morgan20 Posted June 20, 2024 Share Posted June 20, 2024 Oil cooler issue sidelining new Indiana State Police Dodge Durango vehicles | Fox 59 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew L Posted June 21, 2024 Share Posted June 21, 2024 My BIL was a Police Officer for a long time but recently quit the force to go work in IT. He said the switch from Crown Vic to Chargers was difficult because the Charger was so unreliable. His broke down on him and he was switched to a temporary one till his was ready and I think it was out for over a month. He said it was common for the Chargers to be broken down. Not surprised to see the Durango have issues too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morgan20 Posted June 21, 2024 Author Share Posted June 21, 2024 1 hour ago, Andrew L said: He said the switch from Crown Vic to Chargers was difficult because the Charger was so unreliable. Yea, none of the newer police vehicles from Mopar, Ford, and GM have the reliability of Crown Vic PI. ISP encountered issues with Charger Pursuit when they made the transition from Crown Vic PI. Martinsville, IN PD had lots of major problems with Explorer PI. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeluxeStang Posted June 21, 2024 Share Posted June 21, 2024 10 hours ago, morgan20 said: Yea, none of the newer police vehicles from Mopar, Ford, and GM have the reliability of Crown Vic PI. ISP encountered issues with Charger Pursuit when they made the transition from Crown Vic PI. Martinsville, IN PD had lots of major problems with Explorer PI. The explorers, at least the 5th gens, are pretty bulletproof. But the dodge stuff seems to be struggling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherminator98 Posted June 22, 2024 Share Posted June 22, 2024 1 hour ago, DeluxeStang said: The explorers, at least the 5th gens, are pretty bulletproof. But the dodge stuff seems to be struggling. It is dodgy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twintornados Posted June 22, 2024 Share Posted June 22, 2024 Damn Old Doggy Gas Eaters Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atomcat68 Posted June 23, 2024 Share Posted June 23, 2024 On 6/21/2024 at 9:41 PM, silvrsvt said: It is dodgy The joke I always make when someone asks me if they should buy one is that even the manufacturer put the word Dodge on it, so listen to them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morgan20 Posted June 24, 2024 Author Share Posted June 24, 2024 On 6/21/2024 at 7:53 PM, DeluxeStang said: The explorers, at least the 5th gens, are pretty bulletproof. The Martinsville PD officers I know call them Exploders due to the downtime to fix problems Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeluxeStang Posted June 24, 2024 Share Posted June 24, 2024 1 hour ago, morgan20 said: The Martinsville PD officers I know call them Exploders due to the downtime to fix problems I've known several departments which experienced issues with crown vics. Pretty bulletproof doesn't mean guaranteed to never have issues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeluxeStang Posted June 24, 2024 Share Posted June 24, 2024 On 6/21/2024 at 7:41 PM, silvrsvt said: It is dodgy Puns like this should land you in the back of a squad car. But I respect the shit outta this dad humor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morgan20 Posted June 25, 2024 Author Share Posted June 25, 2024 18 hours ago, DeluxeStang said: I've known several departments which experienced issues with crown vics. Pretty bulletproof doesn't mean guaranteed to never have issues. It's relative. Crown Vic PI had issues from time to time, but they were a lot less frequent and didn't need as much downtime to fix compared to Explorer PI and Durango Pursuit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherminator98 Posted July 7, 2024 Share Posted July 7, 2024 On 6/24/2024 at 8:14 PM, morgan20 said: It's relative. Crown Vic PI had issues from time to time, but they were a lot less frequent and didn't need as much downtime to fix compared to Explorer PI and Durango Pursuit. But they where in service for a very long time without major changes. If your fixing the same thing for 20 years or so, you know the ins and out of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akirby Posted July 7, 2024 Share Posted July 7, 2024 1 hour ago, silvrsvt said: But they where in service for a very long time without major changes. If your fixing the same thing for 20 years or so, you know the ins and out of them. And the mfr has fixed most of the problems Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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