2013 Dodge Durango: sudden loss of power

Filed Mar 1, 2026 · Electrical, Engine · FL

The vehicle experiences sudden engine shutdown while driving. The engine completely turns off without warning. There are no warning lights, no check engine light, and no prior indication of failure. The exact component causing the failure is unknown at this time, but it appears to involve the engine and/or electrical system. The vehicle is available for inspection and has been taking to doge and nothing is being done yet. The vehicle shuts off while I am actively driving, causing immediate loss of power. This creates a dangerous situation because I lose acceleration and power steering while in traffic. I transport six children daily in this vehicle. Sudden engine shutdown while driving significantly increases the risk of a crash, especially in traffic or at higher speeds. This is a serious safety hazard for my family and others on the road. The dealership has not confirmed the cause. The vehicle has been taken in multiple times for service and diagnostics, and over $4,000 has been spent on repairs. However, the stalling issue continues and has not been resolved. The vehicle has been inspected by an authorized Dodge dealership service department multiple times. No manufacturer representative has inspected the vehicle yet. There were no warning lamps, no check engine light, and no dashboard messages prior to the engine shutting off. The shutdown occurs without any advance warning. The vehicle operates normally and then abruptly turns off.Given the sudden loss of power while driving and the risk of collision, I believe this may be a broader safety defect that could potentially affect other vehicles of the same model.

Filed Mar 5, 2025 · Fuel system · FL

Fuel line disconnected from fuel rail, causing gasoline to flow onto engine while going 55 mph, stalling motor with resulting loss of power steering and power brakes.

Filed Mar 5, 2025 · VA

While driving whether it be on the interstate going 70 mph or on a back road doing 30 mph the vehicle will completely lose power and the only way I can get power back before someone hits me in my rear end is to put it in neutral real fast then turn the key and start the vehicle back or if able to get to side of road and put it in park and start the vehicle back up

Filed Sep 18, 2020 · Fuel system · 85,000 miles · NY

Recall v62 has been partially repaired twice. My vehicle continues to shut off while driving- always when I am going down the road with my children in the car and randomly shuts off- I lose power steering and have to hope that it doesn't cause an accident. I have complained about this and nothing has been solved yet. This issue happens all the time- no specific day- everyday. Please address

Filed May 22, 2020 · Fuel system · 108,000 miles · ID

Stalling while vehicle is in motion and now the vehicle won't start at all. Loss of power when it stalled.

Filed Nov 20, 2019 · Engine · 227,118 miles · GA

Tl* the contact owns a 2013 dodge durango. While the contact was having an emissions test performed on the vehicle, he was informed that the check engine indicator was illuminated. The vehicle was taken to courtesy chrysler dodge jeep ram (1890 dogwood dr se, conyers, ga 30013, (678) 210-2489) where it was diagnosed that the evap vacuum seal failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired, but an oil leak occurred afterwards. The contact attempted to take the vehicle back to the dealer, but was unable to have the vehicle repaired. The contact also mentioned that while driving various speeds, the vehicle lost power and seized without warning. The vehicle was taken to ginn chrysler jeep dodge (5190 us-278, covington, ga 30014, (770) 679-2202) where it was diagnosed that the oil filter was fractured and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired and the failure recurred. The manufacturer was made aware of the failures and informed the contact to call the federal safety agency to file a complaint. The failure mileage was 227,118.

Filed Nov 12, 2019 · Airbags, Electrical · 150,901 miles · MD · crash · 3 injuries

Tl* the contact owned a 2013 dodge durango. While driving approximately 45 MPH in the rain, the vehicle seemed to suddenly lose power and the rear of the vehicle began to skid on the road. The contact attempted to regain control of the vehicle, but was unsuccessful. The contact stated that the vehicle struck and went over a guardrail. The air bags did not deploy. After the crash, all the instrument panel indicators illuminated. A police report was filed. The vehicle was towed and deemed totaled. The driver injured her head, one passenger injured their head and nose, and the other rear passenger injured her neck. Medical attention was received. The dealer and manufacturer were not made aware of the failure. The cause of the failures was not determined. The approximate failure mileage was 150,901. *dt

Filed Sep 1, 2019 · Steering · 80,000 miles · TX

This car will completely lose power randomly. It will will shut off and turn bck on all by itself or if it shuts off I can barely touch the key fob and it will turn bck on without even turning the key!! Sometimes I have to put it in neutral and turn it off and back on. This vehicle is very dangerous, unpredictable, unreliable. Have taken it to few mechanics who won't even work on it cuz they can not pin point the problem. I hve taken it to dealership and they could not find anything except for a code for sirius radio subscription , really ! They even kept it over nite and it wouldn't act up for them. Please figure this out... Clearly this vehicle has issues if more than one complaint is being reported. I feel like I hve a ghost car. Please figure this out. It is dangerous when my car does this on freeway. Does it going 10mph....I can be pulling into my driveway at home & put it in park and bah just turns off on it's own for me. Anytime at different speeds whenever it wants, it shuts off and comes back on all on its own. Please figure this out. This car is not worth the amount of lives that can be lost...

Filed Apr 18, 2019 · Acceleration, Electrical · 90,300 miles · CA

While driving my car is continuously shutting off. I lose power steering and need to put the vehicle in park and restart it. The first time I was coasting at 45 MPH the car display controls when off and turned back on. The second time I was turning into a parking stall and the car died mid park at which point I had to manually restart. The most recent time I was driving my kids to school and the car died while going 35 I had to pull over to the shoulder (with no power steering) and restart the engine. The music and headlights remained on while the engine was off. The car starts right up without hesitation and the local dodge delearship is not finding a code to properly detect the problem their best guess is to replace the tipm in hopes it will fix the problem. I need a safe reliable car and not one that is as risk of dying mid drive and causing an accident hurting my family or others.

Filed Apr 15, 2019 · Brakes, Engine · 105,000 miles · OR

I was driving in some pretty hard rain going about 60mph. I slowed the car down to about 40 and when attempting to accelerate again the car would not accelerate. The vehicle then seemed to stall and lose both breaks and steering. I was on a hill so it was very scary. I was able to pump the emergency break and get the vehicle to stop. Something is wrong with this vehicle causing it to not accelerate, then lose power and breaks. I was reading an issue with the alternator may be the case but I am not sure how that would cause loss of breaks. Also my dealership states they already fixed the alternator recall on this vehicle.

Filed Apr 4, 2019 · Electrical, Engine · 116,000 miles · TX

My durango suddenly lost all power twice while driving between 35-55 MPH. Once heading to a stop sign and once on the far left side of highway. I have had to quickly pull over to the side of the road, I attempted numerous times to restart it. Prior to that, often times you would turn the key and the dash lights would come on and the car would do nothing...not even turn over. After a few attempts, it would start. I need to get this fixed. I have 116k miles and this has happened two me twice in the last three weeks.

Filed Jan 14, 2019 · Engine · 170,000 miles · MD

We own a 2013 dodge durango with 175,000 mile on it and has been a great vehicle up until it started losing power while driving. After having several mechanics trouble shoot the issue we found out the the engine was actually misfiring and because of a bad lifter. After our mechanic contacted our local dealership to find out that the lifter for the 5.7 hemi engine is on backorder with no eta of when it will be in and being told that this is a very common issue. This tells me that there needs to be more investigated here, after doing some research it looks like this is a known issue with dodges 5.7 hemi engine not just in the durango but in all of their vehicles and that other people have reported this issue but nothing has been done about this. This issue could have lead to a much bigger safety issue if the engine stalling would have happened and cause harm or death of my husband while driving this vehicle. Right now we are just fighting to recoup our costs for the repairs on a vehicle that we are still paying for.