2001 DODGE INTREPID Complaints

NO WARNING AT ALL. MY SON WAS DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE GOING ABOUT 65 MPH WHEN THE ENGINE STOPPED RUNNING WITHOUT ANY WARNING. LUCKILY HE WAS ABLE TO MANEUVER THE CAR OUT OF TRAFFIC BEFORE IT COMPLETELY STOP. THE VEHICLE HAD 56,000 MILES ON IT AND WAS COVERED BY A EXTENDED WARRANTY. THE WARRANTY COMPANY REFUSED TO PAY BECAUSE THEY SAID IT WAS A MANUFACTURER DEFECT. 2001 INTREPID. *NM

AUG 21 ENGINE BEGAN MAKING NOISE, I TOOK IT TO DEALER ON AUG 22, TOLD ENGINE WAS SLUDGE UP NEED TO BE REBUILT.

DT: THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AT ABOUT 30-35 MPH WHEN THE ENGINE SHUT DOWN. WHEN THE CONSUMER LIFTED THE HOOD HE COULD SEE SMOKE AND A SMALL FIRE COMING FROM A PIECE OF WIRE. THE CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO PUT OUT THE FIRE WITH A TOWEL. ABOUT A MONTH BEFORE THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, AND THE DEALERSHIP SAID ALL THEY DID WAS TO TURN THE ENGINE LIGHT OFF. AFTER THE ENGINE HAD TIME TO COOL OFF HE WAS ABLE TO DRIVE VEHICLE HOME. THIS WAS ON 8-7-05. ON 8-8-05 TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY TOLD HIM THAT THE WATER PUMP BURSTED. ALSO, THEY A TOLD HIM THAT THERE WAS WATER AND OIL MIXED IN THE ENGINE. THE DEALER IMPLIED THAT THE ENGINE MIGHT HAVE TO BE REPLACED. THE CONSUMER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER, AND THEY HAD HIM ON HOLD WHILE THEY TALKED TO THE DEALERSHIP. SHE TOLD HIM THE SAME INFORMATION THAT THEY DID. THE CONSUMER FOUND ON THE INTERNET THAT THERE WERE PROBLEMS WITH THE 2.7 LITER MOTOR. THE SECOND DEALERSHIP WAS THE ONE THAT DID THE REPAIRS. *AK

DT: 2001 DODGE INTREPID. THE CONSUMER STATES THE ENGINE ON THE V BLEW OUT BECAUSE THERE WAS SLUDGE BUILT UP. THIS ENGINE WAS MAINTAINED BY MECHANIC. THEREFORE, THERE SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ANY SLUDGE. THE VEHICLE WAS WORKING FINE PRIOR TO THIS. IT HAPPENED ON JUNE 15, 2005. THE VEHICLE DID NOT CATCH FIRE, THE ENGINE DIED AFTER BEING DRIVEN. THEN, IT WOULD NOT RESTART. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE MECHANIC ,AND HE STATED THAT ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE HEATER INSIDE THE VEHICLE WAS NOT WORKING PROPERLY BEFORE THIS HAPPENED. WHEN HE ADDED WATER THE HEATER WORKED. THE CONSUMER FOUND OUT THIS WAS PART OF THE PROBLEM. *AK

MY 2001 DODGE INTREPID 2.7, THE ONE THAT HAS HAD OVER 9500 COMPLAINTS IN MY AREA ALONE. I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY WHEN A LOUD RATTLING NOISE STARTED COMING FROM THE ENGINE. IT SOUNDED LIKE A CARD IN A BICYCLE SPOKE. I CHECKED THE OIL AND ALL THE FLUIDS UNDER THE HOOD ALTHOUGH IT WAS NOT TIME FOR A CHANGE WAS OK. THEN I PROCEEDED DOWN THE ROAD WHEN IT LOST POWER AND QUIT LEAVING ME STRANDED. AFTER HAVING THE CAR TOWED AND GETTING 5 MECHANICS TO LOOK AT IT, EVEN AT THE DEALERSHIP, I WAS TOLD THE MOTOR WAS BLOWN. IT WAS HISTORY WITH JUST 84,000 MILES ON IT. DODGE ADVERTISES YOU DON'T EVEN NEED A TUNE UP UNTIL 100,000 MILES. APPARENTLY THAT IS WHY! I STILL OWE 11,000 ON THE CAR, MAKING PAYMENTS FOR ANOTHER YEAR NOT INCLUDING INSURANCE THAT I MUST CARRY BECAUSE IT IS MORTGAGED PROPERTY. EVERY DEALERSHIP THAT I HAVE TALKED TO HAS TOLD ME THAT THE 2.7 MOTOR FROM DODGE DOESN'T LAST PAST 70,000 MILES. IT WILL COST ME BETWEEN 6500 TO 7000.00 FOR ANOTHER MOTOR AND MOST MECHANICS DON'T WANT TO FIX IT BECAUSE OF PREVIOUS HISTORY'S WITH THE DODGE 2.7 MOTOR. I CAN'T TRADE IT BECAUSE IT HAS NO VALUE NOW. I CAN'T SELL IT WITHOUT A RUNNING MOTOR, SO APPEARS THAT I WILL HAVE AN EXPENSIVE LAWN ORNAMENT FOR THE NEXT YEAR. ONE MECHANIC EVEN TOLD ME THAT THERE WAS A CLASS ACTION LAW SUIT TO DODGE CONCERNING THE 2.7 ENGINES, BUT I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIND IT YET. I HAVE SEEN MORE COMPLAINTS POSTED ON THE WEB ABOUT THIS ENGINE AND OTHERS LOOKING FOR THE CLASS ACTION SUIT, THAT I AM SHOCKED. I HOPE NO ONE ELSE HAS TO GO THROUGH WHAT WE HAVE WITH THIS CAR. I WILL CERTAINLY NEVER BUY ANOTHER DODGE VEHICLE. *JB

MY 2001 DODGE INTREPID ELECTRICAL SYSTEM CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO CATCH ON FIRE. THERE WAS NO ACCIDENT. AAA INSURANCE COMPANY'S ORIGIN'S INSPECTOR SAID IT WAS DUE TO FAULTY WIRING. I NEVER HAD ANY ELECTRICAL TYPE WORK DONE TO THE CAR. THE CAR WAS TOTALED. LUCKILY, MY SON AND I WERE ABLE TO GET OUT OF THE CAR IN TIME. *JB

DT: THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE INTREPID. THE ENGINE SHUT OFF IN TRAFFIC ON AUGUST 10, 2005 AT ABOUT 7:30 AM WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH. THE VEHICLE RESTARTED ONCE, AND ALMOST IMMEDIATELY STALLED AGAIN. THE FIRST TIME THE VEHICLE RESTARTED IN LESS THAN A MINUTE, AND TOOK LESS THAN A MINUTE FOR IT TO STALL AGAIN SHORTLY AFTER. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP. THEY SAID THAT ENGINE BLOCK WAS CRACKED AND THE ENGINE WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. *AK

DT THE MOTOR QUIT ON THE HIGHWAY. NO FOR WARNING, NO NOISE, NO LIGHTS. HAD IT TOWED THE DEALERS, AND THEY SAID A COUPLE OF SENSORS WENT OUT. THEY REPLACED THE TWO SENSORS, AND GOT IT BACK, THEN, HEARD A KNOCK IN THE MOTOR WHEN STARTING IT. TOOK IT BACK TO DEALER,AND THEY SAID IT WAS THE TIMING CHAIN, AND VEHICLE NEEDED A NEW MOTOR. THIS STARTED ON JUNE 5, 2005. *AK

MY RECENTLY ACQUIRED 2001 DODGE INTREPID'S ENGINE SEIZED-UP WHILE I WAS DRIVING IN TRAFFIC. THE LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND EVENTUAL LOSS OF THE POWER BRAKES ALMOST CAUSED ME TO SIDE SWIPED ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE FAILURE WAS DUE TO OIL SLUDGE. THIS CAR HAS BEEN MAINTAINED AND THERE IS NO REASON FOR THE SLUDGE TO HAVE BUILT UP AS IT DID! THE ENGINE WILL HAVE TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF MORE THAN THE $5500 I OWE THE BANK THAT IS FINANCING THE VEHICLE. *JB

2001 DODGE INTREPID ENGINE BLEW AS A RESULT OF THE TIMING CHAIN BREAKING.***NO ANSWER REQUIRED***.*MR THE CONSUMER STATED THE WARNING SIGN THAT THE ENGINE WAS ABOUT TO BLOW WAS RUST COLORED OIL SLUDGE ON THE INSIDE OF THE OIL CAP. THE CONSUMER HAD AN OIL CHANGE 2 WEEKS BEFORE THE ENGINE BLEW, HOWEVER NO ONE MENTION THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM, EVEN THOUGH THE RUST COLORED SLUDGE WAS IN PLAIN SIGHT. *JB