NHTSA Complaint #10098098 — 2000 DODGE INTREPID

OIL LIGHT CAME ON WITHOUT ANY OTHER WARNING. STOPPED CAR TO CHECK OIL AND IT WAS FULL. CAR WOULD NOT START. CALLED DEALER AND TOLD HIM WHAT HAPPENED, THEY ASKED FOR OIL CHANGE RECEIPTS EVEN BEFORE THE SAW THE CAR. TOWED IT TO DEALER WHO CHARGED $230 TO TAKE ENGINE APART SO THE EXTENDED WARRANTY COMPANY COULD COME IN TO SEE IT. THEY DENIED THE CLAIM BECAUSE OF LACK OF MAINTENANCE. I BOUGHT THE CAR USED AND IT HAD 21,000 MILES ON IT. THE FIRST TIME I TOOK IT TO HAVE THE OIL CHANGED THEY TOLD ME IT HAD SLUDGE. I PAID TO HAVE THE ENGINE CLEANED AND CHANGED THE OIL EVERY 3,000 TO 4,000 MILES MYSELF AFTER THAT. WHEN I CALLED CHRYSLER TO SEE ABOUT THEM COVERING IT I WAS GREETED WITH THE PERSON TELLING ME I SHOULD HAVE TAKEN MY OIL PAN OFF TO CHECK FOR PROBLEMS HEN I CHANGED MY OIL. HE TOLD ME I WAS FULL OF S**T WHEN I TOLD HIM NO ONE DOES THAT. AFTER THAT COMMENT I ASKED TO SPEAK TO HIS SUPERVISOR AND WAS TOLD TO GO F*** MYSELF. I TRIED FILING A COMPLAINT WITH THE BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU AND WAS TOLD THEY COULDN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT CHRYSLER'S CUSTOMER SERVICE PEOPLE AND UNLESS I COULD PROVIDE THEM WITH RECEIPTS THEY COULD FILE A COMPLAINT AGAINST CHRYSLER EITHER. IS EVERYONE IN DETROIT IN ON THIS CONSPIRACY? NOW I AM STUCK OWING $5,500 ON A CAR I CAN'T DRIVE OR SELL. I CALLED A JUNK YARD ABOUT SELLING IT TO THEM AND THEY SAID THE BEST THEY COULD DO WOULD BE $600. THE MAN SAID HE GETS ABOUT 3 CALLS A WEEK ABOUT THE INTREPID EITHER SOMEONE GETTING RID OF ONE OR LOOKING FOR AN ENGINE. SO HERE THE CAR SITS IN MY GARAGE WHILE I TRY TO FIND SOMETHING TO GET ME BACK AND FORTH TO WORK. *AK