Dodge Durango / 2017
2017 Dodge Durango problems
Owners have filed 305 complaints about the 2017 Dodge Durango with NHTSA. Exterior lighting accounts for 26.2% of them — narrowly the most common, ahead of electrical system at 20.3%.
Complaints305
Crashes15
Fires2
Injuries14
Deaths0
What owners report breaking
Exterior lighting 26.2% · 80
Electrical system 20.3% · 62
Engine 9.2% · 28
Power train 7.5% · 23
Unknown or other 6.6% · 20
Fuel/propulsion system 4.9% · 15
Steering 3.6% · 11
Structure 3.3% · 10
Severity
Of those complaints, 15 describe a crash, 2 describe a fire and 14 report an injury.
Reading the numbers
Across the 21 model years of the Dodge Durango in this data, 2017 sits 16th by complaint volume. 1999 draws the most.
Filing volume has held steady, 84 in the last three years against 97 in the three before.
The median odometer reading at the time of complaint was 32,000 miles.
In owners' own words
The rear lights are filling with water. This will eventually cause short or problem with lights and I feel is a safety issue. I will attempt to have dealer repair, but I am not sure what is causing this. I see other issues stating the racetrack light is filling with water. We have drained the water numerous times. I see this is an issued for 2014, 2015, 2016 years as well I am attaching similar complaints Exterior lighting · reported at 64,000 miles
Buenas tardes, la luz que va en la puerta trasera del bal, aunque no esta rota, presenta filtracin de agua, y ya dejaron de iluminar algunos led. Mi nombre es [xxx], estoy en bogota colombia, email [xxx], el vehculo tiene 36.000 Km, y el concesionario, la nica solucin que da es cambiarla pero no dan garanta. Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (FOIA), 5 u.S.C. 552(B)(6). Exterior lighting
The ârace track lightâ on the rear hatch of the vehicle has allowed water to get in to the electrical LED components and has caused a portion of the light to fail. It seems to be a common failure and it creates a safety issue with visibility of the vehicle at night. In addition, the component to replace this light is very very expensive, with no hope that the new part will not fail in the same manner. Exterior lighting
Verbatim from NHTSA filings. Complaints are unverified owner reports.
Safety recalls
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