NHTSA Complaint #10670553 — 2012 DODGE DURANGO

STARTED MY TRUCK AND WHEN I WENT TO PUT IT INTO DRIVE UPON APPLYING THE BRAKE THE PEDAL WAS HARD AND WHEN I APPLIED PRESSURE THERE WAS A "HISSING" "AIR NOISE". I THOUGHT THAT MAYBE IT WAS JUST REALLY COLD OUT AND IT NEEDED TO WARM UP A BIT MORE, SO I PUMPED THE BRAKES AND IT SEEMED BETTER. DEFINITELY DIDN'T THINK THAT A TRUCK I HAVE HAD LESS THAN 3 YEARS WOULD HAVE ANY BRAKE ISSUES. WELL I WAS WRONG...WHEN GOING TO PULL OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY, WHICH IS ON A MAIN ROAD, I WENT TO APPLY THE BRAKE AND THE CAR WASN'T STOPPING. QUICKLY THINKING I PUSHED ON THE EMERGENCY BRAKE AND STOPPED MYSELF AND MY YOUNGER SON FROM ROLLING INTO TRAFFIC GOING WELL OVER 40MPH. IF I HAD NOT BEEN DOING UNDER 10MPH MY SON AND MYSELF WOULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY INJURED AND POSSIBLY DEAD. I NEVER RECEIVED ANY RECALL ON THIS TRUCK BUT APPARENTLY AFTER LOOKING UP BRAKE PROBLEMS ON THIS VEHICLE THERE WITHOUT A DOUBT IS AND I AM NOT THE FIRST PERSON TO HAVE THE BRAKES FAIL ON THEM. VERY SCARY AND NOW THAT MY HEART IS BACK IN MY CHEST, VERY MAD!