CarComplaints.com Notes: The third generation Durango is plagued by a defective TIPM, particularily in the 2011 and 2012 model years.
TIPM, which stands for Totally Integrated Power Modules, is responsible for controlling and distributing power to all the vehicle’s electrical functions. So when your TIPM goes haywire, bad things start happening. Things like your water pump can stop working, your engine can stall out and your airbags can randomly deploy.
While making a phone call with hands free Bluetooth, the radio screen froze, forcing me to pull over and disconnect call with phone directly. Dealer response was that I should not upgrade my phone software as it may become incompatible with the vehicle Bluetooth system. Dealer stated that they upgraded the software to the hands free module behind the glove box (this is code for we flashed the TIPM so it works again for now). Dealer questioned about TIPM reliability and obvious suit pending against Chrysler (girardgibbs). Dealer stated that the vehicle components would tattle on each other (send fault codes) if TIPM was failing. During same conversation dealer also stated that a soft intermittent fault may not register, thus no code for TIPM failure. Dealer stated that until computer registers TIPM failure there is nothing he can do. See you in court Chrysler!
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While making a phone call with hands free Bluetooth, the radio screen froze, forcing me to pull over and disconnect call with phone directly. Dealer response was that I should not upgrade my phone software as it may become incompatible with the vehicle Bluetooth system. Dealer stated that they upgraded the software to the hands free module behind the glove box (this is code for we flashed the TIPM so it works again for now). Dealer questioned about TIPM reliability and obvious suit pending against Chrysler (girardgibbs). Dealer stated that the vehicle components would tattle on each other (send fault codes) if TIPM was failing. During same conversation dealer also stated that a soft intermittent fault may not register, thus no code for TIPM failure. Dealer stated that until computer registers TIPM failure there is nothing he can do. See you in court Chrysler!
- hemi durango, Middletown, DE, US