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2002 Dodge Durango engine and engine cooling problems

46 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the engine and engine cooling on the 2002 Dodge Durango11% of all complaints for this model year.

46
Engine and Engine Cooling complaints
11%
share of all complaints
76,000 mi
median reported incident mileage
2 / 2
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • Tl* the contact owns a 2002 dodge durango. While driving approximately 10 mph and approaching a traffic stop, the vehicle stalled without warning. The engine was restarted and the vehicle resumed normally. The failure recurred whenever the engine was idled. The vehicle was taken to an independent…

    filed Mar 14, 2012

  • I was coming down a driveway from a store and I attempted to stop behind another vehicle when I applied my brakes and my durango lunged forward towards the other vehicle and it did it twice but the second time I had both my feet on the brakes and I hit the other vehicle.I have new tires and brakes…

    filed Jan 22, 2012

Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.

Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.