NHTSA Complaint #10505544 — 2012 DODGE DURANGO

ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS WHEN I GET IN THE VEHICLE TO START IT, VIA PUSH BUTTON START, THE VEHICLE WILL START AN IMMEDIATELY SHUT DOWN. ATTEMPTS TO RESTART THE VEHICLE RESULT IN A 15-30 SECOND REPETITIVE START LOOP WITHOUT THE VEHICLE STARTING, AT WHICH POINT A RED LIGHT WILL BEGIN BLINKING ON THE CENTER CONSOLE. TYPICALLY THE VEHICLE HAS TO REST FOR APPROXIMATELY TWO MINUTES BEFORE ATTEMPTING A RESTART, SOME OF WHICH ARE SUCCESSFUL AND SOME ARE NOT. THE VEHICLE IS ALSO TAKING UP TO 10 SECONDS TO SHUT DOWN ONCE THE PUSH BUTTON IS DEPRESSED TO TURN OF THE VEHICLE. THIS IS BEGINNING TO BECOME A REAL SAFETY CONCERN AS IN AN EMERGENCY I CANNOT TRUST THAT I CAN SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE. *TR