NHTSA Complaint #10136742 — 2001 CHRYSLER CONCORDE

I PURCHASED MY CAR IN OCT. 2004, WITH AROUND 32,000 MILES ON IT. MAY, 2005 ( WITH 54,000 MILES) MY ENGINE GAVE UP ON ME. I WAS DRIVING HIGHWAY SPEED ON MY WAY TO WORK WHEN MY ENGINE LIGHT POPPED ON, TWO MINUTES LATER MY ENGINE STALLED IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC. I WAS ABLE TO RESTART MY ENGINE AFTER ABOUT 15 MIN LATER. I HAD MY VEHICLE TOWED TO THE NEAREST CHRYSLER DEALER, I WAS TOLD THAT I HAD LOW OIL, RESULTING IN SLUDGE BUILD UP. I'D JUST RECEIVED AN A OIL CHANGE ON APRIL 22, 2005. THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME TO SEE A SALESMAN AND PURCHASE A NEW VEHICLE. I QUESTIONED HIM BY ASKING HOW TO FIX MY CAR , HE SAID TO PURCHASE A NEW ENGINE. I HAD MY VEHICLE TOWED TO 4 OTHER DEALERSHIPS AND MECHANICS, THEY ALL SAID THAT I HAVE SOME TYPE OF INTERNAL ENGINE MALFUNCTION THAT CAN NOT BE FIXED. I CONTACTED DAIMLER , I WAS TOLD THAT I WAS OUT OF WARRANTY, AND THEY COULD NOT HELP ME. MEAN WHILE, I HAVE BEEN PAYING ON A VEHICLE THAT DOES NOT WORK, I HAVE BEEN MISSING WORK DUE TO NOT HAVING TRANSPORTATION, AND I JUST GOT MY VEHICLE EIGHT MONTHS PRIOR TO FAILURE, SO I STILL OWE MORE THAT FOUR YEARS ON MY CAR. PLEASE ENLIGHTEN ME ON WHAT TO DO. I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED ON BEHALF OF DAIMLER, WHY IS THERE NOTHING BEING DONE ABOUT IT?*JB