2001 DODGE INTREPID Complaints

WE HAVE A 2000 DODGE INTREPID WITH 68000 MILES ON IT. WE WERE IN NORTH CAROLINA ON VACATION AND THE CAR JUST QUIT FOR NO REASON. WE HAD IT TOWED TWICE AND THE LAST TIME WAS TO DODGE DEALER ON TOLD US IT WOULD COST AROUND $900.00 TO FIX IT BUT COULD NOT GIVE US THEIR WORD THAT THIS WOULD FIX THE PROBLEM. THE FELT THAT THE ENGINE COULD BE DAMAGED. WE ENDED UP RENTING A U-HAUL WITH A CAR DOLLY TO GET THIS CAR BACK TO OHIO. WE WERE IN THIS U-HAUL FOR 14 AND HALF HOURS. IT WAS VERY HARD TO PULL IN THE MOUNTAINS OF NC,VIRGINIA AND WV. I FEEL THAT THIS WAS A VERY TRAFFIC HAZARD CONSIDERING THAT WOULD COULD NOT GET IT UP THE MOUNTAINS PAST 50 MILES A HOUR ON BUSY HIGHWAYS. NO ONE SEEMS TO WANT TO HELP US WITH THE CAR. WE HAVE SPENT $1000.00 TO JUST GET THIS CAR TO OUR HOME AND NOW WE FIND OUT THAT WE ARE NOT THE ONLY ONES HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THESE 2.7 LITER ENGINES. WE HAVE NOT FIXED THE CAR YET BECAUSE WE NOW DO NOT HAVE THE RESOURCES TO PUT A COMPLETE ENGINE IN THIS CAR, WHICH SEEMS TO BE THE NORM FOR THESE CARS. SO THEREFORE WE ARE PAYING FOR A CAR THAT IS NOT RUNNING. DODGE IS TRYING TO SAY THAT PEOPLE DID NOT TAKE CARE OF THE MANTAINCE ON THESE CARS AND WE ARE AT FAULT FOR THE ENGINE BEING JUNK. THIS IS BS. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS MATTER FOR LOTS OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE THESE 2.7 LITER MOTORS.

I AVE A 2001 DODGE INTREPID AND AT JUST UNDER100K THE ENGINE SEIZED UP AND BLEW THE HEAD GASKET. I THEN PURCHASED ANOTHER ENGINE THAT COST ME $2500 14 MONTHS AGO. THIS NEW ENGINE HAD 40K ON IT. THAT ENGINE HAS NOW SEIZED UP AND BLOWN THE HEAD GASKET. I WAS IN A PARKING LOT AND A LADY CAME UP TO ME AND ASKED IF I HAVE HAD ANY PROBLEMS WITH MY INTREPID BECAUSE SHE HAS THE SAME ONE AND JUST HAD TO REPLACE THE ENGINE. WHEN ARE THEY GOING TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PRODUCING SUCH A POOR PRODUCT THAT THEY CHARGE TENS O THOUSANDS OF DOLLARES FOR. WHEN IT WASGETTING TOWED THE GUY SAID THAT HE TOWS A TON OF THESE. I HAVE DONE SOME RESEARCH AND THE 2.7 LITER ENGINE HAS HAD TONS OF PROBLEMS.

DT: 2001 DODGE INTERPRET, THE FIRST TIME THE VEHICLE STALLED STEERING WHEEL SHOOK AND THE ENGINE LIGHT TURNED ON. VEHICLE WOULD STILL BE MOVING WITHOUT PRESSURE BEING PUT ON THE GAS PEDAL. VEHICLE WOULD SHUT OFF AND WOULD NOT START AGAIN. CONSUMER HAD TO TRY TO GET THE VEHICLE TO START BACK FOR ABOUT 20 MINUTES BEFORE THE VEHICLE WOULD TURN BACK ON. CONSUMER HAD TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER VARIOUS TIMES, AND DEALER COULD NOT FIND THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. AFTER TAKING THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER 3 MONTHS LATER HE TOLD THE CONSUMER THAT AFTER RUNNING A DIAGNOSTICS TEST THAT THERE WAS NO SIGNAL FROM THE CAM SENSOR, DEALER REPLACED THE CAM SENSOR AND CHECKED IT AGAIN. VEHICLE WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY AT THIS TIME. THE PROBLEM HAPPENED AGAIN AROUND TWO YEARS LATER, AT THE LAST OIL CHECK-UP THE VEHICLE WAS SHAKING. AT FIRST CONSUMER THAT THE PROBLEM WAS FROM SOME OTHER MATTER WITH THE VEHICLE, AFTERWARDS THE PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE REMINDED THE CONSUMER OF THE FIRST INCIDENT, THE VEHICLE WAS SHAKING AGAIN, THE ENGINE LIGHT HAD COME ON, THERE WAS SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. VEHICLE STALLED AGAIN. WHEN CONSUMER TRIED TO DRIVE VEHICLE AGAIN THE ENGINE LIGHT WOULD COME ON AND THE VEHICLE WOULD SHAKE, AFTER CONSUMER HAD PARKED THE VEHICLE IT WAS LEAKING OIL AND ANOTHER FLUID MIXED WITH THE OIL. CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER. DEALER SAID THAT ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. CONSUMER HAD DIALED 911 THE SECOND TIME THE VEHILCE HAD STALLED IN THE MIDDLE OF FOUR LANE TRAFFIC, THERE WAS A POLICE CRUSER THAT TOLD CONSUMER TO MOVE THE VEHICLE. THEY WERE SUPPOSE TO SEND BACK UP BUT NO ONE SHOWED UP. CONSUMER WAS UNSURE IF THERE WAS A REPORT FILED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

ON JUNE 13, 2005, MY 2001 DODGE INTERPID 2.7 L ENGINE FAILED ON AN INTERSTATE HIGHWAY. THE CAR WOULD NOT START AGAIN. THE CAR WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL DODGE DELAERSHIP WHERE IT WAS TO BE LOOKED AT. THE MECHANIC SUPERVISOR INFORMED ME THAT THERE WAS SLUDGE IN THE ENGINE AND THAT THE ENGINE WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED--COSTING SEVERAL THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. HE TOLD ME THAT THE DELAERSHIP HAD REPLACED FOUR OR FIVE 2.7L DODGE ENGINES ALREADY. I WAS TOLD THAT THE 2.7L HAS LOTS OF FLAWS AND DEFECTS THAT I WAS NOT TOLD OF UPON PURCHASING. I STILL OWE MONEY ON THE CAR AND IT IS DIFFICULT TO TRADE A VEHICLE IN WHEN IT WON'T EVEN START. RIGHT NOW, I AM OUT A VEHICLE AS WELL AS MONEY.

DT: CALLER HAD A SLIGHT TICKING IN ENGINE FOR ABOUT 2 MONTHS. THEN IT STARTED KNOCKING. A MECHANIC SAID THERE WAS NO CAM SIGNAL. WHEN THEY DID A DIAGNOSTIC HAD A KNOCK IN MOTOR. CALLER WAS TOLD NEEDED A NEW MOTOR. MANUFACTURER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED YET. *AK

DT: PROBLEM BEGAN ABOUT ONE MONTH AGO, THE STEERING WAS LOOSE. WHEN MOVING THE STEERING WHEEL ABOUT 5-10 DEGREES IN EITHER DIRECTION, THE STEERING SYSTEM DOES NOT RESPOND. THEN, THE VEHILCE WAS TAKEN TO A MECHANIC, WHO DETERMINED THAT RACK AND PINION STEERING NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE OWNER WAS ATTEMPTING TO GET HELP FROM CHRYSLER, BUT THEY WERE NOT OFFERING HELP. OWNER NOTICED UPON INVESTIGATION THAT THERE WERE OTHERS WITH THIS CONCERN. *AK

DT: TRANSMISSION WENT OUT ABOUT MONTH AGO. JUST HAD TRANSMISSION REDONE, HOWEVER, VEHICLE OVERHEATED. TOOK TO A MECHANIC AND WAS INFORMED 2 FANS WERE WORKING PROPERLY. NEXT DAY WAS STUCK IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC WHEN THE CAR OVERHEATED. TRIED TO MANEUVER THROUGH TRAFFIC AND ENGINE STARTED KNOCKING. PARKED CAR IN PARKING LOT, AND STEAM BEGAN TO POUR OUT. DID NOT OPEN HOOD. CALLED MECHANIC AND TOW TRUCK, AND WAS INFORMED THAT, ENGINE WAS TOTALLY SHOT. IT WAS POORLY DESIGNED. CALLED DODGE WITH NO SUCCESS, THEY OFFERED NO REMEDY. *AK

DT: CONTACT STATES WHILE HIS WIFE WAS DRIVING VEHICLE STALLED, THERE WAS SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. THERE WERE NO POWER STEERING OR POWER BRAKES. THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS BEFORE THIS HAPPENED. THE SERVICE DEALER SAID THE MOTOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. UPON INSPECTION, IT WAS FOUND THAT A PLASTIC PART OF THE WATER PUMP BROKE OFF. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN REGULARLY MAINTAINED.*AK

DT: CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AND VEHICLE STALLED. ENGINE WAS BAD. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER BEFORE STALLING, AND DEALER SAYS NOTHING WRONG. AFTER STALLING CONSUMER TOOK CAR TO ANOTHER GARAGE, AND WAS TOLD ENGINE WAS BAD. VEHICLE WAS SERVICED REGULARLY. VEHICLE HAS BEEN LOSING OIL PRESSURE, CAUSING IT TO CUT OFF. INTERIOR LIGHTS CAME ON FOR NO APPARENT REASON.*AK