2005 DODGE DURANGO Complaints

TRANSMISSION SHIFTS HARD AFTER DECELERATION THEN ACCELERATION. NOTICEABLE "CLUNK" WHEN ACCELERATING. SOMETIMES WILL SLIP OUT OF GEAR WHEN GOING FROM REVERSE TO DRIVE. *JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE DURANGO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN THE VEHICLE STOPPED THE MOTOR SHOOK, AND THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF. THE FAILURE BEGAN SIX MONTHS AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO GET REPAIRED ON THREE OCCASIONS, BUT THE PROBLEM RECURRED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 30,000, AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 5,000.*AK

TL*- THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE DURANGO. THE CONTACT NOTICED THE OVERHEAD LIGHTS ILLUMINATED UPON ENTERING THE VEHICLE. WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH THREE LIGHTS ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL, AND THEN NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM BEHIND THE STEERING WHEEL. ALSO, THE CONTACT NOTICED FIRE COMING FROM UNDERNEATH THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE FIRE DESTROYED THE VEHICLE. THE INSURANCE INVESTIGATOR INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE FIRE STARTED IN THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THERE WAS RECALL 07V092000 REGARDING THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE WERE 60, 000.*AK

THE 2005 DURANGO STALLS DURING ACCELERATION AND AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS WITH NO WARNING, IT WILL NOT START AGAIN UNTIL VEHICLE IS COMPLETELY STOPPED EVEN IF SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL. THE ECM SETS NO CODES AND NORMALLY VEHICLE RUN FINE AND EVERYTHING CHECKS OUT OK. THIS CAN BE DANGEROUS BECAUSE SUDDENLY YOUR VEHICLE IS POWERLESS IN THE MIDDLE OF SIX LANES OF TRAFFIC AND YOUR LOOKING FOR A SAFE PLACE TO GO SO YOU CAN STOP AND START IT AGAIN. *JB

MY 2005 DURANGO HAD THE AIRBAG LIGHT GO ON 4 TIMES NOW. EACH TIME IT HAS BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALER'S SERVICE DEPARTMENT, AND THEY FIXED THE PROBLEM, BUT GAVE IT 4 TO 5 MONTHS FOR THE LIGHT TO COMESON AGAIN, SAME THING WAS FIXED AND IT HAPPENED AGAIN 4 TO 5 MONTHS LATER, THISWAS A SAFETY ISSUE WHEN IT CAME TO THE AIRBAG. I TRAVELED WITH AN INFANT IN THIS CAR ,AND I WONDERED IF MY AIRBAG WILL GO OFF WHILE I'M DRIVING OR IF I WAS TO HAVE AN ACCIDENT WILL IT DEPLOY???? RIGHT NOW THE CARD IS AT THE DEALERSHIP AGAIN FOR THE SAME PROBLEM I AM TO THE POINT I DID NOT FEE SAFE DRIVING THIS CAR. *AK

SHORTLY AFTER I PURCHASED MY 2005 DURANGO THE PLASTIC PIECE ON WHERE THE SEATBELT CONNECTS TO THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT CAME OFF. THE DEALER REPLACED IT , AND A FEW EEKS LATER IT HAPPENED AGAIN. THIS TIME IT FELL OF THE VEHICLE AND WAS NOT NOTICED. A YEAR AFTER I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE THE PLASTIC AROUND THE DRIVER'S SEAT CRACKED ALONG THE WHOLE SIDE.*AK

WHEN FILLING VEHICLE WITH GAS THE PUMP STOPS WHEN FULL AND GASOLINE SPILLS OUT OF THE FILL PIPE ONTO THE VEHICLE AND PAVEMENT, CREATING A FIRE HAZARD AND AN UNNECESSARY WASTE OF GASOLINE AND EXPOSURE TO HARMFUL FUMES AND LIQUID.*AK

TRANSMISSION SLIPPED OUT OF GEAR IN MIDDLE OF INTERSECTION, WOULD NOT GO BACK IN GEAR. VEHICLE WAS TOWED, ACCORDING TO DEALERSHIP JUST NEEDED TRANSMISSION SERVICE. THE SERVICE WAS DONE AND VEHICLE BROKE DOWN AGAIN- SAME PROBLEM- TWO WEEKS LATER. THIS TIME DEALER CLAIMED VEHICLE WAS LOW ON TRANSMISSION FLUID ( EVEN THOUGH SERVICE WAS DONE 2 WEEKS/ 50 MILES PRIOR) TRANSMISSION NOW SHIFTS ROUGH FROM FIRST TO SECOND AND THIRD TO FOURTH GEAR. ACCORDING TO DEALER NOTHING IS WRONG WITH TRANSMISSION. *JB

WE PURCHASED A USED 2005 DODGE DURANGO IN JANUARY OF THIS YEAR. WE WERE DRIVING ONE DAY A FEW WEEKS AFTER WE PURCHASED IT AND NOTICED THAT THE INTERIOR LIGHTS DID NOT GO OUT AFTER THE DOORS WERE CLOSED. I THINK THERE IS A TYPE OF "SWITCH" WHICH SHUTS OFF THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS IN THE VEHICLE AFTER (I BELIEVE) 15 MINUTES, SO EACH TIME WE SHUT OFF THE VEHICLE THE LIGHTS STAYED ON A FEW MINUTES. AFTER ABOUT 4 DAYS OF THIS, I STARTED THE VEHICLE UP ONE DAY AND IT DID NOT START. WE HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED AND WERE TOLD THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER HAD TO BE REPLACED. IT TOOK A FEW DAYS TO HAVE THE WORK DONE SINCE THE SERVICE CENTER SAID THEY DO NOT TYPICALLY KEEP THE PARTS IN STOCK FOR A 2005 SINCE IT IS NOT A PROBLEM GENERALLY SEEN ON A NEWER VEHICLE. WHAT I HAVE READ ONLINE WITH THE RECENT RECALL WAS "THE COMPANY SAID IF DRIVERS NOTICE PROBLEMS WITH THE INTERIOR LIGHTS, THEY SHOULD TAKE THEIR VEHICLES TO A DEALER FOR INSPECTION. IN SOME CASES, THE INTERIOR LIGHTS WILL NOT PROPERLY DIM AFTER THE DOORS ARE CLOSED." WELL, THAT IS EXACTLY THE PROBLEM WE HAVE, BUT OUR VEHICLE IS NOT PART OF THE RECALL. *JB

TL*- PLEASE REFER TO NHTSA ACTION NUMBER : EA05018 .THE CONTACT PURCHASED A 2005 DODGE DURANGO ON OR ABOUT MARCH 2005 WITH AN ODOMETER READING OF 10 MILES. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ON FEBRUARY 15, 2007 A FIRE BEGAN ON THE VEHICLE'S DASHBOARD. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN EARLY IN THE MORNING, THEN PARKED FOR 2 HOURS. THE CONTACT WENT OUT A SECOND TIME, AND THAT WASWHEN THE FIRE WAS NOTICED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO DON WEIRS RENO DODGE ON FEBRUARY 16, 2007. AN INVESTIGATOR FROM DODGE WAS ASK TO INSPECT THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS STORED AT THE DEALER FROM FEBRUARY 16, 2007 TO THE PRESENT. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A CALL FROM THE INVESTIGATOR ON FEBRUARY 20, 2007 REGARDING THE FIRE. A REPRESENTATIVE FROM DAIMLER CHRYSLER CALLED ON FEBRUARY 26,2007 WHO SAID THAT IT WAS NOT AN AFTERMARKET DEFECT, BUT A MANUFACTURING DEFECT AND WOULD BE COVERED UNDER THE WARRANTY. THE CONTACT WAS FAXED A LETTER FROM DAIMLER CHRYSLER, IN WHICH DAIMLER CHRYSLER AGREED COVER THE COST OF THE REPAIRS TO THE VEHICLE IF THE CONTACT AGREED TO NOT TO PURSUE THIS MATTER IN COURT AFTER REPAIRS WERE DONE, AND TO EXCLUDE DAIMLER CHRYSLER OF ANY ADDITIONAL LIABILITY. THE CONTACT FILED A COMPLAINT AGAINST DAIMLER CHRYSLER BECAUSE OF THIS LETTER. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE WERE BOTH 35,000.*AK