We had the 2013 Durango for less than a year and decided to add an amp and set of speakers to super up our car. When my husband went to hook it all up, the original radio began to smoke. So I went to my local Dodge store and explained what happened. It wasn't until then that they informed me that the most recent Dodge model vehicles have a different wiring system that could make adding accessories to your car yourself a problem...such as blowing up something else!
In older models, the wiring to add an amp IS NOT directly attached to the radio's wiring, however, because the Durango has a bus wiring system, it directly affected the radio. So beware when adding new radio's, back up camera's (which I really wanted because the blind spots are horrible!), amp's, or speaker systems. If this does happen you will have to pay to fix it. I was informed that such instances are not covered under warranty (although they failed to inform the consumer of the possibility) and the radio cannot be fixed at your local Dodge. That the car had to be shipped to a Dodge factory to be fixed (because the local shops do not know how Dodge has wired their systems). Then it would cost an additional $1,200 to replace the radio and blue tooth system!!!! So pissed!
A D V E R T I S E M E N T S
We had the 2013 Durango for less than a year and decided to add an amp and set of speakers to super up our car. When my husband went to hook it all up, the original radio began to smoke. So I went to my local Dodge store and explained what happened. It wasn't until then that they informed me that the most recent Dodge model vehicles have a different wiring system that could make adding accessories to your car yourself a problem...such as blowing up something else!
In older models, the wiring to add an amp IS NOT directly attached to the radio's wiring, however, because the Durango has a bus wiring system, it directly affected the radio. So beware when adding new radio's, back up camera's (which I really wanted because the blind spots are horrible!), amp's, or speaker systems. If this does happen you will have to pay to fix it. I was informed that such instances are not covered under warranty (although they failed to inform the consumer of the possibility) and the radio cannot be fixed at your local Dodge. That the car had to be shipped to a Dodge factory to be fixed (because the local shops do not know how Dodge has wired their systems). Then it would cost an additional $1,200 to replace the radio and blue tooth system!!!! So pissed!
- duped, Bonneau, SC, US