2006 Dodge Durango Wipers & Visibility Problems

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 DODGE DURANGO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE WINDOWS FAILED TO OPEN OR CLOSE. THE DEALER ADVISED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE MANUFACTURER RECALL FOR THE WINDOW MODULE AND THE INTEGRATED CONTROL MODULE RE FLASH REPAIR. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 86,000.

POWER WINDOWS: APPROXIMATELY 2 YEARS AGO, THE PASSENGER FRONT WINDOW SLIPPED DOWN AND WOULD NOT COME UP. WE WERE TOLD BY DODGE THAT IT WOULD BE @ $500.00 FIX (POWER WINDOW MOTOR/LABOR). WE MANAGED TO GET GLASS UP AND LEFT IT ALONE. NOT LONG AFTER THIS, MY DRIVER WINDOW WAS BROKEN BY A ROCK AND REPLACED BY SAFELITE, JUST THE GLASS. RECENTLY, THE DRIVER POWER WINDOW STARTED ACTING UP, FELL DOWN IN DOOR AND BROKE. WHEN GLASS WAS REPLACED 2ND TIME, SAFELITE TOLD US THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION: DODGE VEHICLES CAN ONLY BE REPLACED WITH DODGE GLASS AND THAT UP UNTIL @ 2 YEARS AGO, THE 2 BRACKETS HOLDING THE GLASS TO THE MOVABLE POWER ARM WAS A METAL BRACKET. THIS METAL BRACKET HAS NOW BEEN REPLACED WITH A TYPE OF PLASTIC BRACKET ATTACHING TO MOVABLE POWER ARM. HEREIN LIES THE PROBLEM: OVER TIME, THE METAL BRACKETS RUST FROM MOISTURE (RAIN) LOSING ALL ADHESIVE IN IT THAT HOLDS GLASS IN PLACE. ONCE ADHESIVE IS GONE, THE GLASS COMES OUT OF BRACKET AND DROPS INTO DOOR OR CAN FALL OUT. EVEN IF GLASS DOES NOT BREAK, THERE IS NOT AN ADHESIVE AVAILABLE THAT ONE CAN TRY TO ADHERE TO GROOVE IN BRACKET TO SET GLASS IN. THEREFORE, THE CONSUMER IS FORCED TO PURCHASE A NEW GLASS THAT HAS NEW PLASTIC BRACKETS THAT ATTACH TO MOVABLE POWER ARM AND MAY BE ROOKED INTO PURCHASING NEW ARM/MOTOR. NOW WE KNOW THAT PASSENGER WINDOW PROBLEM IS LACK OF BRACKET ADHESIVE, ARM/MOTOR WORK FINE. TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE, OUR 2003 RAM 1500 PICK-UP IS HAVING THESE SAME ISSUES WITH BOTH FRONT WINDOWS! REAR WINDOWS ON BOTH VEHICLES SEEM TO BE OK, BECAUSE THEY ARE USED MUCH LESS. THE WINDOW MOTORS ON BOTH VEHICLES ARE FINE-IT IS THESE BRACKETS AND LACK OF ADHESION TO WINDOW GLASS THAT IS THE PROBLEM. WE COULD POSSIBLY BE PAYING @ $1,500.00 TO FIX 3 FRONT WINDOWS ON OUR VEHICLES. EXTREME SAFETY HAZARD NOT ABLE TO RAISE/LOWER WINDOW - SAFELITE REPLACING MANY DODGE WINDOWS DUE TO THIS EXACT PROBLEM. *TR

CONTROLLER THAT TURNS BETWEEN DEFROST, FLOOR, AND FRONT WAS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY A FEW YEARS AGO. IT WAS RAINING, AND A TURNED THE KNOB TO DEFROST....AND NOTHING HAPPENED! THE SWITCH THAT OPENS AND CLOSES THE COMPARTMENTS FROM FACE TO DEFROST HAD BROKEN. THE BLOWER STILL WORKS, BUT ALL COMES OUT ON THE FACE...NO DEFROST OR FLOOR. THERE ARE 1000'S OF THESE COMPLAINTS ONLINE. THE DEALERSHIP TELLS ME, 2,000 TO REPLACE THE PLASTIC PIECE A MANUFACTURER USED RECYCLED PLASTIC WHICH IS A COMMON PROBLEM TO BREAK. NOW IN RAIN, I ROLL DOWN THE WINDOWS, USE MC DONALDS NAPKINS TO CONTINUE TO WIPE OFF THE WINDSHIELD SO I CAN SEE TO DRIVE, WHILE IN ROUTE TO MY JOB IN A SUITE. I CAN DEAL WITH THE 2=3 GALLONS OF GAS ON THE GROUND WHILE PUMPING GAS INTO THE FAULTY TANK BY STOPPING AT 50, BUT THIS IS RIDICIOUS!! I REAR-ENDING CAR IN FRONT OF ME. SLIGHT INJURIES, AND A HUGE INSURANCE BILL WHILE NOT BEING ABLE TO SEE WHILE PARAELL PARKING TO SEE THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD. THERE IS NO QUESTION THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD. UNFORTUNATELY INSURANCE COMPANIES DO NOT SEE A FAULTY POORLY COMPILED DEFROSTING COMPONENT SWITCH AS PROBABLE CAUSE TO BE COVERED UNDER THE COLLISION POLICY. *TR

WIPERS ACTIVATE ON THERE OWN DURING COLD TEMPERATURES. OCCASIONALLY THE TRUCK WILL DIE AFTER WIPERS UNEXPECTEDLY GO OFF. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 DODGE DURANGO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WERE ACTIVATED AND FAILED TO DEACTIVATE UNTIL THE ENGINE WAS TURNED OFF. A FEW MOMENTS LATER THE LEFT TURN SIGNAL WAS ENGAGED; HOWEVER THE RIGHT TURN SIGNAL RESPONDED. THERE WAS A RECALL ASSOCIATED WITH NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 06V039000 (VISIBILITY: WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER: SWITCH/WIRING). THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 85,500.

GASKET AROUND WINDSHIELD IS DETERIORATING, PRODUCING BUZZING SOUND AT 40 MPH. *TR

USING THE WINDSHIELD WIPER ON A 2006 DODGE DURANGO WHEN THE DRIVER SIDE WIPER STOPPED FUNCTIONING, WHILE DRIVING. THE DEALER SAYS THE WHOLE LINKAGE IS BROKEN AND WOULD COST $400 TO FIX. THE DEALER SAID THAT THERE IS NO RECALL ON THIS MODEL AND I WOULD HAVE TO PAY TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 DODGE DURANGO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WERE NOT FUNCTIONING DUE TO A DEFECTIVE SWITCH. THROUGH ONLINE RESEARCH, HE DISCOVERED A RECALL FOR THIS PARTICULAR DEFECT IN WHICH HIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE CONTACT FEELS THAT THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD BECAUSE HE FREQUENTLY HAS TO USE THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS IN THE STATE OF WASHINGTON. THE NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 47,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 39,900. UPDATED 3/19/09 *CN UPDATED 03/23/09. *JB

2006 DODGE DURANGO WITH NUMEROUS PROBLEMS ONE IS THE AIR BAG LIGHT. CONSUMER STATES SOME OF THE OTHER PROBLEMS ARE REAR AIR VENTS ONLY WORK PART TIME AND SHAKES WHEN SITTING AT A STOP SIGN. *KB THE SEAT CONTROLS HAD TO BE RESET ON A CONTINUAL BASIS. *JB

JUST LEFT MY HOME NOT DRIVING MORE THAN 30 MPH WHEN THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND I LOST COMPLETE POWER. WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE I PURCHASED IT AND THEY DID A "PCM REFLASH WITH AN INSTRUMENT PANEL SOFTWARE UPDATE" THEY ALSO REPLACED THE CLUSTER. NOW 2 AND HALF MONTHS LATER, I HAVED MOVED OUT OF STATE AND ONCE AGAIN JUST LEAVING MY HOUSE NOT GOING ABOVE 30 MPH AND THE SAME THING HAPPENS AGAIN. ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON AND I LOSE POWER, I WAS BARELY ABLE TO TURN THE WHEEL ENOUGH TO GET THE VEHICLE ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. I WAS ABLE TO START THE CAR AGAIN WITHIN A COUPLE MINUTES AND SAFELY RETURN HOME (IT WAS DARK), HOWEVER THE ENGINE LIGHT WAS STILL ON AND IT FELT AS THOUGH IT WOULD LOOSE POWER AGAIN, LIKE I WAS DRIVING WITH THE PARKING BRAKE ON. ALSO ON MY DRIVE HERE FROM CALIFORNIA (TO INDIANA) I LOST MY CRUISE CONTROL. THIS SECOND INCIDENT HAPPEND TONIGHT AND WILL HAVE TO BE TOWED TO DODGE DEALER TOMORROW. *JB

I HAVE A 2006 DODGE DURANGO LIMITED EDITION SUV WITH BLEND AIR HEAER SYSTEM. I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE IN NOVEMBER OF 2006. THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN SHOP APPROX FIVE TIMES FOR DEFROSTER NOT WORKING AND STILL IS NOT FIXED. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS CONDITION IN WINTER TIME AS WINDSHIELD FOGS AND YOU HAVE TO SCRAPE INSIDE OF W/S TO SEE. THIS HAS BEEN AT DEALERSHIP NUMEROUS TIMES AND STILL IS NOT REPAIRED. DEFROSTER WILL WORK ONCE IN A WHILE BUT MOST TIMES NOT. I DON'T KNOW IF DEALER KNOWS HOW TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. THEY SEEM TO BE AT A LOSS AS FAR AS WHAT THE PROBLEM IS?? ARE THERE OTHER DURANGOS WITH THIS SAME COMPLAINT THAT HAS OR HAS NOT BEEN RESOLVED?? THIS OBVIOUSLY HAS BEEN AN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH THIS PARTICULAR VEHICLE. I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THIS REPAIRED BEFORE WINTER APPROACHES IN SEPT/OCT OF THIS YEAR. *TR

COMPLETE FAILURE OF WINDSHIELD WIPER SYSTEM IN A NATIONAL RENT A CAR 2006 DODGE DURANGO DURING A TORRENTIAL RAINSTORM WHILE TRAVELING 60 MPH IN THE HOV LANE OF I-5 IN HEAVY TRAFFIC FROM LOS ANGELES TO SAN DIEGO. WE SUDDENLY COULD NOT SEE ANYTHING IN FRONT OF US, AND HAD TO CROSS 5 LANES OF TRAFFIC COMING FROM BEHIND AND BESIDE US TO GET TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD (THERE WAS NO CURB ON THE INNER HOV LANE). WE NARROWLY AVOIDED GET HIT IN DOING SO, AND FEEL FORTUNATE THAT NO ONE WAS INJURED IN THE PROCESS. IT WAS WHAT YOU WOULD CALL THE "PERFECT STORM" FOR THIS KIND OF FAILURE TO HAVE OCCURRED, BUT I DID FEEL IT IS IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE SOMEONE KNEW ABOUT THIS TO MAKE SURE THIS CAR AND ITS WIPER SYSTEM IS CHECKED SO THAT SOME OTHER FAMILY DOESN'T EXPERIENCE THE SAME THING WITH MORE DEVASTATING CONSEQUENCES THAN AN INCONVENIENT DELAY OF 3 HOURS. THANK YOU. *JB