NHTSA Complaint #10104041 — 1999 CHRYSLER CONCORDE

WAS DRIVING NORTH ON MI 31 BYPASS HEADING FOR SCHROEDER MOTORS TO PICK UP MY DODGE RAM PICK-UP TRUCK THAT WAS IN FOR SERVICE. TURNED ONTO NAPIER RD GOING WEST AND HEARD A CLAPPING SOUND LIKE A BASEBALL CARD IN THE SPOKES OF A BIKE. I THOUGHT A PIECE OF PAPER GOT INTO THE FAN BLADE. THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS THAT CAME ON. JUST AS I PULLED INTO SCHROEDER MOTOR MALL THE CAR DIED AND THAT WAS THE END. IT ROLLED TO A STOP RIGHT INTO A PARKING SPOT. I HAD THERE MECHANICS LOOK INTO IT AND HE HAD TOLD ME THAT THE WATER PUMP LOOKED LIKE IT FAILED AND CAUSED THE TIMING CHAIN TO SLIP RESULTING INTO WARPED VALVES. I WAS GIVEN AN ESTIMATE TO REPLACE ENGINE FOR ABOUT $6700.00. THEY WERE GOING TO ALLOW ME $1000.00 FOR MY TROUBLES OFF OF THE BILL. MECHANIC PUT ALL OF THE PARTS IN MY TRUNK AND I HAD THE CAR TOWED HOME WHERE IT WILL SET UNTIL I GET SOME ANSWERS. *JB