2001 Dodge Intrepid

DT: THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AT ABOUT 30-35 MPH WHEN THE ENGINE SHUT DOWN. WHEN THE CONSUMER LIFTED THE HOOD HE COULD SEE SMOKE AND A SMALL FIRE COMING FROM A PIECE OF WIRE. THE CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO PUT OUT THE FIRE WITH A TOWEL. ABOUT A MONTH BEFORE THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, AND THE DEALERSHIP SAID ALL THEY DID WAS TO TURN THE ENGINE LIGHT OFF. AFTER THE ENGINE HAD TIME TO COOL OFF HE WAS ABLE TO DRIVE VEHICLE HOME. THIS WAS ON 8-7-05. ON 8-8-05 TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY TOLD HIM THAT THE WATER PUMP BURSTED. ALSO, THEY A TOLD HIM THAT THERE WAS WATER AND OIL MIXED IN THE ENGINE. THE DEALER IMPLIED THAT THE ENGINE MIGHT HAVE TO BE REPLACED. THE CONSUMER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER, AND THEY HAD HIM ON HOLD WHILE THEY TALKED TO THE DEALERSHIP. SHE TOLD HIM THE SAME INFORMATION THAT THEY DID. THE CONSUMER FOUND ON THE INTERNET THAT THERE WERE PROBLEMS WITH THE 2.7 LITER MOTOR. THE SECOND DEALERSHIP WAS THE ONE THAT DID THE REPAIRS. *AK

DT: 2001 DODGE INTREPID. THE CONSUMER STATES THE ENGINE ON THE V BLEW OUT BECAUSE THERE WAS SLUDGE BUILT UP. THIS ENGINE WAS MAINTAINED BY MECHANIC. THEREFORE, THERE SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ANY SLUDGE. THE VEHICLE WAS WORKING FINE PRIOR TO THIS. IT HAPPENED ON JUNE 15, 2005. THE VEHICLE DID NOT CATCH FIRE, THE ENGINE DIED AFTER BEING DRIVEN. THEN, IT WOULD NOT RESTART. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE MECHANIC ,AND HE STATED THAT ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE HEATER INSIDE THE VEHICLE WAS NOT WORKING PROPERLY BEFORE THIS HAPPENED. WHEN HE ADDED WATER THE HEATER WORKED. THE CONSUMER FOUND OUT THIS WAS PART OF THE PROBLEM. *AK

MY 2001 DODGE INTREPID 2.7, THE ONE THAT HAS HAD OVER 9500 COMPLAINTS IN MY AREA ALONE. I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY WHEN A LOUD RATTLING NOISE STARTED COMING FROM THE ENGINE. IT SOUNDED LIKE A CARD IN A BICYCLE SPOKE. I CHECKED THE OIL AND ALL THE FLUIDS UNDER THE HOOD ALTHOUGH IT WAS NOT TIME FOR A CHANGE WAS OK. THEN I PROCEEDED DOWN THE ROAD WHEN IT LOST POWER AND QUIT LEAVING ME STRANDED. AFTER HAVING THE CAR TOWED AND GETTING 5 MECHANICS TO LOOK AT IT, EVEN AT THE DEALERSHIP, I WAS TOLD THE MOTOR WAS BLOWN. IT WAS HISTORY WITH JUST 84,000 MILES ON IT. DODGE ADVERTISES YOU DON'T EVEN NEED A TUNE UP UNTIL 100,000 MILES. APPARENTLY THAT IS WHY! I STILL OWE 11,000 ON THE CAR, MAKING PAYMENTS FOR ANOTHER YEAR NOT INCLUDING INSURANCE THAT I MUST CARRY BECAUSE IT IS MORTGAGED PROPERTY. EVERY DEALERSHIP THAT I HAVE TALKED TO HAS TOLD ME THAT THE 2.7 MOTOR FROM DODGE DOESN'T LAST PAST 70,000 MILES. IT WILL COST ME BETWEEN 6500 TO 7000.00 FOR ANOTHER MOTOR AND MOST MECHANICS DON'T WANT TO FIX IT BECAUSE OF PREVIOUS HISTORY'S WITH THE DODGE 2.7 MOTOR. I CAN'T TRADE IT BECAUSE IT HAS NO VALUE NOW. I CAN'T SELL IT WITHOUT A RUNNING MOTOR, SO APPEARS THAT I WILL HAVE AN EXPENSIVE LAWN ORNAMENT FOR THE NEXT YEAR. ONE MECHANIC EVEN TOLD ME THAT THERE WAS A CLASS ACTION LAW SUIT TO DODGE CONCERNING THE 2.7 ENGINES, BUT I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIND IT YET. I HAVE SEEN MORE COMPLAINTS POSTED ON THE WEB ABOUT THIS ENGINE AND OTHERS LOOKING FOR THE CLASS ACTION SUIT, THAT I AM SHOCKED. I HOPE NO ONE ELSE HAS TO GO THROUGH WHAT WE HAVE WITH THIS CAR. I WILL CERTAINLY NEVER BUY ANOTHER DODGE VEHICLE. *JB

DT THE MOTOR QUIT ON THE HIGHWAY. NO FOR WARNING, NO NOISE, NO LIGHTS. HAD IT TOWED THE DEALERS, AND THEY SAID A COUPLE OF SENSORS WENT OUT. THEY REPLACED THE TWO SENSORS, AND GOT IT BACK, THEN, HEARD A KNOCK IN THE MOTOR WHEN STARTING IT. TOOK IT BACK TO DEALER,AND THEY SAID IT WAS THE TIMING CHAIN, AND VEHICLE NEEDED A NEW MOTOR. THIS STARTED ON JUNE 5, 2005. *AK

MY RECENTLY ACQUIRED 2001 DODGE INTREPID'S ENGINE SEIZED-UP WHILE I WAS DRIVING IN TRAFFIC. THE LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND EVENTUAL LOSS OF THE POWER BRAKES ALMOST CAUSED ME TO SIDE SWIPED ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE FAILURE WAS DUE TO OIL SLUDGE. THIS CAR HAS BEEN MAINTAINED AND THERE IS NO REASON FOR THE SLUDGE TO HAVE BUILT UP AS IT DID! THE ENGINE WILL HAVE TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF MORE THAN THE $5500 I OWE THE BANK THAT IS FINANCING THE VEHICLE. *JB

2001 DODGE INTREPID ENGINE BLEW AS A RESULT OF THE TIMING CHAIN BREAKING.***NO ANSWER REQUIRED***.*MR THE CONSUMER STATED THE WARNING SIGN THAT THE ENGINE WAS ABOUT TO BLOW WAS RUST COLORED OIL SLUDGE ON THE INSIDE OF THE OIL CAP. THE CONSUMER HAD AN OIL CHANGE 2 WEEKS BEFORE THE ENGINE BLEW, HOWEVER NO ONE MENTION THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM, EVEN THOUGH THE RUST COLORED SLUDGE WAS IN PLAIN SIGHT. *JB

SUDDEN STALL WITHOUT WARNING-NO GAUGES,LIGHTS ETC. HAD TO BE PUSHED OUT OF TRAFFIC. ENGINE (2.7L) SEIZED WITHOUT WARNING. REGULAR MAINTENANCE HAD ALWAYS BEEN PERFORMED. CAR HAD 64,000 MILES ON IT. ENGINE HAS MULTITUDE OF SIMILAR COMPLAINTS ON LINE, MOST DESCRIBING A SUDDEN STALL. CHRYSLER DID NOT WISH TO DISCUSS ANY HELP AT ALL. MY LOCAL DEALER IS HELPING ME WITH A NEW CAR (AT MY EXPENSE). *JB

MY 2001 DODGE INTREPID ENGINE STARTED FAILING AT 40,000 MILES AND HAS NOW COMPLETELY FAILED. IT SITS IN MY DRIVE WAY WHILE I STILL PAY A MONTHLY NOTE ON IT. LIKE MANY INTREPID OWNERS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM (FAILED ENGINE) I CANNOT AFFORD THE $4,000 TO $8,000 REPLACEMENT COST I HOPE WITH YOUR HELP DAIMLER CHRYSLER WILL BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE. I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER CHRYSLER VEHICLE. *JB

I AM A OWNER OF A 2001 DODGE INTREPID SE. LAST SUNDAY MORNING MY WIFE GOT UP TO GO TO WORK, AFTER WHICH SHE WAS GOING TO TRAVEL TO MAINE WITH OUR TWO BOYS. BECAUSE SHE WAS TRAVELING I WALKED OUT WITH HER AND POPPED THE HOOD TO CHECK ALL THE FLUIDS, COOLANT, OIL ECT.. EVEYTHING APPEARED TO BE NORMAL. ON HER WAY UP TO MAINE SHE BROKE DOWN. WHILE SHE WAS DRIVING ALL OF A SUDDEN IN A MATTER OF LESS THAN 30 SECONDS THE CAR STARTED TO VIBRATE AND THE CAR COMPLETLY TURNED OFF. AFTER LOSING POWER STEERING, BREAKING ABILITY, SHE SOME HOW MANGE TO TURN THE CAR OFF THE HIGHWAY. SHE STATES THAT NOTHING ON HER GAGES READ ABNORMAL. BY THE TIME THE TOW TRUCK GOT THERE ALL THE FLUIDS WERE POURING OUT OF THE CAR AND SMOKE SEEMED TO BE COMING FROM EVERYWHERE EVEN UNDER THE OIL CAP. THE NEXT DAY THE DODGE SERVICE CENTER CALLED US AND SAID THE ENGINE SEIZED, BLOWN HEAD GASKET, RADIATOR WAS GONE. IT WAS GOING TO COST US BETWEEN 7,000.00-5,000.00 DOLLARS. WE HAVE CONTACTED CHRYLSER BUT SEEM TO GET THR RUN-AROUND. HOW CAN A 2001 AUTOMOBILE'S ENGINE ( WITH MODERATE MILEAGE JUST ) FAIL WITH NO WARNING???? ALL OF THE GAGES READ NORMAL AND WE CHECKED UNDER THE HOOD THAT MORNING ,NOT TO MENTION PUT MY WIFE AND CHILDREN IN DANGER