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2011 Dodge Durango Lighting problems

Owners have filed 28 complaints about the 2011 Dodge Durango's lights with NHTSA - 4% of all its complaints, most recently on March 14, 2020. They describe 0 crashes, 4 fires and 0 injuries. Headlights, tail lights, brake lights, turn signals and interior lighting failures.

Complaints
28
Recalls
0
Crashes
0
Fires
4
Injuries
0
Deaths
0

Lighting complaints

Lights

Just purchased this durango and the first night my headlights started flickering. Sometimes go off for a half a second while driving on highway and in city streets and turning.

Filed Incident Exterior lightingNHTSA 11317965
Electrical systemLightsVisibility & wipers

The dash board will light up and the windsheld wipers will start to go with out doing anything, then the dashboard fails and powers down and then tries to start back up. It caused my durango to lose power then power back up. I do have a video that I will try to include please excuse the language in it.

Filed Incident Electrical system · Exterior lighting · Visibility / wiperNHTSA 11127902
Electrical systemLightsBrakes

Tl* the contact owns a 2011 dodge durango. The contact received notification of nhtsa campaign numbers: 15v879000 (electrical system, interior lighting) and 17v572000 (service brakes, service brakes, hydraulic). The dealer (swope chrysler dodge jeep ram, 1012 n dixie ave, elizabethtown, ky 42701) was contacted and stated that they completed the repair for nhtsa campaign number: 17v572000 (service brakes, service brakes, hydraulic); however, the parts were unavailable for nhtsa campaign number: 15v879000 (electrical...

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system, interior lighting). Upon leaving the dealer and conducting her own research, the contact found that the recall repair could not be completed within the 15 minute time frame after dropping off the vehicle. In addition, the contact stated that the recall was still opened per the vin. The manufacturer was not made aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. Parts distribution disconnect.

Filed Incident Electrical system · Interior lighting · Service brakesNHTSA 11113364
Electrical systemLights

Tl* the contact owns a 2011 dodge durango. While driving 45 mph, a "tail light out' message displayed. The contact stated that the failure occurred frequently, and the tail light bulbs would fail to illuminate due to the wiring overheating and condensation within the casings. The vehicle was taken to newnan peachtree chrysler dodge jeep ram (53 hollz pkwy, newnan, ga 30265, (678) 369-6037) where the contact was informed that the tail light bulbs and wiring needed replacement, but there were no recalls for the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer had not been contacted. The failure mileage was 141,379.

Filed Incident Electrical system · Exterior lightingNHTSA 11099039
Electrical systemLightsFire

Tl* the contact owns a 2011 dodge durango. While driving approximately 45 mph, the headliner caught fire. A fire report was filed. The fire department extinguished the fire. There were no injuries. The vehicle was towed to an unknown dealer, but was not repaired per nhtsa campaign number: 15v879000 (electrical system, interior lighting) due to extensive damage. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and opened a case, but the contact had not heard back. The failure mileage and vin were unknown.

Filed Incident Electrical system · Exterior lighting · Interior lightingNHTSA 11033051
Electrical systemLights

Tl* the contact owns a 2011 dodge durango. The contact received notification of nhtsa campaign number: 15v879000 (electrical system, interior lighting); however, the part to do the recall repair was not yet available. Sterling dodge (5504 i-49 frontage rd, opelousas, la 70570, (337) 942-1241) was contacted, but was unable to remedy the vehicle due to the limited quantities of parts being supplied to the dealer. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was not notified. The contact had not experienced a failure. Parts distribution disconnect.

Filed Incident Electrical system · Exterior lighting · Interior lightingNHTSA 11031836
Electrical systemBody, doors & structureLights

Tl* the contact owns a 2011 dodge durango. While driving out of a parking space in the rain, water was noticed entering through the overhead map light unit. The vehicle was serviced per nhtsa campaign number: 15v879000 (electrical system, interior lighting) at driver's village (5885 east circle drive cicero, ny 13039 (855) 254-5196). The contact also mentioned that the vehicle was equipped with a sun roof. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired for the leakage failure. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 111,326.

Filed Incident Electrical system · Structure · Interior lightingNHTSA 11000306
Electrical systemLights

My gps/radio goes in and out and now my headlights are having to be constantly replaced. My tail lights I have to hit the back of the truck for them to come back on. My vehicle has been stationary, in motion and while driving on a highway

Filed Incident Electrical system · Exterior lightingNHTSA 10980836
Electrical systemLightsBrakes

Tl* the contact owns a 2011 dodge durango. The contact received notification of nhtsa campaign numbers: 14v154000 (service brakes, service brakes, hydraulic), 14v530000 (electrical system), and 15v879000 (electrical system, interior lighting). The parts to do the repairs were unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repairs. The manufacturer was not notified of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. Parts distribution disconnect.

Filed Incident Electrical system · Interior lighting · Service brakesNHTSA 10968629
Electrical systemLights

Sudden and complete electrical malfunction with engine failure during operation. For the past year we have experienced intermittant electrical problems with the climate control, auto headlights and the entire dashboard flashing and failing with loss of power.

Filed Incident Electrical system · Exterior lightingNHTSA 10954820
Electrical systemLights

Tl* the contact owns a 2011 dodge durango. While driving approximately 30 mph, the headlights flickered rapidly and the instrument panel illuminated. In addition, the power seized. The vehicle restarted after several attempts. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The contact stated that the vin was not included in nhtsa campaign number: 14v634000 (electrical system). The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage and vin were unknown.

Filed Incident Electrical system · Exterior lightingNHTSA 10936412
Electrical systemLightsFire

Tl* the contact owns a 2011 dodge durango. While the vehicle was parked, the front passenger side of the vehicle caught fire. The fire department extinguished the fire. A police and fire report were filed. There were no injuries. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The vin was included in nhtsa campaign number: 15v879000 (electrical system, interior lighting). The failure mileage was 101,000.

Filed Incident Electrical system · Interior lightingNHTSA 10928954
Electrical systemLights

Tl* the contact owns a 2011 dodge durango. The contact received notification of nhtsa campaign number: 15v879000 (electrical system, interior lighting); however, the part to do the repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was not made aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. Parts distribution disconnect.

Filed Incident Electrical system · Interior lightingNHTSA 10894191
Electrical systemLights

Tl* the contact owns a 2011 dodge durango. The contact received notification of nhtsa campaign number: 15v879000 (electrical system, interior lighting); however, the part to do the repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. Parts distribution disconnect.

Filed Incident Electrical system · Interior lightingNHTSA 10893434
Electrical systemLights

Tl* takata recall. The contact owns a 2011 dodge durango. The contact received notification of nhtsa campaign number: 15v879000 (electrical system , interior lighting) however, the part needed to perform the repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was notified of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. Vin tool confirms parts not available.

Filed Incident Electrical system · Interior lightingNHTSA 10893232
Electrical systemLightsFire

Tl* the contact owns a 2011 dodge durango. The contact received notification of nhtsa campaign number: 15v879000 (electrical system, interior lighting); however, the part to do the repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue. The contact experienced smoke fumes coming from the passenger side visor. The failure mileage was unknown. Vin tool confirms parts not available.

Filed Incident Electrical system · Interior lightingNHTSA 10876943
Electrical systemLights

Tl* the contact owns a 2011 dodge durango. The contact received notification of nhtsa campaign number: 15v879000 (electrical system, interior lighting); however, the remedy was not available. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. The vin was not provided.

Filed Incident Electrical system · Interior lightingNHTSA 10871177
Electrical systemLightsFire

My 2011 dodge durango caught fire. The roof above the passenger visor burn significantly. While driving the car the passenger said she smelled an electrical problem. Both of us have retired from the electronics field. Not realizing the severity of the electrical problem, I parked the car. We went away from the car for about ten minutes. Upon returning we open the door and entered the car. The car filled with smoke. We could hear the fire burning in the roof. We both jumped out. We flagged down some parking...

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attendants. We opened the hood to get to the battery or fuse box. I monitored the light in the vanity mirrors and interior lights, while the attendants with book manual in hand, pulled fuses until the lights went out and the fire slowed to a stop. One note in spite of the fire burning our handicap sticker on the roof side, blistering the paint on the outside roof, and the interior roof on fire on no fuses blew! My experience is telling me that the wires involved have been drawing to much current for many years. The characteristics of the wires involved, changed with heat and time. Finally the wires got to resistive and heated to the point of ignition.

Filed Incident Electrical system · Exterior lightingNHTSA 10838433
Electrical systemLights

After having the campaign completed to remove the fuel pump relay from the tipm, my fog lights and headlights began operating sporadically, then eventually after a few weeks stopped working. If I remember correctly, this happened at dusk, when I was driving and the headlights tried to come on automatically. I tried to replace the bulbs, but that didn't help. I took the car back to the dealership and was told the headlights and fog lights weren't receiving power from the tipm, and that it needed to be replaced, at about $1,200 cost. This probably is so obviously related to the previous campaign, but I cannot get the dealership to participate in the cost. Please help!

Filed Incident Electrical system · Exterior lightingNHTSA 10822867
Electrical systemLights

Purchased new 2011 dodge durango in 2011, I wasl driving to work this week locally and dec 22,2015 battery light came on. Before the light came on I was driving with kids in the card and smelled burning in car thought it was exhaust from outside traffic. Another day my mom was in the car with me going shopping and she said she smelled something burning. Battery went because alternator was bad as per the auto place the wires were burned according to autoplace alternator bad,i contacted dodge and provided receipt...

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copies from the auto place that the alternator was bad but they said because warranty was up at 36,000 miles they wont reimburse me and there was nothing they could do but to make a complaint to nhtsa. This needs to be recalled, I have seen over 400 complaints and safety issues, how many people do they want to get injured before they recall? Dealership is no longer around. If does not get recalled I will make sure to turn this one back and never purchase from dodge again and will contact the media to expose dodge for putting not recalling this alternator and putting the safety of families in harms way. I hope nothing else happens, I am always in the truck with my kids and I am really nervous driving my truck now and worried if something else is going to happen when we are in the car. This should have never happened to a brand new truck. I have had used cars longer than this and never once had a problem with any issues with the cars. This is a serious matter and hope it can be taken care of immediately.

Filed Incident Electrical system · Exterior lighting · Unknown or otherNHTSA 10819022
Electrical systemLights

I was on my way to work today when I noticed a burning smell and then the battery light came on. Due to heavy traffic I couldn't pull to the side. I got farther down the road and heard a loud whining noise. When I arrived at work I contacted the local dodge dealership to speak with the service department about this incident. I was told that it sounds like the alternator but that my vehicle was not covered in the recent recall since I have the 180amp alternator. The recall was only for the 160 amp alternators. ...

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I was shocked since my vehicle only has 61,000 miles on it. Researching this problem online I found numerous complaints from people having the same identical problem with the 180amp alternator (with the same make model and year) that caused the recall of the 160amp alternators. I have contacted dodge to see if they would stand by their product and do the right thing concerning this. Once again they have failed me. Consumers are reporting an average of $1400 to have the alternator replaced with no recall or warranty. I have 4 pictures of my soot covered alternator ( I am a firefighter I know what electrical soot looks and smells like). This is very concerning to think I could lose my durango could catch fire, loose power and stall in traffic, cause an accident or have my wife stranded on the side of the road due to this.

Filed Incident Electrical system · Exterior lighting · Unknown or otherNHTSA 10745968
Transmission & drivetrainElectrical systemLights

Tl* the contact owns a 2011 dodge durango. While driving at 60 mph, the vehicle jerked and there was a sudden increase of engine rpms. Shortly after, the vehicle lost power and the rpms decreased. In addition, the vehicle failed to start intermittently and both turn signals on the mirrors failed to function. The failure recurred on numerous occasions. All warning lights on the instrument panel illuminated. The vehicle was taken to a dealer, but was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 69,000.

Filed Incident Power train · Electrical system · Exterior lightingNHTSA 10745445
Electrical systemLights

Tl* the contact owns a 2011 dodge durango. Upon entering the vehicle, the contact noticed that the led light for the interior of the driver compartment of the vehicle failed to illuminate without warning. The contact stated that this was a recurring failure. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, but was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 50,000.

Filed Incident Electrical system · Interior lightingNHTSA 10733333
Electrical systemLightsEngine & cooling

My 2011 dodge durango crew says key no detected when I attempt to start the vehicle. I thought it was the battery in the key fob because the vehicle stated low key battery and took the fob to battery's plus. They tested the key fob and stated the battery was fine and didn't need to be replaced. Also the drivers side head and brake lights go out.

Filed Incident Electrical system · Exterior lighting · EngineNHTSA 10717065
Lights

Fog lights will not work. When you turn r blink on the right fog light blinks and the blinker does not. *Tr

Filed Incident Exterior lightingNHTSA 10652471

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