NHTSA Complaint #10093535 — 1999 DODGE INTREPID

MY PROBLEMS STARTED OUT AT A LITTLE OVER 49,000 MILES. I WAS TAKING MY CHILDREN TO SCHOOL (IN MY PAJAMAS!!!) & THE CAR OVERHEATED. I HAD TO CALL A TOW TRUCK & A FRIEND TO HELP ME OUT WITH THE KIDS & A RIDE. TURNS OUT THE COOLING FAN LOCKED UP. THEY REPLACED IT, I WAS TOLD LATER BY A MECHANIC I SHOULD HAVE BEEN TOLD TO HAVE THE OIL CHANGED (EVEN THOUGH IT WAS NOT TIME) OR THEY SHOULD HAVE CHANGED IT BECAUSE IT OVERHEATED. 3 WEEKS LATER... BOOM FAN BLOWS OUT AGAIN... TOWED AGAIN... FIXED AGAIN...THIS TIME I HAD THE OIL CHANGED!! COUPLE WEEKS LATER, LIGHT TURNS GREEN, I BEGIN TO ACCELERATE, RPM'S GO CRAZY, CAR SHUTS DOWN IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION (THANK GOD I WAS NOT IN MY JAMMIES THAT DAY!). TAKE IT IN TO CARMAX, THEY TEAR IT DOWN, TELL ME SLUDGE IN THE ENGINE RUINED THE BEARINGS, MY $1500 EXTENDED WARRANTY I BOUGHT DID NOT COVER IT, & I NOW OWE THEM $600 FOR THE WORK THEY DID TO DIAGNOSE IT!!! IT WAS ALMOST AN ENTIRE YEAR OF PAYING $522 A MONTH WHILE WATCHING IT SIT IN MY DRIVEWAY. ALL THE TIRES ARE NOW DRY ROTTED... THERE IS RUST ALL OVER MY ROTORS, MY TRIM HAS DRY ROTTED & PEELED OFF FROM MY WINDSHIELD... SO I GET IT FIXED... $5623.93 FOR YET ANOTHER 2.7L ENGINE.... I WILL NEVER BUY A DODGE AGAIN.... NIETHER WILL ANY OF MY FAMILY OR FRIENDS OR CO-WORKERS OR ANY BODY ELSE I CAN TALK TO ABOUT THIS!! CAR - $12,000 CARMAX - $600 WARRANTY - $1500 A YEAR OF USELESS PAYMENTS - $6264 NEW TIRES, TRIM, BATTERY, ETC. - $1000 TOWING - $300 ENGINE REPLACEMENT - $5623.93 CRAPPY CAR SO I COULD GO TO WORK - $2500 THE TRUE COST OF MY 99 INTREPID - $29,787.93 YUP.... I GOT SCREWED!!!!!! THATS ALOT OF MONEY TO A FAMILY OF 7!!!! DODGE NEEDS TO OWN UP & MAKE THIS RIGHT!!!!! TAWNYA MASHBURN [email protected]. *AK