NHTSA Complaint #10496690 — 2004 DODGE DURANGO

BOUGHT THIS 04 DURANGO WITH A HEMI, IN 2010. IT HAS ALWAYS HAD A PROBLEM WITH RUNNING ROUGH OR STALLING AFTER/DURING RAIN. SOMETHING IS GETTING WET? DEALERSHIP TRIED TO FIX IT A COUPLE OF TIMES. IT WORKS FINE AFTER IT DRIES. ALSO THERE WAS A RECALL IN 2004 FOR POSITIVE BATTERY CABLE FAILURE POSSIBLY CAUSING FIRE. THIS VEHICLE WAS TAKEN IN TO HAVE THE REPAIR FOR THIS RECALL (#D40) IN 2007. THE SAME BATTERY CABLE IS NOW FAILING AND IS IN THE SHOP FOR REPAIR. THE BATTERY CABLES ARE NOT AVAILABLE AFTER MARKET SO THEY HAVE BEEN ORDERED FROM DODGE. THERE IS NO PROVISION IN THE RECALL TO REPAIR WHEN THE THING FAILS EVEN AFTER IT WAS FIXED. IT STARTED HAVING ALL KINDS OF ELECTRICAL ISSUES SO I BROUGHT IT TO REPAIR SHOP (NOT DEALERSHIP). DEALERSHIP SAYS THEY CAN'T DO ANYTHING. I DID CALL DAIMLER/CHRYSLER RECALL CENTER AND THEY WERE VERY NICE, TOLD ME TO SEND IN ALL THE INFORMATION TO THEM FOR POSSIBLE REIMBURSEMENT. THE RECALL IS GOOD FOR 10 YEARS, AND I BELIEVE IT SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED FURTHER. THIS IS 9 YEARS LATER, BUT EVIDENTLY THE RECALL REPAIR HAS FAILED. *TR