2016 DODGE DURANGO Complaints

I HAVE OWNED THE 2016 DODGE DURANGO SINCE AUGUST OF 2016. IN THAT TIME, THERE HAVE BEEN TWO CASES WHERE I STOPPED THE CAR, THOUGHT I PUT IT IN PARK, THOUGHT I TURNED IT OFF, AND EXITED THE VEHICLE. WHEN I CAME BACK TO IT, I FOUND THAT IT WAS STILL RUNNING AND STILL IN DRIVE. THE ONLY REASON IT WASN'T MOVING WAS BECAUSE I ALWAYS SET THE PARKING BRAKE. I THINK THERE IS A SERIOUS DESIGN FLAW WITH THE TRANSMISSION ON THIS CAR. I HEARD THAT OTHER CHRYSLER CARS HAVE THIS KIND OF PROBLEM AND HAVE BEEN FIXED BY MAKING IT SO THAT THE CAR WILL TURN OFF IF THE DRIVER TAKES OFF THE SEATBELT AND EXITS THE CAR. THIS PROBLEM MOST RECENTLY HAPPENED TO ME YESTERDAY WHEN I WAS GOING TO PICK UP MY DAUGHTER AT SCHOOL. IF THE PARKING BREAK HAD FAILED, IT WOULD HAVE RUN OVER A BUNCH OF KIDS. THIS IS REALLY SCARY AND NEEDS AN IMMEDIATE FIX

ROLLAWAY DANGER---WE HAVE AN ATTACHED THREE CAR GARAGE AND I WAS PARKED IN THE LARGER 2 CAR SECTION CLOSER TO THE HOUSE. IN EARLY AM ON A RECENT MORNING, WHEN BACKING OUT OF MY GARAGE, I REALIZED I HAD LEFT SOMETHING IN THE HOUSE. AFTER BACKING OUT, I PUT THE CAR IN PARK, UNBUCKLED MY SEATBELT AND OPENED THE DRIVER DOOR IN ORDER TO GO BACK INTO THE HOUSE. AS I WAS EXITING THE VEHICLE, I NOTICED THAT THE CAR WAS STILL MOVING FORWARD. I JUMPED BACK INTO THE CAR AND QUICKLY HIT THE BRAKE IN ORDER TO STOP ITS ROLLING FORWARD. UNFORTUNATELY AS I HAD THROWN MYSELF BACK INTO THE SEAT! I WAS MISALIGNED TO THE CONTROLS AND I HIT THE GAS RATHER HARD WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO LUNGE FORWARD. AS SOON AS I REALIZED WHAT HAPPENED, I SLAMMED ON THE BREAK BUT UNFORTUNATELY I STILL HIT THE GARAGE (THE SINGLE CAR GARAGE). I WAS AT AN ANGLE TO THE BUILDING WHICH CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE FRONT LEFT OF THE VEHICLE BUT ALSO TO THE RIGHT SIDE PASSENGER DOOR AND ATTACHED MIRROR. AS WELL AS SOME DAMAGE TO THE GARAGE ALSO. THIS WAS A VERY SCARY SITUATION FOR ME BUT THERE'S MORE. MY HUSBAND WAS TAKING OUT THE GARBAGE THAT MORNING AND WAS WALKING ACROSSED THE GARAGE TOWARD THE GARBAGE CAN. HAD HE BEEN 10 PACES FURTHER IN HIS JOURNEY I VERY LIKELY WOULD HAVE HIT HIM OR EVEN PINNED HIM BETWEEN THE VEHICLE AND THE GARAGE CAUSING UNKNOWN HARM TO HIM BUT PERHAPS VERY SERIOUS. TO BE HONEST, THIS VEHICLE SCARES THE CRAP OUTTA ME WHICH IS HORRIBLE CONSIDERING 6 MONTHS AGO I MADE A MAJOR INVESTMENT IN IT I HAVE A PRISTINE DRIVING RECORD. WE CONTACTED DODGE AND WE'VE HAD SOMEONE INSPECT THE VEHICLE WITH A LETTER RESPONSE OF "YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO DRIVE". GIVEN MY DRIVING RECORD, I WOULD ARGUE THAT I DO AND GIVEN THE KNOWN ISSUES WITH POSSIBLE ROLL AWAYON THESE VEHICLES I WOULD ASK THAT A FIX BE BROUGHT TO MARKET TO MAKE THESE VEHICLES SAFER!

FCW DOES NOT WORK AS EXPLAINED IN THE DODGE MANUAL. NO WARNING TO BRAKE OR BRAKE JOLT OR STOP OF THE VEHICLE. ALL I GET FROM DODGE DEALERS 4 OF THEM IS WE CAN'T TEST THE SYSTEM AND YOU CAN RUN INTO THE CAR IN FRONT OF YOU. I HAVE IT SET ON THE MOST SET ON THE MOST SENSITIVE SETTING. THIS SYSTEM IS ACCORDING TO THE MANUAL WORK UNDER 25MPH TO 1MPH. THE ADAPTIVE CRUISE WORKS AS DESCRIBED. I CALLED THERE 1-800 NUMBER AND ALL I GET IS THE RUN AROUND AND THAT THEY CAN'T TEST IT. ITS EASY JUST DRIVE AND YOU WILL RUN INTO THE CAR IN FRONT OF YOU WITH NO WARNING AT ALL. I HAD A 2012 DURANGO AND I TRADED IT IN FOR THIS FEATURE. PLEASE HELP ME

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 DODGE DURANGO. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED AND STILL IN THE PARK POSITION, IT ROLLED DOWN THE DRIVEWAY AND CRASHED INTO THE NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE MANUFACTURER SENT AN INVESTIGATOR WHO COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS FINE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 18,000.

THE VEHICLE WAS RUNNING AND IN PARK, ROLLED INTO ANOTHER PARKED VEHICLE ABOUT 5FT AWAY. DAMAGE TO BOTH VEHICLES DUE TO IMPACT. SEEMS TO HAVE SHIFTED OUT OF GEAR ON ITS OWN.

THE 2016 DURANGO RENTED FROM ENTERPRISE REPEATEDLY, INCREASINGLY BUT INTERMITTENTLY AND WITHOUT DRIVER INPUT, CHANGED GEAR, REVVED AND INDICATED ON THE SCREEN THAT THERE WERE ISSUES WITH "KEY FOB NOT IN VEHICLE AND "TIRES PRESSURE". AT FIRST THEIR WERE THREE VERY BRIEF INCIDENTS LASTING LESS THAN THREE SECONDS OVER A WEEK, OCCURRING AT IDLE AND WHEN ACCELERATING. LATER THE OCCURRENCES LASTED SOMETIMES OVER 20 SECONDS EACH AND HAPPENED SOMETIMES SEVERAL TIMES PER HOUR, INCREASINGLY WORSE. WHILE THERE WAS CLEARLY AN ISSUE WITH THE SHIFTER, THERE APPEARED TO BE ADDITIONAL OR RELATED ISSUES WITH THE ELECTRONIC BRAIN. RESETTING THE OPTIONS, LIKE SHUTTING OFF THE HILL CLIMB OPTION WHICH IT WAS SET ON BEFORE WE RENTED IT SEEMED TO HELP AT FIRST BUT DID NOT. THIS WAS DANGEROUS AND DISTURBING. FINALLY, THE CAR LURCHED OUT OF PARK AND HIT A WALL ON ITS OWN FROM A FEW FEET AWAY. I HAVE PHOTOS AND WILL GIVE MORE INFORMATION. THESE INCIDENTS OCCURRED AT VARIOUS TIMES, AND SEEMINGLY MORE IN THE RAIN AND FOG, THOUGH NOT EXCLUSIVELY. THEY OCCURRED ONCE WHEN LEAVING A STOPLIGHT AT A LOW SPEED TURNING LEFT, ON THE FREEWAY, ON STREETS AROUND 30/35 MPH AND AT IDLE AT FULL STOP. MOST OCCURRENCES WERE WHILE DRIVING ON REGULAR CITY STREETS WHERE WE DID MOST OF THE DRIVING ON THAT TRIP IN SAN JOSE, MONTEREY AND CARMEL. THE WORST WAS RIGHT BEFORE THE PEBBLE BEACH CONCOURS D'ELEGANCE, AFTER I HAD DRIVEN NORTH FROM SAN DIEGO ON A CONTINUOUS FREEWAY DRIVE IN THE RAIN. IT MAY JUST BE A COINCIDENCE, BUT ALL THREE OF THE FIRST INSTANCES IN THE FIRST WEEK OF RENTAL OCCURRED AFTER AT LEAST AN HOUR DRIVE ON THE FREEWAY. IN SAN JOSE, I IMMEDIATELY REQUESTED A REPLACEMENT CAR BUT THEY HAD NONE.THE SECOND DRIVER IMMEDIATELY NOTICED ISSUES WITH THE CAR, BUT WE WERE TOLD THERE WERE NO OTHER CARS AVAILABLE. I THINK EITHER THE COMPUTER CIRCUITS WERE CORRODED AND/OR DAMAGED OR DAMP. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 DODGE DURANGO. AFTER DRIVING THE VEHICLE, SHIFTING INTO PARK, AND EXITING, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE ROLLED FORWARD AND ALMOST CAUSED A CRASH. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 15,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

VEHICLE WAS IN PARK, ENGINE RUNNING, WHILE OWNER WAS PUMPING GAS AT THE STATION. WITH THE DRIVER'S DOOR AJAR, HE WAS STANDING OUTSIDE FOR SEVERAL MINUTES AND SUDDENLY THE VEHICLE TOOK OFF IN REVERSE. VEHICLE WAS IN PARK AND NOT MOVING FOR THE SEVERAL MINUTES WHILE PUMPING GAS. THE VEHICLE TOOK OFF, DRAGGED OWNER BY THE OPEN DOOR UNDER THE VEHICLE AND RAN HIS LEG OVER. CONTINUED MOVING UNTIL IT HIT A POLE. OWNER WAS HOSPITALIZED. *TR

A FEW WEEKS AGO WE HAD A CAR ACCIDENT, IT WAS A FRONT IMPACT BETWEEN 40 AND 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE WAS A TOTAL LOSS BUT THE AIRBAG SYSTEM DIDN'T DEPLOY WITH THE IMPACT.

I LIVE IN NORTHERN NEW YORK. ON THE MORNING OF 10/18/2016, MY 11Y/O DAUGHTER BUCKLED HER 7Y/O SISTER IN THE BACK PASSENGER SEAT OF OUR 2016 DODGE DURANGO. OUR 11 Y/O THEN ENTER THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE AND SHUT THE DOOR. THE DURANGO THEN POPPED OUT OF PARK AND ROLLED DOWN OUR STEEP DRIVEWAY WITH OUR TWO DAUGHTERS INSIDE. MY 11 Y/O HAD ENOUGH SENSE TO JUMP TO THE DRIVERS SIDE AND HIT THE BRAKES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT RUNNING AND THE KEYS WERE NOT IN THE VEHICLE. MY DAUGHTER COULD NOT STOP THE VEHICLE AND IT WENT PARTIALLY OVER A 25' EMBANKMENT, AS MY WIFE WAS WALKING OUT DOOR TO GET IN THE CAR. MY KIDS WERE NOT INJURED AND I CREDIT MY DAUGHTER FOR THAT BY SLOWING DOWN THE VEHICLE. THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP HAS BEEN GREAT AND IS BEHIND US 100% BUT DODGE HAS BEEN LESS THAN HELPFUL, AND MAKE IT SOUND LIKE THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO. I'M NOT SURE THEY UNDERSTAND HOW BAD THIS COULD HAVE BEEN. AGAIN THE VEHICLE IS A 2016 DODGE DURANGO WITH THE ROTARY SHIFTING KNOB. IT WAS NOT RUNNING, NO KEYS IN IT, AND NO ONE WAS IN THE DRIVERS SEAT. MY KIDS ARE TERRIFIED TO EVER GET IN THAT CAR AGAIN AND MY WIFE AND I WOULDN'T ANYWAY BECAUSE IT IS UNSAFE. DODGE MAKES IT SOUND LIKE BECAUSE THE DEALERSHIP FOUND NO FAULT CODES THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN OR WILL DO. I CALL DODGE EVERYDAY AND I FEEL THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND THE SERIOUSNESS OF THIS COMPLAINT.