Ownership Cost for
Estimated: $ over the next 5 years
| Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | Year 4 | Year 5 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Depreciation | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ |
| Insurance | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ |
| Fuel | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ |
| Maintenance | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ |
| Repairs | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ |
| Taxes & Fees | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ |
| Total Ownership Costs | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ |
| Model year | COMPONENT | Complaint |
| 2000 | STEERING:RACK AND PINION | AFTER DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 12 MILES TO WORK THE CAR WAS PULLED INTO A PARKING SPACE AND WHILE STRAIGHTENING THE WHEELS A LOUD POP WAS HEARD AND THE CAR HAD NO STEERING. THE INSPECTION REVEALED THAT (2) TWO 1/2 INCH THREADED BOLTS (THAT BOLT THE TIE RODS TO THE STEERING RACK HAD SHEARED OFF. ONE OF THE TIE ROD BUSHINGS WAS GONE AND THE AREA THE BUSHING WAS IN WAS EXTREMELY WORN, REQUIRING REPLACEMENT. THE RACK AND PINION WAS REPLACED ON THIS VEHICLE AT 20,000 MILES UNDER WARRANTY. THE CAR WAS REPAIRED BY REMOVING THE RACK, BACKING OUT THE OLD BOLT ENDS AND INSTALLING NEW BOLTS. THE ONE TIE ROD WAS REPLACED. I CONTACTED CHRYSLER CORPORATION CUSTOMER SERVICE AND THEY OFFERED NO HELP ON THE REPAIR. THE DISTRICT REP WAS ASK TO HELP AND HE DENIED ANY HELP. (HE DID NOT EVEN LOOK AT THE DAMAGE. I WAS TOLD THAT HE WOULD NOT OVER RULE DETRIOT). *JB |
| 1998 | SEAT BELTS | I HAVE FOUND AN EXCELLENT AND INFORMATIVE WEBSITE AGAINST DAILMLER CHRYSLER AT WWW.DAIMLERCHRYSLERVEHICLEPROBLEMS.COM FOR ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE MORE INFORMATION MAINLY IN REGARD TO INTREPID, 300M, CONCORDE, LHS PREMATURE ENGINE, STEERING, TRANSMISSION AND OTHER COMMON FAILURES. I HAVE EXPERIENCED MANY OF THESE PROBLEMS MYSELF AND DAILMER CHRYSLER SIMPLY DOES NOT CARE, I COULD HAVE EVEN BEEN KILLED IN ONE INSTANCE. AFTER OWNING ANOTHER VEHICLE AND PUTTING NEARLY 30,000 MILES ON IT I HAVE NOT HAD ANY OF THE RIDICULOUS PROBLEMS EXPERIENCED WITH CHRYSLER'S DODGE BRAND OF VEHICLES. THERE IS A LOT OF INFORMATION CONSUMERS NEED TO KNOW THAT DAILMER CHRYSLER DOES NOT WANT YOU TO KNOW ABOUT THESE VEHICLES AND THEIR COMMON PROBLEMS CHRYSLER IGNORES, SOME OF WHICH ARE POTENTIAL SAFETY CONCERNS SUCH AS THE DEFECTIVE SEAT BELT DESIGN CHRYSLER CONTINUES TO USE AND DEFECTIVE STEERING DESIGN AND OR COMPONENTS THAT CAN CAUSE SUDDEN LOOSENESS OR CHANGE OF RESPONSE IN STEERING, WHICH CAN LEAD TO A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. THESE GUYS HAVE BEEN RECEIVING COMPLAINTS DAILY ABOUT THESE PROBLEMS AND HAVE BEEN REFERRING CONSUMERS TO THE NHTSA, I HOPE THAT IN TURN THE NHTSA WILL ADD THIS TO THE LIST OF THEIR COMPLAINTS SO OTHERS WILL ALSO KNOW ABOUT THIS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. *NLM |
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