NHTSA Complaint #10730979 — 2008 SMART FORTWO

MY 2008 SMART HAS A LITTLE OVER 36,000 MILES ON IT. SINCE AROUND 06/16/2015, THE GEAR SHIFT WOULD GET STUCK AND NOT GO INTO REVERSE OR DRIVE. AFTER A FEW ATTEMPTS, IT WOULD EVENTUALLY GO INTO THE CORRECT GEAR. ON SUNDAY 06/28/2015, REGARDLESS OF NUMBERS OF ATTEMPT, IT ONLY GOES FROM P TO N AND WILL NOT SHIFT TO REVERSE OR DRIVE. I PURCHASED THIS CAR THE DAY IT CAME ON THE MARKET IN MAY 2008 AND PICKED IT UP FROM MB OF LAGUNA NIEGUEL. I EVEN PURCHASED AN EXTENDED WARRANTY ON IT (5YRS, 75,000 MILES) WHICH AT THE TIME OF PURCHASE, I WAS TOLD BEGINS AFTER THE INITIAL MANUFACTURE'S WARRENTY EXPIRES. I AM NOW TOLD THE EXTENDED WARRANTY IS ALREADY EXPIRED. HOW DOES A CAR WITH UNDER 36,000 START TO HAVE TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS WHEN ALL IT'S SERVICES WERE COMPLETED BY THE DEALERSHIP AT THE TIME IT WAS REQUIRED?! MB OF BEVERLY HILLS SERVICE ADVISOR (JOHN) TOLD ME THIS MORNIGN IT WOULD TAKE 2-3 WKS BE FORE I CAN TAKE THE CAR IN AND GET A LOANER CAR SO THEY CAN DIAGNOISE THE PROBLEM, WHEN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF SMART OWNERS WHO HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT THIS SAME EXACT PROBLEM ON THE WEB. A LEGO CAR WOULD PROBABLY LAST LONGER THAN THIS VEHICLE MADE BY MERCEDES BENZ!!