Door Latch Problems of Dodge Durango - part 1

The contact owns a 2015 Dodge Durango. The contact stated that the rear driver's and passenger's side brake lamps failed to illuminate intermittently and without warning. That contact inspected the vehicle and noticed that water was inside the rear brake lamps casing. The vehicle was taken to fitzgerald Chevrolet of hagerstown (101 s. Edgewood dr, hagerstown, MD 21740, (301)733-5000) to be diagnosed. The contact was informed that the door latch assembly was faulty and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 56,000. The VIN was not available.

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The contact owns a 2007 Dodge Durango. The contact stated that the door locks opened while driving and made a loud squeaking noise. In addition, the contact stated that the vehicle was previously repaired per an unknown NHTSA campaign for the door latches at chapman Chevrolet (1717 e baseline rd, tempe, az 85283, phone number (480) 838-1234); however, the failure recurred. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified. The approximate failure mileage was 125,702.

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The contact owns a 2016 Dodge Durango. While driving 55 mph, the contact noticed that the driver side door was ajar. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, but the cause of the failure was not determined. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 12.

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2000 Dodge Durango. The front door will not lock at all. It can't even be locked manually or with the key. The back drivers side door lock does not work. The motor quit working. This is not only dangerous, but the vehicle could be stolen or the contents. This is a problem with Durangos. There are many complaint sights on the internet with the same complaint over and over. This must be a recall. My Dodge van has the same problem. It happened at around 57,000 miles.

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2000 Dodge Durango. The drivers side back door lock motor broke. The vehicle had approx. 57,000 miles on it. At 60,000 miles the front door will not lock at all. This is a huge problem. Can't leave anything in the vehicle. It could get stolen and worst of all I could get car jacked because the door won't lock. This is a huge problem with Durangos. There are complaints all over the internet. And that is only people who take the time to complain. I also have a Dodge conversion van with the same problem. My friend has a Dodge van also and his locks are broken too.

The contact owns a 2000 Dodge Durango. The driver side windows would not roll up or down. In addition, the remote would not open and lock the doors. She was unable to drive the vehicle due to several hazards. The dealer and manufacturer stated that nothing could be done because they had never heard or seen that type of failure. Through online research, the contact discovered more information regarding the defect. Daimler Chrysler advised her to call NHTSA and file a complaint. The failure and current mileages were 39,000. Updated 02-19-08.

On my Dodge Durango. I have around 60,000 miles on it. I take really good care of my car. My existing problem is my passenger side electrical lock. I have to manually open it every time, lock does not work and my back right hand window does not open. I had to replace the lock on my passenger side once at the dealership, it worked for a couple of months then went out again, plus as they were fixing the problem they left screw driver prints on my door, which really upset me.

- the contact called regarding the 2001 Dodge Durango. The contact stated that the electric door locks automatically opened. The contact believed that the failure was due to the moist air in the state where he resided. The contact took the vehicle to a dealer and was told the lock switch cylinder needed to be replaced. The failure mileage was 20,000. Updated 03/30/07.

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- the contact owns a repair shop and complained that if the door handle broke on the 1998 or 1999 Dodge Durango there was no replacement door handle available for purchase. The contact stated that the internal driver's side door handle for 1998 - 1999 vehicles were no longer being produced, and the vehicle owners has no recourse. The contact made a makeshift door handle because the original handle was no longer available, and there was no part available that would put the vehicle in compliance. This failure could be a safety hazard in case of an accident. The vehicle owner could not easily get out of the car. The contact stated that the part which was $30. 00 - $40. 00 was being purchased at junk yards for approximately $400. The current and failure mileage were both 71,838 .

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Intermittent problems with the door locks -- lock/unlock on their own. It occurs while I am driving the vehicle (at any speed) and also occurs when the car is parked in the driveway (key is not in the ignition). I have been unable to pin point exactly what events trigger this to occur. The dealer had it for 8 days and was unable to reproduce the problem and returned the vehicle to me without any resolution.

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I have had to take my 2000 Durango in 3 times to have the locks repaired. All 3 have made loud noises when trying to lock once the vehicle is in motion. Two of the locks were so bad that you couldn't open the door. I am just waiting for the fourth one to go out.

Intermittent locking/unlocking of doors without activating the power door lock switch.

The power door locks on the consumer's 2000 Dodge Durango failed. The only door that locks in the vehicle is the passenger side rear. The consumer contacted the manufacturer but they refused to provide any assistance because the vehicle was out of warranty.

Door makes loud noise when locking, and dosen't unlock by remote have to unlock door for passenger to get in, also when aouto lock engages make realy loud noise, took Durango in while and was told that the regulator was out. This seems like its a defect in workmanship or the parts that controle the locking machanism, notices other Durangos haveing the same problem must be recalled , and I have less than 40k miles on Durango so its not from prolong use its a defect!.

Front automatic door locks make loud noise when locking and unlocking. On some occasions, door locks do not lock when driving vehicle at and beyond the 15 mph. Will try to lock (evident with the noise), but will not lock when checked.

Vehicle was having problems with the two back door locks. The door locks were replaced twice. But every time the locks were replaced the doors still were unable to lock. . . . . Dealer replaced latches.

Door locks intermittently unlocking and locking while driving in the rain.

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Door locks keep locking and unlocking themselves. This is a hazzard since it does this while driving. It even does it when I'm not driving. I've already have had someone try to brake in. I'm going to guess that they heard the door locks go up and down. 2 Dodge dealerships that I've checked with say they have no clue.

Ball joint failure on passenger side. The upper control arms, along with the ball joints have been replaced 3 times in the first 24 months of operation.

Both rear door lock motors have gone out causing horrible screeching noise and doors to not unlock.

Have had failure on both front and rear door power lock mechanism on my 2000 Dodge Durango.

Power door lock's on rear door will not allow passinger's to unlock it manualy it must be unlocked with the switch up front.

When attempting to unlock the front doors consumer was unable to unlock the doors due to electric lock failure.

Automatic door lock mechanism failure. I have had two auto lock mechanism failures on my 2000 Durango. I believe this is an important safety issue - I can not open the door - in an emergency this could be critical.

Upper ball joints failed on vechile.

The ball joints wore out prematurely. Sometimes, the steering wheel jerked out of the driver's hand, and there was a clanking noise in the front end. Also, power door locks worked intermittently.

In 2004 I took my vehicle to my mechanic to check my front drivers door lock and right back passenger door locks. They are making loud screeching noises when they try to lock or unlock. He told me he contacted Dodge and it was very expensive to repair, but what surprised me most eas that the dealer he spoke to was well aware iof the problem and not surprised to hear of the problem. Due to the cost the doors were not repaired. Now all doors except the back left passenger door screech loudly and either do not lock at all or stay locked. When I brought my vehicle in to have a recall on the ball joints repairs they told me my doors weren't the worst they had heard and they would get worse. I don't understand how dealers can know this problem exists and nothing be done by dodege to fix the door locks. It's really sad that at anytime someone can just open my car and even worse, I have 2 small children in my car with me all the time and if we ever had an emergency, they could either be locked in the car or they could fall out since some doors don't lock at all.

Power locks-I have had problems with the power locks on my vehicle since I purchased the vehicle. Every year since 2000, the vehicle has to be taken in because the power locks start making a noise when the doors lock automatically or when you lock the doors using the button. I just had the locks fixed again about two months ago and now the locks are making the same noise again. Luckily I have all my service receipts and I am hoping the dealership here in alabama will fix my vehicle locks free of charge since it has been an ongoing problem. Zkm.

Front upper ball joint failure drivers side. Front power door lock drivers side.

The electrical door lock will lock without warning. When closing the door vehicle would still be on with key in ignition.

Passenger side upper ball joint bad at 37,000 miles. Could feel something wrong through the steering wheel and made several visits to Dodge dealer and non-Dodge dealer and all said nothing was wrong. Finally insisted the dealer where the vehicle was purchased put it on the front end machine and take a look. Problem was easily discovered by the mechanic prior to making it to the machine. Also replaced drivers side automatic door lock assembly twice in two months.

I have a 200 Dodge Durango, I;d had this vehicle for a year now I recently had a lot of problems with this vehcicle the maste swicth to the window doesn't work. The window gets stuck and it comes up and when it wants to. I was looking through the compliants on this vehcile and others car had the same problem. Also now the door locks are not unlocking also. I was wondering if it is a manufactor problem?.

Just bought a used 2000 Dodge Durango slt. The power locks only work on 3 out of 5 doors properly. When I use the power locks they let out a high pitched grinding noise. I am afraid my kids may become locked inside the car and be unable to get out due to the problem with the power locks.

I purchased a 2003 Dodge Durango slt on April 24,2003. When my vehicle hit 800 miles the locks started locking and unlocking all the time, whether the key was in the ignition or not. It has been brought to the topor Dodge 2 times and the problem was unable to be fixed. It is now back in for the same problem. Only now they just keep unlocking all the time. I have to leave it at topor til the problem is fixed because the doors won't stay locked and is a safety hazard. I work in springfield massachusetts and it is unsafe to take my own Durango to work. It has been at the dealership since June 3,2003 and I have no idea how long I will be without my brand new Durango. This is a safety defect that I know longer want to deal with. My Durango now has 4200 miles on it and the problem still exists.

Door lock on drivers door failed, has been replaced 2 times.