2013 Dodge Durango steering problems

Filed Mar 11, 2025 · Acceleration, Electrical · OR

While driving , the car just shuts off and the steering wheel and breaks lock. No matter how fast you’re going. Took to the mechanic and he said it was the WIN system.

Filed Apr 21, 2023 · Acceleration, Engine · MI

While driving down the road, my vehicle will completely shut off and shut down. Sometimes, emphasis on the sometimes, I can push my key into the ignition a bit more and it will start back up. I lose all function and control of my vehicle. My dash lights and exterior lights completely shut off. I can't steer my car and it comes to a complete stop within seconds because everything locks up. I have had this happen more times than I can even count. It has happened in the middle of me turning at an intersection and has almost caused a collision. I took it in for a diagnosis and was told that there was nothing wrong with my vehicle and they didn't know why it was doing that. There is absolutely no warning for when this will happen. The speed that it happens at varies as there is no rhyme or reason. It happened when my care had 95,000 miles and still to this day. It happens AT LEAST 4 times a week. I have read forums where other people with the same vehicle have had this happen to also.

Filed Jan 6, 2023 · Steering · TX

When I am at a complete stop and then I go to take off as I accelerate the vehicle pulls hard to the right it doesn’t do this every time but it pulls hard to the right and if I don’t catch it in time I will end up in the side of another car or in a ditch this also occurs while I’m already driving at speed and I got to accelerate it will pull hard to the right but then again it does not happen every time

Filed Apr 13, 2021 · Brakes, Engine · 170,000 miles · NC

Car randomly shut off in the middle of the road while driving, no warnings. Shut off could not steer as steering while locked up & could not brake as brake pad was hard and locked up as well. Got it to the side of road, it started right back up but shut off again not even 2 minutes later. Was able to get it off the road and started back up but puttered as all the lights flashed inside of the car. I had my kid in the car I am terrified.

Filed Apr 5, 2021 · Brakes, Engine · 99,800 miles · TX

My durango stalls when I'm driving and restarts on its own. I had the fuel pump relay changed already which I had to pay out of pocket because dodge doesn't have the replacement part. My vehicle continues to stall with out notice and am scared to drive it. I took it back to the dealership and they kept my car for a week. The car never stalled when the drove it around a few times. This car is very dangerous due to the fact that it stops at any moment and you lose complete power. At anytime you could crash without notice.

Filed Mar 10, 2020 · Electrical, Fuel system · 100,000 miles · TN

This vehicle has consistently given me problems with stalling. Year after year with this vehicle and I'm to the point to where I can barely drive it yet still have to pay payment after payment while fearing for mine and my children's safety in it. It's already had a recall fixed a few years back with something involving the fuel pump relay and that yet has to stop the stalling and the dealer can never tell me what the issue is... I can be driving 70 MPH miles down the highway or 30 MPH in residential and it just completely dies out on me and I lose control of power steering and all electrical goes out on dash. Sometimes I can just keep turning over ignition and it will pick right back up then other times I have to put in park and restart. I have at times, but not each time, associate the stall with hitting potholes or going over railroad tracks, bridges or anything that makes the vehicle feel a bump yet other times it does it for no reason whatsoever. I either need it to be fixed or given another vehicle of equal value. I've paid so much already and still owe 11 payments and can not afford to just purchase another vehicle. Would appreciate some help resulting in a solution to benefit me and my family's safety. The date below for 'when did it occur' is today's date as it done it today and has done so over the last 5/6 years I've had it..

Filed Jan 7, 2020 · Steering · 84,834 miles · FL

Power steering fluid leaking

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 Jun 27, 2019 · Steering · NE

Steering gear box needed to be changed. Took our vehicle in for a leak coming off what looked to be a coolant line. Next thing I know we got a call that our gear box needed replaced which leads me to believe that when we took it in for a regular service recently they said we had a leak in the drive line which we fixed. The dealership looked at determined the leak I saw was a completely different problem im just reaching out to you guys to maybe look into the steering gearbox issue only because a car with 80000 miles on it should not have such a major issue. I know things go wrong on vehicles just would like to make you aware of a situation that is ongoing I have read on your site others having the same issue. To add to it the car steering seemed normal no issues I am glad they caught cause if steering were to fail that could be a bad situation.

Filed Apr 29, 2019 · Brakes, Electrical · 104,000 miles · MI

I was driving and the vehicle completely shut off without warning. There are no lights on, on the dash and it is not giving off any codes. The vehicle has shut off three times now. The first time in january, I had just got off of the highway and began to travel again. The truck turned off when I got up to around 25-30 miles per hour. The second time in march, I had stopped and started to travel again and was going about 25 miles per hour coming up an underpass.and the third time was yesterday. I was driving up a city street going about 40 miles per hour and the truck shut off. There was no one on the side of me. It felt like there was no power steering. I was able to wrestle the steering wheel to move to the side of the road. The truck coasted and stopped. I could not press the brake!!!! Each time the vehicle shut off was when I was coming off of a stop and bringing the vehicle back up to speed, except yesterday it shut off once I was up to about 40 miles per hour. The vehicle shut off, I was unable to steer the truck as if it had no power steering and I could not press the brakes. I was able to wrestle the truck over and restart it. This is a serious issue. I reported it to dodge today and they said there are no open recalls on this issue and to take it back to the dealer. However, I searched online and there are numerous similar complaints. Something needs to be done before someone dies.