Used Car Checklists

2025 Dodge Durango: What to check before buying

Owners have filed 5 complaints with NHTSA about this car, most about the electrical. The 5 checks below target those problems, in the order you would do them at the car.

Dodge Durango2025
Owner complaints
5
Recalls
0
Crashes reported
0
Reliability
Good
78/100 on Auto Reliability Index

Run the VIN before you go

A history report shows accidents, title brands, odometer readings, and open recalls for this 2025 Dodge Durango. Ask the seller for the VIN; it is also on the dash at the base of the windshield.

Your inspection sheet

Tick items off on your phone at the car, or print it. Ticks stay on this device.

0/5 checked

1

Paperwork and questions

Before you go, or before you touch the car0/1

2

Test drive

At least 20 minutes, with some highway0/4

These checks are specific to this model year. For tires, body panels, fluids, and the other basics every used car needs, use the general inspection guide.

Reported on neighboring Durango years

Nearby years usually share most parts, so their problems are worth checking on this car too.

2024 Durango

6 owner complaints

Worth adding to your 2025 checks

  • Test forward collision warning and adaptive cruise control on a long drive.
  • Check battery voltage and inspect for hidden compartment under passenger seat.
  • Inspect navigational screen and backup camera for intermittent blackouts.
Open the 2024 checklist

2023 Durango

27 owner complaints
  • Transmission 7
  • Exterior lights 6
  • Electrical 5

Worth adding to your 2025 checks

  • Turn on the headlights and check that both daytime running lights and both front LED turn signal strips work.
  • Look inside both rear tail lights for condensation, standing water or water stains.
  • Shift through park, reverse, neutral and drive several times and watch for a "Service Shifter" or "Service Transmission" message.
Open the 2023 checklist

Which Durango is it?

EPA figures for each version of the 2025 Dodge Durango. Use them to confirm you are looking at the version that was advertised, and as a yardstick on the test drive.

VersionDriveEPA rating
3.6L 6-cylAWD, RWD20 mpg
5.7L 8-cylAWD, RWD17 mpg
6.2L 8-cylAWD13 mpg
  • The 2025 Dodge Durango was sold in three versions. Confirm which one this is from the window sticker, the engine cover, or the VIN report before you compare prices.
  • Reset the trip computer at the start of the drive. A Durango that averages well under the EPA 13 mpg combined on a mixed route may have an engine or tire problem.

Why these checks: what owners reported

NHTSA complaints for the 2025 Dodge Durango, grouped by the part owners named. Open a row to read what goes wrong.

  • Electrical2No crashes

    Adaptive cruise control shuts off without warning, including in heavy traffic, and a yellow warning light appears even when the system is not turned on. A related forward collision warning alert also comes on at random and calls for immediate service. The suggested workaround is to pull over and restart the car. Separately, the infotainment screen goes blank and loops through restarts while driving, taking navigation and the backup camera with it. Losing these driver aids without notice raises crash risk in traffic and when reversing. Only 2 complaints are on file so far.

How the 2025 compares with other Durango years

Complaints for this year next to the average for the other model years, area by area.

The 2025 has the fewest owner complaints of the 8 Durango years we cover, well under the average of the others. Newer years have had less time to collect complaints, so compare like with like.

2025 Average of other years
  • Electrical223

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