2005 DODGE DURANGO Complaints

PULLING UP TO A STOP SIGN/LIGHT OR TURNING INTO A PARKING LOT/SIDE STREET, THE VEHICLE'S POWER DIES AND ENGINE STOPS. I HAVE TO ROLL TO GET OUT OF THE WAY WITH NO POWER STEERING OR BRAKES, TURN ON MY HAZARDS SO OTHER CARS CAN GO AROUND ME AND KNOW SOMETHING IS WRONG, AND TRY AND GET OUT OF WAY. THERE ARE NO WARNING SIGNS, THE CAR JUST DIES. IT TAKES SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO RESTART BEFORE CAR STARTS UP AGAIN. THE PROBLEM STARTED VERY QUICKLY AFTER CAR WAS BOUGHT AND HAPPENED 4 TIMES. I BROUGHT IT INTO DEALER AND THEY "REFLASHED" THE COMPUTER. IT HAS BEEN OK FOR A WHILE, BUT A FEW WEEKS AGO IT DIED ONCE AGAIN. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN A PARKING LOT FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES, A FIRE ERUPTED FROM THE DRIVER'S SIDE DASH PANEL AREA. ALTHOUGH THE OCCUPANTS WERE NOT PRESENT WHEN THE FIRE BEGAN, A BYSTANDER NOTICED A FIRE AND ATTEMPTED TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE WITH A FIRE EXTINGUISHER. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CONTACTED AND A REPORT WAS TAKEN. THERE WAS EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE INSIDE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER AND DASH PANEL AREA. AN INSURANCE INVESTIGATOR DETERMINED THERE WAS A REDUNDANT CAPACITOR ON THE PC BOARD OF THE DASH PANEL AREA. UPDATED 5/10/2006 - *NM

VEHICLE SHUTS OFF WHILE DRIVING, CAUSING THE STEERING WHEEL TO LOCK UP CREATING A VERY SERIOUS AND DANGEROUS SITUATION. HAS HAPPENED MORE THAN 10 TIMES OVER A 4 OR 5 MONTH PERIOD. FIRST TIME IT OCCURRED I WENT TO THE DEALERSHIP (GARBER AUTO MALL - GREEN COVE SPRINGS FL) AND TOLD THEM OF THE PROBLEM. I WAS TOLD THAT DODGE WAS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND WERE RESEARCHING A FIX, BUT DID NOT HAVE ONE AT THE CURRENT TIME. IT HAPPENED AGAIN A FEW WEEKS LATER, AT WHICH POINT I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP TO HAVE IT LOOKED AT. LEARNED THAT A CO-WORKER'S 2005 DODGE DURANGO HAD THE SAME PROBLEM A WEEK EARLIER. THIS TIME I WAS TOLD THAT DODGE HAD NEVER HEARD OF THE PROBLEM BEFORE. I ALSO CALLED THE MAIN DODGE 1-800 NUMBER AND FILED A COMPLAINT WITH THEM AND WAS INSTRUCTED TO GIVE THE COMPLAINT NUMBER TO THE DEALERSHIP AND TELL THEM TO CALL DODGE WHILE THE TRUCK WAS IN THE SHOP. NOT SURE IF THEY CALLED OR NOT. GARBER DODGE TOLD ME THEY SERVICED THE TRANSMISSION AND REPLACED SOME GASKETS THAT FAILED CAUSING AIR TO BE SUCKED INTO THE SYSTEM AND POTENTIALLY CAUSING THE COMPUTER TO FAIL, BUT THEY WEREN'T SURE IF IT WOULD FIX THE PROBLEM SINCE THEY COULDN'T DUPLICATE IT. MY CO-WORKERS DEALERSHIP FOUND SOME LOOSE WIRING GOING TO THE MAIN COMPUTER WHICH THEY ADJUSTED AND TOLD HIM THIS MAY NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. ON 20 APR 2006 THE PROBLEM OCCURRED AGAIN TO MY VEHICLE. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP THE VERY NEXT MORNING. GARBER DODGE KEPT THE VEHICLE THAT DAY AND PART OF THE FOLLOWING DAY. THE NEXT DAY WE WERE GIVEN THE VEHICLE BACK AND TOLD THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT AND DIDN'T DO ANYTHING TO FIX THE PROBLEM. ADVISED US IF IT HAPPENED AGAIN TO JUST BRING IT BACK IN AND THEY WOULD LOOK AT IT AGAIN. I HAVE ALREADY FILED A SECOND COMPLAINT WITH DODGE, THIS TIME DOING IT THROUGH THEIR EMAIL CONTACT PORTION. THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS AND POTENTIALLY FATAL PROBLEM THAT IT SEEMS DODGE AND THEIR DEALERSHIPS ARE NOT TOO CONCERNED WITH. *JB

COMING TO QUICK STOP AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT MY 2005 DODGE DURANGO STALLED. IT RESTARTED WITHOUT ANY PROBLEM. *JB

MY 2005 HEMI DURANGO HAS STALLED ON THREE OCCASIONS RECENTLY. TWICE WHILE I WAS BACKING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY, AND ANOTHER TIME WHEN I WAS COMING UP TO A STOP SIGN. *NM

SUN ROOF WAS LEAKING, THE HOSES WERE PLUGGED UP, VEHICLE BRAND NEW. WATER LEAKED THROUGH THE ELECTRICAL COMPONENT IN ROOF, WHERE DIGITAL INFORMATION DISPLAYED. THEY ORDER PARTS, HAD THREE OF THE TUBES/HOSES, BUT ONE ON NATIONAL BACKORDER. *NM

I HAD WON THIS VEHICLE IN A LEMON LAW SUIT AGAINST CHRYSLER. WHEN I PICKED UP THE NEW VEHICLE (DODGE DURANGO 05 W/ 5.7) IT HAD A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. THE SALESMAN ASSURED ME THAT IT WAS BECAUSE THE CAR WAS LEFT RUNNING WHILE THEY WERE PUMPING GAS. LIGHT WENT OFF AFTER SHUTTING OFF AND OPENING GAS CAP. *NM

ENGINE SURGE CAUSES VEHICLE TO LURCH. FIRST INSTANCE WAS ON MARCH 10TH 2006. THE VEHICLE WAS RUNNING, I ENTERED THE VEHICLE PUT IT INTO REVERSE AND THE TACHOMETER JUMPED TO ALMOST 2000 RPMS AND VEHICLE LURCHED BACKWARDS THEN STOPPED. THE SECOND INSTANCE WAS ON MARCH 28TH 2006 MY WIFE WAS ENTERING A PARKING SPACE FACING A STORE AND REPORTED STEPPING ON THE BRAKE AND THE VEHICLE LURCHED FORWARD JUMPING THE CONCRETE PARKING BLOCK WITH ALL 4 WHEELS, HITTING THE BUILDING THEN STOPPING. I BELIEVE THIS REALLY IS A PROBLEM AS I NOW REALIZE THAT DURING THE FIRST INCIDENT I NEEDED TO HAVE THE BRAKE DEPRESSED TO MOVE THE GEAR LEVER FROM PARK TO REVERSE. MAYBE RELATED TO NHTSA ODI ID#S 10112496,10125643, 10141521, AND 10152704. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE HAVING ROUTINE MAINTENANCE PERFORMED ON THE VEHICLE, AT 3,000 MILES, THE DEALERSHIP WAS ALERTED OF BRAKE DUST ON THE WHEELS. THE DEALERSHIP DETERMINED THIS WAS NORMAL WEAR. THE VEHICLE WAS IN FOR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE, AT 12,000 MILES, AND THE DEALERSHIP DETERMINED THE BRAKES ARE 50 PERCENT WORN AND WILL HAVE TO BE REPLACED AT 19,000 MILES.

WE BOUGHT THE 2005 DODGE DURANGO IN JUNE 2005. IT WORKED GREAT UNTIL ABOUT OCTOBER WHEN IT BEGAN TO STALL OUT. THIS WOULD USUALLY HAPPEN RIGHT AFTER STARTING THE CAR. THE OTHER DAY I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WITH MY THREE CHILDREN, ALL UNDER FIVE, GOING ABOUT 40 MPH WHEN EVERYTHING IN THE CAR SHUT OFF. MY STEERING WHEEL LOCKED, I HAD NO BRAKES, NO ELECTRICAL, NOTHING. THE ENTIRE CAR SHUT OFF. I HAD NO CONTROL OF ANYTHING. I WENT INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC LANES. LUCKILY THERE WAS NO ONE IN THOSE LANES. I MANAGED TO GET THE CAR TO STOP AFTER PULLING INTO A PARKING LOT. AFTER A FEW MINUTES THE CAR STARTED AGAIN. I WAS ONLY A FEW BLOCKS FROM HOME SO I TRIED TO DRIVE BACK HOME. CAR STALLED AGAIN A FEW MINUTES LATER. I PARKED IT. IT WENT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY REPLACED THE IGNITION AND FLASHED THE COMPUTER. THE DAY THEY GAVE IT BACK TO ME IT HAPPENED AGAIN. RIGHT AWAY IT WENT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP. THEY HAVE HAD IT EVER SINCE. IT'S BEEN SEVEN DAYS AND NOT EVEN A PHONE CALL. I AM HESITANT TO TAKE THIS CAR BACK OR BE PUTTING MY CHILDREN IN IT AGAIN. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE ABOUT THIS. I WAS LUCKY THIS TIME AND DO NOT PLAN TO TRY MY LUCK AGAIN. PEOPLE COULD DIE FROM THIS SERIOUS PROBLEM. APPARENTLY I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE. *NM