Vehicle
Dodge Durango
The three-row SUV on the Grand Cherokee's platform of its generation — which is the useful fact, because Grand Cherokee information is far more plentiful. Towing duty is its diagnostic context: transmission temperature and cooling codes carry more consequence here than the same code on a saloon.
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Generations
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DN 1997–2003
Body-on-frame on the Dakota's chassis, and the pushrod Magnum generation: a 5.2 to 2000, a 5.9 that carried the R/T, and the 4.7 PowerTech that replaced the 5.2 from 2000. The gearbox follows the engine rather than the year — TorqueFlite behind the Magnums, RFE behind the 4.7.
- Body styles
- SUV
- Platform
- Chrysler DN
- Engines
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- 3.9 Magnum V6 — petrol · 130 kW (175 hp) · 305 Nm (225 lb-ft) · 1999 only
- 4.7 PowerTech V8 — petrol · 175 kW (235 hp) · 400 Nm (295 lb-ft) · from 2000, replacing the 5.2
- 5.2 Magnum V8 — petrol · 172 kW (230 hp) · 407 Nm (300 lb-ft) · to 2000
- 5.9 Magnum V8 — petrol · 183–186 kW (245–250 hp) · 447–468 Nm (330–345 lb-ft) · R/T
- Transmissions
- 4-speed TorqueFlite automatic · 4-speed 45RFE automatic · 5-speed 545RFE automatic
- Drivetrain
- Rear-wheel drive · Part-time four-wheel drive with low range · All-wheel drive
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HB 2004–2009
Still body-on-frame, but every engine is new: the pushrod Magnums are gone, the 4.7 gains a **twin-spark Corsair head for 2008** — two coils and two plugs per cylinder, which changes the misfire diagnosis completely — and the 5.7 Hemi arrives with cylinder deactivation. A Two-Mode hybrid was sold for 2009 alone.
- Body styles
- SUV
- Platform
- Chrysler HB
- Engines
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- 3.7 PowerTech V6 — petrol · 157 kW (210 hp) · 319 Nm (235 lb-ft) · badged Magnum
- 4.7 PowerTech V8 — petrol · 175 kW (235 hp) · 407 Nm (300 lb-ft) · to 2007
- 4.7 Corsair V8 — petrol · 226 kW (303 hp) · 447 Nm (330 lb-ft) · 2008-2009, two spark plugs per cylinder
- 5.7 V8 — HEMI · petrol · 250–280 kW (335–376 hp) · 502–544 Nm (370–401 lb-ft) · MDS cylinder deactivation from 2006, revised heads for 2009
- 5.7 V8 hybrid — HEMI · hybrid · 291 kW (390 hp) combined · 677 Nm (499 lb-ft) combined · 2009 only, Two-Mode with two 87 hp motors
- Transmissions
- 4-speed 42RLE automatic · 5-speed 545RFE automatic · Two-Mode hybrid automatic
- Drivetrain
- Rear-wheel drive · Part-time four-wheel drive with low range
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WD 2010–present
Shares the WK2 Grand Cherokee's platform; Pentastar V6 and Hemi V8.
- Body styles
- SUV
- Platform
- Chrysler WD
- Engines
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- 3.6 V6 — PENTASTAR · petrol · 216–220 kW (290–295 hp) · 353 Nm (260 lb-ft)
- 5.7 V8 — HEMI · petrol · 268 kW (360 hp) · 529 Nm (390 lb-ft)
- 6.4 V8 — HEMI · petrol · 354 kW (475 hp) · 637 Nm (470 lb-ft) · SRT 392
- 6.2 supercharged V8 — HEMI · petrol · 529 kW (710 hp) · SRT Hellcat
- Transmissions
- 5-speed W5A580 automatic · 5-speed 545RFE automatic · 6-speed 65RFE automatic · 8-speed 845RE automatic · 8-speed 8HP70 automatic · 8-speed 8HP95 automatic
- Drivetrain
- Rear-wheel drive · Four-wheel drive
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