The police chief of Merrillville, Indiana is slamming auto giant Stellantis after its fleet of recently purchased Dodge Durango pursuit vehicles encountered serious design flaws, rendering them useless to protect the northwest Indiana town.
In an open letter to the community on Friday, Merrillville police chief Konstantinos Nuses said the issue has left him with no choice but to sell the SUVs at a "significant financial loss" for the department and taxpayers."Our primary concern must always be the safety of our community," Nuses said in the letter.
As a result of the engine failures, Nuses said the Durangos were out of service and could not protect the community for "prolonged periods" on multiple occasions."We've tirelessly sought resolutions through our dealer and escalated the matter to Dodge/Stellantis. In May of this year, we were promised that in two weeks we'd have a revised part to remedy this issue. Yet here we are, months later, still awaiting promised repairs/revision," he said in the letter.
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