NHTSA Complaint #10670839 — 2011 DODGE DURANGO

DRIVING THROUGH TOWN, EVERY WARNING LIGHT CAME ON AND WIPERS STARTING GOING UNCONTROLLABLY. RPM STARTING DIVING TO 0 AND THEN BACK UP TO APPROPRIATE RPM FOR SPEED. OTHER DIALS AND NAV/MEDIA SCREEN ALSO STARTING FLASHING. TONES AND LIGHTS KEPT FLASHING ON AND OFF AND I IMMEDIATELY PROCEEDED THE FEW MILES DOWN THE STREET TO DROP IT OFF AT THE DODGE DEALERSHIP. VEHICLE WAS UP TO DATE ON ALL SERVICE AND RECALLS, EXCEPT THE FUEL PUMP RECALL WHICH WE WERE TOLD WE WERE IN LINE FOR BASED ON PARTS AND CAPACITY ISSUES. I SPENT $1300 TO REPLACE THE TIPM TO FIX 37 OUT OF THE 38 CODES, AND THEN ANOTHER $1300 FOR A NEW HEADLIGHT POWER MODULE (FOR THE LAST CODE) WHICH SHORTED OUT AND, PER THE MECHANIC, SHORTED OUT THE ORIGINAL TIPM (SINCE THEY ARE IN SERIES WITH NO PROTECTION BETWEEN). THE TIPM HOUSES ALL OF THESE POWER MODULES INTERNALLY, SO ONE BAD SHORT ON A SUBCOMPONENT CAN RUIN YOUR ENTIRE TIPM. THE RECALL ON THE FUEL PUMP POWER MODULE ADDS AN EXTERNAL COMPONENT FOR THIS SUBSYSTEM TO PROTECT IT FROM THESE TIPM FAILURES, BUT DOES NOT ADDRESS THE MAJOR TIPM SAFETY ISSUE! FROM RESEARCHING OTHER OWNERS' EXPERIENCES I WAS LUCKY THE ENTIRE VEHICLE DIDN'T SHUT DOWN ON ME WHILE DRIVING. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE! I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT I HAD TO PAY FOR THESE COSTLY REPAIRS, AND ALL THIS DOES IS REPLACE THESE FLAWED COMPONENTS WITH THE SAME FLAWED COMPONENTS AGAIN. I HAVE TO GET RID OF THIS CAR AND SOAK UP A HUGE FINANCIAL LOSS TO DO SO BECAUSE THIS CAR IS A TICKING TIME BOMB AND I CAN'T ALLOW MY FAMILY TO RIDE AROUND IN IT SAFELY. *TR