2004 DODGE DURANGO Complaints

AFTER AN OVERNIGHT RAINSTORM, VEHICLE WAS STARTED AND DRIVEN APPROXIMATELY 1/4 MILE WHEN THE ENGINE THREW A ROD THROUGH THE ENGINE BLOCK. WE HAD HAD ISSUES PRIOR TO THIS OF THE VEHICLE NOT STARTING AFTER A RAIN EVENT. IT WOULD START AFTER DRYING OUT. THOUGHT IT WAS THE STARTER AND HAD THE STARTER REPLACED TWICE. I JUST REPLACED THE ENGINE WITH A USED ENGINE THAT WITH PARTS AND LABOR COST ME $4,800. I SEE THAT THIS IS A SOMEWHAT COMMON ISSUE WITH THIS VEHICLE AND WANTED TO BE ON RECORD.

THIS COMPLAIN INVOLVE SEVERAL ISSUES THAT CONSTANTLY HAPPENS. THE FIRST ISSUE IS THAT THE INTERIOR LIGHTS AND INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTS ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY AND I CAN HEAR A BUZZING SOUND WHEN IT DOES THIS. THE SECOND IS THAT THE BATTERY DIES AND I HAVE TO JUMP START OR CHARGE IT MANUALLY MOST DAYS. THIRD, EVERY DAY I HAVE TO POUR COOLANT INTO MY RADIATOR BECAUSE THERE IS A LEAK SOMEWHERE EITHER THE WATER PUMP OR RADIATOR. FOURTH, WHEN IT RAINS, WATER GETS INSIDE VIA THE DOOR SEAMS. FIFTH, THEN MY RADIO/DVD PLAYER STOPPED WORKING AND I HAD TO PULL THE FUSE BECAUSE IT WOULD NOT TURN OFF. SIXTH, MY HEAD LIGHTS GOES VERY DIM AND EVEN SOMETIMES SHUT OFF. THIS IS VERY SCARY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT COMING HOME FROM WORK. SEVENTH ISSUE INVOLVES THE ENGINE STALLING ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, MOSTLY WHEN ITS POURING DOWN RAINING.

I WAS DRIVING MY WIFE TO WORK THAT MORNING, IT WAS A BRIGHT CLEAR DAY. I WAS PARKED HALF OUT OF GARAGE. AS MY WIFE CAME OUT OF THE LAUNDRY ROOM I TOUCHED THE GAS TO PULL FORWARD. HOWEVER THIS DID NOT HAPPEN, SUV REVVED ALL THE WAY UP AND WOULD NOT REV DOWN. I TRIED TO APPLY BRAKES BUT THEY DID NOT WORK. I CAME WITHIN A FOOT OF KILLING MY WIFE. TO MAKE THIS SO BAD I COMPLAINED ABOUT THIS BEFORE SO HAS MY WIFE. MY SUV LITERALLY WENT THROUGH 3 WALLS AND SEVERAL ROOMS. I HAVE 3 DISK FUSED IN MY NECK AND SEVERAL OF THE SCREWS ARE BROKE. I CAN LIVE BEING A CRIPPLE BUT I CANT LIVE WITH OUT MY WIFE. CHRYSLER HAD INDEPENDENT INSPECTOR TAKE A LOOK AT IT. I TOLD HIM IT WAS AT EAGLE PAINT AND BODY, AND DID HE NEED ME TO STOP ALL REPAIRS. HE TOLD ME KNOW HE COULD GET HIS DATA FROM COMPUTER. THE CHRYSLER LEGAL TEAM SENT NE A NASTY LETTER STATING THAT I HADE MOVED THE VEHICLE AND THEY WERE NO LONGER RESPONSIBLE. I EVEN TRIED TO CALL CHRYSLER BACK TO TELL THEM THE SUV DID THE SAME THING, BUT THEY INFORMED ME LEGAL TOOK OVER THE CASE AND THEY NEEDED NO OTHER DATA FROM ME. JUST ONE THING WHEN THIS HAPPENS AGAIN AND KILLS MYSELF, MY FAMILY OR A BUS OF KIDS. WHO WILL BE GOING TO JAIL FOR THE REST OF THERE LIFE.

SERVICE 4WD LITE CAME ON, TRUCK STARTED JERKING AND BINDING ON TURNS. CYCLED SWITCH THRU AWD, 4LOCK AND 4 LO, SEEMED TO BE OK FOR AWHILE THEN LOCKED IN 4LOCK AND STAYED THERE UNTIL DRIVEN A MILE DOWN A BUMPY DIRT ROAD. REPAIR SHOP SERVICED TRANSFER CASE BUT NOW ITS STUCK IN 4LOCK, THEY SUSPECT SHIFT MOTOR BUT NONE ARE AVAILABLE. INTERNET COMPLAINTS SEEM TO POINT TO ELECTRICAL ISSUE, TEMPORARY FIX IS TO UNPLUG SHIFT MOTOR IF YOU CAN GET IT INTO AWD BUT DODGE NEEDS TO COME UP WITH A PERMANENT FIX FOR THIS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE DURANGO. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED, THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE RECURRED INTERMITTENTLY. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V313000 (AIR BAGS). THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE RECALL REPAIR WAS REMEDIED; HOWEVER, THE REMEDY FAILED TO CORRECT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE. UPDATED 11/19/15*LJ

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE DURANGO. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V313000 (AIR BAGS), HOWEVER THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE....UPDATED 01/06/2016 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED THE WORK WAS COMPLETED. UPDATED 01/11/16. *JB

I HAVE A 2004 DODGE DURANGO SLT 5.7L HEMI. NEVER HAD ANY BIG ISSUES WITH IT UNTIL IN 2014 I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN I HEARD A LOUD BANG AND LOUD KNOCKING NOISES FOLLOWED SHORTLY BY AN ABRUPT SHUT OFF. I TRIED IMMEDIATELY TO GET TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD BUT WHEN I LOST POWER STEERING FROM THE ENGINE CEIZING AND COULDN'T CORRECT MYSELF ENOUGH SO I WENT DOWN THE HILL OFF THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY WHILE TRYING TO BREAK WITH NO BRAKE BOOSTER ANYMORE AS WELL. I ENDED UP RUNNING INTO A COUPLE SMALL TREE'S AND FINALLY STOPPING . AIR BAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY AND I ONLY JAMMED MY FINGER AND HURT MY BACK SOME BUT I ONLY MISSED A LARGER GROUP OF TREE BY INCHES. MY FRONT BUMPER WAS RIPPED OFF, MY DRIVERS SIDE HEADLIGHT WAS BROKE AS WELL AS MY GRILLE AND MY WINDSHIELD CRACKED. I TOOK IT TO MY MECHANIC AND FOUND OUT THAT THE ENGINE "HYDROLOCKED" AND A PISTON ROD PUNCHED THROUGH MY ENGINE AND BROKE A LOT OF OTHER THINGS INTERNALLY. NEEDLESS TO SAY THE ENGINE IS GONE. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH I HAVE FOUND THAT THERE ARE HUNDREDS MORE PEOPLE THAT HAD THIS HAPPEN TO THEIR 04 AND 05 DODGE DURANGO WITH THE 5.7L HEMI. APPARENTLY THE WATER RUNS RIGHT DOWN ONTO THE ENGINE AND POOLS UP AND THE INTAKE IS FAULTY SO IT SUCKS THAT WATER UP AND CAUSES A CATASTROPHIC HYDROLOCK WITH THE ENGINE WHICH COULD KILL SOMEONE IF THEY LOSE POWER STEERING AND POWER BRAKES WITHIN A SECOND. I'VE BEEN TRYING TO SAVE TO GET A NEW ENGINE (WHICH WILL COST ABOUT $3800 ALONE) BECAUSE I BOUGHT THIS FOR TOO MUCH AND NEITHER DODGE OR MY INSURANCE WOULD COVER IT SO IT'S NOW A PILE OF SCRAP UNTIL I HOPEFULLY CAN GET A NEW ENGINE OR HAVE DODGE BUY THIS DEATH TRAP BACK. DODGE NEEDS TO BUY THESE BACK OR FIX THEM! THIS IS BY FAR NOT AN INDIVIDUAL CASE AND IT IS VERY DANGEROUS AND COSTLY!

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE DURANGO. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 14V770000 (AIR BAGS) AND 15V313000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PARTS TO DO THE REPAIRS WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIRS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE DURANGO. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V313000 (AIR BAGS) HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME OF THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.

THIS VEHICLE WAS RECALLED IN FEBRUARY 2015 I HAVE CONTACTED DEALER TWICE TO SET UP REPAIR THEY SAY THEY WILL CALL ME BACK WHEN THEY GET THE PARTS I NEVER HEAR BACK FROM THEM THEY KEEP SAYING THEY DON'T HAVE PARTS LAST CALL WAS 9-10-2015 SAME STORY DEALER IS ED VOYLES CHRYSLER JEEP DODGE 789 COBB PKWY SE MARIETTA, GA 877-225-3721