2014 DODGE DURANGO Complaints

ON 8/24/19 THE ALTERNATOR FAILED WHILE DRIVING (IN MOTION!!) AND THE CAR STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD SHORTLY AFTER THE BATTERY LIGHT CAME ON. THE BATTERY HAD JUST BEEN REPLACED NEW THAT SAME DAY. WE COULD NOT MOVE THE CAR OR RESTART THE VEHICLE TO MOVE IT AND JUST PURCHASED USED ON THE 21 AUGUST 2019, ISSUE THAT YOU CAN NOT GET THE CAR INTO NEUTRAL TO MOVE THE CAR. OR THAT THERE IS NO A SECONDARY POWER SOURCE SO THAT IF THE POWER FAILS YOU CAN STILL OPERATE THE GEARS AND MOVE THE CAR OUT OF THE WAY. THE CARE MAKES A CLANKING NOISE LIKE IF THE GEARS WERE NOT MOVING AND THE CAR JOLTED FORWARD AND JUST STOPPED. REALLY? THEN COULDN'T MOVE IT THANK GOD IT DIDN'T HAPPEN ON THE FREEWAY. SAW THAT THERE IS A RECALL ON THIS DURANGO FOR THE ALTERNATOR SUDDENLY FAILING THAT EXACTLY WHAT HAPPEN BUT THERE IS NO RECORD OF THAT BEING FIXED OR BEING AN ISSUE ON THIS MODEL WHY?

IVE HAD A TOTAL OF SEVEN PROBLEMS WITH THIS VEHICLE RELATED TO THE ENGINE. NOW THERE IS A TIME KING SOUND WITH FULL OIL CHANGES ON THE PLAN EVERY THREEOMTHS. I TRHLY BELIEVE THIS VEHICLE HAS ENGINE PROBLEMS WITH THE WAY ITS BUILT.

THE RACETRAK LIFT GATE HOUSING HAS ACCUMULATED WATER AND CAUSED BRAKE LIGHTS TO MALFUNCTION.

THE INFOTAINMENT SYSTEM HEAD UNIT FAILED CAUSING GPS NAVIGATION, HVAC/BLOWER, COMPASS, AND CLIMATE TEMPERATURE CONTROL TO NOT FUNCTION. I HAD TO REPLACE IT WITH A NEW UNIT COSTING $806.25. THE WARRANTY WAS EXPIRED. IT SUDDENLY DID NOT WORK ONE DAY WHEN I TURNED THE VEHICLE ON IN THE MORNING.

2014 DODGE DURANGO TAIL LIGHT ASSEMBLY NOT PROPERLY SEALED WHEN MANUFACTURED AND ALLOWS WATER TO ENTER AND RUIN CIRCUIT BOARD FOR LED TAIL LIGHTS. I HAVE ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING DEGREE AND THIS IS NOT A BULB BURNED OUT. THE LEDS CIRCUIT BOARD IS WHAT'S DAMAGED NOT THE LEDS. DEALERS SAY WARRANTY DOES NOT COVER BULBS. BUT THIS IS A WHOLE TAIL LIGHT ASSEMBLY THAT WAS NOT SEALED RIGHT FROM THE FACTORY. IT COST $1100 TO REPLACE . THIS IS A DEFECT NOT NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR. THERE ARE LITERALLY THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ONLINE WITH SAME ISSUE.

CAR ALERT LOW VOLTAGE CAME ON AND THEN CAR WOULD NOT START. WHEN JUMPING THE CAR, THE CAR WOULD TURN OFF WHEN CABLES CAME OFF. WAS TOLD ALTERNATOR IS BAD. I GOOGLED AND FOUND OUT THEIR WAS A RECALL FOR ALTERNATORS BUT NOT MY 2014 MODEL. I BELIEVE MINE SHOULD HAVE BEEN INCLUDED BECAUSE THE DESCRIPTION FITS MY ISSUE AS WELL AND THE VEHICLE IS THE SAME YEAR, MAKE AND MODEL. DEALERSHIP WOULD NOT HONOR RECALL WHEN SHOULD THE INFO. ON LINE.

BECAUSE OF CONDENSATION/STANDING WATER IN THE BACK RACETRACK LIGHT, THE LIGHT IS NOW BURNT OUT AND DODGE IS QUOTING ME $1,100 TO FIX THIS ISSUE. IT IS NOT COVERED UNDER ANY WARRANTY AND THERE IS NOT YET A RECALL. I CONTACTED DODGE REGARDING THIS SAFETY ISSUE AND THEY HAVE OFFERED NO RESOLUTION OR SUGGESTION TO HELP. THIS IS A WIDE SPREAD ISSUE AFFECTING MODELS YEAR 2010 TO PRESENT. I AM HONESTLY WONDERING HOW THIS HAS NO BEEN ADDRESSED YET. WHEN I QUESTIONED WHETHER THE ISSUE IS BEING FIXED ON NEWER MODELS, I GOT A VERY GENERIC ANSWER.

REAR RACEWAY TAILLIGHT HAS PARTIALLY GONE OUT. FROM WHAT I'VE GATHERED, THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE DUE TO AN ENGINEERING DESIGN FLAW. WATER IS ALLOWED TO PENETRATE, SHORTING OUT RACEWAY LIGHT, DECREASING VISIBILITY FROM THE REAR, PARTICULARLY IN ADVERSE AND LOW VISIBILITY CONDITIONS. THIS MANUFACTURER FLAW SHOULD BE ADDRESSED, CORRECTED AND REPLACED BY MANUFACTURER AS IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE.

WHILE DRIVING ON LITTLE ROAD IN PASCO COUNTY FLORIDA ON JULY 25TH , MY PASSENGER SIDE HEADREST DEPLOYED AS IF IN A CRASH, STRIKING MY FATHER IN THE HEAD. THE UNIT STILL HAS THE METAL PIN ATTACHED BY CLAMPS AND BASICALLY SNAPPED. THE PLASTIC IS BROKEN.

RACETRACK TAIL LIGHTS IS NOT CORRECTLY SEALED AND WATER IS COMING INSIDE, DUE TO THIS THE TAIL LIGHT HAD A SHORTCUT AND THE DEALERSHIP SAYS THE I HAVE TO REPLACE THE WHOLE TAIL LIGHT AND THE REAR CAMERA, THIS IS THE SECOND TIME I SEE WATER INSIDE THE RACETRACK