NHTSA Complaint #10437458 — 2004 DODGE DURANGO

THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN FINE, AFTER THE RECALLS WERE DONE,. I HAVE 5 KIDS LOVE THE SPACE AND POWER. I HAVE HAD RECENT PROBLEMS WITH WATER IN THE CAR WASH AND WHEN RAINING MAKING IT WANT TO STALL BUT IT KEPT ON RUNNING. EVERYTHING WAS GREAT UNTIL YESTERDAY MORNING. MY WIFE WENT OUT TO TAKE THE KIDS TO MCDONALD'S AND SHE SAYS "IT SOUNDED LIKE A LARGE BALLOON POPPED" WITH A LARGE AMOUNT OF SMOKE COMING FROM THE EXHAUST. NOW I HAVE WHAT SOUNDS LIKE A LOUD TICK OR A KNOCK FROM THE PASSENGERSIDE BACK. IT HOWEVER SOUNDS LIKE A LAWN MOWER RUNNING WHEN IT DOES RUN AND PER VALVOLINE SERVICE "NO FIRE ON NUMBER EIGHT CYLINDER". AS I NOW HAVE READ I AM NOT THE ONLY INDIVIDUAL WITH THE PROBLEM AND IT IS NOT ISOLATED. IF I HAD NOT BEEN DOING THE RECOMMENDED MATINANCE AND NOT KEEPING UP ON THIS TRUCK I COULD UNDERSTAND, BUT A VEHICLE COSTING OVER $32,000.00 NEW SHOULD LAST MORE THAN 97,000 MILES. SOMEONE NEEDS TO STAND UP AND BE ACCOUNTABLE. *KB