NHTSA Complaint #10632032 — 2011 DODGE DURANGO

NOTICED A VEHICLE STARTING PROBLEM SOMETIME IN EARLY 2014. THE STARTER WOULD JUST CRANK THE ENGINE WITHOUT IT FIRING. I DID NOTICE THE LIGHTNING BOLT WARNING ILLUMINATED AS THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START. I HAD TO LET OFF THE BRAKE AND PUSH THE START BUTTON TO DISENGAGE THE STARTER FROM TURNING THE ENGINE OVER. I THEN REPEATED THE PROCESS TO START THE VEHICLE AND IT STARTED RIGHT UP WITH NO FURTHER PROBLEMS & NO LIGHTS. THIS ISSUE HAPPENED SEVERAL MORE TIMES OVER THE MONTHS WITH THE SAME OUTCOME UNTIL AUGUST 31, 2014. ON THIS DATE, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START AFTER 3 OR 4 TIMES, ALSO NOTING THE LIGHTNING BOLT ILLUMINATED. I THEN PLACED THE VEHICLE IN NEUTRAL AND IT STARTED WITH WARNING LIGHTS EXTINGUISHED. THIS HAPPENED AGAIN THE NEXT DAY ON SEPTEMBER 1, 2014 AND AGAIN HAD TO START THE VEHICLE IN NEUTRAL. WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE THAT DAY I NOTICED THE FCW LIGHT ILLUMINATE FOR ABOUT 10-15 MINS THEN WENT AWAY FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DRIVE. I HAVE NOTICED THIS LIGHT INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING BEFORE AND AFTER SEPTEMBER 1ST. THE START PROBLEM HAS BECOME A RECURRING ISSUE. SEPTEMBER 9, 2014, IT TOOK ABOUT 15 ATTEMPTS TO FINALLY START THE VEHICLE WITH THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL (LIGHTNING BOLT) LIGHT STEADILY ILLUMINATED UNTIL THE VEHICLE STARTED. ONCE IT STARTED, THE FOLLOWING WARNING LIGHTS REMAIN ILLUMINATED: 1) ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM, 2) ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL, 3) BRAKE, AND 4) BOTH LEFT & RIGHT MIRROR BLIND SPOT WARNING TRIANGLES. IN ADDITION, THE ELECTRONIC SPEEDOMETER READ ZERO WHILE DRIVING. I DROVE A HALF MILE TO THE STORE AND TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF FOR 10 MINS. IT THEN STARTED NORMALLY WITH NO WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. I DROVE ABOUT ANOTHER MILE TO MY HOUSE WITHOUT ANY ISSUES. I'VE HAVE FOUND NUMEROUS PEOPLE WITH THE SAME TYPE OF ISSUES ON CHRYSLER PRODUCTS AND ALMOST ALL HAVE LED TO A FAULTY TIPM WITH REPAIR COSTS OVER $1,000. *TR