2012 DODGE DURANGO Engine Problems

DASH LIGHTS STARTED FLASHING CAR SHUT OFF, CHARGED BATTERY, ALTERNATOR STARTED SMOKING, REPLACED ALTERNATOR, REPLACED BATTERY, BATTERY IS STILL DRAINING.

THE ALTERNATOR IN MY DURANGO FAILED SUDDENLY. WE LUCKILY HAD JUST ARRIVED AT MY DAUGHTER'S DAY CAR WHEN THE CAR SHUT OFF ON ITS OWN AND WE NOTICED SMOKE. WHEN WE GOT OUT TO CHECK UNDER THE HOOD, THE ALTERNATOR WAS SMOKING! I HAD TO HAVE THE DURANGO TOWED TO MY DEALERSHIP AS THERE WAS NO POWER TO THE DURANGO AT ALL. THE DEALERSHIP ATTEMPTED TO START THE VEHICLE, AND COULD NOT START THE CAR USING A JUMPER BOX, OR BY JUMPING IT WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE ALTERNATOR HAD COMPLETELY DRAINED THE BATTERY. WE WERE TOLD A FEW DAYS LATER THAT THEY WERE ATTEMPTING TO LOCATE AN ALTERNATOR AS IT WAS BACK ORDERED, AND IT COULD BE UP TO 6 WEEKS OR MORE BEFORE THEY COULD GET ONE. WHEN WE INQUIRED AS TO WHY, WE WERE TOLD THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE ALTERNATOR FOR MANY CHRYSLER AND DODGE VEHICLES...

RECENTLY THE STARTER HAS FAILED 2 DAYS AFTER THE RECALLS HAVE BEEN UPDATED AT THE DEALERSHIP RELATING TO THE ALTERNATOR AND THE FUEL PUMP RELAY. THE SUV ONLY HAS 24,271 MILES ON IT. THE VECHICLE WAS STATIONARY WHEN IT FAILED

MY ISSUES BEGAN LAST NOVEMBER WITH THE LIFT GATE. WHILE DRIVING THROUGH MY NEIGHBORHOOD, THE LIFT GATE DECIDED TO OPEN. ALARMED, I STOPPED QUICKLY AND CLOSED THE LIFT GATE. AFTER I ARRIVED HOME IT WOULD NOT OPEN AGAIN. THIS CONTINUED FOR A WEEK. THE LATCH, INTERIOR BUTTON, AND KEY FOB WOULD NOT OPEN IT. I SCHEDULED AN APPOINTMENT AND IT MAGICALLY STARTED WORKING FINE JUST 2 DAYS PRIOR TO THE APPOINMENT. THE SECOND ISSUE WE EXPERIENCED CAME SHORTLY AFTER. THE CAR WOULD SHUT DOWN AFTER USING THE REMOTE START AFTER A FEW SECONDS. I FOUND THAT THE ENGINE LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED AND RE-TIGHTENED THE GAS CAP. THE LIGHT DID NOT SHUT OFF, SO I DECIDED TO TAKE IT VERY EASY AND MONITOR THE VEHICLE FOR THE REST OF THE DAY. THE LIGHT EVENTUALLY TURNED OFF. A WEEK LATER AND IT IS BACK ON AGAIN. NOT SURE WHAT IS GOING ON...

ALTERNATOR FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED ALONG WITH BATTERY. PLEASE SEE RECALL P60 (NHTSA ACTION # PE14022) FOR SIMILAR RECALL FOR THIS VEHICLE. MINE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THIS RECALL BUT, RECALL MIGHT NEED TO BE EXPANDED FOR MY VIN. CAR WITHOUT WARNING WOULD NOT START. COMPLETELY DEAD EVEN ELECTRICAL. HAD TO BE TOWED TO DEALER. CAR HAS LESS THAN 30,000 MILES, LESS THAN 4 YEARS OLD AND WELL MAINTAINED.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 DODGE DURANGO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER AS THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE FAILURE RECURRED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000.

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY THE CAR'S ENGINE SHUT DOWN. I PLACED THE CAR IN NEUTRAL AND RESTARTED THE ENGINE WITH NO DIFFICULTY. DAYS LATER THE CAR WAS PARKED AND WOULD NOT START. THE ENGINE TURNED NORMALLY BUT IT SEEMS LIKE THE FUEL IS NOT REACHING THE ENGINE. IT ALMOST SEEMS LIKE A FLOODED ENGINE. I RESEARCHED IT ONLINE AND IT SEEMS TO BE AN KNOWN ISSUE WITH THIS CAR. THE TIPM (TOTALLY INTERGRATED POWER MODULE) SEEMS TO BE THE ISSUE.

OUR DODGE DURANGO 2012 WAS PURCHASED IN JANUARY 2015 FROM RICK KEEFER DODGE CHRYSLER JEEP RAM IN YULEE, FLORIDA. TWO WEEKS LATER THE ENGINE LIGHT LIGHTS UP AND THE ENGINE IS SPUTTERING. RETURNED THE CAR TO DEALER WHOM REPAIRED VEHICLE AND SAID IT WAS THE OXYGEN SENSOR AND REPLACED. AGAIN THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE ENGINE RAN ROUGH. RETURNED THE CAR TO DEALER WHOM REPAIRED AND SAID THEY REPLACED THE CONVERTER. SOON AGAIN THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. FOUND FUEL CAP 'POPPED OFF' A FEW TIMES, ENGINE LIGHT GOES OUT THEN ON AGAIN. RETURNED TO DEALER WHOM REPLACED FUEL CAP. THERE WAS ALSO AN OIL LEAK FIXED. AGAIN THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND OFF AND THE ENGINE WOULD RUN ROUGH. SMOKE WOULD POUR OUT THE TAILPIPE, ENGINE SPUTTERING, DROVE BACK FROM MOUNTAINS. RETURNED CAR TO DEALER. THEY REPLACED POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE AND OXYGEN SENSOR (AGAIN). AND AGAIN,...

I HAVE HAD MANY INSTANCES WHEN THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. IT CRANKS OVER FINE BUT WILL NOT FIRE. I HAVE TO SHUT THE IGNITION OFF, AND THEN IT STARTS FINE WHEN I RETRY IT. I RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE ( R09 / NHTSA 14V-115 ) BUT THE DEALER TELLS ME THAT THE REPAIR PARTS ARE NOT YET AVAILABLE. I AM WORRIED THAT I MAY EXPERIENCE A PROBLEM WHILE I AM ON THE HIGHWAY.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 DODGE DURANGO. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE ENGINE STALLED BUT THE VEHICLE WAS STILL COASTING. THE CONTACT MANEUVERED TO THE EMERGENCY LANE AND SHUT THE VEHICLE OFF. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE AFTER MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, BUT THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. THE CONTACT PREVIOUSLY RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V115000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM); HOWEVER, THE PART TO REPAIR THE DEFECTIVE COMPONENT WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 53,000.

PULLING OUT OF OUR DRIVEWAY ACCELERATED THE CAR DIED.PUSHED IT BACK INTO THE DRIVEWAY WHERE IT NOW SITS .CANNOT LET MY WIFE DRIVE A CAR THAT I GOT FOR HER AS A PRESENT. IT DOES START BUT I FOUND OUT THAT THE FUEL RELAY ON THIS CAR IS SUBJECT TO FAILURE. CHRYSLER JEEP DODGE HAS TO REPLACE THE WHOLE TIPM (FUSE BOX ) BECAUSE ALL THE RELAYS ARE MADE BY THE SAME COMPANY, OMRON. THEY PROPOSED A PATCH FOR THIS FIX NOT ACCEPTABLE .THE TIPM HAS TO BE SEALED FROM MOISTURE AND DIELECTRIC GREASE APPLIED AND RELIABLE RELAYS NOT BY OMRON HTTP://WWW.WSBTV.COM/NEWS/NEWS/LOCAL/CHANNEL-2-INVESTIGATES-POSSESSED-CARS-AND-THEIR-DA/NKCQ3/ .HTTP://VERTICALVISIONS.COM/TIPM_SOLUTIONS.PHP

FOR THE PAST WEEK OUR VEHICLE HAS BEEN HAVING TROUBLE TURNING ON SOME TIMES THE ENGINE IS GOING BUT THE VEHICLE IS NOT ON. TODAY MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING DOWN THE FREEWAY GOING 65-70 MPH WHEN THE ENGINE TURNED COMPLETELY OFF WITH NO WARNING HE WAS ON THE FAST LANE SO HE HAD TO SAFELY GO TO THE RIGHT LANE TO A SAFE PLACE BEFORE THE VEHICLE LOST ANYMORE SPEED AND CAUSE AN MAJOR ACCIDENT. HE TRIED TURNING IT ON AND DID WITH TROUBLE AND WAS ABLE TO MOVE IT OUT OF THE FREEWAY. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY ARE STATING IT WILL TAKE 1- 12 MONTHS TO GET THE PART FOR THE RECALL FOR A PERMANENT FIX OR WE WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR A TEMP. FIX. WHAT CAN WE DO?

OCTOBER 15, 2014 I WAS DRIVING MY 2012 DODGE DURANGO CREW TO WORK. WHILE DRIVING MY ENGINE COMPLETELY FAILED WITHOUT WARNING, CAUSING ME TO DRIFT INTO A CONCRETE RETAINING WALL. MY CAR IMMEDIATELY WENT TO THE BODY SHOP AND WAS INSPECTED BY MY GEICO INSURANCE. THE DAMAGE TOTALED $5500, $500 OF WHICH WAS MY DEDUCTIBLE. UNFORTUNATELY, A PART NEEDED TO REPAIR THE BODY WAS UNAVAILABLE, SO I WAS TOLD I WOULD NEED TO DRIVE THE CAR FOR AN ESTIMATED 3 MONTHS UNTIL THE PART WAS AVAILABLE FROM DODGE. I WAS CLEARLY UNCOMFORTABLE DRIVING THE CAR BECAUSE I KNEW IT MALFUNCTIONED. I TOOK THE CAR DIRECTLY FROM THE BODY SHOP TO MY LOCAL DODGE DEALERSHIP. PLEASE NOTE ***GEICO INSURANCE DEEMED THE CAR "SAFE TO DRIVE" AND REFUSED TO GIVE ME A RENTAL. I TOOK THE DURANGO TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY KEPT IT FOR 24 HOURS AND DISMISSED ME TELLING ME...

FIRST INCIDENT: I DROVE ABOUT 80 MILES OUT OF TOWN. ONCE I MADE IT TO MY DESTINATION I RETURNED TO MY TRUCK TO FIND OUT THAT THE DOORS WOULDN'T UNLOCK. I WAS ABLE TO TAKE THE KEY OUT OF THE REMOTE TO OPEN THE DOOR. MY TRUCK WOULDN'T START. IT WAS TOWED TO THE NEAREST DODGE DEALER. I FOUND OUT THAT THE ALTERNATOR HAD A RECALL AND I WAS EXPERIENCING A KNOWN PROBLEM. I HAD TO PURCHASE A NEW BATTERY AND THEY REPLACED THE ALTERNATOR. I DROVE 5 MINUTES AWAY FROM THE DEALERSHIP AND MY TRUCK STARTED TO SHUT DOWN ON THE HIGHWAY. THE SENSOR LIGHTS STARTED COMING ON FOR THE BATTERY, BREAKS, ETC. AND THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS CAME ON. AFTER ABOUT A MINUTE LATER MY TRUCK COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN. IT IS BACK AT THE DEALERSHIP AND I'M WAITING FOR SOLUTION. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 DODGE DURANGO. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V634000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM); HOWEVER, THE RECALL REMEDY WAS NOT EFFECTIVE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING INTO A PARKING SPACE, THE ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND AN ABNORMAL NOISE EMITTED FROM THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE ALTERNATOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 31,800.

MY 2012 DODGE DURANGO AT APPROXIMATE 45000 MILES BEGAN TO HAVE PROBLEMS STARTING. IT WILL TURN OVER AND STALL MULTIPLE TIMES BEFORE STARTING. IT WILL ALSO TURN THE STARTER CONTINUALLY WITH OUT STARTING AT ALL. ALSO IT HAS HAD ONE INCIDENT TO DATE OF STALLING WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY. I WAS TRAVELING AT 65 MILES PER HOUR ON TURNPIKE WHEN THE CAR STALLED FOR NO KNOWN REASON AND I LOST USE OF THE GAS PEDAL. AFTER PULLING TO THE SIDE OF HIGHWAY I HAD TO TURN KEY OFF AND RESTART TO CONTINUE. *TR

I BOUGHT MY 2012 DODGE DURANGO 3 WEEKS AND IT IS NOT STARTING PROPERLY. I USED THE KEYLESS REMOTE ENTRY AND STARTER BUT THE CAR WILL NOT START OR SOUNDS LIKE THE STARTER IS STUCK. I HAVE TO TURN OFF THE CAR AND TRY AGAIN. IT WILL NORMALLY TAKE 4-5 TRIES JUST TO GET THE CAR STARTED AND IT DEPENDS IF IT WILL CONTINUE TO RUN. I AM NOT HAPPY WITH THIS AND NOTICED MULTIPLE PEOPLE HAVE THE SAME PROBLEMS. *TR

WHEN TRYING TO START THE VEHICLE USING THE PUSHBUTTON, THE VEHICLE WILL START TRYING TO TURN OVER BUT NEVER START. ON SOME OCCASIONS WHEN VEHICLE IS TRYING TO TURN OVER, THE VEHICLE WILL START SHAKING VIOLENTLY LIKE THE ENGINE IS ABOUT TO COME OFF. I HAVE CAUGHT THE WHOLE SCENARIO ON VIDEO. IT WAS EVERY NOW AND THEN IN THE BEGINNING, BUT HAPPENING MORE AND MORE AS IT GOES ON. HOPEFULLY THERE WILL BE A RECALL TO FIX THIS PROBLEM SOON. *TR

THE CAR HESITATES TO TURN ON AND THE BATTERY HAS BEEN CHANGED, THE FUEL PUMP REMAINS RUNNING WHEN THE CAR IS TURNED OFF. *TR

IN MY 2012 DODGE DURANGO IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE TOTAL INTEGRATED POWER MODULE WHICH IS AFFECTING THE WAY THE ENGINE STARTS AND GETS FUEL TO THE FUEL PUMP. THE REPAIR COST IS $1213.71. IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF DOCUMENTED CASES REGARDING THIS ISSUE IN THE CHRYSLER LINE AND NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. IT IS UNFORTUNATE THAT CHRYSLER IS AWAITING A TRAGEDY TO TAKE PLACE BEFORE THEY DO WHAT IS RIGHT FOR THE CUSTOMER AND FIX THE PROBLEM THAT HAS BEEN REPORTED. I UNDERSTAND THAT A CLASS-ACTION LAWSUIT HAS BEEN FILED TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE. I JUST WANT TO GO ON RECORD IN THE EVENT THAT SOMETHING DETRIMENTAL HAPPENS TO ME OR MY FAMILY BECAUSE OF THIS RECOGNIZED AND PUBLICLY DOCUMENTED PART FAILURE. *TR

I HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING ISSUES WITH VEHICLE NOT STARTING WITH BOTH THE INSIDE PUSH BUTTON, AND THE REMOTE START. IT HAS LOST POWER WHILE DRIVING TWICE, HOWEVER I WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. YESTERDAY HOWEVER, IT LOST POWER, I STILL HAD CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE WHILE IT WAS SHUTTING DOWN, THEN IT "POWERED" BACK UP, DURING WHICH THERE WAS ABOUT THREE SECONDS IN WHICH I HAD NO CONTROL OVER THE VEHICLE. I SIMPLY LOST ALL CONTROL.I BELIEVE THAT THE VEHICLE MAY BE EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS RELATED TO THE FUEL PUMP RELAY, POSSIBLY THE TPIM, ALTERNATOR, OR A COMBINATION OF ALL THREE. I AM TAKING VEHICLE IN MONDAY TO HAVE TWO RECALLS DONE FOR BRAKE BOOSTER, AND VANITY LIGHT WIRING ISSUE. AT THAT TIME THEY ARE GOING TO DO A DIAGNOSTIC ON IT TO SEE WHAT THE ISSUE IS. *TR

I WENT OUTSIDE TO START MY CAR AND IT WOULD NOT START IT WOULD JUST KEEP TURNING OVER BUT NEVER CRANK EVENTUALLY STOPPING. I THEN WOULD ATTEMPT TO START IT AGAIN AND THE CAR WOULD TRY TO TURN OVER THEN CRANK SHAKE VERY BADLY THEN SHUT OFF. ON THE THIRD ATTEMPT IT WOULD FINALLY START AND STAY RUNNING. WHILE RUNNING OR IDLING ENGINE WOULD RUN ROUGH VIBRATING/SHAKING. THIS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES THROUGHOUT 2' WEEKS. I COULD REMOTE START IT WITHOUT ANY PROBLEM BUT WHEN IT CAME TO PUSH TO START IT ALWAYS HAD A PROBLEM. I CALLED TO SET UP A SERVICE APPOINTMENT AND IT WAS TWO WEEKS LATER WHEN I FINALLY HAD AN APPOINTMENT. WHEN IT WAS FINALLY TIME FOR THE APPOINTMENT THE CAR HAD NOT DID THIS IN 3-4 DAYS. HASN'T DONE IT SINCE. SERVICE DEPARTMENT COULD NOT DETERMINE WHAT IT WAS. NOTHING WAS DONE. 4 DAYS AFTER...

INITIALLY IN EARLY JULY, 2014 MY 2012 DODGE DURANGO DEVELOPED A COMPUTER FAILURE CAUSING THE BATTERY TO EVENTUALLY DRAIN, LOSS OF ENGINE POWER AND ABILITY TO MAINTAIN OR ACCELERATE. REPAIR WAS MADE AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE LOCAL DODGE DEALER, MANFREDI DODGE, STATEN ISLAND N.Y , AND SUBSEQUENTLY THE BATTERY REPAIRED AND THE COMPUTER REPLACED. SHORTLY AFTER THE REPAIR WAS COMPLETED THE PASSENGER AIRBAG FAILURE LIGHT WOULD INTERMITTENTLY ILLUMINATE AND THE VEHICLE OCCASIONALLY WOULD NOT START. ANOTHER TRIP TO THE DEALER AND THE PASSENGER SEAT AIRBAG SENSOR WAS REPORTED FAULTY AND THE VEHICLE TIPM SENSOR NEEDED REPLACEMENT OR REPAIR. CONFERRAL WITH THE DEALER SUGGESTED THAT THE TIPM SENSOR BE REPLACED RATHER THAN REPAIRED TO ASSURE LONGEVITY OF THE REPAIR AND OVERALL SATISFACTION. VEHICLE IS A LEMON! *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 DODGE DURANGO. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 75 MPH, THE ENGINE STALLED AND WAS UNABLE TO RESTART. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE TOTAL INTEGRATED CONTROL MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 51,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 DODGE DURANGO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHO WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 65,000.

I WAS DRIVING APPROX. 45 PER HOUR, WHEN THE VEHICLE SEEMED TO JUST SHUT OFF IN STAGES, I WAS ABLE TO PULL INTO A PARKING LOT HOWEVER IT DID NOT WANT TO START FOR A FEW MINUTES. WHEN I HIT THE PUSH BUTTON, IT WOULD NOT START.ALSO IT HAS SINCE BEEN TURNING OVER, BUT NOT STARTING. THIS HAS BEEN AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM, AND HAS DONE THIS UNDER ALL CONDITIONS INCLUDING WHEN IT HAS BEEN SITTING, AND AFTER IT HAS BEEN DRIVEN. *TR

CAR WAS HAVING TROUBLE STARTING FOR A FEW WEEKS. THEN ONCE STARTED, WAS SPUTTERING, THEN CAR COMPLETELY STOPPED WORKING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. TOOK TO DEALER AND WERE TOLD WE HAD A FAULTY TIPM. *TR

TWICE IN EARLY FEBRUARY, 2014, THE ENGINE (V-6) STOPPED RUNNING AND THE CEL POPPED UP. THE FIRST TIME I WAS CRUISING AT 50 MPH AND THE CEL CAME ON AND THE RPM WENT TO ZERO, BUT AS I COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD THE ENGINE RESTARTED BY ITSELF AT ABOUT 40 MPH, SO IT WAS OFF FOR LESS THAN 10-15 SECONDS. THE SECOND TIME, I WAS BACKING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE. AFTER MOVING ABOUT 6 FEET THE ENGINE DIED AND THE TACH WENT TO ZERO AND THE CEL CAME ON. I TURNED EVERYTHING OFF AND RESTARTED THE ENGINE AND CONTINUED WITH MY ERRANDS. IN BOTH INSTANCES THE ENGINE WAS AT OPERATING TEMPERATURE AND THE FUEL TANK HAD AT LEAST 10 GALLONS. THE DEALER CHECKED THE CAR BUT FOUND NO CODES TO IDENTIFY THIS PROBLEM. *TR

ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS MY 2012 DODGE DURANGO WOULD ACTED LIKE IT WAS HAVING A HARD TIME TURNING OVER WHEN I WOULD START IT. ONE TIME ALL OF MY AUXILIARY LIGHTS LIT UP AND THEN THE ENTIRE SUV CUT OFF. AFTER I HAD MY OIL CHANGED 09/08/14 MY 2012 DODGE DURANGO STARTED HAVING EVEN MORE ISSUES WITH STARTING UP . IT WOULD TAKE ME ANYWHERE FROM 3-10 TIMES TO GET IT STARTED. I HEARD A SIZZLING SOUND UNDER THE SUV AFTER I HAD PARKED IT AND GOT HOME. THE NEXT MORNING THE ENTIRE SUV WAS DEAD. MY NEIGHBOR WAS ABLE TO JUMP START IT, SO I WENT AND PURCHASED A BRAND NEW BATTERY. IT STILL HAD ISSUES STARTING, BUT AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS IT WOULD FINALLY TURN OVER. IT EVEN COMPLETELY CUT OFF ON ME WHILE I WAS SITTING AT A STOP LIGHT. LAST NIGHT I HEARD THE SAME SIZZLING SOUND SOMEWHERE...

2012 DODGE DURANGO CREW WITH A V6. ENGINE DIED WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY. I LOST POWER STEERING AND POWER BRAKES, BUT MANAGED TO GET OUT OF TRAFFIC AND LET IT COAST TO THE SHOULDER. THE ENGINE WOULD CRANK, BUT IMMEDIATELY DIE. AFTER A FEW ATTEMPTS, THE ENGINE BEGAN RUNNING SMOOTHLY. SINCE THEN, IT WILL OCCASIONALLY NOT START (THE STARTER TURNS OVER, BUT THE ENGINE WILL NOT RUN). NO CODES ARE DISPLAYING WHEN HOOKED TO A COMPUTER. A MECHANIC TOLD ME IT WAS THE TIPM AND I WOULD HAVE TO TAKE IT TO A DEALER. AFTER LOOKING ONLINE, I FOUND MANY OTHER COMPLAINTS FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. ENGINE SEEMS TO HAVE A BETTER START RECORD IF I TURN THE KEY ON AND WAIT 2 SECONDS BEFORE STARTING VS IMMEDIATELY TRYING TO CRANK THE CAR AS SOON AS I INSERT THE KEY. REMOTE START RARELY WORKS NOW. MY MAIN CONCERN IS...

THE TOTALLY INTEGRATED MODULAR ENGINE (TIME) HAS HAD MANY PROBLEMS SINCE THE PURCHASE OF THE 2012 DODGE DURANGO. THE SUV HAS STOPPED DEAD WHILE IN DRIVE ON INTERSTATE 95. THE PANEL LIGHTS HAS ALL COME ON ALL AT ONCE WHILE DRIVING. THE ENGINE HAS STALLED AND WOULD NOT RESTART SEVERAL TIMES LATE AT NIGHT. THE EXTERIOR LIGHTS HAS GONE OFF COMPLETELY AT NIGHT WITHOUT PANEL LIGHT NOTIFICATION. THE FOG LIGHTS WILL NOT WORK AT ALL TIMES. THE RADIO AT TIMES WILL NOT PAY. THE PUSH START BUTTON WILL NOT ALWAYS START THE VEHICLE. THE ENGINE PERMITS A FOUL ORDER AT TIMES. THE ENGINE HAS GONE FROM AUTOMATIC TO MANUAL DRIVE WITHOUT PLACEMENT IN MANUAL. THE BRAKE PEDAL WILL NOT COME BACK AFTER BEING PUSHED TO THE FLOOR. THE MOTHER BOARD HAS HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE ENTIRE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM HAS SHUT DOWN - VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE...

PUSH START BUTTON, CAR GURGLES, SPITS AND SPUTTERS. TOLD TO TRY TO DRIVE VEHICLE BECAUSE THEY NEED A CODE. PUT CAR INTO GEAR INSTANTLY DIED. NOW AT DEALERSHIP, COULD NOT REPLICATE THE PROBLEM ONE MONTH AGO, HAS HAD IT FOR TWO DAYS BEFORE IT DIED ON THEM. ORDERING A NEW TIPM AFTER WE FOUND ONLINE THE SAME ISSUE WITH MULTIPLE CHRYSLER/DODGE VEHICLES! *TR

ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS UPON PULLING OUT IN TO TRAFFIC THE VEHICLE EITHER STOPPED ACCELERATING OR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE AT ALL. THIS HAS ALSO HAPPENED ON A FEW OCCASIONS ATTEMPTING TO PASS ANOTHER VEHICLE. UPON PULLING OUT TO PASS THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. THIS IS A VERY UNSAFE PROBLEM THAT HAS CAUSED MY FAMILY TO NEARLY GET T-BONED AFTER PULLING OUT INTO TRAFFIC. OTHER OWNERS SEEM TO HAVE SIMILAR SYMPTOMS WHICH EVENTUALLY GET TRACED BACK TO A FAULTY CYLINDER HEAD. REGARDLESS OF HOW MANY TIMES THE VEHICLES IS SENT IN FOR SERVICE NOTHING IS DONE ABOUT IT UNTIL THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT SHOWS A TROUBLE CODE. CHRYSLER HAS BEEN AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM SINCE THE MIDDLE OF 2012 BUT HAS REFUSED TO ISSUE A RECALL. *TR

I HAVE A 2012 DODGE DURANGE RT. WHEN PARKED AT A GAS STATION, TRIED TO TURN ENGINE ON WITH PUSH START SWITCH AND ENGINE DOES NOT START. WHEN PUSHING START SWITCH AGAIN IT MAKES THE SOUND LIKE THE ENGINE IS TRYING TO TURN OVER BUT DOES NOTHING. IN ORDER TO GET THE ENGINE TO STOP FROM MAKING THE TURN OVER NOISE I HAVE TO MOVE FROM PARK TO IN GEAR. THEN I RECEIVE THE "IGNITION OR ACCESSORY ON" MESSAGE. IN ORDER TO GET THE MESSAGE CLEAR I HAVE TO TURN OFF VEHICLE WITHOUT PRESSING THE BRAKE. THIS PUTS THE ENGINE INTO THE OFF MODE AND I HAVE TO START THE PROCESS TO GET THE CAR TO START ALL OVER AGAIN. THIS HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE OCCASIONS AND I HAVE VIDEO TO SHOW THE DEFECT. I HAVE DONE RESEARCH AND READ THIS ISSUE WITH MANY PEOPLE SAYING IT IS THE TIPM DEFECT....

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 DODGE DURANGO. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 DODGE DURANGO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED FOLLOWING THE ILLUMINATION OF THE NO KEY WARNING MESSAGE. THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED AND PROCEEDED NORMALLY. THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT THE FAILURE RECURRED ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHO WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 DODGE DURANGO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING WHILE AT A STOP LIGHT AND WHILE MAKING A TURN. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE CENTRAL COMPUTER WAS REPLACED DUE TO THE ENGINE FAILING TO START; HOWEVER, THE REPAIR CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO STALL. THE DEALER PERFORMED A DIAGNOSTIC TEST THAT WAS UNABLE TO LOCATE A FAILURE CODE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 36,848. UPDATED 03/31/14*LJ THE DEALER REPLACED THE CENTER COMPUTER AND SO FAR, THE STALLING HAS NOT RETURNED. UPDATED 04/01/14

I HAVE HAD MY VEHICLE FOR A LITTLE LESS THAN TWO YEARS. AND MY RADIATOR HAS HAD A HOLE IN IT. AND I HAVE SEVERAL MAJOR MECHANICAL ISSUES THAT ARE NOT A PART OF REGULAR SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE. *TR

THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED USED WITH APPROXIMATELY 19,000 MILES. CURRENT MILEAGE IS 37,705. DURING ABOUT 1/3 OF ALL ENGINE STARTS, HOT AND COLD, THE ENGINE WILL RUN BRIEFLY (LESS THAN 5 SECONDS) AND THEN STALL. THE ENGINE WILL USUALLY START AND RUN ON THE SECOND TRY BUT SOMETIMES WILL NOT START UNTIL THE THIRD TRY. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED AT APPROXIMATELY 30,000 MILES BY THE LOCAL CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP IN CATHEDRAL CITY, CA, WHICH REPORTED THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT 2012 DODGE DURANGO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS WHERE IT WAS STATED THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 38,000.

SITTING IDLE ON A DRIVEWAY VEHICLE BEGAN TO SMOKE AND SMELL. PUNCHED GAS THREE TIMES AND EACH TIME HUGE WHITE BLUE CLOUD OF SMOKE PUSHED OUT. SMELL OF BURNING METAL CAME WITH CLOUD OF SMOKE. TOOK TO DEALERSHIP WHERE THEY AT FIRST COULD NOT RECREATE THE PROBLEM. AFTER PLACING THE VEHICLE ON AN INCLINE AND STARTING IT UP THEY TOO GOT THE SMOKE, AND NOT JUST FROM MINE BUT FROM ANOTHER ON THE LOT. THEY TELL ME THAT IT IS THE OIL PAN DESIGN IS FAULTY AND THAT MY VEHICLE WILL SMOKE WHEN ON AN INCLINE, DRIVEWAY, HILL, STUCK IN TRAFFIC AT A SLOPE. THE EMISSIONS ARE HORRENDOUS AND I AM SHOCKED THAT A 57 HEMI ENGINE WOULD DO THIS. SHOCKED MORE THAT CHRYSLER KNOWS OF THE PROBLEM AND HAS NOT YET FIXED IT. *JS