2001 DODGE INTREPID Complaints

2001 DODGE INTREPID CAUGHT ON FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. *KB ***NAR*** *TT *AK

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE ENGINE BLEW WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY. THIS OCCURRED TWICE. THE FIRST INCIDENT OCCURRED AT 50,000 MILES, AND THE SECOND AT 97000 MILES. ALSO, THE TRANSMISSION BLEW AT 45000 MILES. THE ENGINE ISSUE WAS NOT OIL RELATED. THE CONTACT EXPRESSED THE DEFECT WAS RELATED THE ENGINE. THE OIL HAD TURNED YELLOW. THE CONTACT ALSO EXPRESSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS WERE PROBABLY RELATED TO THE ENGINE PROBLEMS. THERE WERE ALSO SOME COMPUTER PROBLEMS; THE COMPUTER WAS NOT ALLOWING THE RPM'S INCREASE PROPERLY. THE VEHICLE'S COMPUTER WAS REPAIRED BY THE CONTACT. UPDATED 11/9/2006 - *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND SMOKE CAME FROM UNDER THE HOOD WHILE DRIVING 70MPH ON THE HIGHWAY. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER AND CHECKED UNDER THE HOOD WHERE FLAMES WERE NOW PRESENT WITHIN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED BY THE CONTACT USING A BOTTLE OF WATER. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP WHO DETERMINED THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT ALERTED. *AK

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE ENGINE STALLED SUDDENLY WHILE STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP WHO DETERMINED THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO WATER AND OIL IN THE ENGINE. THERE WERE NO PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT. THE OIL LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE DASH. DUE TO OIL CONSUMPTION PROBLEM, OIL WAS NOT REACHING THE HEADS OF THE VEHICLE WHICH CAUSED WHICH CAUSED COOLANT TO MIX WITH THE OIL. UPDATED 08/24/06. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE TRAVELING 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED. AFTER COASTING TO THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESTART AND IT WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP. THE SHOP DETERMINED THERE WAS SLUDGE IN THE OIL CAUSING THE ENGINE TO SEIZE. THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE'S AIR CONDITIONING HAS FAILED THE WINDOWS WILL NOT GO UP OR DOWN. THE PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT. THE WINDOW ISSUE CAUSES TOO MUCH HEAT IN THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT EXPRESSED OTHER DODGES HAVE A RELATED ISSUE THE BODY MODULE, AND THIS MAY BE THE CAUSE OF THE PROLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE.*AK

ENGINE WENT DUE TO OIL SLUDGE BUILD UP AT 52,000 MILES. CAR WAS PROPERLY MAINTAINED.NUMEROUS PROBLEMS WITH THIS CAR STARTING AT ABOUT 30,000. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE ENGINE STALLED IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESTART. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE THE DEALERSHIP DETERMINED THE VEHICLE'S ENGINE HAD BLOWN AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THERE WERE NO WARNING SIGNALS WITH THE VEHICLE PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT.

MY WIFE AND I BOUGHT A 2001 DODGE INTREPID IN 2001. THE TIMING CHAIN WENT OUT ON US TWICE, THE FIRST TIME MY WIFE WAS DRIVING IT AND IT WAS SHAKING AND RATTLING. WE TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY FIXED IT UNDER WARRANTY, WITHOUT INFORMING US OF THE PROBLEM WITH THESE 2.7 LITER ENGINES. THE SECOND TIME I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK ON THE FREEWAY AND THE CAR LOST COMPRESSION, I PULLED OFF THE FREEWAY AND THEN COULDN'T START THE CAR BACK UP AGAIN. I HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP, THEY TOLD ME WE NEEDED TO GET A NEW ENGINE WHICH WOULD COST US ABOUT $7,000 DOLLARS, OR THEY COULD TRY TO FIX THE TIMING CHAIN AGAIN FOR AROUND $1,000 DOLLARS, BUT THERE WAS NO GUARANTEE IT WOULD START. WE CALLED THE DEALERSHIP THAT WE BOUGHT IT FROM THEY TOLD US THEY COULDN'T HELP US SINCE IT WASN'T UNDER WARRANTY ANYMORE. THEY SAID WE COULD TRY TO CONTACT CHRYSLER, BUT THEY PROBABLY WOULD NOT HELP US. SO NOW WE HAVE A FIVE YEAR OLD CAR THAT WE CAN'T USE AND CAN'T AFFORD TO GET FIXED. WE ARE A YOUNG FAMILY WITH A 2 YEAR OLD AND 3 MONTH OLD, AND WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE SOME HELP IN THIS MATTER. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE'S ENGINE BLEW WHILE TRAVELING 65 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS CRUISING ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN A TICKING SOUND WAS HEARD COMING FROM UNDER THE FRONT HOOD. SHORTLY AFTER, THE VEHICLE LOST POWER, AND THE TICKING SOUND BECAME LOUDER. THE VEHICLE WAS PULLED OVER AND TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP WHO DETERMINED THAT THE ENGINE WAS BLOWN AND THAT A NEW ENGINE WOULD HAVE TO BE INSTALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT RESTARTED ONCE THE IGNITION WAS SWITCHED OFF. THE VEHICLE HAD AN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION.