DODGE Complaints

TIPM TOTALLY INTEGRATED POWER MODULE IS DEFECTIVE RESULTING IN ESP, POWER DOORS WINDOWS, ABS, AND WIPERS NOT WORKING HAD MECHANIC ORDER PART AND DODGE CANCELLED ORDER ON FEBRUARY 8TH SAID WOULD NOT TAKE ORDERS TILL MARCH 15TH AND NOW IT IS PUSHED BACK TO JUNE 12TH

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE DURANGO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS A PREMATURE LEAK DUE TO THE POWER STEERING LINES THAT HAD FRACTURED. AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC DIAGNOSED THAT THE POWER STEERING LINES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE DEALER (BOB BRADY AUTO MALL, 4025 E BOYD RD, DECATUR, IL 62521, (217) 876-3800) WAS CONTACTED TO ORDER THE PART. THE MANUFACTURER ISSUED ONE TSB FOR THE EPS, BUT THERE WAS NO STEERING RECALL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

MY ACCELERATION DOESN'T WORK WELL, I HAVE TO MAKE SURE THERE IS A LOT OF SPACE TO PULL IN TRAFFIC, OTHER WISE I WILL GET REAR ENDED BECAUSE THE CAR DOESN'T MOVE FAST ENOUGH, IT JUST STALLS.

WE HAVE OWNED OUR JOURNEY FOR THREE YEARS. STARTING LAST YEAR WE HAVE HAD A SIGNIFICANT ELECTRICAL ISSUE THAT NO ONE CAN FIX. IN ORDER TO UNLOCK OUR DOORS, ONE HAS TO PRESS UNLOCK AN UPWARD OF 5 TIMES. THIS HAS BECOME AN EVERYDAY OCCURRENCE AND POSES A THREAT TO SAFETY IF WE EVER GET IN AN ACCIDENT. DURING THESE EVENTS THE VEHICLE IS STATIONARY. WE HAVE NOTICED THAT THE CLOCK IN THE JOURNEY WILL EITHER GAIN TIME OR LOOSE IT, WITHOUT US EVEN TOUCHING IT OVER THE COURSE OF A WEEK OR MORE AT A TIME, WE'VE GIVEN UP ON SETTING IT AT ALL. AGAIN, THE VEHICLE IS STATIONARY. ONE IN EVERY FOUR TIMES ENTERING THE JOURNEY, OUR MAIN DOME LIGHT (AROUND THE SECOND ROW OF SEATS) WILL BE ILLUMINATED WITHOUT ANY INTERACTION FROM US AND ITS NORMALLY ON FOR HOURS AT A TIME. STATIONARY IN OUR DRIVEWAY OR IN A PARKING LOT. FINALLY, OUR REAR WINDSHIELD WIPER SEEMS TO HAVE A SHORT OR SOMETHING WRONG WITH IT. SOME DAYS IT WORKS PERFECTLY FINE AND OTHER DAYS WE ARE UNABLE TO TURN IT ON TO USE IT. I OFTEN GO OUT TO THE CAR AND NOTICE THE WIPER IS HALF DONE WIPING THE WINDOW AND STUCK THERE. RECENTLY IF YOU HIT A BUMP, THE REAR WINDSHIELD WIPER WOULD GO OFF AND WIPE THE GLASS WITHOUT OUR INTERACTION. ALL OF THIS HAPPENS WHILE STATIONARY OR WHILE DRIVING. ALSO JUST RECENTLY ITS NOTICED BY MY WIFE THAT THE JOURNEY SOMETIMES LOCKS IF WE SHUT THE DOOR WHILE WARMING IT UP. SHE MENTIONED THAT SOMETIMES WHEN LOCKING THE CAR IT WOULD HONK MORE THAN ONCE OR SOMETIMES THE KEY FOB WASN'T OPERATIONAL (LEADING TO US OPENING UP THE KEY FOB, MAKING SURE THE BATTERY WAS SEATED PROPERLY AND CLOSING IT BACK UP) THIS IS WHILE STATIONARY. THE DATE I HAVE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ISN'T THE DATE OF THE OCCURRENCE BECAUSE THIS HAS ALL TAKEN PLACE OVER THE PAST YEAR TO A LITTLE LONGER THAN A YEAR. WE'VE TAKEN IT TO MORE THAN ONE REPAIR SHOP TO NO AVAIL.

...SO, I LEFT MY HOUSE, GOT ABOUT A BLOCK DOWN THE STREET AND ALL OF A SUDDEN MY HORN STARTS BLARING, WINDSHIELD WIPERS STARTED MOVING, THE WINDSHIELD WIPER FLUID SPRAYED, ALL OF MY INTERIOR AND WARNING LIGHTS STARTING BLINKING IN AND OUT AND MY NITRO STARTED SPUTTERING. AT THIS POINT I HAD LOST POWER STEERING AND POWER BRAKES BUT I MANAGED TO PULL IT OVER TO THE CURB AND THE CAR DIES. I'M SITTING THERE THINKING TO MYSELF, "WHAT IN THE HELL?!" I WAS ALREADY STARTLED FROM THE HORN RANDOMLY BLARING, SO I'M IN THE MIDDLE OF SWALLOWING MY HEART WHEN HEAVY, THICK SMOKE STARTS COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. ...AND IT STINKS LIKE SMOLDERING WIRING. I SNATCHED MY KEYS, POPPED THE HOOD (WHICH PROBABLY WASN'T TOO BRIGHT IN HINDSIGHT) AND RIPPED THE WIRING OFF OF THE BATTERY TERMINALS. IT WAS HOT UNDER THAT HOOD AND I'M GLAD I HAD THE WHEREWITHAL TO DISCONNECT THE BATTERY. I REALIZED THEN THAT THE CAR WAS NEVER GOING TO START AGAIN, NOR WOULD I WANT TO. I HAD A FRIEND TOW IT TO HIS SHOP AND HE HAD A LOOK. THE TIPM, WIRING HARNESS/WIRING AND SURROUNDING PLASTIC WAS ALL DESTROYED. HE SAID THE WIRES GOT SO HOT THAT IT WOULD ALL HAVE TO BE RE-RUN THROUGHOUT THE VEHICLE, A $3500 TO 4000 ESTIMATE. FORGET THAT NOISE. MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS THAT THE CAR WAS MOVING WHEN ALL OF THIS HAPPENED AND HAD I NOT BEEN IN A QUIET NEIGHBORHOOD THIS COULD HAVE BEEN MUCH, MUCH WORSE, ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING THE POWER STEERING AND POWER BRAKES FAILED.

EVERY TIME I FILL CAR WITH FUEL RIGHT AFTER FUELING IT DIES . SOMETIMES 2-3 TIMES. CAN BE HARD TO RESTART. ALREADY REPLACED EVAP SOLENOID DID NOT CORRECT. THIS IS KNOW ISSUE WITH FCA VIN RANGE SHOULD BE EXPANDED.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE AVENGER. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, THE VEHICLE WAS DIFFICULT TO START. WHILE DRIVING 40-50 MPH, THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO SOUTH POINT DODGE CHRYSLER JEEP RAM (5210 S IH 35 FRONTAGE RD, AUSTIN, TX 78745, (512) 443-9333) TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT SEVERAL ENGINE WIRING HARNESSES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 08V152000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 129,000.

BOUGHT BRAND NEW WITH BAD BRAKES IN 2014 AND WAS NEVER INFORMED BY DEALER UNTIL STATE INSPECTION 2018. LIVES WERE ENDANGER, BECAUSE OF BAD BRAKES VEHICLE WAS DAMAGED ON THE PASSENGER SIDE IN FRONT TO REAR SIDE LIGHT PANEL DUE TO BAD BRAKES THE VEHICLE WAS NOT STATIONARY ON CERTAIN STREETS AND UNSAFE ON WET STREETS.

AT 99000 MILES I STARTED HEARING A SLIGHT TICKING NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE WHILE IDLING. IT IS THE 3.6 LITER VVT PENTASTAR. THE TICKING IS GETTING WORSE. ALL MECHANICS I'VE SPOKEN TO SAY "DON'T RUN THAT CAR." I NEED TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON AND WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO GET THIS ISSUE ADDRESSED. WOULD THIS REPAIR BE COVERED? IF NOT, HOW MUCH DOES IT COST? I PURCHASED THIS CAR NEW IN 2012. MY NAME IS [XXX] . PLEASE GET BACK TO ME ASAP BECAUSE IT'S SEEMS THIS IS CRITICAL. [XXX] IN MY PHONE NUMBER. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

MY TRUCK FAILS TO START RANDOMLY, IT JUST CRANKS. THE HORN WILL RANDOMLY GO OFF BY ITSELF, AND IT HAS STALLED ON ME TWICE WHILE DRIVING. AFTER MUCH RESEARCH, IT APPEARS THE TIPM IS BAD. OTHER 2011 CHRYSLER VEHICLES HAVE THE SAME ISSUES, AND HAVE HAD A RECALL.