Terri_Cyrgalis
Stuart,#2Author of original report
Wed, May 02, 2012
AFTER TWO MONTHS OF FIGHTING AND THREATS AND CALLS DIRECTLY TO CHRYSLER DODGE, STUART JEEP FINALLY REPAINTED MY VEHICLE FROM TOP TO BOTTOM. THEY MISSED SEVERAL SPOTS BUT IT'S BETTER THAN HAVING THE PAINT PEELING OFF. I DID GET THE CAR BACK WITH THE REAR WINDOW MOTOR NO LONGER WORKING, BUT AT LEAST THEY DID PAINT THE CAR. I HAD TO CONTRIBUTE $500 TOWARD IT AS A "CO PAY".
Cory
San Antonio,#3Consumer Comment
Fri, January 27, 2012
To the OP. Heck, you were the one that posted "I am on social security disability and ONLY receive $954 a month and $477.06 of that goes to pay for this car". Heck, YOU put that WHOLE section in caps., making it the highlight of your post. Your disability or the source was none of my business OR concern until YOU brought it up and posted how you ONLY got $954 per month and you spent half of it on a car payment. It's all on you.
MovingForward
Palm Beach Gardens,#4Consumer Comment
Fri, January 27, 2012
like the others above, why do you keep mentioning your financing issue?
You have completely diluted your argument about the paint by bringing in your disability and financial issues.
You decided to buy a vehicle and did not pay cash for the vehicle. Instead you elected to finance the vehicle with a third party lender. This is all fine and good - but the monthly payment you selected for your vehicle has nothing to do with any repairs or paint issues on that same vehicle!
Don't even bring it up - as it makes you look like you don't know what you are talking about regarding the paint issue. These are two different items - keep them separate. By bringing in your disabilities and your financing problems you change your issue to one of entitlement rather than an issue of poor workmanship on your vehicle. No one wants to listen to the entitlement argument.
As to a class action suit - why do you want to do that? If you have a real issue, and it sounds like you do, then bring suit yourself. Get your warranty paperwork and all your documentation together and hire an attorney to get your car fixed. Asking for a class action suit is just an excuse to do nothing about the issue you have at hand.
Flynrider
Phoenix,#5Consumer Comment
Thu, January 26, 2012
" I pay $477.06 per month for my car payment. "
" I have 3 years of payments left on the car still owing over $14,000.00. "
" I HAVE WAY TOO MUCH TIME LEFT ON MY LOAN AND HAVE SACRIFICED FOR THE PAST 3 YEARS PAYING IT AS IT IS BECAUSE I WANTED A NICE CAR. I AM ON SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY AND ONLY RECEIVE $954 A MONTH AND $477.06 OF THAT GOES TO PAY FOR THIS CAR. "
I'm not sure why repeatedly bringing up your ridiculous financial decisions has anything to do with your warranty issue. It doesn't help your case.
" I WANT MY CAR PAINTED FROM TOP TO BOTTOM "
That would be nice, but Chrysler is only going to spend millions to repaint cars if they are legally obligated to do so. It's clear that you did not report this during the basic factory warranty period, so that's out. It' all comes down to the extended warranty you bought from Chrysler.
" also purchased the Chrysler Extended Warranty from Chrysler that is supposed to be "bumper to bumper" for 5 years or 60,000 miles. "
I don't know what you're saying here. You have the warranty. If it is supposed to be bumper to bumper, tell us what it says about paint. If "supposed to" actually means that you assumed the warranty would cover paint, but it actually does not, then you're out of luck. Chrysler went to the trouble of writing exactly what would and would not be covered in the extended warranty. Assumptions are not required.
Does it suck that paint starts to deteriorate just after the warranty expires? Sure does. Chrysler was turning these cars out when they were on the brink of going under and there are a lot of issues. Realistically, if Chrysler were to start fixing all of the problems with cars of that era (not under warranty), they'd probably go bankrupt again.
Terri_Cyrgalis
Stuart,#6Author of original report
Thu, January 26, 2012
Just so you understand I get Social Security Disability because I became chronically ill. I do have a husband who supports me and yes 1/2 of "my" income goes to the car payment, but I am not starving and have my husbands income to live on otherwise I would not be driving the car that I have.
Do you work for Mitt Romney and have issues with people with disabilities, obviously you are still healthy, lucky you.
Cory
San Antonio,#7Consumer Comment
Thu, January 26, 2012
You have a perfectly legit complaint about your car's paint. But spare me the "I AM ON SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY AND ONLY RECEIVE $954 A MONTH. Christ, who gets $954 a month FREE and BLOWS FIFTY PERCENT OF IT, HALF on a f**king car payment? Now THAT"S not very bright.