NHTSA Complaint #10781240 — 2007 DODGE CHARGER

VEHICLE WILL NOT SHIFT INTO GEAR AND IS STUCK IN PARK. THIS HAPPENED AS I WAS PREPARING FOR FAMILY TO COME OVER LABOR DAY WEEKEND. I'VE DETERMINED THIS IS DUE TO A BROKEN SHIFT INTERLOCK LATCH WHICH IS A COMMON PROBLEM AND A RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR. I CONTACTED DODGE/CHRYSLER AND WAS TOLD THAT MY 2007 DODGE CHARGER IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL THOUGH THE ISSUE IS EXACTLY THE SAME AND THEY INFORMED ME THAT IT WOULD NEED TO BE REPAIRED AT MY COST AND THEN IF MY VEHICLE IS LATER INCLUDED IN A RECALL, I WOULD BE REIMBURSED. I'VE READ OF MANY DODGE OWNERS EXPERIENCING THIS SAME ISSUE WHERE THEY HAVE THE EXACT ISSUE BUT ARE EXCLUDED WITHIN THE RECALL YEARS. THIS NEEDS TO BE CORRECTED AS THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF THE SCOPE IS NOT CAPTURING THE COMPLETE SPECTRUM. HOW DO WE GET INCLUDED INTO THE RECALL? IF DODGE/CHRYSLER WILL NOT STAND BEHIND THEIR PRODUCTS, ESPECIALLY FOR A SIMPLE PLASTIC PART THAT BREAKS, THEN I CERTAINLY DON'T FORESEE MYSELF EVER BUYING ANOTHER DODGE/CHRYSLER. VERY DISAPPOINTING AND FRUSTRATING TO SAY THE LEAST. THANK GOODNESS THERE IS A TEMPORARY WORK AROUND IN ORDER TO STILL BE ABLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE. LEASE HELP!