2002 DODGE INTREPID Complaints

THE DEXCO ANTI-FREEZE THAT WAS PUT IN THE VEHICLE BT THE MANUFACTURER, IS DRYING OUT AND CAUSING PROBLEMS WITH THE ENGINE. THE ENGINE LIGHT HAS ILLUMINATED. TOOK TO MECHANIC AND THE RADIATOR NEEDED FLUSHING AND THE INTAKE GASKETS NEEDED REPLACING. *NLM

VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT ANY WARNING WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO PULL OFF THE ROAD AND WAS TOWED TO A DEALER.TECHNICIAN INDICATED THAT ENGINE LOCKED, AND THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AT OWNER'S EXPENSE DUE TO SLUDGE. *AK

PROBLEMS BRAKE ROTORS AND ODOMETER ON 2002 DODGE INTREPID ES.*MR THE VEHICLE MADE AN UNUSUAL NOISE AND THEN SHUT DOWN. THE DEALER INDICATED THAT THE START-UP ALARM SYSTEM NEEDED TO BE REGULATED. THE DEALER MADE THE REPAIRS BUT THE PROBLEM CONTINUED. A FEW DAYS LATER THE NOISES CONTINUED, THE ODOMETER STOPPED AND THE VEHICLE DIDN'T INDICATE WHAT GEAR IT WAS IN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO ANOTHER DEALER WHO CORRECTED THE PROBLEM. THE CONSUMER LATER LEARNED THAT THE VEHICLE NEEDED NEW ROTORS AND BRAKE PADS ON ALL FOUR WHEELS. THE VEHICLE WAS RETURNED TO THE SALES DEALER WHO WAS NO LONGER IN BUSINESS. AFTER CONTACTING CHRYSLER, SHE WAS TOLD THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. THE CONSUMER DOESN'T THINK THE ROTORS SHOULD HAVE FAILED WITHIN FOUR MONTHS OR OWNERSHIP. *PH *NLM

OUR 2002 DODGE INTREPID IS A TERRIBLE AUTOMOBILE JUST LIKE THE 2002 CARAVAN THAT WE PREVIOUSLY HAD THAT DALLAS DODGE REPLACED WITH THIS INTREPID BECAUSE DAIMLER CHRYSLER DOES NOT STAND BEHIND THERE VEHICLES. *LA

THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH WHEN ANOTHER VEHICLE HIT THE DRIVER'S FRONT. NEITHER AIR BAG DEPLOYED UPON IMPACT. THERE WERE INJURIES TO DRIVER AND PASSENGER. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *NLM

IT STARTED OUT AS JUST A ROUGH IDLE. THEY COULDN'T DUPLICATE IT AND TOLD ME TO DRIVE IT UNTIL IT GOT WORSE. I DID. IT THEN ADDED TRYING TO GO DEAD WHEN I PULLED INTO PARKING PLACES. THEY AGAIN COULDN'T DUPLICATE CONCERN. TAKE IT AND DRIVE IT UNTIL IT GETS WORSE. THEN IT STARTED RACING OCCASSIONALLY WHILE AT IDLE AND WOULD TAKE FIVE OR SIX TIMES TO START ONLY TO TO GO DEAD WHEN YOU PULLED A SHORT DISTANCE AND CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP. THEY STILL CAN'T DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. CHRYSLER TOLD THEM TO REPLACE THE HEAD. THE MECHANIC SAYS THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT HEAD AND THAT IT WILL NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. I KNOW THEY'RE GOING TO GIVE IT BACK TO ME AND SAY DRIVE IT UNTIL IT GETS WORSE AGAIN. THE NEXT STEP IS FOR IT TO GO DEAD IN TRAFFIC AND CAUSE A WRECK. *AK

CONSUMER STATES THAT AUTOMATIC DOOR LOCK DOES NOT WORK. SHE HAD REPLACED THE ONE IN THE FRONT DOOR. THE DOORS AUTOMATICALLY LOCK AT 15 MPH, BUT WILL NOT RELEASE UNTIL SHE CUT THE VEHICLE OFF. BUT THE LOCK IN THE BACK WILL NOT RELEASE UNTIL ALL THE OTHER AUTOMATICALLY RELEASE, AND THEN HAS TO RELEASE IT MANUALLY. CONSUMER STATES THAT THE MECHANIC CAN REPAIR IT, BUT IT WILL COST APPROXIMATELY $250.00 PER DOOR. SHE FEELS THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE, BECAUSE IF SOMETHING HAPPENS AND THE PASSENGERS CANNOT GET OUT OF THE VEHICLE. *AK

WE HAVE A 2002 DODGE INTREPID, WE HAVE REPLACED 2 FUSES FOR THE A/C AND NOW THEY SAID IT IS THE FAN. THE A/C MAN TOLD US THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE CARAVANS AND THE STRATUS. I FEEL THAT THE INTREPID SHOULD BE ADDED. THIS IS THE SECOND VEHICLE WE HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM WITH. WE HAD A PLYMOUTH VOYAGER AND THE SAME THING HAPPENED. I FEEL THAT YOU SHOULD CHECK THESE VEHICLES CONCERNING THIS.*AK

WHEN YOU FIRST START THE CAR IT WOULD NOT MOVE WHEN YOU PUT IT IN ANY GEAR, THEN WHEN IT DID FINALLY MOVE YOU MAY START MOVING AND THEN IT WAS LIKE THE TRANSMISSION WAS SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL. TOOK THE CAR IN TO THE DEALER, AND HAD IT CHECKED, SAID IT WAS A QUART LOW ON FLUID, CAR WAS SENT BACK HOME WITH ME, A FEW DAYS LATER DID THE SAME THING, TOOK IT BACK AND THE DEALER WHERE THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED, NEW TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT SHIFT OUT OF LOW GEAR, HAD DEALER TOW IT IN, STATED TO ME THE THE TRANSMISSION CONTROLER NEEDED REPROGRAMMING, IT WAS REPROGRAMMED AND SENT BACK OUT ON THE ROAD, ABOUT 100 MILES LATER IT WAS A REPEAT, WOULD NOT SHIFT OUT OF LOW GEAR, HAD THE VEHILCE TOWED IN AGAIN, DEALER REPLACED TRANSMISSION AND CONTROLLER, PICKED THE CAR UP FROM THE DEALER, I FOUND A BRACKET THAT THEY HAD LEFT LOOSE THAT WAS WITHIN A FRACTION OF COMING IN CONTACT WITH THE RACK AND PINION STEERING, RETURNED TO DEALER TO HAVE BRACKET REATTACHED. I HAVE FILED LEMON LAW ON THIS CAR. *AK

VEHICLE: 2002 DODGE INTREPID SE IN: [XXX] ODOMETER: 35,100 MI N-SERVICE DATE: 1/1/2002 ATE CLASS: D - USED. MY 2002 DODGE INTREPID WAS PURCHASED FROM BYERS DUBLIN CHEVROLET IN DUBLIN, OHIO I.E. (COLUMBUS, OHIO) IN MARCH OF 2003 WITH 31,000 MILES. IN JUNE 2003, I BEGAN EXPERIENCING ENGINE TICKING. IN JULY OF 2003, I BEGAN EXPERIENCING ROUGH IDLING DURING START UP. THE MANUFACTURERS WARRANTY EXPIRES AT 36,000 MILES. CURRENT MILEAGE IS 35,148. I DO NOT WANT TO BE STUCK WITH A 5,000 + ENGINE REPAIR BILL FOR A VEHICLE SOLD TO ME WITH KNOWN PROBLEMS OR TOTAL ENGINE FAILURE. THERE ARE MANY LIKE COMPLAINTS ON THE INTERNET. THIS VEHICLE WAS TAKEN IN FOR MECHANICAL INSPECTION ON THE FRONT END DUE TO FREQUENT THUMPING NOISES DURING FULL RIGHT AND FULL LEFT TURNS. SERVICE MANAGER ADVISED THAT THIS WAS ONLY THE STEERING STOPS WORKING PROPERLY. IT SOUNDED AND FELT AS IF BALLJOINTS OR STRUTS WERE FAILING. [XXX] HOME [XXX] CELL. *AK INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR