NHTSA Complaint #10553172 — 2011 DODGE DURANGO

MY VEHICLE (2011 DODGE DURANGO) STARTED TO NOT TURN OVER WHEN GOING TO START. IT ALMOST FELT LIKE THERE WAS NO GAS GETTING TO THROUGH. IT EVENTUALLY STARTED AFTER 3 TRIES. THE NEXT MORNING IT WAS WORSE AND TOOK 5 TRIES FOR IT TO EVENTUALLY START. AFTER TAKING IT TO A DODGE DEALERSHIP THE TOLD ME IT WAS THE FUEL PUMP AND I WOULD NEED TWO NEW PUMPS. I DECIDED TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO MY LOCAL MECHANIC. HE INFORMED ME IT WAS ACTUALLY THE TOTALLY INTEGRATED POWER MODULE (TIPM). WHEN I WENT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP TO INFORM THEM THEY MISDIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AND IT WAS THE TIPM, THEY INFORMED ME THAT THERE WAS A 700+ WAITING LIST TO GET THIS UNIT, WOULD COST $1200 AND IT WOULD LIKELY TAKE 2-3 MONTHS TO GET IT. NO HELP WAS EXTENDED IN THE FORM OF A LOANER CAR OR HELPING PAY FOR A RENTAL. WHEN THIS HAPPENED I ACTUALLY HAD A 2014 DURANGO IN THE PROCESS OF BEING BUILT BUT THEY STILL DID NOT OFFER ANY HELP. I TOLD MY LOCAL MECHANIC ABOUT THE BACK ORDER ON THEN TIPM. HE THEN TOOK THE TIPM OUT AND SENT TO HIS COMPONENT GUY. HE ORDERED SOME PARTS AND SOLDERED THEM ON THE EXISTING TIPM. THIS TOOK A WEEK TO FINISH AND IS WORKING WITHOUT PROBLEM FOR A COST OF $400. WHY DODGE CHOOSES NOT HAVE SOMEBODY REPAIR THE ACTUAL TIPM LEADS ME TO BELIEVE ITS NOT AN HONEST DEALING. *TR