NHTSA Complaint #10381154 — 2005 DODGE STRATUS

DECEMBER 2010 I NOTICED A MASSIVE OIL LEAK/SPILL UNDER MY CAR. TOOK TO SHOP IMMEDIATELY. THEY TOOK APART TIMING COVER SET AND DID SOME REPLACEMENTS. COST APPROXIMATELY $900. A FEW WEEKS LATER, AN EVEN BIGGER OIL LEAK/SPILL. TOOK TO SHOP IMMEDIATELY. THEY REPLACED SOME SORT OF PART FOR FREE SEEING AS IT WAS THE SAME/SIMILAR ISSUE AND I WAS JUST RECENTLY IN THERE. A COUPLE OF WEEKS LATER, YET ANOTHER MASSIVE OIL LEAK/SPILL COMING FROM MY CAR. TOOK TO SHOP IMMEDIATELY (3RD TIME IN ABOUT 6 WEEKS). MECHANIC SAID OIL DEFINITELY LEAKING FROM ENGINE AND THERE WAS LITTLE TO NO OIL LEFT IN THE ENGINE. THEY TELL ME THAT THEY ARE AT A LOSS. THEY DO NOT KNOW WHY THIS KEEPS HAPPENING. MY CAR HAS ABOUT 75,000 MILES ON IT AND I AM W/OUT A CAR FOR WHO KNOWS HOW LONG...AGAIN. THE SHOP OWNER SAYS HE IS WORKING ON GETTING TO THE BOTTOM OF THE ISSUE AND THAT HE IS CONTACTING DEALERSHIPS IN THE AREA AND NATIONAL RECALL TO SEE IF I AM THE ONLY ONE. I DON'T HAVE ANYMORE MONEY AND TIME FOR THIS. I NEED MY CAR FOR WORK AND OTHER PEOPLE CANT DRIVE ME AROUND ANYMORE. ON TOP OF THAT, MY LANDLORD SAYS THAT I MAY NOT BE GETTING MY DEPOSIT BACK DUE TO THE DAMAGE THE OIL COMING FROM MY VEHICLE HAS DONE TO THE GROUND IN OUR PARKING GARAGE. PLEASE RECALL!! I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE THIS IS HAPPENING TO! *TR