Complaint 1677519

Complaint Summary

UNKNOWN OR OTHER

Owner Narrative

WHILE ON VACATION IN NM AND CO, AN ENGINE COOLING FAN ON SAFETY RECALL (OUR EXACT MODEL, MAKE, AND YEAR AND ACCESSORIES) WAS BLOWING FUSES/MALFUNCTIONING - THE RESULT POSSIBLE IS THE SAME THING THAT INITIATED THE RECALL - POSSIBILITY OF FIRE. BLOWN FUSE ALSO CAN RESULT IN LIMP MODE BEING EXECUTED IN A DANGEROUS DRIVING SITUATION, (SLICK ROADS, STEEP MOUNTAINS, CURVES NOT TO MENTION $1000'S OF DOLLARS OF UNNECESSARY REPAIRS BECAUSE IT ALSO FALSELY AFFECTED THE DIESEL PARTICULATE FILTER. VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION AND ON HIGHWAY AND SMALLER ROADS - IT HAPPENED OUT OF BLUE EACH TIME THE ATTACHED DOCUMENT SHOWS SAME COOLING FAN RECALLED - DEALER REFUSED TO REPLACE SAYING OUR VIN NOT ON THE LIST BUT OBVIOUSLY IT IS HAVING PROBLEMS AND REPLACING IT IS WHAT FIXED THE VEHICLE THANKS

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