2014 DODGE DURANGO — Complaint #1880110
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NHTSA Complaint about EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TAIL LIGHTS filed March 14, 2023
NHTSA complaint #1880110 (ODI reference 11511815) concerns a 2014 DODGE DURANGO and was filed on March 14, 2023. The owner reports the failure occurred on November 1, 2019. The vehicle had 40,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Pennsylvania based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as exterior lighting:tail lights, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.
The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.
Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same DODGE DURANGO cohort independently describe similar exterior lighting:tail lights failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2014 DODGE DURANGO shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
The contact owns a 2014 Dodge Durango. The contact stated that while the vehicle was parked, he activated the remote start feature and noticed that the tailgate light was not illuminated. The contact stated that he observed condensation at the lower portion of the bulb and that the component might have failed due to the fixture not being sealed properly. The contact stated that he was concerned that the failure might lead to him being stopped by the police due to the failure. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer or an independent mechanic. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 40,000.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1880110 |
| ODI Number | 11511815 |
| Date Filed | March 14, 2023 |
| Failure Date | November 1, 2019 |
| VIN | 1C4RDJEG7EC |
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Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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