NHTSA Complaint #10112660 — 2000 CHRYSLER CONCORDE

ON MY WAY TO WORK MY ENGINE IN MY 2000 CONCORD STARTED TICKING AND SEIZED WHILE DRIVING IN A SNOW STORM ON JANUARY 4, 2005. I ONLY HAVE 40,000 MILES ON MY 4 YEAR OLD CAR WITH A 5 YEAR/50,000 MILE EXTENDED WARRANTY WHICH I PAID OVER $900 FOR AND CHRYSLER WILL NOT HELP! I WAS FORTUNATE THAT I WAS SLOWING DOWN FOR A RED LIGHT WHEN IT SEIZED WHICH SAVED ME FROM BEING IN AN ACCIDENT OR FROM ANYONE GETTING HURT. THE LOCAL CAR REPAIR SHOP TOLD ME THAT MY TIMING BELT BROKE AND DESTROYED THE ENGINE AND THAT IT WAS A COMMON PROBLEM IN THE 2.7L ENGINES THAT CHRYSLER PUT IN THEIR CARS DUE TO THE OIL DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM. CHRYSLER BLAMES THE PROBLEM WITH SLUDGING IN THE ENGINE AND IT WILL COST ME $6,000 TO REPLACE THE ENGINE. THEY WANT ME TO SHOW MY RECEIPTS FOR MY OIL CHANGES WHICH I DID NOT SAVE. WHEN I WENT TO THE SHOPS THAT I HAD MY OIL CHANGES DONE SOME WERE NOT ON THE SYSTEM BECAUSE I DID NOT RETURN WITHIN A YEAR AND THE LATEST SHOP WHERE I CHANGE MY OIL JUST RECEIVED A NEW COMPUTER SYSTEM AND JUST STARTED TO RECORD THE CHANGES ON FEBRUARY 15, 2005 BUT NOT PRIOR TO THIS DATE. THIS LEAVES ME WITH NOTHING BUT A BIG BILL THAT I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY! I KNOW THAT THERE IS A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT BEING OR ALREADY IS FILED AGAINST CHRYSLER FOR THIS PROBLEM. I NEED TO FIND OUT HOW TO GET MY NAME ON THIS LAWSUIT AND HOW TO ESCALATE THIS PROBLEM TO GET CHRYSLER TO PAY FOR THE FIXES. I CAN BE E-MAILED AT [email protected] OR BY REPLYING TO THIS E-MAIL.*AK