NHTSA Complaint #10273575 — 2005 DODGE MAGNUM

ON SATURDAY JUNE 6, 2009 MY WIFE WAS DRIVING OUR 2005 DODGE MAGNUM AND AS SHE WAS TURNING, THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED IN PLACE. LUCKILY SHE DIDN'T HIT ANYONE OR ANYTHING. SHE WRESTLED WITH THE STEERING WHEEL AND WAS ABLE TO GET IT TO MOVE AGAIN AND DROVE STRAIGHT HOME. I TOOK IT TO THE LOCAL DODGE DEALER AND THEY INFORMED ME THAT IS WAS A "CLOCK SPRING" WHICH IS ATTACHED TO THE AIRBAG IN THE STEERING COLUMN. IT HAD BROKE AND LODGED IN THE STEERING COLUMN CAUSING THE STEERING WHEEL TO LOCK UP. THEY TOLD ME IT WAS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY, AND IT WOULD COST ME $550.00 TO FIX IT. I IN TURN TOLD THEM THAT IT WAS A SAFETY ISSUE AND SHOULD BE COVERED BY THE DEALER/MANUFACTURER. THEY TOLD ME IT WASN'T A COVERED ITEM. I TOLD THEM NOT TO FIX IT, AND I WOULD FIND OUT THE SAFETY ASPECTS OF THE ITEMS IN QUESTION. *TR