NHTSA Complaint #10029291 — 2000 DODGE DURANGO

PURCHASED A USED 2000 DODGE DURANGO THROUGH A CHRYSLER AUCTION IN CONN. THROUGH ENTERPRISE CAR SALES IN JANUARY 2003. THEY ATTENDED THAT AUCTION ON OUR BEHALF. THE SUV HAD APRX. 35,500 MILES ON IT. CURRENTLY IT HAS 41,379 MILES ON IT. SINCE WE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE IT HAD BEEN PULLING TO THE RIGHT WHEN IT WENT OVER BUMPS ETC. BUT WE THOUGHT IT WAS JUST DUE TO BEING A SUV ON A TRUCK BODY. WE JUST BROUGHT IT INTO AN AUTOMOTIVE SHOP TO BE LOOKED AT AS IT SEEMED TO BE GETTING WORSE. WE HAD TO REPLACE THE RIGHT UPPER BALL JOINT. THE SHOP STRONGLY RECOMMENDED THAT WE NOT RISK DRIVING THE VEHICLE. WE REPAIRED THE DURANGO AT A COST OF APRX. $255.00. IT IS NO LONGER PULLING TO THE RIGHT. OUR VIN IS [XXX]. THE BALL JOINTS HAVE WORN OUT PREMATURELY AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO INCUR COST FOR ADDITIONAL BALL JOINT COST IN THE FUTURE , IN ADDITION WE HAVE CONCERN OVER SAFETY OF THE VEHICLE DUE TO THE BALL JOINTS. CHRYSLER SHOULD HAVE KNOWN OF THIS PROBLEM ON THIS SPECIFICALLY VEHICLE WHEN THEY SOLD IT THROUGH THE AUCTION. I WOULD LIKE CHRYSLER TO INSPECT ALL OF OUR BALLJOINTS AND REPLACE AS NECESSARY AND ALSO BE REIMBURSED FOR THE COST THAT WE HAVE JUST INCURRED.*AK INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR