2004 DODGE DURANGO Complaints

2004 DODGE DURANGO 5.7 HEMI THESE VEHICLES ARE SHUTTING OFF WITHOUT WARNING NO STEERING, BRAKES LIGHTS, HAZARDS, NOTHING IS OPERABLE VEHICLE DOESN'T STUTTER OR STALL AT ALL NO WARING LIGHTS JUST SHUTS RIGHT OFF MULTIPLE PEOPLE ARE REPORTING THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM THIS IS A SERIOUS DEFECT AS THERE AREN'T ANY CODES OR SIGNS OF FAILURE

AFTER A NIGHT OF RAINING I STARTED UP MY VEHICLE TO A TERRIBLE KNOCKING SOUND. BLOWN MOTOR DUE TO DEFECTIVE COWL ALLOWING WATER TO LAY ON TOP OF INTAKE. AND SUCKED THROUGH INTAKE GASKETS.CAUSING A HYDRAULIC AND BLOWN MOTOR. COMPREHENSIVE INSURANCE SAID MECHANICAL FAILURE. INTERNET SAYS ENOUGH ABOUT THIS VIEHICLE. RODS THROUGH THE BLOCK UPON IGNITION.

MY VEHICLE STALLS IN THE RAIN. IT STALLS AT A STOP OR ROLLING SPEEDS. IT IDLES ROUGH FIRST AND THEN STALLS OR SHUTS OFF. SOMETIMES THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WILL COME ON, BUT NOT ALWAYS. THIS ONLY OCCURS IN THE RAIN. I'VE HAD SEVERAL MECHANICS LOOK AT IT, AND THEY CAN'T FIGURE OUT HOW TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM. I'VE SPENT A LOT OF MONEY TRYING TO GET THIS FIXED. THROUGH ONLINE RESEARCH, I'VE DISCOVERED THAT MANY OTHER DURANGO OWNERS ARE EXPERIENCING THIS SAME ISSUE.

MY 2004 DODGE DURANGO HAS THE 5.7 HEMI. DURING HEAVY RAINS THE ENGINE WOULD START TO RUN ROUGH AND THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM SHUT DOWN ON ME THREE DIFFERENT TIMES IN THE MIDDLE OF DRIVING DUE TO THE RAIN. DURING THIS ELECTRICAL SHUTDOWN STEERING WAS IMPOSSIBLE AND I WOULD HAVE TO STOP THE VEHICLE IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC. THE VEHICLE DID THIS TO ME ONE TIME IN THE MIDDLE OF TURNING AT AN INTERSECTION. FORTUNATELY NO ACCIDENT OCCURED. I FOUND THAT THE ISSUE WAS BEING CAUSED BY A FAULTY SEAL AT THE WIPER COWL. THIS LEAK LATER BLEW MY ENGINE AS THE WATER LEAK FOUND IT'S WAY INTO THE CYLINDERS AND BLEW A PISTON ROD. I WAS TOLD THAT THIS DEFECT HAS BEEN REPORTED TO CHRYSLER BY HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE.

2004 DODGE DURANGO. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO ENGINE FAILURE. *LD THE CONSUMER STATED THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE DUE TO THE VEHICLE BEING OUT OF WARRANTY. *JS

TAKATA RECALL I WAS DRIVING AROUND ALL DAY AND EVERYTHING WAS FINE, AFTER I STOPPED AT A SHOP AND RETURNED TO MY VEHICLE MY AIRBAG LIGHT ON MY DASH CAME ON, I IMMEDIATELY LOOKED UP ANY ACTIVE RECALLS AND DISCOVERED THAT THERE WERE 2 ON MY VEHICLE ACCORDING TO THE VIN. UPON TAKING THE VEHICLE INTO THE DEALERSHIP FOR THE RECALL REPAIR THE DEALERSHIP REPAIRED THE 2 RECALLS, HOWEVER THE AIRBAG LIGHT REMAINED ON. WHEN I ASKED THE DEALERSHIP ABOUT THIS THEY CLAIM IT IS A SEPARATE ISSUE AND WANTED TO CHARGE ME $150 JUST TO DIAGNOSE THE ISSUE. THEY RELEASED THE VEHICLE TO ME, STILL WITH THE AIRBAG LIGHT ON. WHEN CONFRONTED IN REGARDS TO THE LIGHT BEING ON THE DEALERSHIP HAD NO CONCERN ABOUT THE LIGHT UNLESS I PAID $$$. BEING A RECALL WITH THE AIRBAGS I WOULD THINK THAT THE LIGHT REMAINING ON AND REPAIRING WHAT HAS TRIGGERED THE LIGHT TO BE COVERED UNDER THIS REPAIR.

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE DURANGO. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V352000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PARTS TO DO THE REPAIR WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE DEALER (SCHUMACHER CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM OF DELRAY), 2102 S FEDERAL HWY A, DELRAY, FL, 561-935-4210) WAS CALLED AND CONFIRMED THAT THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE RECALL REMEDY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND STATED THAT THE EXPECTED DATE FOR PART AVAILABILITY WAS JULY 24, 2018. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.

THE VEHICLE RANDOMLY SWITCHES FROM AWD TO 4WD LOCK, DOES NOT SEEM TO BE ANY ONE THING THAT CAUSES IT. ALSO HAVE LOOKED UP HUNDREDS OF OTHER REPORTS ON THIS FROM OTHER PEOPLE. EVERYONE SAYS THAT DODGE DEALERS CLAIM THEY HAVE NEVER HEARD THIS BEFORE. [XXX]. DODGE IS TRYING NOT TO HAVE TO DO A RECALL. THAT IS OBVIOUS. SHAME ON DODGE. INFORMATION Redacted PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).

I PURCHASED MY '04 DURANGO IN 2014 WITH 70,000 MILES ON IT AND JUST PAID IT OFF LAST MONTH. I HAVEN'T EVEN RECEIVED THE TITLE YET BUT YET I HAVE A TRUCK THAT DOESN'T RUN ANYMORE. ABOUT A WEEK OR SO AGO I WENT OUT TO START MY TRUCK AND THE ENGINE BEGAN TO KNOCK VERY LOUDLY. WE HAD A SMALL RAIN/SNOW EVENT THE NIGHT BEFORE AND THE TRUCK HAD BEEN SITTING OUTSIDE IN THE ELEMENTS. I IMMEDIATELY TURNED OFF THE TRUCK AND WENT BACK INSIDE TO MAKE SOME CALLS AND GET ON THE INTERNET. I FOUND OUT THAT THERE HAS BEEN AN ONGOING ISSUE WITH THIS TRUCK CONCERNING WATER LEAKING INTO THE ENGINE CAUSING IT TO HYDROLOCK THE ENGINE CAUSING CATASTROPHIC ENGINE FAILURE/ ENGINE REPLACEMENT. PRIOR TO THIS, I HAD ISSUES WITH THE TRUCK CONCERNING IDLING AND/OR STALLING DURING THE RAIN OR WHEN GOING THROUGH A CAR WASH. I READ SO MANY COMMENTS FROM FELLOW VEHICLE OWNERS THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS ISSUE AND HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE ENGINE. THERE IS NO OTHER FIX. THE ESTIMATED FIX FOR THIS IS A NEW/USED ENGINE COSTING THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS (I WAS QUOTED 7000, I ONLY PAID 10,000 FOR THE TRUCK WHEN I BOUGHT IT). I HAD A MECHANIC COME LOOK AT IT AND HE SAID THE TRUCK DROPPED A VALVE, IT WAS CYLINDER #3. MY ENGINE HAS JUST OVER 113,000 MILES ON IT. THERE IS NO REASON I SHOULD HAVE TO REPLACE AN ENGINE AT THIS MILEAGE. NONE WHATSOEVER. DELVING INTO THE ISSUE IT SEEMS AS IF THERE IS A REPLACEMENT PART (COWL FITTING) THAT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED THAT DODGE/CHRYSLER NEVER ISSUED A RECALL FOR ALTHOUGH THEY KNEW THERE WAS AN ISSUE AND IT WAS CAUSING ITS ENGINES TO BLOW RODS AND SUFFER IRREPARABLE DAMAGE. IF I HAD KNOWN THAT THIS I WOULD NEVER EVER HAVE BOUGHT IT ESPECIALLY FROM A COMPANY THAT DOESN'T CORRECT THEIR MISTAKES EVEN WHEN THEY KNOW ABOUT THEM. I HAVE NEVER OWNED A DODGE BEFORE AND I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER AGAIN OR RECOMMEND THEM TO OTHERS. THEY SHOULD STAND BY THEIR PRODUCT

THE TRANSFER CASE WILL MAKE NOISE WHEN UNLOCKING THE DOORS, IT WILL ALSO ENGAGE AND CHANGE THE AWD BY ITSELF TO 4LOCK WHEN DRIVING ON THE ROAD. IT CAN CAUSE SERIOUSE HARD OR ACCIDENT. THE AIRBAGS ON BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE LIGHT WILL ENGAGE AND CAN CAUSE SERIOUSE HARM. THE FUEL PUMP SEEMS LIKE IT HAS AN AIR BUBBLE INSIDE AND SHOOTS OUT GASOLINE AND ALSO CAN CAUSE SERIOUSE HARM. ALL OF THESE PROBLEMS OCCURS WHEN THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION AND STATIONARY. PLEASE FIX!!! RECALL!!! YOU HAVE TO HEAR THE NOISE AND DRIVE WHEN IT HAPPENS.