2001 DODGE INTREPID Complaints

WE BOUGHT A 2001 DODGE INTREPID IN MARCH 2002. WE ALSO PURCHASED THE 5YR/100,000MILE EXTENDED WARRANTY. ABOUT 5 WEEKS AGO, I WAS HEADING DOWN THE ROAD FOR WORK AND MY CAR JUST CONKED OUT. HAD IT TOWED AND LATER FOUND OUT IT WAS THE ENGINE. WE NOTIFIED DAIMLER CHRYSLER AND THEY HAD IT TOWED TO MARTIN DEALERSHIP IN TURNERSVILLE NJ. THE ADJUSTER CAME AND FOUND SMALL AMOUNTS OF SLUDGE IN THE ENGINE AND ASKED FOR RECEIPTS FOR OIL CHANGES AND WE GAVE THEM ALL WE HAD. WE TOOK GOOD CARE WITH OIL CHANGES ALMOST EVERY OTHER MONTH. THE MECHANIC THEN CALLS BACK AND SAID WE WERE DENIED AND THE COST WILL BE AROUND 6,500.00. THE ADJUSTER ALSO SAID THAT NOBODY DOES OIL CHANGES ON SUNDAYS,(ONE OR TWO OF THE RECEIPTS HAD SUNDAY DATES, AND WE DID HAVE THE OIL CHANGED ON A FEW SUNDAYS).THE MECHANIC SAID THE 2.7 INTREPID HAS A LONG HISTORY OF SLUDGE PROBLEMS EVEN IF YOU CHANGE THE OIL OFTEN. WHY DON'T THEY TAKE THIS IN CONSIDERATION INSTEAD OF MAKING UP OTHER REASONS FOR NOT PAYING? *NM

WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE DRIVER TRIED TO RESTART THE VEHICLE AND WAS NOT ABLE TO DO SO. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE DRIVER THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *JB

WHILE DRIVING AND MAKING A TURN INTO THE PARKING LOT VEHICLE WAS FILLED WITH SMOKE. CONSUMER COULD NOT GET OUT OF THE SEAT BECAUSE THE SEAT BELT ENGAGED, LOCKING HER IN. ONCE GETTING OUT OF THE SEAT BELT SHE COULD NOT GET OUT OF THE VEHICLE BECAUSE THE POWER DOOR LOCKS ENGAGED ALSO. *AK

DRIVER WAS PULLING OUT OF THE PARKING GARAGE AND VEHICLE STALLED. DRIVER WAS UNABLE TO RESTART VEHICLE, AND HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO CAM SHAFT AND PISTONS BLOWING OUT. *AK

THE 2.7L ENGINE SEIZED WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED.*AK

A FEW DAYS AFTER I BOUGHT THE CAR THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, AND I TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALER. HE SAID IT WAS THE FUEL CAP MAKING THE ENGINE LIGHT COME ON, HE PUT A NEW ONE ON, AND SAID THAT SHOULD SOLVE IT. THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME BACK ON, AND A MONTH LATER, THE CAR WOULDN'T START. I HAD IT TOWED TO A SHOP, AND THEY SAID IT NEEDED A NEW FUEL PUMP. I CALLED THE DEALER, AND HE SAID IT WAS NOTHING HE COULD DO BECAUSE THE WARRANTY WAS ONLY FOR A MONTH. I JUST STARTED DRIVING IT AGAIN,THE CAR WOULD TAKE A MINUTE BEFORE IT PICKED UP SPEED, LIKE IT WAS STALLING. I DROVE IT UNTIL JUST RECENTLY IT JUST STOPPED WHILE I WAS DRIVING. I HAD THE CAR TOWED AND IT WAS PUT ON A MACHINE AND THE TRANSMISSION IS OUT. I HAVE HAD THE CAR A YEAR. ONE DAY THE CAR WOULDN'T GO IN REVERSE, AND I CHECKED THE TRANSMISSION FLUID, AND IT WAS FINE. THEN , IT DROVE FINE A COUPLE DAYS THEN COMPLETELY STOPPED. I HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING YET BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE THE MONEY FOR ANOTHER TRANSMISSION OR CAR, AND NEED A CAR BECAUSE I HAVE A DAUGHTER WITH CEREBRAL PALSY, AND SHE HAS A LOT OF DOCTOR APPOINTMENTS OUT OF TOWN AND IN TOWN. SO IF I COULD GET SOME HELP I WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE IT. *AK

WHILE DRIVING THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH THE VEHICLE STALLED. DRIVER TRIED TO RESTART THE VEHICLE AND WAS NOT ABLE TO DO SO. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

WHILE MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN ENGINE SEIZED UP DUE TO ENGINE SLUDGE. CONSUMER MANAGED TO PULL OVER AND RESTARTED THE VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

OIL LIGHT CAME ON AS WIFE WAS DRIVING HOME FROM CHURCH. SHE STOPPED, CHECKED THE OIL LEVEL(IN THE ACCEPTABLE RANGE ON DIPSTICK) AND CALLED ME. I HAD A FRIEND TOW ME TO MY HOUSE. TOOK THE CAR IN TO OUR LOCAL DODGE DEALER WHO TOLD ME THAT THE ENGINE WAS SLUDGED AND THAT THE EXTENDED WARRANTY WOULD NOT COVER. HE FIRST TOLD ME THAT THEY COULD DO AN ENGINE FLUSH, THE SECOND CALL WAS THAT HE COULD NOT FLUSH THE ENGINE AS IT IS ABOUT TO TOTALLY GO OUT. I HAVE RECEIPTS FOR OIL AND FILTERS AND WHEN I INSTALLED THEM. I BOUGHT THE CAR USED WITH UNDER 40,000 MILES AND HAVE DROVE APPROXIMATELY 10,000 SINCE.*AK

I WAS DRIVING AND SAW THE OIL LIGHT FLICKER WHICH I THOUGHT WAS STRANGE AS I HAD JUST HAD OIL CHANGED LESS THAN 1000 MILES BEFORE. THEN HEARD A RATTLING NOISE IN THE ENGINE WAS CLOSE TO A MECHANIC SO I PULLED IN AND HE INFORMED ME THAT HE HAD 5 OF THESE ENGINES WITH THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM LOOKED AT MY PAPERWORK FOUND THAT I HAD A 7 YEAR 100000 MILE WARRANTY AS I AM ONLY AT 78000 HAD MY CAR TOWED TO A DEALER. *JB