NHTSA Complaint #10632233 — 2012 DODGE DURANGO

TOTALLY INTEGRATED POWER MODULE (TIPM) - TRIED TO START MY CAR ONE MORNING AND IT WOULDN'T START. MADE SOUNDS LIKE IT WAS TRYING TO TURN OVER SO I STOPPED AND TRIED AGAIN AND IT STARTED. EACH DAY IT GOT WORSE. THEN IT HAPPENED AGAIN AT LUNCH AND AFTER WORK SO WAS HAPPENING 3 TIMES A DAY. CAR STARTED TO STALL IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET OR MAKE ODD SOUNDS LIKE THE ENGINE WAS REVVING UP. ALMOST GOT HIT BY A CAR WITH MY YOUNG SON IN THE CAR AND STARTED TO GET TO A POINT WHEN IT JUST DIDN'T WANT TO HARDLY START AFTER TRYING FOR 10 OR MORE MINUTES. TOOK TO THE SHOP AND AFTER WAITING FOR 3 DAYS THEY TOLD ME IT WAS THE TIPM MODULE AND WOULD COST $1281.15 TO FIX. THIS WAS JUST TODAY. I TOLD HIM I DON'T HAVE THAT KIND OF MONEY. I WENT SEARCHING ONLINE WONDERING MORE ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND COME TO FIND SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE THIS PROBLEM EVEN A CLASS ACTION SUIT HAS BEEN FILED. THIS ISSUE IS DANGEROUS. TO STALL IN THE MIDDLE OF A STREET FOR NO REASON AND THEN NOT BE ABLE TO GET YOUR CAR STARTED AGAIN IS BEYOND SCARY. WHEN THIS MANY PEOPLE HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE SAME MODULE SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE. EVEN SOMEONE IN MY OWN CITY HAD TO WAIT FOR THE PART ON BACK ORDER. A RECALL MUST BE DONE BEFORE SOMEONE IS HURT OR KILLED, PLEASE! *TR