NHTSA Complaint #10136592 — 1998 EAGLE TALON

ON AUG.24 2005 PURCHASED AN EAGLE TALON(1998)THE DAY WE BOUGHT IT THE CAR WOULDN'T START. THE SALES REP MESSED WITH SOME WIRES AND IT STARTED. WE GOT IT HOME THE FOLLOWING DAY IT WOULDN'T START. OUR MECHANIC HAD TO REPLACE SOME OF THE WIRING. THE NEXT THING THAT WENT WAS THE CLUTCH CABLES. THE SAME DAY THE CABLES WERE REPLACED THE BRAKES STARTED ACTING UP. WE TOOK IT TO THE MECHANIC AND THEY FOUND THAT THE ENTIRE BRAKE SYSTEM HAD TO BE REPLACED. SOMEONE HAD PUT POWER STEERING FLUID IN THE MASTER CYLINDER,WHICH RUINED THE SYSTEM. THE MECHANICS ARE WILLING TO MAKE THE STATEMENT THAT THIS DAMAGE WAS DONE BEFORE WE BOUGHT IT. THE CAR WAS SUPPOSED TO BE INSPECTED THE DAY BEFORE WE BOUGHT IT,THAT CAN'T BE TRUE BECAUSE THE DAMAGE WOULD HAVE BEEN NOTICED. THE ROTORS WERE SO THIN THAT THEY CRACKED,THEY WERE CRACKED WHEN WE BOUGHT IT. *NM