{"@context":{"@vocab":"https://schema.org/"},"@type":"ItemList","@id":"https://api.morvs.ai/api/v1/nhtsa/complaints/check?make=DURALAST","name":"DURALAST","_source":{"data_provider":"AI Analytics","brand_name":"MORVS","brand_url":"https://morvs.ai/","data_provider_url":"https://api.morvs.ai","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/","primary_source":"https://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/downloads/","generated_at":"2026-11-04T01:02:33.019Z"},"summary":{"total_complaints":3,"deaths":0,"injured":1,"fires":2},"top_components":[{"component_desc":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR","n":1},{"component_desc":"EQUIPMENT:MECHANICAL:CARRIER/RACK","n":1},{"component_desc":"EQUIPMENT","n":1}],"recent_complaints":[{"cmplid":"1870901","date_received":"2023-02-04","make":"DURALAST","model":"BRAKE ROTOR","model_year":null,"deaths":0,"injured":1,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR","description":"Casting of rotor is bad. Cracked in half like glass causing my wheel to lock. My car was flipped and I almost died.","canonical_url":"https://api.morvs.ai/vehicle-complaint/1870901"},{"cmplid":"1004884","date_received":"2013-08-26","make":"DURALAST","model":"BRAKE ROTOR","model_year":null,"deaths":0,"injured":0,"fire":1,"crash":0,"component_desc":"EQUIPMENT:MECHANICAL:CARRIER/RACK","description":"I REPLACED THE BRAKES ON MY 2004 DODGE CARAVAN WITH DURALAST  BRAKES FROM AUTO ZONE. THERE IS A SEVERE PROBLEM WITH THE TOLERANCES ON THE PADS. I HAVE BEEN INSTALLING BRAKES FOR 50 YEARS. THERE IS A SEVER DEFECT WITH THESE REPLACEMENT PARTS. THE PADS WILL NOT ALLOW THE CALIPER TO RETRACT THE PADS WEDGE AGAINST THE ROTOR-DISC. THEY CAUSED A VEHICLE FIRE FROM THE EXTREME HEAT. I CONTACTED AUTO ZONE AND INSTALLED ANOTHER SET . THIS TIME IT CAUSED THE BRAKE ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE TO OVERHEAT. I GOT A THIRD SET THIS TIME I MEASURED THE PADS WITH A VERNIER CALIPER  ACCURATE TO 1/1000 INCH AND THEY VARIED BY A 1/10 OF AN INCH WHICH IS OUTRAGEOUS. THAT JUST ACCOUNTS FOR UNACCEPTABLE MEASUREMENTS AND NOT SPECIAL  OR ORIENTATIONAL DEFECTS WHICH I SUSPECT EXIST BUT HAVE NO EXACT PATTERN TO COMPARE. THESE BRAKES ARE AN EXTREME HAZARD.  *TR","canonical_url":"https://api.morvs.ai/vehicle-complaint/1004884"},{"cmplid":"911003","date_received":"2012-03-21","make":"DURALAST GOLD","model":"DLG773667","model_year":null,"deaths":0,"injured":0,"fire":1,"crash":0,"component_desc":"EQUIPMENT","description":"TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1996 FORD TAURUS GL, EQUIPPED WITH A DURALAST GOLD DLG773667 ALTERNATOR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER WAS TRAVELING 35 MPH WHEN BLACK SMOKE EMITTED INSIDE THE VEHICLE AS THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE.  THE DRIVER NOTICED THAT THE AFTER MARKET ALTERNATOR WAS MELTED AFTER THE FIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 145,327 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 145,337.","canonical_url":"https://api.morvs.ai/vehicle-complaint/911003"}]}