2004 Dodge Durango Fuel System Problems

Your fuel tank's inlet check valve isn't working properly, which prevents fuel from entering the tank normally and causes it to spill out as if the tank is full when it isn't. The owner reports that Dodge has only issued a recall for 2005 models, but believes this manufacturing defect affects earlier model years like yours as well. Getting the check valve repaired or replaced should resolve the issue.

I HAVE READ DODGE IS AWARE OF THIS ISSUE, AND NO ONE HAS DONE ANYTHING TO PROTECT THE CONSUMER. THE GAS TANK DOES NOT FILL AND SPITS FUEL OUT WHEN ABOUT 2/3 FULL. ALSO THE TANK IS COLLAPSING DO TO THE PRESSURE THAT BUILDS UP. THIS IS A BIG SAFETY CONCERN THAT NEEDS SOME KIND OF ACTION TAKEN. PEOPLE NEED TO STOP TURNING THEIR HEADS AWAY FROM THESE PROBLEMS. I HAVE TAKEN THIS TO A MECHANIC WHO HAS STATED THIS IS A REAL CONCERN. WE RESEARCHED THIS TO FIND OUT NO ONE IS OWNING UP TO A POOR DESIGN. AND A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE. NOT SURE WHY, JUST HAVE NO WORDS. DODGE NEEDS TO STEP UP AND TAKE CARE OF THIS. I AM CURRENTLY LOOKING INTO HOW TO FILE A CLASS ACTION SUIT. SINCE EVERYONE DENIES THERE IS A PROBLEM. ANY HELP WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.

I CAN NOT FILL THE GAS TANK,FUEL STARTS TO COME OUT OF NECK ABOUT2/3 FULL THIS HAS BEEN AN ON GOING PROBLEM

TAKATA RECALL - MY TRUCK SMELLS LIKE GAS ON THE INSIDE & OUTSIDE & IS LEAKING GAS THE FUEL TANK HAS COLLAPSED FOR THE SECOND TIME I HAVE REPLACED IT 5YEARS AGO & NOW IS COLLAPSED AGAIN IS THERE ANY RECALL DO TO IT BEING A REOCCURRING ISSUE , AFRAID THAT IS GOING TO CATCH ON FIRE WHILE DRIVING IT OR PARKED ANY LITTLE SPARK PROBABLY CAN IGNITE IT INTO FLAMES.

EVERY TIME I FUEL MY DURANGO IT SPEWS GASOLINE AFTER THE PUMP IS SHUT OFF.

I WAS FILLING UP MY GAS TANK WHEN THE CAR STARTED SPITTING OUT GAS AT ME. LUCKILY I STOPPED IT FAST ENOUGH BUT HAD SOME GAS ON ME AND ALL OVER THE SIDE OF MY CAR. I'VE LOOKED THIS UP AND IT SEEMS TO BE A BIG PROBLEM WITH THE DURANGOS. I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO FILL MY CAR UP WITHOUT WORRYING ABOUT BEING COVERED IN GAS OR MY CAR STARTING TO RUST. *DT

GAS SPILLS OUT WHEN FILLING THE TANK. RUST FROM GAS SPILLS. *TR

THE FUEL OVERFLOW DOES NOT WORK AND ALLOWS FOR FUEL TO SPILL ALL OVER THE CAR. THIS RESULTS IN LOTS OF FUEL ON THE CAR AND ON THE GROUND. YOU CAN NEVER USE THE AUTOMATIC FUEL FILLER ON PUMPS. I HAVE EVEN GOTTEN FUEL AS HIGH UP AS MY FACE WHEN IT SPLASHES OUT. THIS HAS RESULTED IN RUST ON THE LEFT REAR QUARTER PANEL AND AS WELL AS A VERY UNSAFE FUELING AREA. *TR

MY TRUCK WAS PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY, IT WAS RAINING AND THEN THE LIGHTS STARTED FLICKERING WITHOUT THE KEYS BEING IN THE IGNITION. I TRIED TO MOVE THE TRUCK TO THE INSIDE OF THE GARAGE AND THE SMOKE CAME OUT OF THE HOOD AND FROM UNDER THE DASH. I TURNED THE TRUCK OFF AND THE ENGINE REMAINED RUNNING, WE HAD TO CALL THE FIRE DEPARTMENT BECAUSE IT WAS SMOKING AND THE KEYS WERE OFF. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT CAME AND REMOVED THE BATTERY AND SAID IT MAY BE A SHORT WHEN IT RAINED. THE TRUCK IS IN THE GARAGE I CANT DRIVE IT WHEN IT RAINS BECAUSE WATER GOES IN TO THE TRUCK FROM THE FRONT I CAN ACTUALLY SEE WATER LEAKING INTO THE FLOOR. I OWNED THE TRUCK FOR 3 YEARS AND NEVER HAD THIS PROBLEM UNTIL IT REACHED 100,000 MILES. *TR

GAS LEAKS WHEN FILLING TANK GAS FUMES IN CAR TAKEN TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES. *TR

FUEL TANK HAS A PROBLEM ON TOP IT RUST OUT & THE VEHICLE WILL NOT PASS A EMISSION TEST. TO PASS YOU HAVE REPLACE THE TANK &THE FUEL PUMP.A COST OF $2200 . I CALLED CHRYSLER THEY SAID TO BAD. THEY SAID THERE ARE NO PROBLEMS. I SAW (4 DURANGOS) THAT HAVE THIS PROBLEM. MY WHOLE THING IS THEY WILL REPLACE A ENGINE ON A POLICE VEHICLE WITH 150000 MI ON THEM BUT FORGET THE GAS TANK. THAT IS A REAL PROBLEM. *TR

WHEN FILLING WITH GAS THE FUEL TANK SPEWS OUT GASOLINE. *KB

NEEDING MORE INFO ON JUST WHAT DOES THE GAS CAP DO. SO FAR I'VE HAD MY ENGINE LIGHT COME ON, AND WAS TOLD IT WAS BECAUSE THE GAS CAP WASN'T TIGHTENED. MY LATEST DISCOVERY, I GOT IN MY VEHICLE, TURNED ON THE IGNITION, AND THE CAR EVENTUALLY DIED, WITH NO FURTHER TURNOVER. I GOT OUT OF THE VEHICLE, THOUGHT OF CHECKING THE GAS CAP, MADE A FEW TURNS, AND GOT BACK INTO MY VEHICLE, AND, IT TURNED OVER WITHOUT DIFFICULTY. WHAT OTHER FEATURES DOES THIS ITEM HAVE THAT I SHOULD BE AWARE OF? *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE DURANGO. WHILE FUELING THE VEHICLE, GASOLINE WOULD SPILL OUT OF THE TANK. THE FAILURE OCCURRED EVERYTIME THE VEHICLE WAS FUELED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN INSPECTED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 10,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 97,000.

I HAVE A 2004 DODGE DURANGO. WITH ABSOLUTELY NO WARNING, MY ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL LIGHT BEGAN FLASHING AND THE CAR DIED. DIDN'T EVEN HAVE TIME TO PULL OVER AND OUT OF TRAFFIC. HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED HOME. HOLIDAY WEEKEND, SO NO DEALERSHIP WAS OPEN. THEN HAD IT TOWED TO DEALERSHIP....BOTH TOWS COST OVER $200 TOTAL. IT HAS NOW BEEN AT THE DEALERSHIP FOR 2 DAYS. THEY CANT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT. THEY TELL ME THEY THINK IT IS "ELECTRICAL" SO THEY ARE CHECKING ALL WIRES. I AM LOOKING AT A HUGE REPAIR BILL (ON TOP OF THE ALREADY HUGE TOW FEES.) NOW ANSWER THIS.....I TYPED IN JUST A FEW KEYWORDS AND FOUND HUNDREDS OF POSTS WITH THE SAME EXACT ISSUE. IF THERE ARE SO MANY 04-05 DODGE DURANGOS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM.......(THERE WAS EVEN A NTS INVESTIGATION) WHY THEN DOES THE DODGE DEALERSHIP CLAIM TO HAVE "NEVER SEEN THIS BEFORE"????? AND WITH THE SAFETY ISSUE IT POSES, WHY HAVE THEY NOT ISSUED ANOTHER INVESTIGATION AND/OR RECALL??? GOD FORBID IT HAPPENS AGAIN (AFTER I PAY A HUGE REPAIR BILL THAT WILL NOT ADDRESS THE ISSUE) AND I HAVE MY 4 KIDS IN THE CAR!! THEN DODGE WILL WISH THEY LISTENED TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND FIXED A PROBLEM THEY KNOW EXISTS!! THEY NEED TO "OWN UP", PEOPLE WILL BE KILLED IN RELATED ACCIDENTS......WHAT A SHAME THEY CAN GET AWAY WITH THIS. *TR

WHEN I FILL THE VEHICLE WITH GAS THE GAS STARTS SPITTING OUT AT THE END OF FILLING RESULTING IN A LARGE AMOUNT OF GAS POURING DOWN THE SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE DURANGO. WHENEVER THE CONTACT FILLS THE FUEL TANK, GASOLINE SPRAYS OUT OF THE TANK. THE FUEL NOZZLE STOPS WHEN THE TANK IS FULL; HOWEVER, FUEL CONTINUES TO SPRAY OUT OF THE TANK WITHOUT WARNING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 73,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 80,000. UPDATED 3/19/09 *CN THE DEALER REPAIRED THE PROBLEM. UPDATED 03/23/09

VEHICLE STALLED OUT ON VARIOUS OCCASIONS. DEALER DID NOT FIND CAUSE, SO I HAD THEM CLEAN THE FUEL INJECTORS, AND THROTTLE BODY ON VEHICLE AT A COST OF 265.00. SINCE THEN, WE HAVE NOT EXPERIENCED ANY FURTHER PROBLEMS, TODAYS DATE IS 16 FEB 07. *NM

2004 DODGE DURANGO WITH THE 5.7 HEMI ERRADIC IDLING AND STALLING AT DIFFERENT TIMES. *NM