NHTSA Complaint #10505449 — 2004 DODGE DURANGO

CAR WAS COLD, FROM SITTING OVER NIGHT.WENT TO START, AND HEARD A BUNCH OF CLANGING. I TURNED TRUCK OFF IMMEDIATELY. WENT TO CRANK ENGINE OVER, AND NOTHING. NO NOISE, ACCEPT CHIMES FROM INTERIOR, AND A SLIGHT NOISE FROM STARTER.I HAVE WORKED FOR YEARS AROUND VEHICLES AND REPAIRS,AND IT SOUNDED LIKE SOMETHING WAS STUCK. I PUT GEAR SHIFTER IN NUETRAL, DISCONNECTED SERPENTINE BELT, AND TRIED TO MANUALLY TURN ENGINE AT CRANKSHAFT. I COULD NOT GET IT TO BUDGE. WHEN I LOOKED UP ONLINE, I WAS SURPRISED TO SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE WITH THIS MOTOR HAD IT SIEZE, I CALLED CHRYSLER,AND WAS TOLD THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO FOR ME, BEING AS IT WAS OUT OF WARRANTY, AND THEIR WAS NO RECALL. I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THE GOVERNMENT DOESN'T HOLD THE CAR MANUFACTURERS TO STRICTER STANDARDS ,FOR ISSUES LIKE THIS.I'M NOT ANY KIND OF A COMPUTER GURU, AND I'VE FOUND HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WITH SIMILAR ISSUE, ONLINE. WOULD REALLY BE NICE, TO SEE CHRYSLER HAVE TO MAKE GOOD FOR THESE FAULTY MOTORS.[XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR