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.
8.0
pretty bad
Typical Repair Cost:
$5,200
Average Mileage:
112,000 miles
Total Complaints:
1 complaints
Most Common Solutions:
rebuilt transfer case, new chain replaced (1 reports)
This was hard to find as it started out by a month earlier only on hard accelerations and turning to the left. The noise was god-awful loud grinding, like a chain being forced over sprockets, right under the drivers feet. Almost appeared as a pinhole leak might have drained all of the transfer case fluid while driving. Never a drip seen on the floor.
A D V E R T I S E M E N T S
This was hard to find as it started out by a month earlier only on hard accelerations and turning to the left. The noise was god-awful loud grinding, like a chain being forced over sprockets, right under the drivers feet. Almost appeared as a pinhole leak might have drained all of the transfer case fluid while driving. Never a drip seen on the floor.
- Tyler H., Genoa, IL, US