general problems of the 2011 Dodge Durango - part 1

I was driving on the freeway and my battery light came on on the dash and lost power to engine and smelled electrical burning in the engine. Safely exited freeway and found the alternator was smoking really bad. Had to get the SUV towed home.

Orange car came on on dashboard after having the truck on cruise control and a car cut me off real close. The cruise control went off, the truck lost traction and it slipped while turning at a roundabout when it was raining.

The contact owns a 2011 Dodge Durango. The contact stated while exiting her residential driveway, driving at an undisclosed speed, the contact stated that several warning lights illuminated. The contact stated that she heard a noise that came from the engine compartment. The contact stopped the vehicle. The contact exited the vehicle to perform an inspection under the hood. The contact stated that when the hood was raised, the contact noticed smoke and fire. The contact immediately closed the hood and the fire burned out. The vehicle was towed to the dealer where it was diagnosed with a failed alternator. The contact was advised that due to the failure and the fire, the pcm, the valve cover gaskets, the battery, and the alternator needed to be replaced. In addition, the contact was informed that due to the fire, the labels for the alternator were not visible. The vehicle was not repaired. The contact was informed of an unknown recall that had a similar failure description, however, the contact's VIN was not associated with the recall. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 210,000.

The contact owns a 2011 Dodge Durango. The contact stated that while driving at 20 mph, the vehicle lost motive power. The contact's wife detected an abnormally strong smoke odor inside the vehicle. The windshield wipers inadvertently activated, and the instrument panel flickered. The battery warning light was illuminated. The contact pulled over and noticed smoke coming from underneath the hood. The contact, his wife, and his mother-in-law were able to exit the vehicle safely. No injuries were sustained. The contact checked under the hood and saw flames coming from the alternator; however, the flames extinguished themselves before the firefighters arrived on the scene. A fire department report was filed. The vehicle was first towed to the contact's mother-in-law's residence, then to the dealer, where it was determined that the alternator had malfunctioned due to the age of the vehicle. The contact was informed that the alternator and battery needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The contact related the failure to NHTSA campaign number: 17v435000 (electrical system); however, the VIN was not included in the recall. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 230,000.

This SUV has had 2 recalls for the same fuel system relay problem, and now after approximately 2or3 yrs ago, and now it's doing the same exact thing again, you'll be driving down the road and it will just shut off and a red lighting built will show up, lucky we had a safe place to pull off the road and get stopped, but this is a very dangerous situation for my wife and kids to be in.

The contact owns a 2011 Dodge Durango. The contact stated while driving approximately 55 mph, there was an abnormal sound coming from the engine compartment. The contact stated no warning light was illuminated. The contact pulled into a parking lot and stated that smoke was entering the cabin of the vehicle. The contact exited the vehicle and raised the hood. The contact stated that there was smoke coming from the alternator. The contact stated that the alternator had melted in some areas. The contact had the vehicle towed to the residence. The contact had not taken the vehicle to a local dealer or independent mechanic. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was informed of the failure. The contact had researched online and related the failure to NHTSA campaign number: 17v435000 (electrical system). The failure mileage was approximately 148,000.

The contact owns a 2011 Dodge Durango. The contact stated that while driving approximately 45 mph, the vehicle stalled without warning. The vehicle was towed to the local mechanic who diagnosed that the fuel pump was faulty and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not yet repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure, but no assistance was offered. The contact was informed that the VIN was not included in NHTSA campaign number: 19v813000 (electrical system). The contact stated that the vehicle had experienced the failure listed in the recall. The local dealer was not contacted. The failure mileage was 136,000.

With the initial incident with us as we were pulling into a roundabout & braking & turning to the left at some point and turning back to the right the engine stalls. All electrical was still working except for the engine and I smelled an odor of burning wire seemingly coming from the center of the steering wheel. Shift into neutral hit the ignition and it restarts and everything‘s fine. After a couple times of this happening sporadically, we were notified there was a recall notice seemingly for this problem, but there was a wait while for the recall parts for the solution. With the subsequent occurrences there was no electrical smell, there’s no problem restarting it and there is no problem with any other electrical. Problem occurs with various levels of fuel. We had the recall work performed, and yet the problem still occurs, again, sporadically which makes it difficult to diagnose. The Dodge dealer service dept here, in billings montana, cannot seem to reproduce the problem. There are no error codes produced when it happens. It is becoming extremely dangerous. I wonder if anyone else has experienced that faint electrical smell like the first time coming possibly from the steering wheel. I think the recall was related to the fuel pump relay, but I think our problem has something to do with the wiring in the steering column. As I said, intermittently, the engine stalls upon braking with a slight turn to the left & then back to the right. It probably happens roughly once every three or four months and almost always any more pulling into a roundabout. Only once has it occurred other than entering a roundabout.

Was driving home car shut off battery battery went completely dead had to tow to my house put a new battery new alternator and pcm called NHTSA and they said my vehicle wasn't on the recall list but I have the same problems as the vehicles that were on the recall list.

Car dies while driving at speed. Also will die at low speeds such as when turning or parking or waiting at a stop light. Sometimes have to wait before restart if dies at speed. If dies at low speed will start right back up. Dealer says no codes. Even when it died while on the techs computer he could not see a problem. These cars have been notorious for electrical problems due to totally integrated power module. Fuel relay recall did not solve the issue.

There was a whirring noise associated with engine rpm. It appeared to be something driven by the serpentine belt. Within a few miles the battery charge light came on. I figured the noise was then the alternator. I stopped at a parts store to order one and when I came back out, smoke was billowing out of the hood. I opened the hood and it was coming from the alternator. It wasn't slowing down. I asked for some tools from the parts store to unhook the battery and then the smoke started subsiding. It appeared the alternator created a short and the battery was feeding the potential for fire. This all happen in the course of 4 miles. The day before I had parked this vehicle in a parking garage below a college building for a sporting event. This could have caught fire and potentially caused a lot of damage to other vehicles and building. I don't think I would have heard the issue at highway speeds either, and eventually the short caused the entire electrical system to fail (hooked battery up to put car in neutral to load onto tow truck). I currently have the alternator and ordered a replacement (with a core charge). The back of the alternator has some metal that had melted along with the back plastic housing. The bearings seem smooth. I noticed another recall with same vehicle and alternator but with electric hydraulic power steering with the alternator shorting to ground, but my VIN is not affected by that.

Alternator failed.

Vehicle became unresponsive on the highway due to 220 amp alternator overheating and frying the pcm as a result. Same exact issue as recall item t36.

The contact owns a 2011 Dodge Durango. The contact stated that while driving at 45 mph, the contact noticed smoke coming from above the driver’s side sun visor. The contact lowered the sun visor and saw red coals and black smoke coming from the headliner. The contact pulled into a parking lot to get water to extinguish the fire. Upon returning to the vehicle the contact saw flames coming from inside the vehicle. The emergency services were contacted and notified of the fire. The fire department arrived on the scene. When the fire man pulled down the headliner there was flames underneath the headliner. The fire department was able to extinguish the fire. A police and fire report were filed. There was injury reported. The fire department determined that the fire was caused by an electrical fault. The vehicle was towed to a tow lot. The insurance provider had not determined if the vehicle would be a total loss. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 181,000. The VIN was not available.

All current recalls have been performed on this vehicle. While making left and right hand turns after coasting down from a highway speed (55mph or greater) the vehicle will stall. We will loose all power steering and brakes. No warning lights come on and everything appears normal except the engine is not running. Something in the fuel or electrical system is intermittently failing. I suspect it to be a "dumb" device. Something that is told to turn on or off but there is no feedback to the computer to set a code when it fails. The vehicle is available for inspection at any time. This started occurring after one of the fuel pump relay recalls. It happens at random and is hard to duplicate, while we do have video of it, the dealer has been unable to duplicate it. The vehicle shows no codes, or anything wrong when it happens. Once the vehicle is stopped, shifted back into park, it will restart and run just fine. This has placed us in unsafe conditions in the middle of the opposing lane, in a turn, trying to restart the vehicle before another car comes around the turn. It is also hard to steer and stop a large SUV when power steering and brakes have been lost. There have been several close calls of getting the vehicle stopped prior to going off the road. The dealer has checked the vehicle over with no solution found for the issue. There has never been any warning lights associated with the vehicle stalling while driving. The vehicle does not know anything is wrong.

While driving lights on dash all flash, windshield wipers come on, horn won’t work, windows won’t work, headlights will turn off, speedometer drops to zero. Problem started a year ago. Took it to Dodge and 2 independent auto repair places, with no fix. We were without the car for 4 months while waiting to see if anyone could find a fix-as far as we were told there was none. Car drove fine for a couple of months with some “minor” issues-lights flash speedometer drops- pull over turn car off- everything ok. Today full electric failure! everything stated above happened at once, in addition to feeling like I could not accelerate.

While at speed, the fcw light goes off and the vehicle looses the ability to accelerate. I usually have to pull over, shut down the vehicle, and restart it to continue. I have had all of the recalls completed as soon as possible, and the last one was completed several years ago. Similar things happened previously with this car but seemed to be fixed by recalls. This has only started happening again recently, say within the last month or two, and is happening with greater frequency.

VIN: 1d4re2gg9bc733269, make/model: Dodge Durango, year 2011, miles: 189,000 no warning, no malfunction indicator light until after today 09/21/2021, engine wont turn over, not battery, battery is charged, exterior and interior lights work, malfunction indicator light( engine symbol), & red not yellow electronic throttle control when turning on vehicle, makes a clicking noise when trying to turn over. Light that stays on : mil, light that only stays on briefly, etc, vehicle will not turn over to start no known recalls.

The contact owns a 2011 Dodge Durango. The contact stated while driving approximately 10 mph, the vehicle stalled randomly. The vehicle was able to be restarted. The contact stated that the “forward collision warning- off” message was displayed. The vehicle was taken to a local dealer where it was not diagnosed or repaired. Upon investigation, the contact associated the failure with NHTSA campaign number: 14v530000 (electrical system) however, the VIN was not included. The manufacturer was not informed of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 94,000.

Every so often, while I’m driving, my vehicle totally shuts down in the middle of traffic as I slow down for a turn or to stop. The steering wheel becomes very difficult to maneuver, forcing me to stop exactly where I am, to shift it to park and crank it up again.

My stock alternator caught fire, and made my car completely lock up and shut down while I was driving. Upon further diagnosis my pcm was affected. There was a recall for that exact issue and in the year my vehicle was manufactured, yet my car VIN is not included! it’s the same issue from the recall.

The contact owns a 2011 Dodge Durango. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 19v813000 (electrical system) however, the part to do the recall repair was not yet available. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the vehicle lost motive power and stalled without warning. The contact was shifted into the park, restarted, and resumed normal functionality. The vehicle was taken to the dealer. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 100,000. Parts distribution disconnect.

The contact owns a 2011 Dodge Durango. The contact stated while driving at 5 mph, the vehicle stalled without warning. The contact restarted the vehicle however, the failure recurred. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 19v813000 (electrical system) and related the failure to the recall campaign. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer to be diagnosed. The contact called victory Chrysler Dodge Jeep ram (64 greensburg st, delmont, PA 15626) to schedule an appointment to remedy the recall and was informed that the parts were on back order. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer had not been informed of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 148,461.

The contact owns a 2011 Dodge Durango. The contact stated that her vehicle was repaired under NHTSA campaign number: 19v813000 (electrical system). After the repair, while driving 45 mph the vehicle began to experience the symptoms stated in the recall. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer. Upon investigation, the contact associated the failure with NHTSA campaign number: 19v813000 (electrical system) however, the VIN was no longer included in the recall. The manufacturer had not been informed of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 259,000.

While driving at about 25 mph, the nuetral light at the awd high and low shift knob lit up and the vehicle stuck into low. Upon trying to get it to shift into high the transmission stuck in neutral and will not move.

Tl-the contact owns a 2011 Dodge Durango. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 19v813000 (electrical system) however, the parts to do the repair was not yet available. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. A dealer was contacted and confirmed that the parts were not available. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. VIN tool confirms parts not available. Tf.

My vehicle has been stalling after I turn it on second try it will sound like I'm running out of gas third time is a charm car will stay on but sometimes hesitate to when pushing the gas when at a complete stop car feels like it's going to stall until I tap the gas there is also a crackle in the dash board when car is on ac turns on, on it's own I've contacted the dealer with these issues and they tell me that it has nothing to do with this recall and does not send my car in for an inspection.

Tl the contact owns a 2011 Dodge Durango. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 19v813000 (electrical system) however, the part to do the recall repair was not yet available. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. An unknown dealer was contacted and confirmed that parts were not yet available. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. VIN tool confirms parts not available.

My car gets stuck in 4low when in awd. Car stalls all the time they have not fixed that recall as of yet. My check engine comes on and tire sensors to 0 on all sides when tires are fine. I can't turn left or right without clunking jerking. Dodge dealer knows the transfer cases have issues but no recalls. The Dodge forum is full of complaints about same issue happening to least 20 others I have seen so far. I'm being charged about $5000 to change transfer switch and case now. But with so many of us why hasn't this been recalled. I think the whole problem is our computers are faulty. I have all kinds of lights flashing up at times for no reason and no codes are found with cel on. I was driving out of a store car park when light flashed and car got stuck in 4low now I live only to get to is from a highway and when that is 55mph and I can only go 20mph with wide turns we have an issue.

The contact owns a 2011 Dodge Durango. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the vehicle would independently stop as the forward collision avoidance warning light would illuminate on the instrument panel. The contact then received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 19v813000 (electrical system) and took the vehicle to a dealer for the recall repair. Upon return of the vehicle, the contact stated that the failure recurred on three separate occasions. The contact took the vehicle back to the dealer where they were unable to diagnose the cause of the failure. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 87,000.

Tl- the contact owns a 2011 Dodge Durango. The contact stated that the vehicle was at stand still, when starting the ignition and multiple warning light was illuminated and she saw smoke exiting for the hood. The vehicle was not drivable. The contact called local dealer lithia Chrysler Jeep Dodge of billings located at 2229 king Ave w, billings, mt 59102, (406) 206-3601, were made aware of the failure. The vehicle had not been diagnosed or repaired as of yet. Upon investigation the contact associated the failure with NHTSA campaign number: 17v435000 (electrical system), however her VIN was not associated to the recall. The manufacturer had been informed of failure. The failure mileage was approximate 127,000. Dp.

While vehicle was in drive on several occasions, it will switch from awd into low without anything being touched by driver. This was while vehicle was in forward motion after a period of driving and occurred about w 20-30 mph. It will not switch out of low no matter what was tried unless vehicle was stopped and restarted (sometimes restarted a couple times). Possible issue with transfer case. Will be notifying dealership.

Tl the contact owns a 2011 Dodge Durango. The contact stated that while driving at 60 mph, the vehicle stalled without warning. The vehicle was restarted however, the failure recurred. The vehicle was towed to the residence. The contact called landers Dodge Chrysler Jeep ram (2701 benton rd, bossier city, la 71111, (318) 797-1233) and was informed that the vehicle was not subjected to a recall. The contact linked the failure to NHTSA campaign number: 17v435000 (electrical system). The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 145,000.

Its been about 5 months I have called numerous times to the dealer . Every time I call they state theres no fix as yet. I lost count how many times my SUV has stalled out on me . Especially on the exit ramp of the l. I. E here in nyc. A few times I have stalled out in traffic and I mentioned this the my dealer . On April 7 2020 I took my SUV to the repair shop and they put in another fuel pump relay but my truck is still at the point of stalling out. I was told this is a temporary fix until the manufacturer has a fix on the recall. I am very afraid of stalling out on the highway at high speed . Please help. My hope is that in contacting you that there will be pressure on the manufacturer to remedy this problem before someone dies.

The contact owns a 2011 Dodge Durango. The contact stated while attempting to start the vehicle, the vehicle failed to start and drained the battery. The contact stated that several unknown warning lights were illuminated. The following day the vehicle was started and driven to the local dealer, where the vehicle was diagnosed with needing the fuel pump relay to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 19v813000 (electrical system) however, the part to do the recall repair was unavailable. The contact took the vehicle to the local dealer and it was confirmed that the part was not yet available. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue. The failure mileage was approximately 66,000. Parts distribution disconnect.