MODELYEARINDEX

Dodge Durango

2,823 complaints across 11 scored model years and 39 recall campaigns.

Which years to avoid

Ownership label · Dodge Durango Full report
F
Grade 2011–2021
2011 vs model median 3.5×
Model median3× median
Electrical 250
Fuel System 78
Engine 74
Avoid

2011 · 2012

Best

2019 · 2020

Year by year

Severity-weighted complaints filed in each model year’s first 60 months on the road, so every year is measured over an identical window.

Year Complaint volume vs median Reports Grade
2011
3.46× 546 F
2012
2.19× 364 F
2013
1.92× 337 F
2014
1.81× 339 F
2015
1.46× 271 D
2016
0.92× 147 C
2017
0.84× 151 B
2018
0.85× 173 C
2019
0.56× 104 B
2020
0.19× 35 A
2021
1.00× 189 C
2022 P
0.47× 83 B
2023 P
0.25× 46 A
2024 P
0.12× 26 A
2025 P
0.06× 12 A

P — provisional. These years have not completed 60 months on the road, so their totals are incomplete and they are excluded from the verdict.

What it costs to run

EPA figures for the most recent model year on record.

Combined MPG18.5
City / Highway15.5 / 23
Engine4.65L, 7 cyl
DriveRear-Wheel Drive
Annual fuel cost$3,625

Recalls

39 campaigns on record.

Campaign Component Model years Units affected
18V332000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING 2014–2018 4,815,661
15V461000 EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:RADIO/TAPE DECK/CD ETC. 2014, 2015 1,416,903
24V436000 BACK OVER PREVENTION: SENSING SYSTEM: CAMERA 2021, 2022 1,033,433
14V391000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING 2011–2014 653,562
14V154000 SERVICE BRAKES 2011–2014 646,498
17V572000 SERVICE BRAKES 2011–2014 646,394
19V813000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM 2011–2013 528,594
17V435000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR 2011–2014 442,214

+ 31 further campaigns

Others in Midsize SUVs

Same body and size class. Each grade describes that model against its own history — these are not ranked against each other.

Model Years to avoid Grade
Acura MDX
20162020
C
Audi Q7
20172021
C
Audi Q8
2019
C
BMW X5
20112021
D
BMW X6
none flagged
C
Chevrolet Traverse
20102011
C
Dodge Journey
20142015
C
Dodge Nitro
none flagged
C

How this was calculated

Every model year is scored over an identical window: complaints filed with NHTSA during the first 60 months after that model year went on sale. Without this, older cars look worse purely because they have had longer to accumulate reports.

Limitations. Complaints are unverified reports submitted voluntarily by owners; they are allegations, not findings, and reporting rates vary between models. Model years with fewer than 60 months on the road are marked provisional and excluded from verdicts. Cross-model comparison is withheld pending production-volume data.

Full methodology · Sources · Data vintage August 9, 2026

Working 2011 Durango
Complaints in window
546
Severity-weighted
944.5
Model median (weighted)
273
vs model median
3.46×
Recall campaigns (weighted)
8
Open investigations
0
Score 10 F