There are 4 stored owner reports matching the powertrain & transmission leading-label group for the 2008 Dodge Durango in our NHTSA-sourced dataset. These are unverified consumer reports and may not reflect confirmed defects.
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Open the full vehicle complaint log (all categories)THE TRANSMISSION PUTS ITSELF INTO 4WD SOMETIMES WITH AN INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHT, SOMETIMES WITHOUT. IT DOES THIS BOTH WHEN STOPPED AND AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. I'VE SEEN HUNDREDS OF THE SAME COMPLAINT WHEN I SEARCHED THIS ONLINE. IT'S A 2008 MODEL BUT IT'S A RELATIVELY NEW CAR FOR ME SO, THAT IS WHY I'M JUST MENTIONING IT NOW. IN THE FEW MONTHS I'VE OWNED THE VEHICLE, THIS HAS HAPPENED NO FEWER THAN 10 TIMES. ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS IT HAPPENED WHILE I WAS DRIVING. I DID NOT CRASH ON EITHER OF THOSE OCCASIONS BUT, IT WAS VERY CLOSE BOTH TIMES. THE SECOND TIME, AFTER LURCHING VERY HARD ACROSS TWO LANES, IT THEN KICKED INTO NEUTRAL AND I WAS UNABLE TO ACCELERATE OR EVEN CONTINUE DOWN THE ROAD TO A SAFE SPOT TO STOP. INSTEAD, I WAS STUCK IN AN ACTIVE LANE TO WAIT ON A TOW TRUCK. LUCKILY, I WAS NOT HIT. I WAS JUST STRANDED. IF THIS WAS JUST ME, I WOULDN'T COMPLAIN HERE. BUT, AS I SAID, I SEARCHED ONLINE AND FOUND HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS OF THE SAME MATTER DATING BACK THE PAST DECADE OR SO. I LIVE IN DUBAI, UAE. MY PHONE NUMBER IS [XXX]. THE NUMBER IN THE INFORMATION BELOW IS A VERY OLD HOME PHONE NUMBER FROM WHEN I LIVED IN THE US. THE ATTACHED FORM WOULDN'T TAKE MY ACTUAL ADDRESS OR PHONE NUMBER. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR
GAS TANK SPITS FUEL BACK OUT AND OVER FLOWS NO DETECT AUTOMATICALLY WHEN CLOSE TO FULL NO WARNINGS GIVEN , TRANSFER CASE MALFUNCTION DROPPED OUT OF GEAR WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND REFUSED TO GO BACK INTO ANY GEAR.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE DURANGO. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, THE VEHICLE REVERSED INDEPENDENTLY WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 86,250.
VEHICLE STARTED TO RUN VERY ROUGH JUST AFTER EXITING THE HIGHWAY, WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON, AND ALMOST IMMEDIATELY, THE BRAKES BECAME SLUGGISH. CAR WAS PULLED INTO A PARKING SPOT JUST BEFORE IT COMPLETELY DIED. ATTEMPTS TO RESTART THE VEHICLE WERE UNSUCCESSFUL. MECHANIC INSPECTION FOUND THAT THE VEHICLE OVERHEATED AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO LOSE POWER AND BRAKES. THE ENGINE WAS DAMAGED AS WELL AS THE RADIATOR, WHICH SPLIT FROM OVERHEATING. NOISE WAS FOUND COMING FROM THE TIMING CHAINS AS WELL AS THE ROCKER ARMS. AT LEAST TWO CYLINDERS HAD LOW COMPRESSION. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE ENGINE AND RADIATOR WERE DAMAGE TO THE POINT OF NEEDING REPLACEMENT. *TR
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