7.3
pretty badTypical Repair Cost:
$357.00
Average Mileage:
54,020 miles
Total Complaints:
3 complaints
Most common solutions:
- not sure (2 reports)
- replace and re program new key (1 reports)
accessories - interior problem
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2009Apr 03
Durango HEMI Limited 5.8L
- Automatic transmission
- 44,060 miles
I was out shopping with my 16 month old daughter and came out to my car with a cart full of groceries and my daughter in the cart, when my keypad would not disarm the alarm or unlock the doors. I decided to unlock the car with the key (the old fashioned way!) and my alarm starts blowing like crazy and everyone is looking at me like I'm trying to steal my own car! It wouldn't stop until I started the car, then I had to unlock the rest of the doors with the button inside the door and proceed to load up my daughter and groceries! What a huge pain in the butt! I figured it was just the battery but after getting home and finding out that the metal piece that holds the battery down inside the remote was totally broken off the board, I started making calls. Lithia Dodge told me that it was $250 to replace the key, $30 to look up the key code, $75 to program the new key and $1.75 for a dummy key to make sure they cut it right = pissed off beyond belief! And to top it all off they tell me that those keys are their biggest seller! I love, love, love my car but I'm starting to have second thoughts about our fine American made autos. Whatever happened to those "great craftsmanship" and "built to last" motos? Seems like they only make things to last long enough to get you happily used to something and then it breaks, so of course feeling that you now can't live without this convenience, you are suckered into another $350. As if the cars aren't already expensive enough! If anyone who has any control over these dealerships happens to see these numerous messages about the same problems... do the right thing, make things that last, and maybe your job will survive!!! If you kill off the Americans will to buy your products, because you keep screwing us over, you might find yourself on the unemployment line like so many others!
2007Sep 17
Durango SLT V8
- Automatic transmission
- 38,000 miles
Here is a way my wife discover how to not set the alarm so you don't have to listen to it go off when you get back in.
1) Close all doors except the drivers door.
2) Lock all doors via the door button
3) Manually unlock drivers door then close door
4) Open drivers dorr via the handle
5) Manually lock door and close
The alarm does not go off when you open the door the next time.
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2009Feb 04
Durango Limited 5.7L V8 Hemi
BOTH of our key fobs have stopped working and it is all because of the metal piece that holds the battery in. We have tried soldering it back and it works for a day or two and then nothing. They want you to pay out the nose for a new key and then you have to pay to have it programmed. I cannot believe that the American made cars are the ones with the most trouble. Whatever happened to good American craftsmanship? They say buy American made products, but why when they are made to break so you have to buy another one. I just wish that they would recall these crazy keys and make it right. It is no wonder they are having trouble with the car companies in America.
mcfamily
Concordia, MO, USA
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