2013 DODGE DURANGO Complaints

VEHICLE STALLS AND THEN POWER GOES OFF WHILE BEING DRIVEN ON OCCASION. VEHICLE WILL NOT START ON FIRST TRY. MULTIPLE TRIES ARE NECESSARY BEFORE VEHICLE STARTS. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR SOME TIME. DATE ON "WHEN DID THIS HAPPEN" IS APPROXIMATE AS IT HAPPENS ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS.

STARTING AT 9,800 MILES (8.27.2013), THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WOULD COME ON AND LATER GO OFF. A CHRYSLER DEALER COULD NOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE. THE OIL AND FILTER HAVE BEEN CHANGED AT JIFFY LUBE AND AT CHRYSLER DEALERSHIPS. THE PROBLEM HAS CONTINUED TO OCCUR AFTER OIL CHANGES AT BOTH LOCATIONS. THE ENGINE IS 3.6L. THE LIGHT COMES ON IN MOTION AND STATIONARY POSITIONS. CURRENT MILEAGE IS 48,000. SOMETIMES WHEN THE LIGHT IS ON, A PROBLEM WITH ACCELERATION OCCURS. OTHERWISE, THE ENGINE RUNS GOOD.

2013 DURANGO AWD CREW- WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE AROUND 40 MPH. AVOIDANCE MANEUVER REQUIRED HEAVY BREAKING (COULD FEEL ABS WORKING). UPON MOVING THE VEHICLE AGAIN FROM A STANDSTILL, NOTED A STRONG ODOR. THOUGHT IT MIGHT JUST BE THE BRAKES. DROVE LESS THAN A MILE AND PARKED VEHICLE FOR ABOUT 90 MINUTES. STARTED VEHICLE AGAIN AND WITHIN 5 MINUTES (NEVER GETTING THE VEHICLE ABOVE 40MPH) NOTED THE STRONG ODOR AGAIN. SOON AFTER THE BATTERY ICON APPEARED ON THE CONSOLE. DROVE ANOTHER MILE AND STOPPED THE VEHICLE TO INVESTIGATE. OTHER THAN THE ODOR, NOTHING ELSE WAS FOUND. COULD NOT LOCATE SPECIFIC LOCATION OF ODOR. DECIDED TO TAKE VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP ABOUT 6 MILES AWAY. VEHICLE STARTED W/O THE BATTERY ICON BUT WITHIN A MILE IT REAPPEARED. ODOR PRESENT THE WHOLE TIME BUT NO SMOKE. SUNDAY--DEALERSHIP WAS CLOSED. ON MONDAY, DEALERSHIP CALLED TO SAY OUR ALTERNATOR WAS FRIED AND WE NEEDED A NEW ONE.

DRIVER AND PASSENGER STOPPED AT REST AREA ON INTERSTATE I-75. WHEN RETURNING TO VEHICLE, DRIVER AND PASSENGER CONNECTED SEATBELTS. DRIVER CHECKED SURROUNDINGS FOR CLEARANCE BEFORE PUTTING DURANGO IN REVERSE, WITH FOOT ON BRAKE TO SLOWLY EXIT PARKING SPACE. WHILE IN REVERSE TURN, VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED AT A VERY HIGH SPEED. A CHEVY CRUZE PARKED BEHIND WAS STUCK(REAR TRUNK AREA). DRIVER, REALIZING VEHICLE WAS NOT STOPPING LOOKED INTO REAR VIEW MIRROR TO SEARCH FOR OPEN, SAFE AREA. DRIVER AIMED FOR EMPTY SPACE BETWEEN CRUZE AND A CHEVY EQUINOX. DURANGO HOPPED CURB, BOUNCING DOWN ON FRONT END OF EQUINOX, DAMAGING AND TEARING OFF FRONT BUMPER. AT SOME POINT DRIVER PUT BOTH FEET FIRMLY ON BRAKE PEDAL. VEHICLE CONTINUED ONTO GRASS, DIGGING INTO GRASSY AREA, FINALLY STOPPING BEFORE COLLIDING INTO TREES WHICH WERE BEHIND. IN ADDITION TO DAMAGE TO TWO OTHER VEHICLES, THE DURANGO SUSTAINED REAR END DAMAGE.. LEFT REAR TIRE WAS ON THE GROUND SIDEWAYS WITH TIRE DETACHED FROM RIM. STILL NOT SURE IF DURANGO FINALLY RESPONDED TO BRAKES OR IF TIRE SNAPPING OFF SUSPENSION IS WHAT FINALLY STOPPED VEHICLE. THIS ALL OCCURRED WITHIN SECONDS. STATE POLICE WERE SUMMONED, REPORT TAKEN. DURANGO REMOVED FROM SCENE VIA FLAT BED TOW TRUCK. DAMAGE ESTIMATES AND POLICE REPORT ARE PENDING AT THIS TIME.

THE ACTIVE HEADREST/HEAD RESTRAINT DEPLOYED WHILE DRIVING, HITTING MY WIFE IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD. SHE WAS TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 30-35MPH. THIS CAUGHT HER OFF GUARD BUT FORTUNATELY DID NOT AFFECT HER DRIVING AND SHE MAINTAINED CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT. AFTER INSPECTING THE HEAD RESTRAINT I NOTICE THE PLASTIC THAT APPARENTLY HOLDS A METAL ROD BROKE ALLOWING THE HEAD RESTRAINT TO DEPLOY. IN RESEARCHING THE ACTIVE HEAD RESTRAINT ISSUES, I RAN ACROSS A RECALL FOR CHRYLSER BUT IT DID NOT PERTAIN TO MY MAKE AND MODEL AND IT WAS FOR POSSIBLE NON DEPLOYMENT DURING REAR END COLLISION. SAFETY RECALL N38 /NHTSA 13V-282 ACTIVE HEAD RESTRAINTS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 DODGE DURANGO. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE STARTED TO SMOKE. THE CONTACT COASTED THE VEHICLE OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND NOTICED SMOKE UNDER THE HOOD COMING FROM THE ALTERNATOR. THE CONTACT WAITED A FEW MINUTES TO RESTART THE VEHICLE AND IT LOST ALL POWER. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE KEY FAILED TO EJECT FROM THE IGNITION SWITCH. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE ALTERNATOR CAUSED THE BATTERY AND THE COMPUTER SYSTEM TO FAIL. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V634000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 93,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 DODGE DURANGO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WATER ENTERED THE VEHICLE ASSOCIATED WITH THE SUN ROOF AND FRONT WINDSHIELD. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO PREVENT THE FAILURE AFTER REPLACING A SEAL. THE CONTACT WAS REFERRED TO A GLASS REPAIR SHOP WHO REPLACED THE FRONT WINDSHIELD. THE CONTACT NOTIFIED THE MANUFACTURER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 57,000.

AFTER I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE I WAS COMING FROM THE BANK AND AS I PRESS THE GAS PEDAL TO GO FORWARD THE VEHICLE WOULDN'T DRIVE FORWARD. I CALLED THE DEALER SHIP AND I WAS TOLD THAT NOTHING WAS DETECTED SO I CONTINUE TO DRIVE THIS VEHICLE AND AGAIN I EXPERIENCE THE SAME PROBLEM I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO CROWN DODGE AND I HEAR THE SAME THING AS BEFORE. NOW THE VEHICLE SHUT DOWN WHEN I AM DRIVING AND I HAVE TO PUT IT IN NURTURE TO CRANK IT BACK UP I ALSO CALL THE HEADQUARTERS ABOUT THIS VEHICLE I BROUGHT IT BRAND NEW .I WAS ON THE ROAD WHEN ALL THIS HAPPENED. IN THE COUNTRY ALSO ON CITY STREETS

I CAME OUT OF A STORE AND UPON GETTING IN MY DURANGO I STARTED IT AND NOTICED SMOKE AND SMELLED A BURNING ELECTRICAL SMELL. THE HOOD WOULDN'T OPEN BECAUSE IT HAD ALREADY BURNED THROUGH THE CABLE THAT ATTACHES THE HOOD RELEASE. WITHIN A FEW SECONDS THE WHOLE FRONT END WAS ON FIRE. I CALLED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THEY HAD IT PUT OUT PRETTY QUICKLY. I'VE ONLY HAD THE VEHICLE FOR EXACTLY A YEAR ALMOST TO THE DAY. THE ONLY PROBLEM WE'VE HAD WITH IT IS THE DRIVER'S SIDE HEADLIGHT WENT OUT. WE HAD IT REPLACED AND IT WENT OUT AGAIN WITHIN A COUPLE OF WEEKS SO WE HAD IT CHANGED AGAIN. I DID NOTICE THAT ONE HEADLIGHT WAS BRIGHTER THAN THE OTHER BUT THOUGHT IT WAS JUST DIFFERENT BULBS. APPARENTLY IT WASN'T. THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN A PARKING LOT NEXT TO A WHOLE CAGE FULL OF PROPANE TANKS NOW THAT'S PRETTY SCARY.

WHILE DRIVING MY CAR SURGES AT TIMES. I CAN LOSE POWER AT ANY GIVEN SPEED AND THEN SUDDENLY MY CAR WILL JERK FAST. SOMETIMES WHEN DRIVING SLOW TO GO AROUND A ROUNDABOUT IT WILL JUST LOSE POWER AND BARELY GO. WHILE AT A STOP BUT IN DRIVE, THE MOTOR WILL VIBRATE. THIS HAS BEEN ONGOING SINCE I PURCHASED MY DURANGO. SEEMS TO BE GETTING MUCH WORSE. ONLY 54,000 + MILES ON IT.