2001 DODGE INTREPID Complaints

I HAVE A 2001 DODGE INTREPID. RECENTLY, WHILE DRIVING ON INTERSTATE 70 THE CAR'S ENGINE MADE A LOUD NOISE AND THEN SUDDENLY DIED. I WAS BARELY ABLE TO ESCAPE BEING STRUCK BY OTHER CARS AS I STEERED ONTO AN EXIT RAMP. OUR LOCAL DODGE DEALERSHIP DIAGNOSED THE ENGINE TROUBLE AS OIL SLUDGE REQUIRING A NEW ENGINE. WE CHANGE OUR OIL REGULARLY. THIS IS A WELL DOCUMENTED PROBLEM WITH THE CHRYSLER 2.7 L ENGINE. (WWW.DONTBUYONE.ORG) CHRYSLER HAS REFUSED TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. *NM

2001 DODGE INTREPID ENGINE CAUGHT ON FIRE. *TS THE CONSUMER HAD THE CRUISE CONTROL ON AND SOON SAW SMOKE, THEN THE COOLANT LIGHT ILLUMINATED. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE TRAVELING 35 MPH, WITH NO WARNING, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESTART AND WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. THE DEALERSHIP DETERMINED THE TIMING CHAIN STRETCHED AND JUMPED CAUSING ENGINE FAILURE. THE ENGINE NEEDS TO BE REPLACED.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT THE ENGINE FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. THERE WERE NO INDICATOR LIGHTS ILLUMINATED PRIOR TO THE ENGINE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESTART AND WAS TOWED TO DEALER FOR INSPECTION. UPON INSPECTION THE ENGINE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DETERMINED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS ALERTED.

I WAS IN A CAR COLLISION ON APRIL 20TH 2006 IN LAKE ZURICH IL. APPROXIMATE SPEED 48 TO 50 MILES PER HR. I REAR ENDED A TRUCK & THE AIR BAGS DID NOT OPEN. NEITHER THE DRIVERS' AIRBAG OR THE PASSENGERS' AIR BAGS OPENED. LUCKILY I WAS NOT SERIOUSLY INJURED. I DID SUFFER NECK PAIN & HIP PAIN FROM THE WHIP-LASH. I WAS WEARING MY SEAT BELT. THE 2001 DODGE INTREPID WITH 54,274 VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. I HAVE A PICTURE. *JB

THE DAY AFTER I GOT A ROUTINE OIL CHANGE ON MY 2001 DODGE INTREPID, I WAS DRIVING IN TOWN AND MY CAR SEIZED UP AND DIED. I DID NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO, SO I PUT IT IN PARK AND TRIED TO RESTART IT. I WAS ON A HILL AND FORTUNATELY, WAS NOT TRAVELING FAST SO I WAS ABLE TO DRIFT IN NEUTRAL TO A CURB. WHAT A FEELING, A SUDDEN JOLT, LOSING CONTROL OF THE STEERING AND THE BRAKES. I CERTAINLY DID NOT EXPECT THE NEWS THAT WAS TO FOLLOW. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO A DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT I NEEDED A NEW ENGINE AND THE COST WOULD BE ABOUT $5500.00. HOW COULD THAT BE? THERE IS ONLY 48,700 MILES ON THIS CAR AND I HAVE IT SERVICED EVERY 3000 MILES. I CERTAINLY CANNOT AFFORD TO PUT A NEW OR REBUILT ENGINE IN THIS CAR AND STILL HAVE A LOAN ON IF FOR OVER $4000.00. I BEGAN TO INVESTIGATE AND FOUND OUT THAT THE COMPANY HAS BEEN WELL AWARE OF THE PROBLEM WITH THE 2.7 LITER ENGINES AND ARE DOING NOTHING ABOUT IT. THERE IS EVEN A CLAUSE THAT STATES THAT EXTENDED WARRANTIES ARE NOT AVAILABLE ON THIS ENGINE. FURTHERMORE, I UNDERSTAND THAT THE TRADE-IN VALUE OF ANY CAR WITH THIS ENGINE HAS GONE DRASTICALLY DOWN. WE, THE CONSUMERS, ARE BEING SHAFTED BY DODGE. I LOVED THIS CAR AND EXPECTED TO OWN IT FOR AT LEAST 10 YEARS. NOW IT HAS BECOME MY BIGGEST NIGHTMARE. ANY. *JB

I OWN A 2001 DODGE INTREPID WITH A 2.7L V-6 ENGINE WITH JUST OVER 83,000 MILES ON IT. DRIVING BETWEEN TAMPA AND ORLANDO FLORIDA, ENGINE STARTED MAKING A RATTLING NOISE AND LOST POWER. NO WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON AND THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE WAS NORMAL. I WAS ABLE TO COAST TO NEARBY EXIT AND GET OFF OF EXPRESSWAY, BUT STRANDED IN REMOTE AREA. IT APPEARED CAR OVERHEATED WITH A BURST BLEEDER HOUSING. AFTER GETTING IT TOWED TO ORLANDO, I LEARNED THAT THE ENGINE BLEW A HEAD GASKET AND WAS DAMAGED BEYOND REPAIR. REPLACEMENT QUOTES ARE IN THE RANGE OF $3,500 TO $4,000 RANGE. *JB

ENGINE ON 2001 DODGE INTREPID FAILED ON MY WAY TO WORK ON 4/24/06. ENGINE IS 2.7L 6 CYLINDER DOHC - TIMING CHAIN BROKE - AND ENGINE IS RUINED. WILL COST 7,700 TO REPLACE. *JB

BLOWN ENGINE WITH 62,075 MILES. I HAVE ALL SERVICE RECORD ON THIS 2001 DODGE INTREPID SE 2.7 LITER. *JB

THE OIL LIGHT ON MY 2001 DODGE INTREPID BEGAN FLICKERING AT STOP LIGHTS. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP, AND WAS TOLD THAT I HAD A SHORT IN MY ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, NOT A MAJOR ISSUE. TWO MONTHS LATER, MY ENGINE BEGAN SPUTTERING AND DIED ON THE INTERSTATE DURING RUSH HOUR. I WAS ABLE TO RESTART IT AND MAKE IT TO WORK WITH MY ENGINE SMOKING BADLY, BUT HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED TO A MECHANIC, WHO TOLD ME MY ENGINE WAS SHOT. DEALERSHIP WOULD DO NOTHING. CAR HAD 81500 MILES AND WARRANTY RAN OUT AT 80000. *JB