Dodge Quality - Do Share This

[Paolo]

For anyone contemplating a new vehicle, let me offer you some advice:

Do NOT buy anything from Daimler/Chrysler. This includes Dodge, Dodge trucks, Dakotas, Jeep, Eagle.

As some of you might know, in 2002 I bought a “new” Dodge truck. One would think that for in excess of $20k, you would at least make it off of the lot with the thing before something broke or went wrong.

No.

After a 2-year fight with a lawsuit, when the dealer and the upper managers refused to help with it, we finally settled for enough money to make the repairs that “I” said it needed, which they said it didn’t and weren’t covered by the warranty anyway. Of course, had the drug-addict judge here not cancelled the court date – which took almost all of the 2 years to get – it might have gone better.

During the first 6 months of its life, the truck had warranty repairs 18 times for various items. Some of them repeats.

I don’t know about other makes, but Dodge will certainly offer every excuse in the book to get out of servicing the junk they sell, unless you are PAYING for the repairs.

I don’t have all of the paperwork handy, but in the past 2.5 years, the truck has had:

Wiring / electrical (3)

Brakes (4) – the 5th was cracked rotors

Shocks (3)

(Ask Jesus, he rode in it for almost an hour!)

A/C (2) – once for bacterial infection

Coolant leaks (2)

Loose trim (6)

Squeaks/rattles

Missing parts (in the brakes)

Rust (at one year)

Flooded floorboards (AC seals)

Loose doors

Loose seats

Loose foam/noise baffling/falls out regularly

Clutch disk

Clutch controller

Power steering whines

Ball joints

Rear end “clinks”

Shakes/vibrations

Glove box that opens by itself

1 of 3 dome lights inside falling out

Dome lights that work when they feel like it

Power window motors – and one is struggling again!

(We’ll replace it when it fails, they say)

Mysterious small parts found under the seats and dash regularly

Instrument panel failure

Rough shifting

4th gear vibrations (that’s normal…)

Sticking clutch – again

And the list goes on.

So, my advice – anything but Daimler products.

And if it’s junk, taking a beating on it and trade it off. Lie. Don’t try to be a nice person and keep it from falling into someone else’s life.

And remember, used cars are used because of people like me who got sick of them and ditched them!

[A-1 (imported)]

Paolo,

Did you try this? (http://www.in.gov/attorneygeneral/consu ... onlaw.html)

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smoke more, since we all die in 2012 anyways...

Lemon Laws in general... (http://www.yourlemonlawrights.com/india ... atch_type=)

[Paolo]

As I found out the hard way, Lemon Laws are NOT written to protect the consumer. They are written to protect the car maker, and the lawyers. Also, laws do no good when you CAN'T get INTO a courtroom due to scheduling and can't wait another 2 years for a date...only to risk getting it pushed back another year or so too.

Paolo,

Did you try this? (http://www.in.gov/attorneygeneral/consu ... onlaw.html)

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smoke more, since we all die in 2012 anyways...

Lemon Laws in general... (http://www.yourlemonlawrights.com/india ... atch_type=)

[A-1 (imported)]

Paolo,

You could call these guys

. (http://www.yourlemonlawrights.com/indiana/

automobile-fraud.html)

It is an "800" number and you have nothing to lose.

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