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.
So we keep having issues with the ETC light coming on and loosing power to just about everything while driving but the car still runs. All the gauges bottom out, radio turns off. Today this happened twice with the key just in the accessory position. We replaced the battery thinking might not be putting enough volts out but that did not fix the issue. We then drop it off at the Dodge dealer in Bountiful UT the night before they were going to look at it. the next day they called us saying that the battery was dead when they went to pull it into the shop. We had another battery delivered to them since it was under warranty. They replaced the battery and told us that it was all fixed. Well this keeps happening. I don't want to take it to the dealer again because I don't feel they listened to me the first time when I told them the issues we were having. Does anyone know what this might be??
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So we keep having issues with the ETC light coming on and loosing power to just about everything while driving but the car still runs. All the gauges bottom out, radio turns off. Today this happened twice with the key just in the accessory position. We replaced the battery thinking might not be putting enough volts out but that did not fix the issue. We then drop it off at the Dodge dealer in Bountiful UT the night before they were going to look at it. the next day they called us saying that the battery was dead when they went to pull it into the shop. We had another battery delivered to them since it was under warranty. They replaced the battery and told us that it was all fixed. Well this keeps happening. I don't want to take it to the dealer again because I don't feel they listened to me the first time when I told them the issues we were having. Does anyone know what this might be??
- mtwhite3113mw, Layton, US