2002 DODGE INTREPID Complaints

THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON IN MY 2002 DODGE INTREPID AND I HAD IT ANALYZED AND SERVICED. THE COMPUTER ANALYSIS INDICATED THAT THE CAR NEEDED 4 OXYGEN SENSORS. I HAD THESE REPLACED AT THE COST OF ABOUT $600.00 AND THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN. THIS TIME THE CAR WAS RUNNING ROUGH AND ACTING LIKE IT WAS GOING TO CUT OFF. THE COMPUTER INDICATED THAT I NEED A MAP SENSOR. BUT ON FURTHER INSPECTION THE MECHANIC DISCOVERED THAT I NEED 4 FUEL INJECTORS. THE CAR IS ONLY 4 YEARS OLD AND IT IS FALLING APART. IT HAS ALMOST STALLED ON ME PULLING OUT INTO TRAFFIC AND ACROSS ROADWAYS. SINCE THE REPAIRS ARE NOT COMPLETE I DO NOT KNOW WHAT WILL HAPPEN NEXT. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION, RADIATOR, OIL THINNING UNIT, AND HARMONIC BALANCER HAVE ALL BEEN REPLACED. THERE WAS CONCERN EXPRESSED THAT THIS SHOULD NOT BE NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR EVEN THOUGH THE VEHICLE HAS 69000 MILES ON IT.

WHILE DRIVING A 2002 DODGE INTREPID, THE ENGINE SEIZED UP. NO WARNING LIGHTS. OIL WAS CHECKED AND PROPER LEVEL WAS DETERMINED JUST PRIOR TO INCIDENT. MILEAGE WAS JUST UNDER 75,000. *JB

OIL LIGHT CAME ON WHILE SITTING AT RED LIGHTS. CHANGED THE OIL WITH 10W40 AND SEEMED TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM UNTIL THE WEATHER STARTED TO GET HOT. 2 WEEKS AGO WHILE SLOWING DOWN FOR A RED LIGHT, MY TRANSMISSION SHIFTED DOWN HARD. WHEN I STARTED TO LEAVE THE INTERSECTION, I NOTICED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT SHIFT. I CAN TURN THE CAR OFF AND RESTART AND RUNS FINE FOR A WHILE. NOW ITS DOING THIS PRETTY REGULAR. *JB

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND DEALERSHIP STATED THAT IT WAS A SENSOR AND REPLACED IT...THAT WAS APPROXIMATELY 1 YEAR AGO. KNOCKING SOUND STARTED A COUPLE WEEKS AGO AND THEN CAR ENGINE DIED IN TRAFFIC 2 TIMES. GOT THE ENGINE RESTARTED AND THEN THE OIL LIGHT CAME ON AND ENGINE DIED FOR GOOD. TOOK IT TO ONE SHOP WHO STATED THAT IT WAS A TIMING BELT AND WOULD NOT WORK ON IT. HAD IT TOWED TO DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT IT NEEDED A NEW ENGINE TO THE TUNE OF $6,500.00. STATED THAT IT WAS BECAUSE OF SLUDGE BUILD UP AND NOT CHANGING OIL REGULARLY. CAR WAS SERVICED EVERY 2 TO 3K MILES FOR OIL CHANGES. CAR WAS TAKEN CARE OF AND YET DIES @ 50,000. MILES? THE GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO FORCE DODGE TO OWN UP TO THE FAILURES AND BUY US CONSUMERS NEW ENGINES THAT WILL LAST LONGER THAN 50,000. MILES! I STILL OWE $8,000. ON THIS VEHICLE! *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE ENGINE MADE A RATTLING NOISE. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP WHO DETERMINED THERE WAS EXCESSIVE SLUDGE BUILD UP WHICH CAUSED THE ENGINE ROD TO FRACTURE. THE MECHANIC SUGGESTED REPLACING THE ENGINE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS ALERTED.

WHILE WIFE WAS DRIVING CAR TO STORE ON 2 JUNE 2006, INTREPID ENGINE SHUTTERED AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. SHUTTERING STOPPED AND ENGINE RUNS SMOOTH BUT LIGHT IS STILL ILLUMINATED. MAR 2006 ENGINE OIL CHANGE WAS ACCOMPLISHED ALONG WITH A ENGINE FLUSH BY ED'S TIRE SERVICE, FAYETTEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA. JULY 2005 CAR FAILED INSPECTION BECAUSE OF A BAD BATTERY, WHICH WAS DIFFICULT TO REPLACE. BETWEEN 2002-2004 FRONT ROTORS HAVE BEEN REPLACED TWICE, ONCE BY THE DODGE DEALERSHIP FOR $150.00 THEN ONCE BY ME FOR $60.00. THIS SLUDGE BUILDUP PROBLEM THAT DODGE REFUSES TO FIX IS BECOMING STUPID! THEY ARE MAKING THE MONEY OFF OF US, THEY TO AT LEAST OWN UP TO THEIR DESIGN FLAW AND FIX THE PROBLEM. DOES ANYONE KNOW HOW TO GET SLUDGE OUT OF THE ENGINE OTHER THAN TEARING IT DOWN? *NM

ENGINE BLEW A BEARING AT 92,000 MILES, WAS TOLD BY 2 DIFFERENT REPUTABLE REPAIR SHOPS TO SCRAP ENGINE THAT ITS NOT WORTH FIXING. LEARNED THAT OIL FLOW DEFECTS CAUSE THIS PROBLEM ON DODGE 2.7L ENGINE. *NM

2002 DODGE INTREPID SE; TIMING CHAIN PROBLEMS,HYDRAULIC TENSIONER, MOTOR SEIZED UP. *JB

MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING HOME ON MAY 4, 2006 IN HER 2002 DODGE INTREPID, AS SHE WAS DRIVING UP A HILL THANKFULLY NOT DOWN A HILL HER ENGINE BEGAN TO MAKE A KNOCKING NOISE LIKE THERE WAS NO OIL IN HER VEHICLE, HER OIL WAS CHANGED 400 MILES PREVIOUS TO THIS INCIDENT HER ENGINE SEIZED UP AND NOW WILL NOT RUN. IT WAS TOWED TO A NEARBY GARAGE AND THE OIL WAS CHECKED AND FOUND TO BE CLEAN AND FILLED TO THE REQUIRED CAPACITY. AND WAS ALSO TOLD THAT THIS PARTICULAR ENGINE WAS KNOWN TO BE DEFECTIVE. I AM NOW CURRENTLY LOOKING FOR AN ENGINE FOR THIS VEHICLE BUT AM HAVING TROUBLE BECAUSE THESE ENGINES ARE JUNK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!*JB