CarComplaints.com Notes: When the 3rd-generation Durango was introduced in 2011 owners almost immediately started having a wide range of issues -- from water pump failure to stalling engines. Turns out the TIPM is to blame and those problems carried into the 2012 model year.
TIPM (Totally Integrated Power Modules) is responsible for controlling and distributing power to all the vehicle’s electrical functions. So when the TIPM starts acting up, so do all sorts of problems in the vehicle.
The problems have been so bad -- and replacement parts became so hard to find -- that a class-action lawsuit was filed against Chrysler focusing on the 2011-2012 Durango. The lawsuit accuses the automaker of ignorning the problem until it spiraled out of control.
Well I got in it after a long day sweating at work n I went to get in n turn on the AC n it was blowing hot so I went n bought a can of Freon n nothing happened. I went n took it to the AC guy n he said it might be a bad pump so I bought a new pump then it started blowing cool not cold but I was like ok I can deal with that. The next year 2023 I got in it n it blows hot again so I take it to the AC guy again n he tells me that the pump is fine n I never put the new one in so I just drove with the windows down. Then at times it would blow cool then it would blow hot sometimes it would blow cool on the driver's side n hit on the passenger side then it got to the point it just blew hot so I would just leave it off.
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Well I got in it after a long day sweating at work n I went to get in n turn on the AC n it was blowing hot so I went n bought a can of Freon n nothing happened. I went n took it to the AC guy n he said it might be a bad pump so I bought a new pump then it started blowing cool not cold but I was like ok I can deal with that. The next year 2023 I got in it n it blows hot again so I take it to the AC guy again n he tells me that the pump is fine n I never put the new one in so I just drove with the windows down. Then at times it would blow cool then it would blow hot sometimes it would blow cool on the driver's side n hit on the passenger side then it got to the point it just blew hot so I would just leave it off.
- Derrick B., St. Joseph, US