NHTSA Complaint #11150342 — 2012 DODGE DURANGO

2012 DODGE DURANGO CREW WITH 5.7L HEMI ENGINE. 10/23/18 - VEHICLE THROUGH ENGINE ERROR CODE RELATED TO CYLINDER 8 MISFIRE. PULLED THE PLUGS AND CYLINDER 8 PLUG WAS BURNT. SINCE THE LAST PLUG CHANGE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN, I REPLACED ALL 16 SPARK PLUGS. VEHICLE STARTED AND RAN FINE. ERROR CODE CLEARED AND DID NOT REAPPER. 11/7/18 - WHILE DRIVING AT ~60MPH THROTTLE FLUTTERED AND VEHICLE THEN DIED. NO CHECK ENGINE OR WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. TRIED TO RE-START ENGINE SINCE NO WARNINGS WERE VISIBLE. ENGINE MADE GRINDING NOISE AND SEIZED. DETERMINED BY LUTHER BROOKDALE DODGE IN BROOKLYN PARK THAT THERE IS A HOLE IN THE BLOCK, ENGINE IS SEIZED AND THE ENGINE NEEDS REPLACEMENT. MILEAGE WAS 114,XXX. SAFETY ISSUE IS THAT VEHICLE DIED AT HIGHWAY SPEED, LEADING TO A LOSS OF POWER STEERING, AND ASSISTED BRAKING ABILITY. NO WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED ON THE DASH SO THERE WAS NO VISIBLE INDICATOR OF ENGINE FAILURE.