NHTSA Complaint #10199367 — 2004 DODGE DURANGO

I PURCHASED A 2004 DURANGO IN NOV OF 2006. I HAD NO REAL PROBLEMS WITH VEHICLE UNTIL RECENTLY. TOOK VEHICLE IN TO DEALERSHIP FOR RECALL OF INSTRUMENT PANEL. DEALERSHIP TOOK CARE OF THIS AND 2 WEEKS LATER TEMPERATURE GAUGE STARTED READING HOTTER THEN USUAL. CONTACTED DEALERSHIP WHO THEN STATED UNRELATED. RECENTLY WENT ON VACATION AND 300 MILES FROM HOME VEHICLE TEMP GAUGE READ HOT. PULLED OFF INTERSTATE TO NEAREST SERVICE STATION. NO DEALERSHIP NEAR HERE. MECHANIC FOUND NO CODES TO INDICATE PROBLEM. REPLACED WATER PUMP, THERMOSTAT, HOSES, CHECK RADIATOR, NEW FLUIDS, BILL TOTAL 377 DOLLARS. 3 MILES LATER CAR STILL TRYING TO OVER HEAT. TOWED TO VA FOR 1,000 DOLLARS NOW AT DEALERSHIP. CAR ALSO SEEMS TO SOMETIMES NOT BE IN GEAR WHEN PLACED IN DRIVE AND YOU TRY TO ACCELERATE ENGINE JUST REVS. AT DEALERSHIP NOW WE SHALL SEE WHAT THEY SAY. *TR