Dealership Problem

The thing everyone is missing is that this is not a powertrain warranty issue. That deals with defects. This is the dealership insurance issue. They are committing fraud by leaving it to the warranty to pay for it. Talk to the dealer owner and see if you can get him to pull the pan and inspect the bearing for damage. Tell him if not you are calling Fiat and seeing what there postion is.
Not if the gasket/ o-ring failed. Which is what they are claiming whether we are incined to agree or not & too hard to prove otherwise. In this case part failure is the root cause & should be covered by warranty. It sounds like the dealership & Dodge are prepared to stand behind it at this point for the 100,000 mile interval. All this call here call there is irrelevant after that. You're actually beter off not getting the insurance companies involved because they have the right to & most likely will only pay for a used engine replacement. Believe me, I've done jobs like this in the past.