2011 DODGE DURANGO Electronic Stability Control Esc Problems

MY CAR GETS STUCK IN 4LOW WHEN IN AWD. CAR STALLS ALL THE TIME THEY HAVE NOT FIXED THAT RECALL AS OF YET. MY CHECK ENGINE COMES ON AND TIRE SENSORS TO 0 ON ALL SIDES WHEN TIRES ARE FINE. I CAN'T TURN LEFT OR RIGHT WITHOUT CLUNKING JERKING. DODGE DEALER KNOWS THE TRANSFER CASES HAVE ISSUES BUT NO RECALLS. THE DODGE FORUM IS FULL OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT SAME ISSUE HAPPENING TO LEAST 20 OTHERS I HAVE SEEN SO FAR. I'M BEING CHARGED ABOUT $5000 TO CHANGE TRANSFER SWITCH AND CASE NOW. BUT WITH SO MANY OF US WHY HASN'T THIS BEEN RECALLED. I THINK THE WHOLE PROBLEM IS OUR COMPUTERS ARE FAULTY. I HAVE ALL KINDS OF LIGHTS FLASHING UP AT TIMES FOR NO REASON AND NO CODES ARE FOUND WITH CEL ON. I WAS DRIVING OUT OF A STORE CAR PARK WHEN LIGHT FLASHED AND CAR GOT STUCK...

MY 2011 DODGE DURANGO WAS IN PARK AND RUNNING WHEN MY FRONT WINDSHIELD WIPERS CAME ON, AND I COULD NOT SHUT THEM OFF. I ALSO CAME TO REALIZE MY STEERING WHEEL AND DASH ACCESSORIES WERE INOPERABLE (INCLUDING MY HORN AND BLINKERS). MY TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT CAME ON ALONG WITH FCW/ ACC SYSTEM FAILURE LIGHT. I BROUGHT MY DURANGO TO THE RAINBOW DODGE DEALERSHIP. THEY ADVISED ME THAT THE STEERING ANGLE SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, BUT THE PART WAS ON BACK ORDER. SINCE THEY DID NOT HAVE THE PART, I ORDERED THE PART MYSELF AND HAD IT REPLACED. CHANGING THE PART DID NOT FIX MY PROBLEM. I WENT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP TO LET THEM KNOW I CHANGED THE PART, AND IT DID NOT FIX MY PROBLEM. I ASKED THEM HOW DID THEY KNOW IT WAS THE STEERING ANGLE SENSOR, AND WHAT DID THE SCANNER SHOW... THEY TOLD ME THAT...

I WAS DRIVING MY CAR ONE AFTERNOON AFTER WORK AND ALL OF A SUDDEN ALL THE LIGHTS ON MY DASHBOARD LIT UP. I TURNED THE CAR OFF RESTED FOR A MINUTE THEN RESTARTED IT AND PROCEEDED TO THE OIL CHANGE PLACE TO GET MY CAR AN OIL CHANGE THINKING THAT WOULD DO THE TRICK. FAST FORWARD TO FRIDAY OFF THIS SAME WEEK MY CAR ALL OF A SUDDEN STOPPED WORKING. THE CAR LIGHTS BLINK FOR A SECOND OFF THE CAR COMES ON BUT OTHERWISE IT HAD NOT FULLY STARTED IN 2 DAYS.

MY 2011 DODGE DURANGO ENGINE SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING. THE FIRST TWO TIMES IT HAPPENED EXITING THE SAME EXIT ON A RIGHT SHARP TURN AT THE SAME PART OF THE TURN. THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED AND I HAD TO FORCE ALL MY WEIGHT TO TURN IT AND PULL OFF TO THE SHOULDER AVOIDING GETTING HIT FROM BEHIND AND THE SIDE. DODGE DEALER CLAIMED NOTHING WAS WRONG BUT WANTED TO KEEP CAR TO INVESTIGATE. I FILED A COMPLAINT AND OPENED A CASE NUMBER WITH CHRYSLER CORPORATION. THERE WAS A RECALL WITH FIRST OWNER FOR THIS HAPPENING AND IT WAS SUPPOSIVELY FIXED, I BELIEVE THE PROBLEM WAS NOT ENTIRELY FIXED. I AVOIDED THAT EXIT THINKING I TEMPORARILY TOOK CARE OF THE PROBLEM. THIRD TIME MY ENGINE SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING WAS ON A LEFT HAND TURN. NO ONE WAS BEHIND US SO WE AVOIDED BEING REAR ENDED. CAR WAS PLACED IN NEUTRAL...

I AM FILING A COMPLAINT OR THE PEOPLE HANDLING THE RECALL REIMBURSEMENT. I SENT IT IN ON SEPT 7TH AND NOW 90 DAYS LATER, 12 CALLS, PUT ON HOLD FOR 30 MINS EACH, AND NO ONE KNOWING ANYTHING. STILL NO ANSWER ON MY REFUND. WAS TOLD ON DAY 88 THAT THEY NEEDED SOMETHING ELSE AND NOW NO ONE CAN EVER ANSWER WHAT IT IS THEY NEED. SUPPOSEDLY THE CK IS CUT BUT NOT MAILED AND IT HAS BEEN LIKE THAT SINCE NOV. I ALSO SENT IN PAPER WORK FOR MY PCM WHICH THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO FIND AND I JUST GAVE UP ON THAT 1500 DOLLAR REPAIR. MY PCM HAS WENT OUT SEVERAL TIMES AND ITS ONLY WHEN SOMETHING GOES OUT ON MY CAR. HOWEVER I AM TRYING TO GET THE PROBLEM SOLVED ON GETTING MY REFUND FOR THE RECALL FIRST. IT HAS BEEN A NIGHTMARE WITH DODGE. NEVER...

THE LAST RECALL THAT WAS PERFORMED WAS THE P54 FUEL RELAY. I BELIEVE THE PROBLEM IS SOMEWHERE IN THE ENTIRE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. THE REASON I SUSPECT THIS IS BECAUSE THE VEHICLE HAS LOTS OF INTERMITTENT PROBLEMS. FOR EXAMPLE, THE ALARM GOES OFF RANDOMLY FOR NO REASON SINCE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE, POWER LOCKS OPEN ON THEIR OWN, VEHICLE HAS DIFFICULTY STARTING AT TIMES AND THEN STARTS RIGHT UP MOST OF THE TIME, AND ALL WITHOUT A WARNING OR ERROR CODE ON THE DASHBOARD. THE MOST RECENT PROBLEM ALMOST KILLED ME AND MY FAMILY THIS MORNING AS THE VEHICLE TURNED OFF WHILE DRIVING AND ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT, AGAIN NO ERROR CODES OR WARNINGS. AN INVESTIGATION SHOULD BE OPENED BECAUSE THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AS THE VEHICLE CAN TURN OFF AT ANY MOMENT AND WITHOUT WARNING.

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!!!

ON AUGUST 19TH I WAS DRIVING WITH MY KIDS WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN ALL THE WARNING LIGHTS ALONG WITH MY SEATBELT WARNING LIGHTS STARTED TO GO ON AND OFF. MY RADIO AND MY CONTROL PANEL STARTED TO TURN ON AND OFF ON ITS OWN. ALSO THE AC STOPPED WORKING, IT SOUNDED LIKE IT WAS RUNNING BUT NO AIR FLOW WOULD COME OUT. THEN I BEGAN TO HAVE NO ACCELERATION. WE RESEARCHED THAT THERE WILL BE A RECALL ON THE ALTERNATORS FOR MY 2011 DURANGO BUT BECAUSE NOTHING HAS BEEN RELEASED DODGE TOLD US WE ARE ON OUR OWN. THIS COULD HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT AND I HAD NO WARNING ABOUT WHAT COULD HAPPEN. THIS IS A BIG SAFETY CONCERN ESPECIALLY WHEN THIS IS OUR FAMILY CAR AND MY KIDS ARE WITH ME IN THE VEHICLE.

ON JULY 3 I WAS DRIVING OUR VEHICLE ON A COUNTRY ROAD WHEN THE BATTERY LIGHT CAME ON SHORTLY AFTER PULLING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY. WE HAD BEEN ON VACATION AND FIGURED THE CAR HAD SAT FOR 10 DAYS WITHOUT BEING DRIVEN AND JUST NEEDED A CHARGE. THE LIGHT INDICATOR CAME AND WENT BEFORE THE CAR STARTED DOING WEIRD THINGS: HAZARD LIGHTS, WINDSHIELD WIPERS, SEATBELT LIGHT, ETC. THE CAR QUICKLY LOST POWER AND EVERYTHING LOCKED UP LEAVING US STRANDED ON THE SIDE OF A GRAVEL ROAD. WE COULDN'T EVEN RELEASE THE KEYS FROM THE IGNITION. THERE WAS A BURNING SMELL AND THE CAR HAD TO BE TOWED. THE ALTERNATOR WENT OUT, IN TURN BURNING UP THE EMS SYSTEM. THIS PART IS ON NATIONAL BACK ORDER. WE HAVE BEEN WITHOUT A CAR FOR OVER TWO WEEKS NOW. THE RECALL FOR THE ALTERNATOR WAS FOR A SMALLER AMP. OURS IS A 220AMP....

ON JUNE 14, 2017 I WAS DRIVING MY 2011 DODGE DURANGO HOME FROM WORK AND THE BATTERY LIGHT CAME ON WHILE I WAS ON A BUSY HIGHWAY. I EXITED THE HIGHWAY AND PULLED INTO A MALL PARKING LOT AND SUDDENLY THE INTERIOR TEMPERATURE OF THE CAR BECAME EXTREMELY HOT, SO HOT, I COULD NOT STAY INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. I STARTED TO SEE AND SMELL SMOKE, SO I TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF AND OPENED THE HOOD; AS I IT OPENED THERE WAS A LARGE AMOUNT OF SMOKE AND I CLOSED IT TO SNUFF OUT ANY FIRES. I HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO MY MECHANIC AND WAS TOLD MY ALTERNATOR HAD GONE BAD. THE EXPLANATION I WAS GIVING WAS: THE SILICONE DIODES IN THE ALTERNATOR RECTIFIER BRIDGE MAY EXPERIENCE THERMAL FATIGUE DUE TO CYCLIC LOADING FROM THE ELECTRIC HYDRAULIC POWER STEERING (EHPS) SYSTEM, EVENTUALLY RESULTING IN NO OUTPUT, REDUCED OUTPUT, OR...

FAULTY VEHICLE 180 AMP ALTERNATOR CAUSED A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION FOR ME AND MY PASSENGER AND OTHER VEHICLES DRIVING BEHIND ME THAT REQUIRED A SHERIFF TO KEEP OTHER VEHICLES FROM WRECKING WHILE TRYING CONTROL THE VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING. THE DASHBOARD AND ALL ELETRICAL FUNCTIONS STARTED GOING HAYWIRE ALL AT THE SAME TIME WHEN DRIVING ON A VERY WINDING CURVY BUSY BACK ROAD, LOST STEERING CONTROLL, ALL MESSAGE CENTER LIGHTS FLASHING AND WIPERS GOING ALL AT THE SAME TIME HOT AIR BLOWING THROUGH AC VENTS, THEN VEHICLE ABRUPTLY STOPS WHILE SMOKING ACTING AS IT SEEMED TO BE OVER HEATED OR SOMETHING BURNING. HAD TO MANUALLY GET DOORS UNLOCKED TO GET OUT OF VEHICLE QUICKLY BEFORE ANOTHER VEHICLE WOULD HIT US. VEHICLE KEY STAYED STUCK IN THE IGNITION AND VEHICLE COULD NOT BE STARTED OR PLACED IN REVERSE OR NEUTRAL TO PUSH THE VEHICLE TO SAFETY TO MAKE SURE OTHER DRIVERS WOULD...

SAFETY ISSUE ON MY 2011 DODGE DURANGO. WHILE DRIVING HOME AFTER WORK LATE ONE NIGHT, THE DURANGO STARTED ACTING UP LIKE IT WAS POSSESSED. THE LIGHTS WOULD GO ON AND OFF, THE WIPERS WENT ON AND WOULDN'T SHUT OFF, SEATS WENT BACK AND FORTH WHILE DRIVING!, RADIO, HEAT, AC. I WAS IN TRAFFIC AND FINALLY MANAGED TO MOVE OVER TO A SECURE LOCATION OUT OF HARMS WAY NO SOONER DID I PULL OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD THEN THE DODGE COMPLETELY DIED. I HAD TO COAST DOWN A HILL. TRIED TO TURN IT OVER AND NOTHING. NO LIGHTS NO RADIO NO NOTHING. IT WAS DEAD. HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. THE DEALER CLAIMED IT WAS THE BATTERY, INSTALLED A NEW ONE AND SENT ME ON MY WAY. FAST FORWARD TO LESS THAN 2 WEEKS LATER- SAME PROBLEM. DRIVING TO DROP OFF MY 5 YEAR OLD AND...

2011 DODGE DURANGO RECALL# 14V634000, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ALTERNATOR. THE TRUCK WAS IN MOTION ON A BUSY CITY STREET AND STOPPED ABRUPTLY. THE ENTIRE COMPUTER SYSTEM WENT OUT, CAUSING THE ALTERNATOR, AND THE BATTERY TO BE DISABLED. DODGE REFUSED TO REIMBURSE FOR THE 2K WE PAID IN REPAIRS.

RADIO STARTED GOING OFF AND ON ONCE THE CAR WAS PARKED STARTED SMOKING UNDER HOOD AND THEN WOULD NOT START AT ALL HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED TO A GARAGE. GARAGE ALTERNATOR CAUGHT ON FIRE ORDER NEW ALTERNATOR ALSO IT RUINED THE BATTERY NEW BATTERY PUT IN STILL WOULD NOT START HAD TO TAKE IT TO A DODGE DEALER NOW I HAVE A BILL FOR $1500.00 I HAVE TRYING TO PAY AS MUCH AS I COULD AFFORD EACH WEEK BUT NOT GETTING FAR I NEED SOMETHING,I REALLY NEED MY CAR BACK

I WAS DRIVING WITH MY KIDS GETTING OUR DAY STARTED. I TURN ON WITH REMOTE START WAS MAKING LOUD SCREECHING SOUND. LOADED UP KIDS AND STARTED TO TAKE OFF. WE COULD ALL SMELL A BAD BURNING SMELL. I CHECK ALL TEMPS ON CAR AND NOTHING READ HIGH TEMPERATURE. I DROVE ON MY WAY TO DAYCARE WHEN MY CAR STALLED AND SHUT DOWN. AND IT HAD PREVIOUSLY DID THIS B4 LIKE 4 MONTHS OR SO AND A RECALL OF FUEL PUMP WAS DONE AND HAD BEEN RUNNING FINE TILL THIS DAY. I TRIED STARTING IT A FEW TIMES NOTHING. FINALLY TURN ON AND BATTERY LIGHT CAME ON. I DROVE IT TO DROP OF MY 3 KIDS AT CAMP WHEN IT KEPT FEELING LIKE IT WANTED TO TURN OF. STILL SMELLING BURNING. FINALLY I'M HEADED TO WORK AND IT STALLED IN MIDDLE OF INTERSECTION. THANK GOD I DIDN'T HAVE MY KIDS WITH...

WHILE IN MOTION ON CITY STREET, FIRST MY RADIO WOULD TURN OFF ON ITS OWN, THEN THE BATTERY LIGHT CAME ON, THEN ALL THE SERVICE LIGHTS CAME ON FILLED BY MY ACCOUNT BLOWING OUT HOT AIR AND THEN MY CAR COMPLETELY SHUT OFF ON ME NOT ALLOWING ME TO REMOVE MY KEY OR PUT MY CAR ON NEUTRAL OR ALLOWING ME TO PUT ON THE HAZARD LIGHTS ON. IT FOLLOWED BY A BURNING SMELL UNDER THE HOOD.

I PURCHASED MY 2011 DODGE DUANGO CITADEL IN AUGUST 2015. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, BOTH WEEKS AND MONTHS APART, MY HAZARD LIGHTS WILL RANDOMLY CUT OFF AND ON JUST LONG ENOUGH FOR YOU TO THINK YOU'RE CRAZY AND SECOND GUESS IF YOU SAW THEM. I EVENTUALLY HAD TO TAKE MY CAR TO THE DODGE DEALERSHIP BECAUSE THE CAR WAS NOT TURNING OVER AT THE START AND BECAME INOPERABLE. ONCE AT THE DEALERSHIP, THE MANAGER DETERMINED THAT ALTHOUGH MY CAR REPORTED TO HAVE ALREADY HAD THE TIPM REPLACED, IT WAS ACTUALLY NOT. THE ORIGINAL TIPM WAS STILL IN THE CAR, MEANING THAT THE CARFAX REPORTING THAT THE TIPM RECALL HAD BEEN EXECUTED WAS FALSE. AFTER MY TIPM WAS REPLACED, MY CAR OPERATED FINE UNTIL ONE DAY WHILEI WAS DRIVING WITH MY 2 YEAR OLD IN THE CAR. I WAS COMING UP ON A STOP SIGN, AND WHEN I WENT TO MAKE A...

I WAS DRIVING ON A MAJOR INTERSTATE (I-70) WHEN DASHBOARD LIGHTS STARTED FLASHING AND SIGNALS STARTED GOING OFF. SEAT BELT SIGNAL. AIRBAG SIGNAL. ABS LIGHT SIGNAL. I THEN LOST POWER STEERING. MY 12-YEAR OLD WAS WITH ME AND SCARED TO DEATH AS CARS WHIZZED BY AT 70 MPH. I LUCKILY WAS AT AN OFF RAMP AND TOOK IT AND MANAGED TO PULL OFF THE MAIN ROAD. CAR WOULD NOT TURNOVER WHEN I TRIED IT AGAIN. GOT TOWED TO A DEALERSHIP. BATTERY WAS REPLACED FIRST. THEN THEY HOOKED UP THE ALTERNATOR TO THE NEW BATTERY, AND THE ALTERNATOR DRAINED THE NEW BATTERY BY HALF IN A MATTER OF SECONDS. AND STARTED SMOKING PROFUSELY. DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE ALTERNATOR, WHICH WAS A 220 AMP. AFTER THE ALTERNATOR WAS REPLACED IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE ALTERNATOR BLEW THE PCM, SO I HAD TO HAVE THE COMPUTER PCM REPLACED TOO. DEALER SAYS THERE MAY BE...

I BELIEVE THERE IS ACTUALLY 3 INCIDENTS THAT ARE ALL CONNECTED. FIRST WAS AUGUST 2014 CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON AND CAR WAS LOSING POWER. THE DEALER REPLACED THE BATTERY. I ASKED THEM TO CHECK ALTERNATOR BUT WAS TOLD IT WAS FINE. OCT 4, 2014 WE WHERE DRIVING AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON CAR WAS HAVING POWER LOSS AND ENGINE BEGAN TO SMOKE. TOOK TO THE DEALER AND THEY CLAIMED IT WAS A BAD WATERPUMP. THEY ALSO DID RECALL WORK ON THE BRAKING SYSTEM. TWO DAYS LATER THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON AGAIN AND THE BATTERY LIGHT WOULD COME ON AND OFF. MY WIFE AND DAUGHTER WERE DRIVING CAR DOWN THE ROAD AND CAR POWER SYSTEM JUST SHUT DOWN. THEY HAD NO CONTROL OVER ANYTHING AT ALL IN THE VEHICLE. TOWED TO DEALER AND THEY CLAIM IT WAS THE ALTERNATOR AND THE BATTER. I AM SORRY BUT...

WHEN THE KEY IS PUT INSIDE THE IGNITION, IT TAKES A COUPLE OF TRIES FOR THE ENGINE TO START (IF AT ALL) AFTER FAILING MULTIPLE TIMES. AFTER IT STARTS, SOMETIMES THE ENGINE SHUTS DOWN COMPLETELY WHEN I AM DRIVING AT 30+MPH AND WHEN I HIT A STOP SIGN/RED LIGHT! THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AND NEEDS TO BE FIXED! *JS

DEFECTIVE TIPM. I'M POSTING THESE COMMENTS SHORTLY AFTER RECEIVING A CALL FROM MY LOCAL DODGE SERVICE CENTER ADVISING ME OF THE CAUSE OF MY VEHICLE NOT STARTING. IF THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT HAS BEEN EXPERIENCED BY MANY CHRYSLER OWNERS (TIPM), THEN I FIND IT SHAMEFUL THAT CHRYSLER HAS NOT IMPLEMENTED A FIX. FORTUNATELY I HAVE AN EXTENDED WARRANTY TO COVER THE REPAIR, BUT I DISLIKE HAVING TO USE IT FOR A KNOWN PROBLEM. UPDATED 4/24/2015 *JS