2014 Dodge Durango: windshield wiper failure

Filed Sep 18, 2023 · Brakes, Electrical · CA

While driving all sensors began flashing simultaneously. I took to mechanic and a few codes turned up. One for speed messages. One for can bus and the other was U0001. Took to dealership service and they had it for a week. After charging battery all sensors were cleared. Same day driving home all sensors came back on simultaneously. Car began making noises and driving in limp mode windshield wipers turned on by themselves. Took car to Firestone to check battery. They replaced battery. Sensors were still flashing all the way home but no other problems. Next day i lost power steering and ability to brake. Nearly crashing the Durango. I eventually was able to pull wheel and get to side of road. I tried to turn off engine,, but it would not turn off nor would the shifter allow me to shift to park. I sat in idle for a few moments and turned car off. I was near my home so drove home.. very difficult to steer. Then car sensors said to push clutch in . I have an automatic. It went crazy.

Filed Dec 9, 2021 · Electrical · PA

Randomly car will flash shifter issue, brake issues, no bus, and many others. Wipers will then turn on and will go off by beeping horn. Then dash goes black. Sometimes during these frequent episodes transmission won’t shift out of low gear. Turn car off and it’s dead. Randomly restarts and acts normal for a bit. A month ago fuel pump went and paid $800 to repair. Been happening for a year. Today car is dead in driveway but randomly wipers began moving. Beep horn turns wipers off. This car is not right. Chrysler needs to be accountable and recall the TIPM box in these vehicle.

Filed Jul 14, 2019 · Electrical, Transmission · 74,428 miles · CA

July 14, 2019 - while the dodge durango is in motion, the dash display suddenly went blank, various sensor lights turned on, transmission gear would not shift, and the wiper blades intermittently turned on. Similarly problem was experienced in may 2019, when the repair shop identified and replaced a faulty bcm (body control module). I took the vehicle to a local dodge dealership about a month ( june 2019), for the same problem and the dealership identified the wiring harness to be faulty. After some diagnosis, the dealership reset the codes, asked me to drive the vehicle some more to see if the problem reoccurs. It has been a month since I took the vehicle to the dealership and the problem has reoccured several times. I feel this is a real safety issues especially when I have my kids in the car and the electrical issues arises while the vehicle is in motion. This problem is very concerning to me as the problem has occured one time while I was driving on the highway, and three time while driving on city streets. Please investigate this matter urgently as I consider this issue to be a serious vehicle problem or hazard. Any durango owner and their family could potentially get seriously hurt.

Filed Feb 13, 2019 · Electrical, Engine · 70,000 miles · CA

I was driving on the freeway during a very bad rainstorm at night on january 16th, 2019. I was traveling around 50 MPH on the freeway, in the number three lane, when my car shut off, where I lost complete power to my engine. My speedometer dropped from 50 to 30 MPH immediately, leaving me with no power, to barely make it to the emergency lane. No power, no brake, no steering-nothing. My horn was also honking, my headlights flashing, windshield wipers attempting to move but unable to, and speakers making weird noises. And to make things even more scary, my 9 year old son was in the car with me. This is an issue that needs to be investigated, and possibly issue a recall. I feel that I am extremely lucky that my son and myself were not severely injured or even killed, with my car shutting off like that without warning. If I had not been able to cruise to the emergency lane, no doubt we would have been struck at a standstill by oncoming traffic, averaging 50-60 MPH. I am extremely concerned, and this is a huge safety issue. I brought the car into the dodge dealership, where I was told that it was from the rain and it shorted out my electrical. That's it. That's it? There should be a better explanation, and action taken to prevent something like this from ever happening. That car shutting off without warning from 50 MPH to 0 MPH on a freeway could have cost my son and I our lives. I am expecting to hear back from dodge regarding this very dangerous problem that occurred, and I have also read about similar complaints with the durango, so I know this is not a fluke. I look forward to hearing from you. Thank you.

Filed Jan 22, 2018 · Acceleration, Electrical · 88,000 miles · AR · crash

I've notice that when I'm driving on highways or around the city, wipers come on by itself. That happen twice... Sometimes the sunroof don't open, when the sunroof opens don't want to close sometimes. When I'm on the highway can't seem to get enough power to catch up with traffic, seems like the transmission is about to give out. Very laggy....the notification for engine/trans comes off/on at times. Other to sound weird but I believe someone has access remotely to vehicle. All this happens on a daily or every few days I've noticed.

Filed Feb 24, 2016 · Electrical · NY

Wipers won't shut off, no turn signals, blind spot monitor not working, high beam headlights not working, windshield washers not working, all steering wheel buttons, levers not operating, traction control light on, check engine light on. Worried that steering wheel airbag is also inoperable. This happened after driving a fully functioning truck, parked it and shut it off. 10 minutes later started the truck and all of the items listed above occurred. The dealer, security dodge of amityville, replaced a fuse but was told they cannot find a reason why the fuse failed. Truck worked fine on the ride home, parked it and turned it off. Ten minutes later started the truck and all the same items (see above) failed.

Filed Oct 27, 2014 · Electrical, Visibility · 5,523 miles · MI

When turning on the turn signal indicater the wind shield wipers come on even though they are in the off position. Once they come on they continue to run. On occasion they will turn off when running through a variety of options on the same stick such as flashing the bright light (pull in the stick) or turning on the signal again in the other diretion. There is no rhyme or reason to any of it. This past weekend I pressed the button to start and the wipers went on even though the indicator is in the off position. Then suddenly the radio went on even though we did not turn it on and this caused the wipers to stop. This looks a lot like a major electrical problem and we are not concerned that this might be a totally integrated power module problem which is currently under inviestication for recall.

Filed Jun 7, 2014 · Electrical, Transmission · 5,200 miles · FL

While driving after leaving a store, the vehicle sounded a warning chime and then all of the electrical displays on the dash went dark. The vehicle downshifted into what seemed 4th gear from 8th gear and sudden deceleration was nored. The windshield wiper turned on and the center radio/climate display would flash on and off. The brief message that was displayed on the dash before it went out said something to the effect of, "do not change gear, do not turn off vehicle, drive directly to destination, by turning car off you may not be able to start it again". We drove to the dealership and they ran a diagnostic where they found several computer faults. The dealer had the vehicle a total of 11 days and changed the body control module. We got the vehicle back and three days later the same thing happened again. Worried that if this happened while driving down the interstate at speed, there could be a possible loss of control with the sudden downshift.