2005 DODGE DURANGO Complaints

EVER SINCE I PURCHASED MY 2005 DODGE DURANGO IN MAY, 2005, I HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO COMPLETELY FILL THE GAS TANK. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO FILL THE TANK, THE GAS GETS BACKED UP IN THE STEM TO THE TANK, AND IT SHUTS OFF THE GAS PUMP. THIS MAKES IT VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO TELL WHEN THE GAS TANK IS TRULY FULL OR IF IT IS JUST BACKED UP IN THE FILLER STEM TO THE TANK. I BROUGHT THE VEHICLE IN FOR SERVICE TO THE DEALER WHERE I PURCHASED IT, AND WAS TOLD THERE WAS AN "E-VAMP" LEAK IN THE TANK. THIS WAS FIXED AND I WAS TOLD THE TANK WAS ALSO FIXED AND READY FOR NORMAL FILLING. AS SOON AS I LEFT THE DEALER, I TRIED TO FILL THE TANK, BUT IT WAS NOT FIXED. I IMMEDIATELY INFORMED THE SERVICE PERSON, WHO WAS STILL THERE. I AGAIN BROUGHT THE VEHICLE IN FOR SERVICE, AND THE FUEL TANK WAS REPLACED. (AFTER BRINGING THE SERVICE TECHNICIAN FOR A RIDE TO THE GAS PUMP SO HE COULD SEE WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS.) THE VEHICLE WAS GIVEN BACK TO ME WITH A NEW FUEL TANK, AND THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *JB

WHILE DRIVING IN STOP-AND-GO TRAFFIC ON SUNDAY JULY 17, 2005, MY 2005 DODGE DURANGO (~1700 MILES) ENGINE SHUT OFF. I PLACED THE CAR IN NEUTRAL (I WAS STILL ROLLING) AND WAS ABLE TO STOP THE VEHIUCLE AND RESTART THE ENGINE. I TOOK THE CAR INTO A 5-STAR DEALERSHIP (WHERE IT WAS PURCHASED FROM) AND THEY KEPT THE VEHICLE FOR 2 DAYS. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT CONCLUSION WAS THAT THEY COULD FIND NO TROUBLE. I HAVE SEEN SIMILAR FAILURES WITH THIS VEHICLE ON THE NHTSA WEBSITE, SO I FEEL CONFIDENT THAT THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED CASE.

DT: THE VEHICLE STALLED INTERMITTENTLY. THE PROBLEM OCCURRED AT LEAST THREE TIME PER WEEK WHILE DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS OR WHILE IDLING AT A STOP LIGHT/SIGN. THE RPM GAUGE GOES UP THEN FALLS TO 0, AND CAR DIES. SERVICE DEALER STATED THEY CAN NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM AND SUGGESTED THAT THE CONSUMER USE A HIGHER OCTANE GAS. THEY ALSO SUGGESTED THAT VEHICLE MAY HAVE BAD GASOLINE, AND IT IS WORKING ITS WAY THROUGH THE SYSTEM. *AK *NM

HAD DRIVEN 05 DURANGO ABOUT 5 MILES. WHEN BRAKING TO ENTER THE DRIVEWAY AT HOME, VEHICLE ENGINE SHUT OFF. NO POWER AT ALL. VEHICLE HAS 4513 MILES WITH A 5.7L HEMI.

FOUR TIMES BETWEEN THE MONTHS OF FEBRUARY AND JULY 2005 MY VEHICLE HAS STALLED WHILE DRIVING AT SLOW SPEEDS. ALSO, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START DAILY EACH MORNING FOR A PERIOD OF TWO WEEKS. THE VEHICLE WOULD BE JUMP STARTED AND RUN CORRECTLY DURING THE DAY, HOWEVER, WHEN LEFT OVERNIGHT, THE BATTERY WOULD BE DEAD. THE DEALER COULD NOT PROVIDE AN ANSWER FOR THE STALLING. REGARDING THE ELECTRICAL, THEY TESTED THE DRAW AND HELD THE VEHICLE FOR TWO WEEKS. AFTER SEVERAL DAYS, THEY INDICATED THAT IT WAS AN ELECTRICAL DEVICE BEHIND THE DASH BOARD. THE ELECTRICAL PROBLEM HAS BEEN FIXED, HOWEVER, THE STALLING CONTINUES.

(1) NORMAL DRIVING ON I-4 ABOUT 75 MPH (2) WANTED TO ACCELERATE AND THE RPMS WOULD NOT GO PAST 3000. I TRIED SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO GO FASTER AS IT USUALLY DOES GO WELL BEYOND 3000 BUT NO AVAIL. I EVEN PUT IT IN NEUTRAL WHILE DRIVING AND THE SAME THING OCCURED. (3) I PLACED THE TRUCK IN NEUTRAL TURNED IGNITION OFF THEN ON, PROBLEM SOLVED AND HAS NOT OCCURED SINCE THEN AT THE TIME I HAD ABOUT 2100 MILES ON THE TRUCK. (1) ABOUT 3 WEEKS AFTER THE OTHER INCIDENT I WAS HAD JUST TURNED MY TRUCK ON FOR THE SECOND TIME DURING THE DAY AND WAS ABOUT TO DRIVE WHEN (2) JUST SHUT OFF WITH NO WARNING, MY ODOMETER WENT BLANK AND MY CLOCK WENT OFF (3) I JUST RESTARTED AFTER SETTING THE GEAR SELECTOR BACK TO NEUTRAL AND IT STARED WITH NO PROBLEM

ON 4 SEPERATE OCCASIONS VEHICLE ENGINE HAS STALLED FOR NO APPARENT REASON. MOST RECENT EVENT OCCURED ON TOLL BRIDGE NEARLY CAUSING ACCIDENT/LOSS OF CONTROL OF VEHICLE.

DT: THE VEHICLE SHUTS OFF WHILE DRIVING IT HAPPENED WITHOUT WARNING. CAR HAD BEEN DRIVEN FOR ABOUT ONE MINUTE THE VEHICLE WAS ONLY MOVING ABOUT 5 MPH OR LESS. THE VEHICLE WAS PUT IN PARK AND RESTARTED JUST FINE. A MONTH LATER THE SAME THING HAPPENED AT A STOP SIGN, THIS TIME THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF WHILE SITTING AT STOP. THERE WAS NO WARNING THIS TIME EITHER. OWNER DOESNT REMEMBER IF THE ELECTRIC IN VEHICLE WAS OFF OR NOT. THIS TIME THE VEHICLE STARTED RIGHT BACK AGAIN. THEN OWNER CONTACTED DEALERSHIP, THERE IS NOTHING THE DEALER CAN DO ABOUT IT BECUASE NO INFO IN THE SYSTEM ABOUT IT. THE DEALERSHIP NEEDED THE VEHICLE IN ORDER TO INSPECT, THEN THE OWNERS COULDNT TAKE TO DEALER AT THAT TIME BECAUSE THEY NEEDED THE VEHICLE. THIS HAPPENED AGAIN WITH SHUTTING OFF SEVERAL TIMES. THEN ON JUNE 2, AT APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE SHUTT OFF AGAIN. THIS TIME THE VEHICLE STARTED BACK UP AGAIN AND THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER. THE DEALER REPORTED NO PROBLEM, THE DIAGNOSTIC COMPUTER SHOWED NO ERROR CODES. THEN STALLED AGAIN THE 24TH OF JUNE. THE VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 45 THIS TIME, AND MAKING A LEFT TURN, THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION. THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF AGAIN LATER THAT DAY, THE VEHICLE WERE ON, AIR CONDITIONING, ALL SHUT OFF. THE DASH LIGHTS WENT OUT. THERE WAS NO ELECTRICITY IN THE VEHICLE EXCEPT FOR THE TAIL AND HEAD LIGHTS, AND THE VEHICLE HAD NO BRAKE LIGHTS, AND THIS WAS DANGEROURS BECUASE THIS TIME THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF AT NIGHT. THE VEHICLE STARTED AGAIN AND WAS DRIVEN FOR THE REST OF THE TRIP. THEN VEHICLE WAS TOWED HOME.

DT: CONTACT OWNED A 2005, DODGE, DURANGO. WHILE DRIVING OVER 40 MPH WITH THE BACK WINDOWS DOWN, THE DOORS AND THE WINDOWS SHOOK VIOLENTLY. HAD TO PUT THE BACK WINDOWS UP TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM. CONTACT HAD FOUR PEOPLE FROM THE DEALERSHIP DRIVE THE VEHICLE, AND THEY NOTICED THE SAME THING. DEALERSHIP STATED THAT THEY WERE THE FIRST ONE TO BRING THIS PROBLEM TO THEIR ATTENTION. THE CHRYSLER REPRESENTATIVE STATED THAT THIS VEHICLE HAD SAME PROBLEM. THE ONLY SOLUTION WAS TO CRACK THE FRONT WINDOWS.*AK

WHEN CONSUMER ROLLS THE WINDOWS DOWN IN THE 2005 DODGE DURANGO THE WHOLE VEHICLE SHAKES.*MR CONSUMER STATES THAT WHEN WINDOWS ARE DOWN THE PASSENGERS IN THE VEHICLE EARS HURT. SERVICE MANAGER WAS ABLE TO REPLICATE THE PROBLEM BUT REFUSED TO FIX THE PROBLEM, SAYING IT WAS AN ENGINEER PROBLEM AND TOLD CONSUMER TO JUST ROLL THE FRONT WINDOW DOWN. CONSUMER FEELS THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY PROBLEM AND NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT, OR IN AN ACCIDENT.*SB