NHTSA Complaint #10821198 — 2010 DODGE JOURNEY

WE CANNOT SHIFT OUR CAR OUT OF "PARK" WHILE THE CAR IS ON. INSTEAD WE HAVE TO TAKE THESE STEPS: INSERT KEYS INTO IGNITION, THEN SLIGHTLY TURN TO THE RIGHT (BUT NOT TURNING THE CAR ON) AS THE ELECTRIC SYSTEM TURNS ON, THEN SHIFT OUT OF "PARK" AND INTO "NEUTRAL," AND THEN WHILE IN "NEUTRAL" TURN THE CAR TO THE RIGHT UNTIL IT TURNS ON AND IS READY FOR DRIVING, THEN SHIFT INTO "DRIVE," ALL OF THIS WHILE MY FOOT IS ON THE "BRAKE." OUR ESP & BAS LIGHTS ARE ON EVERY MINUTE THE CAR IS ON, AND ABOVE THESE IS A LIT UP PICTURE OF A CAR W/ SQUIGGLY LINES BELOW IT. WE HAVE TAKEN THE CAR TO AUTOZONE, O'REILLY'S AUTO PARTS, INTERSTATE ALL BATTERY CENTER, AND WAL-MART, AND HAD THE CAR HOOKED UP TO THEIR SYSTEM THAT READY CODES/ERRORS AND DETERMINES WHAT IS WRONG WITH THE CAR. EVERY SINGLE PLACE COULD NOT GET A READING THAT INDICATED ANY REASON FOR THE LIGHTS BEING ON. IN FACT, ALL RESULTS KEPT COMING BACK AS, "NO ERRORS FOUND." WHEN WE CALLED TO EXPLAIN THIS TO THE CHRYSLER JEEP DODGE RAM DEALERSHIP, THEY COULD NOT TELL US ANY REASON AS TO WHY THESE LIGHT WOULD BE ON, AND ADVISED THAT IT WOULD COST $100 TO HOOK UP TO THEIR ERROR-READING SYSTEM. I DO NOT WANT TO DO THIS BECAUSE I HAVE ALREADY TRIED AT SEVERAL PLACES. THIS IS ANOTHER WAY FOR THE DEALERSHIP TO REEL ME IN AND TRY TO SCAM MONEY OUT OF ME AND THEN WHEN I DON'T HAVE THOUSANDS TO CONSTANTLY DROP ON THIS PIECE OF CRAP, THEY CHARGE ME THE DIAGNOSTIC FEE AND I LEAVE WITH MORE PROBLEMS THAN I CAME WITH. THESE DEALERSHIPS ARE A SCAM, AND BECAUSE I'M FEMALE, THEY TRY TO GET ME TO PAY FOR EVERY REPAIR POSSIBLE, CLAIMING THEY ARE CRITICAL REPAIRS. WE JUST BOUGHT THIS CAR LAST YEAR, & WE WERE NOT OFFERED AN EXTENDED WARRANTY. I KNOW WHY NOW. 1 MONTH AFTER DRIVING IT OFF THE LOT, PROBLEMS BEGAN & THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS LATER, WE STILL HAVE NON-STOP PROBLEMS. OUR CAR IS WORTH HALF OF WHAT WE PAID FOR IT 1 YR AGO. NOW THERE'S THIS!