NHTSA Safety Recalls
2001 Dodge Durango Recalls
The 2001 Dodge Durango has 7 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on December 4, 2007.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2001 Dodge Durango. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 7
- Owner complaints
- 665
- Crashes reported
- 60
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
20 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2001 Dodge Durango, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
7 recalls on the 2001 Dodge Durango
Power train: automatic transmission: lever and linkage: column shift
- Campaign
- 07V555000
- Reported
- December 4, 2007
- Vehicles affected
- up to 576,418
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2002 Durango, 3 other models
Electrical system
- Campaign
- 06V339000
- Reported
- September 7, 2006
- Vehicles affected
- up to 35,103
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2002–2003 Durango
Suspension: front: control arm: upper ball joint
- Campaign
- 04V596000
- Reported
- December 21, 2004
- Vehicles affected
- up to 592,707
- Same campaign
- also 2000, 2002–2003 Durango, 1 other model
Power train: automatic transmission: lever and linkage: column shift
- Campaign
- 01V077000
- Reported
- March 7, 2001
- Vehicles affected
- up to 85,400
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Child seat
- Campaign
- 00V366000
- Reported
- November 9, 2000
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,211,756
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 225, child restraint anchorages
- Same campaign
- also 15 other models
Engine and engine cooling
- Campaign
- 06E024000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000, 2002–2003 Durango, 2 other models
Suspension: front: hub
- Campaign
- 08E064000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000, 2002–2003 Durango, 1 other model
2001 Dodge Durango complaints by year
NHTSA has received 665 owner complaints about the 2001 Dodge Durango, the newest on April 1, 2026. Of these, 60 describe a crash (9%) and 20 a fire; owners reported 55 injuries.
In complaints about the 2001 Dodge Durango, the component group named most often is the suspension (40%), followed by the power train (16%) and the electrical system (14%).
2 of the 2001 Dodge Durango's 7 recalls also concern the suspension.
Where 2001 Dodge Durango owners gave the mileage (414 complaints), the median was 55,400 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Suspension265
- Power Train106
- Electrical System91
- Engine And Engine Cooling55
- Steering48
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic45
Complaints received, by year
| 2001 | 26 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 47 | |
| 2003 | 137 | |
| 2004 | 163 | |
| 2005 | 77 | |
| 2006 | 26 | |
| 2007 | 21 | |
| 2008 | 33 | |
| 2009 | 27 | |
| 2010 | 20 | |
| 2011 | 20 | |
| 2012 | 16 | |
| 2013 | 8 | |
| 2014 | 8 | |
| 2015 | 13 | |
| 2016 | 7 | |
| 2017 | 6 | |
| 2018 | 2 | |
| 2019 | 2 | |
| 2020 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 3 | |
| 2023 | 1 | |
| 2026 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2001 Dodge Durango peaked in 2004, when NHTSA received 163. 56% arrived between 2000 and 2004, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2001 vehicles, the 2001 Dodge Durango drew 2.3× the complaints of the median Dodge Durango year in the same window: 4th highest of the 21 ranked years.
That makes 2001 one of the Dodge Durango years to avoid by our method.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Rollover: 3/5
The 665 complaints about the 2001 Dodge Durango are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Dodge Durango by model year
Other 2001 Dodge models
Newest record on this page: April 1, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted