NHTSA Complaint #10561490 — 2008 DODGE DURANGO

WE WERE TRAVELING THRU A REDUCED SPEED AREA ON A 4 LANE HIGHWAY AT 50 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE WENT INTO WHAT IS KNOWN BY ME NOW AS A "DEATH WOBBLE". I MANAGED TO KEEP IT ON THE HIGHWAY AND PULL OFF ONTO THE LEFT SHOULDER. I FOUND THE LEFT TIE ROD HAD COME APART SO THERE WAS ESSENTIALLY NO STEERING CONTROL. LUCKILY WE HAD TO SLOW DOWN IN THE AREA AS WE WERE TRAVELING AT 70 MPH A COUPLE MINUTES EARLIER AND HAD TRAVELED THRU QUITE A NUMBER OF 2 LANE CONSTRUCTION ZONES WITH HEAVY TRAFFIC. LOCAL DODGE DEALERS SAID THERE WAS NO RECALL BUT THIS WEEK I RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR THIS VERY PROBLEM ON MY 2003 DODGE 2500 TRUCK. WE KNOW ANOTHER COUPLE THIS HAPPENED TO FROM OUR TOWN AS WELL. I INCURRED A LOT OF EXPENSE OVER THIS AND LUCKILY THERE WAS NO INJURIES BUT BELIEVE THIS IS A WIDER PROBLEM THAN IS REALIZED. *TR