NHTSA Complaint #10672782 — 2004 DODGE DURANGO

WE HAVE KEPT THIS DURANGO IN IMMACULATE SHAPE AND HAVE CONSISTENTLY DONE OF THE RECOMMENDED UPKEEP ON THE VEHICLE. WE CHANGE THE OIL EVERY 3,000 MILES. I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD GOING APPROXIMATELY 50 MILES PER HOUR WHEN WITHOUT WARNING THE ENGINE JUST STARTED MAKING A LOUD NOISE. IT WAS DANGEROUS BECAUSE I HAD NOWHERE TO PULL OVER AND HAD TO CONTINUE APPROXIMATELY 1 MILE BEFORE I COULD GET TO A SHOULDER AND BEHIND ME WERE MULTIPLE VEHICLES. UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE WAS OIL. THE MECHANIC SAYS THAT THERE IS A HOLE IN THE ENGINE AND IT IS COMPLETELY BLOWN-CATASTROPHIC. ENGINE FAILURE THAT WILL COST $6000 TO REPLACE. ALTHOUGH WE HAVE USED THE VEHICLE FOR 10 YEARS, WE HAVE BARELY PUT 12000 MILES PER YEAR ON IT. AFTER SOME RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET WE FOUND OUT THAT THERE HUNDREDS IF NOT THOUSANDS OF OTHER SIMILAR COMPLAINTS ON THIS ENGINE, MANY OF THEM PROBABLY UNREPORTED TO THE NHTSA. THE '05 AND LATER MODELS DO NOT SHOW ANYWHERE NEAR A SIMILAR AMOUNT OF ENGINE FAILURE COMPLAINTS. I WOULD HAVE TO BELIEVE THAT THERE HAVE. WE ARE DISGUSTED AND WOULD LIKE SOMEONE TO LOOK INTO THIS-A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT. *TR