2004 DODGE DURANGO Engine And Engine Coolingengine Problems

WHILE MAKING A LEFT TURN, THE ENGINE SHUT OFF. LOSS OF ALL POWER. WAS ABLE TO PULL THE CAR OVER, AVOID AN ACCIDENT AND STOP CAR. WAS ABLE TO RESTART ENGINE. *NM

ENGINE SHUT OFF WHILE IN A LEFT TURN. LOSS OF ALL ELECTRICAL & POWER. WAS ABLE TO STOP VEHICLE. TOOK 6 TRIES TO RESTART VEHICLE. *NM

MY TRUCK HAS STALLED SEVERAL TIMES, AND AT ONE POINT WOULD NOT EVEN START, THE DEALER SAID IT IS A DIRTY THROTTLE BODY CAUSING THIS, BUT I DO NOT THINK THEY EVEN REALLY LOOKED INTO IT, ESPECIALLY AFTER READING OTHER COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SAME PROBLRM! *NM

2004 DURANGO. V6 3.7 L ENGINE. AFTER SITTING OVER NIGHT VEHICLE IS HARD TO START AS IF IT IS OUT OF GAS. TURNS OVER FOR A VERY LONG TIME BEFORE STARTING. WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP VEHICLE STALLS, OR SPUTTERS OR HESITATES EVERYTIME. MAKES A SLIGHT PING NOISE WHEN ENGINE EVENTUALLY TAKES OFF. TOOK TO DEALERSHIP THEY SUGGESTED CHANGE PLUGS I DID THAT. SAID I USED WRONG KIND CHANGED TO THERE BRAND. STILL NO DIFFERENCE. THEY CLEANED THROTTLE BODY AND INJECTOR STILL NO CHANGE. NEW DEALER STILL NO IDEA VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN SHOP 7 DAYS NOW. DODGE NO HELP WHAT SO EVER. DEALERSHIP RUDE UNHELPFUL AND DENTED MY HOOD TRYING TO CLOSE. AFRAID PROBLEM WILL GET WORSE OR CAUSE AN ACCIDENT FOR MY WIFE. *NM

WHILE DRIVING ON I-91 SOUTH IN MA (IN THE EVENING, WITH TWO OF MY KIDS AGES 5 & 7) IN MY 2004 DODGE DURANGO SUV THE ENGINE SUDDENLY AND UNEXPECTEDLY CUT OUT - TURNED OFF. THE VEHICLE LOST POWER STEERING AND POWER BRAKES. THE DASHBOARD LIGHTS WENT DARK. THE HEADLIGHTS REMAINED ON AND THE RADIO CONTINUED TO FUNCTION. THE CAR WAS IN DRIVE AND THE IGNITION KEY WAS IN THE PROPER POSITION - THIS WAS NOT CAUSED THE MY HAVING INADVERTENTLY PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL OR PARK, ETC OR BY THE CAR HAVING BEEN INADVERTENTLY TURNED OFF. THIS WAS A SUDDEN ENGINE SHUT DOWN WHILE TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS ON AN INTERSTATE. FORTUNATELY, I WAS ABLE TO PUT THE FLASHERS ON (THEY WORKED) AND COAST OVER TO THE SHOULDER AND STOP THE VEHICLE. I SHIFTED THE TRANSMISSION FROM DRIVE TO PARK. I TURNED THE KEY TO THE OFF POSITION....

I LEASE A 2004 DODGE DURANGO LIMITED W/ A 5.7 HEMI. THIS VEHICLE STALLED ON SLICK ROAD DOING APPROX, 35-40 MPH. I TRIED TO STOP VEHICLE AND LOST CONTROL. WENT OFF ROAD INTO DITCH AND ROLLED VEHICLE. ALL PASSENGERS IN VEHICLE (4) WERE ALL UNINJURED. THIS VEHICLE HAS DONE THIS SINCE IT HAD 1803 MILES ON IT. THIS TRUCK HAS HAD MULTIPLE PROBLEMS AND HAS BEEN A NIGHTMARE. THIS VEHICLE IS UNSAFE AS I HAVE SAID SINCE FIRST EPISODE OF STALLING. NOW THIS TRUCK HAS APPROX, 21000 MILES ON IT AND THIS PROBLEM RECURRED. WE ARE SCARED TO DRIVE TRUCK. MANU, SAYS NOT TO WORRY" IF THIS HAPPENS, AIRBAGS WILL STILL DEPLOY." ARE YOU SERIOUS !! ENOUGH IS ENOUGH! LETS GET TOGETHER AND MAKE THIS PROBLEM KNOWN. AT THIS POINT I AM READY FOR ACTION TO BE TAKEN AND ALL THE CONSUMERS THAT HAVE THIS PROBLEM NEED TO UNITE AND...

ON SEPTEMBER 24, 2004 THE BATTERY WAS REPLACED. ON DECEMBER 29, 2004 THE BATTERY CABLE WAS REROUTED PER RECALL. ON MAY 6, 2005 THE VEHICLE OVERHEATED, THE FOLLOWING PARTS WERE REPLACED THE HUB/DRIVE FAN, THERMOSTAT, WATER PUMP, AND THE SPARK PLUGS. ON MAY 16, 2005 OVERHEATED THE RADIATOR HAD TO BE REPLACED. ON AUGUST 12, 2005 THE VEHICLE OVERHEATED. THE FOLLOWING PARTS WERE REPLACED THE HEADS, VALVES, CAMSHAFT,AND SPROCKET. ON OCTOBER 18, 2005 THE VEHICLE HAD SQUEAKY BRAKES, BRAKE PADS REPLACED AND ROTORS TURNED. THE RIGHT REAR AXLE LEAKED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. ON JANUARY 17, 2006 THE RADIO CUT IN AND OUT, DASHBOARD CONTROLS WERE FLICKERING ON AND OFF. NO PROBLEMS WERE FOUND. ALSO, I ASKED FOR THE BRAKES TO BE CHECKED FOR THE SAME TYPE OF VIBRATION. STATED THERE WAS NO SAFETY ISSUE, BUT ROTORS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. ON JANUARY 20, 2006 THE VEHICLE WAS AGAIN...

AS I WAS DRIVING DOWN US41, I FELT AN "INTERNAL KICKBACK", DEFINITELY NOT DUE TO ACCELERATION OR OTHER DRIVER INPUT. RIGHT AFTER, THE "CHECK ENGINE" LIGHT TURNED ON. THE SAME INCIDENT OCCURRED AGAIN IN OCTOBER 2005 WHEN WE WERE PULLING OUT OF A PARKING LOT. MY HUSBAND THOUGHT THAT HE HAD BEEN REAR-ENDED, BUT I RECOGNIZED THE KICKBACK AND SAW THAT THE "CHECK ENGINE" LIGHT HAD TURNED BACK ON. THE TRUCK IS A 2004 DODGE DURANGO. *NM

APPROACHING A LEFT TURN, WHILE BRAKING, THE ENGINE STALLED. APPROXIMATE SPEED AT THE TIME OF FAILURE WAS 15 MPH. HAD TO MAKE A DIFFICULT LEFT TURN AGAINST ONCOMING TRAFFIC WITHOUT POWER STEERING, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO STRIKE A CURB. NO DAMAGE WAS DONE TO THE VEHICLE OR INJURIES TO THE OCCUPANTS. PUT VEHICLE IN PARK AND RESTARTED THE ENGINE. VEHICLE SEEMED FINE AFTER THAT. *NM

I PURCHASED A 2004 DODGE DURANGO WITH THE HEMI ENGINE IN APRIL OF 2004. IN JULY 2004 THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE ENGINE FAILED IMMEDIATELY. I HAD IT TOWED BACK TO THE DEALER SHIP (TOWNE & COUNTRY DODGE CONYERS GA). THEY FIXED IT AND DID NOT TELL ME WHAT IT WAS. IN MARCH 2005, THE SAME THING HAPPENED AGAIN. THIS TIME THEY REPLACED A VALVE SPRING IN THE 3TRD CYLINDER. TWO WEEKS AGO, IT HAPPENED AGAIN. THIS TIME THEY TOLD ME I NEEDED A NEW BATTERY. I COMPLAINED AND THEY RECHARGED THE OLD ONE. WHEN I WENT TO PICK IT UP, THERE WERE WARNING LIGHTS ON AND THE CD PLAYER DID NOT WORK. THEY ARE CHARGING ME TO DO A DIAGNOSTIC TEST. I HAVE COMPLAINED TO DODGE WITH NO SATISFACTION. *JB

2004 DODGE DURANGO STALLING WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS.*MR THE CONSUMER STATED THE STALLING OCCURRED ON 3 SEPARATE OCCASIONS. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *JB

SINCE PURCHASING DODGE DURANGO 2004 HEMI 5.7 IN FEBRURARY 2004 AN ENGINE STALLED 3 TIMES WITHOUT ANY REASON. ALL TIMES IT HAPPENED AFTER A COMPLETE STOP AT STOP LIGHT OR IN A PARKING LOT. THE ONLY WAY TO RESTART AN ENGINE WAS TO TURN OFF A KEY, WAIT A LITTLE BIT AND START AN ENGINE ONCE AGAIN. DEALER (WESTGATE DODGE IN RALEIGH, NC) MADE AN INVESTIGATION AND DIDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG. THE ONLY THING WHAT HE DID WAS TO FLASH PCM, WHICH LEADS TO REDUCING AN ENGINE POWER AND DECREASING A FUEL ECONOMY. I DON'T FEEL SAFE BECAUSE THIS MAY HAPPEN SOMEWHERE IN A MIDDLE OF A ROAD, WHICH MAY LEAD TO AN INCIDENT AND/OR CRASH.

INSTANT STALLING, WHETHER TURNING OR GOING STRAIGHT. WARM OR COLD DOESN'T MATTER. DEALER HAS NO CLUE.

EVENTS LEADING UP TO ENGINE STALL WHILE DRIVING. EVERY GAUGE ON DASH BROAD WILL LIGHT UP AND THEN THE ENGINE WILL STALL WHILE DRIVING. EVERYTHING THEN GOES DEAD. THIS IS THE FORTH TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED. EVERYTIME WE BRING IT INTO A DODGE SERVICE DEPART. THEY TELL US THAT THEY CAN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG AND SEND US BACK ON THE ROAD. WAS EVEN TOLD THAT THE OWNER OF THE DEALERSHIP DROVE IT AND IT DIDN'T STALL SO NOTHING WRONG WITH IT. IT HAS BEEN HAPPENING EVERY TWO TO THREE MONTHS. MOST RECENTLY JULY 1, 2005. THIS TIME IT DOES HAVE A CO-PILOT ATTACHED, BUT WAS TOLD BY DEALERSHIP, THAT IT PROBABLY WON'T FIND ANYTHING. THE DEALERSHIP HAS RECORDS OF THE EXACT DATES. IT HAS HAPPENED FOUR TIMES IN A TEN MONTH PERIIOD. I HAVE HAD THE CAR THE WHOLE TIME; BRAND NEW OFF THE LOT. MY COMPLAINT IS THAT ALL...

MY PREVIOUS ODI IS 10126311 THIS VEHICLE WAS PICKED UP IN CLOVIS, NM THIS MORNING. BENDER DODGE HAD JUST REPLACED MY SHORT BLOCK DUE TO A SNAPPED NUMBER 7 ROD BETWEEN THE PISTON AND CRANK JOURNAL. THE TRIP WAS OVER 250 MILE FOR US AND ABOUT 10 MILES BEFORE WE REACHED BELEN, NM MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. THE IDLE WAS HIGH AND THE RPMS WERE JUMPING UP AND DOWN. I CALLED CHRYSLER ROADSIDE ASSIST AND THEY COULD NOT ADVISE ME IF I SHOULD CALL A TOW TRUCK OR DRIVE IT. I HUNG UP MY CELL PHONE AND CALLED BENDER DODGE AND SPOKE TO ERIC IN THEIR SERVICE DEPARTMENT. HE THOUGHT IT SOUNDED LIKE A INTAKE AIR LINE AND TOLD ME IT WOULD BE FINE TO CONTINUE DRIVING TO AUGE'S DODGE IN BELEN. AUGE'S HAD THE VEHICLE FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS AND SEEMED TO THINK IT WAS JUST...

ON JUNE 5, 2005 WE TOWED OUR BOAT TO CONCHAS LAKE FOR VACATION. THE NEXT AFTERNOON THE MOTOR BEGAN TO KNOCK AFTER LAUNCHING OUR BOAT. ON THE MORNING OF JUNE 7, 2005 I CALLED ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE AND THEY TOWED MY CAR 118 MILES TO CLOVIS NM. MY CAR NEEDED A NEW MOTOR. BENDER DODGE HAS HAD THE VEHICLE SINCE JUNE 7, 2005, TODAY IS JUNE 23, 2005 AND IT IS STILL NOT READY. I RECIEVED A RENTAL CAR FOR 5 DAYS BECAUSE OF MY EXTENDED WARRANTY, KEPT IT FOR 7 DAYS AND HAD TO PAY FOR THE OTHER 2 DAYS. MY BOAT IS IN STORAGE IN CONCHAS, 188 MILES FROM HOME. MY 2004 DODGE DURANGO IS IN CLOVIS, 244 MILES FROM HOME. THIS VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED NEW AND NEEDED A NEW MOTOR AFTER 17,169 MILES.

DURANGO 2004 5.7 HEMI 4X4 SLT. THREE TIMES IN TWO MONTHS, I HAVE BEEN DRIVEN AT LOW SPEED EITHER IN A CAR PARK OR MAKING A TURN FROM A STOP AND THE ENGINE STALLS. I THEN PUT IT IN PARK OR NEUTRAL AND THEN IT STARTS FINE AND I'M ABLE TO DRIVE IT. THIS IS HIGHLY DANGEROUS AND WAS LUCKY I COULD PULL OVER AND RESTART IT. DODGE NEEDS TO LOOK INTO THIS BEFORE SOMEONE DIES.

I BOUGHT A 2004 DODGE DURANGO IN SEPTEMBER OF 2004. I HAVE SINCE DRIVEN THE VEHICLE 35500 MILES WITH NO PROBLEMS UNTIL NOW. THE VEHICLE STALLS PRIOR TO STOPPING. A VEHICLE WAS TURNING LEFT IN FRONT OF ME AND I SLOWED TO PREPARE TO STOP. THE VEHICLE TURNED LEFT BEFORE I REACHED THEM AND MY VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLES BEHIND ME WERE NOT EXPECTING ME TO STOP AND ALMOST REARENDED ME. THIS HAPPENED 4 TIMES. IT ALSO STALLED AT THE TOP OF EXIT 87 OFF I-40 NEAR JACKSON. I RESTARTED THE VEHICLE. UPON ATTEMPTING TO TURN LEFT, THE VEHICLE STALLED AGAIN, THIS TIME WITH ONCOMING TRAFFIC IN BOTH DIRECTIONS. I WAS NEARLY HIT BY ONE OF THE ONCOMING VEHICLES. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS! I ALSO SHOULD ADD THAT I HAD LEFT THE DEALERSHIP WHO "FIXED" THE PROBLEM 6 HOURS PRIOR TO THESE OCCURENCES. IT HAPPENED ONCE THE DAY BEFORE AND...

2004 DODGE DURANGO EXPERIENCING ALOT OF MECHANICAL PROBLEMS MAKING THE VEHICLE INOPERATIVE ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS.*MR THE VEHICLE'S ENGINE BLEW TWO MONTHS AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED. THE ENGINE WAS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. THE VEHICLE STARTED IDLING ROUGH BUT THE DEALER COULD FIND ANYTHING WRONG. ONE MONTH AFTER THE ENGINE WAS REPLACED IT BLEW AGAIN.

WHILE DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS ENGINE FAILED. AS A RESULT, THE STEERING AND BRAKES BECOME INOPERABLE. *AK THIS FAILURE OCCURRED THREE TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER BUT THEY HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO FIND THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN AT THE DEALER SINCE FEB 24,2005. *NM DEALER SERVICE MANAGER SAID THERE WAS A SOFTWARE FIX BUT ADMITTED THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A PROBLEM WITH HEMI ENGINES. *EH

WHEN DRIVING DOWN A HILL THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED UP CAUSING THE RPMS TO GO UP TO 3500. THE CONSUMER HAD TO RIDE THE BRAKES CONTINUOUSLY. THE DEALER STATED THAT THIS WAS A CHARACTERISTIC OF THE DODGE . *AK ON TERRAIN WHERE ONE WOULD LIKE TO GO SLOW DOWN SLOPE, ONE COULD IDLE DOWN TO 2 MPH BUT IF ONE TOUCH THE GAS TO INCREASE, IT WOULD GO TO 1500 RPM AND IF ONE DOES NOT HIT THE BRAKE, IT WOULD SLOW DOWN CONTINUOUSLY INCREASING TO 3500 RPM WITHOUT TOUCHING THE GAS MORE. *SC

OUR DURANGO HAD EXPERIENCED NUMEROUS PROBLEMS, SINCE WE PURCHASED IT NEW IN 5/04. THE ENGINE SURGED, IT STALLED, AND IT FELT LIKE THE BRAKES DID NOT GRAB IN THE REAR. IT ALSO RACKED UP MORE MILES ON THE ODOMETER, THAN IT ACTUALLY DROVE. ON 12/16/04 WE BROUGHT IT IN TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR A RECALLED BATTERY CABLE. THE NEXT DAY THE ENGINE CAUGHT ON FIRE WHILE DRIVING. IT WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP, THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED, AND WE PICKED IT BACK UP 12-28-04. ON 1-16-05 WE HAD A SECOND FIRE IN THE ENGINE WHILE DRIVING. THIS TIME IT WAS IN THE SHOP UNTIL 2-1-05. THE DEALERSHIP OVERHAULED THE TRANSMISSION, BUT DID NOT REPLACE IT. ON 2-2-05 AGAIN WHILE DRIVING, OUR DURANGO'S ENGINE CAUGHT ON FIRE, THIS TIME THE FIRE WAS SO BIG, AND SO FAST MY HUSBAND BARLEY HAD TIME TO GET OUR KID OUT BEFORE IT EXPLODED, AND...

3X NOW MY 2004 DODGE DURANGO SLT (HEMI) STALLS COMING TO A STOP. 1ST TIME TOOK IT TO THE DEALER FOR A ECU REFLASH. DIDN'T FIX THE PROBLEM. I HEAR OTHERS ARE HAVING THIS PROBLEM. IT IS ACTUALLY QUITE DANGEROUS. VEHICLE HAS 2700 MILES ON IT AND IS 2 MONTHS OLD.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED VEHICLE STALLED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS THE VEHICLE TURNED OFF WHILE MAKING A TURN. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE DEALER HAS BEEN UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. *JB THE DEALERS WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. THE ENGINE LIGHT HAD NEVER COME ON WHEN IT STALLED. *SC

I WAS GETTING ON THE FREEWAY AND ACCELERATED TO GET ON THE FREEWAY, CAR IN FRONT OF ME SLOWED TO EXIT THE FREEWAY SO I HAD TO LIFT MY FOOT OF OF THE GAS - RPMS DROPPED, OIL PRESSURE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE CAR STALLED IN THE RIGHT LANE OF THE FREEWAY - LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO THE OFFRAMP. RESTARTED THE CAR WITH NO PROBLEM. I HAVE TAKEN THE CAR TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES FOR THIS PROBLEM BUT THEY SAY THEY CANNOT FIX IT BECAUSE THEY CANNOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK