NHTSA Complaint #10158467 — 2000 DODGE DURANGO

MY 2000 DURANGO HAS STARTED STALLING WHILE DRIVING. STEERING LOCKS UP AND IS HARD TO PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. HAS DONE THIS AT MULTIPLE SPEEDS AND CONDITIONS OF DRIVING. MOSTLY HAPPENED IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC. NO PRIOR WARNING TO IT STALLING OR LOSING ALL POWER. ONCE THE VEHICLE IS SHUT OFF IT IS HARD TO RE-START AGAIN, AT THIS TIME THE BATTERY, OIL PRESSURE, GAS AND TEMP GAUGES WONT OPERATE. I HAVE HAD TO WAIT UP WARDS OF AN HOUR BEFORE THE GAUGES WILL MOVE AND THE CAR WILL RESTART. THE GAUGE OR DASH LIGHTS NEVER INDICATE A PROBLEM, NOT UNTIL THE CAR DIES WILL THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT SOMETIMES COME ON. I HAVE TAKEN THE CAR IN AND AFTER 2 TRIES TO FIX IT AND $500 THEY SAID IT WAS THE COMPUTER. NOW AFTER 3 WEEKS OF WAITING AND MORE MONEY SPENT, THEY SAY THE COMPUTER WAS REBUILT? AND IT STILL WOULD DIE AND WOULDN'T RESTART. THEN THEY PUT IN A NEW COMPUTER, I DROVE HOME, THEN NEVER MADE IT OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY. DOES ANYONE KNOW WHAT MIGHT BE MY CARS PROBLEM, BEING A SINGLE MOM WITH 3 KIDS I NOW FEAR FOR THEIR SAFETY AND THE COSTS I AM SPENDING ON THIS CAR. *NM