NHTSA Complaint #10358288 — 2004 DODGE DURANGO

WHILE DRIVING MY 2004 DODGE DURANGO THE SPEEDOMETER FUNCTIONED ERRATICALLY AND THE INTERIOR LIGHTS WOULD NOT GO OUT. I PULLED OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, TURNED VEHICLE OFF, RESTARTED AND NO CHANGE. CONTINUED DRIVING HOME WHEN SMOKE STARTED COMING OUT FROM UNDER THE DASHBOARD ON DRIVER'S SIDE ONLY, AND THE VENTS ON DRIVER'S SIDE. IMMEDIATELY TURNED VEHICLE OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD-RAN TO A HOME. HE GRABBED FIRE EXTINGUISHER-NO FLAMES UNDER THE HOOD - HE DISCONNECTED BATTERY. TOWED TO GARAGE, INFORMED DODGE HAD RECALL FOR DASHBOARD FIRES, TOWED TO DEALER WHO TOLD ME DEFECT WAS IN THE CLUSTER, THAT WAS NOT PART OF THE RECALL AND NO WIRES IN THE CLUSTER WERE MELTED TOGETHER, THEREFORE IT WAS NOT A FIRE. I CALLED DODGE HEADQUARTERS, RECEIVED A CALL ON THIS DATE FROM "STACEY" STATING THEY HAD INVESTIGATED WHICH WAS TO CALL THE DEALERSHIP AND HAVE IT REVIEWED BY THEIR LEGAL TEAM AND THIS DID NOT FALL UNDER THE RECALL. *TR