u/Leather_Tangelo_8900

What the actual fuck. I. AM. SO. PISSED.

I had to pick up a family member at the airport, which is about 70 miles away from home. About 10 miles from the airport while on the interstate, it threw a "Coolant Temp High" warning that lasted about 5 seconds before clearing. Thought it was odd that it cleared itself but figured it was just a hiccup.

About 30 seconds later it threw "Oil Temp High", followed immediately by "Check Engine" followed by "Drive Mode Unavailable". Since I was on a 65 mph highway I had to drive another minute or so to the next exit which was in the middle of nowhere (nothing but woods), so a few more minutes after that to the first parking lot I found. Maybe a total of 3-5 miles after the warning lights began.

At this point, I'm nearly 70 miles from home. I had to have a tow truck come get it and tow it to the nearest Dodge dealership service department.

Finally a week later they get diagnostics on it and tell me it needs a whole new engine, that the code says it was driven for "100 miles AFTER the overheating started". Impossible, unless the warning lights are also faulty and failed to warn when the event actually began....but also they have zero answer on WHAT EXACTLY would even cause it to overheat so catastrophically when it's at only 36k miles....?!?!

I'm so angry I'm shaking as I type this. How tf does this even happen?? I've been driving and buying both new and used cars for the past 30 years and have never had one that needed an entire new engine.

Since it has been under warranty its entire life, I've had every routine maintenance due performed at the local Dodge dealership, but it remains to be seen what they do with warranty; honestly I don't even gaf about that, how do I know this shit won't happen again?

Anyone have any insight on this issue?

We're 7 years out from retirement and my spouse and I are in the early stages of trying to plan our retirement living situation. Currently live in a state with hot, insanely humid summers and I just can't do it anymore. We're hoping to choose a place to reverse "snowbird" to escape these miserable summers.

Questions: How are your summers? I'm looking specifically at dew points and humidity. Internet says relatively low dew point with occasional spells of humid days. Is this accurate? For reference, I'm coming from a place where most days through July and August are over 90° F with dew points 70 or above (considered "oppressively" humid, and trust me, it really fkng is 🤬).

Also, what options are there (if any) for regular season-long rentals every year? Would love to find something fully furnished that we could renew every year from maybe June-Oct? Is this even a thing?

Any words of advice are welcome. Thank you