Oil Separator

[imdav2u]

Monday before Christmas,my son calls me from the gas station,tells me the X is smoking from under the hood.I call the tow guy,he looks at it and tells me it's the valve cover gasket.He hauls it to Plaza Motors here in St. Louis.The next morning they call me and tell me it will cost $580 to fix.3 hours later they call me back and tell me that the oil sepoarator froze and collapsed,sending pressure into the oil pan and block,causing the valve cover to blow out,over $1300 to fix.So I call back and talk to the head service tech,explain to him the car only has 68 k miles.He tells me he will look into it,calls me back 30 minutes later and tells me there was a recall in 03 and they are going to cover 100%.2weeks and 200 miles later the check engine light comes on and the heater will no longer work.I take it back in,they check it and tell me the electronic thermostat is bad,could have happened before or after the separator problem,so they fix it and again cover 100%.I can't say enough good things about the dealer,but now I'm starting to worry about the X,should I keep it,or is this just the beginning of things to come?Has anyone else had any of the same problems or something worse ?