NHTSA Complaint #10286153 — 1999 DODGE DURANGO

99 DODGE DURANGO SLT 5.9L ENGINE. AFTER PURCHASING THIS CAR IN FEB. 2008, WHILE I WAS DRIVING IT JUST SHUT DOWN. NO WARNING WAS GIVEN. THIS STARTED HAPPENING SEVERAL TIMES A DAY WHILE I DROVE IT. I HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED IN BY THE MAN WHO I WAS BUYING IT FROM TO GO TO THE MECHANICS. THEY TRIED NUMEROUS TIMES TO FIND THE ISSUE. FINALLY AFTER DEALING WITH NOT HAVING THE CAR ON & OFF FOR THREE MONTHS, I FOUND OUT THAT OTHERS GOT THE SAME ERROR CODE I DID IN THE ODOMETER WINDOW WHICH SAID, "NO BUS." IT WAS THEN TOWED AGAIN, AND I WROTE THE MECHANIC A NOTE TELLING THEM THAT I FOUND OUT THAT OTHERS HAD THE SAME ISSUE. THOUSANDS & THOUSANDS. THEIR CAR SHUT DOWN AT ANY MOMENT. THE LAST TIME MY CAR SHUT DOWN ON ME WAS WHILE I WAS ON THE INTERSTATE GOING 65 MPH. IT JUST SHUT DOWN COMPLETELY, NO WARNING. WE WERE ALMOST IN A NEAR FATAL ACCIDENT. THANKFULLY THE CAR SWERVED AND SOME PEOPLE STOPPED AND HELPED ME PUSH IT OFF TO THE MEDIAN. ONCE AT THE MECHANICS, I RECEIVED A CALL STATING IT WAS IN FACT THE PCM, IT WAS REPLACED AND THEN THE CAR DID NOT DO THIS ANY LONGER. THAT IS A EXPENSIVE PART TO REPLACE. NOW AGAIN ONE YEAR LATER THIS SAME CAR IS AT THE MECHANICS AGAIN FOR THE PCM BEING REPLACED. I JUST HANDED THEM $450 ( TOTAL $800) TO GET IT. HE HAD MY CAR FOR 6 WEEKS BEFORE DETERMINING THAT THE PCM HAD FAILED ONCE AGAIN ON THIS CAR. DODGE NEEDS TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS. I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY THEY WOULD DISMISS SUCH A ROAD HAZARD. WHILE A GREAT CAR IN LOOKS, IT IS NOT SAFE ON THE ROAD. WE NEED SOMETHING DONE ABOUT THIS. I HAVE CHILDREN WHO RIDE IN THIS CAR AND CAN'T AFFORD TO BUY A NEW CAR AT ANY MOMENT. THEY NEED TO RECALL THE 1999 DODGE DURANGOS AND REIMBURSE THOSE OF US WHO HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THIS PCM CAUSING THE CAR TO SHUT DOWN. THERE ARE TOO MANY PEOPLE OUT THERE WITH THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM FOR THIS TO BE CONTINUED TO BE IGNORED BY DODGE. SABRINA FOWLER *TR