2006 DODGE DURANGO Complaints

STARTING ABOUT 3-4 MONTHS AGO, WHENEVER GAS TANK IS FILLED, GAS GUSHES BACK OUT OF THE VEHICLE, EVEN AFTER THE PUMPING STOPS. WE'VE HAD THIS HAPPEN NUMEROUS TIMES AT SEVERAL DIFFERENT GAS STATIONS. THIS CAUSES WASTE AND A SAFETY HAZARD, AS IT USUALLY SPILLS DOWN THE SIDE OF THE VEHICLE AND SPEWS ONTO WHOEVER FILLED THE TANK. VEHICLE HAS LESS THAN 35K MILES ON IT. *TR

2006 DODGE DURANGO WITH 97,XXX MILES. FUEL SPEWS OUT OF FILL TUBE WHEN FILL-UP IS COMPLETE. HAVE TO FILL THE VEHICLE AT VERY SLOW RATE TO HELP PREVENT IT FROM HAPPENING, BUT DOES NOT ALWAYS PREVENT. THIS HAS BEEN OCCURRING FOR APPROXIMATELY 1 YEAR. *TR

HAVE HAD INSTRUMENT CLUSTER REPLACED, AFTER HAVING RECALL FOR INTERIOR LIGHTING PERFORMED THE AUTO FEATURE OF POWER DOOR UNLOCK CEASED TO WORK. THAT WAS ABOUT 3 YEARS AGO. NOW THE AUTO UNLOCK AND LOCK FEATURE HAVE BOTH QUIT WORKING ONCE AGAIN. WILL NOT REPROGRAM WITH PROCEDURE IN OWNERS MANUAL. FEEL THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER WILL NEED REPLACING AGAIN. I DO HAVE EXTENDED FACTORY WARRANTY TO 70K MILES, BUT AM CONCERNED IF THIS KEEPS HAPPENING, WHAT ACTION DO I TAKE? *TR

2006 DODGE DURANGO SHIFTS OUT OF GEAR WITHOUT KEY INSTALLED IN IGNITION. MY THREE YEAR OLD SON CLIMBED UP INTO THE DRIVER SEAT AND SHIFTED THE VEHICLE INTO NEUTRAL WITHOUT A KEY, AND ROLLED DOWN A HILL WITH JUST HIM IN THE CAR AND CRASHED INTO A TREE. NO ONE WAS SERIOUSLY HURT BUT THE CIRCUMSTANCES COULD HAVE BEEN ALOT WORSE. THERE IS A RECALL OUT THERE FOR THIS YEAR, MAKE , AND MODEL DURANGO BUT MY VIN NUMBER WAS NOT INCLUDED, THE RECALL IS FOR A "SHIFTER PAWL IMPROPERLY INSTALLED". THE VEHICLE IS IN THE SHOP BEING REPAIRED AND PHOTOS OF THE ITEM WILL BE TAKEN WHEN THE VEHICLE IS TORN APART. FOR SOME REASON CHRYSLER DENIED MY CLAIM TO ASSUME FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY BECAUSE THEY STATED MY VEHICLE HAD 90,000 MILES AND WAS NOT COVERED UNDER FACTORY WARRANTY, ALTHOUGH IT WAS THERE MISTAKE THAT CAUSED THE ACCIDENT TO BEGIN WITH. THE VEHICLE COULD HAVE VERY WELL HAD THIS PROBLEM FOR THE LAST 80,000 MILES, BUT KNOW ONE EVER TRIED TO SHIFT IT OUT OF PARK BEFORE WITHOUT THE KEYS. TOTAL DAMAGE TO CAR HAS NOT BEEN TOTALED YET, BUT IS ESTIMATED TO COST $5,000 TO $8,000 DOLLARS. *TR

AT THE END OF FILLING THE GAS TANK, FREQUENTLY WHEN PUMPS SHUT OFF, GASOLINE IS EJECTED FROM THE GAS TANK FILLER OPENING. THIS OCCURS AT DIFFERENT GAS STATIONS INDICATING THAT IT IS NOT SPECIFIC TO A PUMP OR STATION. *TR

WHEN FILLING FUEL TANK, FUEL SPILLS OUT OF FILL HOLE AFTER FUELING IS COMPLETE. HAPPENS EVERY TIME WE FILL THE VEHICLE. SAME ISSUE THAT WAS HAPPENING ON 2005 MODEL THAT HAD A RECALL. *TR

ON MY 2006 DODGE DURANGO, THE STUDS AND BOLTS HOLDING THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD TOGETHER FAILED. THIS REQUIRED THE REPLACEMENT OF TWO GASKETS, FOUR DOUBLE ENDED STUDS AND TWO BOLTS AS WELL AS TWENTY RETAINERS. THIS VEHICLE DID NOT HAVE ANY OFF ROAD DRIVING AND THE STUDS AND BOLTS FAILED DURING NORMAL EVERYDAY WEAR AND TEAR, WHICH SEEMS VERY UNUSUAL FOR A VEHICLE LESS THAN THREE YEARS OLD. IS THERE A POSSIBILITY THAT INFERIOR MATERIALS WERE USED IN THESE STUDS AND BOLTS LEADING TO THE FAILURE? *TR

I AM THE PROUD OWNER OF A 2006 DODGE DURANGO. HOWEVER, EVERY TIME I FILL THE GAS TANK, FUEL SPEWS FROM THE TANK ONCE THE PUMP KICKS OFF. THIS OCCURS 100% OF THE TIME REGARDLESS OF THE SERVICE STATION OR PUMP USED, SETTING UP A POTENTIAL FIRE HAZARD AND HAZARDOUS WASTE SITUATION AT THE SERVICE STATION. DUE TO THE SEVERITY OF THIS CONDITION AND NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS FILED (28 ON ONE SITE), I'M SHOCKED THAT THERE HAS BEEN NO INVESTIGATION OR RECALL ISSUED. I HAVE RESORTED TO STOPPING THE PUMP WELL SHORT OF FILLING THE TANK, WHICH IS IMPRACTICAL ON LONG TRIPS. *TR

I RECENTLY PURCHASED A USED 2006 DODGE DURANGO LIMITED. THE VEHICLE NOW HAS ABOUT 33,500 MILES ON IT. WHENEVER I COMPLETELY FILL THE TANK WITH GASOLINE, IT OVERFLOWS. GASOLINE IS SPRAYED ONTO THE PERSON PUMPING THE GAS AND DOWN THE SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS. WE NO LONGER FILL THE GAS TANK COMPLETELY IN ORDER TO AVOID THE PROBLEM, BUT THIS IS NOT AN IDEAL SOLUTION AND IT STILL OCCURS RANDOMLY. I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE RECALLS ON EARLIER MODELS (2005) BUT SO FAR HAVE NOT RECEIVED A NOTICE ON OUR VEHICLE. I THINK THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION AND WOULD LIKE TO HAVE CHRYSLER/DODGE EXPAND THIS RECALL TO LATER MODELS. *TR

2006 DODGE DURANGO HAD REAR BRAKE FAILURE. *NJ THE CONSUMER STATED HE HEARD A RUBBING SOUND THAT HE RECOGNIZED AS A SIGN THAT THE REAR BRAKE PADS WERE IN NEED OF REPLACEMENT. THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT THE PISTON IN THE REAR BRAKE CALIPER WAS FROZEN WHICH RESULTED IN A METAL ON METAL CONDITION WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED. THE CONDITION HAD COMPLETELY DESTROYED THE REAR BRAKE ROTOR. THE CONSUMER FOUND THERE WAS RECALL ON THE ANTI-LOCK CONTROL UNIT/MODULE. THE CONSUMER WENT TO THE DEALER, BUT WAS TOLD THE RECALL WAS FOR SPECIFIC VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS AND HIS WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE DEALER ALSO STATED THE RECALL WAS FOR A SOFTWARE DOWNLOAD AND HAD NO RELATIONSHIP TO THE BRAKE FAILURE. *JB