Lemon Law question...

[nottakin'it]

What is the name of your state? Utah

We bought a 2000 Dodge Durrango. It ran great. The night we brought it home it wouldn't start until we put it in Nuetral. (Saturday) Monday we took it to a mechanic and they checked it out, said it was probably not in gear which I think can be normal after some research for a durrango. Two days after that it started having problems shifting (it's an automatic) so we took it to a local transmission shop. They told us that 2 cylenoids were bad and quoted a price. The dealership told us to bring it to them so their guys could have a look. Our shop told us that there were a higher than normal amount of shavings and recommended a rebuild. Now their shop fixed the cylenoids (sorry about spelling) and they say it is running great and now they want us to sign a good faith contract stating that they fixed it in good faith and will not warrenty the transmission, my husband asked if they would warrenty the parts that they fixed and they said yes. Our question is Should we sign this contract releasing him from any other obligation? We did originally sign a paper that there was no warrenty. In your opinion what should we do?
Any advice would be great! Thanks in advance!

[Desperate4Advic]

There is actually a thread specific to lemon law.

Anyhow, are they doing this repair for free? Also, I have never heard of being able to give a warranty to the transmission after being rebuilt, and reason being is that to the best of their ability they are fixing it and are only repairing the part of the transmission they believe is the problem. And it's standard for them to give you warranty on the parts they replaced as if something else goes wrong in your transmission it really didn't have bearing on what they fixed, and is actually a new problem if parts other than they replaced go out.

Bottomline it was really nice of the dealership to fix the problem to begin with especially since you bought it used and most places hold you to that as is if you don't buy a warranty. They seem legit.

So I would sign it, but that's just me or take it to another mechanic. YOu may want to check out this website that actually has real mechanics that you can speak to about cars:

[url]www.automd.com[/url]

Good luck!!

[moburkes]

Now, please remove your link.

[nottakin'it]

when you remove yours, thanks.

[moburkes]

Originally Posted by nottakin'it

when you remove yours, thanks.

I was talking to desperate. What are YOU talking about?

[nottakin'it]

I thought you were referring to my question...I thought you were telling me to get rid of it...I just need some advice! sorry again! Thanks!

[outonbail]

I did a quick search on google for 2000 Dodge Durango transmission problems and judging by the owner comments and complaints I read, it's not really a question of whether or not you will experience transmission failure, it's a matter of how soon. Failure is not uncommon on a vehicle with as little as 50,000 miles, more often though, transmission failure occurs in the majority of Durango's at about 60,000 miles.

There also appears to be some sort of seal issue which requires removing the transmission from the vehicle, disassembling it for inspection and for access to all the little delicate parts which need to be replaced as a set unless you don't mind buying transmission fluid just to pour it on the floor of you're garage, then buy absorbent to soak the new oil up off the floor and then throw the whole mess into the garbage.
Repeat these steps every day, until the transmission is restored to original specs.

Many unhappy durango owners put on an additional oil cooling device which they believe will help resolve temperature related failures from happening to the rebuilt transmission.