2014 DODGE DURANGO Complaints

REAR LIGHTING WILL ACCUMULATE MOISTURE INSIDE HOUSING EVENTUALLY BURNING OUT LED ELEMENTS. THIS RESULTS IN DRIVERS BEING UNABLE TO SEE VEHICLE FROM THE REAR AS WELL AS CITATIONS FOR NONFUNCTIONING EQUIPMENT.

I PURCHASED MY DODGE DURANGO BRAND NEW IN 2014 AND NEVER HAD AN ISSUE WITH IT. IT IS CURRENTLY IN GREAT CONDITION EXCEPT THAT I RECENTLY TOOK IT IN FOR AN OIL CHANGE ON 3/9/19. IT SAT IN MY DRIVEWAY UNTIL MY WIFE DROVE IT TO WORK THE FOLLOWING MONDAY MORNING. ON HER WAY HOME FROM WORK SHE STARTED TO SMELL AN OVERWHELMING BURNING ELECTRICAL SMELL. I DROVE IT BACK INTO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE THE OIL CHANGE TOOK PLACE AND THEY OUTRIGHT LIED TO ME TELLING ME IT WAS A PLASTIC BAG BURNING ON THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER. THEY COULD NOT PROVE IT WHEN I ASKED THEM TO SHOW ME. I SCHEDULED AN APPOINTMENT WITH ANOTHER DEALERSHIP FOR THIS TUESDAY. SO I DID SOME RESEARCH TO SEE IF ANYONE HAS HAD THE ISSUE AND THE INTERNET IS FULL OF THESE VEHICLES HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. I NOTICED THAT IN A FE INSTANCES THE ISSUE WAS DUD TO A RECALL ON THE ALTERNATOR. WHEN I ENTERED MY VIN NUMBER IN THE NHTSA SITE, IT DOES NOT COME UP AS A VEHICLE THAT NEEDS THE RECALL COMPLETED. WHY WOULD MY 2014 DODGE DURANGO BE PART OF THAT RECALL? VIN [XXX] AND ALSO IF THIS IS NOT THE ISSUE WHY WOULD I AND SO MANY OTHERS HAVE THE ISSUE. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

REAR RACE TRACK LIGHTING HAS WATER ACCUMULATING IN THE TAIL LIGHT ASSEMBLY CAUSING THE ENTIRE LIGHT BAR TO SHORT OUT. THIS HAS CAUSED THE LICENSE PLATE LIGHTS TO STOP WORKING AS WELL WHICH ARE REQUIRED BY STATE LAW. ESTIMATE TO REPLACE BY DEALER IS $1600

TAKATA RECALL STANDING WATER AND BUGS ARE INSIDE MY REAR LIGHT BAR ON MY TRUCK. FROM RAIN WATER AND NOW MY LIGHT ON THE DRIVER SIDE IN THE REAR IS OUT.

HEADLIGHTS ARE UNSAFE. DRIVING ON LOW SETTING BEAMS FALL JUST IN FRONT OF BUMPER. ON HIGH BEAMS AIMED AT HIGH TREES.

THE FRONT PASSENGER HEAD REST SUDDENLY AND VIOLENTLY POPPED OPEN WHILE IN MOTION ON A STRAIGHT, SMOOTH, CITY STREET WITHOUT ANY OUTSIDE FORCE BEING APPLIED TO IT. IF ANYONE HAD BEEN SITTING THERE, IT WOULD HAVE JOLTED THE PERSON'S HEAD FORWARD. I WORRY THAT THIS WILL ALSO HAPPEN TO THE DRIVER'S SIDE AT SOME POINT. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE.

RAIN GETS IN THE TAIL LIGHT AND PORTIONS OF THE LIGHT DO NOT LIGHT. I HAVE SEEN MANY COMPLAINTS ONLINE ABOUT THIS. IT IS A $1200.00 AND IT HAS HAPPEN AGAIN TO MINE. I DON'T KNOW WHERE OR WHEN IT HAPPENS. I CAN SEE THE WATER INSIDE TAIL LIGHT.

DRIVING ON A 45MPH CITY ROAD. I WAS A PASSENGER, HUSBAND WAS DRIVING AND I HEARD A LOUD NOISE AND FELT SOMETHING HIT ME IN BACK OF HEAD. THOUGHT WE WERE HIT BY ANOTHER CAR BUT WE WERE NOT, WE WERE STILL DRIVING AT SAME SPEED. MY HEADREST HAD EJECTED FOR NO REASON AND HIT ME ON BACK OF HEAD AND NECK.

LED LIGHTING BAR ON TAILGATE SHOWED SIGNS OF MOISTURE, AND THEN LIGHTS WENT OUT COMPLETELY, INCLUDING THE LICENSE PLATE LIGHTS. VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY, WATCHED LIGHTS FLICKER, THEN GO OUT WHEN CAR WAS AUTO STARTED.

REAR TAILLIGHTS (REFERRED TO AS RACETRACK LIGHTS) HAVE ALREADY BEEN REPLACED ONCE FOR LEAKING AND BURNING OUT. THE REPLACEMENT LIGHTING IS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM, FILLING WITH RAIN WATER, AND BURNING OUT THE LED LIGHTS