NHTSA Complaint #10281875 — 1999 DODGE DURANGO

1999 DODGE DURANGO FAULTY ELECTRICAL/COMPUTER OPERATIONS. VEHICLE INTERMITTENTLY STALLS WHILE DRIVING. VEHICLE HAS STALLED WHEN STARTING FROM A STOP (0-5MPH), AT CRUISING SPEEDS (55MPH) OR RANDOMLY WHILE DRIVING IN THE CITY (25-3MPH). REPLACED PCM AND ISSUE SUBSIDED FOR 2 YEARS ONLY TO BEGIN AGAIN. DEALERSHIP STATED THE RECURRENCE WAS DUE TO FAULTY ABS CONTROL UNIT, REPLACED IN AUG '09, ONLY TO HAVE SAME ISSUE OCCUR AGAIN 2 DAYS AFTER RETRIEVING THE VEHICLE. PREVIOUSLY CAR WOULD RESTART AFTER ENGINE HAD TIME TO COOL DOWN. SINCE PCM WAS REPLACED, ISSUE HAS BECOME TWOFOLD - INTERMITTENT STALLING AND INTERMITTENT NOT STARTING. DROVE THE CAR TO SCHOOL, RETURNED HOME, CAR SAT FOR 1 HR, GO TO LEAVE, CAR WONT START. ENGINE CRANKS, PLENTY OF BATTERY (ALL ELECTRICAL WORKS) BUT ENGINE WONT TURN OVER. SINCE APRIL, THIS EXACT SAME SCENARIO HAS OCCURRED HALF DOZEN TIMES - AFTER DRIVING THE CAR FOR SOME PERIOD OF TIME AND THEN LETTING IT SIT, ONLY TO LEAVE AND IT WILL NOT START - WAIT FOR 30MIN-90MIN, AND CAR STARTS. THE LAST TWO TIMES THIS OCCURRED, WAITED FOR MORE THAN 2 HOURS AND CAR WOULDN'T START SO HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALERSHIP. THIS APPEARS TO BE A COMMON COMPLAINT WITH THIS MAKE/MODEL AND YET MANUFACTURER CONTINUES TO TURN A BLIND EYE TO CONSUMERS AS WELL AS TURNING THEIR BACKS ON THE DEALERSHIPS. I HAVE BEEN THE SOLE OWNER OF THIS VEHICLE AND PURCHASED IT NEW TO MY SPECIFICATIONS (INTERNET ORDER) AND HAVE FOLLOWED THE SCHEDULED SERVICE/MAINTENANCE TO THE LETTER. 11 YEAR OLD VEHICLE IN NOV, WITH 151,000 MILES - THEY DON'T MAKE THEM LIKE THE USED TO. *TR