Seat belt or retractor failure on the 2007 Dodge Durango
Only 4 reports for this mode came with an odometer reading, which is too few for percentiles to mean anything. The page is here because someone linked to it; treat the figures as anecdotes, and see the full report for this year instead.
When seat belt or retractor failure gets reported
There are 4 reports of seat belt or retractor failure on the 2007 Dodge Durango, 4 with a mileage attached. That is too few to place the failure on the odometer with any confidence.
A part like this is normally expected to survive 82,000 miles. It is the 17th most-reported problem on this model year.
The whole distribution
| 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | 75,000 miles | — | — |
Read the 10th percentile as “one report in ten arrived this early”. Exact figures are shown in this table because it is the table of record; everywhere else on the site they are rounded to the precision the sample can carry.
What a percentile can and cannot tell you here
These five numbers describe the readings owners gave, in order. The median is the middle one: half the reports arrived below it. The 10th and 90th are the edges of the bulk of the distribution, and the distance between them is the part worth reading. A tight spread — say 70,000 to 95,000 miles — points at something that wears out on a schedule, and the schedule is knowable. A wide one, 20,000 to 190,000, points at a fault that hits some cars and never troubles others, which means the mileage on the listing in front of you tells you very little about your odds.
What these figures are not is a survival curve. Every reading here comes from a car whose owner filed a complaint, so the sample contains only failures: it cannot say what share of the fleet made it past 150,000 miles untouched, because those owners had nothing to report. Nor is the mileage the moment of failure — it is the odometer reading as recalled at the time of filing, which may be weeks later and is sometimes rounded to the nearest ten thousand by the person typing it.
Percentiles are shown at all only once 8 readings exist for the vehicle and mode. Below that the middle of a handful of numbers is noise wearing a decimal point, so the figures are withheld rather than dressed up.
What happens, and what it costs
Putting it right typically runs $200–$900 at an independent US shop. That range is an editorial estimate held in this site's failure-mode catalogue, not a figure from NHTSA, and it is a repair cost rather than a diagnosis cost.
The same failure on other years
The same failure is reported on 16 model years of this car. It shows up earliest on the 2002, at a median of 100 miles, and latest on the 1998 at 95,000 miles.
By volume the 2014 carries the most reports, with 40; the 2007 has 4. A mode that appears across most years of a model is usually a design choice rather than a bad batch.
If one year stands out to the left, that is the year to avoid; if the whole line sits at a similar mileage, this is wear rather than a defect in one production run.
Tick median reported mileage Solid middle half of reports Faint 10th to 90th percentile Colour how bad the failure is when it happens
What owners wrote
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint narratives, trimmed for length. The mileage is the one the owner gave.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 dodge durango. The contact stated that the third row seat belt latch plate was cracked, making it difficult to latch the seat belt securely onto a passenger. The dealer was contacted and made an appointment to inspect the vehicle. The manufacturer was contacted. The vehicle was frre of charge. The failure and current mileage was approximately 54,000. Updated 03/26/12 *bf 4/16/12*jb
Design of rear seat belt buckles in 2007 dodge durango are faulty and easily break, thus providing no secure/locking feature during impact. I own a 2007 dodge durango and have just over 28k miles on it. It is used sparingly due to gas prices. The third row seat belt buckles are a metal base with a cheap plastic piece placed in it that slides to "lock" the seat belt webbing against the metal in leu of a locking racketing system used on most cars where child seats would/could go. This piece has broken from both third row seat positions. One failed two or three years ago and was replace with a better design unit. The other failed recently, but due to the warranty period being over, dodge refuses to replace the device. Therefore I have no way to safely and securely buckle my children in this rear seat. Without this buckle being replaced, my child could be seriously injured or killed in an impact situation. Surely others have complained about this terrible seat belt re-tension system. It is hard to believe the DOT approved such a design to begin with. I cannot afford the cost to replace this and feel strongly that dodge should be…
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 dodge durango. The contact stated that the third seat beat became dripped from wear and tear of the seat belt buckle constantly retracting. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 96,000.
Also reported on the 2007 Dodge Durango
Fuel tank, filler or EVAP failure
Other fuel system problem
Tail light, brake light or signal failure
Other engine problem
Other powertrain problem
Other speed control problem
How far this goes
This page is kept out of search results because 4 reports is not enough to publish percentiles from. It stays reachable because somebody looking at this exact car would rather see the reports than be told there are none.
Complaints are voluntary, so 4 is a floor and not a count of affected cars. Mileages are typed in by owners and cluster on round numbers. And the mode itself is assigned by software reading the complaint text, which is reliable in bulk and fallible one report at a time.
Questions this page answers
At what mileage does seat belt or retractor failure happen on the 2007 Dodge Durango?
Across 4 owner reports that included an odometer reading, half were filed by 75,000 miles. A quarter were filed before — and a quarter after —. These are the mileages owners reported when they complained, not a prediction for any individual car.
How common is seat belt or retractor failure on the 2007 Dodge Durango?
4 reports have been filed with NHTSA, about 0.1 per 1,000 vehicles. Complaints are voluntary, so this is a floor rather than a count of affected cars.
What this is and is not. These are the mileages at which owners chose to complain to a federal agency, which is not the same as the mileage at which the part fails on every car. It skews toward failures that happened outside warranty, cost real money, or frightened someone. It is still the only public dataset that carries failure mileage at all, and the shape of a few hundred readings is informative even when a single one is not. Methodology · JSON · this failure on other cars
Source Owner complaints and recall records published by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, model years 1996–2027 Figures rebuilt Published by AtWhatMileage How every figure is computed