NHTSA Complaint #10608755 — 2010 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN

I LIVE IN TROY MICHIGAN AND ON A TRIP TO GO PICK UP MY TEENAGE DAUGHTER DRIVING.ON M-59 MY CAR STARTED EXPELLING COOLANT IN THE FORM.OF STEAM FROM UNDERNEATH THE HOOD AND INSIDE THE VEHICLE. I IMMEDIATE STOPPED AT THE CLOSEST AUTOMOTIVE STORE.LESS.THAN A MILE FROM WHERE IT STARTED THE INCIDENT. IT WAS DISCOVERED BY THE MECHANIC AT BELL TIRE THAT THE STEEL INTERCOOLER LINES THAT RUN TO THE INTERIOR HEATER HAD RUPTURED. I CONTACTED CHRYSLER AS STEEL TUBE SHOULD NOT FAIL UNLESS SOME MANUFACTURE ISSUE WAS OVERLOOKED. AS A SENIOR SYSTEMS ENGINEER MEAN TIME BEFORE FAILURE ON A COMPONENT LIKE THIS SHOULD HAVE NEVER HAPPENED AT THE LOW MILEAGE ON THE VEHICLE. I FOLLOWED UP TO FIND.OUT COST TO REPAIR AND THE SALES REP ALSO LET ME KNOW THAT A SECOND GRAND CARAVAN 2008 MODEL HAD JUST COME.IN WITH THE SAME FAILURE. THIS IS ABSOLUTELY CHRYSLER FAILURE TO ENGINEER THIS CORRECTLY AND I WOULD.LILE TO SEE THIS RESOLVED BEFORE GREATER DAMAGE IS DONE. *JS