2016 DODGE DURANGO Complaints

WENT TO DRIVE MY 2016 DURANGO THIS MORNING, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON, AND THE CAR WOULD NOT GO INTO REVERSE. AFTER TURNING THE CAR ON AND OFF SEVERAL TIMES, AND LETTING IT WARM UP, IT WENT INTO REVERSE. TOOK IT TO AUTOZONE TO READ THE CODE (P1B14) AND FOR THE SECOND TIME WE HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE PARK- REVERSE DIAL. COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO IT WAS PUT INTO PARK AND THE CAR DROVE FORWARD ON ITS OWN. I GUESS SOMEONE IS GOING TO HAVE TO GET INJURED BEFORE CHRYSLER GETS IT TOGETHER.

"TAKATA RECALL" I'VE HAD SEVERAL EXPERIENCES WITH MY 2016 DODGE DURANGO THAT WAS BOUGHT BRAND IN JUNE OR JULY 2016 WITH 23 MILES ON IT FROM A DODGE DEALERSHIP. A COUPLE MONTHS AFTER IT WAS BOUGHT, THE CAR CUT OFF WHILE DRIVING PRESENTING SIGNALS OF "PULL OVER", "CHECK ENGINE", "POWER TRAIN" AND MORE. THE SIGNALS WERE FLASHING NON STOP. ONCE I PULLED OVER, THE CAR WOULDN'T START OR MOVE SO I PUT IT IN PARK AND CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP. MY CAR WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THE DEALERSHIP STATED THAT THE REPAIRS LIED WITH THE COMPUTER CHIP(S). IT WAS A SIMPLE UPDATE NEEDED. MY HUSBAND AND I PAID FOR THAT. IN MARCH/APRIL OF 2017, WE EXPERIENCED OUR CAR ROLLING INTO THE NEIGHBORS YARD WHILE ON AND IN PARK. OUR HOME CAMERA TAPED ME GETTING OUT OF THE VEHICLE WHILE IN PARK (ACCORDING TO THE REAR LIGHTS) IN MY FRONT YARD ON THE GRASS AND THEN THE CAR MOVING FORWARD OF WHICH THE CAMERA STOPPED RECORDING AT THIS MOMENT. WHEN I WALKED BACK OUTSIDE TO MY CAR, IT WAS ROLLING ONTO THE NEIGHBORS' PROPERTY. I HAD TO RUN AND CATCH IT. IN THE LATER MONTHS OF 2017, THE GAS LEVER STOPPED WORKING. AFTER PUSHING THE GAS BUTTON, IT WOULDN'T OPEN AND STILL DOESN'T OPEN, SO WE HAVE TO OPEN THE GAS USING THE "STRING" OR PULLEY IN THE TRUNK SPACE OF THE DURANGO BY LIFTING THE LIFT GATE TO GET TO IT. IN DECEMBER 2018, THE CAR WOULDN'T START. DODGE TOWED IT TO THE NEAREST DEALERSHIP AND A NEW BATTERY WAS NEEDED ALONG WITH RECALL UPDATES. JANUARY 2019, THE VEHICLE'S DASHBOARD WENT OUT WITH NO LIGHTING OR ANYTHING SHOWING ALTHOUGH THE CAR WAS OPERABLE. IT IS CURRENTLY STILL IN THE SHOP WHILE MY FAMILY OF 5 IS OPERATING WITH ONE VEHICLE.

THE POWER STEERING HAS GONE OUT. IT FULLY WENT OUT WHILE DRIVING INTO A PARKING LOT FROM A HIGHWAY EXIT. THE TRUCK STARTED MAKING SOUNDS AND WILL NOT TURN NOW. THE VEHICLE HAS ONLY 60,000 MILES. I HAVE SEEN WHERE OTHER DODGE AND RAM VEHICLES ARE HAVING SIMILAR ISSUES WHERE THE POWER STEERING HAS COMPLETELY GONE OUT AS MINE HAS. WITH THE ELECTRONIC STEERING SYSTEM EVERY TIME I TURN THE WHEEL YOU HEAR A SCREECHING AND ELECTRONIC OR BEING SOUND (AS IF AN ELECTRICAL DEVICE HAS FAILED). I STARTED TO NOTICE A DULL OR NUMB STEERING FEELING TO THE VEHICLE WHICH NOW HAS PROGRESSED INTO UNABLE TO USE ONE BIT. FIAT CHRYSLER HAS INFORMED ME THAT THIS IS NOT COVERED UNDER AN EXTENDED WARRANTY. WE READ THAT SIMILAR DODGE, CHRYSLER AND RAM VEHICLES IN OUR YEAR RANGE HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY THIS AS WELL. IT'S NOT REALISTIC FOR SOMEONE WHOM IS STILL PAYING FOR A VEHICLE TO NOW BE REQUIRED TO PAY $3,000+ IN REPAIRS TO FIX THIS VEHICLE.

TAIL LIGHT BAR ACROSS BACK COLLECTS WATER (BAD SEALS). NOW HAS SHORTED OUT AND TAIL LIGHT BAR AND TAG LIGHTS DO NOT WORK. NOT COVERED UNDER MY EXTENDED WARRANTY

CAME TO A STOP TURNED THE KNOB TO PARK, AND WENT TO EXIT THE VEHICLE. THE CAR ROLLED FORWARD INTO THE CURB AND DENTED MY LICENSE PLATE . THE CAR APPARENTLY DID NOT GO INTO PARK, LIKE I HAD PUT IT. HAD THERE BEEN PEOPLE IN FRONT OF ME I WOULD HAVE HIT THEM!

THIS IS THE 3RD TIME THAT WHILE DRIVING MY ENGINE SHUT OFF! THE REPAIR SHOP "FIXED" THE ISSUE BUT THE DAY I DROVE HOME IT DIED AGAIN WHILE DRIVING AND I HAD IT TOWED TO DEALERSHIP SERVICE DEPARTMENT. THE REPAIR LASTED MAYBE 6 MONTHS? THE ENGINE DIED AGAIN WHILE DRIVING TO WORK. THE SERVICE EXTENDED WARRANTY IS GIVING ME THE RUN AROUND ABOUT PROVIDING A RENTAL AND COVERING THE REPAIRS. I CANNOT BE DRIVING A VEHICLE THAT SHUTS DOWN WHILE DRIVING! WHAT IF THIS HAPPENS WHILE GOING 70 MPH TO WORK IN AUSTIN?! I'M NOT WRECKING AND DIEING BECAUSE OF A LEMON CAR WITH SAFETY ISSUES

RACE TRACK LIGHT SYSTEM COLLECTING WATER INSIDE THE TAILLIGHT ASSEMBLY AND CAUSING LIGHTS NOT TO WORK

MY WIFE SHIFTED THE CAR INTO PARK. SHE EXITED THE VEHICLE AND LEFT THE ENGINE RUNNING WHILE SHE GOT OUT . WHEN SHE STEPPED AWAY FROM THE VEHICLE TO GET SOMETHING SHE NOTICED THE VEHICLE ROLLING BACKWARDS AND IT BACKED INTO A DUMPSTER. THE REAR WINDOW SHATTERED AND DAMAGE WAS DONE TO THE LIFT GATE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 DODGE DURANGO. WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH, THE VEHICLE INTERMITTENTLY FELT LIKE IT WENT INTO ANOTHER GEAR AND ACCELERATED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO TETERBORO CHRYSLER JEEP DODGE RAM (469 US-46, LITTLE FERRY, NJ 07643, 201-440-0222), BUT THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED OR DIAGNOSED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 31,000.

WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE ,WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL ENGAGED,TRAFFIC WAS SLOWING DOWN DUE TO ROAD REPAIR, I APPLIED MY BRAKES LIGHTLY TO DISENGAGE THE CRUISE CONTROL, BUT THE VEHICLE REMAINED IN A FORWARD THRUST. I WAS FAST APPROACHING A VEHICLE AHEAD OF ME, AND BEFORE I REALISED I WASNT GOING TO STOP WITH FURTHER APPLICATION OF MY BREAKS, I HIT THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME RESULTING IN A NEAR FATAL COLISION. I WAS SAVED BY MY SEAT BELT AND THE AIR BAGS. I CAN ONLY ESTIMATE MY SPEED AT THE TIME OF COLLISION TO BE BETWEEN 40 OR 50 MPH, AS MY CRUISE CONTROL WAS SET AT 62 MPH *TT