2001 DODGE INTREPID Complaints

THE MOTOR IN MY DODGE INTREPID, 2.7 LITER V6, 2001, LET LOOSE AT SPEED WITHOUT WARNING OF ANY KIND. THE CAR BUCKED WILDLY AND I ALMOST LOST CONTROL WITH MY 2 YR OLD SON IN HIS CAR SEAT. I WAS TOLD THIS IS A COMMON OCCURRENCE WITH THESE VEHICLES. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE!! I DO NOT HAVE THE MONEY TO THROW AT THIS PIECE OF CRAP! I STILL OWE ON THIS VEHICLE AND REPAIRS START AROUND 3,500.00 DOLLARS! WHAT IS CHRYSLER DOING ABOUT THIS?? *TR

I PURCHASED MY 2001 DODGE INTREPID IN OCTOBER OF 2006 AND HAVE HAD NO MAJOR PROBLEMS WITH THIS VEHICLE UNTIL RECENTLY. IN THE LAST 30 DAYS I HAVE SPENT ROUGHLY $1200 IN REPAIRS FOR A TIMING CHANGE, THE REPLACEMENT OF THE CRANKSHAFT SENSOR, CAMSHAFT SENSOR AND SOME OTHER PREVENTIVE REPAIR MEASURES LIKE A TUNE UP, SERPENTINE BELT, ETC. THE PROBLEM THAT I AM MOST CONCERNED ABOUT IS THE FACT THAT WHEN I AM REDUCING SPEED THE OIL LIGHT FLASHES AND WHEN AT A COMPLETE STOP AND THE CAR IS IDLING THE OIL LIGHT COMES ON. I TOOK THE CAR TO CHRYSLER AND THEY ADVISED ME THAT THE OIL SENDING UNIT WAS LEAKING AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. HOWEVER, I HAVE HAD THIS PART REPLACED IN THE VEHICLE IS STILL HAVING THIS PROBLEM. AN OUTSIDE MECHANIC ADVISED ME OF RELATED ISSUES WITH THIS VEHICLE AND TOLD ME TO DO SOME RESEARCH REGARDING THIS ISSUE. IN MY RESEARCH I HAVE FOUND THAT THIS PROBLEM USUALLY LEADS TO ENGINE FAILURE AND THIS CONCERN ME GREATLY. FOR THE NUMBER OF VEHICLES THAT HAS HAD THIS SAME PROBLEM SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE! *TR

ENGINE BLEW WITH ONLY 70,000 MILES ON IT. 2.7 LITER V-6. DODGE INTREPID SE 2001. NO INDICATION OF ANY PROBLEM THEN SITTING AT STOP LIGHT IT BLEW. HAD TO GET TOWED TO DEALERSHIP THEN THEY SAY THE ENGINE IS BLOWN WILL COST 6500 TO REPAIR. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE INTREPID. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD RATTLING NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE'S SPEED DECREASED DRAMATICALLY AND THE VEHICLE STALLED MINUTES LATER. SHE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A LOCAL MECHANIC AND THEY REPLACED THE TIMING CHAIN AND STATED THAT THE ENTIRE ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING SYSTEM NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THEY WOULD ONLY ASSIST IF THERE WAS SLUDGE IN HER ENGINE. THE POWERTRAIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,772 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 77,000.

OIL SENSOR MALFUNCTION--NOTICED MANY OTHERS WITH SAME MAKE AND YEAR HAVE SAME PROBLEM. TR

THE ENGINE FAILED TO TURNOVER DURING A START. THE TIMING CHAIN IS NOT WORKING AND HAS CAUSED MAJOR DAMAGE TO FUEL INJECTORS AND THE BASIC FUNCTIONING OF THE CAR. MANY THINGS HAVE BEEN CHANGED OR REPAIRED ON THE CAR BUT, I ALWAYS GET A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT THAT COMES ON CONSTANTLY WITHIN MINUTES OR DAYS OF A REPAIR. THE CAR SOUNDS LIKE A DIESEL TRUCK ENGINE WHEN IT IDLES, OR IS STOPPED AT TRAFFIC LIGHTS. THE BELTS MAKE LOTS OF WHINING NOISES. THE CAR IN THIS RESPECT HAS COST ME LOTS OF $$ AND IS JUST SITTING IN A PARKING LOT UNDRIVEABLE. *TR

OIL LIGHT STAYS ON AT IDLE. HAVE BEEN INFORMED THIS IS A CHRONIC PROBLEM WITH THE 2.7 ENGINE THAT LEADS TO EVENTUAL FAILURE. I HAVE NOT YET HAD THIS ISSUE BUT AM HOPING THAT ANY INFORMATION WILL HELP ME AND ANYONE ELSE. *TR

2001 DODGE INTREPID. OIL LIGHT BEGAN FLASHING. CHECKED THE OIL IT WAS FULL. ABOUT 2 DAYS LATER A LIGHT TICKING NOISE OCCURRED. ON 2/16/2007, I STARTED THE VEHICLE AND TICKING NOISE, TURNED INTO KNOCKING NOISE. MECHANIC STATED THAT THE CAR EXPERIENCE AN OIL FAILURE AND THROUGH A ROD IN THE ENGINE. $4,500.00 TO FIX. *TR

I HAD MY CAR OIL CHANGED REGULARLY, WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, I HEARD A LOUD KNOCKING SOUND. I TOOK IT TO AN INDEPENDENT SHOP, WHO INFORMED ME THAT THE TIMING CHAIN TENSIONERS BROKE, AFTER THEY GOT THE ENGINE APART, IT WAS SO SLUDGED UP AND IMPOSSIBLE TO FIX. SAID THIS WAS THE REASON, THERE WAS NO OTHER WARNING THAT SOMETHING WAS WRONG. MY WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED 6 MOS. PREVIOUSLY, WHEN I CALLED CHRYSLER THEY SAID IT WAS NOT THEIR PROBLEM. I WAS LUCKY TO BE ABLE TO BORROW FUNDS TO PAY $6,000.00 FOR A NEW ENGINE, AS I HAVE A PHYSICAL HANDICAP I REQUIRE A VEHICLE,AND HAD THIS HAPPENED IN THE COUNTRY , IT WOULD HAVE BEEN WORSE BECAUSE I CANNOT WALK ANY DISTANCE. THE MECHANIC TOLD ME THESE WERE A FAULTY ENGINE AND SHOULD HAVE MAYBE HAD A RECALL. *TR

FIRST THE OIL LIGHT CAME ON THEN THE ENGINE SHUT OFF WHILE I WAS IN AN INTERSECTION ON CITY STREETS. I GOT THE CAR RESTARTED AND IT SEEMED TO BE FINE. I CHECKED THE OIL AND ENSURED THAT IT HAD PLENTY AND EVEN SCHEDULED IT FOR AN OIL CHANGE EVEN THOUGH I ONLY HAD APPROX 1500 MILES ON THE PREVIOUS CHANGED OIL. THEN I WS ON THE FWY DRIVING TO WORK AND WHEN I WAS CHANGING LANES THE SAME THING HAPPENED. THE OIL LIGHT CAME ON AND THE ENGINE JUST SHUT OFF ON ME. I WAS BARELY ABLE TO GET THE VEHICLE OFF THE FWY AND THANKFULLY THERE WAS AN EXIT CLOSE BY WHERE I WAS ABLE TO EXIT WITHOUT FURTHER DAMAGE OR INJURY. THIS IS A 2.7L DODGE INTREPID AND I AM NOW BEING QUOTED BY THE DEALERSHIP OF A REPAIR BILL EXCEEDING 850+ DOLLARS. *TR