Dodge Durango / 2019
2019 Dodge Durango problems
Owners have filed 207 complaints about the 2019 Dodge Durango with NHTSA. Exterior lighting accounts for 21.7% of them — narrowly the most common, ahead of electrical system at 17.9%.
Complaints207
Crashes4
Fires5
Injuries8
Deaths0
What owners report breaking
Exterior lighting 21.7% · 45
Electrical system 17.9% · 37
Engine 11.6% · 24
Unknown or other 9.2% · 19
Service brakes, hydraulic 7.7% · 16
Power train 5.8% · 12
Service brakes 4.8% · 10
Air bags 2.9% · 6
Severity
Of those complaints, 4 describe a crash, 5 describe a fire and 8 report an injury.
Reading the numbers
Across the 21 model years of the Dodge Durango in this data, 2019 draws comparatively few complaints; 1999 is the outlier year.
Filings are rising — 98 in the last three years against 80 in the three before. For a vehicle this age that usually points to a wear-related failure owners are hitting now.
The median odometer reading at the time of complaint was 23,529 miles.
In owners' own words
Water gets in the rear middle racetrack tailgate light and caused the partial burnout of the LED tailgate lights. This is a 2019 Dodge Durango VIN [XXX] with only 17,000 miles. This is a safety issue and from what I read online it will lead to other lighting/electrical issue in the future. INFORMATION Redacted PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). Exterior lighting
Water continually builds up in the middle part of the tail lights. This is now making the lights in my tail lights go out. These are lights that can't be replaced without replacing the entire piece. I see this often on Dodge Durangos of my model and it's definitely an issue. I still cannot find out how water is getting in and it will continue to make more of my taillight go out. Exterior lighting
The race track lighting on the vehicle which is the back lights has a factory defect and fills with water from rain and shorts out. Now my lights do not work and can also cause my brake lights and other lights to fail or cause an electrical fire. God forbid. This is a known problem but dodge has not made it a recall yet and should. The part is 1200 without installation. Exterior lighting
Verbatim from NHTSA filings. Complaints are unverified owner reports.
Safety recalls
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