2004 DODGE DURANGO Complaints

2004 DODGE DURANGO 5.7 HEMI. 50000 MILES. WAS RUNNING FINE. STARTED IT UP AFTER WORK GOT A LOUD KNOCKING SOUND. WENT BACK TO DEALER FOUND THAT IT WAS A BENT ROD. STILL UNDER THE 7/70 WARRANTY. TOOK THEM A DAY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IT WAS. BUT AFTER READING ALL THESE COMMENTS THEY SHOULD HAVE KNOWN RIGHT AWAY. *TR

COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE. NO PRIOR WARNING. ALL OIL CHANGES AND MAINTENANCE UP TO DATE. DEFECTIVE ENGINE MANUFACTURES AND SOLD BY DODGE. NO RECOURSE GIVEN TO THE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WHO BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE AND HAD THE SAME EXACT DEFECT. REPAIRS ESTIMATED AT $3000-6000. THIS CAR WAS DRIVEN WITHOUT INCIDENT THE DAY AND NIGHT BEFORE. THEN THE NEXT DAY UPON LEAVING FOR WORK IN THE MORNING IT COMPLETELY FAILED AND HAD TO BE TOWED. THE MECHANIC STATED LOOSE PARTS IN THE ENGINE CAUSED BY OVERCONSUMPTION OF OIL AND SLUDGE. HOW THE HECK CAN A CAR COMPANY GET AWAY WITH THIS. I STILL OWE MONEY ON IT AND CANT AFFORD TO FIX IT. *TR

THE PISTON ROD BROKE OFF CAUSING THREE HOLES TO FORM IN THE OIL PAN. IT ALSO, CAUSED THE ENGINE TO SEIZE.

1. ENGINE LIGHT REMAINS LIT: SERVICE CAN SEE NO REASON FROM COMPUTER DIAGNOSIS. 1A. ENGINE IDLES ROUGH FOR SEVERAL MINUTES AFTER A RAIN STORM. 2. ENGINE WON'T START UNLESS GAS PEDAL FULLY DEPRESSED: THEN STALLS UNLESS IDLE REMAINS AT LEAST 1500 RPMS. 3. TOOK TO SERVICE SHOP: DIAGNOSIS IS CYLINDER # 7 HAS NO COMPRESSION AND COMPUTER SHOWS 8 SYSTEM FAULTS RELATING TO FAILURE OF CYLINDER # 7. RESEARCH FROM INTERNET FORUMS SHOWS THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM AND THE ONLY SOLUTION IS TO REPLACE THE ENGINE AT A COST BETWEEN $4000 AND $5000. NO GUARANTEES REPLACEMENT ENGINE WILL NOT HAVE SAME PROBLEM. *TR

I HAVE A 2004 DODGE DURANGO SLT WITH THE HEMI 5.7 L. IT HAS 127,000 MILES ON IT. WE'VE TAKING GREAT CARE OF IT! THE LAST TIME THAT IT WAS DROVE IT WAS A GREAT RIDE, THEN WITH OUT WARNING WENT STARTED IT UP THERE WAS LOUD BANG!!! AND IT STARTED SHAKING. HAD SOMEONE LOOK AT IT AND IT THREW A ROD!! I HAD NO WARNING OF THIS. YES I'VE HAD SMLL PROBLEMS WITH IT OVER THE YEARS PUT A NEW THERMOSTAT IN IT CAUSE OF OVER HEATING NEW BRAKES IT DIED OUT ON ME A FEW TIMES WITH NO REASON SO I THOUGHT IT WAS BAD GAS SO I STARTED PUT THE HIGHER GRADE IN IT AND THAT SEEMED TO STOP THAT. BUT THIS NO WARNING!!! I HAVE BEEN READING AND THERE IS SO MANY COMPLAINTS ON THE SAME YEAR MAKE AND MODEL. DODGE NEEDS TO DO SOMTHING BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT OT KILLED!! I WAS LUCKY I HADNT EVEN LEFT MY DRIVEWAY WHEN IT HAPPENED!! NOW I AM GOING TO BE OUT THOUSNADS OF DOLLARS THAT I DONT HAVE TO EITHER GET THIS FIXED OR A NEW CAR. I CANT AFFORD THAT I AM STILL PAYING ON THIS. UNTIL THIS HAPPENED I DIDNT KNOW ALL THE RECALLS THAT HAS BEEN ON THIS VEHICLE. I HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANY. NOW I KNOW WHY I DONT HAVE INSIDE LIGHTS WE UNHOOKED THEM CAUSE THEY WOULDNT GO OFF. COME ON DODGE DO SOMTHING BEFORE SOMEONE GET HURT IN THIS VEHICLE. TAKE RESPONSIBLITY & MAKE A RECALL!! THERE IS 156 POSTINGS ON HERE WITH THE SAME PROBLEMS HOW MANY MORE BEFORE DODGE DOES SOMETHING? I AM GOING TO POST THIS WEBSITE AND LET OTHERS KNOW ABOUT IT I FOUND IT ON ACCIDENT LASTNIGHT. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE NOW!! I DONT KNOW ABOUT ANYONE ELSE BUT I CAN NOT AFFORD TO REPAIR THIS NOR BUY ANOTHER CAR!! *TR

THE DODGE DURANGO IN QUESTION WAS PARKED ON FRIDAY FEB 25, 2011 AND WAS RUNNING PERFECT. IT WAS NOT MISSING OR KNOCKING. ON TUESDAY, MARCH 1, 2011 WE CRANKED THE DURANGO AND IT IMMEDIATELY BEGAN KNOCKING EXTREMELY BAD. TOOK THE DURANGO TO A MECHANIC AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE HEADS WERE RUINED AND THE BLOCK WAS BUSTED FROM A PISTON ROD BENDING. ENGINE CANNOT BE REPAIRED. THE DURANGO IS IN PERFECT SHAPE OTHERWISE AND WITH ONLY 83465 MILES I EXPECTED MORE FOR THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THIS VEHICLE COST.

I HAVE A 2004 DODGE DURANGO WITH THE 5.7 HEMI ENGINE WITH ONLY 78,000 MILE ,THE CAR WAS RUNNING FINE ONE DAY. VERY QUIET AND SMOOTH. I WENT TO START IT A DAY OR TWO LATER ,AND THERE WAS A CLANKING SOUND OUT OF THE ENGINE,VERY LOUD, I THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE BAD GAS, AFTER LETTING IT RUN A BIT ,ALL OF A SUDDEN THE NOISE STOPPED .BUT NOW THERE'S HEAVY BLUE SMOKE POURING OUT THE TAIL PIPE. BEING A RETIRED MECHANIC I KNOW THIS IS A VERY BAD OIL ISSUE. I HAVE BEEN READING ONLINE OTHER PEOPLE HAVING TROUBLE WITH THIS 5.7 ENGINE. I CAN ONLY IMAGINE WHAT COULD HAPPEN AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS WITH THIS ENGINE SELF DESTRUCTING. *TR

I OWN A 2004 DODGE DURANGO, V8, 5.7 WITH A HEMI & A 102,000 MILES ON IT. I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER & HAVE BABIED THIS CAR FROM THE GET GO. WE RECENTLY JUST REPLACED THE BALL JOINTS ON THE FRONT END, TUNED IT UP & WAS HEADING TO GET THE TIRES ROTATED & BALANCED FOR OUR FAMILY SPRING BREAK VACATION. WHEN MY HUSBAND WENT OUT TO START IT, IT MADE A HORRIBLE NOISE & THREW A ROD THROUGH MY ENGINE, INTAKE & OIL PAN. I AM HIGHLY DISAPPOINTED IN THE MONEY I HAVE PUT IN THIS CAR TO KEEP IT MAINTENANCED & WHAT I PAID FOR IT, TO JUST BLOW WITH NO WARNING. AFTER READING NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS YEAR & ENGINE, DODGE NEEDS TO STEP UP & TAKE RESPONSIBILITY & MAKE A RECALL. I AM NOW GOING TO BE OUT THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS ON A CAR I STILL OWE ON & MY VACATION HAS BEEN RUINED & HAD TO BE CANCELED. I AM THANKFUL HOWEVER THAT I WAS NOT DRIVING WHEN THIS HAPPENED WITH MY LITTLE BOY IN THE CAR. TOTALLY DISGUSTED WITH DODGE FOR NOT RECALLING THIS ENGINE SOONER. *TR

I OWN A 2004 DODGE DURANGO AND LET ME TELL YOU THE PROBLEMS I HAVE HAD WITH IT!! THE RADIATOR, THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR AND BRAKES. THE BIGGEST PROBLEM IS WHEN IT RAINS. THE TRUCK JUST SHUTS OFF, NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE WHEN THIS HAPPENS. YOU COULD BE ON THE HIGHWAY GOING 65MPH AND IT JUST SHUTS DOWN. I THANK GOD THAT I HAVEN'T GOTTEN IN TO AN ACCIDENT YET. IT IS SO DANGEROUS TO DRIVE IT LIKE THAT NOT KNOWING IF WHEN YOU RE OUT AND ITS STARTS TO RAIN I HEAD FOR HOME BECAUSE I AM SO WORRIED. I DON'T EVEN LET ME TEENAGE DAUGHTER BORROW IT IN CAUSE SHE IS OUT AND GOD FORBID IT STARTS TO RAIN. WHEN IT SHUTS DOWN THERE ARE NO BRAKES NO NOTHING. SOMEONE HAS TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS. THERE ARE SO MANY COMPLAINTS AND NO RECALLS ON THIS PART. THAT IS INSANE!!!! SOMEONE SOMEWHERE IS GOING TO GET KILLED!!! DODGE - YOU HAVE TO DO SOMETHING!!!!! I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER DODGE AGAIN!!! *TR

I HAVE A 2004 DODGE DURANGO HEMI 5.7 WITH 62K MILES. I MAINTAINED THE CAR WELL. I HAVE TWO MAJOR PROBLEMS: 1) WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY THE CHECKING ENGINE LIGHT AND THE LIGHTING ROD LIGHT COMES ON AND THE CAR JUMPS OUT OF OVERDRIVE AND REMAINS IN 3RD OR 4TH GEAR. MY TEMPORARY FIX WOULD BE TO PULL OVER, TURN OFF THE CAR WAIT 3 SECONDS THEN RESTART. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STAYS ON BUT THE LIGHTING BOLT GOES OFF AND THE CAR IS ABLE TO SHIFT BACK INTO HIGH GEAR. 2) RECENTLY THE WHILE DRIVING THE OIL LIGHT COMES AND THE CAR STALLS LEADING ME TO STARE THE CAR OFF THE ROAD WITHOUT ANY POWER. THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS!! I HAVE NO FIX TO DATE. *TR