Horn Assembly problems of the 2003 Dodge Durango

Chief complaint: purchased vehicle used with approx. 30,000 miles on it. Have been experiencing engine/electrical issues which require me to change spark plugs and engine coils about every 50,000 miles. I have done this three time in the last six years costing me about 900+ each visit. I have taken it to several different mechanics for opinions. I recently started getting misfiring again. Repaired again one at a time as well as some spontaneous occurrences that were very frightening. For example: wind shield wipers going crazy, lights blinking, doors locking and unlocking, windows rolling them selves down at night, horn blaring when turning on head lights, and the best one random small acceleration while driving. I have been told I have a faulty tipm. The dealership will not take any responsibility for this vehicle due to it being on year out of the documented recall year. This is very dangerous. Something should be made right.

Headlight, horn, instrument panel failure on my '03 Durango. Durangos and dakotas have been recalled for a bad central timer module. Chrysler says my vehicle does not fall under the recall. The dealer has done a official diagnostic and found the ctm to be faulty. I will have to pay to have it replaced. The vehicle is unsafe to drive. Updated 02/24/10. The consumer stated shortly after filing the report, his wife had an accident due to the problem mentioned. She was out early in the morning on November 3, 2009 when the headlights failed. While trying to pull to the side of the road, without the use of the headlights, she scraped the side of the vehicle on a roadside metal marker. The scrape went the whole length of the vehicle. Updated 05/12/10.

I noticed that when I used my remote to unlock the doors, it set off the alarm. I pushed the unlock button several times and it stopped the alarm. The vehicle started fine and then went haywire when I hit about 15mph. The locks began locking and unlocking, the horn was beeping, the windshield wipers turned on, my high beams were flashing, and the interior "ding" was going off. It stopped and started again all within a 2 mile trip. Once I got home, the locks would only work manually, the headlights didn't work, and the interior lights were blinking. This morning, the Durango is fine and all components work.

I own a 2003 Durango with 20,000 miles. After done shopping went to parking lot and hit the unlock button on remote. Horn started honking, lights flashing. Thought I might have hit panic button but didn't think so, so I hit all the buttons again, put key in ignition and started car but horn still honked and lights kept flashing inside & out. Could not stop it. Started to drive home and lights would flash intermittently and horn honk intermittently. Stopped at store to get batteries for remote key thinking there was some computer problem and signel wasn't right. Still would not stop. Continued to drive home on interstate highway when I lost the headlights and taillights. Four way flashers kept flashing. Before I could get to exit highway patrol pulled me over. Said that was the second such incident that day with a Durango. He called a tow truck for me and we towed it home. The next day I was able to drive it to dealership. They replaced the central timer modual. Dealer states they have had several Durango's with this problem. Since the car is still in warranty I did not have to pay.