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2001 Dodge Durango electrical system problems

Owners reported electrical system problems in 95 complaints for the 2001 Dodge Durango, 10% of the complaints on file. It is the 2nd most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
95 10% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
87,000 miles 59 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
2 and 14
Injuries and deaths
5 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When electrical system problems show up

Electrical system complaints by mileage, 2001 Dodge Durango Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 87,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 2 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 3 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 14 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 7 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 9 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 5 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 7 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 7 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 5 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 87,000 miles
Based on 59 complaints that include mileage. 32% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles2
20k to 40k miles3
40k to 60k miles14
60k to 80k miles7
80k to 100k miles9
100k to 120k miles5
120k to 140k miles7
140k to 160k miles7
160k to 180k miles5
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 59 electrical system complaints that report mileage, the median is about 87,000 miles, and 32% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 2 crashes, 14 fires, 5 injuries.

What owners wrote

I had a complaint for investigation on a durango. The following is from the NHTSA notification of case change (all times are gmt-0500) project: NHTSA hotline center case: comments from odi web user case number: [xxx] date: 02/26/2010 time: 16:06:15 creation date: 02/22/2010 creation time: 14:19:39 description: entered on 02/26/2010 at 16:06:15 est (gmt-0500) by b.kearse: then....

February 2010 Injury

As I am driving my blinkers and radio stopped working randomly . Causing safety issues while on the road . This happens while in motion and on the road

Reported at 120,000 miles, July 2019

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