NHTSA Complaint #10758487 — 2004 DODGE DURANGO

AUG 21 @ 1030AM. MY FIANC, OUR DAUGHTER AND I WERE ABOUT TO LEAVE OUR HOME. I WENT TO THE CAR AND STRAPPED OUR DAUGHTER INTO HER CAR SEAT WHILE MY FIANC HAD BAGS AT THE FRONT OF OUR APARTMENT BUILDING. TURNED ON THE CAR IT STRUGGLED TO TURN OVER, WENT CLUNK CLUNK CLUNK. I TURNED IT OFF. CALLED MY FIANC TO COME UP TO OUR PARKING SPOT TO HAVE A LOOK. HE COULDN'T SEE ANYTHING IMMEDIATELY. CALLED A TOW BUT IN THE MEANTIME A FRIEND WHO KNOWS A BIT ABOUT CARS CAME BY, LOOKED UNDER THE CAR AND FOUND PIECES OF THE ENGINE AS WELL AS LEAKING ENGINE OIL UNDER THE CAR. THE DISCUSSION WAS THAT IT HAD BLOWN A ROD AND THE ENGINE WAS DONE. AT THIS POINT IN TIME I CAN'T AFFORD TO GET IT WORKED ON, SO IT IS STILL SITTING IN THE SAME PLACE. THE DESCRIPTION IS SO SIMILAR TO OTHER REPORTS OF A ROD GOING THROUGH THE ENGINE BLOCK. LUCKILY WE WEREN'T ON THE ROAD DRIVING WHEN IT HAPPENED AND EVERYONE IS SAFE. FOR A PROBLEM LIKE THIS THAT IS OBVIOUSLY RECURRING DUE TO THE ENGINES BEING DEFECTIVE HOW CAN DODGE NOT STILL BE RESPONSIBLE.