2001 DODGE INTREPID Complaints

I WAS ON MY WAY HOME FROM BEING OUT WITH MY FRIENDS AND MY CAR DIES ON THE HIGHWAY. I TRIED TO START THE CAR BACK UP, AND IT WOULD NOT START. I HAVE A 2001 DODGE INTREPID THAT I PURCHASED IN 2002 WITH 24,900 MILES ON IT. IT NOW HAS 36,000 MILES ON IT. I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT?? I HAVE MAINTAINED THE VEHICLE SUFFICIENTLY, FREQUENT OIL CHANGES AND SO ON. I WAS TOLD THAT I HAVE TO PURCHASE A REBUILT ENGINE, IN WHICH IT WOULD PROBABLY COST ME ABOUT $3000.00.I WHEN BACK TO THE DEALER ABOUT THIS PROBLEM THINKING THAT THEY SOLD ME A "LEMON" VEHICLE THEY DENIED IT AND REFUSED TO PAY AT LEAST HALF TO REPAIR THE ENGINE AND I STILL HAVE A CAR NOTE!! I FEEL I HAVE BEEN MISLEAD AND LET DOWN BY THIS MANUFACTURER AND AM APPALLED THAT DAIMLERCHRYSLER HAS NOT RECALLED THE 2.7L ENGINE AFTER SOOOOO MANY COMPLAINTS HAVE BEEN ISSUED. WELL IT SOUNDS LIKE EVERYBODY IS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM THE CHRYSLER 2.7L ENGINE.

2001 DODGE INTREPID- 60,000 MILES STILL UNDER WARRANTY ENGINE BLEW. ENGINE FULL OF SLUDGE. CHRYSLER REFUSES TO PAY FOR A NEW ENGINE. THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED CASE. LOG ON TO CHRYSLER COMPLAINTS AND READ ALL THE COMPLAINTS. OBVIOUS DEFECT IN THIS CAR, BUT NO ONE WANTS TO ADMIT TO IT. *JB

WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER HEARD METAL SHAKING NEAR ENGINE. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND DEALER STATED THAT METAL SOUND WAS COMING FROM THE DRIVER NOT OIL CHANGING. *AK

2001 INTREPID WITH A BLOWN ENGINE, FIRST THOUGHT TO BE THE TIMING CHAIN. MECHANIC FOUND "SLUDGE" HAD CAUSED THE PROBLEM. THIS WAS A WELL MAINTAINED AUTOMOBILE WITH ONLY 57,000 MILES! NOW WE ARE OUT A CAR WE STILL OWE ON FOR 3 MORE YEARS AS WE CANNOT AFFORD THE $7,000 WE ARE QUOTED FOR A NEW ENGINE. IT SEEMS THIS HAS HAPPENED A LOT WITH THE 2.7L ENGINE. WHY HAS CHRYSLER BEEN ALLOWED TO GET AWAY WITH THIS? EVEN IF THE CAR IS OUT OF WARRANTY, AS OURS IS, AN ENGINE SHOULD LAST A LOT LONGER. AS THEY ACKNOWLEDGE THE PROBLEM AND HAVE SINCE STOPPED USING THIS ENGINE, AS IS MY UNDERSTANDING, THEY SHOULD REPLACE THESE FAULTY ENGINES.*AK

THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED WITH THE ENGINE OFF, THE CONSUMER ACCIDENTALLY HIT THE SHIFT LEVER WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TP ROLL BACKWARDS INTO THE CONSUMER GARAGE, THE CONSUMER IS CONCERNED ABOUT HOW VEHICLE CAN COME OUT OF GEAR WITHOUT PRESSING THE BRAKE, THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT THIS PARTICULAR VEHICLE YEAR AND MODEL DOESN'T HAVE TO HAVE THAT SAFETY LOCK FOR SHIFTING. NLM *MR

THE TIMING CHAIN AND TIMING CHAIN TENSIONER STARTED MAKING A CLATTERING NOISE IN MY 2000 DODGE INTREPID, IT HAS A 2.7 DOHC V6 ENGINE IN IT AND THE MILEAGE IS JUST OVER 58,000. THE OIL HAS BEEN CHANGED EVERY 3,000 MILES AND THE CAR HAS BEEN TAKEN CARE OF. MY MECHANIC TOLD ME THAT THIS SHOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED AT THIS LOW A MILEAGE. THERE IS A LOT OF ENGINE OIL SLUDGE BUILDUP IN THE TOP OF THE ENGINE. HE SAID THAT CHRYSLER ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THESE ENGINES BUT ISN'T DOING ANYTHING ABOUT IT. THIS IS COSTING ME OVER $1,000 TO GET FIXED. LUCKILY I GOT IT INTO HIS SHOP BEFORE THE TIMING CHAIN BROKE AND COMPLETELY SCREWED UP MY ENGINE. *JB

WHILE DRIVING UNDETERMINED SPEED CONSUMER HEARD A CLICKING NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE. CONSUMER SHUT THE VEHICLE OFF AND PRECEDED TO RESTART THE VEHICLE, HOWEVER VEHICLE WOULD NOT START.*AK

I'M A CONSUMER AND A VICTIM OF A FAILED 2.7 LITER ENGINE. I PURCHASED A 2001 DODGE INTREPID IN JUNE OF 2001 IT ONLY HAD 100 MILES ON IT AT TIME OF PURCHASE. I HAD THIS CAR ONLY 2YEARS AND 7MONTHS. I GOT TO WORK PULLED IN THE PARKING DECK OIL LIGHT COMES ON. I PARKED WENT IN TO WORK. LEAVING THE PARKING DECK MY CAR JUST SHUT DOWN. NO TAPPING NO SMOKE OR ANYTHING. I'M THINKING THIS IS JUST MY BATTERY. MY HUSBAND CAME AN TRIED THE SAME THING. PUSHED THE CAR OUT OF THE ROAD, AND HAD A WRECKER COME AND GET THE CAR TOOK IT TO HANSEN CHRYSLER FOR REPAIRS. HE STATED THAT IT WAS THE BATTERY AND HE REPLACED THE BATTERY THEN HE RETURNED A CALL TO ME AND STATED THAT THE ENGINE MAY BE SLUDGED AND HE WOULD HAVE TO CHARGE ME $84 TO TAKE OFF THE GASKETS AND $84 TO PUT THEM BACK ON JUST TO SEE WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS, BUT IF I WANTED TO WAIT THAT THE CAR WAS DRIVING FINE AND I COULD COME AND GET IT BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG THIS ENGINE WOULD HOLD UP. I WENT AND GOT MY CAR AND DROVE OFF THE LOT. I GOT AROUND THE CORNER NOT EVEN A HALF A MILE AWAY IT SHUT OFF AGAIN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD BUT THIS TIME THE ENGINE WAS TAPPING. NEVER SINCE I'VE HAD THIS CAR HAD I HEARD ANY TAPPING UNTIL THAT DAY. I'M NOT SURE WHAT HAPPENED BUT NOW THEY'RE TELLING ME THAT MY ENGINE IS BLOWN. I FIND OUT FROM THE MECHANIC THAT THESE 2.7 LITER ENGINES ARE NOT REALLY GOOD ENGINES. THE MECHANIC STATES THAT I WOULD BE LOOKING AT SPENDING ABOUT 6 - 7,000 DOLLARS ON THE ENGINE ALONG NOT EVEN COUNTING THE LABOR. I DON'T HAVE THAT TYPE OF MONEY. I FEEL LIKE I'VE BEEN ROBBED. I HAVE A CAR WITH ONLY 64,555 MILES AND TWO YEARS TO PAY ON IT AND CAN'T EVEN DRIVE IT. I CAN'T GET ANYONE TO TAKE IT AS A TRADE IN, SO NOW I'M RIDING THE BUS AND PAYING A CAR NOTE. I'M SEEKING LEGAL HELP. WHAT AM I TO DO?*AK

WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH VEHICLE STALLED. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. *AK

I WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT WHERE I IMPACTED ANOTHER VEHICLE (T-BONE) AND I WAS THE HEAD ON COLLISION. MY AIRBAG ON MY DODGE INTREPID 2001 DID NOT DEPLOY THE CRASH WAS HEAD ON AT 50 MPH. *LA