NHTSA Complaint #10440185 — 2009 DODGE CARAVAN

THE VALVE STEMS FAILED.. NUTS FOR BOTH FRONT VALVE STEMS ROTTED OFF CAUSING VALVE STEMS TO FALL INTO TIRES LOSING ALL TIRE PRESSURE WITHIN SECONDS..THIS HAPPEN WITH BOTH FRONT TIRES AT DIFFERENT TIMES.THE FIRST TIME I LOST PRESSURE THE LIGHT CAME ON SO I STOPPED AT A GAS STATION AND WENT TO PUT AIR IN THE TIRE AND THE VALVE STEM FELL INTO THE TIRE LOSING ALL PRESSURE IMMEDIATELY AND I WAS LEFT WITH A FLAT. AAA CAME AND PUT ON SPARE AND SAID THE NUT ON THE VALVE STEM WAS GONE AND SAID IT LOOKED LIKE IT CORRODED AND FELL OFF.THE SECOND ONE WHILE I WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE...MY CHILDREN AND I COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED IF I DIDN'T PULL OVER IMMEDIATELY! THE MECHANIC SAID THE SAME THING THAT THE NUT WAS MISSING AND THE VALVE STEM ACTUALLY WAS BROKE IN HALF. THIS SHOULD BE AN IMMEDIATE RECALL ON THESE VALVE STEMS! THE DODGE DEALERSHIP REFUSED TO REPLACE THEM AND SAID I MUST HAVE DONE SOMETHING TO THEM! PLEASE NOTE I STILL HAD THE ORIGINAL TIRES ON THIS VEHICLE FROM PURCHASING IT BRAND NEW AT A DEALERSHIP IN 2009. I CAN'T BELIEVE THE TREATMENT I RECEIVED FROM THE DODGE DEALERSHIP. *TR