Some of you have seen me complain on Facebook about my car problems... It has called it quits and is no longer fixable. It is dead.
Over the past year, we have put SO much work into the dang thing. It is a money pit! Transmission, radiator, radiator hoses, fan assembly, brake master cylinder, oil pressure gauge, power steering pump,, head gaskets, tension pulley, etc etc. Within those things, we had little bits and pieces fail, but under warrentee, were replaced (planetary gears in the transmission, radiator caps, etc). The guys at the shop know my voice on the phone and cringe when I call... its beyond funny anymore. Its quite sad. But, they have been really good to us (Sun Devil Auto on Chandler Blvd and McQueen, if you are wondering)
But in April, after the planetary gears failed, (something in the transmission - that's all that means to me) my car just never recovered. They rebuilt my transmission again... for free. Checked over everything. Replaced fuses, circuit boards, wires, etc. NOTHING changes. They decided that it was PROBABLY the main computer that needed to be replaced... to the tune of $1000. We just couldn't see forking out that kind of money for something that wasn't a sure shot... so we found the part at Auto Zone for 1/3 of the price, did it ourselves and it didn't fix the problem.
So we took the car to a Chrysler mechanic, he worked on it for a little over a week... he thought for sure it was one thing... and it wasn't. Tried another... didn't work. He couldn't figure it out either - and isn't even charging us the diagnostic fees.
So, its time to say goodbye to my pitiful car. We've put a lot of miles on it... had it for 5 years (paid off for 4) and had some great memories in it. But, it is done.
Now, to figure out a replacement that will fit our family of 5.
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