NHTSA Safety Recalls
2006 Dodge Durango Recalls
The 2006 Dodge Durango has 10 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on May 24, 2016.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2006 Dodge Durango. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 10
- Owner complaints
- 852
- Crashes reported
- 16
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
9 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2006 Dodge Durango, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
10 recalls on the 2006 Dodge Durango
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 16V352000
- Reported
- May 24, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 4,648,270
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- NHTSA advisory
- do not drive until repaired
- Same campaign
- also 2004–2005, 2007–2009 Durango, 13 other models
Air bags: frontal: driver side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 15V313000
- Reported
- May 26, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 4,077,169
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash, injury and death
- NHTSA advisory
- do not drive until repaired
- Same campaign
- also 2004–2005, 2007–2008 Durango, 12 other models
Electrical system: instrument cluster/panel
- Campaign
- 07V092000
- Reported
- March 9, 2007
- Vehicles affected
- up to 328,424
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2004–2005 Durango
Suspension: rear
- Campaign
- 06V240000
- Reported
- July 7, 2006
- Vehicles affected
- up to 230
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- only the 2006 Dodge Durango
Visibility: windshield wiper/washer: motor
- Campaign
- 06V067000
- Reported
- March 8, 2006
- Vehicles affected
- up to 268,800
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2005 Durango, 2 other models
Air bags
- Campaign
- 06V044000
- Reported
- February 13, 2006
- Vehicles affected
- up to 335
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 208, occupant crash protection
- Same campaign
- only the 2006 Dodge Durango
Visibility: windshield wiper/washer: switch/wiring
- Campaign
- 06V039000
- Reported
- February 9, 2006
- Vehicles affected
- up to 79,701
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2 other models
Service brakes, hydraulic: antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip: control unit/module
- Campaign
- 05V554000
- Reported
- December 8, 2005
- Vehicles affected
- up to 16,317
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- only the 2006 Dodge Durango
Power train: automatic transmission
- Campaign
- 05V460000
- Reported
- October 6, 2005
- Vehicles affected
- up to 256,409
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2005 Durango, 6 other models
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 09E012000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2004–2005 Durango, 57 other models
2006 Dodge Durango complaints by year
NHTSA has received 852 owner complaints about the 2006 Dodge Durango, the newest on September 23, 2026. Of these, 16 describe a crash (2%) and 9 a fire; owners reported 19 injuries.
In complaints about the 2006 Dodge Durango, the component group named most often is the fuel system, gasoline (47%), followed by the fuel/propulsion system (18%) and the electrical system (10%).
1 of the 2006 Dodge Durango's 10 recalls also concerns the electrical system.
Where 2006 Dodge Durango owners gave the mileage (714 complaints), the median was 64,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Fuel System, Gasoline399
- Fuel/Propulsion System151
- Electrical System84
- Air Bags76
- Power Train55
- Engine48
Complaints received, by year
| 2006 | 16 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 25 | |
| 2008 | 22 | |
| 2009 | 63 | |
| 2010 | 156 | |
| 2011 | 143 | |
| 2012 | 105 | |
| 2013 | 58 | |
| 2014 | 57 | |
| 2015 | 67 | |
| 2016 | 62 | |
| 2017 | 29 | |
| 2018 | 15 | |
| 2019 | 13 | |
| 2020 | 5 | |
| 2021 | 10 | |
| 2022 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 1 | |
| 2026 | 3 |
Complaints about the 2006 Dodge Durango peaked in 2010, when NHTSA received 156. 15% arrived between 2005 and 2009, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2006 vehicles, the 2006 Dodge Durango drew 1.1× the complaints of the median Dodge Durango year in the same window: 10th highest of the 21 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 852 complaints about the 2006 Dodge Durango are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Dodge Durango by model year
Other 2006 Dodge models
Newest record on this page: September 23, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted