general problems of the 2016 Dodge Durango

This past week our 2016 Dodge Durango citadel driver side headrest pop out during the night while parked overnight outside our house. My wife discover the pop out headrest the next morning when she open the door to drive to her work. We are unable to return the head rest to its original position.

There is a design flaw with the coolant lines. The toh coolant line makes contact with the rear heater return line and creates a coolant leak in that area. Due to the friction this caused a hole in the line. My car gashed out coolant and shut off on the highway. Only one flash on the dashboard that said engine overheating. This issue is a design flaw that could be deadly. Luckily for myself I was traveling in the right line and had time to warn other drivers with hazards. Please investigate Dodge Durango vehicles for this seriously potentially deadly issue.

While my wife was driving our vehicle when the tire monitor light came on the dash. She made it home and showed me the tire. I thought she might have ran over an object on the road then began putting air in the tire. The tire started to inflate and rise then there was a sudden loud bang. I took the tire off the vehicle and saw that the inside sidewall of the tire blew out.

Engine cranks for a long time before starting.

Gas backs up and comes out when filling.

Vehicle was parked in a public parking area. Engine off. No one in vehicle. Vehicle had a combustible event occur under the hood. Fire department came to extinguish. Vehicle was declared a total loss. Vehicle was in excellent condition and well maintained … no prior history of issues other than routine maintenance. No recent maintenance done under hood on vehicle. No body was hurt. Thankfully. One other vehicle was damaged … plastic melted due to heat of fire on the driver side.

Alternator has a major malfunction causing a all systems failure. After going to multiple certified Dodge mechanics this issue is still unresolved.

The truck excels while at a stop light where you must break again. The truck the emergency break forward and rear has activated while in motion. I took this truck to meineka car care in joliet IL for a tire and breaks to be looked at while they test drove the truckthey instantly said the truck was dangerous because it took off whie the m also doing a test drive . I have complained to the dealership and Dodge. I was pulling in the driveway and put the car in drive to pull into the garage and it jerked hitting te garage. Took the truck in for a wheel alignement and couldnt drive back was told to send car to dealership.

�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.

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.

I caught state farm auto trying to replace my new parts with actual junkyard parts . . This is after a theft in my driveway of tires and wheels.

Went to drive my 2016 Durango this morning, check engine light was on, and the car would not go into reverse. After turning the car on and off several times, and letting it warm up, it went into reverse. Took it to autozone to read the code (p1b14) and for the second time we have a problem with the park- reverse dial. Couple of weeks ago it was put into park and the car drove forward on its own. I guess someone is going to have to get injured before Chrysler gets it together.

Came to a stop turned the knob to park, and went to exit the vehicle. The car rolled forward into the curb and dented my license plate . The car apparently did not go into park, like I had put it. Had there been people in front of me I would have hit them!.

My wife shifted the car into park. She exited the vehicle and left the engine running while she got out . When she stepped away from the vehicle to get something she noticed the vehicle rolling backwards and it backed into a dumpster. The rear window shattered and damage was done to the lift gate.

On 2/10/18 I parked my car on a hill along a curbed sidewalk I put the car in park and shut it off and exited and locked the doors. I walked to a restaurant around the corner for take out when I returned 5 minutes later and my vehicle had rolled back about ten feet into another vehicle that was parked on the street causing damage to the rear of my vehicle. I had to prior events in my driveway where after I parked my car in my driveway and in the morning I found the car backed ed out into the road way.

I was stopped at a stop sign and put vehicle in park and exited the vehicle and it started rolled backwards and knocked me down and rolled over me and caused a broken arm, 3 broken ribs and a bad bruise that needed surgery after it didn't dissolve like it's suppose to.

Have been driving my Durango for approximately 6 months. On 9/19 I was on my way to drop my kids at school as I normally do in the morning. Traffic was extremely heavy like usual, and I was stuck in traffic on 104 westbound. My son had undone his car seat latch so since I was stuck in traffic and I could easily reach him. His seat is to the back right of me in the middle row, and its a matter of just reaching back with one arm. After securing him (pushed the clip back together), the traffic had moved forward so I was going to move up. I hit the accelerator, and the car didn't move, it just revved. I noticed the car was in neutral for some reason, so without consideration I moved it to drive. Since the car was revving it jumped forward hitting the car in front of me. It was a minor accident, that didn't do much damage to my Durango, but a small part of the grill broke and punctured my radiator. My problem with the car is that the car should not have been in neutral. Had the car not been in neutral, I wouldn't have hit the gas more (as I couldn't figure out why it wasn't moving at first) and then it wouldn't have revved and wouldn't have jumped.

Rollaway danger---we have an attached three car garage and I was parked in the larger 2 car section closer to the house. In early am on a recent morning, when backing out of my garage, I realized I had left something in the house. After backing out, I put the car in park, unbuckled my seatbelt and opened the driver door in order to go back into the house. As I was exiting the vehicle, I noticed that the car was still moving forward. I jumped back into the car and quickly hit the brake in order to stop its rolling forward. Unfortunately as I had thrown myself back into the seat! I was misaligned to the controls and I hit the gas rather hard which caused the vehicle to lunge forward. As soon as I realized what happened, I slammed on the break but unfortunately I still hit the garage (the single car garage). I was at an angle to the building which caused damage to the front left of the vehicle but also to the right side passenger door and attached mirror. As well as some damage to the garage also. This was a very scary situation for me but there's more. My husband was taking out the garbage that morning and was walking acrossed the garage toward the garbage can. Had he been 10 paces further in his journey I very likely would have hit him or even pinned him between the vehicle and the garage causing unknown harm to him but perhaps very serious. To be honest, this vehicle scares the crap outta me which is horrible considering 6 months ago I made a major investment in it I have a pristine driving record. We contacted Dodge and we've had someone inspect the vehicle with a letter response of "you don't know how to drive". Given my driving record, I would argue that I do and given the known issues with possible roll awayon these vehicles I would ask that a fix be brought to market to make these vehicles safer!.

Key fob message key fob has left vehicle when vehicle is in motion, driving highway, stopped as well as parked. At times unable to get in to car. Other times when in vehicle the vehicle will not start. Also, transmission command in drive the vehicle will not go forward and in reverse the vehicle will not back up and when it does it make a noise.

I live in northern new york. On the morning of 10/18/2016, my 11y/o daughter buckled her 7y/o sister in the back passenger seat of our 2016 Dodge Durango. Our 11 y/o then enter the front passenger side and shut the door. The Durango then popped out of park and rolled down our steep driveway with our two daughters inside. My 11 y/o had enough sense to jump to the drivers side and hit the brakes. The vehicle was not running and the keys were not in the vehicle. My daughter could not stop the vehicle and it went partially over a 25' embankment, as my wife was walking out door to get in the car. My kids were not injured and I credit my daughter for that by slowing down the vehicle. The local dealership has been great and is behind us 100% but Dodge has been less than helpful, and make it sound like there is nothing they can do. I'm not sure they understand how bad this could have been. Again the vehicle is a 2016 Dodge Durango with the rotary shifting knob. It was not running, no keys in it, and no one was in the drivers seat. My kids are terrified to ever get in that car again and my wife and I wouldn't anyway because it is unsafe. Dodge makes it sound like because the dealership found no fault codes there is nothing they can or will do. I call Dodge everyday and I feel they don't understand the seriousness of this complaint.

The automatic start/stop feature fails to restart the engine after foot is removed from brake. The error message appears in the information system "cycle shift to park then recycle to drive". The d flashes on the dashboard and the d on the gear shift selector flashes. This normally happens at a traffic light but may occur during a short stop prior to turning or merging onto a street. This causes a dangerous pause that could result in a rear end collision by being hit from behind. There is a function button to disable the start/stop feature but the default position on engine start is on.

Our 2015 Durango limited makes a thumping noise, sounds like an impact in the rear of the vehicle. The dealership has not been able to diagnose the problem, and cant duplicate it. My wife has heard this noise since we purchased this vehicle. We have owned 3 other Durangos with the same body style and have never heard the same sound.