2013 DODGE DURANGO Engine Problems

"TAKATA RECALL"SOMETIMES AFTER THE CAR HAS BEEN DRIVEN LONG OR SHORT DRIVES AND TURNED OFF FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, WHEN I GO TO START THE ENGINE THE STARTER WILL GRIND/ENGINE TURNS OVER BUT WILL NOT START THIS ISSUE WAS SUPPOSE TO BE TAKEN CARE OF IN THE SUMMER OF 2015. DEALER HAD OUR CAR FOR OVER TWO MONTHS WAITING ON PARTS BUT THE ISSUE IS STARTING TO OCCUR AGAIN!(ELECTRICAL) ALSO I FIND AT DIFFERENT TIMES THE INTERIOR LIGHTS/GAUGE LIGHTS/INDICATOR LIGHTS THAT ARE ON AND STAY ON FOR A FEW MILES LIKE THERE IS A SHORT IN THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. NOTE: I HAVE NEVER HAD A RECALL ON THE ELECTRICAL PROBLEM.

TWO WEEKS AFTER PURCHASING THE VEHICLE, I NOTICED THE TRUCK WAS LEAKING FLUID. I RETURNED TO THE DEALER ON 2 OCCASIONS. THE RADIATOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 DODGE DURANGO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT A LOW SPEED, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE INDEPENDENTLY REPLACING THE AIR CLEANER, THE CONTACT NOTICED OIL IN THE AIR CLEANER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE PCV CRANK CASE VENTILATION VALVE AND THE FUEL PUMP RELAY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED HOWEVER, THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 22,200. UPDATED 02/18/16*LJ

HEMET CHRYSLER DODGE, 240 CARRIAGE CIRCLE, HEMET, CA.92545, MADE MY APPOINTMENT TO HAVE THE FUEL PUMP RELAY REPLACED AS THEY SAID THEY HAD THE PART, AND THEN I GO THERE AND WAIT 2 HOURS. THEY COME OUT AND SAID THEY DID NOT HAVE THE PART AND DO NOT KNOW WHEN THEY WILL HAVE IT. THIS IS UNHEARD OF. I AM GOING ON A TRIP IN OCT IN THIS VEHICLE. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHEN SOMETHING IS SO UNSAFE HOW IS IT THE DEALERS DO NOT SEEM TO CARE? WHAT ARE WE SUPPOSE TO DO? I WAS TOLD TO KEEP CALLING.

THE CAR STALLS WHEN ON REVERSE OR WHEN TRYING TO START UP. I'VE TRIED DIFFERENT ENGINE TEMPERATURES. WHEN HOT OR COLD AND IT CONTINUES TO GIVE ME THE SAFE ISSUE. I'VE TAKEN VEHICLE TO THREE DIFFERENT MECHANICS AND ALL SAY VEHICLE IS FINE, YET NO ONE CAN EXPLAIN WHY VEHICLE DOES NOT START UP. *TR

ALTERNATOR DIODES IN MY VEHICLE MAY EXPERIENCE A RAPID FAILURE VARIABILITY IN THE FAILURE MODE RANGES FROM NO OUTPUT, REDUCED OUTPUT, AND /OR FULLY SHORTED TO GROUND CONDITION DEPENDING ON THE ALTERNATOR FAILURE MODE AND TIMING, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM VOLTAGE MAY DROP TO CRITICAL LEVELS, DISABLING SYSTEMS SUCH AS ABS SYSTEM, ESC SYSTEM, ECM SYSTEM AND/OR THE CENTRAL BODY CONTROLLER. *TR

THERE HAVE BEEN 6 RECALLS ON MY CAR. I HAVE HAD MY NAME ON THE WAITING LIST AT MY DEALER, ONLY TO BE TOLD IT COULD BE ABOUT A YEAR. I KEEP GETTING RECALL LETTERS AS I'M WAITING FOR ONE THING AND NO PARTS AVAILABLE FOR ANOTHER. I ALWAYS HAVE CHILDREN IN MY CAR AND FEEL EXTREMELY UNSAFE TO DRIVE EVERYDAY. THE WEATHER IS GETTING DANGEROUS AND ONE OF THE RECALLS IS ON MY BRAKES. I WAS TOLD, "DON'T WORRY, IT SHOULD BE OK UNTIL THE WINTER." WELL, THE WINTER IS HERE AND I STILL HAVE ABOUT 6 MONTHS LEFT ON THE WAITING LIST. HOW IS ONE SUPPOSED TO DRIVE AND FEEL SAFE, KNOWING MY CAR CAN "STALL WITHOUT WARNING", HAVE AN "UNDER HOOD FIRE" OR HAVE MY "BRAKES FAIL" AT ANY MOMENT WHILE IN DRIVING? WHAT'S EVEN WORSE IS, THERE'S NOWHERE TO TURN BECAUSE EVERYWHERE I CALL "SORRY MAAM,...

ONE MONTH AFTER PURCHASING VEHICLE, COUNTLESS PROBLEMS WITH BRAND NEW VEHICLE, BUT THE BIGGEST PROBLEM IS THE STUTTERING, OR "FISHBITE", PROBLEM WITH THE MDS SENSOR THAT OPERATES THE ACTIVE FUEL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. THIS SUPPOSED CHARACTERISTIC, AS CHRYSLER CALLS IT, CAUSES THE VEHICLE TO BUCK AND JERK LIKE THE ENGINE IS GOING TO CUT OUT, BETWEEN 40-80 MPH ON LEVEL GROUND AND ON HILLS. BROUGHT THE VEHICLE INTO THE DEALERSHIP FOR THIS CONTINUOUS PROBLEM, STAR CASE OPENED, TECHS FROM CHRYSLER CONSULTED AND BEING TOLD THAT ITS REQUIRED TO FUEL WITH 89 OCTANE, WHICH IS NOT STATED ON THE SALES STICKER OR THE OWNERS MANUAL, WHICH ONLY STATES RECOMMENDS 89 OCTANE, NOT REQUIRED. TOLD TO DISABLE THE ECO SYSTEM TO ONLY RUN ON 8 CYLINDERS, WHICH IS NOT WHY I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE. I PURCHASED IT FOR POWER, AS WELL AS FUEL ECONOMY ON THE HIGHWAY. SO THIS LAST TIME I TOOK...

TRANSMISSION HESITATES OR "STUTTERS" WHEN GOING FROM PARK TO DRIVE AND FREEZES GOING FROM 2ND TO 3RD GEAR. WAS TOLD THERE WAS A "FLASH UPDATE" AVAILABLE AND COMPLETED. HAVE TAKEN DURANGO BACK TO SAME DEALERSHIP FOR THE SAME ISSUE 11/23/13, 06/10/14, AND HAD AN APPOINTMENT ON FRIDAY, 07/12/14 BUT WAS TOLD BY THE DEALERSHIP THEY WOULD HAVE TO TAKE MY INFORMATION/APPOINTMENT DOWN ON PAPER THEN CALL TO RESCHEDULE MY APPOINTMENT. IT IS NOW 08/05/14, AND I HAVE NOT RECEIVED ONE RETURN PHONE CALL. THE ENGINE WILL SURGE TO A HIGH RPM WHILE I AM COASTING AT A SET SPEED (USUALLY BETWEEN 20-45 MPH). ON THE VISIT DATE OF 06/10/14, SERVICE REPAIR SHOWS TWO FLASH UPDATES (SOFTWARE 1 & SOFTWARE 2) WERE COMPLETED. THERE IS NO COMMUNICATION FROM DODGE CONCERNING THE "FLASH UPDATES" THAT THE DEALERSHIP SAYS ARE NECESSARY TO THE VEHICLE RUNNING PROPERLY. *TR

UPON PULLING OUT OF MY NEIGHBORHOOD FROM A FULL STOP, THE SUV WAS SLOW TO ACCELERATE. IT SEEMED "SLUGGISH", AS IF IT WAS NOT SWITCHING TO THE PROPER GEAR AND HAD TROUBLE SPEEDING UP. CAUSED AN ONCOMING CAR TO HAVE TO HIT THE BRAKES TO KEEP FROM HITTING ME, WHEN I SHOULD HAVE HAD PLENTY OF TIME TO PULL OUT, UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS. THIS HAS HAPPENED NUMEROUS TIMES. IT ALSO HAPPENS WHILE I'M DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND TRY TO SPEED UP. THIS IS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO FERMAN DODGE TWICE NOW, AND THEY TELL ME THAT THEY "HOOKED IT UP TO THE COMPUTER AND COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG WITH IT", AND WHEN THEY TEST-DROVE IT, THEY COULD NOT REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM. AFTER RESEARCHING THIS ONLINE, I HAVE COME ACROSS OTHERS WHO HAVE ALSO EXPERIENCED THIS ISSUE. I BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE NEW IN NOVEMBER 2013, AND...

WHEN DRIVING THE CAR AUTOMATICALLY STALLS WHILE IN DRIVE SO I HAVE TO PUT IT INTO NEUTRAL THEN BACK INTO DRIVE AND THEN IT DRIVES AGAIN. THIS HAS HAPPENED ABOUT 4 TIMES I HAVE TAKEN THE CAR BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SEEM TO THINK AND TELL ME THEY FOUND NOTHING WRONG. THEY SAY NO WARNING LIGHTS WERE ON. I EXPLAINED TO THEM THAT NO WARNING LIGHTS APPEARED WHEN THIS HAPPENS. *TR

ON APRIL 2013 WE PURCHASED A BRAND NEW 2013 DODGE DURANGO RS. TWO MONTHS LATER, IN JUNE, WE TOOK A TRIP, THE CAR OVERHEATED ON THE HIGHWAY. WITHIN A FEW MINUTES THE CAR SHUT DOWN- WE GOT IT TOWED TO THE CLOSEST SERVICE STATION. DODGE DETERMINED THE CAUSE OF OVERHEATING WAS DUE TO A BROKEN HEATER HOSE. ON MARCH 2014 WE TOOK ANOTHER TRIP, TWO HOURS INTO OUR TRIP IT OVERHEATED AGAIN, WE LET IT COOL DOWN AND DROVE IT TO THE NEAREST SERVICE STATION. THE CAR WAS SERVICED FOR TWO DAYS, DODGE DETERMINED THE CAUSE OF OVERHEATING WAS DUE TO THERMOSTAT AND SENSOR MALFUNCTION. A WEEK LATER- MARCH 22, WE TOOK IT BACK FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. DODGE DETERMINED THE CAUSE OF OVERHEATING WAS DUE TO AIR PRESSURE IN THE ENGINE. FOUR WEEKS LATER, APRIL 21, WE TOOK IT YET AGAIN FOR THE SAME PROBLEM, WHICH BRINGS ME TO...

ON THE 2013 DODGE DURANGO THAT I CURRENTLY OWN WHICH I PURCHASED BRAND NEW IN JUNE 2013, THE NAVIGATION AND CAMERA SYSTEM GOES COMPLETELY BLANK WHILE DRIVING OR BACKING UP. THE VEHICLE STARTED ACCELERATING WHILE IN DRIVE GEAR, AS WELL AS THE TRANSMISSION FAILS TO WORK PROPERLY AND SKIPS SECOND GEAR, THE VEHICLE ALSO IDLES HIGH AND LOW WHILE IN OPERATION OF DRIVE. *TR

HAD HORRIBLE SMELL COMING FROM COOLING SYSTEM. TOOK IN NUMEROUS TIMES TO DEALERSHIP TO TRY AND FIX. FINALLY STUMPED THE DEALERSHIP ASKED STAR AT CHRYSLER HEADQUARTERS. THEY IMMEDIATELY KNEW THE ISSUE AND GAVE MECHANICS STEPS TO FIX. TURNS OUT THE NEW "GREEN FRIENDLY" ENGINE COOLANT THEY ARE USING ON THE NEW DURANGOS WAS NEVER TESTED. THE COOLANT WAS INTERACTING WITH ANYTHING RUBBER IT CAME INTO CONTACT WITH AND WAS BREAKING DOWN THE RUBBER. STAR TOLD THEM TO REPLACE EVERY PIECE OF RUBBER THE COOLANT COMES INTO CONTACT WITH. IT IS NOW MIDDLE OF AUGUST AND THE SMELL IS STILL PRESENT AND TO DATE CHRYSLER HAS NOT ISSUED A SERVICE BULLETIN OR RECALL ON THE COOLANT OR HOSES. WE HAVE SUBMITTED PAPER WORK FOR THE LEMON LAW. *TR