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Hello, The splash guard under the car ripped off while driving. ripped off the bottom fog light and frnt passenger side wheel well along with it. Called chrysler and they said it was due to the front clips being ripped off by parking to far over a parking stump. Is this a defect or not because i spoke to several dealerships and they all told me that they fix 10 instances like mine a week. should this be repaired by chrysler at no cost to me since i was unaware of this problem?

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Nope, this one is on you. I don't why people pull up so far anyway.most cars are small enough.

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It is not a manufacturer problem but a driver fault in not parking correctly
the manufacturer cannot be help responsible for every driver action in every parking space
if all the repairs were in the same area or parking lot , you may have a claim against the parking lot owner for having a substandard parking stump but you will need a group claim to get anywhere

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the passenger side electronic controller is sensing the passenger side temperature is cooler than it really is, which causes the controller to increase the hot water flow to warm up the passenger area...any time you replace a battery or loose your charge, the HVAC module will need to be reset...Try this...
Remove your hvac fuse for 10 sec - reinstall fuse. Start engine "DO NOT TOUCH ANYTHING FOR 3 MINUTES" Recalibration of module will accure when power is lost (fuse pulled, battery changed or died) If hvac reset did not work you have a trouble code - reset BCM There are two ways to reset your body control module Go to the GENERAL Remove BOTH battery cables (for the sake of CAUTION remove air bag fuse and wait 5 MINUTES) Hold both cables together for 1 minute - drains KAM (keep alive memory). Put everything back together Start the engine "DO NOT TOUCH ANYTHING FOR 3 MINUTES" If you have no broken parts - system not default (normal operation)

If that works it just saved you 600 dollars...dealer costs to repair.

Good Luck...please rate me a fixya.

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