NHTSA Complaint #10397044 — 2010 DODGE JOURNEY

I HAD A 2010 DODGE JOURNEY THAT CAUGHT FIRE WHILE I WAS DRIVING AND PROCEEDED TO BURN TO THE GROUND. I WAS TURNING TO PARK IN FRONT OF MY FRIEND'S HOME, WHEN THE FIRE BURST OUT OF THE ENGINE, NEAR THE WINDSHIELD. THIS, ON ITS OWN, MAY NOT BE OVERLY MONUMENTAL, BUT THERE ARE MANY FACTORS INVOLVED THAT I BELIEVE NEED TO BE BROUGHT TO PUBLIC ATTENTION. FIRST, THE CAR WAS PURCHASED BRAND NEW OFF THE LOT 2 MONTHS PRIOR TO THE MARCH 11 INCIDENT. THE INSPECTION SHOWED THAT THE ISSUE THAT CAUSED THE FIRE WAS A DEFECT INVOLVING THE STEERING FLUID LINE....AN ISSUE THAT HAS OCCURRED MANY TIMES IN THIS VEHICLE!! THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THE 2009 JOURNEY, BUT NOTHING FOR THE 2010. SEEMS TO ME THAT WHATEVER THE TOLUCA MEXICO ASSEMBLY PLANT HAS BEEN DOING WRONG, HASN'T BEEN RECTIFIED!!! CHRYSLER NEEDS TO RECALL THIS VEHICLE AGAIN!!! CHRYSLER LEGAL, TOLD ME IT WASN'T GOING TO HAPPEN! SECOND, CHRYSLER LEGAL DEPARTMENT IS BEING EXTREMELY CURT, AND UNHELPFUL IN RESOLVING THINGS FOR US. THEY ARE 'ALLOWING' US TO KEEP OUR CURRENT LOAN IN PLACE (FOR THE CAR THAT EXPLODED) AND 'GIVING' US THE CURRENT MSRP ON THAT CAR (A 2010) TO FIND ANOTHER NEW CHRYSLER VEHICLE. THEN, THEY SAID THAT THEY MIGHT REIMBURSE A PERCENTAGE OF THE MANY THINGS THAT WERE IN THE CAR....LIKE MY 2 BRITAX CAR SEATS! AT THIS POINT, I'M INCREDIBLY FRUSTRATED, AND DESPERATE FOR THE MESSAGE TO GET OUT ABOUT HOW CORRUPT CHRYSLER IS, AND HOW DANGEROUS THIS VEHICLE IS. I WOULD BE COMPLETELY DEVASTATED TO FIND THAT THIS ISSUE TOOK SOMEONE'S LIFE, AND I HADN'T TRIED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT!!! THANK YOU *TR