2001 DODGE INTREPID Complaints

NORMAL DRIVING ON INTERSTATE. ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. BEFORE I COULD GET ONTO NEXT EXIT (1/4 MILE), ENGINE STARTED KNOCKING. TOOK EXIT AND PULLED DIRECTLY INTO CLOSED CAR DEALERSHIP PARKING LOT. ENGINE DIED. OIL LEAKING FROM ENGINE. CALLED MECHANIC. TOWED CAR TO HIS SHOP. HAD CAR FOR 6 MONTHS TRYING TO FIND REPLACEMENT ENGINE. PUT IN REBUILT ENGINE. AFTER 5 MONTHS, ENGINE BEGAN KNOCKING AS BEFORE. STOPPED IMMEDIATELY AND HAD TOWED TO MY HOUSE WHERE IT NOW SITS. 1ST ENGINE AND PARTS NOT AVAILABLE. *JB

ENGINE FAILED WHILE DRIVING ON THE EXPRESSWAY. HAD TO COAST ACROSS 3 LANES OF TRAFFIC TO GET TO THE EXIT. DIAGNOSIS IS THAT THE ENGINE NEEDS TO BE REPLACED DUE TO SLUDGE BUILD UP. SECOND TIME MAJOR WORK HAS HAD TO BE DONE TO THIS ENGINE DUE TO SLUDGE BUILD UP. *NM

ENGINE BEGAN MAKING A TAPPING NOISE. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT MOTOR WAS FULL OF SLUDGE AND WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED AND THAT CHRYSLER EXTENDED WARRANTY WOULD NOT COVER THE REPAIR. HAD VEHICLE REPAIRED BY AN INDEPENDENT AUTO REPAIR SHOP - REPLACED TIMING CHAIN, TENSIONER, OIL PUMP. COST OF REPAIR APPROX. $2450. OLD PARTS ARE NOT AVAILABLE. *NM

CAN PULL GEAR SHIFT OUT OF PLACE WITHOUT IT BEING STARTED OR KEYS IN THE IGNITION. GRANDSON PULLED GEAR SHIFT OUT OF DRIVE AND IT ROLLED DOWN A HILL AND HIT A TREE WITH HIM IN IT. NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE ABOUT IT YET. *JB

MY CAR WAS PARKED AND THE IGNITION WAS OFF. I STARTED THE CAR, PLACED IT IN GEAR AND IT "BOLTED" FORWARD AT A HIGH SPEED. I WAS PARKED FACING A GUARD RAIL IN A SHOPPING CENTER AND THE CAR LURCHED FORWARD AND SMASHED INTO THE GUARD RAIL. UNABLE TO BE DRIVEN, THE CAR WAS TOWED TO A BODY SHOP FOR EXTENSIVE REPAIRS. I DON'T HAVE THE REPAIR ESTIMATE AS OF THIS DATE. CAR IS CURRENTLY BEING REPAIRED. *NM

DT: THE MOTOR STALLED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION WHICH CAUSED A LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND BRAKES. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE MOTOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THIS WAS DUE TO SLUDGE BUILD UP IN THE MOTOR. THE DEALER STATED THAT THIS WAS DUE TO POOR MAINTENANCE. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY AND THEY WILL NOT REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THE OIL WAS CHANGED EVERY 4,000 MILES. THE VEHICLE RESTARTED AFTER IT COOLED DOWN. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO A LOCAL MECHANIC AND TOWED TO A DIFFERENT MECHANIC. *SC

DT: THE CONSUMER STATED THAT 2001 DODGE INTREPID HAD AN ENGINE PROBLEM. THE BLOCK ON THE ENGINE FAILED. THE CONSUMER HA PUT A NEW ENGINE IN THE VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER RECORDED EVERY TIME THAT THE OIL WAS CHANGED. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT IT WAS NOT A MAINTENANCE PROBLEM ON THE CAR. THE CAR HAD NO PRIOR PROBLEMS WITH THE ENGINE. THE CONSUMER CONTACTED CHRYSLER AND FILED A COMPLAINT WITH THEM. THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT VEHICLE DID NOT HAVE WARRANTY LEFT. THE TOTAL ENGINE COST WILL BE AROUND $5,000. THE CONSUMER SAID THAT THE CAR WAS PARKED OUTSIDE OF HIS HOUSE BECAUSE OF THE ENGINE FAILURE. THE DEALER HAS SEEN THE CAR, AND THEY DID DIAGNOSTIC TESTING, AND THEY FOUND THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONSUMER WAS GOING TO HAVE THE VEHICLE FIXED. THE REFERENCE NUMBER TO THE COMPLAINT THAT CONSUMER FILED WITH CHRYSLER WAS #13947422. CHRYSLER WAS CONTACTED ON AUGUST 19, 2005.*AK

ENGINE FAILURE WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE. ENGINE STALLED WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH ON PUBLIC HIGHWAY. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR SHOP. VEHICLE WAS DIAGNOSED AS HAVING ENGINE BEARING FAILURE. WAS TOLD THAT AN ENGINE REPLACEMENT WAS RECOMMENDED. COST OF NEW ENGINE AT 6900.00 DOLLARS. *NM

SHORTLY AFTER MY 2001 DODGE INTREPID REACHED 70,000, I BEGAN TO NOTICE THAT IT SEEMED TO BE BURNING OIL. I HAD NOT NOTICED ANY PROBLEM WITH THE VEHICLE PREVIOUSLY. I LATER FOUND OUT THAT THIS WAS JUST THE BEGINNING OF THE ENGINE FAILURE PROCESS THAT I WOULD EXPERIENCE. I HAVE CARED FOR THE CAR REGULARLY INCLUDING OIL CHANGES, BUT ALSO FOUND THAT THIS WOULD HAVE MADE NO DIFFERENCE IN THE OUTCOME. AFTER HAVING THE OIL CHANGED ON 9/18/05, THE CAR BEGAN TO MAKE EXTENSIVE ENGINE FAILURE NOISE. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE JOHN ELWAY CHRYSLER PLYMOUTH DEALERSHIP IN GOLDEN, CO, AND WAS TOLD THAT THIS WAS A KNOWN ISSUE BY CHRYSLER CORPORATION, BUT THAT I HAD NO RECOURSE IN HAVING THE FAILED ENGINE REPLACED. THE SERVICE ADVISOR ADMITTED THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THAT I COULD HAVE DONE DIFFERENTLY, BECAUSE CHRYSLER ADMITTED TO THE 2.7L V6 ENGINE IN THE INTREPID HAVING A SERIOUS LUBRICATION PROBLEM, BUT THEY WOULD NOT ASSIST IN THE REPAID OF THE ENGINE IN ANY WAY. *NM

DT A DEFECTIVE 2.7 LITER ENGINE. IT HAD SLUDGE BUILD UP AND IT CAUSED THE MOTOR TO BLOW OUT. THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED WAS IN JUNE 2005, AND THE SECOND TIME ON SEPTEMBER 9, 2005. THE MOTOR WAS MAKING A TAPPING SOUND, BUT THE CYLINDER HAD BROKEN INSIDE THE BLOCK, AND IT WAS FLAPPING UP AND DOWN. THE DEALER SAID THE WATER PUMP WAS BAD, AND THE CONSUMER WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THE MOTOR. *AK