general problems of the 2016 Dodge Durango

We had an issue with an error message in the middle of driving that stopped the acceleration of the vehicle, this seems to be common, looking at forums online. The inspection request is acceptable. The message we receive is "shift to p before changing gears". The vehicle will stop in the middle of traffic and sometimes require a complete restart before being able to shift to drive. This has put myself, my wife, and two children in immense danger as the vehicle can stop at any point in time in oncoming traffic. We've taken it to a dealer who inspected the shifter and they didn't see any issues they couldn't replicate the issue happening. Two separate mechanic shops also cannot replicate this issue consistently. It hasn't been inspected these problems didn't have any warning messages prior to the problem occurring.

The rear license plate light bulb (right) was out and I went to have the bulb replaced. I was quoted over $1100 from the dealer, as the led racetrack lighting was not properly sealed and is collecting water. The collection of water within the light compartment has caused corrosion within, and the wiring to disintegrate. This is a commonly known, yet not addressed safety issue by Dodge. My vehicle will not pass the MA safety inspection at the end of the month. I have read on-line many, many complaints, as well as have spoken to other Durango owners who have experienced this same problem. I have already replaced the racetrack lighting once on this vehicle due to water collection and the brake lights not properly working. This is a known safety issue that needs to be addressed.

The contact owns a 2016 Dodge Durango. The contact stated while driving at undisclosed speeds, the vehicle shut off and the steering wheel became inoperable. The vehicle failed to restart, and the contact waited for approximately 1 hour later and the vehicle restarted; however, the failure recurred. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed with a tipm failure. The vehicle was repaired; however, the failure recurred. The vehicle was towed to approximately 5 different dealers where it was diagnosed with the same failure. The vehicle was repaired approximately 5 times however, the failure recurred each time. The vehicle was not repaired. The contact discovered the NHTSA campaign number: 14v530000 (electrical system) however, the VIN was not included. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 98,000.

Was driving and the vehicle stalled well driving, had a hard time trying to stop and could barley steer the vehicle. Vehicle was flashing shift to park. This has happened two times to me now and I took it to the dealership and it happened to them as well. The radio screen sometimes doesn't light up and it will freeze and won't let you do anything, when cell phone is connected via blue tooth it will disconnect and then reconnect and randomly turn the volume all the way up and music will start playing, a/c will randomly kick on when I didn't have it on due to it being winter time and use only the heat now. Rear brake light the race bar part of it is out and mopar won't replace, hood of the vehicle has rust bubbles and the lift gate has rust, I asked mopar about the warranty and they said I missed the expiration date and they would not cover it. Three of the tires keep losing air and I am now on my second set of tires in a year and two months, valve stems replaced two times as well.

Intermittent start/stop, or extended start after driving for extended time. Vehicle fuel smell during if vehicle goes into an extended start mode. I have complained to Dodge about this problem. There was a previous recall on older and newer vehicles for tipm module which caused similar symptoms I'm experiencing.

Vehicle is going into park while driving, when it does that I have to come to a stop and restart the vehicle. I almost got into an accident and I’m scared for my life driving this. The dealership charged me to change the alternator, the batteries and I still have the same issue.

Vehicle turns off while driving. The ignition button goes to acc. The cluster board then says to press brake and put vehicle in park. This is happening every couple trips.

Electrical issues involving specific fuses in the vehicle where the f13 fuse constantly fries and melts into the fuse box. Causing an electrical burning smell. No warning lights come on. Certain aspects of the car stop working like the blower motor.

The car will just turn off, requiring it be placed in park and restarted.

3 malfunctions within a month time frame. The car will start and run normally. Then it will suddenly come to a halt because the engine will continue to run but the transmission knob will not be able to move, and the entire electrical panel lights up. Repeated attempts to use the push button start to unlock the transmission knob and be able to start car fail. This has happened 2 of the 3 times on major roadways in traffic. Pd was called for last incident. The car has been to the dealer 3 times, dealer is unable to replicate problem and unable to pull codes from computer every single time. Vehicle has been inspected by dealer every single time. No warning lights or lamp or messages have appeared prior to this issue. The last incident - as described on major roadway - my children were in vehicle. This is a complete and dangerous issue, still not being addressed. The car had come to a light, stopped, the auto engine had kicked in, and when time to move, the entire panel lit up and transmission knob locked once again.

Vehicle turns off while driving. The ignition button goes to acc. The cluster board then says to press brake and put vehicle in park. This is happening more often it was periodically but now happening on every trip.

My taillights have a shortage with water in it and my taillight isn't flushed with the body of my vehicle. Got pulled over by louisiana state police because of light flickering off and on.

The contact owns a 2016 Dodge Durango. While driving 70 mph, the vehicle began to lose power and the service power steering, service electric stability, and control service air bag warning indicators illuminated. The contact veered to the shoulder of the road and the vehicle shut off. The contact was able to place the gear in park, but it did not resume normal operation. The vehicle was towed to moss motor company (1000 s cedar Ave, south pittsburg, TN 37380, (423) 837-7114), but they were unable to duplicate the failure and were still working on the vehicle. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and provided case number: 71570701. The contact mentioned that the stability control system was updated approximately a year ago at the same dealer. The failure mileage was approximately 105,000.

While at a stop light, the engine shut down completely. I had to shift to park and restart the truck, then shift to drive. This happened at least twice.

Portions of the rear led taillight have shorted out due to water accumulation in the housing.

�takata recall� problem when shifting, the check engine light and it said that there is a problem with the sensor. It always happen whenever im running in freeway. It's like shifting and whenever I put it on reverse I get stuck on neutral whenever I switch it to drive or park I had to turn off the car to make it work again.

Water pooling inside the racetrack tail lights, causing the lights to fail.

Water pooling inside the racetrack tail lights.

The vehicle has electrical issues battery gets worn out and after buying 2 batteries I don't know what else could be it stalls while driving no matter the speed it's really dangerous I'm scared to drive it my wife was driving in the freeway and it stalled on her almost made her crash in the highway!!!!!this has happened 2 times already we are just not driving it at all.

2016 Dodge Durango. The tailgate lights gets water in them every time is rains. The bulbs burn out and you can't replace the bulbs yourself. The only way to fix the issue is paying over a thousand dollars to replace the whole back light.

Please add to #11183410. Lost complete functionality of the center track light assembly to include reverse lights. This is now a safety issue!.

The rear taillight or as it's called the rear racetrack light fills with water in the lower right and left corners when it's raining. This has caused some electrical issues and now some of the led have shorted. Visibility of my rear lights has decreased because of the moisture inside the taillight. . Read more...

Passenger side headlight assembly/right turn signal and day time running light (strip) both "blink" when right turn signal is used. Issue linked to water/moisture found in a compartment under the hood and was addressed by the servicing dealership February 2018 by disconnecting, cleaning, and reassembling the mentioned compartment and its associated electrical connections. As of February 2019, the mentioned "dual blinking" returned.

Tail light bar across back collects water (bad seals). Now has shorted out and tail light bar and tag lights do not work. Not covered under my extended warranty.

This is the 3rd time that while driving my engine shut off! the repair shop "fixed" the issue but the day I drove home it died again while driving and I had it towed to dealership service department. The repair lasted maybe 6 months? the engine died again while driving to work. The service extended warranty is giving me the run around about providing a rental and covering the repairs. I cannot be driving a vehicle that shuts down while driving! what if this happens while going 70 mph to work in austin?! I'm not wrecking and dieing because of a lemon car with safety issues.

The rear taillight or as it's called the rear �racetrack� light fills with water when it's raining. This has caused some electric issues and now some of the led have shorted. Visibility of my rear lights has decreased because of the moisture inside the taillight, and it's only matter of time before all of the remaining led bulbs are shorted out as well.

The power steering has gone out. It fully went out while driving into a parking lot from a highway exit. The truck started making sounds and will not turn now. The vehicle has only 60,000 miles. I have seen where other Dodge and ram vehicles are having similar issues where the power steering has completely gone out as mine has. With the electronic steering system every time I turn the wheel you hear a screeching and electronic or being sound (as if an electrical device has failed). I started to notice a dull or numb steering feeling to the vehicle which now has progressed into unable to use one bit. Fiat Chrysler has informed me that this is not covered under an extended warranty. We read that similar Dodge, Chrysler and ram vehicles in our year range have been affected by this as well. It's not realistic for someone whom is still paying for a vehicle to now be required to pay $3,000+ in repairs to fix this vehicle.

Noticed water in both sides of taillight lens of tailgate. Had truck in for oil change at dealer and showed svc manager water. Repair tech found "stress crack" in taillight assembly alllowing water to infiltrate tailllight lens. Svc manager said "stress crack" could be caused by closing tailgate. There is no indication of physical damage, ie. ,as in tailgate being hit or in an accident.

The first time I had an issue with my car, my husband and I were driving on the NJ turnpike in the left lane, with cars coming up behind us over 85 mph, and the car stopped accelerating and we had to pull over and the car died. After an awful mess Dodge took it in for repairs on the radio and electrical issues. They called me to pick it up and as I drove it out of the dealership the same issue was happening and the car almost died again. Now my car screen and radio will not shut off even when the car is off. Dodge can't supply me with a rental, and my husband is in the military and I am pregnant. They were useless on the phone and I am terrified to drive in my vehicle!!.

The 2016 Durango rented from enterprise repeatedly, increasingly but intermittently and without driver input, changed gear, revved and indicated on the screen that there were issues with "key fob not in vehicle and "tires pressure". At first their were three very brief incidents lasting less than three seconds over a week, occurring at idle and when accelerating. Later the occurrences lasted sometimes over 20 seconds each and happened sometimes several times per hour, increasingly worse. While there was clearly an issue with the shifter, there appeared to be additional or related issues with the electronic brain. Resetting the options, like shutting off the hill climb option which it was set on before we rented it seemed to help at first but did not. This was dangerous and disturbing. Finally, the car lurched out of park and hit a wall on its own from a few feet away. I have photos and will give more information. These incidents occurred at various times, and seemingly more in the rain and fog, though not exclusively. They occurred once when leaving a stoplight at a low speed turning left, on the freeway, on streets around 30/35 mph and at idle at full stop. Most occurrences were while driving on regular city streets where we did most of the driving on that trip in san jose, monterey and carmel. The worst was right before the pebble beach concours d'elegance, after I had driven north from san diego on a continuous freeway drive in the rain. It may just be a coincidence, but all three of the first instances in the first week of rental occurred after at least an hour drive on the freeway. In san jose, I immediately requested a replacement car but they had none. The second driver immediately noticed issues with the car, but we were told there were no other cars available. I think either the computer circuits were corroded and/or damaged or damp.