NHTSA Complaint #10340527 — 2008 DODGE AVENGER

AFTER RESEARCH, THIS COMPLAINT HAS BEEN FILED AS EARLY AS JULY OF 2008. THEN VERY AGGRESSIVELY WITHIN THE PAST 6 MONTHS. WENT TO LEAVE A PARK WITH MY 2 DAUGHTERS FRIDAY AND COULD NOT BACK OUT OF PARKING SPOT DUE TO SHIFTER LOCKING UP. SEARCHED MANUAL FOR ANSWER AND TRIED THE OVER-RIDE SWITCH TO NO AVAIL. TOW DRIVER TOLD ME HE HAD SEEN THIS PROBLEM JUST DAYS BEFORE WITH A DODGE. INFORMED ME OF THE COLOR AND PURPOSE OF THE CULPRIT AND AFTER RESEARCH? LO AND BEHOLD, COMPLAINT AFTER COMPLAINT FILED FOR THE PAST 2 YEARS (NEXT MONTH) ABOUT THE LITTLE PLASTIC PINK PIECE THAT RENDERS SHIFTER USELESS. THIS SITE PROCLAIMS TO "ADMINISTER SAFETY RECALLS TO SUPPORT THE NHTSA'S MISSION TO IMPROVE SAFETY ON OUR NATION'S ROADWAYS, YOUR COMPLAINT IS IMPORTANT TO US AND IF WARRANTED, THE (ODI) WILL OPEN AN INVESTIGATION TO DETERMINE IF A SAFETY DEFECT TREND EXISTS." WELL HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE TO BE LEFT STRANDED, MISS A DAYS PAY, FAIL TO PICK UP THEIR CHILDREN AND/OR BORROW MONEY FOR THIS REPAIR (AS I HAVE HAD TO DO), OR FLAT OUT BE LEFT WITHOUT TRANSPORTATION. BECAUSE THEY HAVE NO MEANS FOR REPAIRS THAT ARE DUE TO A FACTORY FLAW THAT EVERYONE (DEALERSHIPS AND O.D.I.) REFUSE TO ACKNOWLEDGE? LETS SEE ONE OF YOU HEAD OUT TO WORK, JUMP IN THE CAR TO PICK UP YOUR CHILD AND OR PACK THE TRUNK FOR VACATION. ONLY TO DISCOVER THAT YOU CAN'T SHIFT OUT OF PARK DUE TO DODGE'S ARROGANCE. THINK YOU SEE A DEFECT TREND THEN? RECALL WARRANTED? TWO YEARS FOLKS! AND COMPLAINTS BEING FILED MORE CONSECUTIVELY BY THE DAY. AS FOR THE LIFETIME POWERTRAIN WARRANTY? TALK ABOUT FALSE ADVERTISING AND MISLEADING A CONSUMER. BUY AMERICAN? THINK I'LL GO WITH TOYOTA NEXT ROUND THANK YOU. AT LEAST THEY WILL FIX THEIR DEFECT TRENDS. THOUGH IT APPEARS THAT THEY WERE PUSHED TO DO SO OUT OF PREJUDICE. DODGE CAN GET BY WITH THE VERY SAME ACT OF IGNORANCE. SINCE THE TOW MAN COULDN'T GET MY CAR IN GEAR, WHEN HE LIFTED IT FOR HOOK UP. THE FRONT BUMPER DRAGGED THE PARKING CURB AND SCARRED IT MAJOR. *TR