2015 DODGE DURANGO Complaints

PUT VEHICLE IN PARK IN OUR INCLINED DRIVEWAY TO RUN INTO THE HOUSE FOR SOMETHING I FORGOT. LEFT IT RUNNING AND STATIONARY WITH MY DAUGHTER IN THE BACK. AS I GOT TO THE DOOR I HEARD MY DAUGHTER SCREAMING AND LOOKED BACK TO SEE THE VEHICLE ROLLING DOWN THE DRIVEWAY. WAS ABLE TO RUN BACK AND STOP IT, BUT IT WAS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION AS IT WOULD HAVE CONTINUED TO ROLL INTO THE STREET IF I HADN'T HEARD HER OR IF I HAD ALREADY BEEN IN THE HOUSE.

EXTERIOR LIGHTING - BRAKE LIGHTS - REAR REAR CENTER LED LIGHT IS FILLED WITH WATER. LIGHT DOES NOT WORK. THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM. WIDESPREAD ISSUE. REPLACING THE LIGHT IS NOT THE PERMANENT FIX. THE PROBLEM WILL REOCCUR EVEN AFTER THE REPLACEMENT OVER THE TIME. THIS SHOULD BE RECALLED.

CONSTANT SUSPENSION NOISE WHILE DRIVING OVER SMALL BUMPS OR SMOOTH SURFACES COMING FROM REAR LOAD LEVELING SUSPENSION AND FRONT SUSPENSION. OCCASIONAL INSTABILITY WHILE TOWING.

THE PASSENGER SIDE HEADLIGHT CONNECTION BURNT AND MELTED THE CONNECTION SOCKET WHERE THE BULB CONNECTS. HAD THE SAME PROBLEM WITH MY 2011 DODGE CHARGER. THE WIRING HARNESS ON THE CHARGER WAS PART OF A RECALL. THE 2015 DURANGO HARNESS IS NOT ON A RECALL, YET. IT'S THE SAME PART, WITH THE SAME PROBLEM.

STANDING WATER IN TAIL LIGHT ASSEMBLY. WILL EVENTUALLY AFFECT TAIL LIGHT OPERATION AS WELL AS LICENSE PLATE.

DODGE WANTS TO CHARGE $300 TO SWAP OUT THE BULB ON THE DRIVERS' SIDE BLINKER WHICH CAN BE DONE EASILY IN ABOUT 10 MINUTES WITH REGULAR OR LED BULB, HOWEVER IT SEEMS THAT AFTER HAVING SWAPPED OUT THE BULB WHICH SHORTED OUT ON THE TERMINAL CONNECTOR ITSELF (WHY IS MY BRAND NEW CAR CAUSING SHORTS FIRST OF ALL) SO I INSTALLED AN LED ON THE RIGHT SIDE AS WELL. HOWEVER, THAT CAUSED PROBLEMS SAYING THE RIGHT BLINKER IS OUT. SO NOW, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER I HAVE THE LED OR THE REGULAR LIGHT INSTALLED ON THE PASSENGER SIDE BLINKER IT NOW GOES IN AND OUT SAYING "RIGHT SIDE BLINKDER OUT" - AND THAT'S EVEN WHEN IT WORKS!??!!! WHY IS THE COMPUTER THINKING THE BLINKER IS OUT WHEN I SEE IT WORKS? GRANTED, THE STUPID LEFT SIDE STOPPED BEING DUMB BUT NOW IS THERE SOME ATTENUATION OR SOMETHING THAT THE COMPUTER DOESN'T LIKE SINCE YOU BURNED OUT MY FIRST BULB AND IT'S CAUSING ISSUES AT THE RIGHT SIDE? DODGE NEEDS TO ADDRESS THIS AS A RECALL UNDER WARRANTY BECAUSE IT IS ABSOLUTELY AN ISSUE, IT'S NOT A BULB PROBLEM, IT OCCURS WITH ANY BULB AND WHETHER IT I ACTUALLY OUT OR NOT IS NOT ACCURATE PER THE REPORTING FROM THE COMPUTER. SOMETIMES IT SAYS IT'S OUT AND IT IS, OTHER TIMES IT SAYS IT'S OUT AND IT'S NOT... THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE NOTIFYING OTHER SURROUNDING PEOPLE/VEHICLES OF INTENT TO TURN.

OUR 2015 DURANGO LIMITED MAKES A THUMPING NOISE, SOUNDS LIKE AN IMPACT IN THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE DEALERSHIP HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM, AND CANT DUPLICATE IT. MY WIFE HAS HEARD THIS NOISE SINCE WE PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE. WE HAVE OWNED 3 OTHER DURANGOS WITH THE SAME BODY STYLE AND HAVE NEVER HEARD THE SAME SOUND.

REAR CENTER LED LIGHT SECTION FILLED WITH WATER. FROZEN WATER CAUSED THE LIGHT TO CRACK MAKING IT EVEN MORE LIKELY TO FILL WITH WATER. THE LIGHT ONLY WORKS INTERMITTENTLY AND WILL OFTEN GO OUT, ALONG WITH THE LIGHT THAT ILLUMINATES THE LICENSE PLATE. THIS IS A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM...CHECK DODGEDURANGO.NET FOR NUMEROUS DISCUSSIONS RELATING TO THIS PROBLEM IN DURANGOS FROM 2014 AND LATER.

SMELLED ELECTRONIC BURNING IN VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY 378 FROM COLUMBIA SC. AFTER ABOUT A MINUTE THE INSTUMENT PANELWENT COMPLETELY BLANK. WORRIED THAT I MIGHT HAVE A DASH FIRE, I PULLED OVER ON THE ROAD SHOULDER IN BUSY TRAFFIC TO GET MY FAMILY OUT OF THE VECHILE AND INVESTIGATE. I CALLED THE LOCAL DEALER SERVICE DEPARTMENT AND WAS TOLD TO BRING THE VECHILE IN SO THEY COULD REPAIR IT. NERVIOUSLY I STARTED THE VECHILE BACK UP WITH MY FAMILY AT CURB SIDE. I WAITED FOR SEVERAL MINUTES TO ENSURE AN ELECTRICAL FIRE DID NOT OCCUR. I DROVE STRAIGHT TO THE DEALERSHIP WITHOUT ANY INSTRUMENTATION, OR TURN SIGNALS. THE VEHICLE HAS NOW BEEN IN THERE SHOP FOR OVER A MONTH.

WHILE DRIVING IN THE CITY GOING 45MPH THE PASSENGERS HEADREST RESTRAINT SYSTEM RANDOMLY EXPLODED/ACTIVATED, PUSHING MY WIFE'S NECK DRASTICALLY FORWARD.THIS INCIDENT COULD OF CAUSED SERIOUS BODILY INJURIES AS MY WIFE HAS A CERVICAL LAMINECTOMY DUE TO A SPINAL CORD TUMOR. THIS RANDOM EJECTION OF THE HEADREST RESTRAINT COULD OF ENDED BADLY.WE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DODGE DEALERSHIP WHERE THEY DETERMINED THAT THE PLASTIC LATCH THAT HOLDS THE RESTRAINT IN PLACE WAS BROKEN CAUSING THE RESTRAINT TO ACTIVATE. WE WERE TOLD THAT OUR EXTENDED WARRANTY WOULD NOT COVER THIS MANUFACTURER DEFECT ( THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT IT IS, A MANUFACTURER DEFECT) . WE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE WITH ONLY 10 MILES ON IT AND SINCE THE VEHICLE NOW HAS 43,000 MILES ON IT THE MANUFACTURERS WARRANTY IS EXPIRED. THIS ISSUE IS TRULY OF GREAT CONCERN AS IT COULD CAUSE SERIOUS INJURIES. I BELIEVE A RECALL SHOULD TAKE PLACE. THIS VEHICLE HAS NEVER BEEN IN ANY TYPE OF ACCIDENT NOR ANY SITUATION THAT WOULD OF CAUSED AND IMPACT TO BRAKE THIS RESTRAINT SYSTEM. I URGE FOR THIS ISSUE TO BE INVESTIGATED AS THROUGH MY RESEARCH I HAVE COME ACROSS MANY DODGE DURANGO OWNERS THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED SIMILAR ISSUES WITH THE RANDOM DEPLOYMENT OF THE HEADREST RESTRAINT SYSTEM....UPDATED 03/29/17 *BF *CN