PURCHASED VEHICLE IN 2010, TEST DROVE VEHICLE ASKED DEALER TO CHECK THE FOLLOWING COMPONENTS ENGINE, BRAKES, TRANSMISSION. DEALER TOOK CAR TO A REPAIR PLACE STATED EVERYTHING WAS FINE, WENT ON WITH PURCHASE. HAD A OIL CHANGE NOT LONG AFTER PURCHASE FACILITY MENTIONED FRONT AND REAR BRAKES, ROTORS AND CALIPERS WERE BAD..WHICH I HAD NOTICED PEDAL TO BRAKES WERE NOT ENGAGING PROPERLY, SEVERE SAFETY ISSUE. TOOK TO A SECOND BRAKE REPAIR SAME PROBLEM.(S) ON OCCASION ENGINE STALLS WHILE DRIVING, SOMETIMES WILL NOT START AT ALL. SOME ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS DO NOT WORK IN THE VEHICLE. THEN DRIVING VEHICLE HOME FROM STORE TRANSMISSION DIES, CAR WILL NOT GO OVER 20 MILES, ALMOST HIT FROM BEHIND BY ANOTHER VEHICLE DUE TO SUDDEN LOSS OF SPEED LUCKILY ABOUT TWO MINUTES FROM HOME. PARKED VEHICLE FOR A FEW HOURS CAR WOULD NOT GO IN PARK OR REVERSE. TOOK VEHICLE TO TRANSMISSION REPAIR, TRANSMISSION TECH EXAMINES TRANSMISSION, TRANSMISSION IS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. CALLED MANUFACTURER DODGE/CHRYSLER STATED THERE WAS NOTHING THAT THEY WERE WILLING TO DO, SAME STATEMENT THEY HAVE SAID TO MANY CONSUMERS, WITHOUT CONCERN FOR BUYERS SAFETY OR INCONVENIENCE THAT THEIR VEHICLES CAUSE. PLEASE I NEED HELP THIS IS THE ONLY VEHICLE THAT MY FAMILY HAS, AND I AM CONCERNED ABOUT ALL OF OUR SAFETY. *TR
2012
AIR BAGS
I WAS TRAVELING IN THE SLOW LANE OF ROUTE 2, WHEN ANOTHER CAR CRASHED INTO THE SIDE OF ME. CAR HIT DIRECTLY IN DRIVERS DOOR. THE SIDE OF THE CAR WAS DAMAGED BADLY, TO THE POINT WHERE THE DOORS WERE NOT ABLE TO BE OPENED. I HAD TO BE REMOVED OUT OF THE PASSENGER SIDE OF VEHICLE. I WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL WITH BRUISES AND PAIN TO THE LEFT SIDE OF MY BODY. I BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE BECAUSE OF THE SAFETY SYSTEMS. NONE OF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED IN THE CAR. THE SIDE IMPACT BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. I HIT MY HEAD HARD ON THE DRIVER DOOR. WHY WOULD THESE SAFETY SYSTEMS NOT WORK? *TR