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2021 Dodge Durango Pursuit
Solid pick. The public record on this car is clean for its age. Inspect it, then negotiate with confidence.
183 owner complaints · 0 recalls · data verified July 14, 2026 · source: NHTSA
Why buy?
Lights problems dominate (43% of complaints, typically reported near 51k miles).
Zero recalls, rare for a car this age.
The math, shown
Full methodology →Complaints filed per year
Fading = early teething worked out. Climbing = problems aging in.
How it crashes
NHTSA’s own crash tests, separate from the reliability score above.
NHTSA crash-tested this model year but didn’t publish an overall star rating for it.
Source: nhtsa.gov/ratings. Star ratings compare vehicles within the same class and size, not across every car on the road.
The road ahead
What breaks on a 2021 Dodge Durango Pursuit, plotted where owners report it happening.
Also reported (mileage varies): Electrical system (39) · Engine (21) · Body & structure (13) · Airbags (10)
Mileage medians come from owners who mentioned an odometer reading in their NHTSA complaint, a rough guide, not a schedule.
Lights
43%79 complaints · typically near 51k mi · 64 in the last 2 years
“DAYTIME RUNNING LIGHTS WORKS INTERMITTENTLY. VEHICLE ONLY HAS 44,000 MILES”
Electrical system
21%39 complaints · 25 in the last 2 years
“Left headlight assembly running lights failed. The light fixture. is one unit.so the whole light being replaced instead of one lightbulb.”
Engine
11%21 complaints · 13 in the last 2 years
“Cooling systems failed caused the engine to blow without warning”
Body & structure
7%13 complaints · 2 in the last 2 years
“The contact owns a 2021 Dodge Durango. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, he smelled a gasoline odor in the interior of the vehicle. As a r…”
Recalls (0)
No recall campaigns on file for this model year.
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What owners say
Real owners of this exact model-year, shown separately from the NHTSA score. If they disagree, that’s worth knowing.