NHTSA Complaint #10504629 — 2004 DODGE DURANGO

04 DODGE DURANGO WITH 5.7 HEMI ENGINE WOULD RUN ROUGH EVERY TIME IT WOULD RAIN. HAS BEEN DOING THIS FOR SEVERAL MONTHS. MECHANICS WERE UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE EXACT PROBLEM. ON FEB. 13TH WENT OUT TO START CAR AND IT WOULD NOT START. THINKING IT WAS THE STARTER WE TOOK IT OFF HAD IT CHECKED AND WAS TOLD THE STARTER WAS IN PERFECT CONDITION. SO WE HAD THE BATTERY CHECKED.....IT WAS FINE AS WELL. AFTER GETTING THE STARTER AND BATTERY PUT BACK ON, THE CAR STARTED AND RAN FOR A FEW DAYS. ON TUESDAY FEB 26TH THE CAR WOULD NOT START AGAIN- THIS WAS AFTER A HEAVY NIGHT OF RAIN. LET IT SET A COUPLE OF DAYS....STARTED RIGHT UP. ON MARCH 12TH THIS PROBLEM REPEATED ITSELF SO WE TOOK IT BACK TO MECHANIC. MECHANIC ASKED US TO LET HIM KEEP THE DURANGO SO HE COULD TRY TO GET THE PROBLEM TO REPEAT ITSELF IN ORDER FOR HIM TO SEE EXACTLY WHAT WAS HAPPENING WHEN IT WAS FAILING TO START. AND THEN TODAY MARCH 26TH, AFTER A COUPLE OF RAINY/SNOWY DAYS, HE WENT OUT TO START IT AND FOUND THAT THE MOTOR IS NOW DEFINITELY BLOWN. (THE BAD THING IS WE STILL OWE A YEAR AND A HALF ON IT!!). *TR