2005 Chrysler Crossfire

I CAME OUTSIDE TO FIND THAT THE REAR WINDOW OF THE CONVERTIBLE TOP HAD COME LOOSE AND WAS LAYING ON THE REAR DECK BEING HELD TO THE FABRIC IN 1 SMALL PLACE. THE CAR HAD BEEN PARKED OUTSIDE FOR 1 DAY. LUCKILY IT DIDN'T FALL OUT WHILE I WAS DRIVING, POTENTIALLY SHATTERING THE GLASS NEAR MY HEAD. UNTIL THE CAR IS REPAIRED IT IS UNUSABLE IN FOUL WEATHER DUE TO WATER RUNNING IN THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT.

2005 CROSSFIRE CONVERTIBLE TOP BACK GLASS DEFECTIVE FACTORY USED ADHESIVE CAME MOSTLY SEPARATED FROM TOP. THE PART GLASS STILL HAD ADHESIVE TORE TOP. I HAD IT GLUED BUT ENTIRE TOP NEEDS REPLACING. GLASS CAME LOOSE WHILE PARKED. THE DESIGN AND ADHESIVE SHOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER PRODUCT. I HAVE HAD OTHER CONVERTIBLES HERE IN MISSISSIPPI AND NEVER HAD THIS HAPPEN. CHRYSLER SHOULD REPLACE ALL THESE TOPS. BACK GLASS REGLUED WITH WINDOW-WELD. IT NOT PERFECT NOW BECAUSE GLASS TORE TOP WHEN FELL OUT. LOVE THE CAR HATE THE TOP. HOPE THEY WILL STAND BEHIND THEIR NAME.

I BOUGHT THIS CAR WITH ONLY 26000 MILES ON IT THE BACK WINDSHIELD SEPARATED FROM THE CAR AT ONLY APPROXIMATELY 34000 MILES AND STILL CURRENTLY HANGING THERE. CALLED CHRYSLER AND THEY REFUSED TO FIX, SAID CAR WAS SHIPPED TO SOME DEALER UP NORTH, SO IT DOES NOT QUALIFY TO BE FIXED? ADDITIONALLY, I ONLY HAVE 40000 MILES ON IT NOW AND THE KEY AND FOB, AS WELL AS LOCKS NO LONGER WORK, THE CAR SHUTS OFF BY ITSELF WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY, THE LIGHTS FLASH ON THE DASH AT ALL TIMES.

IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE HOW ANYONE AT NHTSA CAN SIT AND REVIEW ALL THE REPORTS ON A SERIOUS MANUFACTURING DEFECT (AND SAFETY HAZARD) ON THESE CARS YET CHRYSLER GET AWAY WITH A PARTIAL RECALL BASED ON WHERE THE CROSSFIRES WERE INITIALLY DELIVERED. BOTTOM LINE: AS OF LATE 2011, CHRYSLER WILL DO THE "RIGHT THING" ONLY IF ONE'S CAR WAS "DELIVERED" IN ONE OF SEVERAL SOUTHERN STATES -- IN LIGHT OF THE FACT THAT THE PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE RELATED TO HEAT. CHRYSLER WILL NOT DO THE RIGHT THING IF THE SAME PROBLEM (THE REAR WINDOW FALLS OUT OF THE CONVERTIBLE TOP) IF THE CAR WAS DELIVERED SOMEWHERE ELSE -- AS IF THE SAME PROBLEM OCCURRING IN THOSE STATES IS SOMEHOW NOT A SERIOUS MANUFACTURING DEFECT. OR AS IF PEOPLE DON'T MOVE TO OTHER STATES DURING THEIR LIVES. I WILL NEVER BUY A CHRYSLER/FIAT PRODUCT AGAIN IN LIGHT OF HOW THE CHRYSLER COMPANY HASN'T STOOD BEHIND ITS PRODUCT AND REPAIRED THIS COMMON DEFECT -- A DEFECT THAT SHOULD NEVER OCCUR IN A MODERN CAR. THIS IS SO FAR FROM THE ATTITUDE OF MOST JAPANESE AND KOREAN CAR MANUFACTURERS THAT THE DIFFERENCE SUGGESTS THAT IT'S FLAT-OUT FOOLISH TO BY ANYTHING FROM THIS COMPANY. BUT WHEN IT COMES TO NHTSA, IT MAKES ONE WONDER WHY THAT AGENCY SITS ON ITS HANDS AND DOES NOTHING TO REQUIRE CHRYSLER TO EXTEND ITS SERVICE BULLETIN TO COVER ALL SUCH VEHICLES, NO MATTER WHERE DELIVERED. RIGHTLY MAKES ONE WONDER WHAT NHTSA DOES THAT'S WORTH WE TAXPAYERS PAYING THEIR SALARIES. *TR