2001 DODGE INTREPID Complaints

DT:CONSUMER WAS DRIVING 60-65 MPH IN 2001 DODGE INTREPID WHEN HE HEARD A NOISE LIKE A HOSE BURSTING OR BREAKING. IMMEDIATELY LOOKED AT TEMPERATURE GAUGE ,AND IT WENT TO HOT. CONSUMER TURNED ON THE HEATER, AND THE VEHICLE TEMPERATURE WENT BACK TO NORMAL. CONSUMER PULLED OFF THE ROAD, AND LOOKED UNDER THE HOOD, AND SAW THAT WAS OIL LEAKING. CONSUMER PARKED THE VEHICLE AT THAT POINT AND THERE WAS A STEADY FLOW OF OIL, AT SOME POINT IT DID STOP. CONSUMER WAS HAVING THE VEHICLE TOWED. *AK

2001 DODGE INTREPID, 2.7 LITER, BOUGHT IN JULY 2001 FROM DODGE AND WAS A ONE PERSON OWNER. IT HAD, WHEN WE BOUGHT IT, 28,000 AND STILL UNDER FACTORY WARRENTY. WE BOUGHT THE EXTENDED WARRENTY OF 100,000 7YEARS. ENGINE TAPPING, TOOK TO THE DODGE DEALERSHIP AND WAS BLAMED ON NOT CHANGING OUR OIL PROPERLY. HAD TO GET IT FIXED. WE TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC THAT WORKED ON IT ENOUGH TO WERE WE COULD DRIVE IT AND AT THE TIME THOUGHT IT WAS FIXED FOR GOOD. COME TO FIND OUT THIS WAS ONLY A TEMP FIX. AT THE TIME WE WERE NOT AWARE OF THE ALL THE PROBLEMS THE 2.7 LITER ENGINES WERE HAVING. JUST RECENTLY STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS WITH IT AGAIN AND THIS TIME IT IS SO BAD WE CANNOT DRIVE IT. DODGE REFUSED TO HONOR THEIR WARRENTY AND ME AS A CUSTOMER AM OF THE OPION THAT THIS IS WRONG. IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT CRYSLER/DODGE HAVE ADMITTED TO THE PROBLEM AND MODIFIED THE ENGINE. WELL, IF THEY ADMITTED TO THE PROBLEM THEY SHOULD BE FIXING THEIR CARS.

CONSUMER STATES: ENGINE MALFUNCTIONED. CALLED CHRYSLER AND REPLACED TRANSMISSION 9 MONTHS AGO. THE ENGINE JUST SHUT DOWN, THE TIMING CHAIN BROKE. NO LIGHTS CAME ON WHEN THE ENGINE SHUT DOWN. ACTED LIKE IT WANTED TO CUT OFF, IT STARTED SHAKING ,AND JUST DIED AND WOULDN'T START BACK. IT ACTED LIKE IT WANTED TO TURN OVER, MAKING A NOISE. MECHANIC SAID INTERNAL ENGINE DAMAGE CAUSED BY TIMING CHAIN, AND FLUIDS GOT MIXED IN WITH THE OIL. JUST HAD OIL CHANGED WEEK PRIOR TO THIS.*AK

MY 2001 DODGE INTREPID W/ 70,000 MILES STARTED OUT WITH A SMALL KNOCKING NOISE, THEN AS I WAS DRIVING ONE DAY, IT LOST ALL OF IT'S POWER & STARTED MAKING A HORRIBLE NOISE. WHEN I WAS CALLING AROUND ASKING GARAGES HOW MUCH IT WOULD BE TO HAVE THEM LOOK AT THE CAR, A FEW OF THE GARAGES TOLD ME WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS BEFORE I EVEN TOLD THEM, THEY ONLY NEEDED THE YEAR & MAKE OF THE CAR & THEY KNEW THAT IT WAS THE ENGINE DUE TO OIL SLUDGE. ONE GARAGE TOLD ME THAT IT WAS NOT GONNA BE WORTH IT TO GET MY CAR FIXED BECAUSE IT WOULD LIKELY BE MORE THAN MY CAR WAS WORTH. ANOTHER GARAGE TOLD ME HE WOULDN'T EVEN WORK ON INTREPIDS WITH THIS PROBLEM BECAUSE IT WOULD BE SUCH A MESS. I EVEN HAD A GARAGE TELL ME NOT TO WASTE MY MONEY ON A TOW TRUCK BECAUSE THE 2.7L ENGINE INTREPIDS ARE JUNK & IT WOULDNT BE WORTH IT. I FINALLY FOUND A GUY THAT IS BASICALLY MAKING HIS LIVING ON JUST WORKING ON THESE 2.7L INTREPID ENGINES. THE COST WAS $2,300 TO HAVE THE ENGINE CLEANED/SOAKED TO GET ALL OF THE OIL SLUDGE BUILD-UP OFF & HAVE A ANY PARTS THAT WERE BROKEN REPLACED. MY DAD, BOYFRIEND & BROTHER HAD TO TAKE THE ENGINE OUT & BRING IT TO THE GARAGE & THE GARAGE DID THE WORK ON THE ENGINE & THEN MY DAD, BOYFRIEND & BROTHER HAD TO PUT THE ENGINE BACK INTO MY CAR. SO W/ THAT PRICE OF $2,300 I DIDN'T EVEN GET A REBUILT ENGINE & MY FAMILY HAD TO DO ALOT OF THE WORK. I WAS MAKING MY MONTHLY PAYMENTS OF $175 ON A CAR THAT I COULDN'T DRIVE FOR ABOUT 2 MONTHS ALL TOGETHER.

2001 DODGE INTREPID 2.7L ENGINE STALLED WITH 76,000 MILES ON ODOMETER. I HAD PURCHASED THE EXTENDED WARRANTY, BUT WAS TOLD IT EXPIRED AT 75,000 MILES. MY WIFE CONTACTED DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT IT WOULD COSE ABOUT $8500 FOR AN ENGINE REPLACEMENT. DEALER INSINUATED THAT THE PROBLEM WAS NOT HAVING THE OIL CHANGED. AFTER CHECKING THE NHTSA WEBSITE, I FOUND THAT THERE ARE NEARLY 50 SIMILAR COMPLAINTS ON THIS VEHICLE WITH VARYING MILEAGES REPORTED.

HEATER BLOWING COLD AIR. TOOK IT FOR AN OIL CHANGE ON THE 17TH OF JANUARY; HEARD A KNOCKING NOISE THAT DAY, THE NEXT MORNING IT DIDN'T START. HAD IT TOWED TO A MECHANIC. HE REFUSED TO TOUCH IT, STATING THE TIMING CHAIN WAS BROKE AND THE ENGINE WAS JUNK. HAD IT TOWED TO DODGE CITY OF COUNTRYSIDE (WHERE I BOUGHT THE CAR) ON 1/21/05 WHERE IT HAS BEEN SINCE. THEY SAY I HAVE NOT MAINTAINED THE VEHICLE, THE ENGINE BLEW DUE TO EXCESSIVE OIL SLUDGE, BUT THAT THERE WAS NO PROBLEM WITH THE TIMING CHAIN. THE SERVICE MANAGER WAS RUDE AND IGNORANT. I HAVE THE 6 YEAR, 75,000 EXTENDED WARRANTY THRU DAIMLER CHRYSLER. THIS CAR HAS ONLY 43,000 MILES ON IT AND I REFUSE TO PAY FOR THE NEW ENGINE OUT OF MY OWN POCKET. SO, NOW I AM BEING CHARGED A STORAGE FEE AND I HAVE TO PAY FOR A RENTAL WHICH IS COSTING ME ALOT OF MONEY.

BOUGHT 2001 INTREPID WITH 53000 MILES ON IT, I CHANGED MY OWN OIL IN IT EVERY 3000 MILES, AT 83000 MILES I HEARD A SLIGHT ROD KNOCK, TOOK IT TO DEALER THEY SAID IT NEEDED A NEW ENGINE, I HAVE AN EXTENDED FORD WARRANTY BUT WAS NOT HONORED BECAUSE THEY SAID IT HAD AN OIL LEAK AND THE OIL AND FILTER RECIEPTS AND THE CREDIT CARD BILLS FROM NAPA WAS NOT SUFFICIENT PROOF THE OIL HAD BEEN CHANGED.THE CAR NEVER LEAKED OIL , THEY ARE USING THAT AS AN EXCUSE AND IT IS THERE WORD AGAINST MINE, MEANWHILE I HAVE A 2001 INTREPID THAT THEY WANT ME TO PAY FOR TEARING IT DOWN, AND I GET MY CAR BACK IN PEICES OR PAY THEM TWICE AS MUCH AND THEY WILL PUT IT BACK THE WAY IT WAS. OR PAY THE 7000 DOLLARS TO PUT AN ENGINE IN IT WHEN THEY SAID THE WHOLE CAR WAS ONLY WORTH 4900

I BOUGHT MY 2001 DODGE INTREPID IN APRIL OF 2001 AND HAD PROBLEMS WITH IT. A YEAR LATER, WHEN THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. FORTUNATELY. IT WAS COVERED UNDER AN EXTENDED WARRANTY, AND MY COSTS WERE MINIMAL. I CHANGED THE OIL AND FILTER EVERY 3000 MILES, BUT NOW MY OIL CHECK LIGHT BEGAN TO COME ON WHEN THE CAR WAS AT IDLE. I WILL BRING MY CARE TO MY MECHANIC ON MONDAY, MAY 2, 2005 TO HAVE HIM INVESTIGATED WHETHER OR NO I HAVE AN OIL SLUDGE PROBLEM. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS VEHICLE OVERHEATED THEN STALLED. CONSUMER PULLED OVER AND RESTARTED THE VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK *BF *NM

I HAVE A STEERING PROBLEM WITH MY 2001 DODGE INTREPID. A MECHANIC SAYS IT NEEDS A NEW STEERING RACK. IT "STICKS AND BINDS UP ON LEFT TURNS". FOR A FAIRLY NEW CAR WITH NOT THAT MANY MILES ON IT I BELIEVE IT IS A MANUFACTURERS DEFECT. THE MECHANICS NAME IS [XXX]AND HIS NUMBER IS [XXX]. JB INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR