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Model years to avoid

Dodge Durango

What it says about you

Opinion

Three rows, too much engine, and no interest in justifying either. Refreshingly, you have never once described this as a practical choice.

Not measured, not from the data, and offered in fun. Everything below this is not.

22 model years on record, 7,455 complaints filed.

The years to look at closely: 2015 (headrest), 2014 (headrest), 2013 (electrical system), 2012 (electrical system), 2011 (alternator), 2006 (time fill), 2005 (system gasoline). Everything else drew a normal number of complaints for this model.

What owners report, and when

Faults that dominated the complaints of more than one model year. Not the same question as which year to avoid — a car can have an ordinary number of complaints every year and have most of them be about the same thing.

  • headrest 2013, 2014, 2015 peak 32.7% of that year's complaints
  • stalled 2005, 2012, 2013 peak 32.7% of that year's complaints
  • alternator 2011, 2012 peak 32.9% of that year's complaints
  • start 2011, 2012 peak 29.9% of that year's complaints
  • drl 2007, 2022 peak 21.8% of that year's complaints
  • seat 2014, 2015 peak 13.8% of that year's complaints
  • race 2015, 2017 peak 8.1% of that year's complaints

Every year

  1. 2027 nothing on record 0 complaints
  2. 2026 0 recalls 10 complaints
  3. 2025 0 recalls 7 complaints
  4. 2024 0 recalls 12 complaints
  5. 2023 1 recall 39 complaints
  6. 2022 6 recalls 55 complaints
  7. 2021 7 recalls 374 complaints
  8. 2020 2 recalls 54 complaints
  9. 2019 4 recalls 140 complaints
  10. 2018 5 recalls 229 complaints
  11. 2017 2 recalls 209 complaints
  12. 2016 3 recalls 160 complaints
  13. 2015 headrest 502 complaints
  14. 2014 headrest 781 complaints
  15. 2013 electrical system 640 complaints
  16. 2012 electrical system 637 complaints
  17. 2011 alternator 797 complaints
  18. 2009 4 recalls 19 complaints
  19. 2008 2 recalls 97 complaints
  20. 2007 4 recalls 275 complaints
  21. 2006 time fill 851 complaints
  22. 2005 system gasoline 1,567 complaints

What does a Dodge Durango say about you?

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Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints — compared against itself rather than against other cars, so popularity and age do not decide the answer.