2015 Dodge Durango Complaint Log

RACETRACK LIGHTING ON REAR HATCH BURNT OUT. MOISTURE INSIDE.

MOISTURE IN THE REAR CENTER TAIL LIGHT CAUSED PART OF THE LIGHTS TO GO OUT AND COULD CAUSE THE ENTIRE SYSTEM TO FAIL, WHICH IN TURN CAUSE A COLLISION AT NIGHT.

RACETRACK LIGHT BAR FILLS WITH WATER AND CAUSES TAIL LIGHTS TO BLOW OUT. FOLLOWING SNOW STORM IN APRIL 2018 THE LIGHT BAR HAD APPROXIMATELY A 1/4 CUP OF WATER INSIDE OF THE TWO TAIL LIGHTS. IT IS NOW NOV 2018 AND EVERY TIME IT RAINS I HAVE TO DRAIN THE TAIL LIGHTS OF APPROXIMATELY THE SAME AMOUNT. IN 6 MONTHS I'VE HAD TO DRAIN THEM APPROXIMATELY 8 TIMES AND TAIL LIGHTS ARE SHOWING SIGNS OF MALFUNCTION AND SHORTING OF THE LIGHTS. I HAVE TAKEN THE TRUCK TO THE DEALERSHIP TWICE AND COMPLAINED ABOUT THE PROBLEM AND THEY WOULD NOT DO ANYTHING.

THE SERVICE AIR BAG SYSTEM LIGHT KEPT COMING ON EVERY TIME I DROVE IT. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY SAID THERE IS A DEFECT IN THE WIRING HARNESS AND PASSENGER SEAT AIR BAG AND THEY NEED TO BE REPLACED. SINCE THIS WAS A DEFECT I FELT I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO PAY FOR IT BUT BECAUSE MY WARRANTY RAN OUT I HAVE NO CHOICE. NOT RIGHT!!

WATER IS COLLECTING IN THE RIGHT HAND CORNER OF THE RACTRACK TAILLIGHT. IT HAS SHORTED OUT THE LED

NOTICED WATER & CONDENSATION COLLECTING IN LIFT GATE RACEWAY LIGHTING SYSTEM WITH TRUCK PARKED IN DRIVEWAY ON 3-23-18. LOWER RIGHT SIDE DOES NOT FULLY ILLUMINATE NOW. DRAINED BY REMOVING LOWER OUTSIDE SCREW & SEVERAL OUNCES RAN OUT (THANKS YOU-TUBE). BOUGHT VEHICLE IN EARLY JANUARY 2016 AS A NEW 2015 SXT. HAS ABOUT 24,000 MILES. I DRIVE THE TRUCK EASY AND THERE WAS NO EXTERNAL DAMAGE TO THE LIGHT ASSEMBLY. A QUICK YOU-TUBE SEARCH YIELDED THIS AS A COMMON ISSUE WITH MANY 2014, 2015 DURANGO MODELS. HEARD THIS IS ABOUT A $1000+ REPLACEMENT.

IN MY DRIVEWAY PUT CAR INTO PARK AND OPENED THE DOOR TO GET OUT AND GO CLOSE THE GARAGE DOOR FROM INSIDE THE GARAGE. CAR WAS IN PARK AND STATIONARY. STARTED WALKING TO THE GARAGE AND NOTICED CAR STARTED MOVING FORWARD. OPENED THE DOOR AND JUMPED IN THE CAR TO STOP IT. DID NOT GET INTO CAR IN TIME AND CAR RAN INTO THE GARAGE WITH THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE OF CAR. CAR HAS SCRATCHES, DENTS, AND PAINT CHIPPING AND PEELING. FROM HITTING GARAGE. GARAGE WAS PUSHED BACK AT IMPACT SITE BY ABOUT 2 OR 3 INCHES.

MY REAR TAIL LIGHT HAS WATER IN IT. TOLD DEALERSHIP AT 36K OIL CHANGE AND THEY SAID YES IT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME JUST PUT A HOLE IN IT TO ALLOW IT TO LEAK OUT. I SAID NO THAT ISNT WHAT YOIR SUPPOSED TO DO AND THEY TOLD ME DODGE WILL NOT COVER IT.

I HAVE 2015 DOSGE DURANGO RT AND IIT HAS RACETRACK STYLE TAIL LIGHT WHICH DIVIDED IN TO THREE SECTION RIGHT SIDE TAIL LIGHT, CENTER LIFT GATE TAIL LIGHT AND RIGHT SIDE TAIL LIGHT FROM THIS THREE SECTION THE CENTER SECTION WHICH IS MOUNTED ON TAIL GATE IS STARTED TO HAVE WATER BUILDING UP IN IT AND I COULDNT FIGURE OUT AT FIRST THAN AFTER DOING LITTLE SEARCH ON INTERNET I CAME ACROSS LOT OF PEIPLE'S COMPLAINT WITH SAME PROBLEM AND NO SOLUTION AND THAN SUDDENLY THE RIGHT LOWER CORNER OF CENTER TAIL GATE TAIL LIGHT JUST WENT OUT. FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROBLEM I AM DEFINITELY BLAMMING DODGE FOR INSTALLING BAD DEFECTIVE PARTS ON THEIR VEHICLES AND THEY SHOULD CHANGE THEM OUT UNDER RECALL FOR FREE BECAUSE THIS IS REALLY SHAME TO CHARGE 50,000$ FOR CAR THAT HAS FACTORY INSTALLED DEFECTIVE PARTS AND COMPANY IS NOT TAKING STEPS TO CHANGE THEM OUT.

WATER IS COLLECTING IN THE BACK TAILLIGHTS. WHEN THE BACK MOUNTING BOLT IS REMOVED A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF WATER DRAINS OUT. THE CONDENSATION REMAINS AND WILL LEAD TO FAILURE OF THE LED LIGHTS. THIS IS A COSTLY PART TO REPLACE AND IS A SAFETY HAZARD. THE ISSUE IS WELL KNOWN AND THERE IS NO SOLUTION FROM DODGE.

I WAS PARKED IN MY DRIVEWAY ON A SLIGHT DECLINE AND THE VEHICLE WAS RUNNING AND IN PARK AND I RAN INTO THE HOUSE TO GRAB SOMETHING AND WHEN I LOOKED BACK IT WAS ROLLING DOWN THE DRIVEWAY AND CRASHED AND GOT STUCK IN BETWEEN TWO TREES. THE VEHICLE IS NOW TOTALED.

THIS VEHICLE HAS ROLLED BACK WHILE IN PARK AT LEAST 4 TIMES NOW. YESTERDAY BEING THE MOST SEVERE AS I WAS STANDING BEHIND THE VEHICLE WHEN UNLOADING GROCERIES IN MY DRIVEWAY. THE VEHICLE ROLLED BACK OVER ME INJURING MY LEG. LUCKILY MY KIDS WERE NOT BEHIND THE VEHICLE OR IT COULD HAVE BEEN REALLY DANGEROUS. I KNOW LONGER FEEL SAFE WITH THIS VEHICLE. IT WAS PURCHASED USED THROUGH CARMAX.

CAR DID NOT ENGAGE INTO PARK ON 3 OCCASIONS WHILE RUNNING, I HAD TO USE THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO PREVENT THE CAR FROM ROLLING. THE FIRST TIME THIS OCCURED THE CAR WAS IN IN PARK AND IT ROLLED INTO A HOUSE. THE SECOND TIME I WAS DROPPING MY SON OFF AND I PUT THE CAR INTO PARK AND IT STARTED TO ROLL BACKWARD. I THEN HAD TO USE THE EMERGENCY BRAKE. THE SAME SITUATION OCCUR AGAIN TWO DAYS LATER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP IMMEDIATLEY AFTER THE FIRST OCCURANCE AND AGAIN AFTER THE SECOND.I WAS TOLD THEY COULDNT RECREATE THE THE ISSUE THEY DID NOT FIX ANY PARTS. THE VEHICLE IS IN THE SHOP NOW AND THEY WANT ME TO DRIVE THE CAR WITH A RECORDER TO SEE IF IT ROLLS AGAIN.

THE CENTER TAIL LIGHT IN THE DODGE DURANGO'S WITH THE RACETRACK SET UP HAVE A LEAKING PROBLEM WHERE WATER ENTERS THROUGH POSING A RISK TO THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM AND INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THIS BASICALLY HAPPENS WHETHER THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION OR PARKED. WHEN IT RAINS - WATER ENTERS THROUGH THE DEFECTIVELY SEALED TAIL LIGHT.

WATER AND CONDENSATION ON THE TAIL LIGHTS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 DODGE DURANGO. THE CONTACT STATED THE WATER LEAKED INTO THE BRAKE LIGHT ON THE LIFTGATE. THE FAILURE CAUSED THE BRAKE LIGHT TO SHORT OUT. THE DEALER (TATE CHRYSLER JEEP DODGE FREDERICK, 5629 BUCKEYSTOWN PIKE, FREDERICK, MD 21704) STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 46,000.

THE REAR WINDSHIELD EXPLODED. ON 02.05.2018 I USED THE REMOTE STARTER TO START THE CAR AT APPROXIMATELY 6:15 AM. THE TEMPERATURE AT THE TIME WAS APPROXIMATELY 25 DEGREES FARENHEIT IN NEW JERSEY.AS PART OF REMOTE START THE HEAT AND REAR WINDSHIELD ARE AUTOMATICALLY TURNED ON BELOW A CERTAIN TEMPERATURE. I ENTERED THE CAR AT APPROXIMATELY 6:22 AM AND AFTER DRIVING FOR ABOUT 3/4 MILE THERE WAS A LOUD EXPLOSION. PART OF THE GLASS HAD SHATTERED AS WELL AS GLASS AROUND THE PERIMETER OF THE REAR.

THE PASSENGER SIDE TAIL LIGHT COLLECTS WATER. THIS IS THE 3RD LIGHT ASSEMBLY THAT HAS BEEN REPLACED AND IT NOW HAS WATER IN IT. RESEARCH ONLINE SHOWS THIS IS A WIDESPREAD ISSUE WITH 2014+ DODGE VEHICLES.

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WILL NOT GO OFF. HAD THE VEHICLE CHECKED THREE TIMES WITH SMOKE TEST AND SHOWS NO LEAKS. THE COMPUTER SHOWS A LEAK IN THE FUEL LINE AND CLEARS THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT BUT COMES BACK ON A COUPLE DAYS.

ELECTRONIC FUEL DOOR WAS CONSTANTLY GETTING STUCK AND WOULD NOT OPEN UNLESS THE INSIDE BUTTON WAS PUSHED MULTIPLE TIMES. WHEN I WENT TO GET GAS, THE PLASTIC DOOR POPPED OFF SO THE METAL HINGE IS NOW VISIBLE AND IS AN EYESORE. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE.

RACTRACK LIGHT ON REAR TAILGATE HAS WATER INSIDE OF IT AND SHORTED OUT. NOTICED BURNT SMELL.

THE FRONT PASSENGER PILLAR LOOP OVERMOLDING HAS CRACKED. IT HAS CRACKED IN SUCH A MANNER THAT THE WEBSLOT WIDTH HAS BEEN REDUCED TO A POINT WHERE IT PINCHES THE WEBBING. THE BELT CAN BE EXTRACTED FOR WEARING, BUT THE RETRACTOR SPRING CANNOT RETRACTOR THE WEBBING. THIS CREATES A CONDITION WHERE THE PASSENGER CAN BUCKLE UP, AND IF THEY LEAN FORWARD, THEY CAN INADVERTENTLY CREATE SLACK IN THE BELT SYSTEM. THIS HAPPENED OVER THE WINTER IN MICHIGAN. *TT

THE 2015 DURANGO THAT WE PURCHASED CAME WITH HEADRESTS THAT "DEPLOY" IN THE EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT (IDEALLY). BOTH THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE HEADRESTS HAVE DEPLOYED EVEN THOUGH THE VEHICLE HAS NEVER BEEN IN A COLLISION. IT IS UNCLEAR WHEN THEY DEPLOYED. IT IS AS THOUGH THE CLIPS HOLDING THEM TOGETHER INTERNALLY JUST GAVE OUT.

THE CENTER TAIL LIGHT IN THE DODGE DURANGO'S WITH THE RACETRACK SET UP HAVE A LEAKING PROBLEM WHERE WATER ENTERS THROUGH POSING A RISK TO THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM AND INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THIS BASICALLY HAPPENS WHETHER THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION OR PARKED. WHEN IT RAINS - WATER ENTERS THROUGH THE DEFECTIVELY SEALED TAIL LIGHT. ON FACEBOOK SOCIAL MEDIA THERE'S A FAN CLUB DEDICATED TO DODGE DURANGO'S WHERE MEMBERS HAVE REPORTED HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM INCLUDING ONE PERSON HAVING TO HAVE THEIR TAIL LIGHT FIXED THREE TIMES.

RACETRACK TAIL LIGHT LEAKS, TRAPPING WATER INSIDE AND BURNING OUT THE REAR LED LIGHT BULBS. VERY EXPENSIVE PART TO REPLACE (I'VE HEARD $1000.00) AND BASED ON SOME ONLINE SEARCHES, APPEARS TO BE A VERY COMMON PROBLEM.

VEHICLE WAS BEING FILLED WHEN AT GASOLINE STARTING POURING FROM IN FRONT OF THE LEFT REAR WHEEL. THE PROBLEM CEASED WHEN THE FUEL TANK LEVEL REACHED 3/4. THE DEALER ADVISED THAT THE PROBLEM WAS DUE TO THE FUEL FILLER NECK BECOMING SEPARATED AND THE FAILURE OF THE CLAMPS. THE DEALER REPLACED THE FUEL FILLER TUBE P/N 68243686AG.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 DODGE DURANGO. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, THE VEHICLE SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL WITHOUT WARNING AND CRASHED INTO A TREE ON THE CONTACT'S PROPERTY. THE CONTACT'S SPOUSE FELL AND INJURED HER ARM WHILE TRYING TO STOP THE VEHICLE. MEDICAL ATTENTION WAS PROVIDED. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AT A BODY SHOP. THE LOCAL DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 38,000.

WATER IS COLLECTING IN LIFTGATE TAIL LIGHT FROM BAD SEALS. I'VE READ FORUMS OF SMELLING SMOKE OR BURNING WIRES FROM BACK OF VEHICLE. AFRAID OF THAT HAPPENING SO I DECIDED TO REMOVED 4 BOLTS TO LET WATER DRAIN AND NOW THE TAIL LIGHT DOESN'T WORK. THIS IS A KNOWN DEFECT AND DODGE/CHRYSLER KNOWS ABOUT IT AND REFUSES TO WORK WITH US OWNERS.

I WAS BACKING A SMALL TRAILER INTO ITS STORAGE LOCATION IN MY YARD. I WAS ON A SLIGHT DOWNWARD INCLINE WITH CHOCKS ALIGNED WITH THE TRAILER WHEELS. IT WAS EVENING AND DARK OUT. AS I APPROACHED THE CHOCKS, I PLACED THE CAR IN PARK. I KNOW BECAUSE THE REAR REVERSE LIGHTS WENT OUT. THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING. I GOT OUT TO SEE HOW FAR I NEEDED TO GO BACK BEFORE REACHING THE CHOCKS. WHEN I EXITED THE CAR IT STARTED GOING BACKWARD DOWN THE SLIGHT INCLINE FAST ENOUGH FOR THE TRAILER WHEELS TO GO EVER THE CHOCKS. I BARELY GOT BACK INTO THE TRUCK BEFORE BEING KNOCK OVER BY THE OPEN DOOR. BY THE TIME I GOT TO THE BRAKE PEDAL TO STOP, THE TRUCK DOOR HAD STRUCK THE CORNER OF A GREENHOUSE, BENDING THE METAL GREENHOUSE FRAME AND FORCING THE DRIVER DOOR OPEN TOO FAR CAUSING HINGE AND BODY DAMAGE TO THE DOOR AND FRONT LEFT FENDER. LUCKILY,, NO ONE WAS HURT. THE DOOR NOW CLOSES WITH DIFFICULTY. THIS WAS ACTUALLY THE SECOND TIME THIS HAPPENED. THE FIRST WAS IN THE PARKING LOT AT MY OFFICE WHEN I PULLED THE CAR INTO A SPOT, PUT IT IN PARK AND WAS GETTING OUT TO RUN INSIDE FOR AN ITEM THAT I HAD FORGOTTEN. THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING. AS I WAS GETTING OUT OF THE CAR IT BEGAN TO MOVE FORWARD. I BRAKED AND SHIFTED BACK TO DRIVE THEN TO PARK AGAIN AND MADE SURE IT WASN'T MOVING BEFORE I GOT OUT. THIS FIRST TIME I ATTRIBUTED IT TO ME NOT TURNING THE KNOB ALL THE WAY TO PARK, BUT NOW I BELIEVE IT WAS THE SAME DEFECT.

~OCTOBER 2017, I WAS PARKED IN MY DRIVEWAY WITH MY DAUGHTER IN THE REAR SEAT; I WAS GETTING READY TO EXIT MY DRIVEWAY WHEN I REALIZED MY KEY FOB WAS INSIDE THE HOUSE. I LEFT THE CAR TO GO GET MY KEY FOB AND LEFT THE DOOR OPEN; BY THE TIME I GOT TO MY BACK DOOR, MY DAUGHTER WAS SCREAMING (SHE WAS IN HER CAR SEAT) AND THE CAR WAS MOVING BACKWARD DOWN THE DRIVEWAY, SCRAPING AGAINST THE HOUSE, INTO THE STREET AND ACROSS THE ROAD TO THE NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE UP THEIR DRIVEWAY. I RAN AFTER THE VEHICLE AND RIGHT BEFORE IT STRUCK MY NEIGHBOR'S GARAGE, WAS ABLE TO THROW MY FOOT INTO THE BRAKE FROM THE SIDE WHILE I FELL ON THE GROUND. I WAS BRUISED AND MY CAR WAS DAMAGED, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY MY DAUGHTER WAS FINE BUT SCARED. I WENT TO THE DEALERSHIP TO HAVE THEM TAKE A LOOK AT THE DOOR/MIRROR AND COMPLAINED ABOUT THE ISSUE (THIS IS REFERENCED IN THE "ACTION PLAN" FOR THE VISIT), AND THE GENTLEMAN AT THE MIKE SMITH BEAUMONT DEALERSHIP STATED THAT MY VEHICLE MUST HAVE HAD A QUIRK, BECAUSE THERE WAS ALREADY AN UPDATE AVAILABLE ON THAT WHICH THEY WOULD TEST. WHEN I CAME BACK TO GET MY VEHICLE, I ASKED ABOUT THE UPDATE, AND HE STATED THAT HE WAS MISTAKEN; THAT ONLY PICKUP TRUCKS WERE GETTING THAT UPDATE. I ASKED WHY, BECAUSE THERE'S NO LESS SAFETY RISK IN A DURANGO (IN FACT, PROBABLY MORE CHILDREN). HE DID NOT HAVE AN ANSWER BUT SAID HE WOULD GET BACK TO ME. NO ONE DID, AND I COMPLAINED TO DODGE ONLINE. EVENTUALLY IN AUGUST 2018 I GOT AN ODDLY PHRASED NOTICE THAT DID NOT USE THE WORD RECALL BUT STATED THAT "REPAIRS" NEEDED TO BE MADE. I WROTE TO DODGE AGAIN AND ASKED IF THEY WOULD ASSIST WITH THE ORIGINAL PROBLEMS TO MY DOOR/WINDOW BUT THEY WOULD NOT. I AM DISAPPOINTED THAT DODGE DID NOT INCLUDE DURANGOS IN THIS OBVIOUSLY EXISTING TECHNOLOGY AND DISAPPOINTED THAT IT TOOK A YEAR TO TAKE ANY ACTION (WHICH DOES NOT HELP MY REPAIRS). I AM VERY GRATEFUL WE WERE NOT MORE BADLY INJURED.

THE VEHICLE WILL RAPIDLY ACCELERATE WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES AND ATTEMPTING TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE ENGINE WILL BE RACING, THE RPM GAUGE WILL SHOW INCREASING RPMS TOWARDS MAXIMUM AND THE VEHICLE WILL TRY TO MOVE FORWARD. THE BRAKES HAVE TO BE APPLIED AND THE VEHICLE PUT IN PARK TO STOP THE ACCELERATION. THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION A CITY STREETS AND HAPPENED ON AT LEAST FOUR TIMES IN A TWO WEEK PERIOD.

WHEN CRUISE CONTROL ENGAGED GOING DOWN HILL THE VEHICLE WILL EXCEED SETTING FROM 10 TO 25+ MPH OVER THE SETTING. APPEARS TO BE APPROXIMATELY 6 MPH INCREASE ON A 1-2% GRADE AND ADDITION 3MPH FOR EACH ADDITIONAL 1% INCREASE IN GRADE

WATER LEAKING INTO REAR LIFTGATE LIGHT

THE LED LIGHT BULB IN THE LICENSE PLATE HOUSING GOES OUT. IT HAS BEEN REPLACED 4 TIMES IN 2 YEARS. DEALER DIAGNOSED NO PROBLEM AND REPLACED BULB. BULB LASTED 2 DAYS. NOW IT'S PAST WARRANTY AND BULB IS OUT AGAIN. ACCORDING TO OWNER'S MANUAL, I'M NOT SUPPOSED TO BE CHARGED FOR REPEAT SERVICE VISIT FOR SAME ISSUE AFTER 3 VISITS.

SINCE APPROXIMATELY 32,000 MILES THE AIRBAG LIGHT HAS ILLUMINATED RANDOMLY. AFTER 48,000 MILES, THE LIGHT TURNS ON ALMOST IMMEDIATELY AFTER STARTING AND WILL STAY ON AND DING RANDOMLY DURING THE DRIVE.

WHILE DRIVING MY 2015 DODGE DURANGO I NOTICED A RATTLING NOISE COMING FROM THE DRIVER'S SIDE REAR WHEEL WELL. THIS WOULD HAPPEN WHENEVER ENCOUNTERING EVEN THE SMALLEST IMPERFECTIONS IN THE ROAD. THIS WAS ALSO ACCOMPANIED BY A FEELING OF THE REAR END OF THE CAR NOT FEELING INTACT WITH THE REST OF THE VEHICLE. AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS IF A POTHOLE OR ANY UNEVEN SECTION OF ROAD WAS DRIVEN OVER THIS DISCONNECTED FEELING WAS MAGNIFIED. IT FELT AS IF THE VEHICLE WOULD LOSE CONTROL AT TIMES DUE TO THIS ACTION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL DODGE DEALER WHERE THEY DIAGNOSED THE REAR STRUT WAS LEAKING, THEY WERE UNABLE TO FIX THIS ISSUE DUE TO THIS PART BEING BACK ORDERED. THE PARTS DEPARTMENT SAID THAT THEY WERE UNABLE TO DETERMINE WHEN THE PARTS WOULD COME IN DUE TO THE INCREDIBLY HIGH ORDER VOLUME. THIS LEADS ME TO BELIEVE THAT THERE IS A MATERIAL DEFECT IN ALL STRUTS USED IN SIMILAR CHRYSLER, DODGE, JEEP, AND RAM VEHICLES.

THE REAR PASSENGER LIGHT STAYS ON ALL THE TIME THE BLINKER WILL NOT WORK. WE HAVE CHANGED THE WHOLE UNIT AND IT STILL DOES THE SAME THING. I NOW HAVE IT AND THE SHOP AND GOING TO COST ME A LOT OF MONEY. MY DURANGO IT NOT OLD ENOUGH TO HAVE THIS PROBLEM. I LOVE MY DURANGO 2ND ONE WE HAVE BOUGHT.

REAR TAIL LAMPS ARE SEALED LED UNITS WHICH ARE GETTING WATER / CONDENSATION INSIDE. THIS CAUSES THE LED LAMPS TO FAIL AND AFFECT REAR VISIBILITY. SEALED LAMPS SHOULD NOT HAVE ANY WATER ENTRY. THE ENTIRE UNIT MUST BE REPLACED AT A SIGNIFICANT COST TO THE CONSUMER, WITH A RETAIL PRICE OF $422.00, PART ONLY. LONG TERM SAFETY IS THE ISSUE AS THESE LAMPS FAIL FROM THE WATER ENTRY.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 DODGE DURANGO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE GEAR SHIFTER INDEPENDENTLY SHIFTED OUT OF PARK POSITION. THE VEHICLE CAME TO A STOP WHEN IT CRASHED INTO THE WALL OF A HOUSE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 53,412.

WATER IS INSIDE THE LIFT-GATE RACE TRACK LIGHTING ASSEMBLY. WARRANTY DOES NOT COVER "WATER INTRUSION" OF WHICH THIS IS. NEXT MONTH MY VEHICLE WILL BE 2 YEARS OLD SO IF I DON'T IT FIXED AT A COST OF $1,100 THE LIGHTS WILL SOON BE MOLDY, SHORTED OUT OR CAUSING THE LIFTGATE TO RUST OUT. THIS SHOULD BE A WARRANTY FIX REGARDLESS OF AGE OR MILES.

PUT VEHICLE IN PARK IN OUR INCLINED DRIVEWAY TO RUN INTO THE HOUSE FOR SOMETHING I FORGOT. LEFT IT RUNNING AND STATIONARY WITH MY DAUGHTER IN THE BACK. AS I GOT TO THE DOOR I HEARD MY DAUGHTER SCREAMING AND LOOKED BACK TO SEE THE VEHICLE ROLLING DOWN THE DRIVEWAY. WAS ABLE TO RUN BACK AND STOP IT, BUT IT WAS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION AS IT WOULD HAVE CONTINUED TO ROLL INTO THE STREET IF I HADN'T HEARD HER OR IF I HAD ALREADY BEEN IN THE HOUSE.

CONSTANT SUSPENSION NOISE WHILE DRIVING OVER SMALL BUMPS OR SMOOTH SURFACES COMING FROM REAR LOAD LEVELING SUSPENSION AND FRONT SUSPENSION. OCCASIONAL INSTABILITY WHILE TOWING.

EXTERIOR LIGHTING - BRAKE LIGHTS - REAR REAR CENTER LED LIGHT IS FILLED WITH WATER. LIGHT DOES NOT WORK. THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM. WIDESPREAD ISSUE. REPLACING THE LIGHT IS NOT THE PERMANENT FIX. THE PROBLEM WILL REOCCUR EVEN AFTER THE REPLACEMENT OVER THE TIME. THIS SHOULD BE RECALLED.

STANDING WATER IN TAIL LIGHT ASSEMBLY. WILL EVENTUALLY AFFECT TAIL LIGHT OPERATION AS WELL AS LICENSE PLATE.

WHETHER IT RAINS OR I GET MY THE VEHICLE WASHED, WATER COLLECTS IN BOTH SIDES OF THE TAIL LIGHT AND SHORTS THE LED OUT. THIS POSES A RISK OF NIGHT TIME REAR-END COLLISIONS IF THE ENTIRE LIGHT SHORTS OUT WHICH I AM AFRAID IT MAY EVENTUALLY. THE COST IS OVER $1000 TO REPLACE IT BECAUSE IT IS ONE, BIG ASSEMBLY WHICH HOUSES BOTH THE LEFT AND RIGHT LIGHTS AND ALSO THE BACKUP CAMERA.

DODGE "RACETRACK LIGHTING" HAS CRACKS AT UPPER LEFT AND UPPER RIGHT CORNERS. CAUSING WATER TO ENTER HOUSING AND SHORT OUT A SECTION OF LIGHTS. THANKFULLY IT HAS NOT CAUGHT FIRE. I SEE THE SAME SECTION OF LIGHTS OUT ON OTHER DODGE DURANGOS. THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME THE "CRACK" WAS CAUSED BY ME AND THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO ABOUT IT AND THE COST WOULD COME OUT OF MY POCKET. WHEN INSPECTED THE CRACKS ARE UNIFORM IN SHAPE AND SIZE.

THE PASSENGER SIDE HEADLIGHT CONNECTION BURNT AND MELTED THE CONNECTION SOCKET WHERE THE BULB CONNECTS. HAD THE SAME PROBLEM WITH MY 2011 DODGE CHARGER. THE WIRING HARNESS ON THE CHARGER WAS PART OF A RECALL. THE 2015 DURANGO HARNESS IS NOT ON A RECALL, YET. IT'S THE SAME PART, WITH THE SAME PROBLEM.

DODGE WANTS TO CHARGE $300 TO SWAP OUT THE BULB ON THE DRIVERS' SIDE BLINKER WHICH CAN BE DONE EASILY IN ABOUT 10 MINUTES WITH REGULAR OR LED BULB, HOWEVER IT SEEMS THAT AFTER HAVING SWAPPED OUT THE BULB WHICH SHORTED OUT ON THE TERMINAL CONNECTOR ITSELF (WHY IS MY BRAND NEW CAR CAUSING SHORTS FIRST OF ALL) SO I INSTALLED AN LED ON THE RIGHT SIDE AS WELL. HOWEVER, THAT CAUSED PROBLEMS SAYING THE RIGHT BLINKER IS OUT. SO NOW, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER I HAVE THE LED OR THE REGULAR LIGHT INSTALLED ON THE PASSENGER SIDE BLINKER IT NOW GOES IN AND OUT SAYING "RIGHT SIDE BLINKDER OUT" - AND THAT'S EVEN WHEN IT WORKS!??!!! WHY IS THE COMPUTER THINKING THE BLINKER IS OUT WHEN I SEE IT WORKS? GRANTED, THE STUPID LEFT SIDE STOPPED BEING DUMB BUT NOW IS THERE SOME ATTENUATION OR SOMETHING THAT THE COMPUTER DOESN'T LIKE SINCE YOU BURNED OUT MY FIRST BULB AND IT'S CAUSING ISSUES AT THE RIGHT SIDE? DODGE NEEDS TO ADDRESS THIS AS A RECALL UNDER WARRANTY BECAUSE IT IS ABSOLUTELY AN ISSUE, IT'S NOT A BULB PROBLEM, IT OCCURS WITH ANY BULB AND WHETHER IT I ACTUALLY OUT OR NOT IS NOT ACCURATE PER THE REPORTING FROM THE COMPUTER. SOMETIMES IT SAYS IT'S OUT AND IT IS, OTHER TIMES IT SAYS IT'S OUT AND IT'S NOT... THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE NOTIFYING OTHER SURROUNDING PEOPLE/VEHICLES OF INTENT TO TURN.

WATER POOLING IN TAIL LIGHT.

THE REAR LIGHT CENTER LIGHT PANEL ON THE LIFT GATE (AKA RACETRACK LIGHTS) WERE NOT SEALED PROPERLY AND AS A RESULT WATER PENETRATED BOTH SIDES AND BURNED OUT ALL THE BULBS. THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH DODGE AND THE DEALER WILL NOT COVER. THIS IS A CLEAR DEFECT AND DEALER SHOULD BE MADE RESPONSIBLE FOR REPAIR SINCE, WITHOUT THESE LIGHTS, THE CAR IS NOT AS SAFE SINCE IT WOULD BE LESS LIKELY FOR A FOLLOWING DRIVER TO SEE ME BRAKING OR BACKING UP WITHOUT THESE LIGHTS FUNCTIONING.