Consumer Complaint Detail

DODGE / DURANGO / 2003

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0 Injured
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NHTSA Complaint Number: 006074332 Incident Date: Aug, 03 2006
Consumer's City: CHARLOTTE Consumer's State: NC
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Chrysler (FCA US, LLC)
Model Name: DURANGO Model Year: 2003
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Steering:linkages
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 1D4HR48Z83F Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Aug, 06 2006 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Mar, 09 2004
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 8 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: The front end of my 2003 dodge durango began to have a thumping noise. i could not identify what it was or exactly where it was coming from. on my way home from work, friday august 4,2006 i lost braking on the vehicle and the left front wheel became detached from the axle. i lost control of the vehicle, skidded and stopped in a residential neighborhood. had this ocurred while i was in the mountains (which i am quite a bit) or on the interstate (which i am on every day) myself or others may have been killed. i could have struck a child in the neighborhood where this happened as well. *nm