NHTSA Complaint #10174146 — 1999 DODGE INTREPID

THERE WERE EVENTS OR WARNING SIGNS LEADING UP TO THIS EVENT. MY DAUGHTER AND I WERE DRIVING WHEN ALL OF THE SUDDEN MY OIL PRESSURE LIGHT CAME ON, FOLLOWED BY IMMEDIATE ENGINE SHUT-DOWN. WE ALMOST WRECK TRYING TO GET THE CAR OFF THE ROAD AND STOPPED. WE WERE STRANDED IN THE COLD, UNTIL MY MOM COULD GET THERE TO PICK US UP. AFTER I HAD MY CAR TOWED TO THE SHOP, AND THE MECHANIC DIAGNOSED MY PROBLEM I WAS IN TEARS. THE MECHANIC INFORMED ME THAT MY ENGINE WAS BLOWN DUE TO BUILD UP OF SLUDGE, AND YET I CHANGE THE OIL EVERY 3000 MILES. HE TOLD ME IT WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED, AND THAT IT WOULD COST ANYWHERE FROM $4000-8000 TO GET IT BACK ON THE ROAD. I AM A SINGLE MOTHER WITH A VERY SMALL INCOME FROM A PART TIME JOB, ATTEND COLLEGE FULL TIME, AND AM TRYING TO RAISE MY 4 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER BY MYSELF. THERE IS NO WAY THAT I WILL BE ABLE TO FIX THIS CAR, NOR DO I WANT TO SO IT CAN DO IT AGAIN SO THAT THE EXACT SAME THING CAN HAPPENED A FEW THOUSAND MILES LATER WITH JUNK MOTORS. I CAN NOT AFFORD TO BUY A NEW VEHICLE, SO MY DAUGHTER AND I ARE ON FOOT. THIS INFURIATES ME, BECAUSE THE MONEY GREEDY PEOPLE AT DAIMLER CHRYSLER WOULD NOT ADHERE TO THE REPEATED RECOMMENDATIONS TO RECALL THESE MOTORS. IT IS UNBELIEVABLE TO ME THAT THEY CAN ACT SO RECKLESSLY AND PUT THE LIVES OF MANY INNOCENT PEOPLE INTENTIONALLY IN HARMS WAYS BY IGNORING YOU, ME, AND THE THOUSANDS LIKE US. THIS IS RIDICULOUS AND THEY SHOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR OUR JUNK MOTORS AS WELL AS SOME RESTITUTION FOR THE SERIOUS FINANCIAL AND EMOTIONAL HARDSHIPS THEY HAVE INTENTIONALLY INFLICTED UPON US. I WILL NEVER EVER BUY ANOTHER DODGE/CHRYSLER PRODUCT NOR WILL I ALLOW ANYONE WHO WILL LISTEN TO ME. I THINK THAT WE SHOULD GET EVERYONE TO BOYCOTT THEM, AND PLASTER THE LINKS TO THESE WEBSITES TO AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE. THEY DESERVE TO BE WARNED AT THE CATASTROPHES THAT LIE IN THEIR FUTURE. IF WE GET A LAWSUIT PLEASE LET ME BE ONE OF THE FIRST TO KNOW. I WISH EVERYONE OF MY FELLOW VICTIMS THE BEST OF LUCK WITH THIS NIGHTMARE. *JB