2007 DODGE DURANGO Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE DURANGO. THE CONTACT STATED THE TIRE PRESSURE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE FRONT AND REAR PASSENGER SIDE VALVE STEMS WERE REPLACED ON THE VEHICLE PREVIOUSLY AND WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED AGAIN TO CORRECT THE FAILURE. THE DEALER CONFIRMED THERE WERE ISSUES WITH THE VALVE STEMS HOWEVER, WOULD NOT BE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 57,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 58,342.

I HAVE A 2007 DODGE DURANGO LIMITED THAT I PURCHASED NEW 07/28/07FROM KARI DODGE CHRYSLER JEEP, 1177 US HWY 2 E, KALISPELL, MT 59901. IT IS STILL UNDER WARRANTY; THIS WILL EXPIRE 07/28/10. SINCE ABOUT MARCH 1ST, 2010 IT HAS BEEN STALLING AND LUNGING AT LOW SPEEDS; WHICH MY HUSBAND AND I THOUGHT WAS CONDENSATION IN THE GAS LINE, BUT IT FINALLY DIED ON THE ONCOMING LANE OF TRAFFIC 03/16/10. SO I CALL KARI DODGE 03/17/10 AND REPORTED THE PROBLEM. I BROUGHT IT INTO KARI DODGE 03/18/10 AND THEY CLAIM THE FIXED THE PROBLEM, SO I PICKED IT UP AND DROVE IT THROUGH THE WEEKEND. ON 03/22/10 I CALLED KARI AGAIN AND REPORTED TO THEM THE DURANGO IS STILL STALLING/HESITATING/LUNGING. I BROUGHT IT IN AGAIN 03/23/10 AND BY THE TIME I GOT TO WORK AND KARI 17 MILES LATER I WAS JUST SHAKING AND SICK TO MY STOMACH. SO FAR THE DURANGO HAS BEEN IN AND OUT OF KARI DODGE THREE TIMES AND WILL GO IN AGAIN 04/12/10. EACH TIME THEY CALL ME THEY SAY IT'S READY. I PICK IT UP AND CONTINUES TO STALL AND LUNGE. THEY CLAIM SEVERAL PEOPLE HAVE DRIVEN IT AND EVEN THEIR SERVICE MANGER, MIKE, COULD NOT GET THE DURANGO TO DO WHAT WE SAY IT'S DOING. MY HUSBAND AND I HAVE ONCE AGAIN DRIVEN THE DURANGO ALL WEEKEND AFTER KARI DODGE HAS SAID IT IS READY AND IS TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE. WE HAD A FRIEND DRIVE IT TODAY AND IT DID THE VERY SAME THING WE ARE SAYING IT DOES. THE DURANGO HAS A MAJOR PROBLEM. I'M SCARED TO DRIVE IT. WE (MY HUSBAND AND I )COULD BE IN A VERY SERIOUS ACCIDENT OR BE REAR ENDED. I HAVE A CASE NUMBER STARTED WITH CHRYSLER CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE CENTER #[XXX] AND I HAVE ALSO LOGGED A COMPLAINT WITH THE FTC -REF#[XXX]. I HAVE KEPT A PRETTY GOOD JOURNAL THIS PAST MONTH IN REGARDS TO KARI DODGE AND MY DURANGO. THEY CAN'T SEEM TO FIX THE PROBLEM. KARI DODGE ALWAYS ASKS ME IT THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON----IT DOES NOT. KARI DODGE ALSO ALWAYS ASKS ME IF I WARM IT UP EVERY MORNING- I ALWAYS DO. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

GAS SPRAYS OUT OF FILLER TUBE 3 TO 5 FEET AFTER THE GAS PUMP SHUTS OFF. STARTED AT ABOUT 40,000 MILES. I HAVE A 2007 DODGE DURANGO 4.7 LT, 4WD. IT HAPPENS EVERY TIME I FILL UP THE GAS TANK. THE CAR HAS ABOUT 43,000 MILES. DEALER SAYS THERE IS NO RECAL AND I HAVE TO PAY. THERE WAS A RECAL FOR THE 2005 DURANGO. *CN

MY 2007 DODGE DURANGO 4X4 STARTED THROWING BACK GASOLINE FROM THE FILLER TUBE. THIS STARTED OCCURRING ABOUT 4-6 WEEKS AGO AND NOW HAPPENS EVERYTIME I FILL THE TANK. DOES NOT MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE WHERE, WHEN, OR IF I HOLD THE NOZZLE OR NOT. SOMETIMES THE GAS COMES BACK WITH ENOUGH FORCE TO GET ALL OVER MY CLOTHES AND SHOES. VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. I READ ABOUT THE SAME PROBLEM WITH '05 DURANGOS AND CALLED CHRYSLER. THEY ACTED LIKE THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT AND TOLD ME TO TAKE IT TO THE DEALER. I HAVE MADE AN APPOINTMENT AT AL WEST CHRYSLER FOR MAR. 25, 2010. WHEN I EXPLAINED THE PROBLEM TO THE SERVICE WRITER, HE ALSO ACTED LIKE I WAS THE FIRST PERSON WITH THIS PROBLEM. *TR

HAD OWNED OUR 2007 DODGE DURANGO FOR OVER 2 MONTHS, AND HAD BEEN DRIVING IT WITH NO PROBLEMS ON SNOW, SLUSH, ETC. ON DEC 29TH, 2009, I SLOWLY PULLED INTO MY IN-LAWS' DRIVEWAY AND WAS JUST ABOUT TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP, WHEN THE CAR SURGED FORWARD. I TOOK MY FOOT OFF THE BRAKE AND HIT BRAKES AGAIN, THOUGH IT DID SLIDE INTO MY FATHER-IN-LAW'S CAR BEFORE I COULD STOP. CONSIDERING THE SLUSH, I THOUGHT PERHAPS I WAS CONFUSED IN THE COMMOTION AND MAYBE IT WAS JUST A SKID. HOWEVER, THE EXACT SAME THING HAPPENED THE NEXT DAY, AT AN INTERSECTION I WAS APPROACHING AT LESS THAN 5 MPH. RIGHT AT THE MOMENT THE CAR "SHOULD" HAVE STOPPED, IT SUDDENLY ACCELERATED, AND I HAD TO AGAIN TAKE MY FOOT OFF THE BRAKE AND THEN QUICKLY PRESS ON IT HARD SO THAT I WOULD STOP. THANKFULLY THE CAR APPROACHING FROM THE LEFT HAD NOT YET REACHED THE INTERSECTION YET. MY SISTER-IN-LAW ALSO FELT THE SURGE AND ASKED ME WHAT IT WAS. I TOLD HER THAT IT WAS WHAT HAD HAPPENED THE DAY BEFORE, BUT I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT WAS HAPPENING. THAT WAS OVER 2 MONTHS AGO AND IT HASN'T HAPPENED SINCE, AND FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, TAKING IT INTO THE DEALER PROBABLY WON'T DO ANY GOOD BECAUSE IT IS NOT A CONSISTENTLY OCCURRING PROBLEM AND THEY LIKELY WON'T BE ABLE TO TELL ME WHAT HAPPENED. HOWEVER, I AM STILL CONCERNED ABOUT IT, ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING THE RECENT BRAKE FAILURES/SUDDEN ACCELERATION INCIDENCES I AM HEARING ABOUT... I HAD NEVER HEARD OF IT HAPPENING TO ANYONE ELSE BEFORE. *TR

ON FEBRUARY 27, 2010 WE, THE OWNERS, WERE DETAILING OUR 2007 DODGE DURANGO. IN ORDER TO FULLY DETAIL THE VEHICLE WE OPTED TO REMOVE THE SEATS IN ORDER TO SHAMPOO THE CARPETS. IN REMOVING THE BOLTS BELOW THE MIDDLE SEAT WITH A RATCHET, TWO OF THE BOLT HEADS BELOW THE MIDDLE SEAT SNAPPED OFF. THIS CONCERNS ME DEEPLY THAT THE LITTLE BIT OF MAN POWER EXERTED INTO REMOVING THE BOLTS IS A FRACTION OF THE POWER EXERTED IN A VEHICLE ACCIDENT. THESE BOLTS WOULD HAVE BEEN EASILY SNAPPED OFF IN THE EVENT OF A VEHICLE ACCIDENT. THIS PROBLEM DOES NEED TO BE ADDRESSED IN SOME WAY, SHAPE OR FORM. I HAVE TWO CHILDREN WHO SIT IN THE MIDDLE SEAT OF THIS VEHICLE 100% OF THE TIME AND I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO WONDER IF, GOD FORBID A VEHICLE ACCIDENT OCCURS, THAT THE MIDDLE SEAT, OR ANY OF THE SEATS IN MY CAR FOR THAT MATTER, ARE GOING TO STAY IN PLACE BECAUSE OF THE BOLTS SECURING THEM DOWN. PLEASE ADDRESS THIS ISSUE IMMEDIATELY. *TR

I OWN A 2007 DODGE DURANGO AND IT HAS BEGUN SPITTING OUT THE FUEL IF I ATTEMPT TO FILL THE TANK. BESIDES BEING FRUSTRATING THIS IS A SERIOUS ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN. MY DURANGO IS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY AND I CURRENTLY CAN NOT AFFORD TO PAY TO HAVE THE ISSUE DIAGNOSED. HOWEVER, I HAVE JOINED A DODGE FORUM AND THIS PROBLEM IS OCCURRING ON SEVERAL DURANGOS TO INCLUDE THE 2005, 2006, AND 2007 MODELS. THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL ON ALL MODELS. APPARENTLY IN THE PAST THIS SAME ISSUE WAS REPORTED IN THE 2005 MODEL AND A RECALL WAS GENERATED. *TR

I JUST PURCHASED A 2007 DODGE DURANGO AND NOTICED THAT EVERY TIME I FILL UP THE TRUCK AT A GAS STATION, INSTEAD OF THE GAS PUMP AUTOMATICALLY SHUTTING OFF ONCE THE GAS TANK WAS FULL, GAS WOULD SPIT/BACK OUT OF THE NOZZLE AREA AND RUN DOWN THE SIDE OF THE TRUCK. I AT FIRST THOUGHT IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE GAS STATION, BUT IT HAS OCCURRED THREE MORE TIMES AT DIFFERENT GAS STATIONS. NEEDLESS TO SAY, THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AND APPARENTLY, THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH OTHER DODGE OWNERS. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID THAT BECAUSE I PURCHASED THE EXTENDED WARRANTY, I'M RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEDUCTIBLE. THIS PROBLEM SHOULD HAVE BEEN A RECALL ON DODGE BEHALF. I'M AFRAID THAT BECAUSE I HAVE TO WAIT TO COME UP WITH THE DEDUCTIBLE, A MORE SERIOUS ACCIDENT COULD OCCUR IN THE MEANTIME. PLEASE CONTACT ME AT YOUR EARLIEST CONVENIENCE AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS LETTER. *TR

FUEL SPILLS OUT OF 2007 DODGE DURANGO WHEN REFILLING. THE FUEL PUMP SHUTS OFF BUT ABOUT OF FUEL BLOWS BACK OUT OF GAS TANK, ONTO SIDE OF VEHICLE AND ONTO GROUND. *TR

GAS SPEWS FROM THE FILLER NOZZLE ST THE END OF FILLING UP THE VEHICLE WITH FUEL. VEHICLE IS A 2007 DODGE DURANGO. *TR