I'm here only to ask for experienced owners and or mechanics advice on what my next step should be. Or better yet, "what would you do"? I bought a 2005 xfire about 2 months ago. My buddy owns a performance shop and they deal in high end cars M3s, M5s etc. he came across this and combed over everything and put a whole bunch )of new pen parts, on it. I have cleaned it up even more and have invested in new Niche rims, new paint, new rag top and back window. New components for the interior. I've kept everything pretty stock because of value. Just touched up what needed to be touched up. I've also installed LED's and green lighting on the inside of the car to match the color of the dash and gauge cluster. Also reinstalled a new deck and new infinity speakers to match what was pulled out. The car is very clean and I love it. It had 93k when I bought it and it's now at 97600 and so I was prepping for my first oil change. I went to Mercedes and they told me they aren't servicing them any longer and that Dodge Jeep Chrysler now is assuming that role as a service provider. Made sense but I still wanted to make sure. I went by the closest one to my house and they assured me they do service them and that a few come into the dealership. I said all I want is an oil change. They agreed and so I set an appointment for 2 weeks later. This gets us current. Now mind you since I purchased the car it has run like a champ. No issues whatsoever. No warning lights, no leaks, nothing. I pull up on Friday and drop my car off and I wait there because I want to make sure everything goes fine. I'm there for about 2 hours and here comes my car. They assure me everything is done and that all is well. I drive it a mile to my home and in the garage it goes. At first light everything seems a little quieter and a little smoother as it usually does after an oil change (full synthetic mobile 1 was used). I get up the next morning (Now Saturday) and I drive it to my friends home about 25 miles away. I now have an opportunity to open her up a little so I get up to about 85, 90 and I can feel the drag and hesitation. It's not performing like I should. I visit with my friend and then drive the car home. Now I start to hear this sound like a bell or something. I soon realize after looking all around trying to figure out what that noise is I deduce that it's a warning. I stare immediately at the mileage screen and I see a little oil can that reads HI. I arrive home and immediately park it and start to dig through to see what's going on. I have now learned that they put too much oil in the oil reserve and have also learned, thanks to crossfiireforum.org what could potentially happen if this happens. Well low and behold it's happen to me on my first oil change. Now.... keep in mind this is Saturday evening at about 6pm and service is closed on the weekend. But now I'm freaking because it could have sustained irreversible damage is what I kept telling myself. I do what I feel is the right thing since they are closed. I pay a mobile mechanic 150 bucks to come out and just visually inspect anything possibly wrong. He does what he can by just looking because I've given him very specific instructions not to do any work on the car but just a visual evaluation. He claims that a gasket is torn or has a stress fracture which is causing it to leak. Says there appears to be fresh oil leaking from it. I'm not getting heated about what this all means. Monday is now here, I'm upset and want this fixed. I call the dealership and they send 2 guys to my home and check the dippstickxqnd tell me it's fine to drive it to the dealership. I get it there after disagreement in not wanting to tow it and they claim the car has been fixed and the service director walks me to my car. He says if anything goes wrong bring it back and they take care of it. 12 hours later, the check engine light comes on. I call my service advisor and she tells me to bring it in. I take it there today and they had my car unitlv10. Tell me it's ready and I then learn that nothing was down. They replaced the gaskets and then wanted to charge me 500 for it. They have not assumed any accountability for anything and continue to revert back that the bad oil change job couldn't have anything to do with any of the symptoms. Now the vehicle rocks left and right in a shaking moron due to a misfire which they claim is because of the mileage and age of car. I'm thinking. You idiot. It was fine 4 days ago. You guys have had it full time since. They have not even tried to do anything about the check engine light whic is ultimately their responsibility and they were perfectly ok with trying to handle keys and not account for any of this and then charge me 500 for the work. Now they want me to drive a car that has a check engine light on, still shakes and runs now like poop. What should I do? Do I have any recourse with this. Should they be responsible even if it meant new engine? I appreciate anyone's feedback.

Regards,
NewBee XFIRE Owner
Konrad