NHTSA Complaint #10285950 — 1999 DODGE DURANGO

I HAVE A 1999 DODGE DURANGO WHICH HAS STALLED WHILE DRIVING NUMEROUS TIMES. THE FIRST TIME I WAS IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC AND IT DIED. 3 MINUTES LATER IT STARTED BACK UP AND RAN FINE. THEN, A MONTH LATER WHILE TRAVELING 65MPH ON THE FREEWAY IT DIED AGAIN. LUCKILY I WAS IN THE RIGHT LANE AND WAS ABLE TO COAST TO THE SHOULDER LANE. AFTER 10 MINUTES IT STARTED UP AGAIN AND RAN FINE. A WEEK LATER I WAS DRIVING IT AND IT SUDDENLY DIED AGAIN. THIS TIME IT TOOK OVER 2 HOURS TO GET IT STARTED AGAIN. IT DIED AGAIN 10 MINUTES LATER. ANOTHER 15 MINUTES TO GET IT STARTED AGAIN AND IT DIED PULLING IN TO MY DRIVEWAY. I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE THIS VEHICLE, AND DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO TO FIX IT. I WAS TOLD BY A MECHANIC IT MIGHT BE THE FUEL FILTER, AND WHEN I LOOKED FOR THE PART ONLINE, I CAME ACROSS A WEBSITE WITH HUNDREDS OF CONSUMER COMPLAINTS FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. PEOPLE ARE AFRAID TO DRIVE THIS VEHICLE SINCE IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE THAT IT WILL JUST DIE UNEXPECTEDLY IRREGARDLESS OF WHERE YOU ARE DRIVING IT OR HOW FAST OR SLOW IT'S GOING. DIAGNOSTIC TESTS REVEAL NO ERROR CODES, PEOPLE ARE BEING TOLD TO TRY CHANGING OUT SEVERAL DIFFERENT PARTS ON THE VEHICLE, AT GREAT COST, WITH NO CONSISTENT SUCCESS AT SOLVING THIS PROBLEM. I CANNOT AFFORD TO SPEND MONEY GUESSING WHAT THE PROBLEM MAY BE, AND IT SEEMS DODGE IS WELL AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM WITH 1998-99 DODGE DURANGOS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. ALL SEEM TO THINK IT IS A MANUFACTURER DEFECT IN DESIGN OF THIS VEHICLE, AS THE PCM IS LOCATED IN A VERY HIGH HEAT LOCATION UNDER THE HOOD WHICH SEEMS TO FRY THE PCM AS WELL AS NUMEROUS OTHER PARTS IT IS RUNNING IN CONJUNCTION WITH. LINK TO SITE WITH COMPLAINTS LISTED: HTTP://WWW.CARCOMPLAINTS.COM/DODGE/DURANGO/1999/ELECTRICAL/VEHICLE_SHUTS_DOWN_WITHOUT_WARNING.SHTML. *TR