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2003 Dodge Durango lighting problems

Owners reported lighting problems in 45 complaints for the 2003 Dodge Durango, 9% of the complaints on file.

At a glance

Complaints
45 9% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
98,000 miles 40 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
0 and 0
Injuries and deaths
0 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When lighting problems show up

Lighting complaints by mileage, 2003 Dodge Durango Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 98,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 1 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 2 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 2 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 6 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 11 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 9 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 5 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 2 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 2 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 98,000 miles
Based on 40 complaints that include mileage. 13% 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 miles1
20k to 40k miles2
40k to 60k miles2
60k to 80k miles6
80k to 100k miles11
100k to 120k miles9
120k to 140k miles5
140k to 160k miles2
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles2
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 40 lighting complaints that report mileage, the median is about 98,000 miles, and 12% were reported before 60,000 miles.

None of the lighting complaints mention a crash, fire, injury or death.

What owners wrote

While applying brakes vehicle continued to stall. As a result, the vehicle lost power. Dealer stated they were not able to duplicate the problem. The consumer came to a stop to let oncoming traffic pass. The consumer put foot on the accelerator and noticed the vehicle had stalled with no warning while the headlights where still on. On other occasions headlights would dim and then get brighter as the vehicle spit and sputtered for 15 seconds.

Reported at 8,267 miles, September 2004

Tl*- the contact owns a 2003 dodge durango with a current and failure mileage of 34,500. The contact was driving at 60 MPH under normal dry conditions when the vehicle stalled. The contact stated that when the stalling occurred all of the instrument panel lights turned on, and the door chime started to buzz. The contact was able to pull to the side of the road without a crash. Since the stalling the windows failed ,they did not go up or down, the windshield wipers and headlights worked intermittently.

Reported at 34,500 miles, April 2007

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Lighting problems in other years

Lighting problems across all Dodge models