2001 Dodge Intrepid

DT: TRANSMISSION WENT OUT ABOUT MONTH AGO. JUST HAD TRANSMISSION REDONE, HOWEVER, VEHICLE OVERHEATED. TOOK TO A MECHANIC AND WAS INFORMED 2 FANS WERE WORKING PROPERLY. NEXT DAY WAS STUCK IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC WHEN THE CAR OVERHEATED. TRIED TO MANEUVER THROUGH TRAFFIC AND ENGINE STARTED KNOCKING. PARKED CAR IN PARKING LOT, AND STEAM BEGAN TO POUR OUT. DID NOT OPEN HOOD. CALLED MECHANIC AND TOW TRUCK, AND WAS INFORMED THAT, ENGINE WAS TOTALLY SHOT. IT WAS POORLY DESIGNED. CALLED DODGE WITH NO SUCCESS, THEY OFFERED NO REMEDY. *AK

DT: CONTACT STATES WHILE HIS WIFE WAS DRIVING VEHICLE STALLED, THERE WAS SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. THERE WERE NO POWER STEERING OR POWER BRAKES. THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS BEFORE THIS HAPPENED. THE SERVICE DEALER SAID THE MOTOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. UPON INSPECTION, IT WAS FOUND THAT A PLASTIC PART OF THE WATER PUMP BROKE OFF. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN REGULARLY MAINTAINED.*AK

DT: CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AND VEHICLE STALLED. ENGINE WAS BAD. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER BEFORE STALLING, AND DEALER SAYS NOTHING WRONG. AFTER STALLING CONSUMER TOOK CAR TO ANOTHER GARAGE, AND WAS TOLD ENGINE WAS BAD. VEHICLE WAS SERVICED REGULARLY. VEHICLE HAS BEEN LOSING OIL PRESSURE, CAUSING IT TO CUT OFF. INTERIOR LIGHTS CAME ON FOR NO APPARENT REASON.*AK

DT:CONSUMER WAS DRIVING 60-65 MPH IN 2001 DODGE INTREPID WHEN HE HEARD A NOISE LIKE A HOSE BURSTING OR BREAKING. IMMEDIATELY LOOKED AT TEMPERATURE GAUGE ,AND IT WENT TO HOT. CONSUMER TURNED ON THE HEATER, AND THE VEHICLE TEMPERATURE WENT BACK TO NORMAL. CONSUMER PULLED OFF THE ROAD, AND LOOKED UNDER THE HOOD, AND SAW THAT WAS OIL LEAKING. CONSUMER PARKED THE VEHICLE AT THAT POINT AND THERE WAS A STEADY FLOW OF OIL, AT SOME POINT IT DID STOP. CONSUMER WAS HAVING THE VEHICLE TOWED. *AK

2001 DODGE INTREPID, 2.7 LITER, BOUGHT IN JULY 2001 FROM DODGE AND WAS A ONE PERSON OWNER. IT HAD, WHEN WE BOUGHT IT, 28,000 AND STILL UNDER FACTORY WARRENTY. WE BOUGHT THE EXTENDED WARRENTY OF 100,000 7YEARS. ENGINE TAPPING, TOOK TO THE DODGE DEALERSHIP AND WAS BLAMED ON NOT CHANGING OUR OIL PROPERLY. HAD TO GET IT FIXED. WE TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC THAT WORKED ON IT ENOUGH TO WERE WE COULD DRIVE IT AND AT THE TIME THOUGHT IT WAS FIXED FOR GOOD. COME TO FIND OUT THIS WAS ONLY A TEMP FIX. AT THE TIME WE WERE NOT AWARE OF THE ALL THE PROBLEMS THE 2.7 LITER ENGINES WERE HAVING. JUST RECENTLY STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS WITH IT AGAIN AND THIS TIME IT IS SO BAD WE CANNOT DRIVE IT. DODGE REFUSED TO HONOR THEIR WARRENTY AND ME AS A CUSTOMER AM OF THE OPION THAT THIS IS WRONG. IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT CRYSLER/DODGE HAVE ADMITTED TO THE PROBLEM AND MODIFIED THE ENGINE. WELL, IF THEY ADMITTED TO THE PROBLEM THEY SHOULD BE FIXING THEIR CARS.

CONSUMER STATES: ENGINE MALFUNCTIONED. CALLED CHRYSLER AND REPLACED TRANSMISSION 9 MONTHS AGO. THE ENGINE JUST SHUT DOWN, THE TIMING CHAIN BROKE. NO LIGHTS CAME ON WHEN THE ENGINE SHUT DOWN. ACTED LIKE IT WANTED TO CUT OFF, IT STARTED SHAKING ,AND JUST DIED AND WOULDN'T START BACK. IT ACTED LIKE IT WANTED TO TURN OVER, MAKING A NOISE. MECHANIC SAID INTERNAL ENGINE DAMAGE CAUSED BY TIMING CHAIN, AND FLUIDS GOT MIXED IN WITH THE OIL. JUST HAD OIL CHANGED WEEK PRIOR TO THIS.*AK

MY 2001 DODGE INTREPID W/ 70,000 MILES STARTED OUT WITH A SMALL KNOCKING NOISE, THEN AS I WAS DRIVING ONE DAY, IT LOST ALL OF IT'S POWER & STARTED MAKING A HORRIBLE NOISE. WHEN I WAS CALLING AROUND ASKING GARAGES HOW MUCH IT WOULD BE TO HAVE THEM LOOK AT THE CAR, A FEW OF THE GARAGES TOLD ME WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS BEFORE I EVEN TOLD THEM, THEY ONLY NEEDED THE YEAR & MAKE OF THE CAR & THEY KNEW THAT IT WAS THE ENGINE DUE TO OIL SLUDGE. ONE GARAGE TOLD ME THAT IT WAS NOT GONNA BE WORTH IT TO GET MY CAR FIXED BECAUSE IT WOULD LIKELY BE MORE THAN MY CAR WAS WORTH. ANOTHER GARAGE TOLD ME HE WOULDN'T EVEN WORK ON INTREPIDS WITH THIS PROBLEM BECAUSE IT WOULD BE SUCH A MESS. I EVEN HAD A GARAGE TELL ME NOT TO WASTE MY MONEY ON A TOW TRUCK BECAUSE THE 2.7L ENGINE INTREPIDS ARE JUNK & IT WOULDNT BE WORTH IT. I FINALLY FOUND A GUY THAT IS BASICALLY MAKING HIS LIVING ON JUST WORKING ON THESE 2.7L INTREPID ENGINES. THE COST WAS $2,300 TO HAVE THE ENGINE CLEANED/SOAKED TO GET ALL OF THE OIL SLUDGE BUILD-UP OFF & HAVE A ANY PARTS THAT WERE BROKEN REPLACED. MY DAD, BOYFRIEND & BROTHER HAD TO TAKE THE ENGINE OUT & BRING IT TO THE GARAGE & THE GARAGE DID THE WORK ON THE ENGINE & THEN MY DAD, BOYFRIEND & BROTHER HAD TO PUT THE ENGINE BACK INTO MY CAR. SO W/ THAT PRICE OF $2,300 I DIDN'T EVEN GET A REBUILT ENGINE & MY FAMILY HAD TO DO ALOT OF THE WORK. I WAS MAKING MY MONTHLY PAYMENTS OF $175 ON A CAR THAT I COULDN'T DRIVE FOR ABOUT 2 MONTHS ALL TOGETHER.

2001 DODGE INTREPID 2.7L ENGINE STALLED WITH 76,000 MILES ON ODOMETER. I HAD PURCHASED THE EXTENDED WARRANTY, BUT WAS TOLD IT EXPIRED AT 75,000 MILES. MY WIFE CONTACTED DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT IT WOULD COSE ABOUT $8500 FOR AN ENGINE REPLACEMENT. DEALER INSINUATED THAT THE PROBLEM WAS NOT HAVING THE OIL CHANGED. AFTER CHECKING THE NHTSA WEBSITE, I FOUND THAT THERE ARE NEARLY 50 SIMILAR COMPLAINTS ON THIS VEHICLE WITH VARYING MILEAGES REPORTED.