This issue happens randomly: vehicle is parked: power door locks do not work you have to manually unlock all doors, vehicles starts fine but "service 4x4" appears on the cluster, all dome lights stay on, cluster lights (gage's etc.) do not light up, no exterior lights work (I.e headlights, parking lights, brake and so on). Vehicle will not return to normal state until I disconnect the battery and reconnect. It has happened multiple times on different days. Sometimes it will happen within a day of each instant, other times it will go a month and then do it again.
2003 Dodge Durango: doors won't lock, open or latch
7 of the 339 complaints about the 2003 Dodge Durango describe doors won't lock, open or latch.
- owner complaints
- 7
- of this car's complaints
- 2%
- typical mileage
- 134,000
- recalls
- 0
Is there a fix? No recall or service bulletin covers this area of the car yet.
Doors won't lock, open or latch by model year
What owners say
Tl* the contact owns a 2003 dodge durango. The contact stated that while traveling 15 MPH, the headlights, interior lights, power door locks and remote key suddendly failed. The failure occurred on several occasions. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic. The technician diagnosed that the central timer module needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and current mileage was 148,000.
While driving headlights will blink on and off. Dashboard lights will blink on and off. Wipers act up and don't always work. Door locks wont work.
1. The headlights, parklights, foglights, interior lights, door lock switch, 4wd, key fob, or intermediate wipers would not work at all. Luckily the vehicle was at a low speed and not in motion on a highway when the incident took place. 2. It only occurred one time, but what if I had been driving on the roadway. 3. The central timer module (ctm) was replaced.
Intermittent locking/unlocking of doors without activating the power door lock switch.
Intermittent problems with the door locks -- lock/unlock on their own. It occurs while I am driving the vehicle (at any speed) and also occurs when the car is parked in the driveway (key is not in the ignition). I have been unable to pin point exactly what events trigger this to occur. The dealer had it for 8 days and was unable to reproduce the problem and returned the vehicle to me without any resolution.
Unresolved collapsing gas tank, gauge sticks reading three-quarters of a tank of full, regardless of how much gas is added to the tank. In addition, the door locks lock off and on intermittently from time to time.
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
Questions about the 2003 Dodge Durango door locks
Is doors won't lock, open or latch a common problem on the 2003 Dodge Durango?
7 of 339 owner complaints about the 2003 Dodge Durango (2%) mention doors won't lock, open or latch. The model year with the most reports is 2000.
Is there a recall or service bulletin for this on the 2003 Dodge Durango?
There is no recall or service bulletin for this area of the car on record.
Other symptoms on the 2003 Dodge Durango
Ball joint 66Headlights 43Stalling 18Wipers 17Check engine light 12Grinding brakes 9Fire or smoke 8No deployment 7Harsh shifting 7Pulling 7Engine failure 6Key fob 5Overheating 5Tire blowout 5Won't start 5
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