2001 DODGE INTREPID Complaints

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE OVERHEATED. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO DEALER, WHO INFORMED CONSUMER THAT ANTI FREEZE WAS IN THE OIL PAN, AND HEAD GASKET BECAME DEFECTIVE.*AK

THE VEHICLE OVERHEATED BECAUSE THE WATER PUMP FAIED. WHEN THE ENGINE OVERHEATED THE HEAD GASKET BLEW AND THE BALANCING SHAFT BROKE WHICH DESTROYED THE ENGINE MOTOR. THE EXISTING MOTOR IS BEING REPLACED WITH A RE-DESIGN RE-BUILT ENGINE MOTOR. *JB

WHILE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AT 55 MPH VEHICLE SUDDENLY STOPPED. CONSUMER HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALER, AND AFTER LOOKING AT THE VEHICLE, CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT THE TIMING BELT BROKE. SHE HAD IT REPAIRED, AND ONE MONTH LATER, THE SAME THING HAPPENED. THEN, SHE WAS TOLD BY THE MECHANIC THAT THIS PROBLEM WILL CONTINUE TO HAPPEN OVER AND OVER AGAIN BECAUSE OF THE ENGINE SIZE OIL SLUDGE BILLED UP IN THE ENGINE, AND CAUSED THE BELT TO POP DUE TO PRESSURE. CONSUMER STATED THAT A LAWYER TOLD HER THAT MOST PEOPLE THAT HAVE THESE TYPES OF VEHICLE USUALLY END UP LOSING IT BECAUSE OF THE EXPENSE. CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS STILL IN THE SHOP BECAUSE SHE COULD NOT AFFORD TO GET IT OUT. *AK

I HAVE A 2001 DODGE INTREPID. AT THE BEGINNING OF 2004 I WAS DRIVING WITH MY TODDLER AND MY CAR STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. WE WERE STRANDED IN THE MIDDLE OF WINTER. I HAD IT TOWED TO A GARAGE AND THE MECHANIC TOLD ME THAT MY TIMING CHAIN BROKE AND MY ENGINE WAS FILLED WITH OIL SLUGE. WE ALWAYS CHANGED OUR OIL AT 3,000 MILES BUT I NEVER THOUGHT TO SAVE THE RECIEPTS. WHEN I CONTACTED DODGE THEY TOLD ME THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO BECAUSE MY WARRANTY WAS UP AND MY CAR HAD ALMOST 100,000 MILES. MY CAR WAS REPAIRED AND 2 MONTHS LATER MY CAR DIED AGAIN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. THE GARAGE SAID THAT MY CAR WAS CONTINUING TO BE FULL OF OIL SLUDGE. I OWE 12,000 ON MY CAR AND THE GARAGE TOLD ME THAT IT WILL CONTINUE TO DO THIS THE ENTIRE TIME I OWN MY CAR.

WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED ON THE HIGHWAY. THE CONSUMER REPLACED THE FUEL INJECTOR SENSOR AND THE VEHICLE STARTED. BUT, A LOT OF RATTLING WAS HEARD IN THE ENGINE. A CERTIFIED MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT A ROD WAS DAMAGED IN THE VEHICLE. *AK BAD MOTOR PER CONSUMER. *SC *JB

WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH CONSUMER PROCEEDED AROUND A CORNER AND THE ENGINE BEGAN KNOCKING AND SHUT OFF. CONSUMER MADE SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO RESTART THE VEHICLE, BUT THE ENGINE IMMEDIATELY SHUT BACK OFF.*AK

VEHICLE STOPPED AFTER BEING SERVICED. CONSUMER PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THEN, VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER STATED THAT TIMING CHAIN WAS DEFECTIVE.*AK

WHILE STARTING THE VEHICLE CONSUMER HEARD A HORRIBLE NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO INDEPENDENT SHOP, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT TIMING TENSION SPRING BROKE. AS RESULT, ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

WHEN TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL TOWARDS THE RIGHT STEERING WHEEL LOCKED, CAUSING THE CONSUMER TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. *AK

THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE, STOPPED AT A STOP LIGHT AND THE VEHICLE TURNED OFF AND WOULD NOT START. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER, WERE IT WAS FOUND THAT A ROD HAD COME LOOSE. THE WARRANTY COMPANY IS IN LIQUIDATION AND THE CONSUMER HAD TO PAY FOR THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE MANUFACTURE STATED IT IS NOT THEIR RESPONSIBILITY. *NM