NHTSA Safety Recalls
2002 Dodge Durango Recalls
The 2002 Dodge Durango has 6 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on December 4, 2007.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2002 Dodge Durango. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 6
- Owner complaints
- 423
- Crashes reported
- 35
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
13 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2002 Dodge Durango, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
6 recalls on the 2002 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 2001 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 2001, 2003 Durango
Suspension: front: control arm: upper ball joint
- Campaign
- 04V596000
- Reported
- December 21, 2004
- Vehicles affected
- up to 592,707
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2001, 2003 Durango, 1 other model
Visibility: windshield wiper/washer
- Campaign
- 04V216000
- Reported
- May 5, 2004
- Vehicles affected
- up to 320,188
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2003 Durango, 1 other model
Engine and engine cooling
- Campaign
- 06E024000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2001, 2003 Durango, 2 other models
Suspension: front: hub
- Campaign
- 08E064000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2001, 2003 Durango, 1 other model
2002 Dodge Durango complaints by year
NHTSA has received 423 owner complaints about the 2002 Dodge Durango, the newest on June 23, 2025. Of these, 35 describe a crash (8%) and 13 a fire; owners reported 38 injuries and 3 deaths.
In complaints about the 2002 Dodge Durango, the component group named most often is the suspension (34%), followed by the power train (17%) and the electrical system (11%).
2 of the 2002 Dodge Durango's 6 recalls also concern the suspension.
Where 2002 Dodge Durango owners gave the mileage (287 complaints), the median was 58,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Suspension144
- Power Train71
- Electrical System48
- Engine And Engine Cooling46
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic46
- Steering28
Complaints received, by year
| 2002 | 25 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 58 | |
| 2004 | 95 | |
| 2005 | 46 | |
| 2006 | 23 | |
| 2007 | 16 | |
| 2008 | 31 | |
| 2009 | 15 | |
| 2010 | 17 | |
| 2011 | 13 | |
| 2012 | 13 | |
| 2013 | 6 | |
| 2014 | 11 | |
| 2015 | 20 | |
| 2016 | 9 | |
| 2017 | 8 | |
| 2018 | 5 | |
| 2019 | 5 | |
| 2020 | 4 | |
| 2021 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2002 Dodge Durango peaked in 2004, when NHTSA received 95. 53% arrived between 2001 and 2005, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2002 vehicles, the 2002 Dodge Durango drew 1.4× the complaints of the median Dodge Durango year in the same window: 8th highest of the 21 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Rollover: 3/5
The 423 complaints about the 2002 Dodge Durango are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Dodge Durango by model year
Other 2002 Dodge models
Newest record on this page: June 23, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted