NHTSA Complaint #10724394 — 2011 DODGE DURANGO

WE WHERE TRAVELING ON INTERSTATE FROM OUR GIRLS SOFTBALL GAME WHEN WE STARTED SMELLING BURNING WIRES THEN GAUGES STARTED ACTING FUNNY AND IT JUST SHUT OFF ALMOST LOST STEERING AND BRAKING, I GOT IT TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD BUT WITH 3 FT STILL IN THE INTERSTATE, WE PULLED GIRLS OUT AND PUT THEM ON A20FT BANK THAT WAS BEHIND A GUARDRAIL, WHILE I LOOKED TO SEE THE PROBLEM, I'M A SHADE TREE MECHANIC SO I STARTED LOOKING AND SEE SMOKE COMING FROM ALTERNATOR,IT WAS AS HOT A THE EXHAUST, WE HAD A FRIEND TOW IT TO THE HOUSE, I CALL DEALER THEY SAID THEIR WAS A RECALL FOR THE SAME THING THAT MINE DID BUT IT WAS FOR THE 160 AMP ALTERNATOR AND I HAD THE 180 AMP, THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AND NEEDS TO BE INVESTIGATED TO MAKE SURE ALL MODEL THAT ARE AFFECTED ARE COVERED, I HAVE REPLACED THE ALTERNATOR MYSELF BUT IF THERE IS SOMETHING ELSE CAUSE THIS IT NEEDS TO BE RECALLED AND FIXED, BEFORE A CRASH OR POSSIBLE A FIRE!