2011 DODGE DURANGO Electrical Systemalternatorgeneratorregulator Problems

The contact owns a 2011 Dodge Durango. The contact stated while driving at an undisclosed speed, the battery warning light illuminated, and the vehicle stalled. The vehicle failed to restart. The contact recharged the battery. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed with failed alternator wiring and that the wiring harness needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The contact was informed that the failure was like NHTSA Campaign Number: 17V435000 (Electrical System), however, the VIN was not included. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and the contact was advised to report the failure to the NHTSA Hotline. The failure mileage was approximately 186,000.

The contact owns a 2011 Dodge Durango. The contact stated while his wife was driving at 45-55 MPH in the rain, the instrument panel lights, the interior and exterior lights of the vehicle inadvertently turned off. The contact also stated the defroster failed to work and the windows were foggy. There were no warning lights illuminated. The contact stated his wife was able to drive to their residence as it was 1 mile away. The dealer was made aware of the failure and advised that the contact would be responsible for the cost of repair. The vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired by an independent mechanic or dealer, however the contact replaced the TIPM himself. The contact stated while his wife was driving, she noticed a burning odor and the vehicle inadvertently lost power. The battery warning light illuminated. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic who diagnosed that...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE DURANGO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE IDLE AT A RED LIGHT THEN PRESSING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE. THE VEHICLE'S POWER SUDDENLY SHUT OFF COMPLETELY. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A CERTIFIED MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE ALTERNATOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, AS WELL AS, THE PCM. THE VEHICLE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE WHO INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THEIR VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN ANY RECALL. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 97,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE DURANGO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN STARTING THE IGNITION, MULTIPLE WARNING LIGHTS WERE ILLUMINATED AND SMOKE WAS SEEN EXITING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PUSH TO START BUTTON WAS DEPRESSED SEVERAL TIMES TO TURN THE ENGINE OFF AND ALL ELECTRICAL FUNCTIONS WERE DISABLED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HER HUSBAND INSPECTED THE ENGINE AND DISCOVERED THAT THE ALTERNATOR HAD BURNT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DRIVABLE. THE CONTACT CALLED LITHIA CHRYSLER JEEP DODGE OF BILLINGS (2229 KING AVE W, BILLINGS, MT 59102, (406) 206-3601) AND MADE THEM AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED BY A DEALER OR INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. UPON INVESTIGATION, THE CONTACT ASSOCIATED THE FAILURE WITH NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 17V435000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM), HOWEVER HER VIN WAS NOT ASSOCIATED TO THE RECALL. THE MANUFACTURER HAD BEEN INFORMED OF FAILURE AND CONFIRMED THAT THE VIN WAS...

DRIVING ABOUT 1 MILE AND AIR CONDITIONER BY ITSELF WENT TO A LOWER SPEED, KEPT DRIVING FOR ABOUT ANOTHER 10 MILES AND PROCEEDED TO GET ON FREEWAY WHEN DID SO, DRIVERS SEATBEALT FLASHING THAT WAS NOT BUCKLED THEN ALL THE LIGHTS ON THE DASHBOARD WERE FLASHING AND THE AIR COMPLETELY SHUT OFF. IT WAS HOT SO PROCEEDED TO ROW DOWN WINDOWS AND WAS NOT ABLE TO, ALMOST LIKE LOST POWER.. GOT OFF FREEWAY ( THANK GOD) AND GOT TO A STOP IN A SAFE PLACE, SMELT SOMETHING BURNING, TURNED OFF CAR WHEN DID SO WINDSHIELD WIPERS WENT CRAZY AND THEN SAW SMOKE COMING FROM ENGINE. WAITED FOR AAA IN MEAN TIME TRIED TO START CAR BACK UP AND WOULDN'T BUDGE CLICKING SOUND (LIKE ALTENATOR) TRYING TO START CAR THEN IT COMPLETELY SHUT OFF, COMPLETELY DEAD!!!

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE DURANGO. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND ALL THE WARNING INDICATORS ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO WESTBURY JEEP, CHRYSLER, DODGE, RAM (100 JERICHO TURNPIKE JERICHO, LONG ISLAND,11753 (888) 571-6211) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ALTERNATOR MALFUNCTIONED AND OVERHEATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT RESEARCHED ONLINE AND FOUND AN UPCOMING RECALL TO BE ISSUED ON AUGUST 24, 2017, BUT WAS NOT SURE IF THE VIN WAS INCLUDED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND WAS AWAITING A CALLBACK TO VERIFY IF THE VIN WAS INCLUDED IN THE UPCOMING RECALL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 90,300.

WHILE SITTING AT A STOP LIGHT MY WIFE NOTICED SMOKE COMING OUT FROM UNDER THE HOOD, WHEN SHE PULLED OVER SHE FOUND THE ALTERNATOR SMOKING. SHE IMMEDIATELY SHUT THE CAR OFF , BUT PARTS OF THE ALTERNATOR ARE BURNT. THE BATTERY WAS EXTREMELY HOT AS WELL TELLING ME IT WAS OVERCHARGING.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE DURANGO. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE BATTERY WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED WHILE PULLING INTO A PARKING STRUCTURE. THE CONTACT NOTICED SMOKE UNDER THE HOOD AND PARKED THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS UNABLE TO BE RESTARTED. THE CONTACT DISCOVERED THAT THE SMOKE WAS COMING FROM THE ALTERNATOR. THE FAILURE RECURRED TWICE. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THAT THE THERMOSTAT HOUSING AND THE COOLING SENSOR FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V634000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 87,000.

MY 2011 DODGE DURANGO, 3.6L/V6 WITH 180AMP ALTERNATOR - ALTERNATOR RAPIDLY FAILED WHILE DRIVING ("IN MOTION"), CAUSING COMPLETE SHUT DOWN OF THE VEHICLE AND DISABLING BOTH THE BATTERY AND THE CONTROL MODULE REQUIRING THEM BOTH TO BE REPLACED. THIS COMPLETE SHUT DOWN CAUSED THE ABS AND STEERING TO LOCK UP AND ALL MY ELECTRICAL INCLUDING MY FLASHERS TO NOT WORK. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY CONCERN AND IS IDENTICAL TO THE P60 RECALL OF THIS SAME VEHICLE BUILT WITH THE 160AMP ALTERNATOR WHICH IS VIRTUALLY THE SAME AS MY VEHICLE. I WAS NEVER INFORMED OF THE P60 RECALL AND BELIEVE THAT MY VEHICLE AND ALL OTHERS LIKE IT SHOULD NOT BE EXCLUDED FROM THIS RECALL! FORTUNATELY I WAS NOT DRIVING IN A LOCATION WITH HIGH SPEEDS OR HEAVY TRAFFIC AT THAT MOMENT BUT HAD IT FAILED ONLY MINUTES LATER SOMEONE COULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY INJURED OR KILLED BECAUSE OF THIS...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE DURANGO. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THE CONTACT OBSERVED SMOKE AND AN ABNORMAL ODOR COMING FROM THE HOOD WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER THE VEHICLE, OPENED THE HOOD, AND OBSERVED SMOKE AND FLAMES FROM THE ALTERNATOR. THE CONTACT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE WITH A WATER HOSE. A FIRE REPORT WAS NOT FILED AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE ALTERNATOR WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTO STORE WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ALTERNATOR WAS FAULTY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V634000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 75,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE DURANGO. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, SMOKE APPEARED UNDER THE HOOD AND INTO THE VEHICLE. THE HOOD WAS OPENED AND THE CONTACT NOTICED SMALL FLAMES COMING FROM THE ALTERNATOR AND HEARD A SIZZLING SOUND. THE VIN WAS EXCLUDED FROM NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V634000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE FIRE EXTINGUISHED ITSELF. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ALTERNATOR BURNED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 84,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE DURANGO. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTS ILLUMINATED ON AND OFF. THE VEHICLE HESITATED TO ACCELERATE AND, WHEN MAKING LEFT AND RIGHT TURNS, THE STEERING SEIZED. THE CONTACT COASTED OVER TO A MAIN ROAD. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ALTERNATOR FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 57,045.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE DURANGO. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO RESTART AFTER MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE DISPLAYED MULTIPLE ERROR WARNINGS ON THE VEHICLE'S INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE VEHICLE'S ALTERNATOR FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE DURANGO. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, ALL OF THE WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED, THE FRONT WINDSHIELD WIPERS ACTIVATED, AND THE ENGINE STALLED. THE VEHICLE DID NOT RESTART AND WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE BATTERY FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO THE ALTERNATOR. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V634000: (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 66,000. ...UPDATED 07/30/15 *BF UPDATED 10/26/2017*CN

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE DURANGO. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE CONTACT NOTICED A BURNING SMELL UNDER THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED AND THE BATTERY WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ALTERNATOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THE VIN WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V634000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 31,800.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE DURANGO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 24 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED AS THE BATTERY WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ALTERNATOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V634000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 26,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE DURANGO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATE AND THE INSTRUMENT PANEL GAUGES WOULD FLICKER OFF AND ON BEFORE THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE ALTERNATOR WAS FAULTY. THE ALTERNATOR WAS REPLACED AND THE FAILURE WAS REMEDIED. IN FEB 2014 WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE HEAD CYLINDER AND GASKET WAS FAULTY AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED AND THE FAILURE WAS REMEDIED. IN OCT 2013 THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT AFTER STARTING THE ENGINE THE VEHICLE WOULD SUDDENLY STALL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES BUT NO ASSISTANCE WAS OFFERED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 63,167.

TL * THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE DURANGO. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE ENGINE STALLED AND ALL OF THE WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE DEALER RECOMMENDED THAT THE ALTERNATOR BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 49,863.