NHTSA Complaint #10034008 — 1999 DODGE DURANGO

VEHICLE'S LEFT REAR WHEEL SEPARATED FROM AXLE CAUSING VEHICLE TO GO OUT OF CONTROL. *MR THE CONSUMER HAD GONE AROUND A SMALL BEND AND THE VEHICLE PULLED TO THE LEFT. AS THE CONSUMER TRIED TO STEER BACK INTO THE LANE, THE VEHICLE WENT INTO THE RIGHT LANE. THE CONSUMER HAD NO CONTROL OF THE STEERING. THE CONSUMER APPLIED THE BRAKES BUT THE VEHICLE DIDN'T SLOW DOWN, INSTEAD IT WENT OUT CONTROL AND TRAVELED BACKWARDS FACING TRAFFIC, THE VEHICLE HIT A BARRIER WALL OF THE BRIDGE ON THE DRIVERS SIDE, BOUNCED OFF THE WALL, SPUN AROUND AGAIN, AND HIT THE BARRIER WALL AGAIN IN THE REAR LEFT SIDE. THE VEHICLE SPUN AROUND AGAIN AND ENDED BACK ON THE INTERSTATE. THE LEFT REAR WHEEL HAD SEPARATED FROM THE VEHICLE AND WAS FOUND ACROSS THE HIGHWAY. A WITNESS STATED THAT IT APPEARED AS IF THE REAR AXLE CRACKED AND THE LEFT REAR WHEEL WENT AT AN OPPOSITE ANGLE OF THE VEHICLE. *SCC *JB