general problems of the 2011 Dodge Durango

The dash board will light up and the windsheld wipers will start to go with out doing anything, then the dashboard fails and powers down and then tries to start back up. It caused my Durango to lose power then power back up. I do have a video that I will try to include please excuse the language in it.

The contact owns a 2011 Dodge Durango. While driving approximately 45 mph, the headliner caught fire. A fire report was filed. The fire department extinguished the fire. There were no injuries. The vehicle was towed to an unknown dealer, but was not repaired per NHTSA campaign number: 15v879000 (electrical system, interior lighting) due to extensive damage. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and opened a case, but the contact had not heard back. The failure mileage and VIN were unknown.

The contact owns a 2011 Dodge Durango. While driving out of a parking space in the rain, water was noticed entering through the overhead map light unit. The vehicle was serviced per NHTSA campaign number: 15v879000 (electrical system, interior lighting) at driver's village (5885 east circle drive cicero, NY 13039 (855) 254-5196). The contact also mentioned that the vehicle was equipped with a sun roof. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired for the leakage failure. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 111,326.

The contact owns a 2011 Dodge Durango. While the vehicle was parked, the front passenger side of the vehicle caught fire. The fire department extinguished the fire. A police and fire report were filed. There were no injuries. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The VIN was included in NHTSA campaign number: 15v879000 (electrical system, interior lighting). The failure mileage was 101,000.

The contact owns a 2011 Dodge Durango. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 15v879000 (electrical system, interior lighting); however, the part to do the repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. Parts distribution disconnect.

The contact owns a 2011 Dodge Durango. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 15v879000 (electrical system, interior lighting); however, the part to do the recall repair was not yet available. Sterling Dodge (5504 I-49 frontage rd, opelousas, la 70570, (337) 942-1241) was contacted, but was unable to remedy the vehicle due to the limited quantities of parts being supplied to the dealer. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was not notified. The contact had not experienced a failure. Parts distribution disconnect.

The contact owns a 2011 Dodge Durango. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 15v879000 (electrical system, interior lighting); however, the part to do the repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was not made aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. Parts distribution disconnect.

Takata recall. The contact owns a 2011 Dodge Durango. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 15v879000 (electrical system , interior lighting) however, the part needed to perform the repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was notified of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. VIN tool confirms parts not available.

The contact owns a 2011 Dodge Durango. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 15v879000 (electrical system, interior lighting); however, the remedy was not available. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. The VIN was not provided.

The contact owns a 2011 Dodge Durango. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 15v879000 (electrical system, interior lighting); however, the part to do the repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue. The contact experienced smoke fumes coming from the passenger side visor. The failure mileage was unknown. VIN tool confirms parts not available.

My 2011 Dodge Durango caught fire. The roof above the passenger visor burn significantly. While driving the car the passenger said she smelled an electrical problem. Both of us have retired from the electronics field. Not realizing the severity of the electrical problem, I parked the car. We went away from the car for about ten minutes. Upon returning we open the door and entered the car. The car filled with smoke. We could hear the fire burning in the roof. We both jumped out. We flagged down some parking attendants. We opened the hood to get to the battery or fuse box. I monitored the light in the vanity mirrors and interior lights, while the attendants with book manual in hand, pulled fuses until the lights went out and the fire slowed to a stop. One note in spite of the fire burning our handicap sticker on the roof side, blistering the paint on the outside roof, and the interior roof on fire on no fuses blew! my experience is telling me that the wires involved have been drawing to much current for many years. The characteristics of the wires involved, changed with heat and time. Finally the wires got to resistive and heated to the point of ignition.

Purchased new 2011 Dodge Durango in 2011, I wasl driving to work this week locally and Dec 22,2015 battery light came on. Before the light came on I was driving with kids in the card and smelled burning in car thought it was exhaust from outside traffic. Another day my mom was in the car with me going shopping and she said she smelled something burning. Battery went because alternator was bad as per the auto place the wires were burned according to autoplace alternator bad,I contacted Dodge and provided receipt copies from the auto place that the alternator was bad but they said because warranty was up at 36,000 miles they wont reimburse me and there was nothing they could do but to make a complaint to NHTSA. This needs to be recalled, I have seen over 400 complaints and safety issues, how many people do they want to get injured before they recall? dealership is no longer around. If does not get recalled I will make sure to turn this one back and never purchase from Dodge again and will contact the media to expose Dodge for putting not recalling this alternator and putting the safety of families in harms way. I hope nothing else happens, I am always in the truck with my kids and I am really nervous driving my truck now and worried if something else is going to happen when we are in the car. This should have never happened to a brand new truck. I have had used cars longer than this and never once had a problem with any issues with the cars. This is a serious matter and hope it can be taken care of immediately.

I was on my way to work today when I noticed a burning smell and then the battery light came on. Due to heavy traffic I couldn't pull to the side. I got farther down the road and heard a loud whining noise. When I arrived at work I contacted the local Dodge dealership to speak with the service department about this incident. I was told that it sounds like the alternator but that my vehicle was not covered in the recent recall since I have the 180amp alternator. The recall was only for the 160 amp alternators. I was shocked since my vehicle only has 61,000 miles on it. Researching this problem online I found numerous complaints from people having the same identical problem with the 180amp alternator (with the same make model and year) that caused the recall of the 160amp alternators. I have contacted Dodge to see if they would stand by their product and do the right thing concerning this. Once again they have failed me. Consumers are reporting an average of $1400 to have the alternator replaced with no recall or warranty. I have 4 pictures of my soot covered alternator ( I am a firefighter I know what electrical soot looks and smells like). This is very concerning to think I could lose my Durango could catch fire, loose power and stall in traffic, cause an accident or have my wife stranded on the side of the road due to this.

The contact owns a 2011 Dodge Durango. Upon entering the vehicle, the contact noticed that the led light for the interior of the driver compartment of the vehicle failed to illuminate without warning. The contact stated that this was a recurring failure. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, but was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 50,000.

The contact owns a 2011 Dodge Durango. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign numbers: 14v154000 (service brakes, service brakes, hydraulic), 14v530000 (electrical system), and 15v879000 (electrical system, interior lighting). The parts to do the repairs were unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repairs. The manufacturer was not notified of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. Parts distribution disconnect.