2001 DODGE INTREPID Complaints

SUDDEN STALL WITHOUT WARNING-NO GAUGES,LIGHTS ETC. HAD TO BE PUSHED OUT OF TRAFFIC. ENGINE (2.7L) SEIZED WITHOUT WARNING. REGULAR MAINTENANCE HAD ALWAYS BEEN PERFORMED. CAR HAD 64,000 MILES ON IT. ENGINE HAS MULTITUDE OF SIMILAR COMPLAINTS ON LINE, MOST DESCRIBING A SUDDEN STALL. CHRYSLER DID NOT WISH TO DISCUSS ANY HELP AT ALL. MY LOCAL DEALER IS HELPING ME WITH A NEW CAR (AT MY EXPENSE). *JB

MY 2001 DODGE INTREPID ENGINE STARTED FAILING AT 40,000 MILES AND HAS NOW COMPLETELY FAILED. IT SITS IN MY DRIVE WAY WHILE I STILL PAY A MONTHLY NOTE ON IT. LIKE MANY INTREPID OWNERS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM (FAILED ENGINE) I CANNOT AFFORD THE $4,000 TO $8,000 REPLACEMENT COST I HOPE WITH YOUR HELP DAIMLER CHRYSLER WILL BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE. I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER CHRYSLER VEHICLE. *JB

FAXED COPY OF EMAIL FM JOHN BRZOSTOWSKI (MD) SEEK STATUS OF COMPLAINT FILED W/ODI RE DEFECTS OF THE STEERING RACK ON HIS 2001 DODGE INTREPID.*MR *JB

I AM A OWNER OF A 2001 DODGE INTREPID SE. LAST SUNDAY MORNING MY WIFE GOT UP TO GO TO WORK, AFTER WHICH SHE WAS GOING TO TRAVEL TO MAINE WITH OUR TWO BOYS. BECAUSE SHE WAS TRAVELING I WALKED OUT WITH HER AND POPPED THE HOOD TO CHECK ALL THE FLUIDS, COOLANT, OIL ECT.. EVEYTHING APPEARED TO BE NORMAL. ON HER WAY UP TO MAINE SHE BROKE DOWN. WHILE SHE WAS DRIVING ALL OF A SUDDEN IN A MATTER OF LESS THAN 30 SECONDS THE CAR STARTED TO VIBRATE AND THE CAR COMPLETLY TURNED OFF. AFTER LOSING POWER STEERING, BREAKING ABILITY, SHE SOME HOW MANGE TO TURN THE CAR OFF THE HIGHWAY. SHE STATES THAT NOTHING ON HER GAGES READ ABNORMAL. BY THE TIME THE TOW TRUCK GOT THERE ALL THE FLUIDS WERE POURING OUT OF THE CAR AND SMOKE SEEMED TO BE COMING FROM EVERYWHERE EVEN UNDER THE OIL CAP. THE NEXT DAY THE DODGE SERVICE CENTER CALLED US AND SAID THE ENGINE SEIZED, BLOWN HEAD GASKET, RADIATOR WAS GONE. IT WAS GOING TO COST US BETWEEN 7,000.00-5,000.00 DOLLARS. WE HAVE CONTACTED CHRYLSER BUT SEEM TO GET THR RUN-AROUND. HOW CAN A 2001 AUTOMOBILE'S ENGINE ( WITH MODERATE MILEAGE JUST ) FAIL WITH NO WARNING???? ALL OF THE GAGES READ NORMAL AND WE CHECKED UNDER THE HOOD THAT MORNING ,NOT TO MENTION PUT MY WIFE AND CHILDREN IN DANGER

DT: CONTACT STATED THE DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT TIRE CAME OFF THE RIM IN ONE PIECE. THE TIRE WAS PROPERLY INFLATED. THERE WAS AN ACCIDENT. NO ONE WAS INJURED. THE CAR WAS TOTALED. SAW A VERY BIG DENT IN THE BEAD ON THE INSIDE. HE ROTATED TIRES EVERY 3,000 MILES, AND REGULARLY SERVICED TIRES. THE TIRES HAD A 100,000 MILE WARRANTY AND THE TIRE ONLY HAD 20,000 MILES ON IT. THE MANUFACTURER OF THE TIRES WAS TOYO. CONTACT DID NOT NOTICE ANY VIBRATION BEFORE THE TIRE CAME OFF. THE WHEEL JUST STARTED TO WIGGLE A LITTLE BIT AND THEN THE CAR HIT THE ROAD. THERE WERE NO LIGHTS TO COME ON IN THE CAR BEFORE THIS HAPPENED.*AK

DT: CONTACT STATES WHILE DRIVING 2001 DODGE INTREPID, THE ENGINE FAILED. THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED, THE ONLY EVIDENCE THAT SOMETHING WAS WRONG WAS WAS A GRAY MIST THAT CAME THROUGH THE AIR CONDITION VENT INSIDE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED AT THE BEGINNING OF JUNE, AND THE SERVICE DEALER STATED THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE HEAD GASKET WAS BLOWN ON THE ENGINE, AND THE WATER PUMP WAS RUINED. THE ENGINE BLOCK WAS CRACKED. DEALER HAD NO EXPLANATION AS TO WHY THE ENGINE FAILED. THEY DID SAY THIS HAPPENED DUE TO SLUDGE BUILD UP IN THE ENGINE FROM CONVENTIONAL OIL BEING USED IN THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER DID NOT KNOW TO USE SYNTHETIC OIL IN HIS VEHICLE. *THE CONSUMER DOES NOT HAVE THE ADDRESS FOR THE DEALER WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED.*AK

MY 2001 DODGE INTREPID WITH THE 2.7 LITER ENGINE IS NOW SMOKEING GRAYISH WHITE SMOKE IT IS USEING WAY TOO MUCH OIL AND GAS I HAVE TO PUT OIL IN IT AAT LEAST TWICE WEEKLY I HAVE CONSULTED WITH DODGE DEALEARSHIPS IN MY AREA THEY TELL ME TAHT THAT TYPE OF ENGINE WAS NO GOOD FROM THE FACTORY AND THAT NO ONE IS WILLING TO WORK ON IT AND THAT IT IS A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE THE ENGINE HAVE TOTAL FAILURE WITHOUT WARNING AND THAT IT WILL BE TOO COSTLY TO TRY AND REPAIR IT NOT COUNTING THE AMOUNT OF WORK IT WILL TAKE

NO EVENTS LED UP TO ENGINE FAILURE IN 2001 DODGE INTREPID WITH 2.7L ENGINE. WENT TO WORK ONE DAY AND AS I ENTERED PARKING AREA ENGINE SEIZED UP, IN NOVEMBER 2004. SPOKE WITH DODGE CHRYSLER DEALERS, REPS AND SERVICE MANAGERS. THEY CLAIM THAT THE PROBLEM AT 47,000(APPROX.) IS DUE TO OWNER FAILURE NOT THE ENGINES. ABSOLUTELY NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE TO ACKNOWLEDGE, FIX, REPAIR, REPLACE OR SETTLE THE ISSUES WITH THE ENGINE FAILURE.

DT: THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE INTREPID. THE ENGINE SEIZED DUE TO SLUDGE. THIS OCCURRED DURING NORMAL DRIVING. THE ENGINE DID NOT RESTART THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED TO A DODGE DEALERSHIP. THE DEALERSHIP STATED THAT IT WOULD COST OVER $7000 DOLLARS TO REPAIR. THIS IS THE FIRST INCIDENT WITH THIS VEHICLE. THE TRANSMISSION IS AN AUTOMATIC. *NM

DRIVING UPHILL IN INDIO, CA AT 113 DEGREE HEAT, THE ENGINE FALIED. THE CAP CAME OFF AND I LOST ALL COOLANT AND MY ENGINE SEIZED. I HAD MY 3 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER IN THE CAR AND I BARELY WAS ABLE TO GET IT PULLED OVER.