2014 Dodge Durango Body & structure Problems

Head rest deployed outside of “extended warranty “ its a safety hazard. This part should be total recalled. The rear passenger door latch gets stuck or pops open randomly. It will not close when this happens and it has come open upon locking and driving! Again dangerous where children sit. This is with child lock on or off the problem continues. The third complaint is the seat belts will not retract in the front seat but the dealership requires me to pay a fee to have it assessed. This is a “recalled”issue but it isn't for my vin These three things seem to all fall shortly after buying the vehicle within the last four yrs. Exact dates unknown.

NHTSA ID

11646446

Incident

Mar 5, 2022

Rear liftgate strut stud ball mount broke and the tailgate slammed on my wife’s head. She was knocked to the ground and her neck has hurt for months now.

NHTSA ID

11577887

Incident

Dec 25, 2023

The contact owns a 2014 Dodge Durango. The contact stated that on several occasions, the mounting bolt used to hold the liftgate open failed to operate as needed, causing the liftgate to slam down unintendedly. The contact stated that he replaced the mounting bolt himself; however, the failure recurred. Neither the dealer nor the manufacturer was notified of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 38,000. The VIN was not available.

NHTSA ID

11534054

Incident

Feb 1, 2022

Mileage

38,000 mi

The contact owns a 2014 Dodge Durango. The contact stated that while driving at 65 MPH, the spoiler detached from the vehicle without warning. The contact stated that no cars were damaged and no one was injured due to the failure. The dealer and the manufacturer were both notified of the failure and both informed her that the failure was not covered under recall or warranty. The contact took the vehicle to an independent mechanic where the electrical tape was placed over the loose wiring that resulted from the failure. The vehicle had yet to be repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 106,000.

NHTSA ID

11465333

Incident

May 13, 2022

Mileage

106,000 mi

The power liftgate strut broke off at the mounting stud causing the liftgate to slam down uncontrolled. This could easily cause injury especially to a child.

NHTSA ID

11441252

Incident

Nov 19, 2021

The fuel door becomes loose and will not open without using emergency release in trunk.

NHTSA ID

11434466

Incident

Sep 1, 2019

REAR RACE TRACK LIGHTING TAKING ON WATER WHEN IT RAINS.ED LIGHTS HAVE SHORTER OUT. HAPPENS WHEN VEHICLE IS EXPOSED TO WET AND RAINY CONDITIONS OR CARWASH

NHTSA ID

11388459

Incident

Jan 12, 2016

Mileage

30,000 mi

SEATBELT FOR DRIVER NO LONGER RETRACTS OR LOCKS WHEN BRAKE IS APPLIED. DOESN'T RETRACT BACK WHEN VEHICLE IS OFF AND SEATBELT IS REMOVED JUST FLOPS. BACK LIFT GATE OPENS AND THEN CLOSES AND SUSPENDS HALFWAY WILL HIT YOUR HEAD IF YOU'RE STANDING UNDER IT. INTERIOR OVERHEAD LIGHTS DO NOT TURN OFF WHILE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION AND RUNNING. DON'T TURN OFF FOR ABOUT 5-10 MINUTES AFTER VEHICLE TURNED OFF AND IS LOCKED.

NHTSA ID

11383489

Incident

Dec 1, 2020

Mileage

60,000 mi

THE REAR TAILLIGHT GETS WATER IN IT EVERYTIME IT RAINS AND PART OF THE LED OF THE TAILLIGHT HAS GONE OUT DUE TO THE WATER AND THIS IS A HIGE SAFETY CONCERN. ON DODGE FORUM THIS IS A WELL KNOWN ISSUE AND WELL AS WELL KNOWN OF AT THE DEALERSHIP. I DID CALL DODGE CUSTOMER SERVICE WITH NORESPONSIBILTY TAKEN.

NHTSA ID

11321495

Incident

Oct 1, 2019

Mileage

80,000 mi

REAR TAILLIGHT COLLECTS WATER IN THE HOUSING WHEN IT RAINS, SNOW OR WASH. DUE TO THIS DEFECT KNOW MY REAR TAIL LIGHT IS BURNED OUT. THIS OCCURS WHEN I'M STATIONARY OR MOVING. I READ A LOT OF FORUMS AND IT SEEMS LIKE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH DODGE. *TR

NHTSA ID

11320852

Incident

Apr 1, 2020

Mileage

53,000 mi

THE REAR TAIL LIGHT HAS BEEN FILLING WITH WATER AND HAVE NO IDEA WHERE IT'S COMING IN AT BECAUSE TAIL LIGHT STILL LOOKS AS NEW AS IT DID BEFORE. NOW THE LED PART OF THE LIGHT HAS COMPLETELY GONE OUT AND THE WHOLE LIGHT ISN'T ILLUMINATED

NHTSA ID

11299185

Incident

Jan 31, 2019

Mileage

4,000 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 DODGE DURANGO. THE CONTACT NOTICED A PUDDLE OF WATER UNDERNEATH THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT DISCOVERED THAT WATER HAD LEAKED INTO THE REAR RACE TRACK LIGHT ASSEMBLY. AFTER REMOVING A BOLT FROM THE ASSEMBLY, THE WATER WAS DRAINED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DETERMINED. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 94,000.

NHTSA ID

11297305

Incident

Jan 6, 2019

Mileage

94,000 mi

THE ENTIRE BRAKE LIGHT (PANELS) HAD WATER LEAK IN THEM CAUSING WATER TO BACK UP IN PLASTIC COVER SHORTING OUT THE BREAK LIGHTS AND CAUSING CONDENSATION ON THE REST OF THE BRAKE PANELS. THIS HAPPENS WHEN IT RAINS OR CAR IS GETTING WASHED OR ANY TIME WATER TOUCHES BACK BRAKE LIGHTS.

NHTSA ID

11288703

Incident

Jun 1, 2018

Mileage

65,000 mi

RACETRACK TAIL LIGHTS BURNT OUT FROM NORMAL USE BECAUSE THE PART SUFFERED A COMMON MANUFACTURING DEFECT. THIS PART IS FLAWED AND NEEDS TO BE REDESIGNED AND ISSUED A RECALL TO ALL RACETRACK OWNERS.

NHTSA ID

11288243

Incident

Apr 4, 2017

Mileage

94,500 mi

2014 DODGE DURANGO TAIL LIGHT ASSEMBLY NOT PROPERLY SEALED WHEN MANUFACTURED AND ALLOWS WATER TO ENTER AND RUIN CIRCUIT BOARD FOR LED TAIL LIGHTS. I HAVE ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING DEGREE AND THIS IS NOT A BULB BURNED OUT. THE LEDS CIRCUIT BOARD IS WHAT'S DAMAGED NOT THE LEDS. DEALERS SAY WARRANTY DOES NOT COVER BULBS. BUT THIS IS A WHOLE TAIL LIGHT ASSEMBLY THAT WAS NOT SEALED RIGHT FROM THE FACTORY. IT COST $1100 TO REPLACE . THIS IS A DEFECT NOT NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR. THERE ARE LITERALLY THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ONLINE WITH SAME ISSUE.

NHTSA ID

11243927

Incident

Jun 8, 2019

Mileage

81,000 mi

WATER CONTINUES TO LEAK AND POOL INSIDE THE TAIL LIGHT AND HAS CAUSED SOME OF THE LED BULBS TO GO OUT.

NHTSA ID

11220998

Incident

Apr 24, 2019

Mileage

28,500 mi

THE BACKUP LIGHT ASSEMBLY IS THIS VEHICLE FILLS WITH WATER DURING RAIN OR CAR WASHES, SPEED IS IRELEVANT. THE WATER SHORTS OUT THE LED LIGHTS, CAUSING THEM TO FAIL. THE ASSEMBLY IS SUPPOSED TO BE WATER TIGHT, THEREFOR THERE IS NO WAY FOR THE WATER IT COLLECTS TO DRAIN. THEREFORE, THE METAL COMPONENTS OF THIS ASSEMBLY ARE ALSO BEGINNING TO RUST DUE TO THE PERSISTENT PRESENCE OF WATER. REPLACING THIS FAILED ASSEMBLY COSTS $1,300. THIS COMPONENT SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE WATER TIGHT ON WELL MAINTAINED VEHICLES, SUCH AS MINE. THIS FAILURE FEELS LIKE A FLAW IN THE DESIGN OF THE ORIGINAL PART. DODGE SHOULD REPLACE THESE FAILED ASSEMBLIES AT A MUCH MORE REASONABLE PRICE, OR FREE OF CHARGE, DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE COMPONENT IS DESIGNED TO LAST THE LIFE OF THE VEHICLE, AND CERTAINLY ISN'T FOR ME AND MANY OTHERS.

NHTSA ID

11154250

Incident

Sep 1, 2018

Mileage

60,000 mi

I HAVE WATER POOLING IN THE REAR TAIL LIGHT TRACK WHENEVER IT RAINS. THIS REDUCES LIGHT VISIBILITY, AND I'M ASSUMING WILL EVENTUALLY SHORT OUT THE ELECTRICS IN THE LIGHTS.

NHTSA ID

11153578

Incident

May 1, 2018

Mileage

70,000 mi

TRACK LIGHTING ON THE REAR DOOR IS NOT SEALED AND WATER GETS INTO THE LIGHT HOUSING AND THE REAR CAMERA AS WELL AS THE LICENSE PLATE LIGHTS. SOME OF THE LIGHTS IN THE TRACK ARE OUT AND I HAVE TO KEEP REPLACING THE LICENSE PLATE LIGHTS. WATER IS JUST SITTING ON THE LIGHTS SO THEY BURN OUT. I'M AFRAID THIS MIGHT START A ELECTRICAL FIRE IN THE REAR DOOR OR MY REAR LIGHTS WILL JUST STOP WORKING.

NHTSA ID

11123105

Incident

Aug 28, 2018

Mileage

72,000 mi

ON MAY 31, 2018 WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE IN THE RAIN, MY FRONT LEFT MOLDING WHEEL FLARE FLEW OFF OF MY 2014 DODGE DURANGO. THERE WERE NO HAZARDS IN THE ROADWAY AND I DID NOT HIT ANYTHING THAT WOULD HAVE CAUSED IT TO FLY OFF. THERE HAD ALSO BEEN NO PREVIOUS SIGNS THAT IT WAS LOSE OR ABOUT TO COME OFF, IT JUST SIMPLY FLEW OFF WHILE I WAS DRIVING. INSPECTION OF THE VEHICLE AFTERWARDS ALSO DID NOT INDICATE ANY DAMAGE TO THE WHEEL HUB AREA THAT WOULD HAVE CAUSED THE WHEEL FLARE TO DETACH.

NHTSA ID

11112558

Incident

May 31, 2018

Mileage

67,500 mi

THE DURANGOS HAVE A SERIOUS ISSUE WITH WATER SOAKING INTO THE LED RACE TRACK LIGHTING ON THE REAR LIGHTS. MINE IS FILLED WITH WATER AND KILLED MY LED BULBS.

NHTSA ID

11080983

Incident

Mar 8, 2018

TAIL LIGHT HAS WATER IN IT. MAY CAUSE ASSEMBLY TO FAIL.

NHTSA ID

11079034

Incident

Mar 1, 2018

PULLED INTO DRIVEWAY AND PUT CAR IN PARK TO GET OUT TO GRAB THE MAIL. UPONRETRIEVING THE MAIL, I TURNED AROUND TO WITNESS THE VEHICLE ROLLING ON MY DRIVEWAY AND CRASHING THROUGH A CLOSE GARAGE DOOR. THE VEHICLE APPARENTLY JUMPED OUT OF GEAR AS IT WAS NOT MOVING WHEN I GOT OUT OF THE VEHICLE AND WALKED TOWARDS THE MAILBOX

NHTSA ID

10969850

Incident

Mar 31, 2017

Mileage

37,000 mi

THIS ACTUALLY HAPPENED ABOUT 4 MONTHS AGO. I WAS AT THE POST OFFICE DROPPING OFF MAIL OUTSIDE IN THE MAILBOX IN MY CAR. I DROPPED A PIECE OF MAIL ON THE GROUND. I PUT MY CAR IN PARK AND GOT OUT OF MY CAR. MY CAR BEGAN TO ROLL FORWARD, I WAS ABLE TO GET IN AND PLACE MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE. MY DOOR HIT THE MAILBOX. LATER I WENT TO THE DEALER TO GET A QUOTE TO FIX MY DOOR AND TOLD THEM WHAT HAPPENED. THEY SAID I MUST HAVE NEVER PUT IT IN PARK. THEY WANTED $1000 TO FIX A LITTLE SCRATCH AND DENT ON THE DOOR. I DECIDE NOT TO FIX IT. TODAY I NOTICED THE POSSIBLE RECALL, THOUGHT I SHOULD MENTION THIS. I'M NOT LOOKING FOR A RESPONSE. THAN YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

NHTSA ID

10937159

Incident

Aug 28, 2016

Mileage

35,000 mi

I BACKED THE VEHICLE OUT OF THE GARAGE ONTO THE DRIVEWAY, THEN PUT IT IN PARK. I LEFT THE ENGINE RUNNING AND EXITED THE VEHICLE TO WALK IN THE GARAGE. I WAS ALREADY IN THE GARAGE AND TURNED BACK TO SEE THE VEHICLE WAS MOVING FORWARD. I TRIED TO GET BACK IN TO STOP THE CAR AND WAS TRAPPED BETWEEN THE DOOR AND THE CAR. UNABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE, IT CONTINUED FORWARD, SWIPING THE CENTER GARAGE BEAM AND CRUSHING ME. UPDATED 03/21/17*LJ *TR

NHTSA ID

10910068

Incident

Apr 11, 2015

Mileage

9,640 mi