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1994 Dodge Sport Utility

Recalls, owner-reported complaints, investigations and safety data

Data refreshed

Owner complaintsComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
218
Latest Nov 5, 2020
Safety recallsA safety recall is issued when a manufacturer or NHTSA determines that a vehicle has a safety-related defect or does not comply with a federal motor vehicle safety standard. Recall repairs are free. Whether a specific vehicle is covered depends on its VIN — a recall listed for a model year does not necessarily apply to every vehicle of that year.
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InvestigationsNHTSA opens an investigation to examine whether a safety defect may exist. An open investigation is not a determination that a defect exists, and many investigations close without a recall. Investigations can, however, lead to one.
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Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
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16 injuries, 0 deaths reported

Overview

Our database contains 218 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1994 Dodge Sport Utility, most frequently naming the other / unspecified, electrical and suspension categories.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

What owners report

Complaints grouped by the component NHTSA recorded

Percentages are of component mentions. A single complaint can name more than one component, so these do not sum to the total complaint count.

Safety recalls

No recalls in our database for this model year

That does not guarantee a specific vehicle is unaffected — recalls are issued against VINs, and new campaigns are announced regularly. Check a VIN on NHTSA.gov.

Recent owner complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA, shown in the owner's own words

Other / unspecifiedTires & wheels
Filed Nov 5, 2020

INCIDENT HAPPENED OCT. 2, 2020... I WAS DRIVING ACROSS AN INTERSECTION, MY WHEEL BEGAN TO SHAKE AND I HAD NO CONTROL OVER THE VEHICLE... VERY TERRIFYING!! MADE IT THRU THE INTERSECTION, WAS ABLE TO GET OF THE ROAD... WHEN THE MECHANIC (THE MAN THAT PUSHED MY CAR BACK TO MY RESIDENCE) TOOK A LOOK UNDER THE BOTTOM... IT WAS TOTALLY ROTTED OUT, WHICH IN FACT CAUSED MY WHEEL TO DETACH FORM THE VEHICLE ... I COULD HAVE LOST MY LIFE, NOW I AM OUT OF A VEHICLE NO MONEY AND I HAVE TO PAY INSURANCE... PLEASE I NEED HELP!! YOUR ABRUPT ATTENTION IN THIS MATTER IS GREATLY APPRECIATED.*DT*DT*JB

NHTSA ID
11373145
Incident
Oct 2, 2020
Other / unspecified
Filed Jul 16, 2020

RE: 2015 DODGE DURANGO-FUEL FILLER DOOR COMPLAINT: MY 2015 DODGE FUEL FILLER DOOR IS INOPERATIVE. WHEN PRESSING THE RELEASE BUTTON ON DASHBOARD I HEAR THE LATCH MECHANISM ATTEMPT TO RELEASE THE FUEL FILLER DOOR BUT THE DOOR WILL NOT OPEN. I HAVE TO RESORT TO THE EMERGENCY RELEASE CABLE HIDDEN INSIDE THE DURANGO SINCE THIS FAILURE FIRST OCCURRED. AS SEARCHING ON INTERNET IT APPEARS AS A COMMON PROBLEM FOR 2010 THRU 2018 DODGE DURANGO'S AND JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE'S. THERE ARE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE FUEL FILLER DOOR PROBLEMS AND MANY MANY REPAIR VIDEOS ON YOUTUBE AND OTHER SITES. MANY SITES ALSO SELL REPLACEMENT PARTS FOR SAID DOOR ASSEMBLY. I BELIEVE THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM THAT MANUFACTURER SHOULD BE FORCED TO ISSUE A RECALL. PLEASE ADDRESS THIS PROBLEM WHICH CAN AFFECT OVER A MILLION DURANGO'S AND JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE'S. THANK YOU, [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *CC *TR

NHTSA ID
11339698
Incident
Jun 3, 2020
Other / unspecified
Filed May 1, 2019
1 injury reported

MY DASH FROM MY RAM 2000 1500 SLT OFF ROAD PACKAGE RAM IS CRACKED AND THE PIECES WICH ARE SHATERED ARE FLEW TO MY FACE AND LOST CONTROL OF MY DODGE AFFORTUNATELY JUS SOME SCRATCHES... BUT THIS DASH PROBLEMAS ARE BEING REPORTED FOR THIS MODEL SINCE THEY WERE ON THE STREET. THE MATERIAL FROM THE DASH START TO CRACK DUE TO SUN HEAT, AND THE POOR MATERIAL WICH THEY ARE MADE FROM FACTORY.

NHTSA ID
11204902
Incident
Sep 27, 2014
Other / unspecified
Filed Mar 22, 2019

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN; I HAVE A 2015 DODGE LONGHORN LARIME 4X4 DIESEL PICK UP THAT IS EQUIPPED WITH DEF SYSTEM. I WAS SURPRISED WHEN THE DEF LIGHT CAME ON MY INSTRUMENT DASH TELLING ME TO SEE A DEALER AND INFORMING ME I HAD 150 MILE COUNT DOWN BEFORE GOING INTO "LIMP" MODE WHICH MY PICK UP WOULD ONLY BE DERIVABLE AT "5 " MILE AN HOUR. I WAS RETURNING FROM A VA DOCTORS APPOINTMENT AND AM A DISABLED VIETNAM AMPUTEE AND HAD TO DRIVE HOME WITH ONLY 12 MILES REMAINING BEFORE THE PICK UP WENT INTO "LIMP MODE ".. I HAD TO CANCEL 3 DOCTORS APPOINTMENTS AND BEING ON A FIXED INCOME HELD HOSTAGE BY THE LIMP MODE TO BE ABLE TO TAKE MY DODGE TO A REPAIR SHOP BUT FINDING OUT ONLY A DODGE DEALER CAN FIX MY CODE AND REPAIR MY DODGE P/U.. I COULD NOT AFFORD THE REPAIR AND OWNED A 72.000.00 DOLLAR PICK UP THAT WAS RIGGED TO FAIL AND ONLY BE REPAIRED BY ITS MANUFACTURER ! MY COMPLAINT IS FOR MEDICAL REASONS FOR CONSUMERS WHO HAVE MEDICAL REASONS TO NOT BE IMPRISONED BY THEIR VEHICLE BECAUSE OF A WORTHLESS DEF LAW THAT EVERY MECHANIC SAID WAS A EXPENSIVE PIECE OF CRAP .THAT EVERY DEALER WHO SELLS DIESEL VEHICLES WILL PROFIT FROM 1000.00-3000.00 TO FIX. IT COST 2850.00 TO CLIP A HOSE BACK ON AND PLACE A SPECIAL ONLY SHAPE DEF PUMP IN MY DODGE BY A DODGE DEALER.. WHILE WAITING FOR MY DODGE IN THE WAITING ROOM WAS INFORMED BY 2 OTHER COSTUMERS OF DODGE THAT ONE OF THE PEOPLE TALKED TO HAD HIS DEF GO OUT 4 TIMES AND THE OTHER GENTLEMEN WAS ON HIS 2ND DEF REPAIR AT DEALER HIGH COST TO FIX.. FOR MEDICAL REASONS I AM COMPLAINING THAT THE DEF SYSTEM IS A CON AND A SCAM FOR ITS COST AND CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO BE USED IN EMERGENCY OR MEDICAL INSTANCES AND THE COST TO FIXED INCOME CUSTOMERS AND DANGEROUS TO PEOPLE TO MAKE DOCTORS OR HOSPITAL APPOINTMENTS AND COULD CAUSE SOMEONE TO LOOSE THEIR LIFE BECAUSE OF THE DEF CRIPPLING THEIR VEHICLE.. THE DEF SYSTEM IS A NEEDLESS MINOR CONTRIBUTION TO THE ENVIRONMENT THAT IS A OBVIOUS SCAM TO PROFIT THE AUTO DEALERS ..

NHTSA ID
11190865
Incident
Feb 18, 2019
Other / unspecified
Filed Sep 3, 2018

2000 DODGE DAKOTA 4.7 ENGINE LOOSING COOLANT AND OVERHEATING CAUSING VALVE SEATS TO FALL OUT AND DAMAGEGED PISTONS ,VALVES, HEADS ETC. CAN I HOLD CHRYSLER RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS RE ACCURING MANUFACTURER PROBLEM?

NHTSA ID
11124070
Incident
Aug 1, 2018
AirbagsOther / unspecified
Filed Dec 13, 2017

I FILED A COMPLAINT IN REGARDS TO THE AIRBAGS ON MY 2007 DODGE RAM 1500. CHRYSLER CONTACTED ME TO TELL ME I NEEDED TO CALL MY LOCAL DODGE DEALERSHIP TO HAVE MY PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG FIXED. I EXPLAINED TO THEM I HAVE ALREADY SPOKEN WITH THE DEALERS AND THEY KEEP TELLING ME I WILL BE ADDED TO A WAIT LIST WITH NO ANSWER AS TO HOW LONG IT WILL BE BEFORE THEY REACH MY NAME AND THAT I AM ALSO ON A WAIT LIST TO HAVE THE PART PUT IN ON MY DRIVERS SIDE AIRBACK WHICH I TOOK IN FOR A RECALL IN EARLY 2015! IT STILL HAS NOT BEEN FIXED. THEY EMAILED SAYING THEY TRIED TO CONTACT ME VIA PHONE AT A NUMBER WHICH IS INCORRECT. I HAVE GIVEN THEM MY CURRENT PHONE NUMBER ON MULTIPLE TIMES. I JUST GET THE RUN AROUND WHEN I TRY TO CALL THEM. I AM NOW GETTING EMAILS FROM THEM ABOUT THIS RECALL AS IF THEY ARE TRYING TO COVER THEIR ASSES BUT WHEN I CONTACT THE DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIRS ITS ALWAYS THE SAME RESPONSE AND THAT IS I WILL BE PUT ON A WAITLIST. THIS ISSUE IS A MAJOR SAFETY CONCERN AND I WOULD LIKE IT REMEDIED . I HAVE BEEN WAITING OVER TWO YEARS GOING ON THREE FOR THESE NEW PARTS TO BE INSTALLED.

NHTSA ID
11054594
Incident
May 1, 2015
Electrical
Filed Dec 3, 2017

BCM THE BODY CONTROL COMPUTER IS MALFUNCTIONING THE WINDOW CONTROL SWITCH LOOSE CONTROL INTERMITTENTLY

NHTSA ID
11052096
Incident
Dec 1, 2017
Other / unspecified
Filed Nov 25, 2017

2017 DODGE DEF SYSTEM DONT WORK RIGHT DEF FREEZE MINUS 10 BUT DODGE OF CANADA DONT WANT TO FIX THE VEHICLES THEY DESIGNED A SYSTEM THAT DOES NOT WORK FOR CANADIAN CLIMATES AND REFUSING TO FIX THE PROBLEM I HAVE A 80000 DOLLAR TRUCK HERE CANT DRIVE BUT STILL MUST PAY AND THEY WONT FIX I WONDER IF I STOPPED PAYING MY TAXES WILL YOU HELP US POOR CANADIANS

NHTSA ID
11048354
Incident
Nov 4, 2017

Compare model years

Complaint and recall counts across every year of this model

Dodge Sport Utility by model year
YearComplaintsRecallsInvestigationsIssue Index
1994Viewing2180038.7
1979521040.6
1978010

Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers. Older model years have had longer for reports to accumulate.