2014 DODGE DURANGO Seats Problems

Passenger side headrest exploded open will driving on parking lot, no collision took place it just broke open When plastic part failed internally. It had enough force to injury a persons head or neck.

2014 Dodge Durango Incident date 7/22/21 As my wife and daughter were entering the vehicle, the driver's side headrest exploded. There was no accident/collision. The vehicle was parked in our home's driveway, my wife and daughter were simply entering it to go run an errand. Had my wife already been in the vehicle, she would have been struck in the head by the impact. We are now worried that at any moment, the passenger side headrest may explode. This, I feel, is a serious issue.

I was getting in the driver seat of my parked car. Prior to getting in I heard a loud thud that sounded like a spring released. The headrest safety feature had deployed. Again the car was parked and not in motion.

Out of nowhere, my headrest exploded. Apparently this is some sort of safety feature to avoid whiplash in an accident. My vehicle has never been in an accident and this happened for no reason. It slammed me in the back of the head out of nowhere while driving. I didn't know what happened. I thought I got hit. I see there are many complaints over the years online and yet, Dodge has not taken any responsibly and this isn't listed on the recall list. I'm scared to put my elderly mother in the car in fear that her headrest will explode and cause an injury

While driving I heard a pop behind me. I realized when I got home that the head rest had broken.

We were driving down the road and the back of the passenger head rest exploded open for no apparent reason. I have contacted Chrysler about this but we have a restrictions on vehicle which I need to clear up with State of Tennessee but I have notice others complain about their head rest exploding.

Passenger headrest deployed without notice or warning signs as I was parked in a parking lot today 6/27/2021. My son got into the backseat and reached forward to get phone charger and the passenger seat headrest deployed.

Drivers seat head rest activated for no reason. Popped out and forward. Needs to be repaired.

WHILE TRAVELING ON FREEWAY DRIVER SEAT HEADREST DEPLOYED STRIKING BACK OF MY HEAD.

DRIVERS SIDE HEADREST EXPLODED INTO THE BACK OF MY HEAD WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD SPEED WAS 30MPH. NO BUMPS OR ACCIDENTS. HIT ME HARD ENOUGH IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD THAT I BECAME LIGHTHEADED.

THE ACTIVE HEAD RESTRAINT IN THE HEAD REST DEPLOYED STRIKING ME IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD WHILE DRIVING RESULTING IN A HEADACHE.*DT

PASSENGER SEAT HEAD REST SUDDENLY POPPED OUT WHEN I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY

HEADREST DEPLOYED WITHOUT REASON WHILE DRIVING. THERE WAS NO FORWARD OR REAR IMPACT TO VEHICLE.

I WAS DRIVING ON AN AIR FORCE BASE, HEADING HOME AFTER I PICKED UP MY CHILDREN FROM THEIR AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM. THE ACTIVE HEADREST SUDDENLY BURST OPEN, WHILE I WAS DRIVING, HITTING ME IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD AND NECK. IT WAS SO SUDDEN AND UNEXPECTED THAT I SWERVED OUT OF MY LANE. FORTUNATELY, I WAS ABLE TO REGAIN CONTROL OF THE CAR WITHOUT CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. HOWEVER, IT DISTRESSED MY CHILDREN, PUT US ALL IN DANGER, NOT TO MENTION THE OTHER CARS ON THE ROAD. MY NECK FELT LIKE I HAD WHIPLASH SO I WENT HOME, ICED IT AND MADE A DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENT. I WISH THE MANUFACTURER HAD CONTACTED US ABOUT THERE BEING A RECALL, SO THAT IT DIDN'T CREATE THIS UNSAFE SITUATION.

WHILE SITTING IN THE CAR WITH MY FAMILY AT WALMART WAITING FOR FROCK PICK UP THE PASSENGER SEAT HEADREST AIR BAG BURST OPEN. WE WERE NOT IN ACCIDENT OR HAD WE WENT OVER ANY LARGE SPEED BUMPS. ACTUALLY THE CAR WAS IN PARK.

THE VEHICLE WAS OCCUPIED BY MY WIFE AND TWO SMALL CHILDREN. THEY WERE STATIONARY SITTING AT IDLE IN A PARKING LOT WHEN THE ACTIVE HEAD RESTRAINT SYSTEM IN THE DRIVER SEAT DEPLOYED NARROWLY MISSING MY WIFE'S FACE AS SHE WAS TURNED AROUND LOOKING AT THE CHILDREN IN THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THERE WAS NO FORCE OR INADVERTENT CONTACT MADE TO THE SEAT OR IN THE VICINITY OF THE HEADREST THAT WOULD CAUSE ACCIDENTAL DEPLOYMENT AT THE TIME OF OCCURRENCE. THE HEADREST IS NOW UNSERVICABLE AND UNABLE TO BE RESET AS THE PLASTIC HARDWARE IN THE TRIGGER MECHANISM FAILED.

DRIVING HOME AND HEADREST FORCEFULLY DEPLOYED STRIKING BACK OF MY HEAD. I WAS IN FAIRLY HEAVY TRAFFIC AND, AT FIRST, THOUGHT I HAD BEEN REAR ENDED. I DISCOVERED WHAT HAD HAPPENED ONCE I GOT HOME AND SAW THAT THE HEADREST WAS NOT INTACT.

HEADREST DEPLOYED WITHOUT A REAR COLLISION OR HARD BRAKING. VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY WHEN THE HEADREST SAFETY MECHANISM DEPLOYED.

DRIVER SIDE HEADREST ASSEMBLY EXPLODED.

WE WERE DRIVING HOME FROM THANKSGIVING BREAK ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN WE HEARD A LOUD POP. MY HUSBAND THOUGHT MY DAUGHTER HAD THROWN SOMETHING AT HIS HEAD. WE LOOKED BACK AND SHE WAS ASLEEP. WE TURNED ON THE LIGHTS TO SEE WHAT HAPPENED AND WE FOUND THE HEAD TEST HAD POPPED OUT. MY HUSBAND HAD A SLIGHT HEADACHE AFTER BUT WE CANNOT GET THE HEADREST FIXED.

THE SECOND INCIDENT WAS MYSELF DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY THE DRIVER SIDE HEADREST BURST FORWARD WHILE IN MOTION HITTING ME IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD CAUSING ME TO SWERVE FROM THE FAR LEFT LANE ACROSS TWO LANES BEFORE GAINING CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AGAIN. LUCKY FOR ME IT WAS LATE AT NIGHT AND NO OTHER TRAFFIC WAS AROUND OTHERWISE I COULD HAVE ENDED UP IN A COLLISION. ALSO REFER TO TRACKING NUMBER 11389462. AS THIS WAS THE SECOND HEADREST TO MALFUNCTION.

ONE DAY WHILE MY WIFE WAS DRIVING WITH MY 23 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER IN THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT THEY WAS SITTING AT A RED LIGHT AND THE HEADREST BURST FORWARD HITTING MY DAUGHTER IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD. EVER SINCE THAT DAY SHE NOW HAS ISSUES WITH VERTIGO AND HAS DIZZY SPELLS AT LEAST 2 TIMES A MONTH.

I WAS PULLING OUT OF THE PARKING LOT OF MY PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT AND AS I STOPED TO MAKE A RIGHT TURN TO THE STREET. THE DRIVER SIDE HEADREST DEPLOYED AND HIT ME IN THE BACK OF MY HEAD AND NECK

ON 12/5/2020 AT ABOUT 1200 HOURS, I WAS DRIVING NORTHBOUND AT ABOUT 40 MPH ON LITCHFIELD RD IN GOODYEAR, AZ IN MY 2014 DODGE DURANGO WHEN THE FRONT PASSENGER-SIDE HEADREST DEPLOYED AGAINST THE BACK OF MY WIFE'S HEAD FOR NO APPARENT REASON. I LOOKED AROUND AND THERE WERE NO VEHICLES WITHIN A QUARTER-MILE OF MY VEHICLE WHEN THIS OCCURRED. ON ARRIVAL HOME, I INSPECTED THE FAULTY HEADREST AND IT APPEARED AN INTERIOR PLASTIC RETENTION PIECE WAS BUSTED. I CONTACTED MY DODGE DEALER, WHO ADVISED A REPLACEMENT WAS NOT AVAILABLE UNTIL MAY 2021. I CONTACTED CHRYSLER CUSTOMER CARE AND THEY WE'RE EQUALLY AS USELESS AS THE DEALER. I AM COMPLETELY ANNOYED, DISSATISFIED AND A BIT ENRAGED.

AS I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD THIS MORNING, TAKING MY KIDS TO SCHOOL, THE PASSENGER SEAT HEADREST COMPLETELY POPPED ITSELF OUT. CAME APART FROM FROM FRONT TO BACK AND IS LOCKED SO THAT IT CANNOT BE PUT BACK TOGETHER. IT HIT MY PASSENGER IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD.

RIGHT FRONT SEAT HEADREST HAS DEPLOYED FOR NO REASON WHILE DRIVING.

THE HEADREST BURST OPEN ON THE DRIVER SEAT FOR NO REASON, WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS ON BUT STATIONARY, PARKED IN MY GARAGE.

I WAS SIMPLY DRIVING BETWEEN 25-35 MPH, BY MYSELF, WHEN THE PASSENGER SIDE HEADREST SUDDENLY DEPLOYED. I THOUGHT SOMETHING OR SOMEONE HIT MY CAR. AFTER LOOKING AROUND I NOTICED THAT IT WAS THE PASSENGER HEADREST. I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT CAUSED IT TO ACTIVATE??? DEALER SAYS THE ONLY WAY TO FIX IT IS TO BRING IT TO THEM???

ACTIVE HEAD RESTRAINT ACTIVATED WITHOUT WARNING WITH OCCUPANT IN THE SEAT. VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION AND BEING DRIVEN NORMALLY IN TOWN. ACTIVE HEAD RESTRAINT HIT OCCUPANT AND CAUSED PAIN. TOOK TO DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD NOTHING THEY COULD DO OTHER THAN CHARGE ME 750 DOLLARS TO REPAIR THE ISSUE.

AS I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY THE PASSENGER SEAT HEAD REST DEPLOYED HITTING ME IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD. THE INNER PARTS OF THE HEAD REST SNAPPED AND IT'S NOT RATTLING.

MY PASSENGER SIDE HEADREST BROKE AT THE PLASTIC CLIPS AND IS JUST HANGING THERE. WE JUST NOTICED WHEN WE GOT IN THE CAR TODAY... THANK GOODNESS NO ONE WAS RIDING IN THE SEAT. I'M NOW WORRIED ABOUT THE DRIVER'S SIDE HEADREST "EXPLODING" WHILE WE'RE DRIVING.

TRAVELING IN PARKING LOT LESS THAN 10MPH WHEN SUDDENLY THE PASSENGER HEADREST DEPLOYED WITH A LOUD BANG. FORTUNATELY THERE WAS NO ONE SITTING IN THE SEAT AT THE TIME, AS IT COULD HAVE CAUSED A SERIOUS INJURY. THERE WAS NOTHING THE CAUSED THE HEADREST TO DEPLOY. AFTER EXAMINATION, THE CHEAP PLASTIC PIECES HOLDING THE HEADREST IN IS PROPER PLACE WERE BROKEN. I AM NOW GREATLY CONCERN THIS WILL ALSO HAPPEN ON THE DRIVERS SIDE AND MAY CAUSE AN INJURY OR ACCIDENT. IT WAS CLEARLY A FAILURE OF A DEFECTIVE PART. SINE THAN I HAVE HEARD OF MANY SIMILAR INCIDENTS. THIS CLEARLY A SAFETY ISSUE AND SHOULD HAVE A RECALL FROM CHRYSLER/DODGE

KNOWN SAFETY ISSUE WITH THE ACTIVE HEAD RESTRAINT OF THE 2014 DODGE DURANGO. THE HEAD RESTRAINT IS KNOWN TO DEPLOY WITHOUT CAUSE, HITTING THE DRIVER IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD. THIS JUST HAPPENED TWO DAYS AGO (8/16/2020) TO THE DRIVER SIDE HEAD RESTRAINT OF MY 2014 DODGE DURANGO CITADEL WITH 60,000 MILES. NOTHING PROVOKED THE MALFUNCTION, AS THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED.

THE PASSENGER SEAT HEADREST POPPED ALL THE WAY OUT. THERE HAS BEEN NO WRECK, COLLISION, FORCE OF ANY KIND. THE CAR WAS IN PARK AT THE TIME. IT CAN NOT BE CLOSED.

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD MY DRIVING SIDE HEAD REST POPPED OPEN HITTING ME IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD.

MY CAR WAS PARKED IN THE GARAGE. I WENT TO WORK ON MONDAY MORNING AND NOTICED MY HEAD REST WAS HANGING OPEN. THE HEAD REST FRONT PORTION POPPED OFF FROM THE BACK PORTION AND WILL NOT GO BACK TOGETHER. THE GARAGE ESTIMATE TO FIX THIS IS $900!! I THINK THIS SHOULD BE TAKEN CARE OF BY CHRYSLER SINCE I WASN'T EVEN DRIVING MY VEHICLE - IT'S JUST A FAULTY HEADREST.

DRIVER SIDE FRONT HEADREST DEPLOYED UN-COMMANDED. PLASTIC BRACKET HOLDING PIN FAILED. VEHICLE WAS PARKED OVERNIGHT IN DRIVEWAY AND SHUT DOWN. NO IMPACTS OCCURRED. APPEARS TO BE MATERIAL FAILURE OF THE PLASTIC BRACKET HOLDING THE RETAINING PIN.

THE PASSENGER HEADREST DEPLOYED WITHOUT REASON. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT IN MOTION AND PARKED IN MY DRIVEWAY.

FRONT PASSENGER SIDE HEADREST DEPLOYED ON ITS OWN. I WAS NOT IN THE CAR WHEN IT HAPPENED. NO ACCIDENT OF ANY SORT.

WHILE PARKING THE PASSENGER SIDE "ACTIVE HEAD REST RESTRAINT" DEPLOYED DUE TO A FAILED PLASTIC PIECE THAT HOLDS A STEEL PIN INTO AN ELECTRONICALLY CONTROLLED SERVO. I WOULD LIKE A NEW HEAD REST SENT TO ME FREE OF CHARGE FOR INSTALLATION. THANK YOU.

WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY DOING 65 MPH THE DRIVER'S SEAT HEADREST DEPLOYED. IT BURST FORWARD HITTING ME ON THE BACK OF THE HEAD SO HARD I STRUGGLED TO KEEP CONTROL. I WAS IN MOTION, NOT INVOLVED IN ANY TYPE OF IMPACT. THERE WAS NO REASON FOR THE HEADREST TO DEPLOY.*DT CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER AND WILL BE REPLACING THE HEADSET NEXT WEEK.*JB

HEAD RESTRAINT ON DRIVER SIDE DEPLOYED WHILE IN DRIVEWAY. PLASTIC RETAINER FAILED ALLOWING THE RESTRAINT TO ACTIVATE.

WHILE PARKED, MY DRIVERS SIDE HEADREST DEPLOYED LIKE IT WOULD IN AN ACCIDENT, WE WERE NOT HIT BY ANY OTHER CAR NOR WAS I IN ANY SORT OF ACCIDENT. JUST PARKED WHEN IT HIT ME IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD CAUSING AN INSTANT MIGRAINE AND NECK PAIN. THERE IS NO WAY TO REATTACH IT. *TR

THE DRIVERS HEADREST ACTIVE HEAD RESTRAINT DEPLOYED DURING NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS. IT APPEARS THAT THE PLASTIC HOLDING THE PIN TO KEEP IT IN PLACE BROKE RELEASING THE PIN AND THE HEADREST. SO THE FEATURE DESIGNED TO KEEP THE DRIVER SAFE BECAME THE HAZARD. *TR

THE HEADREST ON MY 2014 DODGE DURANGO STARTED TO SEPARATE ON ONE SIDE AND WOULD NOT SNAP BACK IN PLACE. WITHIN A WEEK, IT SELF-DEPLOYED WHILE I WAS DRIVING AND HIT ME IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD. THERE HAD BEEN NO IMPACT OR CAUSE FOR THE HEADREST TO DEPLOY. ON INSPECTION, I FOUND THE PLASTIC BRACKET THAT HELD THE METAL HOUSING HAD FAILED AND WAS BROKEN IN SEVERAL PIECES. THE METAL HOUSING IS STILL LOCKED SHOWING THAT THE HEADREST HAD NOT DEPLOYED DUE TO IMPACT. *TR

HEAD REST SPONTANEOUSLY DEPLOYED, NO COLLISION OR ACCIDENT. VEHICLE STATIONARY IN DRIVEWAY. *TR

I WAS DRIVING DOWN ROAD AND THE HEAD REST OUT OF THE BLUE POP OPEN. SCARED THE HECK OUT OF ME AND I PULLED OVER TO FIND IT BROKEN AND DONE THIS OUT OF NOWHERE. *TR

2014 DODGE DURANGO JUST LEFT HIGHWAY AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS ON TO EXIT RAMP. STOPPED AT END, MADE RIGHT TURN STARTED TO GO... " BANG " PASSENGER SIDE HEADREST MAKES LOUD NOISE HITS WIFE IN BACK OF HEAD . CAUSING NECK ACHE AND HEAD ACHE FOR TWO DAYS . I DID NOT LOOSE CONTROL BUT TOOK EYES OFF ROAD WHEN IT HAPPENED.THIS WAS A VERY DISTRACTING THING TO HAPPEN WHILE DRIVING ! PULLED OVER TOOK PICTURES , CALLED DODGE IMMEDIATELY .THEY SENT A COMPANY OUT TO INVESTIGATE , HAVE NOT HEARD BACK AT ALL . (( NOT TRYING TO DO YOUR JOB... TRUST ME)) PLEASE GOOGLE : DODGE HEADREST DEPLOYED MANY OTHER DODGE CARS HAVE SAME PROBLEM . THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

WHILE TRAVELING ON VACATION, AND AT THE TIME PARKED IN A REST AREA, THE FRONT PASSENGER HEADREST RANDOMLY EXPLODED IN MY 2014 DODGE DURANGO. LUCKILY NOBODY WAS SITTING IN THE SEAT AT THE TIME AND NO INJURY OCCURRED. WE BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE NEW AND IT HAS NEVER BEEN IN A CRASH. NOTHING OCCURRED TO CAUSE THIS HEADREST TO DO THIS. PLASTIC PIECES ARE BROKEN AND THE HEADREST CANNOT BE RESET, IT HAS TO BE REPLACED. THE ESTIMATE FOR THIS REPAIR IS OVER $700. MY WIFE DRIVES THIS VEHICLE AS A DAILY DRIVER AND I AM CONCERNED THAT THE DRIVERS SEAT HEADREST WILL DO THE SAME THING WHILE WE ARE DRIVING, CAUSING AN ACCIDENT.

I DROVE OVER A POTHOLE ON A CITY STREET. I WAS TRAVELING AT 35 MPH, WHICH RESULTED IN FRONT PASSENGER HEADREST TO POP OUT. LUCKILY NO ONE WAS IN THE SEAT. THE HEADREST WILL NOT CLOSE BACK. *TR