NHTSA Complaint #10186972 — 2004 DODGE DURANGO

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE DURANGO. WHILE PARKED THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT CONTAINED THE BLAZE TO THE HOOD AND DASHBOARD AREAS OF THE VEHICLE. THE FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED, BUT THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. APPROXIMATELY THREE HOURS PRIOR TO THE FIRE, ALL OF THE INTERIOR LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE WAS DIAGNOSED AS ELECTRICAL, AND THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. BOTH A POLICE AND FIRE REPORTS WERE TAKEN, AND THE CONTACT POSSESSED PICTURES OF THE VEHICLE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE WERE 11,000.*AK