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.
What it would do is the dash would go blank the radio would go blank the wipers would wipe while they was off the windows wouldn't roll up or down n the blinkers wouldn't work n I had a volt meter inside to tell me the voltage n it would peak out at 18.3 volts. Sometimes it would stop on its own but it would just keep going then I would have to pull over n turn the truck off then when I would go to restart it it would just click like the battery was dead. I would have to put my key fob in n turn it off then on while holding the break pedal n keep turning it off n on until it started again n there was a few times I had to have it towed to my house because it wouldn't start
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What it would do is the dash would go blank the radio would go blank the wipers would wipe while they was off the windows wouldn't roll up or down n the blinkers wouldn't work n I had a volt meter inside to tell me the voltage n it would peak out at 18.3 volts. Sometimes it would stop on its own but it would just keep going then I would have to pull over n turn the truck off then when I would go to restart it it would just click like the battery was dead. I would have to put my key fob in n turn it off then on while holding the break pedal n keep turning it off n on until it started again n there was a few times I had to have it towed to my house because it wouldn't start
- Derrick B., St. Joseph, US