I recently bought a used 2005 stratus sxt with the 2.4. I like the car alot. To put a long story short, I think the dealership is ripping me off and hes blaming me for the problem. Some test driver before me must have been drunk or something and hit the front left wheel really hard. A part of the rim has extreme wheel scrape and the alignment was off a little. The alignment is fix, I hope, but I need to replace the wheel. Though when I sometimes steer certain ways or if I move the wheel a little bit it makes a weird clunking noise. Is there anything I should be concerned about or have looked at? When I had the alignment done at a decent shop, they said nothing was really moshed up underneath. Just the toe on that wheel was off significantly.

Also I bought the extended warrantly for this vehicle and I get 8 free oil changes. Thing is I'm sooo pissed at this dealership but they told me I have to redeem them there. I don't want the dealership where I bought the car to even look at it. Do I have to there or can I just go to any damlier chrysler dealership?

Thanks

Edward

 

If the wheel itself is damaged it is only a matter of time before you have a tire failure. I'd have it checked out at discount tire, they are good people (from my experiance) If the wheel/tire checkes out it could be something in your suspension.