NHTSA Complaint #10071149 — 2000 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE

I BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE LESS THAN 4 MONTHS AGO AND IT BEGAN LEAKING ANTIFREEZE WITHIN THE FIRST MONTH. I BROUGHT IT TO CREST LINCOLN WHERE I BOUGHT IT FOR AN OIL CHANGE AND ASKED THEM TO LOOK AT WHY THE ANTIFREEZE WAS LEAKING. THEY INFORMED ME THAT DUE TO THE CAR BEING 3 WEEKS OVER THE WARRANTY, IF SOMETHING WAS INDEED WRONG THEY COULD NOT HELP ME UNLESS I PAID OUT OF POCKET CHARGES. I THEN BROUGHT THE CAR TO A REPAIR SHOP AND THEY TOLD ME THAT IT COULD BE THE THERMOSTAT. THIS DID NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM EVEN THOUGH THE CAR WAS NOT OVER HEATING. THE PROBLEM: THE CAR IS STILL LEAKING IN MORE THAN ONE PLACE. TODAY IT WAS A CONTINUAL LEAK. I CALLED THE DEALER AND I CALLED CHRYSLER AND THEY WILL NOT REPAIR THE VEHICLE AT THEIR OWN COST. THE ENGINE IS POSSIBLY CRACKED BUT THEY WILL CHARGE ME $400 TO DO THE DIAGNOSTIC AND I WILL NOT ONLY HAVE TO PAY OUT OF POCKET FOR THAT BUT ALSO THE TOTAL COST OF THE REPAIR UNTIL I CAN SETTLE THIS WITH CHRYSLER OR THE DEALER. THIS PRICE WAS ESTIMATED AROUND $6000.00. THE CAR IS ONLY 3 YEARS OLD WITH LESS THAN 36,000 MILES ON IT.