6.8
fairly significant- Crashes / Fires:
- 0 / 0
- Injuries / Deaths:
- 0 / 0
- Average Mileage:
- 9,500 miles
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While driving on highway, suddenly without warning, the wind blew the sunroof completely off the top of vehicle, as of Jul 11, 2001 vehicle is partially repaired due to parts not being available because the manufacturer has gone out of business.
- Union City, TN, USA
Defective sun roof flew off while driving due to glue coming apart which may have caused a crash or injuries.
- Jacksonville, FL, USA
While driving on the interstate the sun roof blew off the vehical, causing other vehicals behind to swerve in order to miss the shattering glass. Fortunatly, no one was injured and no futher damage caused. At the time of the incident the sunroof was in the closed position with the interior sun shade also being closed. The car was traveling on the interstate at approximately 70mph. There was extra wind noise noted right before the sun roof blew off. This incident could not possibly be due to normal wear and tear of a vehicle. All the local dealers agreed that Chrysler should be held accountable, but since it was beyond the warranty they were unable to assist me. The service manager, frank bears, at gulf coast Dodge in fort myers, fl advised me to contact the Chrysler Corp., giving me their 800 number. He told me to use phrases and words such as " you (meaning dogde) are lucky no one was hurt or that there was no property damage. Mr. Bear told me to use words liable." I also called another dealership in the area and got a similar response. Unfortunatly, the Chrysler Corp. Customer service center was not as agreeable as their local service centers. The woman, carol green, told me that since this had never happened before that chysler would not be able to accomodate me. She said that I could call my insurance company. I told her that this was unacceptable and she said that I was welcome to call the state attorney generals office. Eventually, this led me to you. My file number with Chrysler is #571792. Since it is difficult to write in this form I would suggest that you speak to me directly. I need to know if I should go ahead and pay to have it fixed before someone examines the vehicle. It truly looks as if the glass was glued onto the frame. There are no appeaent bolts or holes where bolts might be. The frame doesn't not appear to be bent and seems to work smoothly even without the glass. This is my main mode of transportation.
- Fort Myers, FL, USA
Consumer was driving vehicle on highway at 75 mph when sun roof exploded, causing glass to shatter both in/out of vehicle. Dealer notified.
- Helena, MT, USA
- Fort Myers, FL, USA