Car died just after repair - Warranty?
Asked by GoDodge Apr 19, 2019 at 08:09 PM about the 2011 Dodge Caliber Uptown FWD
Question type: Maintenance & Repair
I just paid $1150 to repair my Dodge Caliber at an official Dodge garage and it
died a few kilometers after taking out of the garage, they told me the engine is
now dead. Now they're looking with my warranty get the engine replaced or
declare it totalled. Is the garage supposed to refund me the $1150 I just paid for
absolutely nothing even though told me it was "fixed and ready for long hauls"?
5 Answers
What repair did they do and exactly what failed on the engine?
Before I took it to the garage it was overheating, smoke coming out and everything. My bill says they changed coolant, gasket, plug, filter, temp sensor, cooling upper hose, upper rad hose, cleaning the injectors, replacing spark plugs. When I took it out of the garage after that, it immediately went up again on the temperature sensor and then when I arrived home, it died right there, smoke coming out again.
Oh and I don't know what failed this time, they just told me the engine was done for this time.
I am guessing a leaking head gasket was the actual problem. If that were the case they probably should have caught it before hand. You should have turned around the moment the temperature spiked. I can't say if anyone is at fault or not.
It didn't really spike this time. It went halfway between cold and hot. But then, when I arrived home (I live 5 miles away from the garage), it was dead. They promised me the car was fixed without even testing it.
