Business ProfileforPerkins Motors

I bought a 2018 Dodge Durango with ******* mi on it. We paid $26,000 for it and an extra $6000 for an extended warranty that is for powertrain. There were no issues buying the car. However, I did ask to test drive a different Durango that they had on the lot and many excuses were given. I decided to test drive the Durango that we bought and decided that it was going to work for our family. I went through the inspection and carfax with the salesman and we did several look throughs on the car. Within a week I had already started to have issues. I noticed that the antifreeze was disappearing very quickly. The computer on the car would tell me that the engine was getting warm and I would turn it off and put more antifreeze in it. I did this for about 3 weeks before taking it to a mechanic. This mechanic did a pressure test and could not find a place that it was leaking. I drove it for about another month before taking it to another mechanic where they also did several tests and did not find an issue. It was at this time that I took my vehicle back to Perkins and they were very unhelpful and did not do any diagnostic tests on the car. I do have more to say about that but do not have enough characters to go through it. I took my car to a Dodge certified dealership to get repairs done with our extended warranty. It was at this time that they discovered the engine to be badly damaged. They also found that there are transmission issues due to this as well as water pump failure and a faulty radiator that they determined was at cause. The total for these repairs is estimated without the transmission to be ******. With the transmission. They believe it will be around ******. The warranty will not pay for the issue because they do not cover the radiator as a powertrain issue. I called the dealership and tried to have a discussion with them and they are less than helpful. They will not talk to me because my husband is on the loan and they only want to talk to a man.