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Restriction gauges are the best way to know when to change a filter. We have an electronic version that uses a color-changing LED light to make things easy...pretty affordable too:
My wife and I just bought a Durango a few weeks ago...we love it! Have you had any issues pop up with yours since you've owned it?Roughly every 20k miles in the Durango, every 15K in the Ram.
Unfortunately yes, and the dealer service was useless.My wife and I just bought a Durango a few weeks ago...we love it! Have you had any issues pop up with yours since you've owned it?
Bummer...hate to hear that. My parents have a 2015 and it's been bulletproof for the most part. Hoping that's our experience too. It's a 2021 GT Plus 2WD.Unfortunately yes, and the dealer service was useless.
EVAP leak due to a plastic emission purge hose cracked at the connection point on top of the intake under the large plastic cover. I recommended to the service dept. to run a smoke test to root cause the leak, they failed to do that and said it was a software issue so they installed the latest software revision. Three days later check engine light came back on. I called at buddie at the assembly plant (JNAP) and he asked an engineer to point me in the right direction, 2nd area I looked I found the crack in the purge hose which was causing the leak. $40 part replacement and I cleared the code with my scanner, no further issues.
The 8.4" Harmon navigation radio screen goes blue and reboots alot, and you lose the back-up camera as well. I paid $125 for the software update they claimed it needed. It didn't do S**t for it. Still does it intermittently. I emailed customer service, nobody wants to root cause issues anymore just plug it in and upgrade the software. that may work occasionally but not always. They said take it back; I said no thanks.
Funny thing is now my sister-in-law's 2019 Durango is doing the same exact thing with the blue screen and rebooting. My opinion is it's not a software issue, it's a hardware issue. My wife's previous 2015 Jeep Cherokee went through three replacement Harmon navigation radios under warranty till we got one that worked w/o issues.
The 3.6L w/ eight speed is a good combo, usually see 22-23mpg average mixed driving. On the highway trips/vacations I've seen a best of 28-29mpg using cruise set around 65-70mph.
All depends on which way you blow the air from.Gentle vacuuming would be a lot safer---as would leaving it alone. The compressed-air nozzle routine is a proven method of liberating dust that will soon enter the engine.
I do it when my maintenance minder tells me to, which is every 20K.I live in a suburb and drive half freeway. Not many miles per year. I find every three years I just replace my air filter and they never look really bad.. too much work to check them. Maybe I am just lazy. But I change my filters every 15 to 25 K mikes in any case. Purolater usually.