2005 DODGE DURANGO Complaints

THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN FOR SERVICE SEVERAL TIMES FOR STALLING PROBLEMS , RECENTLY BROUGHT IN AGAIN ON 06-20-05 FOR STALLING , VEHICLE IS HARD TO START THEN WILL STALL AFTER STARTING , ALSO STILL STALLS OUT IN TURNS AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, MANUFACTURER STILL WON'T RECOGNIZE THE PROBLEM AS A SERIOUS SAFETY HAZARD

THE NEW DODGE 2005 WITH THE HEMI ENGINE IS STALLING AT POINT OF ACCELERATION. MY WIFE AND KIDS WERE IN THE CAR AT A STOP LIGHT AND WHEN SHE WENT TO ACCELERATE THE CAR STALLED. TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD NOTHING WAS WRONG...HAPPENED 7 MORE TIMES. I HAVE HAD THE CAR FOR A MONTH. SOMEONE IS GOING TO DIE IF WE DON'T GET THIS RESOLVED. I WENT TO MYCARSTATS.COM AND FOUND MANY MORE PEOPLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM! BRAND NEW DODGE DURANGOS 2005 CARS STALLING ON ON RAMPS, INTERSECTIONS AND ALL WE GET IS THAT THEY CANT FIND THE PROBLEM FROM THE DEALER AND CHRYSLER STATES THEY HAVEN'T HEARD OF ANY ISSUES. COMPLAINANT # WITH CHRYSLER IS [XXX]. VIN [XXX]. *JS INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

I HAVE A 2005 DODGE DURANGO APPROXIMATELY 5000 MILES. THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL OCCASIONS (SIX INCIDENTS) WHERE I WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE AND I HAD PROBLEMS ACCELERATING, THE ACCELERATOR WAS REVVING UP AND I COULD NOT GO FASTER THAN 20 MPH. I FELT AS THOUGH THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT SHIFT, THE RPM GAUGE WOULD NOT GO PAST 1. ON ANOTHER OCCASION, I WAS GOING ON THE FREEWAY 65MPH, AND THE INCIDENT OCCURRED AGAIN, THIS TIME MY CAR SLOWED DOWN TO 40MPH AND I COULD NOT PICKUP SPEED, I PANICKED BECAUSE I WAS ON THE FREEWAY WITH MY KIDS AND I WAS AFRAID SOMEONE WAS GOING TO HIT ME FROM BEHIND. I IMMEDIATELY EXITED THE FREEWAY AND TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP. THE CAR WAS DRIVEN BY A SERVICE TECH AND THE SAME THING HAPPENED TO HIM. WHEN HE PUT IT ON THE COMPUTER NOTHING WOULD HAPPEN. SO I GOT MY CAR BACK, ON THE 2ND DAY AFTER THE INCIDENT OCCURRED AGAIN. I WENT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP AND AGAIN THEY SAID NOTHING WAS WRONG. THE SERVICE DEPT WOULD NOT DO ANYTHING BECAUSE NOTHING SHOWED UP ON THE COMPUTER. WE CONTACTED DAIMLER CHRYSLER AND THE VEHICLE WAS AT THE DEALER FOR THE 3RD TIME. THEY SAID IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN AN ELECTRICAL COMPONENT OR THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE TIGHTENED (WHATEVER THAT MEANS) THEY DROVE IT FOR A WEEK AND THEY STATED NOTHING HAPPENED WHILE THEY WERE DRIVING IT. THEY SAID THAT "THE COMPUTER ADJUST TO EACH DRIVER DIFFERENTLY AND BECAUSE I MAY BE A SLOW ACCELERATOR (MEANING I GENTLY TOUCH THE GAS PEDAL THAT MAYBE THIS WAS HAPPENING TO ME" I STATED THAT THIS INCIDENT HAD NOT ONLY HAPPENED TO ME, BUT MY HUSBAND AS WELL. I GOT THE VEHICLE THINKING MAYBE IT WOULD BE FINE, BUT YESTERDAY AS I WAS DRIVING MY KIDS THE INCIDENT OCCURRED AGAIN, AND I COULD NOT ACCELERATE PAST 20MPH ON A 45MPH LANE. THE ENGINE WAS REVVING UP AS THOUGH I HAD THE CAR ON NEUTRAL AND IT WOULD NOT MOVE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO ANYMORE, PLEASE HELP. *JS INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

NEW 2005 DODGE DURANGO STALLS UNEXPECTEDLY AT LOW SPEEDS. DEALER REPLACED IGNITION 1ST TIME; NO REPAIR DONE 2ND TIME SINCE THEY COULDN'T FIND REASON; REPLACED RECALLED FUEL TANK;NOW THIS TIME THEY WON'T DO ANYTHING.

2005 DODGE HEMI DURANGO HAS ON 5 SEPARATE OCCASSIONS STALLED WHILE AT IDLE OR VERY LOW SPEED. VEHICLE CAN BE IMMEDIATELY RESTARTED. I AM THANKFUL ALL EPISODES HAVE BEEN AT LOW SPEEDS. DEALER CLAIMED THEY WERE UNAWARE OF THIS PROBLEM.

I PURCHASED A NEW 2005 DODGE DURAGNO LIMITED EDITION WITH THE HEMI 5.7 ENGINE ON 2/1/05. LAST WEEK, AROUND THE 3200 MILE MARK, I EXPERIENCED MY FIRST ENGINE STALL WHEN PULLING INTO A PARKING PLACE. NO LIGHTS OR OTHER INDICATORS COME ON TO WARN YOU THAT YOUR CAR IS ABOUT TO DIE! THE CAR STARTED UP AGAIN IMMEDIATELY AND RAN FINE FOR THE NEXT 3 DAYS. THREE DAYS LATER, I WAS DRIVING IN BUSY ATLANTA TRAFFIC TRYING TO TURN LEFT ACROSS TWO LANES OF TRAFFIC. I HAD PLENTY OF ROOM WHEN I BEGAN MY TURN, BUT THE ENGINE STALLED ALMOST IMMEDIATELY, DIED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION WITH NO STEERING ABILITY, AND I ALMOST GOT HIT BY SEVERAL CARS AND A LARGE TRUCK. THE CAR IMMEDIATELY STARTED BACK UP AGAIN. I IMMEDIATELY CALLED MY DODGE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID "HAVEN'T HEARD OF THAT BEFORE SO YOU'LL NEED TO BRING IT IN SO WE CAN RUN SOME DIAGNOSTICS". I PRINTED OFF SOME OF THE COMPLAINTS AT THE NHTSA WEBSITE AND TOOK THEM TO THE DEALER WITH ME. THE SERVICE ADVISOR PROCLAIMED, "THE INTERNET IS OUR WORST ENEMY, DON'T LISTEN TO THAT STUFF". WHICH TO ME MEANT, "DODGE DOESN'T WANT YOU TO HAVE ANY CLUE ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON WITH YOUR CAR". I TOLD HIM THE INFORMATION CAME FROM THE NHTSA WEBSITE AND TOLD HIM OF THE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS, BUT HE DIDN'T SEEM TO CARE. THREE HOURS LATER THE DEALER CALLED AND TOLD ME TO COME PICK UP MY DURANGO AND TAKE IT TO ANOTHER DEALER. HIS DIAGNOSTIC MACHINE WAS BROKEN AND HE HAD NO IDEA WHEN IT MIGHT BE FIXED! I TOLD HIM TO TAKE IT TO THE OTHER DODGE DEALER. STILL WAITING TO FIND OUT WHAT THEY MAY OR MAY NOT DO. I AM EXTREMELY CONCERNED AT THE LACK OF EXCITEMENT ON THE PART OF DODGE TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. I FEEL UNSAFE DRIVING MY CAR. I AM SINGLE, HAVE NO FAMILY IN THIS TOWN TO HAUL ME AROUND OR BORROW A VEHICLE FROM, AND DODGE DOESN'T CARE. I AM NOT VERY HAPPY ABOUT HAVING TO DRIVE THIS VEHICLE BASED ON THE ACCIDENT I WAS ALMOST IN A FEW DAYS AGO. I GUESS SOME PEOPLE WILL HAVE TO DIE BEFORE SOMENOE DOES SOMETHING ABOUT THIS.

VEHICLE STALLS INEXPLICABLY. NO FAULT CODES FOUND FROM COMPUTER. DEALER UNABLE TO PROVIDE TROUBLESHOOTING AND RESOLUTION. 2005 DODGE DURANGO WITH HEMI.

MY WIFE OWNS AN '05 DODGE DURANGO WITH THE 5.7L HEMI ENGINE THAT SHE'S HAD FOR ABOUT 5 MONTHS. RECENTLY, THE ENGINE STALLED WHEN SHE ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE FROM A STOP AT AN INTERSECTION. SHE WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE IMMEDIATELY WITHOUT AN ISSUE. THIS WAS THE ONLY TIME IT HAPPENED, BUT I THOUGHT I WOULD SUBMIT THIS INCIDENT IN REGARDS TO AN ARTICLE THAT MENTIONED THIS PROBLEM IN '04-'05 HEMI ENGINES.

DT: WHEN COMING TO A STOP VEHICLE DIED. ONCE AT A STOP SIGN. VEHICLE DIED WAS WHEN THE GAS APPLIED. THERE WERE NO DASH LIGHTS WHEN THE VEHICLE DIESD THIS WAS A 2005 VEHICLE. THERE HAD BEEN 4 STALLING PROBLEMS. THE VEHICLE IDLES IN HIGH AND WHINES. THE IDLE IS NOT ALL THE TIME. VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN THE DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIRS 3 OR 4 TIMES. THE CLIMATE WAS NOT A FACTOR. THE VEHICLE HAD CONTIUALLY HAD ONGOING PROBLEMS. THE DEALERSHIP TRIED TO FIX THE STALLING PROBLEM. THE COMPUTER HAS BEEN RESET , AND AN IDLE SWITCH WAS ADDED. RIGHT NOW CONSUMER IS WAITING FOR THE TOOLS FROM CHRYSLER TO FIX THE RECALL PART. THE CONSUMER CALLED IN ADVANCE FOR AN APPOINTMENT. DEALER KEPT THE VEHICLE ALL DAY, BUT THEY VDIDN'T HAVE THE CORRECT TOOLS.*AK

MY HUSBAND & I PURCHASED A 2005 DODGE DURANGO WITH A HEMI ABOUT A MONTH AGO. ABOUT 2 WEEKS AGO (MAY 11, 2005), I PUT THE DURANGO IN REVERSE (I WAS IN A STOP POSITION), AND THE ENGINE JUST DIED OUT. I PUT IT IN PARK AND STARTED THE ENGINE AGAIN. I DROVE TO MY MOM'S TO PICK HER UP. AGAIN I WAS IN A STOP POSITION, PUT THE DURANGO IN REVERSE, AND THE ENGINE DIED OUT AGAIN. AFTER I DROPPED OFF MY MOM, I IMMEDIATELY TOOK THE DURANGO TO THE DEALER. THEY KEPT IT THERE AND TESTED IT FOR SEVERAL HOURS. NOTHING HAPPENED. THEY COULD NOT VERIFY MY COMPLAINT. THEY DID TELL ME, HOWEVER, THAT THE COMPUTER NEEDED TO BE RE-PROGRAMED. THIS PAST SATURDAY, MY HUSBAND & I DROVE THE DURANGO TO KONA FOR THE DAY. WHILE DRIVING UP A RAMP AT ONE OF THE HOTELS, THE ENGINE DIED OUT AGAIN! FIRST THING MONDAY MORNING (5/23/2005), I CALLED THE DEALER'S SERVICE DEPT. AND EXPLAINED WHAT HAD HAPPENED. (I SPOKE TO SHERRI) THEY CHECKED WITH THEIR SERVICE MANAGER, WHO ALONG WITH THE MECHANIC, CALLED STAR. THEY TOLD THEM TO INSALL A "CO-PILOT". THEY (THE MANAGER, SERVICE ADVISOR AND THE MECHANIC, ALONG WITH MYSELF) DO NOT THINK THAT MAKES ANY SENSE. THE DURANGO JUST DIES OUT, AND THE CO-PILOT WOULD ONLY MAKE SENSE IF MYSELF OR MY HUSBAND HAD THE TIME TO PRESS THE BUTTON BEFORE THE TRUCK DIED OUT. IN THIS CASE, THE TRUCK JUST DIES OUT, SO WE DON'T HAVE THE TIME TO PRESS THE BUTTON FIRST. I'M AFRAID THAT THE TRUCK WILL DIE OUT WHILE DRIVING AND WILL CAUSE AN ACCIDENT.