NHTSA Complaint #10669703 — 2012 DODGE DURANGO

THIS VEHICLE HAS 2 RECALLS ON IT. THE FIRST IS THE BRAKE BOOSTER. WE WERE TOLD WE WOULD BE NOTIFIED WHEN THE PART WAS AVAILABLE AFTER CALLING THE DEALER IN FEBRUARY OF 2014. IT WAS FIXED DEC 29, 2014. IN DEC OF 2014, WE RECEIVED ANOTHER RECALL NOTICE FOR THE ALTERNATOR, AND WERE TOLD PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. ON DECEMBER 20TH, 2014, WE WERE LEAVING ON A FAMILY VACATION, LOADED AND READY TO GO WHEN THE VEHICLE FAILED. THE CAR WAS COMPLETELY DEAD AND WOULD NOT START. THE DEALER PICKED UP THE VEHICLE WHILE I LOADED MY FAMILY IN 2 DIFFERENT TRUCKS TO MAKE A 90 MILE DRIVE TO THE CRUISE TERMINAL WHERE WE PAID $55 TO PARK EACH TRUCK. I CAME BACK SUNDAY THE 28TH OF FEBRUARY AND THEY HAD NOT REPAIRED THE CAR, STATING THEY WANTED $90 LABOR TO REPLACE THE BATTERY AND $275 FOR A NEW BATTERY, WHICH WAS DAMAGED BY THE ALTERNATOR. AFTER HOURS OF CALLING, CHRYSLER FINALLY APPROVED A NEW BATTERY, BUT THE OLD ONE WAS PUT BACK IN AND CHARGED. DUE TO BEING OUT OF THE COUNTRY, I HAD TO USE E-MAIL TO MY MECHANIC TO GET THINGS AUTHORIZED. WE DID NOT GET A RENTAL FOR THE ENTIRE WEEK AND MY MOTHER-IN-LAW WAS LEFT HOME WITHOUT A VEHICLE FOR THE WEEK(CHRISTMAS WEEK). THE ALTERNATOR THAT WAS PUT ON THE CAR IS STILL UNDER RECALL AND COULD FAIL AGAIN AND WE WERE TOLD WE WOULD NEED TO BRING IT BACK IN FOR A NEW ALTERNATOR AT A LATER DATE. THE NEW ALTERNATOR IS STARTING TO MAKE A HUMMING NOISE LIKE THE LAST ONE AND NEITHER CHRYSLER OR THE DEALER WILL DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT BECAUSE IT IS STILL WORKING. MY WIFE WILL NOT DRIVE THE VEHICLE UNTIL IT IS FIXED DUE TO THE WARNING OF THE CAR DYING OR CATCHING FIRE AND HAVING OUR 3 YEAR OLD WITH HER IF IT HAPPENS. THE TRADE IN VALUE IS DOWN DUE TO SO MANY BEING TRADED IN AND I WILL BE LEFT $10000 UPSIDE DOWN ON THE VEHICLE. I ASKED FOR A RENTAL UNTIL IT IS FIXED CORRECTLY AND WAS TOLD THAT COULD NOT HAPPEN. *TR