SRT4- OWNED!
 

Huge SRT-4 Recall
Monday, August 4, 2003 Posted: 12:06 PM EDT (1606 GMT)

SAN DIEGO -- Entire first model-year recalled because of faulty engine oil pump

CNN learned today of a massive recall effort by Dodge North America to be announced at a press conference tomorrow morning. Company insiders say they've received over 800 complaints of engine failure due to an engineering flaw in the vehicle's oil system.

While company officials still have yet to make a public statement on the issue, SRT-4 owners everywhere are plauged with the problem. A dealership in San Diego says they have handeled "at least 150" complaints of total engine failure. "I'd say we've taken in well over 100 [SRT-4's] that have no chance of ever running again" said chief mechanic Hector Ramirez at Hillside Dodge in San Diego. He continued, "it seems like all of them just stopped workin' at around eight or 9000 miles."

Sources within the Chrysler AG say they've pinpointed the issue, and plan to mount a massive recall effort tomorrow. But what about those who already lost their car? Insiders say the loss the automaker would take by replacing as many as 1000 vehicles at no cost to the owner could sink plans to continue the SRT-4 into 2005.

http://cnn.heavyplasma.com/www/cnn/2...8987index.html

Your link doesn't work.

Do you realize that heavyplasma is a utility for making joke versions of CNN pages?

Just making sure no one drives to their dealership for no reason...



Edit: The link doesn't work because "articles" are purged after 48 hours.

"Hillside Dodge in San Diego"

First off, im pretty sure that place doesn't even exist. I;ve looked around at dealerships fairly often, and haven't heard of it.

Second off, dont ever believe anything you hear from anything with ".heavyplasma.com" in it. Unless of course you were posting this to point out the hoax...

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Even the way they worded it sounds crappy. A) The fact that they said oil system instead of oiling system, and B) a faulty oil pump is NOT an engineering fault.

It would have been believable if not for the quote from the mechanic saying he had seen 100 cars in at one dealership. As far as I know there's only a few thousand around nationwide.

I have a slightly modded 2.3 turbo Thunderbird. It runs mid-15's, so it will at least run neck and neck with most cars I typically encounter. I sure got my ass handed to me by one of those SRT-4's the other day, though. I thought it was just a regular Neon at first, until the damn thing tore past me while squealing the tires in third gear! They're neat cars, too bad they're FWD.

:D

I didn't write it but I thought you might like it :lol: