OK, I'll be the first to say it.   After owning Jeep/Chrysler vehicles in the past (Jeep Grand Cherokee and Dodge Ram Pickup).  Get rid of the vehicle as fast as you can and get something else.  If anything, listen to what EricC85 is telling you.  He's a mechanic and is pretty much saying what I said earlier.  Flushing the transmission and putting in new fluid is not going to "fix" anything.  It's just going to put a "band-aid" on the problem.  Just my personal opinion, but Chrysler has really gone down in quality.  I personally was done with them when our Grand Cherokee was having problems at around the 50k or 60k mark, and the last straw was when my truck was literally falling apart at just over 100k.

 

While yes, part of the transmission fluid's job is to aid in cooling, the major job it does is to lubricate.  There is a reason that the transmission got hot and heated up the fluid.  Putting new fluid in it MIGHT get you another 60k miles out of it, but I would wager that total transmission failure happens before then.

 

As far as a lawsuit, in my opinion it would be kind of dumb.  Assuming that you win, you potentially could save yourself the cost of putting the band-aid on your problem.  If you lose, you would be out that much more money.  Just my opinion, but I wouldn't want to gamble the cost, time and effort in order to recover $250.  If you lose it will cost you more than that.

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