NHTSA Complaint #10181726 — 2004 DODGE DURANGO

I RECENTLY GOT BACK FROM IRAQ ON NOV 30TH. I NEEDED A FAMILY VEHICLE, ASIDE FROM OUR DODGE PICKUP THAT HAS LITTLE ROOM FOR TWO KIDS IN CAR SEATS. I BOUGHT THE DURANGO ON A FRIDAY. IT WAS USED , SO IT CAME WITH A FREE FULL DETAIL ON MONDAY. I DROPPED IT OFF AND WENT TO WORK. AFTER WORK, I WENT TO PICK IT UP AND NOTICED THAT THE DRIVERS SIDE REAR TAILLIGHT WAS SMASHED AND THE REAR BUMPER ON THE LEFT SIDE UNDERNEATH THE SMASHED TAILLIGHT, WAS DENTED! A WEEK LATER IT WAS ALL FIXED;OR SO I THOUGHT. A COUPLE OF DAYS LATER, I WAS ON MY WAY HOME FROM MORNING PHYSICAL TRAINING,TO CHANGE INTO MY UNIFORM. I WAS ABOUT TO MAKE A RIGHT HAND TURN ONTO MY STREET, AND THEN IT HAPPENED. MY BRAKES AND STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP. I PUMPED AND PUMPED, BUT NO RESPONSE. I HIT A UTILITY VAN THAT WAS AT THE STOP SIGN AND ALMOST TOTALED MY WHOLE FRONT END. IT HAS TAKEN OVER A MONTH AND A HALF TO GET THE DURANGO FIXED. AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT I MANAGED TO SLOW DOWN TO 15 MPH BEFORE THE BRAKES LOCKED UP! I AM CURRENTLY RECEIVING CHIROPRACTOR THERAPY AND ON HEAVY PAIN MEDS DUE TO THE ACCIDENT. *NM