FaultScore

Worst years for a Dodge Durango

Owners have filed 19,338 complaints about the Dodge Durango with NHTSA across model years 1997 to 2026. More of them are about the suspension than anything else.

Avoid

2000 Dodge Durango

1,471 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly suspension.

Cleanest on record

2025 Dodge Durango

12 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Dodge Durango year, graded

The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded
Year Grade Complaints Crashes Fires Median miles Most reported
2026 B 19 3 0 Other & Unspecified
2025 A 12 0 0 Electrical System
2024 A 26 0 0 Transmission & Drivetrain
2023 B 46 4 0 55,000 Lights
2022 A 86 6 2 Lights
2021 C 261 18 5 25,500 Lights
2020 C 71 0 4 29,980 Lights
2019 B 207 4 5 23,529 Lights
2018 C 330 16 0 22,500 Electrical System
2017 C 305 15 2 32,000 Lights
2016 C 222 30 3 40,000 Lights
2015 C 667 38 8 51,304 Lights
2014 D 1,030 30 14 63,000 Lights
2013 C 905 27 44 78,000 Electrical System
2012 C 919 24 43 71,000 Electrical System
2011 D 1,185 29 85 66,190 Electrical System
2009 B 13 1 2 76,763 Airbags
2008 A 127 3 3 63,500 Fuel & Propulsion
2007 B 241 16 1 76,000 Fuel & Propulsion
2006 C 1,039 25 12 65,000 Fuel & Propulsion
2005 D 2,001 59 26 75,000 Fuel & Propulsion
2004 D 1,420 65 96 93,000 Engine & Cooling
2003 C 485 38 23 63,472 Suspension
2002 C 556 44 15 58,000 Suspension
2001 D 964 82 25 55,000 Suspension
2000 F 1,471 138 42 58,000 Suspension
1999 D 3,172 153 36 68,879 Suspension
1998 D 1,553 73 15 68,730 Suspension
1997 5 0 1 Suspension

What breaks on a Dodge Durango

Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.

Suspension 3,854 19.9%

Worst in 1999

Electrical System 2,760 14.3%

Worst in 2011

Engine & Cooling 2,475 12.8%

Worst in 2004

Fuel & Propulsion 2,077 10.7%

Worst in 2005

Worst in 2005

Lights 1,118 5.8%

Worst in 2014

Brakes 1,024 5.3%

Worst in 1999

Airbags 856 4.4%

Worst in 2004

Steering 752 3.9%

Worst in 1999

Worst in 2014

Seats 548 2.8%

Worst in 2014

Worst in 2004

Worst in 1999

Body & Structure 249 1.3%

Worst in 2004

Exactly what failed on a Dodge Durango

The named sub-assemblies behind those complaints, across every model year.

Upper Ball Joint 1,830 39.5%
Lower Ball Joint 1,128 24.3%
Engine 360 7.8%
Automatic Transmission 323 7.0%
Front 234 5.0%
Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip 177 3.8%
TIE ROD Assembly 159 3.4%
Body 153 3.3%
Gasoline 144 3.1%
Frontal 128 2.8%

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every Dodge Durango, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Jan 1998 peak 653 Aug 2026

Dodge Durango problems by state

Where owners filed from. Heavier states are usually just bigger markets, but a part that fails in heat or salt shows up here first.

Compare the Dodge Durango

Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.