NHTSA Complaint #11525457 — 2013 DODGE DURANGO

BATTERY LIGHT CAME ON ON FRIDAY NIGHT. STARTED MY CAR SATURDAY MORNING TO LEAVE AND STARTED SMELLING AN AWFUL SMELL SO SHUT MY CAR OFF. I REPLACED MY BATTERY IN THE SAME SPOT MY CAR SAT (IN MY DRIVEWAY). MY HOOD WAS UP STILL AND THE ALTERNATOR WAS BURNING AND SMOKING. I SHUT THE CAR OFF. ON SUNDAY REPLACED THE ALTERNATOR. THOUGHT ALL WAS WELL. DROVE THE CAR 5 MILES DOWN THE ROAD AND THE BATTERY LIGHT CAME BACK ON. I PULLED OVER AT THE LOCAL STORE AND MY CAR WOULD NOT START AGAIN. TOOK THE NEW ALTERNATOR OUT AND TOOK IT DOWN TO WHERE I BOUGHT IT TO HAVE IT TESTED. IT TESTED GOOD. I REPLACED IT ANYWAYS. PUT THAT ALTERNATOR IN. STARTED CAR. BATTERY STILL NOT CHARGING WITH NEW ALTERNATOR IN. LIGHTS, WINDSHIELD WIPERS AND ALL CODES STARTED GOING CRAZY IN THE CAR. THEN CAR DIED AGAIN. MONDAY MORNING, REPLACED THE BRAND NEW BATTERY AGAIN. NOT CHARGING. TOOK CAR TO SHOP FOR DIAGNOSIS. ECM/PCM BAD AND NEEDS REPLACED. ALTERNATOR FRIED THE ECM/PCM. WHILE DOING RESEARCH FOUND RECALL T36. MY VIN DOES NOT FALL UNDER THIS RECALL. MY CAR IS THE SAME YEARS AND MODEL BUT MY VIN IS NOT. MY ALTERNATOR ALMOST STARTED ON FIRE ( WHICH THEY DO NOT SMOKE AND SHORT THINGS OUT) TYPICALLY UNLESS THEY HAVE ISSUES WHICH OBVIOUSLY THE MANIFACTURE KNOWS ABOUT. I BELIEVE THAT MY CAR SHOULD FALL UNDER THIS RECALL AND DODGE AND THE RECALL COMPANY DOES NOT WANT TO HELP OR HELP ME UNDERSTAND WHY IT WOULDNT. I UNDERSTAND THEY ARE JUST DOING THEIR JOB. PLEASE HELP ME GET MY VIN ON THIS RECALL AS MY BATTERY, ALTERNATOR AND ECM/PCM ALL HAVE AND NEED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO THE ALTERNATOR SHORTING OUT AND WOULD HAVE STARTED ON FIRE IF MY HOOD WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN UP AND ME WALKING IN FRONT OF MY CAR AND SEEING THE SMOKE COMING FROM THE ALTERNATOR. DODGE IS WAITING FOR THE PART TO COME IN NOW TO REPLACE THE ECM. THANKS FOR YOUR TIME.