2015 DODGE DURANGO Complaints

2015 DURANGO SXT - WATER POOLS IN THE CENTER TAIL LAMP LED AND SHORTS IT OUT, MAKING IT FAIL. REPLACEMENT IS $700+ DUE TO DEMAND. THIS IS A WELL KNOW AND COMMON OCCURRENCE

VEHICLE WILL TURN OVER BUT WILL NOT START. DEALER CLAIMS BATTERY ISSUE, BUT MOST INDIVIDUALS DISCOVERED THAT IT IS A FUEL PUMP RELAY ISSUE. 2ND TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED WITH SAME VEHICLE.

THE LIFTGATE TAIL LIGHT ASSEMBLY ALLOWS WATER TO SEEP INSIDE, POOLING IN THE LIGHTING ASSEMBLY. THIS LED TO THE REAR LIGHTS SHORTING OUT AND FAILING COMPLETELY. AFTER RESEARCHING, THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM THAT DODGE CONTINUES TO IGNORE; ONLY OFFERING TO INSTALL A NEW ASSEMBLY FOR THE BARGAIN PRICE OF $1200-1600 SO THAT I WILL BE VISIBLE FROM THE REAR TO OTHER DRIVERS ON THE ROADWAY.

DRIVER SIDE HEADREST DEPLOYED WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE ON THE HIGHWAY. HEADREST FASTENER WAS DAMAGED IN THE PROCESS MAKING THE FASTENER UNREPAIRABLE. DEALER STATES THERE IS NO CURRENT OPEN RECALL ON THIS ISSUE EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SAME ISSUE ONLINE. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER TO SEE IF THERE WAS A RECALL AND THEY SAID IT WOULD BE $700 TO REPLACE. THE INVOICE SAYS THEY " INSPECTED THE HEADREST. CAN NOT BE RESET. TABS IN BACK ARE BROKEN. WILL REQUIRE NEW HEADREST." WHEN WE LOOKED AT WHAT HELD THE HEADREST TOGETHER, WE SAW TWO TINY PLASTIC PIECES HOLDING IT TOGETHER THAT BROKE. WE WERE JUST DRIVING ALONG AND IT DEPLOYED.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 DODGE DURANGO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WATER LEAKED THROUGH A HOLE INTO THE TAIL LIGHTS ON BOTH THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDES. AS A RESULT, THE LIGHTS SHORT OUT. THE DEALER LICCARDI CHRYSLER DODGE RAM (130 US-22, GREEN BROOK TOWNSHIP, NJ 08812 (732) 752-7373) STATED THAT SINCE THE 33,000 MILE WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO TO COVER THE REPAIRS. THE WHOLE TRACK LIGHT UNIT WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED AT A COST $2,500. THE MANUFACTURER PROVIDED THE CONTACT A COMPLAINT NUMBER AND OFFERED NO FURTHER ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 77,000.

WATER ACCUMULATION IN TAIL GAIT LIGHT CAUSING THE LED LIGHT TO GO OFF. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE LIGHT.

MY VEHICLE IS UNSTABLE WHEN I DRIVE AT ANY DISTANCE OR SPEED ON THE ROAD. I HAD A RECALL FOR THE CALIPERS BUT I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THE ISSUE WAS FIXED. I BEGAN HAVING PROBLEMS AFTER THE RECALL WAS CORRECTED. I NOTICE THAT MY VEHICLE WOULD PULL TO THE RIGHT SIDE. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO GET AN ALIGNMENT BUT THAT DID NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE IS ALSO EXPERIENCING WOBBLING IN THE REAR. I ALSO NOTICE THAT WHEN I AM MAKING TURNS OR LANE CHANGES, THE VEHICLE WILL STILL PULL TO THE RIGHT SIDE. WHEN MAKING STOPS AT THE LIGHT OR STOP SIGNS, THE VEHICLE PULLS TO THE RIGHT. THE BRAKES AND ROTORS HAVE BEEN CHANGE RECENTLY AND A NEW ALIGNMENT WAS PERFORMED BUT THE CAR STILL HAS THE SAME ISSUE.

THE TAILGATE LIGHT GETS FILLED UP WITH WATER CREATING A SHORT AND BURNING OUR LED LIGHTS IN THE TAIL LIGHT. THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE AND THE DEALERSHIP CHARGES OVER $1000 FOR THE LIGHT AND THE TIME SPEND REPLACING IT. FCU SHOULD PAY FOR THE FAULTY DESIGN AND REPLACE ALL THE TAILGATE LIGHTS FOR FREE.

ON THIRD GENERATION DODGE DURANGO'S (2014-2020), WATER AND MOISTURE CAN GET INSIDE THE RACETRACK LIGHT ON THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE, CAUSING THE LIGHT TO STOP WORKING IN MULTIPLE PLACES, AND IN COLDER CLIMATE, CAN CAUSE THE MOISTURE TO FREEZE AND THE LIGHT TO CRACK. WHILE THE VEHICLE IS RUNNING AT NIGHT, THE RACETRACK LIGHT IS THE ONLY LIGHT THAT IS CONSTANTLY ON. WITH WATER AND MOISTURE CAUSING THE LIGHT TO DISCONTINUE OPERATION, AS WELL CAUSE OTHER ELECTRICAL/LIGHTING ISSUES, IT COULD BECOME A VERY SERIOUS DRIVING HAZARD. WATER IS CURRENTLY INSIDE THE LIGHT ON MY VEHICLE, AND FROZEN SOLID, CAUSING THE LIGHT TO MALFUNCTION. ATTACHED PICTURE WILL SHOW EVIDENCE. VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY WHEN LIGHT STARTED MALFUNCTIONING. VEHICLE HAD NEVER BEEN INVOLVED IN A MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT. LIGHT HAS NEVER BEEN REMOVED FROM VEHICLE.

THE RACETRACK TAILLIGHTS ACCUMULATE WATER INSIDE ... THIS IS A WELL KNOWN ISSUE THAT MANY HAD TO SPEND 1000'S OUT OF POCKET .. THE DEALER FIX IS TO DRILL HOLES IN LIGHTS TO DRAIN WATER ... AFTER REPLACEMENT OF LIGHTS THE NEW ONES STILL ACCUMULATE WATER SO THIS IS A BAD DESIGN THAT NEEDS TO BE RECTIFIED