NHTSA Complaint #10605986 — 2009 DODGE CHALLENGER

2009-2010 DODGE CHALLENGERS CAME OUT WITH GREASE ON THE INPUT SHAFT THAT PRETTY MUCH TURNED TO GLUE WHEN HOT. THE STAR CASE # IS [XXX]. DODGE NEVER ISSUED A RECALL. THERE ARE THREADS ALL OVER THE INTERNET THAT SHOW AS MANY AS 50% OF THE TREMEC 6060 6-SPEEDS WERE AFFECTED, BUT UNLESS YOU TOOK IT TO THE DEALER BY CHANCE, OR HAPPENED UPON A FORUM, YOU WERE OUT OF LUCK. I RECENTLY TOOK MY CAR IN DUE TO PROBLEMS SHIFTING. THE THROW OUT BEARING AND PILOT BEARING WERE FUSED TO THE INPUT SHAFT CAUSING IT TO WARP AND DAMAGE THE TRANSMISSION. THIS IS EXACTLY WHY DODGE HAD THE STAR CASE NUMBER ISSUED. SO, THEY DECLINED MY CLAIM. THE INITIAL REPAIR ESTIMATES WERE 3500.00, NOW IT IS 5100.00 BECAUSE YOU CANNOT BUY THE 2009-2010 PARTS ANY LONGER AND MUST UPGRADE TO THE CARBON FIBER PARTS USED IN 2011 AND UP (ADDITIONAL 1000.00). IF THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG AND NOTHING TO RECALL, WHY CAN YOU NO LONGER GET REPLACEMENT PARTS? INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR