2001 Dodge Intrepid

I NOTICED A PLAY IN THE STEERING WHEEL WHEN I BOUGHT THE CAR AT 42,000 MILES. AT ABOUT 45,000 MILES I NOTICED THAT STEERING WHEEL WOULD "GET CAUGHT" ON SOMETHING WHILE TRYING TO BRING IT BACK TO ITS NORMAL POSITION AFTER TURNING, AND CLICKING WHILE GETTING OVER WHATEVER WAS CATCHING IT. AT THE SAME TIME RATTLING IN THE FRONT END CAME ALONG WHILE DRIVING ON UNEVEN SURFACES - LIKE A DIRT ROAD, BUMPS, HOLES ON THE ROAD. AT 46,000 MILES I WAS TOLD I HAD TO REPLACE THE WHOLE STEERING RACK ASAP BEFORE I LOOSE THE ABILITY TO STEER MY CAR ON THE ROAD AND HURT ME/SOMEBODY ELSE. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY, THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING FOLLOWED BY A LOUD GRINDING NOISE FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE CONTACT MANAGED TO PULL OVER WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER WHO DETERMINED THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE ENGINE REPLACEMENT CORRECTED THE STALLING AND ENGINE NOISE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS ALERTED.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED ON 7-31-06 WHILE STOPPED AND GETTING READY TO TURN, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT DID NOT ILLUMINATE IN THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO DETERMINED THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO THE TIMING CHAIN GOING OUT. PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT, THE OIL WAS CHANGED. THE CONTACT MAINTAINED THE VEHICLE'S OIL CHANGES EVERY 3,000-4,000 MILES, YET THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE CONTACT THE OIL WAS VERY THICK. THE DEALERSHIP HAS BEEN INFORMED.

MY 2001 DODGE INTREPID, 2.7L ENGINE DIED WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON SATURDAY AUGUST 19TH, THE ENGINE IS SLUDGE AND I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHY THE ENGINE SLUDGE WITH REGULAR OIL CHANGES AND MAINTENANCE. I WAS TOLD THAT MY EXTENDED WARRANTY WILL NOT COVER THIS BECAUSE IT IS SLUDGE. THE COOLANT IS ALL GONE AFTER I JUST REPLACED THE COOLANT BYPASS HOSE DUE TO OVERHEATING. I OWE A LOT OF MONEY ON THIS CAR STILL LIKE 7300 DOLLARS AND CANT AFFORD TO PAY FOR THIS REPAIR AND FOR THE CAR PAYMENTS, PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHAT CAN BE DONE TO SOLVE THIS SITUATION. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE TRAVELING 75 MPH THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AND THE ENGINE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESTART AND WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP WHERE THE TRANSMISSION WAS REBUILT. LATER, WITHOUT WARNING THE ENGINE SQUEALED AND STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP AND IT WAS DETERMINED THE PROBLEM WAS DUE TO THE AIR CONDITIONER. *AK UPDATED 9/11/2006 - *NM

I WAS DRIVING ON THE TOLLWAY WHEN MY CAR BEGAN TO OVERHEAT. I TURNED ON THE HEATER TO MAXIMUM AND DROVE AT ABOUT 55 MPH. ABOUT ONE MILE FROM HOME ANOTHER CAR PULLED ALONG SIDE TO TELL ME THAT THERE WERE FLAMES COMING FROM UNDERNEATH MY CAR. I IMMEDIATELY PULLED OVER BUT COULD NOT STOP IMMEDIATELY AS I LOST ALL POWER AND HAD NO BRAKES. SINCE THE EXIT WAS ON AN INCLINE I WAS ABLE TO COAST TO A STOP AND MY WIFE AND I EXITED THE CAR. WITHIN LESS THAN 10 SECONDS AFTER WE EXITED THE CAR WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES AND WAS TOTALED. *NM

THE CAR WAS MAKING A SOUND. HAD JUST PREVIOUSLY HAD AN OIL CHANGE. GOT READY TO GET IN THE CAR TO TAKE TO SHOP TO FIND OUT WHAT THE NOISE WAS & THE CAR WOULD NOT START. HAD TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED TO SHOP. THAT'S WHEN I WAS TOLD THE ENGINE WAS GONE. 5-6 THOUSAND DOLLARS TO REPAIR. CANNOT AFFORD THAT WHEN STILL PAYING CAR NOTE. *NM