Master cylinder or brake booster failure on the 2013 Dodge Durango
1 crash 1 of the 15 reports for this failure mention a crash, a fire, an injury or a death. Those are the owner's words on the complaint form, not a verified finding, and one report can mention more than one.
When master cylinder or brake booster failure gets reported
Owners of the 2013 Dodge Durango report master cylinder or brake booster failure at a median of 15,000 miles. A quarter of the reports come in before 10,000 miles and a quarter after 50,000 miles, from 9 reports that carried an odometer reading.
A part like this is normally expected to survive 92,000 miles. It is the 11th most-reported problem on this model year.
The mileage distribution
The reported range runs from 10,000 miles at the tenth percentile to 95,000 miles at the ninetieth, a spread of 88,400 miles across the middle 80% of reports.
A spread this wide points at use rather than design. Towing, climate, service history and city mileage all move a failure like this, so the median is a weak guide to any individual car.
67% of the dated reports were filed under 36,000 miles.
The whole distribution
| 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8,800 miles | 10,000 miles | 13,000 miles | 49,087 miles | 97,200 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
Of these reports, 1 a crash is mentioned. Owners write their own complaints and the agency does not verify them, so read this as what the reports say happened rather than as a confirmed count.
Putting it right typically runs $450–$2,200 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.
This mode is classified as critical, which means a failure can leave the car unable to stop, steer, or stay out of the way of traffic. It is weighted accordingly in the risk score.
The same failure on other years
The same failure is reported on 7 model years of this car. It shows up earliest on the 2013, at a median of 15,000 miles, and latest on the 2004 at 140,000 miles.
By volume the 1999 carries the most reports, with 16; the 2013 has 15. 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.
I received via regular mail notice of safety recall p14/NHTSA 14v-154 for the brake booster perforations due to corrosion. I had contacted and left several messages with no call back to miami lakes automall, 16600 nw 57 ave, miami lakes, fl 33018 and phone # 305-558-1400 or 305-455-3683. This is the same auto dealer from where vehicle was leased and it is taken for regular maintenance services. I decided to go in person one saturday morning, to address this issue directly with service department. I was told to leave a photocopy with one of the service attendants and I will be contacted once part arrives to schedule appointment. They have a waiting list which I was not informed how they organize it nor how they plan ahead to address every impacted client. I have not been contacted yet to make appointment nor a courtesy call to follow up status of my service request. I called last friday, and again an known status was provided to me as for specific date I could take my vehicle to get parts involved replaced. Your attention and assistance on this matter is appreciated it. Thank you. *js
Brought vechile in for recall on brake booster rusting. Upon removing brake booster the mechanic found a leaking master brake cylinder. The masterbrake cylinder won't be available until 8-11-14 & another part of the brake booster which the dealer has no idea when he can get this part. As this is a new vechile with less then 9,000 miles I find this type of failure unexpected but more amazing a dealer can't get parts for 2 weeks or more. Smell to me that dodge has a major braking issue they are trying to keep quiet. Updated 4/24/2015 *js
Purchased vehicle in nov 2013. Received recall for brake booster in may 2014 (p14/NHTSA 14v-154). Called and scheduled an appointment. Dealership said that they would call when the part was received. No call to date. Received second recall notice via mail on 12/26/14. Called dealership and they stated that the parts were not coming in very quickly. Recommended I file this complaint with the NHTSA. Also stated that they were doing the second recall for sun visor wiring, received in aug 2014, in conjunction with the brake booster, when/if the parts arrive. (p36/NHTSA 14v-391). This report is filed to comply with the directions of the recall that state "if your dealer fails or is unable to remedy the defect without charge and within a reasonable time, you may submit a written complaint to the administrator".
Also reported on the 2013 Dodge Durango
Other electrical problem
Alternator or charging system failure
Other engine problem
Other body or interior problem
Fuel pump failure
No-start or intermittent start failure
How far this goes
Complaints are voluntary, so 15 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 master cylinder or brake booster failure happen on the 2013 Dodge Durango?
Across 9 owner reports that included an odometer reading, half were filed by 15,000 miles. A quarter were filed before 10,000 miles and a quarter after 50,000 miles. These are the mileages owners reported when they complained, not a prediction for any individual car.
How common is master cylinder or brake booster failure on the 2013 Dodge Durango?
15 reports have been filed with NHTSA, about 0.2 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