I'm having intermittent problems starting my Durango, get a clicking sound from glove compartment area

You should NEVER disconnect a battery while vehicle is running, great way to get a voltage spike and fry computer modules. That said, disconnecting the battery may have led the Central Timer Module (CTM) to arm the VTSS (your anti-theft system). The CTM is like the Body Control Module on other makes. The CTM can arm/disarm the VTSS, it's supposed to do that when the battery is disconnected. You may need to take it in to the dealer so the VTSS can be re-enabled with the Chrysler DRB scan tool.

Check a few things... 1st the Negative battery cable connection to the chassis of the vehicle. Also make sure that the engine grounding cable is fully intact at both terminals and throughout the length of the cable from the engine to the chassis. Lastly... go to autozone and ask them to check your battery state. Most stores have a portable unit they can walk out to the vehicle and test the battery. There can also be a broken bus bar inside your battery between the cells that would give you intermittent issues.

^^KenF has a very good point about the anti-theft. Additionally the clicking sound in the glove box often is heard when there is a low oil pressure engine state....(Not running.)

The problem was happening before i disconnected the negative battery terminal. I thought It might be the alternator giving me the issue, I read that I could test theory by disconnecting the negative terminal while it was running. If the vehicle shut off, the alternator was bad, if not, the problem isn't the alternator. The vehicle stayed running.

Hello again, so I just wanted to let you know that I replaced my battery, and fingers crossed, for the past 4 days I have not a problem with it starting or staying running. The issue I am having now is that it is idling higher than usual. Sometimes I start it and it idles normal, other times it idles high, idling either around 1200 rpm, or as high as 1800-2000 rpm. If I punch the gas pedal and quickly let off, it returns to normal 500-700 rpm... any ideas on what it may be? The tps and idle air control valve are less than a month old.

if its got the 4.7l they are map controlled instead of maf controlled its most likely a vacuum leak letting extra air in and causing the high idle or could just be a faulty map sensor. i know you replaced the idle air control but was its bore properly cleaned? it could be sticking in the bore.