NHTSA Complaint #10089061 — 1999 DODGE INTREPID

ON 7/30/04 WHILE DRIVING TO WORK MY CAR SEEMED TO BEGIN IDLING HIGH. WHILE TAKING OFF FROM A STOP SIGN, MY WHOLE CAR JERKED AND MADE A LOUD "CLUNK" SOUND. MY SPEEDOMETER QUIT WORKING, MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND MY CAR WOULD NOT SHIFT OUT OF HIGH. I MADE IT TO WORK AND CALLED THE CLOSEST DEALER AND WAS TOLD IT WAS A SENSOR. MADE IT TO THE DEALERSHIP, TO HAVE CAR CHECKED AND WAS TOLD IT WAS DEFINATELY THE SENSOR. I WAS ALSO TOLD THAT I HAD THE BEST WARRANTY AND WOULD BE "NO PROBLEM". ALSO TOLD THEM THE PASSENGER WINDOW IN THE FRONT ONLY WORKED OCCASIONALLY AND I HAD RECEIVED RECALLS. ALSO EXPLAINED THAT WINDSHIELD WASHER BOTTLE WAS BROKEN. ENDED UP PAYING OVER $380.00 TO HAVE CAR REPAIRED AND DECLINED FIXING THE WINDSHIELD WASHER BOTTLE BECAUSE THAT WOULD COST AN ADDITIONAL $200+. I FEEL THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS, SINCE SPEEDOMETER QUIT WORKING AND ENGINE WAS STUCK IN HIGH. DEALERSHIP ACTED LIKE NO BIG DEAL AND I AM STILL UPSET AT PAYING OVER $380 AND HAVING "THE BEST WARRANTY. *AK