2016 Dodge Durango — reported problems

What owners report: issue areas

Owner complaints are classified by the system they concern: 222 classifications in all. One complaint can concern several systems, so these add up to more than the number of complaints.

• Lights53 (23.9%)Official recall records for this system: 6, covering model years 2003–2020.
• Electrical system40 (18.0%)Official recall records for this system: 32, covering model years 1998–2018.
• Powertrain (transmission & drivetrain)30 (13.5%)Official recall records for this system: 26, covering model years 2001–2023.
• Engine16 (7.2%)Official recall records for this system: 12, covering model years 1998–2021.
• Speed control & accelerator9 (4.1%)Official recall records for this system: 3, covering model years 2004–2018.
• Air bags (restraint system)6 (2.7%)Official recall records for this system: 29, covering model years 1998–2021.

Other / uncategorized: 26 classifications (11.7%) were not assigned to a specific system by the source. They are counted but not treated as an issue area.

These are counts of records held by CarFaultIQ, not a failure rate. More records can simply mean more vehicles were sold or more owners reported. No vehicles-in-service figure exists in this data, so no reliability or risk score can be derived from it.

What the records are about, by source

Each source is kept separate: owner complaints, recalls, manufacturer communications and investigations are different kinds of record and are never added together. All model years.

• Owner complaints (27,480 records, model years 1998–2026) are most frequently classified under: suspension, electrical system and engine.
• Safety recalls (226 records, model years 1998–2023) are most frequently classified under: electrical system, brakes and air bags (restraint system).
• Transport Canada recalls (209 records, model years 1998–2024) are most frequently classified under: air bags (restraint system), electrical system and powertrain (transmission & drivetrain).
• Manufacturer communications (7,773 records, model years 1998–2026) are most frequently classified under: electrical system, equipment & accessories and powertrain (transmission & drivetrain).
• Investigations (119 records, model years 1998–2020) are most frequently classified under: air bags (restraint system), electrical system and powertrain (transmission & drivetrain).

"Most frequently classified under" reports how the records are filed by the source. It is not a finding about causes, and a record can be filed under more than one system. Read the individual records

Mileage reported when the issue occurred

• 105reports included a mileage
• 41,018average of those mileages

This is the mileage owners recorded at the time they reported, not an expected failure mileage and not a prediction for any individual vehicle. The lowest and highest figures on record are not shown: they are unverified odometer entries that include zeros and implausibly high readings, so they would not describe a real range. A median is not shown either, because the stored figures are group totals and a median cannot be recovered from them.

Evidence by model year

Records held per model year. Select a year to narrow this page to it.

1. 1998 1,091 records for 1998 1,091
2. 1999 2,079 records for 1999 2,079
3. 2000 1,180 records for 2000 1,180
4. 2001 757 records for 2001 757
5. 2002 489 records for 2002 489
6. 2003 404 records for 2003 404
7. 2004 1,224 records for 2004 1,224
8. 2005 1,671 records for 2005 1,671
9. 2006 947 records for 2006 947
10. 2007 263 records for 2007 263
11. 2008 158 records for 2008 158
12. 2009 78 records for 2009 78
13. 2011 975 records for 2011 975
14. 2012 871 records for 2012 871
15. 2013 884 records for 2013 884
16. 2014 1,182 records for 2014 1,182
17. 2015 864 records for 2015 864
18. 2016 470 records for 2016 470
19. 2017 498 records for 2017 498
20. 2018 609 records for 2018 609
21. 2019 548 records for 2019 548
22. 2020 545 records for 2020 545
23. 2021 771 records for 2021 771
24. 2022 481 records for 2022 481
25. 2023 266 records for 2023 266
26. 2024 239 records for 2024 239
27. 2025 190 records for 2025 190
28. 2026 100 records for 2026 100

Counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles were sold in each year, so a taller year is not necessarily a worse year.

Reports mentioning outcomes

• 23mention a crash
• 1mention a fire
• 12mention an injury

These are counts of records whose report mentioned the outcome. They are not a severity rating and not a safety assessment of this vehicle.

Official records held

• Safety recalls NHTSA 3
• Manufacturer communications NHTSA 302
• Investigations NHTSA 2
• Transport Canada recalls Transport Canada 3
• Owner complaints NHTSA 160

Explore the underlying evidence records

Diagnostic codes found in evidence for this vehicle

These codes appear by explicit identifier in official records matched to this exact model and year.

• P2299 in 3 records
• P0401 in 1 record
• P040B in 1 record
• P04D0 in 1 record
• P04D1 in 1 record
• P04D2 in 1 record
• P2457 in 1 record

A code appearing in a record means the code was named in that document. It is not a diagnosis of this vehicle, not a fault this vehicle has, and not an indication of urgency. Diagnosis requires reading live data from the vehicle.