NHTSA Complaint #10661059 — 2009 DODGE JOURNEY

THE PART THAT IS DEFECTED IS TIPM(TOTAL INTEGRATED POWER MODULE) WHICH I GUESS YOU CAN SAY THE BRAIN. I WAS DRIVING ON MY WAY TO WORK AND ALL OF A SUDDEN MY WHOLE DASH BOARD GOES DARK AND THEN THAT'S WHEN THINGS WENT CRAZY. THE WIPERS STARTING GOING AND WOULD NOT STOP, THIS WAS A DRY DAY CAN YOU IMAGINE. THE GAUGES WENT HAYWIRE SUCH AS MY THERMOSTAT WENT TO ZERO, SIGNAL LIGHTS WOULD NOT WORK, RADIO DIED, GAS LIGHT CAME ON AND NO SPEED ODOMETER. ALL THIS TO SAY THAT I TRAVEL ABOUT 65 MILES OR SO ONE WAY TO WORK. DID NOT KNOW WHAT TO THINK OF THIS AND AS I CONTINUE DRIVING THANK GOODNESS TO THAT. THE DASH BOARD START AGAIN TO GO DARK AND THINGS CAME BACK ON AND THIS HAPPEN AGAIN BEFORE I GOT TO WORK. NEED LESS TO SAY WHAT A WAY TO START OUT THE MORNING, I THOUGHT THERE MAY HAVE BEEN A GREMLIN IN MY VEHICLE OR SOME GHOST FROM PASS. TRYING TO BRUSH THIS OFF AND SAID THIS WAS A FLUKE OR SOMETHING. I DID FINALLY TAKE IT TO A DEALER AND THIS WAS WHAT WAS TOLD TO ME AND THE COST IS ALMOST $900.00 JUST FOR THIS PART, THAT IS CRAZY. I DID NOT FIX THIS THAT DAY BECAUSE I SAID THIS IS RIDICULOUS. THEN IN READING UP ON THIS ISSUE THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS SITUATION WITH AUTO/DEALER AND THEY REFUSE TO RECALL AND TAKE CARE OF THIS REAL SAFETY ISSUE. THIS WAS ONE OF THERE FIRST CROSS OVER VEHICLE MADE SO THERE WAS ROOM FOR ERROR AND ERRORS SHOULD BE FIX BY THEM. SHAME ON THEM NOT TO. I NEED THIS TO BE TAKEN CARE OF BY THEM NOT ME THE CONSUMER WHO STILL HAS TO PAY FOR THIS VEHICLE. I NEED YOUR HELP! THANKS *TR