2004 DODGE DURANGO Power Trainautomatic Transmission Problems

I BOUGHT MY DURANGO AT A USED DEALERS. IT HAD 56000 MILES ONE OWNER, 2010, CENTER COLUMN PANEL OVER HEATED AND YOU COULD SMELL PLASTIC BURNING. THE RADIO SHUT OFF THE AIR CONDITION CONTROLS WELL ACTUALLY EVERYTHING WAS SO HOT YOU HAD TO TURN OFF TRUCK TO LET THAT CENTER PANEL COOL DOWN BEFORE YOU COULD TURN THEM OFF,THE NEXT THING I STARTED HEARING A BAD SHIFTING NOISE AND IT BANGED REALLY LOUD LIKE FROM THE REAR END I ASSUMED. NO MATTER IF YOU WERE DRIVING SLOW OR FAST THE TRUCK WOULD DOWNSHIFT AND SOUNDING LIKE A ROD OR SOMETHING WAS GOING TO COME THROUGH THE FLOOR. I HAVE ALL OF THE MAINTENANCE DOWN WHEN WAS TOLD BUT THIS DIDN'T HELP AT THE TIME THE DOWNSHIFTING STARTED IT WAS 90,000 MILES ,NOW I AM AT 93,000 -OR 98,000 MILES AND SOMETHING IS REALLY KNOCKING TO ME I THOUGHT IT MIGHT...

HAVE HAD ONGOING PROBLEM WITH THE ENGINE CUTTING OUT FOR LAST 18 MONTHS. REPLACED PLUGS AND WIRES. PROBLEM STILL PERSISTS. USUALLY OCCURS WHILE NOT GIVING GAS. OCCURRED ONCE WILL TURNING INTO A PARKING LOT. POWER STEERING WENT OUT AND VEHICLE MANEUVERED INTO ONCOMING LANE RIGHT OF WAY. NO COLLISION OCCURRED. *TR

MY 2004 DODGE DURANGO STALLS FREQUENTLY...ALMOST DAILY. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AFTER THE FIRST INCIDENT AND THE TECHNICIANS WERE STUMPED AND SEEMED UNAWARE OF THE ISSUE, WHICH I HAVE SINCE LEARNED IS NOT UNCOMMON. THE STALLS FREQUENTLY OCCUR AT PARKING LOT SPEEDS, BUT HAVE OCCURRED WHILE DOING 50 KM/HR AND WHILE UNDER POWER. THE HIGHER SPEED STALLS ARE A CONCERN AS THE STALL ALSO KILLS POWER BRAKING AND STEERING. TO RESTART THE VEHICLE, YOU HAVE TO PUT IT IN N AND TURN IGNITION. SO FAR, THAT HAS WORKED EACH TIME, BUT AT SPEED THIS CAN BE A LITTLE UNNERVING TO SAY THE LEAST. DODGE STATED THAT A EEC FLASH WAS AVAILABLE, BUT THAT IT DID NOT ADDRESS STALLING, ONLY SHIFTING ISSUES AND THEREFORE IT WAS NOT REQUIRED. DODGE HAS SO FAR INDICATED THERE IS NOTHING THAT CAN BE DONE. I AM DATING THE INFORMATION BELOW WITH THE...

DODGE DURANGO 2004 LOST ALL FUNCTION PULLING INTO PARKING LOT. LOST ENGINE, BRAKES, STEERING, ELECTRICAL. LIKEN IT TO A POWER PLUG BEING PULLED OUT AND INSTANTANEOUS LOSS OF ALL CONTROL. WAS ABLE TO RESTART WITHOUT MISHAP. TOOK IT TO NEAREST DODGE DEALERSHIP ONLY TO NO AVAIL. THEY COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG. TOOK THE CAR HOME ONLY TO HAVE IT HAPPEN THE VERY NEXT MORNING AGAIN DURING DECELERATION TO A STREET LIGHT. TOOK IT TO A DIFFERENT DODGE DEALERSHIP. FOUND NOTHING WRONG.BUT CHANGED THE BATTERY IN THE EVENT LOW VOLTAGE WAS THE ISSUE. POWER CUT OUT AGAIN DURING A DECELERATION AND TURNING A SLIGHT RIGHT AT A FORK IN THE ROAD. THIS TIME WITH ENTIRE FAMILY ONBOARD. LOSS OF STEERING, AND BRAKES. BUT INSTRUMENT PANEL STAYED LIT. AND ALL HEAT RADIO. WILL NOT TRY DRIVING AGAIN UNTIL SOLVED. NOTE: NOTHING WAS DONE TO THE CAR BEFORE INCIDENTS STARTED TO OCCUR. NO...

ENGINE STALLS DURING SLOW SPEEDS. WHEN YOU ACCELERATE IT DOES NOT RESPOND AND THAN IT LUNGES FORWARD. ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON AND OFF. *TR

NIGHTTIME. POURING RAIN. TURNED A CORNER IN A PARKING LOT AND THE POWER STEERING JUST QUIT. TURNED CAR OFF AND RESTARTED. POWER STEERING WAS BACK. FIRST AND ONLY TIME IT HAPPENED SO FAR. *TR

DODGE 2004 DURANGO STALLED WHILE TAKING A RIGHT TURN ONTO SIDE STREET. UNABLE TO FINISH TURN OR GOT OFF THE ROAD. I WAS PANICKED, FOUND FLASHERS TO TURN ON, THEN INSTRUCTED TO BY HELPFUL PASSERBY TO TURN KEY OFF, AND RESTART CAR. THIS WORKED, HASN'T HAPPENED AGAIN. I TAKE THIS VERY SERIOUS, MY YOUNG, NEW DRIVERS, CHILDREN ARE ABLE TO DRIVE THIS VEHICLE AND WOULDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO IF THIS HAPPENED TO THEM. I WANT THIS TAKEN CARE OF AT DODGES EXPENSE. MARY WEST. *TR

WHILE SITTING AT A RED LIGHT THE VEHICLE STALLED. I PUT IT IN PARK AND IT STARTED RIGHT UP. THERE WAS NO SIGN OF RUNNING ROUGH BEFORE THE STALL, IT JUST WAS IDLING AND CUT OUT. A WEEK LATER ON THE HIGHWAY AT APPROX. 60 MPH THE VEHICLE BUCKED LIKE IT WANTED TO STALL BUT DIDN'T. IT DID THIS THREE TIMES IN LESS THAN A MINUTE. I ACCELERATED AND IT SEEMED TO HELP. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE DURANGO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD SHIFT GEARS AUTOMATICALLY. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS IN REVERSE, IT WOULD SHIFT INTO DRIVE AND THE SHIFTER LIGHT ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WOULD FLICKER. MOST RECENTLY, WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS PLACED INTO PARK, IT BEGAN TO MOVE FORWARD. AS A RESULT, THE VEHICLE STRUCK A POLE. THE CONTACT FILED A COMPLAINT WITH THE MANUFACTURER. THE SPEED WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 75,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 74,500.

VEHICLE STALLS AT LOW SPEEDS AND WHEN TURNING. IMMEDIATELY RESTARTS. HAD LOCAL DEALER LOOK AT IT, BUT THEY CAN'T FIX THE PROBLEM. FACTORY CUSTOMER SERVICE IS NO HELP. HAVE READ MANY OTHER COMPLAINTS ABOUT SAME CONDITION ONLINE. *TR

I KEPT HEARING A TICKING AND THERE WERE ISSUES AS FOR TRANSMISSION. I TOOK IT BACK THE 1ST DAY I BOUGHT IT AND SPOKE TO THE GUY WHO SOLD IT TO ME. THEN THE GUY LEFT TO GO TO ANOTHER COMPANY. SO THEN GOT SOMEONE ELSE AND 3MORE TIMES WAS TOLD THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG. *TR

VEH PROBLEM ON 1/1/08 -- 2004 DODGE DURANGO HTTP://WWW.DATATOWN.COM/CHRYSLER/ 1/3/08: CALLED CHRYSLER DEALER ' 1-800-992-1997 SPOKE TO AMY (REF 17081406 (ID#AJ267) SHE REQUESTED THE VEHICLE ID NO ' THE LAST EIGHT ' I GAVE HER ' SHE ASK WHAT OUR ADDRESS WAS AND TELEPHONE NUMBER ' I GAVE IT TO HER. SHE ASKED IF I CONTACTED THE SHOP WHERE I GET IT SERVICED AT ' I SAID, NO I WAS CONTACTING YOU FIRST. I TOLD HER I WANTED TO SEE IF THIS WAS COVERED UNDER THE 7 YEAR/70,000 MILE WARRANTY ' SHE SAID, I DID NOT HAVE THAT ' I SAID YES I DID THAT'S WHAT MADE US BUY THE VEHICLE. SHE SAID TO CONTACT THE PLACE WHERE WE BOUGHT IT FROM ' IN ROXBOROGH - SHE SAID, WHAT PROBLEM ARE YOU HAVING. I TOLD HER THAT THE PROBLEM STARTED WHEN I GOT THE RECALL FIXED FOR INSTRUMENT CLUSTER. WE...

2004 DURANGO LIMITED STALLED WHILE BRAKING TWICE. STALLED ONCE AT A STOP LIGHT. HAS THE 5.7L HEMI ENGINE WITH 50K MILES. TOOK IT TO DEALER TO HAVE IT LOOKED AT. WAS TOLD THEY COULD NOT GET IT TO STALL AND WE WOULD HAVE TO KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR IT. THEN I FOUND THE TSB ON LINE DETAILING THE ISSUE. THUS I FIND IT ODD THAT THE DEALER DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THE ISSUE: TSB # 18-013-05 NHTSA ACTION NUMBER EA05018. *TR

OUR 2004 DODGE DURANGO WAS IN OUR DRIVEWAY IN PARK, THE ENGINE TURNED OFF, RADIO ON, BOTH FRONT DOORS OPEN AND KEYS STILL IN THE IGNITION. THE TRUCK HAD BEEN SITTING THERE FOR 5 MINUTES OR MORE TILL I GOT MY NEIGHBOR TO HELP ME UNLOAD A GRILL OUT OF THE BACK. MY WIFE HOPPED INTO THE PASSENGER SIDE TO TURN THE RADIO DOWN WHEN THE TRUCK BEGAN TO ROLL FORWARD WHILE IN "PARK". MY WIFE WAS KNOCKED OUT OF THE TRUCK AND WAS HURT BADLY ON HER LEG AND IT RAN INTO MY NEIGHBOR'S CAR THEN ROLLED INTO THE STREET. I RAN AFTER THE TRUCK TO STOP IT FROM GOING ANY FURTHER, I STEPPED ON THE BRAKE THEN LOOKED AT THE SHIFT HANDLE AND IT WAS STILL IN "PARK". *TR

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE STALLED WHILE IN GEAR. THIS HAD OCCURRED TWELVE TIMES AND MOST FREQUENTLY HAPPENED WHILE IN REVERSE. THIS HAD ALSO HAPPENED WHILE TRAVELING 45 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE SERVICE DEALER FOUR TIMES BUT THE SERVICE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE.*AK

WE PURCHASED OUR DURANGO NEW IN 8/04. ON 9/ 9/04 THE TRUCK STARTED, BUT DIED WHILE I WAS BACKING OUT OF MY GARAGE. WE HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. THEY STATED IT NEEDED AN UPDATE PERFORMED ON THE COMPUTER SYSTEM. IT HAPPENED AGAIN ON 9/24/04 AND THEN IN OCT. IT HAD TO BE TOWED AND THEY CLAIMED THAT THEY APPARENTLY DID NOT GET THE UPDATE COMPLETED OR DONE PROPERLY. WE BEGAN NOTICING THEN THAT THE TRUCK FELT AS IF IT WAS SURGING OR ALMOST SKIPPING A GEAR. MULTIPLE PEOPLE FROM THE DEALERSHIP TEST DROVE IT ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS. WE WERE TOLD THAT WE WERE JUST FEELING MORE W/ THIS VEHICLE BECAUSE IT WAS SUCH A SMOOTH RIDE COMPARED TO MOST 4WD VEHICLES. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? WE FINALLY GAVE UP. NOW ON 3/ 25/06 THE TRUCK DIED WHILE IN PARK IN A PARKING LOT. THAT SAME NIGHT...

VEHICLE STALLS, TRANSMISSION QUITS. DOESN'T WORK. *JB

I BOUGHT A 2004 DODGE DURANGO IN NOVEMBER 2004. VIN [XXX]. [XXX]. I HAVE HAD NUMEROUS PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE, INCLUDING THE VEHICLE SILENTLY CEASING TO OPERATE. THIS HAS HAPPENED 3 TIMES IN MOTION, VERY NEARLY CAUSING VERY SERIOUS MOTOR VEHICLE CRASHES. 1 OCCURRENCE HAPPENED WHILE STATIONARY AND IN PARK. ALL OF THIS HAS HAPPENED IN THE 1ST YEAR OF OWNERSHIP. ADDITIONALLY, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO COME OUT OF PARK NUMEROUS TIMES; WHEN PLACED INTO DRIVE, FAILED TO ENGAGE AND WOULD SIMPLY IDLE; AND HAD NUMEROUS ELECTRICAL QUIRKS THAT ARE NOT SAFETY RELATED. EACH TIME WE HAVE TAKEN THE VEHICLE INTO THE DEALER, SIMPLY TO BE TOLD "UNABLE TO DUPLICATE." JUST RECENTLY, WE WERE TOLD CHRYSLER WAS AWARE OF THE VEHICLE CEASING TO OPERATE WITHOUT WARNING WHILE DRIVING. WE WERE TOLD CHRYSLER REFUSED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE ISSUE OR FIX IT, AND HAVE BEEN PRESSURING DEALERSHIPS TO SEND THE VEHICLES BACK...

DT: SHORTLY AFTER PURCHASING A NEW VEHICLE AND WHEN DESCENDING DOWNHILL THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SLIPPED. IT FELT AS IF IT SLIPPED INTO NEUTRAL. THIS OCCURRED WITH OR WITHOUT THE CRUISE CONTROL SWITCH ON. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A DEALER, WHO TEST DROVE THE VEHICLE AND DETERMINED THIS WAS NORMAL. THE CONSUMER FELT THIS WAS A SAFETY ISSUE, AND THE TRANSMISSION DID NOT MAINTAIN A STEADY PACE. NO REPAIRS OR CORRECTIONS HAVE BEEN MADE. THE CONSUMER HAS NOT CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER. *AK *NM

NOT REPORTING A FAILURE OR INCIDENT, JUST A POORLY MANUFACTURED VEHICLE WITH AN INHERENT PROBLEM THAT THE DEALER/COMPANY WAS AWARE OF BUT DID NOT DISCLOSE AT TIME OF PURCHASE, NOR DO THEY HAVE A FIX FOR IT. JUST A SHRUG OF THE SHOULDERS.

THIS VEHICLE HAS NO ENGINE BRAKING. SELECTING "TOW/HAUL" WHICH TAKES IT OUT OF OVERDRIVE DOES NOT PROVIDE ENGINE BRAKING. SELECTING "2" AND "TOW/HAUL" DOES NOT SLOW THE VEHICLE ON A DOWNGRADE. IT IS DANGEROUS. I HAVE ASKED THE DEALER ABOUT IT AND NO RESPONSE. I HAVE CONTACTED CHRYSLER AND NO RESPONSE. IT IS THE MAGNUM V-8 WITH THE TRAILER HAULING PACKAGE. I AM AFRAID TO HAUL A TRAILER AS YOU WOULD BE ON THE BRAKES CONTINUOUSLY. NOTHING HAS CHANGED IN THE YEAR I HAVE OWNED IT.*JB

WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP VEHICLE STALLED. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

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...

THE VEHICLE SLIPPED OUT OF PARK WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO GAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. *JB AN OCCUPANT OF THE VEHICLE WAS COMPLAINING ABOUT THE SEAT BELT NOT BEING LATCHED PROPERLY. THE CONSUMER OPENED THE DOOR AND REACHED IN TO BUCKLE THE CHILD SAFETY LATCH AND 8 SECONDS LATER THE VEHICLE STARTED TO ROLL BACKWARDS, TRAPPING THE CONSUMER BETWEEN THE DOOR AND THE GARAGE BAY DIVIDER. *SC *JB

2004 DODGE DURANGO 4X4, AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, AT SLOW SPEEDS 10 MPH ACCELERATION HAS A LAG UNTIL 2,000 RPM AT WHICH POINT THE TRANSMISSION ENGAGES AND THE VEHICLE LURCHES FORWARD RAPIDLY.

WHEN DRIVING AT AN UNDETERMINED SPEED, THE TRANSMISSION LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR INSPECTION, HOWEVER, THE MECHANIC COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK AFTER THE FIFTH VISIT TO THE SERVICE DEALER (DESOTO MALL), THE TRANSMISSION LIGHT HAD NOT COME BACK ON. THE SHIFTING LIGHT HAD COME ON AND THE CONSUMER HAD TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO THE SERVICE DEALER (CENTRAL MAINE DODGE) AND AFTER THREE VISITS TO THEM, THEY FOUND MELTED WIRES AND A BAD SENSOR. THE WIRES HAD HOLES IN THEM. CHRYSLER WOULD DO NOTHING TO HELP RESOLVE THIS PROBLEM. A TRANSMISSION SENSOR WAS PLACED IN THE VEHICLE. (THE SHIFT INDICATOR STAYED ON INTERMITTENTLY ALONG WITH ALL OF THE OTHER LIGHTS & THE TRANSMISSION RANGE SENSOR RATIONALITY WIRES WERE DAMAGED AND MELTED ON THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER) ALSO THE ENGINE HAD COME ON AND THE VEHICLE JUMPED FORWARD. *SC *JB