

I AM LEASING A 2004 DODGE DURANGO EQUIPPED WITH A 5.7 LITER HEMI ENGINE THAT STALLS DURING REGULAR DRIVING APPLICATIONS. I HAVE HAD THE VEHICLE IN TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES WITH NO ACTION TAKEN. I HAVE CALLED THE CHRYSLER HOTLINE TWICE WITH MY CONCERNS ABOUT THE OBVIOUS SAFETY ISSUES RELATED TO THESE FAILURES. MY 9 MONTH PREGNANT WIFE DRIVES THIS VEHICLE ON A DAILY BASIS AND SHE TRANSPORTS MY OTHER TWO CHILDREN TO SCHOOL. IT IS JUST A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE THIS VEHICLE IS GOING TO STALL IN A DANGEROUS SITUATION AND SOMEONE IS GOING TO GET KILLED OR SERIOUSLY INJURED. VIN# [XXX] THANK YOU, [XXX] *JS INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

WE LEASE A 2004 DODGE DURANGO. ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS OUR VEHICLE HAS STALLED. IT WOULD DO THIS AT DIFFERENT SPEEDS, AND IT DIDN'T MATTER THE ROAD CONDITIONS OR TEMP. WE'VE HAD IT BACK TO DERBY DODGE IN DERBY CT 3 TIMES FOR THIS PROBLEM, BUT THEY HAVE YET TO IDENTIFY WHY THIS KEEPS HAPPENING. MY WIFE PRIMARILY USES THIS VEHICLE WITH OUR CHILDREN. I AM NOT SATISFIED WITH HOW DODGE HAS ASSESSED THE SITUATION.

SINCE PURCHASING MY 2004 DURANGO I HAVE CONTINUEOUSLY HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE AIR BAG LIGHT COMING ON AND DISABLING THE WHOLE SYSTEM. I HAVE HAD IT IN FOR REPAIRS WITH 2 DIFFERENT DEALERSHIPS 7 TIMES. IT SEEMS TO BE A PROBLEM WITH THE NEW PASSENGER SEAT TECHNOLOGY WHERE THE SEAT ITSELF DETERMINES IF THE AIR BAG SHOULD BE ON OR OFF BY WEIGHT. INSTEAD OF WORKING PROPERLY MINE JUST SHUTS THE WHOLE SYSTEM DOWN WHEN IT IS CONFUSED SUCH AS SOMEONE EXITING THAT SEAT WHILE THE VEHICLE IS RUNNING. NOTHING IS SHOWING THE THE COMPUTER EXECT THAT THE SEAT NEEDS CALIBRATING. NO ONE SEEMS TO KNOW WHY THIS KEEPS HAPPENING BUT WHEN I GOT MY LOANER, A NEW DODGE CARAVAN THIS VEHICLE ALSO HAD THE AIR BAG LIGHT ON AND WHEN I INQUIRED I WAS TOLD THAT ALL THE CARAVANS THAT CAME IN HAD THIS PROBLEM. IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THERE IS SOMETHING TERRIBLY WRONG WITH THIS SYSTEM AND I WOULD RATHER HAVE A SYSTEM WHERE I CAN TURN OFF OR ON THE AIRBAG INSTEAD OF DRIVING WITH NO AIR BAG PROTECTION AT ALL.

I BOUGHT A 2004 DODGE DURANGO IN SEPTEMBER OF 2004. I HAVE SINCE DRIVEN THE VEHICLE 35500 MILES WITH NO PROBLEMS UNTIL NOW. THE VEHICLE STALLS PRIOR TO STOPPING. A VEHICLE WAS TURNING LEFT IN FRONT OF ME AND I SLOWED TO PREPARE TO STOP. THE VEHICLE TURNED LEFT BEFORE I REACHED THEM AND MY VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLES BEHIND ME WERE NOT EXPECTING ME TO STOP AND ALMOST REARENDED ME. THIS HAPPENED 4 TIMES. IT ALSO STALLED AT THE TOP OF EXIT 87 OFF I-40 NEAR JACKSON. I RESTARTED THE VEHICLE. UPON ATTEMPTING TO TURN LEFT, THE VEHICLE STALLED AGAIN, THIS TIME WITH ONCOMING TRAFFIC IN BOTH DIRECTIONS. I WAS NEARLY HIT BY ONE OF THE ONCOMING VEHICLES. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS! I ALSO SHOULD ADD THAT I HAD LEFT THE DEALERSHIP WHO "FIXED" THE PROBLEM 6 HOURS PRIOR TO THESE OCCURENCES. IT HAPPENED ONCE THE DAY BEFORE AND I TOOK IT TO SERVICE IMMEDIATELY THE MORNING IN QUESTION.

THE CONSUMER STATED AT ANY GIVEN TIME NO MATTER IF DRIVING FOR DAYS OR HOURS SOMETIMES THE VEHICLE WON'T START, IT ACTED AS IF IT WAS OUT OF GAS. IT WOULDN'T START THREE TIMES, THE FOURTH TIME IT DID START LIKE IT WASN'T GETTING ENOUGH GAS. EVERYTHING WAS DEAD, THE CONSUMER WAITED A FEW MINUTES AND IT STARTED WITHOUT ANT PROBLEM, HAVEN'T HAD A PROBLEM SINCE THEN. TWO MONTHS AGO IT STARTED HAPPENING. NO PROBLEM SINCE THEN, AND IT WAS WORSE THIS TIME THAN THE FIRST TIME. DEALER TOLD HIM TO TURN KEY 1/2 WAY AND WAIT ABOUT A FEW SECONDS, THEN START THE MOTOR. *AK

2004 DODGE DURANGO EXPERIENCING ALOT OF MECHANICAL PROBLEMS MAKING THE VEHICLE INOPERATIVE ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS.*MR THE VEHICLE'S ENGINE BLEW TWO MONTHS AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED. THE ENGINE WAS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. THE VEHICLE STARTED IDLING ROUGH BUT THE DEALER COULD FIND ANYTHING WRONG. ONE MONTH AFTER THE ENGINE WAS REPLACED IT BLEW AGAIN.

WHILE DRIVING THE THROTTLE STUCK, AND THE BRAKES FAILED. THIS CAUSED THE CONSUMER TO GO INTO A DITCH. VEHICLE WAS TOWED. DEALERSHIP REPAIRED THE PROBLEM THREE TIMES, BUT IT RECURRED. *AK DEALER DID NOT REPAIR PROBLEM THEY INSTALLED CODE READER AND SAID NOTHING WAS WRONG. THEY CALLED CHRYSLER AND CHRYSLER SAID THAT THERE WAS NO PROBLEM. *BF

STALLING WITHOUT WARNING IN MIDDLE OF INTERSECTION. HAS STALLED THREE TIMES. DEALER SAYS NO CODES FOUND. CAN NOT DUPLICATE. THROUGH RESEARCH I HAVE FOUND THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE AND DAIMLER CHRYSLER HAS NOT BEEN WILLING OR ABLE TO FIX IT. *JB

2004, DODGE DURANGO WHILE TRAVELING 50 MPH ON PAVED RURAL ROAD SUFFERED A SLOW BLOWOUT ON THE LEFT REAR TIRE. REPLACED TIRE WITH SPARE. ATTEMPTED TO OBTAIN A REPLACEMENT TIRE FROM GOODYEAR TIRE INCORPORATION IN MILLINGTON, TENNESSEE, AND THEY REFUSED TO HONOR THE WARRANTY. VEHICLE HAD 11,888 MILES.*AK

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHILE ON THE HIGHWAY AROUND NORMAL OPERATING SPEEDS VEHICLE STARTED TO HESITATE AND ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. THIS HAPPENED BEFORE I MADE MY FIRST PAYMENT. IT HAS BEEN REPAIRED THROUGH WARRANTY BUT IS STATING TO HESITATE AND GO OUT AGAIN. *AK