2001 DODGE INTREPID Complaints

I HAVE A 2001 DODGE INTREPID WITH LESS THAN 70,000 MILES ON IT. I JUST FOUND OUT IT HAS AN OIL LEAK ALONG WITH OTHER PROBLEMS. THE MECHANIC SAID HE DIDN'T RECOMMEND THAT I PUT TOO MUCH MONEY INTO IT BECAUSE OF THE POORLY DESIGNED ENGINE. AS PER MY MECHANIC, CHRYSLER KNOWS OF THIS PROBLEM. I HAVE ALSO DONE THE RESEARCH ONLINE AND SEEN HUNDREDS , IF NOT, THOUSANDS OF COMPLAINTS. IT IS RIDICULOUS IN A TIME WHERE MOST CARS RUN FOR SEVERAL HUNDRED THOUSAND MILES THAT A COMPANY GETS AWAY WITH A DELIBERATELY POORLY DESIGNED ENGINE THAT BASICALLY STARVES ITSELF INTERNALLY OF OIL, MY MECHANICS WORDS. I THINK CHRYSLER SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR DELIBERATE ACTIONS THAT ARE HARMING THOUSANDS OF HARD-WORKING PEOPLE. *AK

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE INTREPID. THE CONTACT DETECTED AN UNFAMILIAR NOISE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT OF THE VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING. A LOCAL MECHANIC DISCOVERED A PIECE OF METAL IN ONE OF THE SENSORS. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO ANOTHER MECHANIC , WHO WAS UNABLE TO DETECT ANY FAILURE. WHILE ON A ROAD TRIP THE VEHICLE FAILED AGAIN. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A MECHANIC, WHO DIAGNOSED THE FAILURE AS THE ENGINE ROD. THE ENGINE WAS REPLACED IN MAY 2006 WITH A MODEL THREE YEARS NEWER AND WITH 35,000 MILES. THE VEHICLE HAS CURRENTLY BEGUN TO REPEAT THE UNFAMILIAR NOISE. A MECHANIC DIAGNOSED THE NOISE AS POSSIBLE ENGINE FAILURE AGAIN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 76,000.*AK

TL* - THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE INTREPID. WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE LOST POWER WHEN STOPPING AT A LIGHT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 85,000. THE CONTACT STATED THAT FOR APPROXIMATELY 3-6 MONTHS PRIOR THE VEHICLE FELT AS THOUGH THE TRANSMISSION WAS SLIPPING. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS. THE MECHANIC DIAGNOSED THE VEHICLE AS NEEDING A NEW ENGINE. *AK UPDATED 04/12/07. *JB

I HAVE A 2001 DODGE INTREPID I GOT THE OIL CHANGED ONE DAY THE NEXT IT IS NOT DRIVABLE DUE TO THE TIMING CHAIN GOING OUT DODGE DOES NOT CARE ABOUT THEIR VEHICLES I HAVE TALKED TO THEM I ALSO FOUND OUT THAT THERE ARE 5 INTREPID'S IN A TOWN OF 6500 PEOPLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. AND IT TAKES A LOT FOR REPAIR CAUSE OF THE BAD ENGINE DESIGN.*JB

WIFE WAS DRIVING IN A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD WHEN THE TEMPERATURE DIAL WENT TO HOT AND CHIMED. WITHIN 2-3 MINUTES OF THE CHIME NOTIFYING MY WIFE OF A PROBLEM, THE ENGINE SEIZED AND STALLED WHILE DRIVING. MY WIFE ROLLED PARTIALLY ONTO A NEARBY DRIVEWAY AND SAW SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. MY WIFE HAD TO PUSH THE VEHICLE OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY AND DOWN THE ROAD IN TRAFFIC ABOUT 1/4 OF A MILE, TO A NEARBY HOTEL PARKING LOT TO AWAIT A TOW HOME. THE OWNER OF THE HOME REFUSED TO BE OF ASSISTANCE TO MY WIFE. IN THE PROCESS, MY WIFE RE-INJURED HER LOWER BACK BY PUSHING THE CAR AND SIMULTANEOUSLY HOPPING INTO THE VEHICLE TO NAVIGATE/STEER/BRAKE WHILE THE CAR WAS IN MOTION. SHE WAS CURRENTLY UNDER A DOCTOR'S CARE AND BEING TREATED FOR THIS LUMBAR INJURY. THE INTREPID WAS TOWED TO A MECHANIC AND HE SAID THE WATER PUMP FAILED WHICH RESULTED IN THE ENGINE SEIZING. THE MECHANIC ELABORATED IN SHARING HOW THERE WAS NO WAY FOR MY WIFE TO KNOW AT ANY POINT THAT THERE WAS A UNDERLINING PROBLEM WITH THE FAILING WATER PUMP AND THAT IT WAS TYPICAL FOR THIS PARTICULAR VEHICLE. WE WERE TOLD IT WOULD BE $6,000 TO REBUILD THE ENGINE AND THIS PROBLEM WOULD OCCUR AGAIN LATER IF WE OPTED TO MOVE FORWARD AND HAVE IT REBUILD. IT WAS SUGGESTED TO SELL TO A JUNK YARD OR DONATE TO CHARITY. IT'S A 2001 DODGE INTREPID SE. IT SITS IN OUR DRIVEWAY. *JB

TL*- WHILE AT A STOP SIGN WITH THE2001 DODGE INTREPID CONTACT SMELLED AN ODOR, ONCE THE CONTACT CONTINUED TO DRIVE AT 10 MPH AND SMOKE STARTED COMING IN THROUGH THE AIR CONDITIONING A/C VENTS, AND THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STOPPED. THE CONTACT HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP, AND THEY STATED THAT THE VEHICLE NEEDED A NEW ENGINE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE WERE BOTH 65000 MILES.*AK

MY 2001 DODGE INTREPID SE WITH 65,000 MILES JUST QUICK WORKING WHILE I WAS DRIVING I HAD IT TOWED TO REPAIR SHOP AND WAS TOLD THE ENGINE WAS BLOWN THE REPAIR WILL COST $5721.00 CONTACTED DODGE AND WAS TOLD THEY WOULD NOT HELP WITH THE REPAIR. I STILL HAVE 8 PAYMENTS. *JB

TL* - THE CONTACT CALLED REGARDING A 2001 DODGE INTREPID. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE WAS TRAVELING AT 65 MPH WHEN SHE HEARD A CLICKING NOISE. SHE PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ONCE SHE PULLED OVER THE CHECK OIL LIGHT TURNED ON. THE VEHICLE CUT OFF AND WOULD NOT RESTART. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE WERE 83,000. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP. THE VEHICLE WA S DIAGNOSED AS THE TIMING CHAIN FAILURE. THE REPAIR SHOP ADVISED THE CONTACT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.*AK

I JUST RECENTLY BOUGHT A 2001 DODGE INTREPID WITH 80,000 MILES. I WAS DRIVING THE CAR ON MY WAY FROM THE DENTIST WITHOUT ANY WARNING THE VEHICLE'S ENGINE WENT OUT WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE STREET. THERE WAS SMALL RATTLING KNOCKING NOISE AND THEN THE ENGINE JUST WENT OUT. I HAD NO PRIOR SIGNS OF THE ENGINE GOING IT JUST WENT, CAUSING MY LIFE AND MY CHILDREN'S LIFE TO BE IN FULL DANGER. *NM

I BOUGHT A USED 2001 DODGE INTREPID 2.7L WITH 61,000 MILES. I GAVE IT REGULAR OIL CHANGES. WHILE DRIVING ON 114 HIGHWAY MY ENGINE SEIZED CAUSING MY POWER STEERING TO FAIL AND CAUSE GREAT DIFFICULTY FOR ME TO PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. MY ENGINE IS JUNK AND MY WARRANTY WILL NOT COVER THIS, CHRYSLER WILL ALSO NOT TAKE FAULT, EVEN THOUGH I TOOK ALL THE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS FOR MY CAR. I AM AFRAID THAT SOMEONE ELSE IN MY SITUATION MAY NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GET TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD LIKE I WAS, AND MAY RESORT IN A FATAL ACCIDENT. I HAVE READ ONLINE AND THIS IS HAPPENING TO MANY MANY PEOPLE WITH DODGE ENGINES YEARS 1997-2003. *NM