NHTSA Complaint #10064585 — 1999 DODGE DURANGO

OIL CONSUMPTION WAS IN EXCESS AFTER OIL CHANGE. CHANGED OIL AND CHECKED IT AFTER APPROXIMATELY 400 MILES AND FOUND IT WAS A QUART LOW. WATCHED IT CLOSE AND IT WAS CONSUMING OIL FAST. TOOK IT TO DEALER AND WAS TOLD THE INTAKE MANIFOLD SEAL/GASKET WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. CALLED A MECHANIC AND HE TOLD ME THAT THIS WAS A COMMON OCCURRENCE WITH THE DURANGO, HE DID ONE EVERY COUPLE OF MONTHS! EVEN THE DEALER MECHANICS SAYS THEY SAW THIS QUIET OFTEN. ONE MECHANIC TOLD ME THAT THE SEALS WERE MADE OUT OF A PAPER LIKE MATERIAL BUT NOW USED METAL TYPE SO THE PROBLEM WILL NOT RECUR! THIS IS A KNOW DEFECT IN THIS ENGINE. THERE ARE SEVERAL COMPLAINTS OF THIS NATURE WHEN I SEARCHED ON LINE. THE COST IS $675.00 + TAX. I FEEL I SHOULD BE HELPED WITH THIS KNOW ENGINEERING DEFECT. THIS IS A VERY COSTLY REPAIR! *JB