2013 DODGE DURANGO Seats Problems

Seat headrest popped out while driving. First it was the passanger seat and the driver seat followed. Part is broken and unable to be popped in.

The passenger seat head rest exploded without any impact to the vehicle. Fortunately, no one was sitting in the passenger seat at the time it exploded because it could have caused a head injury. After checking on the head rest, the plastic pin that kept it together broke.

The head rest exploded out of no where - sounded like a gunshot while I was driving and pushed my whole head forward .

What component or system failed or malfunctioned, and is it available for inspection upon request? The passenger Active Head Restraints (AHR) deployed for no reason. I was sitting in in the passenger side seat talking to my wife, in the driveway, when the AHR deployed without cause. The head restraint struck me on the back left side of head with force. My neck is starting to stiffen up. Yes it is available for inspection. I will send pictures. How was your safety or the safety of others put at risk? The force generated during the deployment of an Active Head Restraint (AHR) system is significant, I know because I was hit on the back of the my head thankfully I was not driving. My safety concern is two fold, one injury from AHR deploying inadvertently and elderly person might be at more risk for this type of injury. Two, AHR...

Active headrest deployed on its own. Never been in an accident. Dealer has verified. Unable to use seat because headrest sits too far forward. Fortunately my son wasn't sitting in the seat when it happened.

While causally driving down the road, without warning, the passenger headrest on my 2013 Dodge Durango violently "exploded" forward. Thankfully, my son who was riding in the passenger seat, was sleeping with his head bent forward so it didn't hit him. Upon inspection (by myself), the active head restraint feature is held together by PLASTIC, which obviously failed. I searched on the internet and this appears to be a common problem, and each time it's due to this plastic clip failing. This is totally unacceptable. I have the headrest available for inspection. It was brought to the dealer who wants $950 to replace it. They said the warranty expired less than a year ago. Again based on internet research, apparently Dodge/Chysler just recently extended the warranty to 10 years for 2014 models (and possibly 2013?). How convenient to extend a warranty short of the period covered. Not only shouldn't I...

The active head rest restraint deployed on the driver side while driving. The plastic holding the rod failed causing this to happen. Not very safe and concerned about the passenger side deploying.

Was sitting in the car while parked and the drivers side headrest deployed.

The active restraint in the driver’s side headrest deployed on it’s own without the vehicle being in a collision.

Passenger active head restraint deployed unexpected and without collision.

I was driving about 40 miles per hour when the front passenger seat headrest exploded. The front cushion of the headrest just blew off. The seat no longer has a functional headrest. Now the airbag light is on.

Was parked at school when the headrest on the passenger front seat just deployed and hit my husband in the back of the head. It just popped, sounded like a shot went off.

The passenger headrest deployed with no warning. My daughter was sitting in the seat while we were driving at 40 mph when the headrest shot forward and hit her head. There was no accident and no collisions of any kind to cause this to happen.

While my wife was driving the passenger seat headrest popped out for no apparent reason. The headrest will not pop into place. We are concerned with the remaining headrest in the car for fear they will pop out at any moment. Please let’s try to resolve this problem before someone looses a life due to a problem we know exists. Will you all also please send info on possible solutions. There are many forums stating solutions but the headrest will not pop back in. The suv was not involved in any collision for this to have happened. Please help

The headrest has opened and nothing caused that to happen.

Driver seat Headrest “exploded” open while I was driving, no one else was in the car, there were no warning lights that this was going to happen. The headrest remains in the same state if inspection is needed.

Passenger side head restraint "exploded". We were backing out of a parking space and the thing popped open; no collision or sudden stop, just backing up.

I was sitting in the vehicle while it was in park, idling, and the driver’s seat active headrest suddenly deployed. Nothing struck the vehicle to cause it to jar suddenly. I was sitting in my kids’ school parking lot dropping them off. When looking inside the deployed headrest, it seems like there is a broken plastic piece that possibly works to keep the headrest “latched.”

THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE HEADREST DEPLOYED WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AT 45MPH

THE DRIVER'S SIDE HEADREST SAFETY FEATURE DEPLOYED WHILE I WAS SITTING STATIONARY (PARKED) ON A CITY STREET. THE SAFETY FEATURE IS DESIGNED TO DEPLOY DURING A REAR END ACCIDENT TO PREVENT WHIPLASH. THE HEADREST BURST OPEN STRIKING ME IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD WITHOUT THERE BEING ANY REAR END COLLISION OR MOVEMENT OF THE VEHICLE. THERE WAS ALSO NO ONE SITTING IN THE BACK SEAT THAT COULD HAVE CAUSED THE HEADREST TO DEPLOY. I CONTACTED TWO DODGE DEALERSHIPS TO INQUIRE ABOUT RECALLS FOR THIS ISSUE. THE TWO DEALERSHIPS WERE UNAWARE OF ANY RECALLS OR ISSUES FOR MY VEHICLE. THE REPLACEMENT/REPAIR COST WOULD BE AT MY EXPENSE.

MY WIFE WAS SITTING IN THE PASSENGER SEAT AND GOT HIT IN THE BACK OF HEAD BY THE HEADREST. I WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45MPH ON A CITY STREET WHEN IT DEPLOYED VIOLENTLY FOR NO REASON WHATSOEVER. WE HAVE NEVER BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT WITH THIS VEHICLE SO THERE'S NO REASON THIS SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED. IT GAVE HER A PRETTY GOOD HEADACHE TOO.

MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING AND THE HEADREST POPPED OPEN AS IF HE HAD AN ACCIDENT. HE WAS DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY IN THE MIDDLE OF A CITY, STAYED IN ONE LANE. THERE WAS NO ACCIDENT OR SUDDEN STOP OR ANYTHING SIMULATING AN IMPACT. THE HEADREST HIT MY DAUGHTER IN THE HEAD CAUSING A HEADACHE.

FRONT PASSENGER SEAT HEADREST DEPLOYED ON IT'S OWN WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED.*DT*DT

THE ACTIVE HEADREST RESTAINT DEPLOYED FOR NO REASON WHILE CAR WAS BEING DRIVEN. LOOKS LIKE THE PLASTIC HOLDING THE PIN FAILED.

HEADREST DEPLOYED WITHOUT IMPACT - DEPLOYED WHILE VEHICLE RUNNING BUT IN PARK. LOUD POP AND SEAT HIT ME IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD.

THE PASSENGERS HEADREST WAS DEPLOYED WITHOUT WARNING. CAR WAS IN THE GARAGE WHEN THIS OCCURED. NO ONE WAS INJURED AND NO ACCIDENT OCCURED. THIS COULD HAVE CAUSED BODILY DAMAGE IF PASSENGER WAS IN PLACE. DODGE HAS INFORMED US THERE IS NO REPLACEMENT BECAUSE THEY DISCONTINUED THIS PART. PASSENGER SEAT NO LONGER SAFE BECAUSE NO REPLACE IS AVAILABLE. HEADREST SHOULDN'T DEPLOY ON ITS OWN.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 DODGE DURANGO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD POPPING SOUND COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT CONTINUED DRIVING TO HER RESIDENCE. THE CONTACT STATED WHEN EXITING THE VEHICLE, SHE BECAME AWARE THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE HEADREST WAS GAPED OPEN. THE CONTACT CALLED MARMIE CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM LOCATED AT 1724 10TH ST, GREAT BEND, KS 67530, (620) 792-2571 AND MADE THE DEALER AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN INFORMED OF FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 103,000.

THE ACTIVE HEAD RESTRAINT ON THE PASSENGER SIDE DEPLOYED SUDDENLY WITHOUT WARNING. WE WERE TRAVELING ON A CITY STREET AT APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH. THE PASSENGER WAS HIT ON THE BACK OF THE HEAD AND HAD A SEVERE HEADACHE. THERE WAS NO NOR HAS THERE BEEN ANY REAR COLLISION. AFTER EXAMINING THE INSIDE OF THE RESTRAINT I COULD SEE BROKEN PIECES OF PLASTIC THAT APPEARED TO HAD BEEN KEEPING IT TOGETHER.

ON JULY 10, 2020, WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH ON A STRAIGHT HIGHWAY, MY DRIVER SIDE HEADREST DEPLOYED INTO THE BACK OF MY HEAD CAUSING A SEVERE HEADACHE. I WAS NOT INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT. IT JUST RANDOMLY DEPLOYED. I HAVE SINCE RESEARCHED AND FOUND THAT THIS IS NOT THE FIRST INCIDENT AND THAT THERE HAS BEEN NO RECALL ISSUED FOR IT. I AM NOW FORCED TO PAY FOR A REPAIR THAT IS CAUSED BY A FAULTY PIECE OF EQUIPMENT. IT IS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE THE PASSENGER HEADREST DOES THE SAME. I HAVE THREE TEENAGERS, AND I AM VERY CONCERNED THAT THIS COULD HAPPEN TO THEM AND CAUSE AN ACCIDENT.*DT*JB

DRIVING THE VEHICLE ON HIGHWAY WHEN THE PASSENGER SIDE HEADREST POPPED OPEN. AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY.

THE PASSENGER HEADREST DEPLOYED WITH ACCIDENT. NOBODY WAS IN THE VEHICLE WHEN IT DEPLOYED, IT WAS PARKED. IT WAS IMMEDIATELY NOTICED WHEN A PASSENGER ATTEMPTED TO REENTER THE VEHICLE AND COULD NOT SIT PROPERLY.

PASSENGER HEADREST DEPLOYED ON ITS OWN HITTING PASSENGER IN HEAD. HEADREST NOW WILL NOT CLOSE AND APPEARS TO HAVE BROKEN PLASTIC PIECES INSIDE, CAUSING IT TO REMAIN AT AN ODD ANGLE. VEHICLE WAS PARKED AT TIME OF DEPLOYMENT. *TR

I PURCHASED A 2013 DODGE DURANGO FROM NEW SMYRNA BEACH CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP AT THE END OF JULY 2018. THE MORNING AFTER WE PURCHASED IT THE CAR WASN'T ACTING RIGHT AND WOULDN'T START. AFTER HAVING MY VEHICLE UP THERE UNTIL THE END OF AUGUST THEY FINALLY REPLACE THE FUEL RELAY PUMP. I GOT A LETTER SAYING THAT THERE'S A RECALL ON THE VEHICLE AND THE PART THAT WAS PUT IN WAS A PART OF THE RECALL. MY VEHICLE STARTED ACTING FUNNY AND DOING THE SAME THINGS THAT IT DID LESS THAN TWO YEARS AGO. IT'S BEEN STRUGGLING TO START AND I HAVE VIDEO OF IT FROM LESS THAN TWO YEARS AGO AND NOW DOING THE SAME THING. I HAD MY VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY TOLD ME THAT MY BATTERY WAS DEAD AND THEY COULDN'T DO ANYTHING UNTIL I REPLACED IT. MY BATTERY WAS NOT DEAD WHEN I...

HEAD REST POPPED OUT WHILE DRIVING. *TR

HEAD REST POPPED OUT AND INTO BACK OF HEAD WHILE DRIVING ON BOTH DRIVER SIDE AND PASSENGER SIDE. OCCURRED AT DIFFERENT TIMES, NOT SIMULTANEOUSLY.

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD THE PASSENGER SIDE REST DEPLOYED HITTING MY WIFE IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD. ON FURTHER INSPECTION THE PLASTIC HOLDING THE LATCH HAD BROKEN.

THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY, PARKED IN A GARAGE OVERNIGHT WHEN THE HEAD RESTRAINT PARTIALLY DEPLOYED. UPON TOUCHING THE HEADREST TO INVESTIGATE THE HEAD RESTRAINT FULLY DEPLOYED.

WHILE DRIVING, MY HEADREST SUDDENLY DEPLOYED AND GAVE MY HEAD A JOLT AND LEFT ME WITH NECK PAIN AND DISCOMFORT IN MY SHOULDER.

VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY IN MY DRIVEWAY, I WAS SITTING IN THE DRIVER SEAT. VEHICLE WAS RUNNING, BUT IN "PARK", DRIVER'S DOOR OPEN. MY HUSBAND REACHED IN FROM OUTSIDE TO HUG ME GOODBYE, AND THE DRIVER'S SIDE HEADREST POPPED OPEN. POWERFUL ENOUGH TO MOVE MY HEAD FORWARD, BUT NOT POWERFUL ENOUGH TO CAUSE PAIN OR INJURY. WE TRIED TO PUT IT BACK TOGETHER (NOT REALIZING THAT THERE WAS AN AIRBAG IN THERE), AND WERE UNSUCCESSFUL. I DROVE APPROXIMATELY 4 MILES TO WORK AFTERWARDS, ADJUSTING THE SEAT A BIT SO AS NOT TO IMPEDE MY POSTURE.

I WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, & SLIGHTLY TAPPED ON THE BRAKE TO SLOW DOWN, AND MY HEADREST DEPLOYED & POPPED OUT AND HIT ME IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD WHILE I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. IT STARTLED ME, BUT ALSO POPPED OUT HARD ENOUGH TO CAUSE A HEADACHE. *DT*JB

WITHIN ONE WEEK TIME FRAME, BOTH FRONT HEADRESTS SUDDENLY AND LOUDLY SNAPPED APART WITH A LOUD BANG AND PROPELLED FORWARD WITH GREAT FORCE. MY HUSBAND WAS IN THE DRIVERS SEAT WHEN IT HAPPENED ON THAT SIDE BUT LUCKILY DID NOT HAVE HIS HEAD RESTING ON IT. WE WERE MERGING ONTO THE INTERSTATE WHEN IT HAPPENED AND THE HORRIBLE NOISE MADE US SLAM ON THE BRAKES AND ALMOST COME TO A STOP. IT WAS A HUGE SHOCK AND VERY SCARY. SOUNDED LIKE A GUNSHOT GOING OFF. THE SECOND PASSENGER HEADREST EXPLODED OPEN TODAY WITH MY SONS HEAD RESTING IN IT. IT JERKED HIS HEAD FORWARD AND HIT HIM ON THE TEMPORAL SIDE OF HIS HEAD. COMPLAINTS OF A HEADACHE SO FAR. WE WERE PARKED WHEN THIS HAPPENED. *DT *DT *DT *TR CONSUMER STATED HER HUSBAND CALLED BOTH LOCAL DODGE DEALERSHIP THAT THEY HAD BOUGHT THE CAR FROM AND THEN ALSO CALLED...

MY DRIVERS SIDE HEADREST CAME APART AND HIT MY HUSBAND IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD. ALL HE DID WAS SIT IN THE SEAT, THERE WAS NO IMPACT OF ANY SORT AND THE VEHICLE WAS NOT IN MOTION.

I WENT TO MY NEIGHBORS HOUSE PUT MY VEHICLE IN PARK AND LEFT IT RUNNING, I GOT OUT WENT INSIDE FOR NOT EVEN 5 MINUTES, WHEN I OPENED THE DRIVER DOOR I NOTICED THE HEADREST SAFETY THING HAS DEPLOYED.

AS WE WERE GETTING IN THE TRUCK THE DRIVER SIDE AIRBAG ON THE HEAD REST EXPLODED. THANK GOD I WASN'T IN THE SEAT JUST YET WHEN IT WENT OFF.

AFTER ARRIVING HOME AND PLACING THE CAR IN PARK I WAS STRUCK IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD. THE ACTIVE HEADREST RESTRAINT FAILED CAUSING IT TO RELEASE. THE PLASTIC HOLDING TABS APPEAR TO BE BROKEN OFF.

WHILE DRIVING AT NORMAL SPEEDS AND WITH NO COLLISION, FRONT PASSENGER ACTIVE HEAD RESTRAINT ON 2013 DODGE DURANGO CITADEL SPONTANEOUSLY DEPLOYED. LUCKILY, PASSENGER SEAT WAS NOT IN USE AT THE TIME. HEAD RESTRAINT CANNOT BE RESET, BECAUSE PLASTIC HOLDING BRACKET IS NOW BROKEN.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 DODGE DURANGO. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN THE DRIVE POSITION AND WAITING FOR THE GARAGE DOOR TO OPEN, THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE HEAD REST AIR BAG DEPLOYED WITHOUT WARNING OR AN IMPACT. AFTERWARDS, THE AIR BAG INDICATOR REMAINED ILLUMINATED. THE PASSENGER SUSTAINED A HEAD AND NECK INJURY THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DETERMINED. THE LOCAL DEALER (POSNER PARK CHRYSLER DODGE, 42650 HIGHWAY 27, DAVENPORT, FL) WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 117,000.

THE VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING IN A STRAIGHT LINE ON SOUTHBOUND INTERSTATE 5, AND TRAVELING AT FREEWAY SPEEDS. THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT HEAD REST UNEXPECTEDLY DEPLOYED- STRIKING THE PERSON SEATED IN THAT SEAT IN THE HEAD. THANKFULLY, IT WAS NOT THE DRIVER'S SIDE HEADREST AS THIS UNEXPECTED IMPACT TO THE HEAD MAY HAVE CAUSED A REACTION RESULTING IN LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. WHEN CHECKING ONLINE, THERE APPEAR TO MULTIPLE OCCURRENCES OF THIS TYPE OF UNNECESSARY DEPLOYMENT OF THIS TYPE OF SAFETY DEVICE ON DODGE VEHICLES OF THIS ERA.

BACKING OUT OF GARAGE AND TH DRIVERS SIDE HEAD REST EJECTED. NO REAR IMPACT OR ANYTHING. IT HIT ME IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD AND SCARED ME TO DEATH. TOOK THE CAR BY THE DODGE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID IT WAS NOT UNDER WARRANTY AND THEY ZIP TIED IT TOGETHER.

HEADREST DEPLOYED WITHOUT IMPACT TO VEHICLE. HEADREST DAMAGED AS A RESULT. NOT ABLE TO RESET DUE TO DAMAGE CAUSED. IN NEED OF REPLACEMENT. VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY AND NOT RUNNING AT THE TIME OF DEPLOYMENT.