Sell your 2005 Dodge Durango for cash

The 2005 Dodge Durango is a SUV that came with a choice of 3.7L 6-cyl, 4.7L 8-cyl and 5.7L 8-cyl engines. At 21 years old, many are reaching the point where repairs cost more than the car is worth. Running or not, we'll make you an offer and tow it away for free.

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2005 Dodge Durango at a glance

Body styleSport Utility Vehicle - 2WD, Sport Utility Vehicle - 4WD
Engines3.7L 6-cyl, 4.7L 8-cyl, 5.7L 8-cyl
TransmissionsAutomatic 4-spd, Automatic 5-spd
DriveRear-Wheel Drive, 4-Wheel or All-Wheel Drive
FuelRegular Gasoline
Fuel economy12–14 city / 17–19 highway / 14–16 combined MPG
EPA annual fuel cost$4,200–$4,800 a year (EPA estimate at current fuel prices, 15,000 miles)
Tailpipe CO₂555–635 grams per mile
Versions tested by EPA5 configurations: Durango 2WD, Durango 4WD
Age21 years

Specs, fuel cost and emissions from the EPA's fueleconomy.gov data. Your car's exact equipment may differ.

What affects its junk value

  • Age: at 21 years old, most of a 2005 Durango's value comes from reusable parts and scrap metal, not resale.
  • Weight: as a SUV, it's heavier than a typical car, and scrap weight is a big part of any junk offer. See how scrap prices by weight work.
  • Catalytic converter: like all gas and diesel cars, it has a catalytic converter containing precious metals, one of the most valuable parts on a junk car. An offer assumes it's still in place. More on catalytic converters.
  • Recalls: NHTSA lists 8 recalls for the 2005 Durango. Open recalls don't stop you from selling or junking it.
  • Known problems: owners reported the most issues with the fuel system, gasoline, typically around 68,000 miles. If that's what failed on yours, it can still be sold as-is.

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2005 Dodge Durango recalls

NHTSA lists 8 safety recalls covering the 2005 Dodge Durango. Open recalls don't stop you from selling or junking the car, but check your VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls to see which apply to yours.

Air BagsMay 2016 · NHTSA campaign 16V352000Park outside / do not drive

Chrysler (FCA US LLC) expanded the affected population to include 73,712 2005-2009 RAM 2500 trucks produced at the St. Louis North Assembly Plant. With this change, Chrysler is recalling certain model year 2004-2008 RAM 1500, 2005-2009 RAM 2500, 2006-2009 RAM 3500, 2007-2010 RAM 3500 Cab Chassis, 2008-2010 RAM 4500 and 5500 Cab…

Risk: These vehicles are equipped with certain air bag inflators assembled as part of the passenger frontal air bag modules, and used as original equipment or replacement equipment. These inflators may rupture due to propellant degradation occurr

Air BagsMay 2015 · NHTSA campaign 15V313000Park outside / do not drive

Chrysler (FCA US LLC) is recalling certain model year 2005-2009 Dodge Ram 2500, 2004-2008 Dodge Ram 1500 and Durango, 2006-2009 Dodge Ram 3500, 2008-2010 Dodge Ram 4500 and 5500, 2007-2008 Chrysler Aspen, 2005-2010 Chrysler 300, 300C, 300S, and SRT8, 2006-2010 Dodge Charger, 2005-2008 Magnum, 2005-2011 Dodge Dakota, and 2006-2009…

Risk: In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the driver's frontal air bag, the inflator could rupture with metal fragments striking the driver or other occupants resulting in serious injury or death.

Air BagsDec 2014 · NHTSA campaign 14V770000

Chrysler Group LLC (Chrysler) is recalling certain model year 2004-2005 Dodge Ram 1500, 2500, and 3500, 2004-2005 Dodge Durango, 2005 Dodge Dakota, 2005 Dodge Magnum and 2005 Chrysler 300, 300C and 300 SRT8 vehicles originally sold, or ever registered, in geographic locations associated with high absolute humidity. Specifically…

Risk: In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the passenger's frontal air bag, the inflator could rupture with metal fragments striking the vehicle occupants potentially resulting in serious injury or death.

Fuel System, GasolineJan 2009 · NHTSA campaign 09V003000

Chrysler is recalling 18,951 my 2005 Dodge Durango vehicles. The fuel tank filler tube inlet check valve may not fully close at the end of refueling. This could allow some fuel to escape from the vehicle through the filler neck at the end of refueling.

Risk: Fuel leakage in the presence of an ignition source can result in a fire.

Electrical SystemMar 2007 · NHTSA campaign 07V092000

On some sport utility vehicles, under certain operating conditions, an integrated circuit in the instrument cluster that controls interior lighting may overheat.

Risk: This could potentially cause an instrument panel fire.

VisibilityMar 2006 · NHTSA campaign 06V067000

On certain vans and sport utility vehicles, the front windshield wiper motor armature shaft may break.

Risk: During certain operating conditions, loss of front windshield wiping capability could occur, and the driver's vision could be obscured which could result in a crash.

Power TrainOct 2005 · NHTSA campaign 05V460000

On certain pickup trucks, sport utility and passenger vehicles equipped with 42rle automatic transmissions, the cup plug that retains the park pawl anchor shaft may be improperly installed. If the shaft moves out of position, the vehicle may not be able to achieve 'park' position.

Risk: If this occurs and the parking brake is not applied, the vehicle may roll away and cause a crash without warning.

Fuel System, GasolineFeb 2005 · NHTSA campaign 05V034000

On certain sport utility vehicles, the fuel tank filler tube inlet check valve may not fully close at the end of refueling. This could allow some fuel to escape from the vehicle filler neck.

Risk: Fuel leakage in the presence of an ignition source can result in a fire.

Common 2005 Durango problems

Owners have filed 1,567 complaints about the 2005 Dodge Durango with NHTSA. 38 reports involved a crash and 21 reports involved a fire. Owners reported 35 injuries.

Complaints are reports from owners and aren't verified by NHTSA. One complaint can list several components. Mileage is the median odometer reading owners reported for that component.

Most-reported components

  • Fuel System, Gasoline448
  • Fuel/Propulsion System203
  • Electrical System172
  • Power Train169
  • Engine and Engine Cooling139
  • Engine113

Typical mileage when problems were reported

  • Fuel System, Gasoline68,000 mi
  • Fuel/Propulsion System100,000 mi
  • Electrical System90,000 mi
  • Power Train127,000 mi
  • Engine and Engine Cooling42,000 mi
  • Engine100,000 mi

2005 Dodge Durango crash test ratings

NHTSA's 5-Star Safety Ratings for the 2005 Dodge Durango.

VersionOverallFrontal crashSide crashRolloverRollover risk
4 DrNot rated——★★★★☆19.1%

Source: NHTSA 5-Star Safety Ratings (NCAP). Ratings from different model years or rating systems aren't directly comparable.

2005 Dodge Durango service bulletins

Manufacturers have filed 75 technical service bulletins and communications with NHTSA covering the 2005 Dodge Durango. These are repair instructions for known issues, not recalls.

Most common bulletin topics

  • Engine and Engine Cooling11
  • Equipment10
  • Power Train9
  • Fuel System7
  • Structure6
  • Electrical System5

Recent bulletins

  • Service Bulletin/Repair InstructionsAug 2025 · 9100645

    Verify Reman part number availability. Order the "R" part number for all orders: Warranty, Mopar, customer pay and service contract. Order "68" part number for New unsold

  • Service Bulletin/Repair InstructionsOct 2024 · 101232

    Plate - Planetary

  • Service Bulletin/Repair InstructionsApr 2021 · 9004009

    Transmission Kit with Torque Converter 1. All Promaster (VF) 3.6L/62TE equipped vehicles. If the transmission bracket to the transmission case fasteners are removed durin

  • Service Bulletin/Repair InstructionsMar 2021 · 9004009

    Transmission Kit with Torque Converter 1. All Promaster (VF) 3.6L/62TE equipped vehicles. If the transmission bracket to the transmission case fasteners are removed durin

Source: NHTSA manufacturer communications (technical service bulletins).

NHTSA defect investigations

NHTSA opened 10 defect investigations covering the 2005 Dodge Durango.

Air BagsEA21002 · opened Sep 2021, open

Desiccated Air Bag Inflator Rupture

From 2000 through 2017, Takata produced millions of air bag inflators using two types of phase-stabilized ammonium nitrate ("PSAN") propellant -- propellant 2004 and propellant 2004L. After prolonged exposure to high temperature cycles and humidity, inflators using propellant 2004 can degrade, causing the propellant to

Air BagsEA15001 · opened Feb 2015, openLed to recall 14V668

Air Bag Inflator Rupture

The Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) opened PE14-016 in June 2014 based on six inflator rupture incidents involving consumer owned vehicles produced by five vehicle manufacturers.All six vehicles were operated in Florida or Puerto Rico at the time of the rupture and for the majority of their service life, and were

Air BagsPE14016 · opened Jun 2014, closed Mar 2015Led to recall 13V172000

Air Bag Inflator Rupture

The Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) opened PE14-016 in June 2014 based on six inflator rupture incidents involving consumer owned vehicles produced by five vehicle manufacturers.All six vehicles were operated in Florida or Puerto Rico at the time of the rupture and for the majority of their service life, and were

Unknown or OtherAQ10001 · opened Nov 2010, closed Dec 2015

Fleet Vehicle Recall Completion Audit

On November 18, 2010, NHTSA's Recall Management Division (RMD) opened an audit query (AQ10-001) to investigate recall remedy completion by rental car companies on safety recall campaigns.It was expected to provide the agency an indication of how completely and how quickly rental car fleets perform necessary recall-rela

Fuel System, GasolineRQ08005 · opened Jul 2008, closed Jan 2009Led to recall 09V003000

Fuel spit-back during refueling

In its letter dated january 6, 2009, chrysler informed the agency that it will expand the scope of recall 05v-034 to include approximately 19,000 additional my 2005 Dodge Durango vehicles built from 10/13/04 through 11/30/04 (refer to recall 09v-003).dealers will inspect the inlet check valves and replace the fuel tank

Electrical SystemEA06015 · opened Aug 2006, closed Mar 2007Led to recall 07V092000

Instrument panel fires

This investigation originated from complaints received by the agency reporting instrument panel (ip) fires on vehicles that were covered under a prior recall (recall 03v528) by daimler chrysler (dcc) to correct a cracked capacitor in the ip.dcc has now identified another condition that can cause overheating of an integ

SteeringEA06004 · opened Mar 2006, open

Steering wheel and steering shaft bolts

On march 9, 2006 odi upgraded preliminatry evaluation pe05-056 to engineerning analysis ea06-004 to investigate allegations of loose or missing steering shaft coupling bolts and steering column retaining bolts in model year (my) 2004 through 2006 Dodge Durango sport utility vehicles and my 2005 through 2006 Dodge dakot

Power TrainEA05018 · opened Nov 2005, closed Aug 2007

Engine stall

Analysis of the complaint, field report and warranty data shows that the majority of stalling incidents in the subject vehicles appear to be related to the engine calibration concerns that daimlerchrysler addressed with service bulletins releasing revised PCM software.analysis of the complaints and odi's survey of owne

SteeringPE05056 · opened Oct 2005, closed Mar 2006

Steering wheel and shaft bolts

On october 26, 2005 odi opened pe05-056 to investigate allegations of loose or missing steering wheel or steering shaft coupling bolts in model year (my) 2004 and 2005 Dodge Durango sport utility vehicles and my 2005 Dodge dakota pickup trucks manufactured by daimlerchrysler corporation (dcc).during pe05-056 odi identi

Power TrainPE05027 · opened May 2005, closed Nov 2005

Engine stall

On may 16, 2005,odi opened preliminary evaluation pe05-027 to investigate complaints of engine stalling in model year 2004-05 Dodge Durango suvs and ram 1500 series pickups equipped with the 5.7l v8 engine.information provided by daimlerchrysler during pe05-027 indicated that a large percentage of the complaints are re

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Selling a 2005 Durango: questions

How much is a 2005 Dodge Durango worth for junk?

It depends on its condition, whether major parts like the engine, transmission and catalytic converter are still there, and current scrap and parts prices where you live. As a heavier vehicle, its scrap weight adds to the offer. Enter your ZIP code above for a free offer on your specific car.

Can I junk a 2005 Durango that doesn't run?

Yes. We buy 2005 Durangos that don't start, were in an accident, failed inspection or have a blown engine or transmission. Towing is always free.

Can I sell a 2005 Durango with open recalls?

Yes. Open recalls don't prevent a junk sale. NHTSA lists 8 recalls for the 2005 Dodge Durango; you can check whether any are still open on yours with the VIN lookup at nhtsa.gov/recalls.

What paperwork do I need to sell my 2005 Durango?

Usually the title and a photo ID. Rules differ by state, including what to do with your plates and whether to file a notice of sale. Check our state-by-state car title guides for the official forms.

Before you sell

Sources

Data retrieved October 2026.

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