2001 DODGE INTREPID Complaints

THE ENGINE IN MY CAR FAILED TWICE AND I HAD REPLACED IT WITH A USED ONE SINCE MY EXTENDED WARRANTY WOULDN'T COVER IT. THIS COST ME $4000.00 AND THEN 6 MONTHS LATER THAT ENGINE FAILED AND I AM NOW REPLACING IT AT A COST OF $6,000.00 DUE TO OIL SLUDGE FOUND IN THE ENGINE. THIS IS THE 2.7 LITER ENGINE IN THE DODGE INTREPID

WHILE DRIVING ENGINE FAILED. DEALER STATED THAT SLUDGE BUILT UP INSIDE ENGINE. *AK

EVERY OWNER OF A NEWER MODEL DODGE INTREPID THAT I HAVE SPOKEN TO HAS PROBLEMS WITH THE POWER WINDOW ON THE DRIVERS SIDE. SEVERAL OF THESE INTREPID OWERS HAD TO PAY SEVERAL HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS TO HAVE THIS PROBLEM FIXED AND I THINK IT IS A MANUFATURER'S DEFECT AND THIS SHOULD BE CONSIDERED FOR A RECALL.*AK

WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH THE CONSUMER SWERVED TO AVOID AN OBJECT IN THE ROAD. THIS CAUSED THE CONSUMER TO HIT A MAIL BOX AND THE FRONT AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY LEAVING DAMAGE TO THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE. THE DEALERSHIP WILL BE NOTIFIED. *MR

CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT AN ENGINE PROBLEM. CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, WHO HAD DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS INTERNAL BEARING FAILURE. CONSUMER INSISTED THERE WAS NO ENGINE SLUDGE. *AK

2001 DODGE INTREPID, 2.7 L ENGINE, ENGINE CLOGGED WITH AND ENGINE SEIZED. CONTACTED THE DEALER, JARRETT DODGE HATBORO PENNA ON NUMEROUS OCCASSIONS. WOULD NOT HELP AT ALL. HAD TO REPLACE MY ENGINE FOR $4000+ DOLLARS WITH REBUILT ENGINE. BY DOING THIS MANY OTHER RELATED FAILURES HAVE OCCURRED.*AK

54,000 MI. CHANGED REGULARLY AT A LOCAL CHEVRON STATION. SUDDEN ENGINE FAILURE: WATER PUMP & OIL PUMP WENT OUT AND HEAD GASKET BLEW. REPAIR COST (ESTIMATE/QUOTE): $4,850 - $5,000. *AK

WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND WOULD NOT RESTART. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHICH FOUND THE TIMING CHAIN WAS BROKE AND THE ENGINE WAS FULL OF SLUDGE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *NM

WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH, AND WITH NO WARNING VEHICLE STALLED. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

OIL LIGHT CAME ON WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE. PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE INTERSTATE. HAD TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED. THERE WAS AN EXTREMELY LOUD KNOCKING SOUND COMING FROM THE MOTOR. OIL HAD BEEN CHANGED 10 DAYS PRIOR TO THE DATE OF THE INCIDENT. OIL IS CHANGED EVERY 3000 MILES. OUR MECHANIC STATED WE WOULD NEED A NEW MOTOR. HE ESTIMATED THE COST AT $8500.00. HE TOLD US HE HAD REPLACED THREE 2001 DODGE INTREPID MOTORS IN THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS. HE SUGGESTED WE CONTACT CHRYSLER. THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP WAS NOT HELPFUL. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT MANAGER STATED HE WASN'T AWARE OF THE 2.7 MOTOR PROBLEMS. I CALLED A 1-800-# WITH CHRYSLER AND SPOKE TO A REPRESENTATIVE WHICH STATED BECAUSE OF THE MILES ON MY CAR IT WAS NOT UNDER WARRANTY AND ALTHOUGH CHRYSLER RECONIZES THEY HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THESE MOTORS THE DECISION TO DO A RECALL HAD NOT BEEN MADE AT THIS TIME.*AK