Originally Posted by
JACxf
Am I understanding this correctly?
Its legal for a dealership to impound your car, without a return date, because they dont have the parts to fix something that they caused???
I am not aware of any
recall that would identify your car as "not road worthy" requiring it to be "impounded" by any authority if particular defect were to fail. FEDS just warn you of the risk so you can make a meaningful decision regarding same.
If it were me, I'd have a court-ordered cease & desist paper served on the dealership service department & FCA based on stupidity of Service Manager. They'd probably have the car delivered to my house!
Think about it. If this particular dealer has taken the position that the car is unsafe to drive on public roadways. And is basing this on a Federal required mandate to recall & fix the defective
TAKATA airbag module, it opens FCA up to significant legal action by other affected car owners since this dealer is an authorized representative of FCA.
Now we're talking "class action" lawsuit!!!!!!!!!!!