CDJR DEALERS ARE MAD! SCATHING OPEN LETTER TO CEO OF STELLANTIS! 

Get Stellantis out of the US! We don’t want their damn electric vehicles!

Dodge Dealer’s Market Manipulation shows what scumbags they truly are. Now what goes around comes around 💀

This is Karma. The dealerships have been screwing the customers with huge markups and now Stellantis is screwing them and they dont like it??? 😂

Them Mark ups was ridiculous let dealerships go out of business.

Carlos is still going to continue doing whatever the fuck he wants, he doesn't give a shit about the American market he only cares about making the investors happy. Love your videos Brad.

The Stellantis initial response says it all. They are not listening and they are not going to listen. The company leadership believes they are already on the right track and doing all the right things. Time will tell because the customer looking to purchase a car will be the judge and jury.

Dealership: It's not market manipulation if you have other options to buy. Customers: Why can't I buy that car in the back hidden behind the trucks that is 1 model year newer. Dealership: I don't see any car back there.

Many of us saw problems years ago when they started to get rid of cheaper, smaller cars and sedans. They actually thought that they could force us into buying a large, expensive SUV or pickup truck. That is not working out well for them now.

Sorry but Stelantis sold dealer a unit at X price and dealer then charged customer at Y price. Dealer got stuck with product at Y price and wants to return product to Stelantis. The only product I could understand the dealers point is the Hornet. But all other models, dealers fault completely.

Dealer tried to scam me for another 100K over on a Demon 170 here in Idaho after we agreed that I’d buy it for window sticker- I told them to shove it! They basically tried to extort me using another buyer who they said wanted the same car. So glad I passed as all the engines are not grenading.

I’m a finance Manager for a CDJR dealer are dealer not once charged over MSRP for a vehicle. We are a 70 year old family run business. Carlos is single handily killing our business meanwhile collecting 40 million per year while destroying a company.

The only people more ludicrous than the dealers, are the morons who actually paid THOSE prices, for THESE cars. I own a ‘21 Charger Scat - I paid $400 below invoice, when I ordered it in 2021. I simply told the dealership I would never pay above invoice, and that I understood that they could sell the cars already on their lot for much more than that, so I was willing to order one and wait for it, if they met my price. I simply explained that they could sell one additional car than they would otherwise, by both them and me ordering and waiting. So they did. Obviously, they still made $$$ on my sale, and I did have to wait about 5 months for it to get there, but there was no way I was going to pay over sticker.

Right. They built this disaster. They ripped off customers and took massive bonuses. Now they don't have customers.

100% steering the direction of meetings - well said. The corporate way. You definitely can’t speak your mind.

9 years ago I was suckered by a fiance manager my revenge was I was able to convince at least 5 people not deal with that dealer

OCMotivator, we need to find a way to save CDJR brands indeed! Carlos Tavares is in denial about the fact that American automotive buyers don't want Stellantis to build EV, ELECTRIC CARS! Carlos Tavares needs to listen to what MOPAR car buyers want! Carlos Tavares apparently believes that the Biden Administration's NEW GREEN DEAL is the gospel! Frank Rhodes, Jr. needs to continue with his desire to purchase Chrysler/Dodge!

My local dodge dealer in Tx has sent over 1mill worth of vehicles to auction instead of dropping the prices.

The biggest issue with cjdr dealerships is this. They actually have model years 2023,2024,2025 of the same exact models‼️‼️that’s a problem. They need Stellantis to put some dealer cash on these asap!! Help get rid of them, as most are over 1 year on the floorplan. Also , they need to get the lease payments down ‼️ here in northeast leasing is 75% of business. Gr Cher , Ram, Wrangler and Durango lease prices have to come down !! Then they will clean up the inventory. I think they will figure it out. 💪💪

Face it, CDJR are doomed. I’m buying a Porsche.

Any true auto experts here know that there isn't a good vehicle in the lineup period. They are all falling apart, failing, and just junk products. If anyone calls any Stellantis product quality, doesn't have a clue! The other manufacturers are building junk also. The whole industry is declining fast. You really need to point out the low low quality of DJRC vehicles to save people a lot of money and misery. There's not a car ever made that i haven't touched. My career dealt with everything.

Greed destroys

Chrysler will go the way of Studerbaker, Rambler, Packard, and Desoto. Sometimes, it is a good thing to say goodbye ✨️

In my opinion the reason stellantis is pushing the EV cars here in the US is because it went extremely well in Europe where the government tells you what you can and cannot buy. They are hoping and assuming that our government is about to be to that point as well enforcing us to purchase EV

First and foremost Chrysler should have never been sold to an overseas buyer. Daimler Fiat Stellantis whoever. The millionaires and billionaires of the US should have not allowed it. Should have been kept as a genuine USA manufacturer. I personally have never bought a foreign car. I was raised driving Ford Chevy and Chrysler products. Never had a bad one.

Its about time this product gets a chance to get rid it's CEO!!!

Although Tavares has run this company into the ground by mismanagement and hid EV grab. I have very little to zero pity for the dealers as a great majority of them have taken advantage and are still taking advantage of prospective customers. At this point, I am not concerned if Dodge, Jeep, Ram and Chrysler go the way of Pontiac.

Greed is what hurt stellantis and the dealerships destoyed dodge. This EV coming up isnt going to save the day... OCM another on point awesome informative video.

If Stellantis doesn’t cut sticker prices by $5-10K across the board the management has their heads buried in the sand. Almost none of their products are priced competitively. I argue $15K price cuts on anything over $60K. A $60K Grand Cherokee is similar to a $45K Telluride. Why would anybody buy a Jeep? For the same price you can get a larger more reliable Grand Highlander.

Carlos is oblivious to think that people want to buy that EV CRAP

U know they are lying. And they need to clean house of this bullshit.

OC,The problem with Stellantis is Tavares.Don’t forget he comes from the school of Carlos Ghosn.Slash,slash, and slash until the product becomes shit all the while collecting bonuses and hosting birthday parties in French palaces.This happened in Japan once upon a time and what did the Japanese do?They locked his ass up in jail.Stellantis must be led by an Engineer or the likes of a Bob Lutz.Someone who cares about the quality and value of the product. I just traded in my 2020 Pacifica S with 150k.Guess what it was a great vehicle and I never had a major problem with it.The vehicle being produced today is not the same and paying over 10k more for it is ridiculous.If Chrysler doesn’t right the ship,they will be gone soon.Mike the Greek

I bought a certified used 2018 Jeep Grand Cherokee WK2 limited with under 30,000 miles in 2022 for $38k; 6 weeks later somebody backed into the door and because of the Covid back up, it was gonna be eight months wait to have a body shop repair it. As full time nomad I needed a car so I traded it in on a used 2020 Jeep WK2 Trailhawk that has less options and features with extremely high mileage around 88,000. The advertise price of this vehicle was $28,000. I put $10,000 down and somehow I still owe $45,000 and this was a 4.5% low interest rate loan. The Jeep dealers will !@#$ you just as hard as the Dodge dealers as well. I’ll probably never be able to recover from this purchase financially.

I’m a Mopar guy thru and thru. However, I’m done with Dodge.😢. I’m looking at a 3500 crew cab and Ram is not even in the running. If I were to need a replacement for my beloved Scat Widebody, I’d get the Caddy Blackwing. So sad

I really wanted a Challenger but couldn't stomach the price for a new one. Snagged myself a 2011 SRT8 Inaugural Edition with about 50,000 miles and a 6 speed for 20K. Seems like a better deal to me. Our local dealer is actually really good, but Stellantis pricing is a real problem, as we all know.

A CDJR dealer located in Fort mill SC try to scam me out $5k they tried to take my money and not reflected on the documentation I don’t forget that.

They should not have 420000 units in stock if they were in the customers interest they would have been sold all along instead of having a fire sale to try to look good after it is to late

One of my coworkers recently traded in her Grand Cherokee for the redesign GMC Acadia...so it looks like they're not getting repeat customers 🤷🏽

You forgot to mention how the dealers screwed the customers with broken promises and lies. Telling them vehicle was sold or wrecked.

I have a hard time feeling bad for anyone in the UAW, they are a large part of the reason domestic manufactures are moving production overseas. What do you expect a company to do when the union demands 40 hours of pay, for 30 hours of work? Take the company to court, for firing employees drinking and doing drugs in the parking lot during lunch (don't forget they are having serious build quality problems)? The list goes on, and on

It’s almost as The Administration is protecting Tavares to push this EV garbage. Ugh.

I am sorry, but the only way that anything will change for Dodge is for it to COMPLETELY go down. No one will ever change Stellantis. They have a mad men mission that, to them, they are on target. I doubt they will sell the company until It starts really hurting their other brand . Remember when Penske tried to buy Saturn and GM refused to sell it to him?

Don’t feel sorry for STELLANTIS nor the Dealerships, they are both at fault for their greedy deeds.

A CEO job is to make sure all profits go to the shareholders , that's it , nothing else 😮

Nitrogen is the biggest scam ever. Normal air that we all breath is 78% nitrogen.

Pride before the fall, smh!!!!!!

What stinks is it’s one thing for Ferrari or Porsche to do this stuff, but the typical Dodge customer is younger, less educated and less affluent. The slimy dealers know this and take huge advantage of kids. I know there’s sophisticated customers like Orange County here who also has a huracan, but he’s rare. These kids come in with their first or second job, dying for one of these purple or lime wide body hellcats, and instead of being responsible these dealers and a lot of these dealers did this, look at those kids like prime rib. Hook them up with a car then overcharge them by a hundred k and send them on their way to credit hell. Smiling the whole way. Used to be they’d hang an extra hundred or two. Now they ruin the kids for years. Nissan just came out with a SUV called the Kicks and it’s $31,000. Who’s going to pay $52,000 for a Hornet? Seriously? How can so called professionals misread the market and the economy so poorly? Good God.

whats nasty work is trying to turn Economy vehicles into luxury

So glad to see you doing videos again, we want to express our sincere appreciation for all you do as a Mopar fan and bringing the truth about Stellantis and crooked dealers. Our local JDR dealership was not one of those dirtbag dealers so there are a few good ones out there. We just negotiated a great deal on a new Dodge Durango GT Plus and they treated us with total respect so there are some good dealerships out there. Our condolences for you and your family on the passing of your dad. Keep up the great work and look forward to seeing you more in the future!

If the people writing the check stop writing the check this crap ends…….blaming the dealers and STEALLANTIS goes just so far. He gets to the letter at 9:46 They want STEAL LANTIS to do the right thing while the STEALERSHIPS have not been doing the right thing for years…….

So many people will have enormous negative equity when it’s time to trade!!!

Love the Videos First Off!! Im a CDJR Sales Manager at Dealership that never charger Markups even when dealer around us we making money hand over fist during Peak Covid, We sold Everything without a markup Hellcat Jailbreaks, TRX, Hellcat Durangos, and 392 included. My team and I "Owner Included" agreed that we have always done business the right way with our customers and will always do so! What the other dealerships were doing was unethical 100% and they will see the reproduction of the actions. What sucks is there is ethical people out there in this business like our staff and Stellantis is making them suffer as well.

To hell with Stelantis.

Don’t forget making ALL the Trailhawk packages 4xe’s only.

I think what you’re talking about is the truth and it’s happening all over the auto industry in the United States not just Dodge

Maybe Tavares works for the E.U., DNC, and heck, maybe even the PRC government?

Lee Iacocca is rolling in his grave in disgust!!

What a laugh. They are despicable. The STEALERSHIPS are the ones demanding a ridiculous $75K for a fugly old Jeep. The average price of a Wrangler starts at an obscene $47,000 in every stealership in my state.

How long til the investors send a hit squad?

Stopped by my local Ram dealer last week to test drive the 2025 1500 Rebel. Had previously owned a “21” w/5.7 hem which was a fantastic truck. New truck was just as nice and largely unchanged except for the TT inline 6 Hurricane. Honestly had nothing against the engine going in and it drove great. Excellent power torque etc. post test drive spent 30 minutes pouring over the new engine hood up and also laid underneath. Final verdict: not confident in the overall quality/reliability of this engine. Plastic fittings abound next to high heat turbos and plastic tranny cover vs metal the list goes on. This engine is not in the same playing field as the outgoing platform which was far from perfect (stuck lifters/cracked exhaust manifolds…) . Im not a fanboy of brands and was really hoping to fall in love with the new engine. Didn’t happen. Side note, sales Mgr offered me $16k off MSRP to take it home. Wowzers😮 tables have turned. I politely declined the offer as the new tomato red interiors on the standard Rebel are hideous IMHO. Get the Rebel X or GT option package to avoid this color debacle and you get a console shifter where it belongs. Hope Im wrong about the Hurricane as I think Ram has the best 1/2 ton by a wide margin. Only time will tell but for now GX550 here I come, Gulp😂

Your dealing with a company that is based as a technology company. They have no interest in any platform based on traditional natural resource fuel power. They desire only elements based in battery cell platforms and nothing else. Our domestic automotive company they are in control of is over. Jeep, Dodge, and Chrysler vehicles are being liquidated. This includes every single American job in this country. The leadership of the UAW is selling out the entire spectrum of the membership. The UAW has yet again sold their people down the river without a paddle or a boat. No differently than what happened to thousands just like me back in 2009.

No surprise; Glad to see workers and dealers standing up and telling cooperate office who the problem is. Also you don't mess with the UAW on their contracts and agreements. I hope it gets better but I don't see it happening anytime soon.

I might get some critcism. for this comment. but i have not liked anything CDJR has made since the 90s and 00s at least back then they had some variety in cars . Everything they have now can be purchased from another brand. They need to go put of business

As a 13 year dealer tech, the service department is only trying to empty your wallet. That service manager wants his numbers by any means necessary, they encourage the techs to be underhanded to sell work. When they get caught they have a rolodex of excuses to cover it up.

i just cant make myself buy a CDJR. i love the brand dont like what they have become.

Good morning! Might be interested in looking into stellantis dealership Red Rock of Watford City, North Dakota! Their sales manager posted racially derogatory statements on her social media and it is being brought to light!!😮

I tagged you in a Scraplife Garage video about the stole 170...with 61 miles on it. Its a rough watch because that car was cut up in cubes.... It was also a carbon fiber wheel car too

Last Dodge ride I purchased was a 2020 Charger. Hightime customers are speaking up and make known we will not be manipulated and gouged. ☹

So sickening to see an iconic American brand purposely run into the ground.

Outside of high prices and low quality, everything is going great. What a wonderful company!

They don't call them "Criminal Chrysler" for nuttin!

And despite all this turmoil, new and used truck prices have barely come down.

Sergio Marchionne was the best CEO of FCA in recent years. He really got CDJR in a great position.

As a Ford man. I hate seeing Dodge fall apart again. I would buy a Dodge if they wasn't so over priced. But I'm happy with my Mustang and F-150. But it would be nice to see Dodge back on the NASCAR track and building real cars and trucks again

" Everybody has a plan, until you get punched in the mouth. " Iron Mike Tyson

After 7 Dodge, Jeep products in my driveway over the years and none lasting more than 140000 miles I've been done with them for six years now. Never again and I saw this crap coming as well. Hate it for the dealers and workers but I'm done. Poor quality and sky high price. Done

Customers created this problem, willing to paying huge markups, high interest rates, and insane payments. The manufacturer just worked the markup into the MSRP, they just followed the market trend. US government will just give them a bailout.

I came back here after reading that Carlos is getting mad at the EU for considering rolling back on their EV mandate… going from required to recommended. He argues the relaxation of EV rules will hurt his business

Government should never have pushed the sale of Chrysler Corp. to Fiat. Big mistake we’re paying for now.

A study was done on human I.Q. And self perception. Long story short the people with higher I.Q.’s had a lower perception of self intelligence and the people with lower I.Q.’s had a much much higher self perception of intelligence.

He's making the case for direct to consumer sales with certified service centers. Banks and Credit Unions can order and finance from their office .

AMEN Brother!!!!!!!!

My father owned a Dodge dealership 1961-1969, a Pontiac, Buick, GMC dealership 1968-1980, a Ford dealership 1970-1980, NEVER sold a vehicle more than MSRP, if anything at a discount to be competitive. We had Hemi cars, 4 spd. trans am, the 1st mustang turbo’s, etc. My dad always told me the factory sells him the cars at a wholesale price and the difference between wholesale and MSRP was his probit. Also, the factory would give incentives on certain models so you could make more of a profit. I commented on this years ago, the factories should punish the dealers who sell over MSRP. Now as long as your selling vehicles for the factories they could care less about how. This is so sad. I could tell you amazine storys what Dodge use to give dealers back in the 60's, when Don Knotts was the spokesman. And had white hat sales. We went to the super bowl and partied with Dodge at the Statler hotel they rented.

Getting rid of the hemi? How stupid?

I can’t wait to see dealerships being taken out of the buying equation!

We may be going back to the days of hot rodding. Buying a car with an engine like a turbo six, and swapping in a hemi V8. Dealers need to be selling vehicles at cost to clear out inventory so they can sell vehicles that people want. They can make up the profit end fixing all the crappy quality in the vehicles that were sold.

2 mins ago is crazy

Yes, yes and yes!👍🏻

I have a dream that in five or so years I will be able to buy a basic Muscle Car from Dodge at a fair price...of course in my world the United Sates is recovering from a depression that made what happened in Venezuela look like the 80's boom....but one can dream.

Why don't they just sell out to Walter Chrysler's great grandson or vote him in as the CEO immediately

This makes me proud to be an American.

Brad . Carlos isn't a CEO . He's a politician installed as a CEO. He's doing exactly what the WEF is telling him to. Why do you think he got the 40 million? Black Rock anyone...

THEY SHOULD HAVE MADE THEIR CHRYSLER BRAND THEIR EV DIVISION!

20 billion in net profit for 2023? Staggering

Stellantis needs to sell Chrysler Dodge Jeep and Ram.

I had 7 Chargers, 1 Challenger, and 2 Jeeps since 2006. This was including my 2023 Widebody Scat Pack. I was so sickened by what Stellantis has become that I traded in my 2023 after 10 months. The sticker on that car was $68K. I was “lucky” Cadillac gave me $50K for it with 4600 miles. I didn’t even care about losing that much. It was me showing Mr Tavares that I am no longer a loyal Mopar buyer because of what that company has become.

How about the 1.2 million Ram trucks that are being recalled!! Way to go Dodge

Ford was probably the worst. When the GT500 came out dealers pushed me away from one and I’m not a Nissan GTR owner.

I have owned five jeep wranglers over the years and I don't like what they have become. They turn

I mean he already got the bonuses. If the board of directors decides to remove him at a CEO he gets to keep his bonus. There should be a chargeback period within a few years in which ceos are responsible for paying back their bonus if the companies lose money and jobs due to their decisions but the rich never get any consequences. It’s always the low level employees who get fired and who lose their livelihood. In another hand. Where was the dealer network when their dealers kept fleecing their customers ?

I finally have to ask: What is that Ryobi thing with horns in the background?