2001 DODGE INTREPID Complaints

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE TRAVELING 45MPH A KNOCKING NOISE COULD BE HEARD COMING FROM THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND THEN TOWED TO A GARAGE. UPON INSPECTION THE ENGINE HAD FAILED. THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN ALERTED.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE WITH THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL DEPRESSED. THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO DECELERATE ON ITS OWN AND WAS PULLED OVER. THERE WAS A LOUD POP FROM THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THE MAIN HEAD GASKET BLEW AND THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP, WHICH AGREED WITH THE DETERMINATION OF THE REPAIR SHOP. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTO BODY SHOP AND A USED ENGINE WITH 35,000 MILES ON IT WAS INSTALLED.

MY NAME IS [XXX]. NOVEMBER 2005 I HAVE BOUGHT DODGE INTREPID 2.7 L SEDAN 2001 - TO HELP MY WIFE MOVING SAFELY. I HAVE SPENT ALL MY SAVINGS FOR IT. AT THE BEGINNING OF JANUARY 2006 I HAD PROBLEM WITH THE ENGINE .ENGINE WAS BLOWN UP (MECHANIC TOLD ME ENGINE IS COMPLETELY BROKEN AND IS NO POSSIBILITIES TO REPAIR IT.) I WAS VERY DISAPPOINTED AND I DINT KNOW WHAT I HAD TO DO. I DECIDED TO BUY NEW ENGINE TO SWITCH .I HAVE PAID FOR IT $4000.00 FROM MY CREDIT CARD BECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE ANY CHOICE.) AFTER 1,5 MONTH MARCH 8, 2006 THIS CAR CAUGHT FIRE FROM ELECTRIC ENGINE INSIDE THE PASSENGER DOOR. MY WIFE WAS IN THE HOSPITAL TO MAKE CHECK UP IN THIS TIME AND WHEN SHE RETURNED AND OPENED THE DOOR THE FLAME WAS BLOWN OUTSIDE AND ONE DOOR WAS COMPLETELY BURNED. THERE WAS POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THEY MADE RAPPORT OF THIS ACCIDENT. NOW THIS CAR IS NOT FOR ANY USE BECAUSE ALL INSIDE IS COMPLETELY COVERED BY DUST AND SMOKE FIRE AND SLUDGE AND IS VERY TOXIC AND SMELLS REALLY BAD. INSURANCE REFUSED ME TO COVER THIS CAR FAILURE (I HAD ONLY BASIC PLAN) I HAVE BOUGHT THE CAR 4 YEARS OLD AND I BELIEVED IN DAIMLER CHRYSLER QUALITY NOW I SEE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THIS CAR BECAUSE I MADE INVESTIGATION ON INTERNET AND I FOUND COUPLE HUNDREDS FAILURES OF THIS CAR MOST OF THEN ARE THE SAME AS MINE. I HAVE NO MONEY TO BUY ANOTHER CAR AND STILL I HAVE TO PAY FOR ENGINE WHICH I SWITCHED. I DON'T HAVE MONEY FOR REGULAR LAYER THAT'S WHY I DECIDED TO ASK YOU FOR ASSISTANCE AND HELP BECAUSE I AM COMPLETELY HELPLESS I HAVE SPEND $6500.00 FOR THE CAR AND NEXT $4000.00 AND USED IT ONLY BY 2 MONTHS I THINK IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THIS KIND OF CARS. PLEASE HELP ME. *JB INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH THE ENGINE STALLED AND MADE A CLUNKING NOISE. THE ENGINE WOULD NOT RESTART AND WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP. THE MECHANIC DETERMINED THE TIMING CHAIN BROKE AND THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, BUT NO REPAIRS WERE MADE. UPDATED 10/11/07. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 70MPH, A KNOCKING NOISE WAS HEARD IN THE ENGINE. SEVERAL SECONDS AFTER THE NOISE WAS HEARD, THE ENGINE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS PULLED TO SAFETY AND TOWED TO THE DEALER. THEY INSPECTED AND DETERMINED THE PROBLEM WAS THE ENGINE FILLED WITH SLUDGE BUILD UP AND NEED REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP FOR FURTHER TESTING AND REPAIRS.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED A KNOCKING SOUND WAS HEARD IN THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP THAT DETERMINED THERE WAS A BROKEN ROD BEARING, NO REPAIRS WERE MADE. THEN WHILE TRAVELING 30 MPH THE ENGINE STALLED AND WOULD NOT RESTART. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE AND HAS NOT BEEN SEEN BY A MECHANIC.

WHILE DRIVING MY 2001 DODGE INTREPID DOWN A GRAVEL ROAD THE ENGINE GAVE OUT AND LOST ALL POWER STEERING AND BRAKES. AM JUST HAPPY THAT I WAS NOT GOING VERY FAST DO TO THE GRAVEL AND MY TWO YOUNG KIDS WERE NOT WITH ME. CALLED DAIMLER CHRYSLER AND IT IS MY ENTIRE FAULT EVEN WHEN IT SEEMS TO BE A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE ENGINE. THE COST TO REPAIR THE CAR IS $5000. THE CAR HAS ONLY 68,000 MILES ON IT AND HAS BEEN TAKEN CARE WITH OIL CHANGES EVERY 3,000 MILES. DON'T HAVE THE $5,000 TO FIX THE CAR AND DAIMLER CHRYSLER SAYS IT IS NOT THERE PROBLEM JUST MINE FOR BUYING THE CAR. *NM

CAR STALLED ON HWY AND WOULD NOT START HAD TO BE TOWED AND WAS TOLD MOTOR WAS BLOWN UP. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT 10MPH, THE ENGINE LAMP ILLUMINATED AND STALLED. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESTART AND WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP. THE MECHANIC DETERMINED THE ENGINE FAILED DUE TO SLUDGE BUILD UP AND NO REPAIRS WERE MADE. NEW 3.5L ENGINE WILL BE REPLACING THE 2.7 L ENGINE BY BILL'S BODY A PAINT IN NEWBURY, OHIO. *AK

APPARENTLY SLUDGE BUILD UP IN THE IN MY 2001 DODGE INTREPID 2.7 V6 HAS LEAD TO ENGINE FAILURE AND NEEDS REPLACED FOR THE COST OF $5000 WHICH I DO NOT HAVE, HOWEVER I DO OWE A CAR PAYMENT ON THE VEHICLE THAT I CAN NOT DRIVE. *JB