NHTSA Safety Recalls
2012 Dodge Durango Recalls
The 2012 Dodge Durango has 10 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on November 14, 2019.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2012 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
- 640
- Crashes reported
- 17
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
32 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2012 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 2012 Dodge Durango
Electrical system
- Campaign
- 19V813000
- Reported
- November 14, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 528,594
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2011, 2013 Durango, 1 other model
Service brakes
- Campaign
- 17V572000
- Reported
- September 18, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 646,394
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2011, 2013–2014 Durango, 1 other model
Electrical system: alternator/generator/regulator
- Campaign
- 17V435000
- Reported
- July 10, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 442,214
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and fire
- Same campaign
- also 2011, 2013–2014 Durango, 4 other models
Electrical system: wiring
- Campaign
- 15V879000
- Reported
- December 28, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 389,252
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2011, 2013 Durango, 1 other model
Electrical system
- Campaign
- 15V115000
- Reported
- February 27, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 339,525
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2013 Durango, 1 other model
Electrical system: alternator/generator/regulator
- Campaign
- 14V634000
- Reported
- October 8, 2014
- Vehicles affected
- up to 435,081
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2011, 2013–2014 Durango, 4 other models
Electrical system: wiring
- Campaign
- 14V391000
- Reported
- July 2, 2014
- Vehicles affected
- up to 653,562
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2011, 2013–2014 Durango, 1 other model
Service brakes
- Campaign
- 14V154000
- Reported
- April 1, 2014
- Vehicles affected
- up to 646,498
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2011, 2013–2014 Durango, 1 other model
Service brakes, hydraulic: antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip
- Campaign
- 14V104000
- Reported
- March 4, 2014
- Vehicles affected
- up to 18,780
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2013 Durango, 1 other model
Engine and engine cooling
- Campaign
- 11V487000
- Reported
- September 29, 2011
- Vehicles affected
- up to 667
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 6 other models
2012 Dodge Durango complaints by year
NHTSA has received 640 owner complaints about the 2012 Dodge Durango, the newest on September 7, 2026. Of these, 17 describe a crash (3%) and 32 a fire; owners reported 16 injuries.
In complaints about the 2012 Dodge Durango, the component group named most often is the electrical system (54%), followed by the engine (22%) and the fuel/propulsion system (14%).
6 of the 2012 Dodge Durango's 10 recalls also concern the electrical system.
Where 2012 Dodge Durango owners gave the mileage (471 complaints), the median was 66,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System347
- Engine141
- Fuel/Propulsion System89
- Service Brakes71
- Steering42
- Power Train37
Complaints received, by year
| 2011 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 5 | |
| 2013 | 8 | |
| 2014 | 107 | |
| 2015 | 121 | |
| 2016 | 50 | |
| 2017 | 84 | |
| 2018 | 61 | |
| 2019 | 47 | |
| 2020 | 64 | |
| 2021 | 42 | |
| 2022 | 21 | |
| 2023 | 13 | |
| 2024 | 6 | |
| 2025 | 5 | |
| 2026 | 5 |
Complaints about the 2012 Dodge Durango peaked in 2015, when NHTSA received 121. 38% arrived between 2011 and 2015, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2012 vehicles, the 2012 Dodge Durango drew 2.0× the complaints of the median Dodge Durango year in the same window: 6th highest of the 21 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★☆
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 3/5
The 640 complaints about the 2012 Dodge Durango are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Dodge Durango by model year
Other 2012 Dodge models
Newest record on this page: September 7, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted