2001 DODGE INTREPID Problems & Recalls

The contact's father owned a 2001 Dodge Intrepid. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: NHTSA Campaign Number: 03V035000 (Seats) and would like to be removed from the recall distribution list as the vehicle was totaled. The local dealer was contacted. The manufacturer was not c...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE INTREPID. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 30 MPH, THE AIR BAGS WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AS WELL AS THE HORN FAILED WHEN DEPRESSED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH THE CRUISE CONTROL FAILED TO ENGAGE AS HE HAD TO INCREASE HIS SPEED TO AVOID ...

Mileage: 140,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE INTREPID. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 30 MPH, THE AIR BAGS WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AS WELL AS THE HORN FAILED WHEN DEPRESSED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH THE CRUISE CONTROL FAILED TO ENGAGE AS HE HAD TO INCREASE HIS SPEED TO AVOID ...

Mileage: 140,000

WHEN DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AT NIGHT, THE VEHICLE LOSES ALL FUNCTION AND POWER. WHEN THIS OCCURS I HAVE NO POWER STEERING, LIGHTS, BRAKES, NOTHING. IT FLICKERS ON AND OFF LIKE THAT MULTIPLE TIMES. IT TOOK ME 1 1/2 HOURS TO DRIVE HOME, WHICH SHOULD HAVE TAKEN ONLY HALF HOUR. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY I...

Mileage: 134,865

WHEN DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AT NIGHT, THE VEHICLE LOSES ALL FUNCTION AND POWER. WHEN THIS OCCURS I HAVE NO POWER STEERING, LIGHTS, BRAKES, NOTHING. IT FLICKERS ON AND OFF LIKE THAT MULTIPLE TIMES. IT TOOK ME 1 1/2 HOURS TO DRIVE HOME, WHICH SHOULD HAVE TAKEN ONLY HALF HOUR. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY I...

Mileage: 134,865

WHEN DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AT NIGHT, THE VEHICLE LOSES ALL FUNCTION AND POWER. WHEN THIS OCCURS I HAVE NO POWER STEERING, LIGHTS, BRAKES, NOTHING. IT FLICKERS ON AND OFF LIKE THAT MULTIPLE TIMES. IT TOOK ME 1 1/2 HOURS TO DRIVE HOME, WHICH SHOULD HAVE TAKEN ONLY HALF HOUR. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY I...

Mileage: 134,865

STRONG GAS SMELL COMING FROM THE CAR AND THROUGH THE AIR VENTS WHEN THE CAR IS RUNNING. NO VISIBLE LEAKS UNDER CAR.

Mileage: 162,000

ENGINE LIGHT TURNED ON, VEHICLE FAILED TO START AND WAS TOWED TO GARAGE. MECHANIC DIAGNOSED PROBLEM AS TIMING CHAIN SENSOR WEAR, DUE TO STRETCHED TIMING CHAIN RELATED TO WELL DOCUMENTED OIL SLUDGE PROBLEM IN 2.7L V6 ENGINE. AFTER THE SENSOR WAS REPLACED, DROVE THE VEHICLE FOR TWO WEEKS AND ENGINE LI...

Mileage: 125,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE INTREPID. WHILE THE CONTACT WAS PLACING A CHILD IN THE REAR CHILD SEAT, THE SEAT BELT FRACTURED. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE SEAT BELT NEEDED TO BE INSPECTED BEFORE THEY WOULD DECIDE IF THEY WOULD COVER THE COSTS. THE DEALER (SPITZER MOTORS OF MANSFIELD CHRYSLE...

Mileage: 64,000

TAKATA RECALL, THE CAR HAD A SAFETY BULLETIN FOR THE AIR BAG SWITCH. THE DEALERSHIP CONFIRMED A FAULTY AIRBAG SWITCH. THEY SAID THE PART WOULD BE ORDERED, NO ONE GOT TO ME. THE AIRBAG IS PARTIALLY INFLATED.

Mileage: 128,000

PURCHASED 2001 IN 2004 DRIVING TO WORK CAR STALLED ON FREEWAY AND CUT OFF. TOOK TO AUTO SHOP DETERMINED ENGINE FROZE. REPLACED ENGINE 2009(NEEDED TO SAVE UP) ENGINE HAS GIVEN OUT AGAIN 2017. THERE IS OIL SLUG IN ENGINE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE INTREPID. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH AND APPROACHING A STOP SIGN, THE ENGINE STALLED. AS A RESULT, ALL THE WARNING LIGHTS REMAINED ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE HORN FAILED TO FUNCTION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFA...

Mileage: 249,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE INTREPID. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH AND APPROACHING A STOP SIGN, THE ENGINE STALLED. AS A RESULT, ALL THE WARNING LIGHTS REMAINED ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE HORN FAILED TO FUNCTION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFA...

Mileage: 249,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE INTREPID. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AND FAILED TO RESPOND. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO AVOID A CRASH BY APPLYING THE EMERGENCY BRAKE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIF...

Mileage: 145,000

SINCE THE DAY I BOUGHT THE CAR 09/2001 THE PASSENGER WINDOW MADE NOISE, BOTH OPENING AND CLOSING THE WINDOW. NOW BOTH WINDOWS MAKE THE SAME NOISE. WAS AND HAVE BEEN BASICALLY IGNORED WITH MY COMPLAINT. INTERIOR LIGHT FLICKER ON AND OFF WHILE DRIVING. HAVE HAD PASSENGERS IN THE CAR WHEN IT HAS HA...

SINCE THE DAY I BOUGHT THE CAR 09/2001 THE PASSENGER WINDOW MADE NOISE, BOTH OPENING AND CLOSING THE WINDOW. NOW BOTH WINDOWS MAKE THE SAME NOISE. WAS AND HAVE BEEN BASICALLY IGNORED WITH MY COMPLAINT. INTERIOR LIGHT FLICKER ON AND OFF WHILE DRIVING. HAVE HAD PASSENGERS IN THE CAR WHEN IT HAS HA...

WATER PUMP FAILURE THEN TIMING CHAIN SLIP. *TR

Mileage: 69,000

2001 DODGE INTREPID. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO A WARRANTY CLAIM ISSUE ON A NEW OEM A/C COMPRESSOR THAT FAILED FOUR MONTHS AFTER INSTALLATION. *SMD

AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON , THEN NO CRUISE CONTROL, NO HORN, AIR BAG LIGHT STAYS ON. WAS TOLD THAT THERE MIGHT BE A RECALL ON THIS PARTICULAR VEHICLE. CALLED DEALERSHIP IN BLOOMINGTON, IN. AND WAS TOLD THAT THEY DIDN'T KNOW AND THAT THEY DON'T HANDLE RECALLS. *TR

AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON , THEN NO CRUISE CONTROL, NO HORN, AIR BAG LIGHT STAYS ON. WAS TOLD THAT THERE MIGHT BE A RECALL ON THIS PARTICULAR VEHICLE. CALLED DEALERSHIP IN BLOOMINGTON, IN. AND WAS TOLD THAT THEY DIDN'T KNOW AND THAT THEY DON'T HANDLE RECALLS. *TR

AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON , THEN NO CRUISE CONTROL, NO HORN, AIR BAG LIGHT STAYS ON. WAS TOLD THAT THERE MIGHT BE A RECALL ON THIS PARTICULAR VEHICLE. CALLED DEALERSHIP IN BLOOMINGTON, IN. AND WAS TOLD THAT THEY DIDN'T KNOW AND THAT THEY DON'T HANDLE RECALLS. *TR

CAR SUDDENLY STOPPED WHILE ON THE EXPRESSWAY AT 60 MILES AN HOUR. I HEAR THIS IS NOT UNUSUAL BUT SEEMS TO BE A FREQUENT COMPLIANT ABOUT THIS CAR. IF SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE THIS PROBLEM IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN RECALLED FOR SAFETY FACTORS. BUT I AM SURE THE BIG CAR COMPANY WILL NOT ALLOW ANY OF THIS TO COM...

Mileage: 145,000

2001 DODGE INTREPID R/T 3.5L WITH 111,422 MILES. WHILE DRIVING ON THE TOLLWAY, THE HEATER BEGAN TO BLOW OUT COOL AIR. LATER THERE WAS NO ACCELERATION AND THE CAR JUST DIED. GOT THE CAR TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WHILE IN TRAFFIC. HAD TO BE TOWED. ENGINE IS LOCKED UP. NEW ENGINE ESTIMATE $5000-$7500. ...

Mileage: 111,142

I WAS TOLD MY MOTOR 2.7 WAS TOTALED BECAUSE OF SLUDGE. *TR

Mileage: 6,700

STOPPED AT STOP LIGHT AND TURNED TO THE LEFT STEERING POPPED AND THEN THERE WAS PLAY IN STEERING WHEEL. PLAY GOT WORSE OVER TIME WENT TO PAYTON DODGE IN CLINTON THEY REPLACED TIEROD ON LEFT AND HAD CAR BALANCED GOT CAR BACK IT WAS WORSE INFORMED THEM, THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO PICK THE CAR UP NEVER DI...

Mileage: 99,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE INTREPID. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD LOCK UP WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. A LOCAL MECHANIC DIAGNOSED THAT THE RACK AND PINION STEERING NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE. THE V...

Mileage: 57,000

I WAS ON MY WAY TO ALDI'S AND BEFORE I PULLED UP INTO THE PARKING LOT THE CAR SHUT OFF AND DID NOT START AGAIN FLUIDS WERE RUNNING FROM UNDERNEATH I HAD IT TOWED AND THEY TOLD ME IT WAS THE WATER PUMP AND THE RESULT OF THAT MADE ANTI FREEZE MIX WITH THE OIL IN THE ENGINE AND I TOOK IT TO A SECOND ME...

Mileage: 100,000

MY CAR HAS VERY LOW MILEAGE AND IT JUST SUDDENLY STARTED COUGHING AND CHOKING AND REVVING UP AND SLOWING DOWN - IT WAS COMPLETELY OUT-OF-CONTROL! I HAD TO PULL OVER ON A MAJOR FREEWAY (INTERSTATE 5 IN OREGON) AND WAITED ON THE SIDE FOR A TOW. WHEN I GOT IT HOME I WAS TOLD TO DRIVE IT A COUPLE OF B...

Mileage: 120,000

I HAVE A 2001 DODGE INTREPID. 2.7L ENGINE. THE OIL LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED ON AND NOW THE ENGINE IS TICKING. I WAS DRIVING AND THEN THE CAR JUST CUT OFF. THE OIL DIP STICK WAS AT THE RIGHT LEVEL. *TR

Mileage: 12,400

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE INTREPID. THE DRIVER STATED THAT SHE WAS AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A TURN WHEN THE VEHICLE MADE A CLICKING NOISE. THE DRIVER SHIFTED THE GEAR IN PARK, THEN DRIVE BUT THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF COMPLETELY. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT RESTARTED SINCE THE FAILURE OCCURRED...

Mileage: 114,000

I WAS JUST DRIVING MY 2001 DODGE INTREPID TO WORK ON THE HIGHWAY. NO INDICATION WHAT SO EVER OF ENGINE PROBLEMS. COLD AIR STARTED TO RUN THROUGH THE HEATER VENTS INSIDE THE CAR, THEN I HAD NO ACCELERATION. I LOOKED IN THE REARVIEW MIRROR AND SAW WHITE GRAYISH COMING OUT THE REAR AND FRONT OF CAR. I ...

Mileage: 91,000

MY CAR STALLED OUT. TOOK IT TO A REPAIR SHOP. THE DIAGNOSING MECHANIC SAID THERE WAS A FAILURE OF THE WATER PUMP WHICH ALLOWED ANTIFREEZE TO BECOME MIXED IN WITH THE MOTOR OIL WHICH CAUSED THIS TO DESTROY MY ENTIRE ENGINE. *TR

Mileage: 79,000

THE AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON. AT THAT TIME I DID NOT KNOW ANYTHING ELSE WAS WRONG. LATER ON DEC 27, 2009, WHILE TRAVELING TO FLORIDA AND FINALLY USING THE CRUISE CONTROL, I REALIZED THAT IT WAS NOT WORKING AND THE RADIO CONTROLS WERE NOT WORKING, PLUS THE HORN DOES NOT WORK AND OF COURSE THE AIR BAG...

Mileage: 142,000

I WAS DRIVING MY 2001 DODGE INTREPID SE AND WITH NO WARNING THE HEAT WENT OUT AND THE CAR BEGAN TO SMOKE AND CUT OFF AND I HAD TO COAST OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD ON A DARK ROAD AND WAIT TILL THE ENGINE COOLED DOWN. IT TOOK ABOUT FIFTEEN MINUTES BEFORE THE CAR STARTED AGAIN. I JUST PURCHASED THIS ...

Mileage: 56,000

ENGINE SHUT DOWN.....THE OIL LIGHT CAME ON, FOLLOWED BY LOUD NOISE IN ENGINE.....GOT OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD....SHUT OFF AND "DIED" ON THE SPOT !! LUCKILY IT WAS LATE AT NIGHT WITH NO OTHER CARS ON THE ROAD !! HAD THE CAR TOWED, LOOKED AT BY A MECHANIC..WHO FOUND THE ENGINE COATED WITH OIL S...

Mileage: 91,000

I BOUGHT THIS CAR FROM MY BROTHER-IN-LAW ABOUT 5 MONTHS AGO. I CHANGED THE OIL LESS THEN 3,000 MILES AGO. I BEGAN NOTICING SOME WEIRD ENGINE NOISE OVER THE LAST WEEK. THE SOUND GOT ALOT WORSE TODAY ON A 30 MILE TRIP TO PICK UP MY 3 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER FROM HER GRANDMA'S HOUSE. THE CAR BEGAN MAKING...

Mileage: 150,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE INTREPID. THE CONTACT STATED THAT INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE WILL STALLED WITHOUT ANY PRIOR WARNINGS. THIS CONDITION INCREASES THE RISK FOR VEHICLE CRASH. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE TECHNICIAN SPECULATED THAT CAM ...

Mileage: 87,575

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 CHRYSLER INTREPID WITH A 2.7 LITER ENGINE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH THE ENGINE BACKFIRED WITHOUT ANY PRIOR WARNINGS. AS A CONSEQUENCE, THE RISK OF A VEHICLE CRASH AND A FIRE WERE INCREASED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED HIS PLACE OF RESIDENCE FOR INSPECTION AND...

Mileage: 60,000

MY CAR INITIALLY STARTED OVERHEATED GOT THAT FIXED WHICH WAS THE WATER PUMP THEN THE ENGINE BLOWN AND I KEPT REGULAR MAINTANANCE ON THIS VEHICLE GOT THE HEAD GASKET FIXED THEN 3 DAYS LATER THE BOTTOM BLEW AND THE TIMING CHAIN TENSOR. *TR

Mileage: 112,124

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 CHRYSLER INTREPID. WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE ENGINE BEGAN TO KNOCK LOUDLY. THE CONTACT HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO A MECHANIC AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE ENGINE FAILED. THE ENGINE HAD NEVER BEEN SERVICED PRIOR TO THE FAILURE AND THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE...

Mileage: 80,000

WHILE I WAS ON MY WAY TO WORK MY CAR STARTED RUNNING REALLY BAD LIKE I WAS GOING TO STOP. THERE WAS SMOKE COMING FROM TAIL PIPE. THIS HAD BEEN GOING ON FOR A WHILE. I DROVE A LITTLE FURTHER THE ENGINE JUST DIED. *TR

Mileage: 106

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE INTREPID. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT CONSTANTLY ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR AN OIL CHANGE AND THEY DISCOVERED SEVERAL OIL LEAKS. THE NECESSARY REPAIRS WERE PERFORMED AND SEVERAL SEALS AND...

Mileage: 85,000

ON JUNE 4, 2009 I PAID MY 2001 DODGE INTREPID OFF. ON JUNE 20, 2009 WHILE TRAVELING ON THE INTERSTATE I HEARD MY CAR MAKING A KNOCKING SOUND. AS I PULLED OVER TO GET OFF ON THE EXIT THE CAR DIED AND I ALMOST LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AS I CAME OFF THE EXIT. I HAD TO PUT THE CAR IN PARK TO GET I...

Mileage: 124,114

OUR 2001 DODGE INTREPID SEIZED UP ON US WHILE DRIVING ON SUNDAY. IT WAS FINE, THEN IT WASN'T, WE DID EVERYTHING TO MAINTAIN THE VEHICLE, OIL CHANGES AND REPAIRS WHEN NEEDED. *TR

Mileage: 110,000

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE STREET WHEN THE ENGINE STOPPED WORKING. MY BRAKES WENT OUT ON ME AND I ENDED UP IN THE MIDDLE OF SOMEONE'S YARD, MUCH BETTER THEN THE BACK END OF THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME, BUT STILL VERY SCARY. I WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE CAR AND GET ONTO THE SIDE STREET BEFORE IT DIED FOR THE LAS...

Mileage: 78,000

2001 DODGE INTREPID 2.7 V6 HAD OIL LIGHT FLICKER ON AND OFF AT STOP SIGNS. CHECKED OIL, IT WAS FINE. TOOK IN FOR AN OIL CHANGE. I DID OIL CHANGES REGULARLY AS SUGGESTED BY DODGE. CAR STARTED MAKING KNOCKING NOISE. TOOK CAR TO MECHANIC. HE RAN COMPRESSION TESTS AND SAID TIMING CHAIN WAS BAD AND VALVE...

Mileage: 110,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 CHRYSLER INTREPID. THE CONTACT PURCHASED THE VEHICLE IN FEBRUARY OF 2008. THREE DAYS LATER, THE SHIFTER CABLE FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. THE DEALER REPLACED THE COMPONENT. IN APPROXIMATELY APRIL OF 2008, THE IGNITION SWITCH FAILED AND WAS ALSO COVERED BY THE DEALER. IN A...

Mileage: 98,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 CHRYSLER INTREPID. THE CONTACT PURCHASED THE VEHICLE IN FEBRUARY OF 2008. THREE DAYS LATER, THE SHIFTER CABLE FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. THE DEALER REPLACED THE COMPONENT. IN APPROXIMATELY APRIL OF 2008, THE IGNITION SWITCH FAILED AND WAS ALSO COVERED BY THE DEALER. IN A...

Mileage: 98,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 CHRYSLER INTREPID. THE CONTACT PURCHASED THE VEHICLE IN FEBRUARY OF 2008. THREE DAYS LATER, THE SHIFTER CABLE FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. THE DEALER REPLACED THE COMPONENT. IN APPROXIMATELY APRIL OF 2008, THE IGNITION SWITCH FAILED AND WAS ALSO COVERED BY THE DEALER. IN A...

Mileage: 98,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 CHRYSLER INTREPID. THE CONTACT PURCHASED THE VEHICLE IN FEBRUARY OF 2008. THREE DAYS LATER, THE SHIFTER CABLE FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. THE DEALER REPLACED THE COMPONENT. IN APPROXIMATELY APRIL OF 2008, THE IGNITION SWITCH FAILED AND WAS ALSO COVERED BY THE DEALER. IN A...

Mileage: 98,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE INTREPID. WHILE AT A RED LIGHT, THE ENGINE FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO RESTART. THE DEALER STATED THAT THERE WERE THREE FAULTY COILS AND THREE FAULTY SPARK PLUGS. THE CONTACT BELIEVES THE VALVE TRAIN IS FAULTY. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATE...

Mileage: 88,600

2001 DODGE INTREPID SE - 2.7L, LOST POWER ON THE WAY TO WORK. OIL LIGHT BEGAN FLICKERING (HAD SCHEDULED OIL CHANGE COUPLE OF DAYS BEFORE) AND COASTED OFF THE ROADWAY. HAD CAR TOWED IN TO THE LOCAL REPAIR SHOP. DIAGNOSED "CATASTROPHIC INTERNAL ENGINE FAILURE." MOTOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. ALL PAST RE...

Mileage: 103,839

#2 CYLINDER, RIGHT SIDE, ROD BEARING FAILURE. PISTON HITTING HEAD. *TR

Mileage: 124,691

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE INTREPID. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A POPPING NOISE IN THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE LOST COMPLETE POWER AND HAD TO BE PLACED INTO NEUTRAL AS IT COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE VEHICLE WAS UNABLE TO BE CONTROLLED. THE ENGINE FAILURE OCCURRED WITHOUT ...

Mileage: 73,000

I PURCHASED THIS CAR IN APRIL OF 2002 FROM A DODGE DEALER. IT WAS A PROGRAM CAR AND HAD ABOUT 16,000 MILES ON IT. THE CAR WAS NEVER RUN HARD WHILE I DROVE IT AND OIL WAS CHANGED APPROXIMATELY EVERY 5,000 MILES. THIS CAR WAS GREAT AND RAN LIKE A TOP FOR 2 1/2 YEARS. IN THAT TIME, THE ONLY CORRECTIVE ...

Mileage: 50,069

I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN MY ENGINE STARTED MAKING A CLANKING NOISE. AS I PROCEEDED TO GET OVER INTO THE FAR LANE TO EXIT THE HIGHWAY I LOST SPEED AND THE CAR TURNED OF. I BARELY MADE IT ACROSS THE LAST TWO LANES OF HIGHWAY SAFELY COASTING ONTO THE EXIT RAMP. LONG STORY SHORT, I HAD THE CAR ...

THIS IS ABOUT A 2001 DODGE INTREPID. I CHANGE MY OIL ON A REGULAR BASIS AND AT ABOUT 99,000 MILES MY 2.7 ENGINE BLEW UP DUE TO OIL SLUDGE. I HEARD OF HUNDREDS MAYBE THOUSANDS OF THE SAME ENGINE BLOWING UP WITHOUT WARNING. *TR

Mileage: 99,867

WHILE IDLING AT A STOP LIGHT AN OFFICER OF THE LAW WAS BEHIND ME AS THE LIGHT CHANGE I MADE MY WAY TO MY DESTINATION ONLY TO BE STOPPED BY SAID OFFICER. HE STATED THAT WHEN I PULLED AWAY AT THE LIGHT THERE WAS A BIG SMOKE TRAIL LEAVING MY EXHAUST. I INFORMED HIM OF THE MANY TROUBLES WITH THE 2.7L C...

Mileage: 80,000

WHILE IDLING AT A STOP LIGHT AN OFFICER OF THE LAW WAS BEHIND ME AS THE LIGHT CHANGE I MADE MY WAY TO MY DESTINATION ONLY TO BE STOPPED BY SAID OFFICER. HE STATED THAT WHEN I PULLED AWAY AT THE LIGHT THERE WAS A BIG SMOKE TRAIL LEAVING MY EXHAUST. I INFORMED HIM OF THE MANY TROUBLES WITH THE 2.7L C...

Mileage: 80,000

WHILE IDLING AT A STOP LIGHT AN OFFICER OF THE LAW WAS BEHIND ME AS THE LIGHT CHANGE I MADE MY WAY TO MY DESTINATION ONLY TO BE STOPPED BY SAID OFFICER. HE STATED THAT WHEN I PULLED AWAY AT THE LIGHT THERE WAS A BIG SMOKE TRAIL LEAVING MY EXHAUST. I INFORMED HIM OF THE MANY TROUBLES WITH THE 2.7L C...

Mileage: 80,000

I PURCHASED MY 2001 INTREPID WITH THE HOPES OF FINALLY BUYING A QUALITY FAMILY CAR. IN 2005 I SPENT $2800 TO FIX THE COOLING SYSTEM, IT DROVE WELL FOR THREE YEARS UNTIL FINALLY I HAD A LEAK; TOOK IT TO A SHOP WHICH THEN NOTICED A LACK OF OIL PRESSURE AND FINALLY DISCOVERED THE SLUDGE BUILD UP IN TH...

Mileage: 150,836

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE INTREPID. WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE COMPLETELY STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP AND THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE ENGINE FAILED AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO STALL. THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER REFERRE...

Mileage: 54,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE INTREPID. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS LEAKING OIL. ON DECEMBER 14, 2008, THE CONTACT HEARD A NOISE WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS ACCELERATED. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO HIS MECHANIC AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE MOTOR FAILED. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO ANOTHER GARAGE AND...

Mileage: 71,489

I OWN A 2001 DODGE INTREPID, AND USED IT FOR MY COMMUTE. I WAS DRIVING 35 MPH AND BEGAN TO HEAR A LOUD KNOCKING SOUND AND BELIEVE IT TO BE RELATED TO THE OIL SLUDGE PROBLEM IN CHRYSLER'S 2.7 ENGINES. *TR

Mileage: 94,000

DRIVING HOME FROM WORK, SPEED APPROX. 65 M.P.H. ON INTERSTATE. ENGINE MADE A SHARP "BANG", NO WARNING LIGHTS, BELLS, NOTHING TO INDICATE A PROBLEM. APPEARED TO LOSE POWER, BUT NEVER STALLED OUT. MANAGED TO "LIMP" HOME (LESS THAN 2 MILES). PARKED VEHICLE AND THE ENGINE SHUT DOWN, ON ITS OWN. RAISED T...

Mileage: 143,611

2001 DODGE INTREPID 2.7 LTR I WAS DRIVING ALONG AND THE CAR MADE A HISSING NOISE AND CLUNKED AND THEN SHUT OFF. I HAD TO PAY FOR A TOW. I WAS TOLD THAT BECAUSE OF ENGINE SLUDGE I WOULD HAVE TO PAY AROUND 2500.00 TO HAVE A NEW ENGINE PUT IN MY CAR. THIS WAS AN OUT OF POCKET EXPENSE THAT WE INCURRE...

Mileage: 124,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE INTREPID. WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE SHUDDERED AND THEN REPEATEDLY STALLED. THE VEHICLE THEN COMPLETELY SHUT OFF AND LOST ALL POWER. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE AND HAD IT TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP. THE MECHANIC COULD NOT FIND ANY FAILURES A...

Mileage: 64,500

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE INTREPID. WHILE DRIVING 75 MPH ON THE FREEWAY, THE CONTACT HEARD A CLICKING NOISE. THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. SHE PULLED OVER AND HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED AS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE. A MECHANIC FOUND SLUDGE BUILD IN THE ENGINE,...

Mileage: 110,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE INTREPID. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP AND THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE TIMING CHAIN WAS THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AT THE COST OF $6,000. THE ...

Mileage: 45,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE INTREPID. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE SHUT DOWN WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A REPAIR SHOP. THE MECHANIC DISCOVERED FLUID LEAKING FROM THE RADIATOR. AS A RESULT, THE ENGINE OIL THICKENED AND CAUSED THE ENGINE TO FAIL. THE MANUFACTURER TOOK A R...

Mileage: 112,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE INTREPID. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN MAKING A LOUD BANGING NOISE. THE VEHICLE THEN STALLED AND SHUT OFF. THE FAILURE WAS DUE TO THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS PUSHED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE DEALER ADVISED THE CONTACT TO RETURN THE VEHICLE BACK ...

Mileage: 95,000

CLOCKSPRING FAILED--WHICH TAKES OUT THE AIRBAG AND HORN AND ALSO THE CRUISE CONTROL. *TR

Mileage: 90,000

CLOCKSPRING FAILED--WHICH TAKES OUT THE AIRBAG AND HORN AND ALSO THE CRUISE CONTROL. *TR

Mileage: 90,000

I WAS DRIVING ON I 75 - 250 MILES FROM HOME WHEN MY ENGINE FAILED ON MY 2001 DODGE INTREPID. NO WARNING. LUCKILY IT DID NOT CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. *TR

Mileage: 130,000

I HAVE 2001 DODGE INTREPID. I HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING A OIL LOSS..I HAVE TO ADD OIL ONCE A MONTH FOR LAST 4 MONTHS. I HAVE NO IDEAL WHERE THE OIL IS GOING,NEITHER DOES ANY MECHANIC THAT LOOKS AT MY CAR KNOW... *TR

ENGINE SEIZED UP AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. *TR

Mileage: 150,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE INTREPID. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE MADE A KNOCKING NOISE AND THEN SHUT OFF WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE FAILED TO RESTART ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS. THE FIRST TIME THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF THE WATER PUMP WAS REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A...

Mileage: 95,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE INTREPID. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS SLUDGE BUILD UP IN THE ENGINE, DESPITE UNDERGOING REGULAR MAINTENANCE. THE ENGINE BEGAN TO OVERHEAT AND THE DEALER STATED THAT A NEW ENGINE WAS NEEDED AT AN ESTIMATED COST OF $6,500. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN INOPERABLE FOR A...

Mileage: 90,000

DODGE HAS A DESIGN PROBLEM WITH THE 2001 INTREPID WITH A 2.7L V-6 ENGINE. AFTER AN OIL CHANGE THE OIL LIGHT FLICKERS. STARTED TO MAKE A TICKING NOISE. HAD THE CAR LOOKED AT AND DUE TO SOME OIL TUBE DESIGN ISSUE PART OF THE ENGINE IS STARVED FOR OIL AND IS NOW IN NEED OF A NEW ENGINE. *TR

Mileage: 116,400

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE INTREPID. WHILE SITTING IN THE VEHICLE WITH THE ENGINE TURNED OFF, THE CONTACT'S DAUGHTER WAS ABLE TO SWITCH THE GEAR INDICATOR FROM PARK INTO DRIVE WITHOUT DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL. PRIOR TO THE FAILURE, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT HE WAS ABLE TO REMOVE THE KEY FRO...

Mileage: 99,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE INTREPID. WHILE SITTING IN THE VEHICLE WITH THE ENGINE TURNED OFF, THE CONTACT'S DAUGHTER WAS ABLE TO SWITCH THE GEAR INDICATOR FROM PARK INTO DRIVE WITHOUT DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL. PRIOR TO THE FAILURE, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT HE WAS ABLE TO REMOVE THE KEY FRO...

Mileage: 99,000

I WAS SHOCKED THAT MY VEHICLE NEEDED A NEW ENGINE (LONG BLOCK AND ALL PARTS ASSOCIATED) AT 67,227 MILES DUE TO OIL SLUDGE/BEARINGS BROKE DOWN IN ENGINE AND CAUSED OIL TO LOOK METALLIC RESULTING IN ENGINE FAILURE. THE CHECK OIL LIGHT SUDDENLY APPEARED AND A TICKING NOISE STARTED SO I HAD MY CAR TOWE...

Mileage: 67,277

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE INTREPID. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE VEHICLE WOULD SPORADICALLY DECELERATE WHILE THE CONTACT'S FOOT WAS STILL DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. THE VEHICLE WAS LOSING POWER. SPEED WAS NOT A FACTOR DURING THE FAILURE. ON ONE OCCASION, WHILE DRIVING, TH...

Mileage: 100,049

2001 DODGE INTREPID. THE MOTOR STARTED TO KNOCK AT START UP FOR A COUPLE OF SECONDS THEN AFTER ABOUT TWO WEEKS THE ENGINE DIES TWO BLOCKS FROM HOME. GOT HOME AND IT STARTED WITH A VERY LOUD SQUEALING COMING FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE MOTOR. IT HAS 137,000 MILES AND I AM PRETTY SURE IT IS A CRANK BEARING...

Mileage: 137,000

2001 DODGE INTREPID SE, 2.7 LITER ENGINE, V6, PURCHASED IN DECEMBER 2006, WE HAD THE VEHICLE SERVICED THE DAY BEFORE MOTHERS DAY 2007, MOTHERS DAY 2007, I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM OUR LOCAL MALL, I STOPPED AT THE STOP SIGN, STARTED TO GO AND THE CAR JUST STALLED AS IF I WERE OUT OF GAS, I HAD A FULL TA...

Mileage: 59,000

THE PAINT ON THE BODY IS GOOD EXCEPT FOR THE HOOD. THE PAINT IS PEELING BADLY. NOWHERE ELSE ON THE BODY IS THIS HAPPENING. THE COLOR IS FORREST GREEN ?? PLEASE LET KNOW HOW I CAN GET THIS HOOD REPAINTED. *TR

Mileage: 90,000

OIL SLUDGE BUILD UP ON ENGINE OF 2.7L V6 DODGE INTREPID ENGINE, TIMING CHAIN BROKE, AND WATER PUMP QUIT. *TR

Mileage: 118,534

MY CAR SEIZED ON ROUTE 3 IN PA ON MY WAY TO TAKE DAUGHTER TO SEE SURGEON ON HER FIRST TRIP ALLOWED TO BE SITTING IN A CAR TO GET HER STAPLES REMOVED AFTER MAJOR BACK SURGERY. THE OIL LIGHT CAME ON AND WITHIN 2 SECONDS THE CAR SHRUGGED TWICE AND DIED. WITH NO WARNING BESIDE THE 2 SECOND INTERVAL OF T...

Mileage: 92,000

THE RACK AND PINION STEERING ON MY 2001 DODGE INTREPID R/T STARTED MAKING THIS CREAKING AND CRACKING SOUND IT DOES IT 100% OF THE TIME I'M DRIVING THE DEALER SAID THEY COULDN'T FIND THE PROBLEM WE TOOK IT IN A SECOND TIME AND THEY SAID THE STEERING RACK HAD FAILED AND THAT THEY WOULD REPLACE IT UNDE...

Mileage: 45,880

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE INTREPID. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE HEADLIGHTS ON HIS VEHICLE BEGAN TO FOG APPROXIMATELY FIVE YEARS AGO. ON SEPTEMBER 29, 2006, AT 42,000 MILES, HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIR. THE DEALER STATED THAT NOTHING COULD BE DONE AND BOTH HEADLIGHTS NEEDE...

Mileage: 20,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE INTREPID. THE CONTACT BACKED HER VEHICLE OUT OF A PARKING SPACE AT 2 MPH, PLACED IT INTO DRIVE, AND BARELY DEPRESSED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WHEN THE DRIVER'S SEAT COLLAPSED. FRANTICALLY, SHE SHIFTED INTO PARK AND STOPPED THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER STATED THAT A PLASTI...

Mileage: 110,500

AT FIRST THE MOTOR STARTED TO KNOCK FROM BELOW(BEARINGS) BROUGHT IT IN AND REPLACED THE CAM AND CRANK SENSORS. DROVE THE CAR FOR 4 DAYS AFTER AND IT WILL NOT START AND THE KNOCKING IS WORSE. THE ENGINE IS GETTING FUEL AND SPARK BUT WILL NOT FIRE. CHECKED THE OIL AND CHANGED IT TO BE ON THE SAFE SIDE...

Mileage: 158,000

I WAS WEARING MY SEATBELT TRAVELING 30 MILES PER HOUR IN MY 2001 DODGE INTREPID ES. MY RIGHT FONT TIRE SOMEHOW SNAPPED WHILE I WAS TRAVELING IN A STRAIGHT COURSE AND DID NOT HIT ANY DEBRIS OR POTHOLES WHILE ON THE ROAD. I HAD NO CONTROL OF ANY STEERING WHILE IT HAPPENED AND CRASHED INTO AND ONCOMING...

Mileage: 92,000

I WAS WEARING MY SEATBELT TRAVELING 30 MILES PER HOUR IN MY 2001 DODGE INTREPID ES. MY RIGHT FONT TIRE SOMEHOW SNAPPED WHILE I WAS TRAVELING IN A STRAIGHT COURSE AND DID NOT HIT ANY DEBRIS OR POTHOLES WHILE ON THE ROAD. I HAD NO CONTROL OF ANY STEERING WHILE IT HAPPENED AND CRASHED INTO AND ONCOMING...

Mileage: 92,000

I WAS WEARING MY SEATBELT TRAVELING 30 MILES PER HOUR IN MY 2001 DODGE INTREPID ES. MY RIGHT FONT TIRE SOMEHOW SNAPPED WHILE I WAS TRAVELING IN A STRAIGHT COURSE AND DID NOT HIT ANY DEBRIS OR POTHOLES WHILE ON THE ROAD. I HAD NO CONTROL OF ANY STEERING WHILE IT HAPPENED AND CRASHED INTO AND ONCOMING...

Mileage: 92,000

ON THREE TIMES IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE TIMING CHAIN TENSIONER ON MY 2001 DODGE 2.7L. THE FIRST TIME THE LOCAL DEALER DID THE REPAIR THE CAR WAS UNDER WARRANTY. I WAS TOLD AT THAT TIME BY THE DEALER THAT I HAD ENGINE SLUDGE AND THAT THIS REPAIR AND FUTURE REPAIRS WOULD NOT BE...

Mileage: 147,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE INTREPID. THE CONTACT STATED THAT MOISTURE WOULD GATHER INSIDE OF THE HEADLIGHTS, CAUSING VISIBILITY TO BE IMPAIRED. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED BY THE DEALER. SHE ATTEMPTED TO CONSULT THE MANUFACTURER, BUT WAS NEVER ABLE TO SPEAK WITH ANYONE. THE CURRENT ...

Mileage: 92,000

THIS CAR HAS BEEN DRIVEN OFF THE HIGHWAY MOSTLY. WHEN TAKEN TO THE HIGHWAY THE STEERING DEVELOPED EXCESSIVE PLAY; ABOUT A QUARTER TURN TO EACH SIDE, LEFT AND RIGHT. ID DIDN'T CAUSE AN ACCIDENT BUT IT NEARLY DID. ESPECIALLY BECAUSE WHERE THE CAR IS TAKEN MANY TRUCKS ALSO COMMUTE AND THE EXCESSIVE PLA...

Mileage: 102

I PURCHASED THE CAR USED IN DECEMBER 2007, IT HAD 147,000 MILES ON IT. SINCE I PURCHASED IT I HAVE HAD THE OIL CHANGED TWICE. ON THE MORNING OF MAY 7, 2008, I CHECKED THE OIL PRIOR TO A LONG TRIP AND FOUND IT TO BE 1 QUART LOW. I ADDED ADDITIONAL OIL TO BRING THE LEVEL TO FULL. ABOUT 5 MILES INTO TH...

Mileage: 151,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE INTREPID. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A VERY LOUD CLICKING NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. SHORTLY AFTERWARDS, THE MOTOR STOPPED RUNNING AND WHITE SMOKE APPEARED FROM THE EXHAUST. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESTART. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE C...

Mileage: 110,000

WHILE IN ROUTE TO WORK, I STARTED SMELLING GAS FROM AIR VENTS. I MADE IT TO WORK & WHEN I WENT ON LUNCH BREAK MY CO-WORKERS SAID THAT THEY SMELT GAS AROUND MY CAR. I LEFT WORK THAT MORNING WHEN TO A REPUTABLE MECHANIC TO FIND OUT WHY I WAS SMELLING GAS & RAPIDLY STARTED LOSING GAS MILEAGE. HE INFORM...

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE INTREPID. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE OVERHEATED. THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO A LOCAL MECHANIC. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE ENGINE FAILED. THE CONTACT COULD NOT AFFORD TO REPLACE THE ENGINE...

Mileage: 92,000

OIL PRESSURE INDICATOR LIGHT BEGAN FLICKERING APPROXIMATELY 3 WEEKS PRIOR TO ENGINE FAILURE. OIL CHANGED ON 2 OCCASIONS DURING TIME FRAME AND RESULT SAME, LIGHT CONTINUOUSLY FLICKERED AND THAN BECAME CONTINUOUSLY SOLID RED WITH LIGHT TICKING NOISE OBSERVED FROM UPPER VALVE COVER. APPROXIMATELY 10 ...

Mileage: 89,880

HUSBAND DRIVING HOME FROM WORK AT THE BUSIEST TIME OF THE DAY CAR ACTED LIKE IT WAS GOING TO TURN OFF AT A STOP LIGHT. HE TURNED OFF THE BUSY RODE AND THE CAR JUST SUDDENLY TURNED OFF. STARTED SMOKING HE OPENED THE HOOD AND SAW THAT FLUIDS HAD LEAKED OUT. NEARBY WAS A MECHANIC SHOP WITH HELP PUSHED...

Mileage: 102,315

SEEMS THAT THERE IS A THING CALLED A CLOCK SPRING---IN THE STEERING MECH-(SORTA A REPLACEMENT FOR THE OLD HORN CONTACTS)---SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM---WHEN IT FAILS IT TURNS ON THE DRIVERS SIDE AIRBAG LIGHT--YOU LOOSE YOUR HORN AND ALSO THE CRUISE CONTROL--NO RECALL ON THIS MODEL YET--BUT SOME OT...

Mileage: 99

WITHOUT ANY WARNING THE ENGINE JUST QUIT AND WOULD NOT START AGAIN WHILE WAITING FOR A STOP LIGHT. UPON TAKING IT TO AN AUTO REPAIR SHOP IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE ENGINE HAD FAILED AND REQUIRED REPLACEMENT. CAUSE OF FAILURE WAS OIL SLUDGE. A REBUILT ENGINE WAS PURCHASED AND INSTALLED AT A COST...

Mileage: 108,000

I HAD SET UP AN APPT. TO TAKE MY 2001 DODGE INTREPID IN FOR AN OIL CHANGE AND TO HAVE THE ENGINE LIGHT CHECKED BECAUSE IT HAD RECENTLY COME ON. WITHIN A FEW DAYS OF MAKING THAT APPT., MY OIL LIGHT STARTED COMING ON EVERY TIME ON PUT THE BRAKES ON. I WAS ABLE TO BRING THE CAR IN EARLIER. WE HAD TO RE...

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE INTREPID. WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE ABRUPTLY SHUT OFF. THE CONTACT HAD A CHILD SEATED IN A CHILD SEAT AT THE TIME. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT THE MOTOR WAS CLOGGED WITH OIL SLUDGE AND A NEW ONE WAS NEEDED. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN...

Mileage: 35,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE INTREPID. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD BANG AND NOTICED SMOKE UNDER THE HOOD ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. HE PULLED OFF THE ROAD AND THE ENGINE EXPLODED. THE DEALER STATED THAT IT WOULD COST $5,000 TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THE VIN, PURCHA...

Mileage: 95,000

OIL SLUDGE HAS BUILT UP IN THE ENGINE, LEAVING THE ENGINE WITHOUT THE ABILITY TO CIRCULATE OIL THROUGH THE BLOCK TO LUBRICATE THE PARTS. A MECHANIC HAS DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AND NOTED THAT DRIVING THE CAR WILL CAUSE PARTS TO BREAK AND THE ENGINE TO FAIL. THE MECHANIC TOOK PHOTOS OF THE INSIDE OF...

Mileage: 121,000

THE MOTOR IN MY DODGE INTREPID, 2.7 LITER V6, 2001, LET LOOSE AT SPEED WITHOUT WARNING OF ANY KIND. THE CAR BUCKED WILDLY AND I ALMOST LOST CONTROL WITH MY 2 YR OLD SON IN HIS CAR SEAT. I WAS TOLD THIS IS A COMMON OCCURRENCE WITH THESE VEHICLES. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE!! I DO NOT HAVE THE MONEY TO ...

Mileage: 66,000

I PURCHASED MY 2001 DODGE INTREPID IN OCTOBER OF 2006 AND HAVE HAD NO MAJOR PROBLEMS WITH THIS VEHICLE UNTIL RECENTLY. IN THE LAST 30 DAYS I HAVE SPENT ROUGHLY $1200 IN REPAIRS FOR A TIMING CHANGE, THE REPLACEMENT OF THE CRANKSHAFT SENSOR, CAMSHAFT SENSOR AND SOME OTHER PREVENTIVE REPAIR MEASURES L...

ENGINE BLEW WITH ONLY 70,000 MILES ON IT. 2.7 LITER V-6. DODGE INTREPID SE 2001. NO INDICATION OF ANY PROBLEM THEN SITTING AT STOP LIGHT IT BLEW. HAD TO GET TOWED TO DEALERSHIP THEN THEY SAY THE ENGINE IS BLOWN WILL COST 6500 TO REPAIR. *TR

Mileage: 65,000

OIL SENSOR MALFUNCTION--NOTICED MANY OTHERS WITH SAME MAKE AND YEAR HAVE SAME PROBLEM. TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE INTREPID. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD RATTLING NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE'S SPEED DECREASED DRAMATICALLY AND THE VEHICLE STALLED MINUTES LATER. SHE TOOK THE VEHIC...

Mileage: 70,772

THE ENGINE FAILED TO TURNOVER DURING A START. THE TIMING CHAIN IS NOT WORKING AND HAS CAUSED MAJOR DAMAGE TO FUEL INJECTORS AND THE BASIC FUNCTIONING OF THE CAR. MANY THINGS HAVE BEEN CHANGED OR REPAIRED ON THE CAR BUT, I ALWAYS GET A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT THAT COMES ON CONSTANTLY WITHIN MINUTES OR D...

Mileage: 136,000

OIL LIGHT STAYS ON AT IDLE. HAVE BEEN INFORMED THIS IS A CHRONIC PROBLEM WITH THE 2.7 ENGINE THAT LEADS TO EVENTUAL FAILURE. I HAVE NOT YET HAD THIS ISSUE BUT AM HOPING THAT ANY INFORMATION WILL HELP ME AND ANYONE ELSE. *TR

SLUDGE IN 2.7 DODGE INTREPID, BROKEN TIMING TENSIONER REBUILD ENGINE. *TR

Mileage: 39,540

2001 DODGE INTREPID. OIL LIGHT BEGAN FLASHING. CHECKED THE OIL IT WAS FULL. ABOUT 2 DAYS LATER A LIGHT TICKING NOISE OCCURRED. ON 2/16/2007, I STARTED THE VEHICLE AND TICKING NOISE, TURNED INTO KNOCKING NOISE. MECHANIC STATED THAT THE CAR EXPERIENCE AN OIL FAILURE AND THROUGH A ROD IN THE ENGINE. $4...

Mileage: 146,500

FIRST THE OIL LIGHT CAME ON THEN THE ENGINE SHUT OFF WHILE I WAS IN AN INTERSECTION ON CITY STREETS. I GOT THE CAR RESTARTED AND IT SEEMED TO BE FINE. I CHECKED THE OIL AND ENSURED THAT IT HAD PLENTY AND EVEN SCHEDULED IT FOR AN OIL CHANGE EVEN THOUGH I ONLY HAD APPROX 1500 MILES ON THE PREVIOUS CHA...

Mileage: 65,000

I HAD MY CAR OIL CHANGED REGULARLY, WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, I HEARD A LOUD KNOCKING SOUND. I TOOK IT TO AN INDEPENDENT SHOP, WHO INFORMED ME THAT THE TIMING CHAIN TENSIONERS BROKE, AFTER THEY GOT THE ENGINE APART, IT WAS SO SLUDGED UP AND IMPOSSIBLE TO FIX. SAID THIS WAS THE REASON, THERE WAS NO OTHER...

Mileage: 86,875

TIMING CHAIN AND OIL PUMP FAILED IN CAR OIL SLUDGE BUILD UP HAD TO REPLACE MOTOR AT 140,000 MILES MAINTENANCE ON VEHICLE DONE REGULARLY THERMOSTAT HOUSING AND INTAKE MANIFOLD HAD TO BE REPLACED AT 160,000 MILES VEHICLE IS NOW LEAKING ANTIFREEZE. *TR

Mileage: 140,000

I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER OF A 2001 DODGE INTREPID. IT HAS 89,000 MILES AND I HAVE RELIGIOUSLY CHANGED THE OIL AND FILTER EVERY THREE MONTHS SINCE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE. THE NIGHT OF DECEMBER 28, 2007 MY WIFE WAS DRIVING THE CAR HOME AND WHEN SHE STOPPED AT AN INTERSECTION THE CAR DIED. I CAME AN...

Mileage: 89,395

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE INTREPID. WHILE DRIVING 74 MPH WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL FEATURE ACTIVATED, SMOKE APPEARED OUT OF THE BACK OF THE TAIL PIPE. THE CONTACT PULLED OFF THE ROAD, OPENED THE HOOD, AND FOUND THE OIL DIPSTICK TO BE DARK BROWN IN COLOR. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE ENGINE WAS...

Mileage: 84,000

MY 2001 DODGE INTREPID HAD COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE AT 85,000 MILES. IT COST ME $6,000 TO HAVE THE ENGINE REPLACED. THE CAR WAS ALWAYS MAINTAINED WITH OIL CHANGES ETC. AS RECOMMENDED BY CHRYSLER. THIS HAS PUT TREMENDOUS STRAIN ON MY FAMILY'S FINANCES. THROUGH RESEARCH AND SPEAKING WITH MECHANIC...

Mileage: 85,000

HAVE A 2001 INTREPID, 2.7 ENGINE. ENGINE FAILED WHILE DRIVING PUTTING MY LIFE AND MORE IMPORTANTLY THE LIFE OF MY 8 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER IN DANGER. SEEMS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH THIS ENGINE AND CHRYSLER. NOW UPSIDE DOWN IN THE CAR AND ONLY FINANCIAL PAIN IN MY IMMEDIATE FUTURE. WHAT'S NEEDED: THE US GO...

SUDDEN ENGINE FAILURE ON A 6 YEAR OLD CAR THAT WAS REGULARLY MAINTAINED 2001 DODGE INTREPID (KNOWN TO BE AN ISSUE ON ALL 2.7L ENGINES). THIS VEHICLE IS WORTH NOTHING TO ANYONE AT THIS POINT, ONLY 100,000 MILES. *TR

Mileage: 103,000

2.7L ENGINE FAILURE... THE THE ROD BEARINGS SHOT, DO TO OIL STARVTOIN FROM POOR ENGINE DESIGN. *TR

Mileage: 126,960

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE INTREPID. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE INSTRUMENT PANEL AND INTERIOR LIGHTS ILLUMINATED WHILE THE VEHICLE IDLED THEN THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE MECHANIC AND HE STATED THAT THE COMPUTER SYSTEM CAUSED THE FAILURE. APPROXIMATELY THREE WEEKS LATE...

Mileage: 124,680

TIMING CHAIN GOES OUT WITH OUT NOTICE DUE TO A MANUFACTURER DEFECT HAD TWO GO OUT THIS YEAR THEN THE OIL SLUDGE IS SO BAD IT MAKES THE ENGINE SEIZE. THE DEAL IS THAT I LIVE IN A SMALL TOWN AND THERE ARE SO MANY WITH THE SAME PROBLEMS THAT REPAIR SHOPS WONT FIX THEM ANY MORE CAUSE IT IS A BIG HASSLE....

Mileage: 128,567

NOTICED THE OIL LIGHT FLICKERING ON AND OFF AT STOP LIGHTS. LOOKED FOR PROBLEMS BUT SAW NONE. A FEW DAYS LATER NOTICED A VERY QUIET TICKING SOUND COMING FROM THE ENGINE. UNFORTUNATELY NOT BEING A CAR KNOWLEDGEABLE PERSON I DID NOT TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY ENOUGH. A WEEK LATER DRIVING TO A DESTINATION I ...

Mileage: 87,000

CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OF 2.7 LITER ENGINE IN 2001 DODGE INTREPID. MY MECHANIC EXPLAINED TO ME THAT THE ENGINE FAILED DUE TO POOR OIL CIRCULATION IN THE ENGINE WHICH WAS POORLY DESIGNED. AFTER SOME RESEARCH, I FOUND THAT THIS PROBLEM WAS KNOWN TO CHRYSLER SINCE THE LATE 90'S. THE DEALERSHIP I PURCHASE...

Mileage: 90,000

2001 DODGE INTREPID, I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE STEERING WHEEL GOT HARD AND THE CAR STOPPED RUNNING...L HAD MY CHILDREN WITH ME...LUCKILY WHEN THAT OCCURRED THE FREEWAY WAS CURVING AND I PULLED A SIDE BECAUSE AS I LOOKED LEFT... OF COURSE PANICKED... A HUGE SEMI TRUCK HAD ...

OUR CAR STARTED MAKING KNOCKING NOISES DURING ACCELERATION. WE IMMEDIATELY TOOK IT IN TO A AUTO SHOP TO HAVE IT LOOKED AT. THE ENGINE IS BLOWN AND WILL COST MORE THAN THE CAR IS WORTH TO FIX IT, APPROXIMATELY $5,000. THE CAR HAS ONLY 88K MILES ON IT, HAS HAD REGULAR OIL CHANGES. APPARENTLY, THE ...

Mileage: 89,792

HEADING TO CALIFORNIA FROM NEVADA MY CAR STARTED TO ACT STRANGE BEFORE THE LIGHT OF CHECK ENGINE TURNED ON, I DID SLOW DOWN AND PULLED OVER, JUST A SECOND BEFORE THE MOTOR SHUT OFF, I HAD TO CALL MY INSURANCE WHICH DID NOT COVER THE TOWED BACK TO MY HOME WHICH COST ME $600 ( SIX HUNDRED), I STILL TR...

Mileage: 81,000

I PURCHASED WHAT I THOUGHT TO BE THE LAST VEHICLE I WOULD OWN. I PUT VERY LITTLE MILES ON MY CARS. I PURCHASED A 2001 DODGE INTREPID IN DECEMBER OF 2001. IN SEPTEMBER 2006, WITH BARELY 28,000 MILES ON MY CAR, THE ENGINE SLUDGED UP, BROKE THE TIMING CHAIN AND HAD TO BE TOWED TO MY LOCAL DODGE DEALER....

6 WEEKS AGO, I STARTED HEARING A SLIGHT TICKING NOISE. I IMMEDIATELY SCHEDULED MY OIL TO BE CHANGED THE NEXT DAY AT A DEALERSHIP, AS ALWAYS. ON NOV 4, I WAS ON MY WAY TO A MEETING, MY ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON WHILE SITTING AT A STOP LIGHT NEXT TO A GAS STATION...I PULLED IN AND SHUT MY CAR OFF. I CHECKE...

Mileage: 88,496

I WAS DRIVING MY 2001 DODGE INTREPID I PULLED IN TO SHOPPING CENTER PUT MY FOOT ON BRAKE PUT MY CAR IN PARK MY ENGINE REVVED UP AS THOUGH IT WAS GOING 50 MILES AN HR A LOUD NOISE MY CAR TOOK OFF BY ITSELF AND HIT THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME PLEASE TELL ME WHAT COULD HAVE CAUSED THAT. *TR

Mileage: 113,000

I WAS DRIVING ON LAGRANGE RD AT 30MPH SPEED SUDDENLY WITH NO WARNING THE ENGINE SHUT OFF TRY TO RESTART THE CAR WITH NO LUCK. I TOWED THE CAR TO THE( PARK PLAZA DODGE DEALER AT 7911 W ROOSEVEL RD.,FOREST PART, IL 60130 TEL. 708 366 1001)AFTER HE DIAGNOSED THE CAR STATED IN HIS REPORT THAT (NEEDS T...

Mileage: 172,927

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE INTREPID. THE HOSE FROM THE RADIATOR LIFTS UP AND CONNECTS WITH THE HOSE FROM THE HEATER, WHICH CAUSED THE MOTOR TO FAIL WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACTS HOME AND HE REPAIRED THE PART THAT SEPARATES THE WATER THAT TRAVELS FROM THE RADIATO...

Mileage: 94,500

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE INTREPID. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A TICKING SOUND COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT THE TIMING CHAIN FAILED. ALMOST TWO YEARS LATER, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD POP AND PULLED TO THE SIDE OF ...

Mileage: 45,000

I HAD BEEN NOTICING A NOISE COMING FROM MY ENGINE AND WAS ABOUT TO BRING IT TO MY MECHANIC, BUT WHILE ON THE FREEWAY, MY CAR JUST DIED. I WAS ABLE TO PULL OFF TO THE SIDE AND THEN GET TOWED TO MY AUTO MECHANICS. THE NEXT DAY HE HAD ME COME AND LOOK AT MY ENGINE AND SHOWED ME THE TIMING CHAIN AND HOW...

Mileage: 68,000

THE 2.7L V6 ENGINE IN MY 2001 DODGE INTREPID FAILED. THIS VEHICLE HAD ONLY 70,000 MILES AND IS IN GOOD-TO-EXCELLENT CONDITION. IT HAS HAD REGULAR OIL CHANGES OVER THE LIFE OF THE VEHICLE AND IS WELL MAINTAINED. UPON MECHANIC EXAMINATION, THEY DETERMINED THAT THE ENTIRE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED D...

Mileage: 70,962

(1) HEADING TO WORK AT ABOUT 8:00 AM AND STARTED CAR(2001 DODGE INTREPID) AS USUAL AND WENT DOWN SOME MAIN ROADS LEADING UP TO THE EXPRESSWAY. GOT ON THE ENTRANCE RAMP TO THE EXPRESSWAY AND GOT UP TO 70 MPH. SLOWED DOWN TO 55 MPH FOR CONSTRUCTION AND AFTER GETTING THROUGH THE CONSTRUCTION TRIED TO A...

Mileage: 87,138

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE INTREPID. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE COMPLETELY SHUT OFF AND WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S PERSONAL MECHANIC. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE MADE A RUMBLING NOISE BEFORE SHUTTING OFF. THIS WOULD BE THE SECOND TIME REPLACING THE ENGINE. THE VIN WAS UNKNOW...

Mileage: 110,000

I WAS GOING TO LUNCH AND I WENT OUT TO START MY CAR AND IT WOULDN'T START. I HAD MY CAR TOWED HOME. THE MECHANIC AND DEALERSHIP SAID IT WAS THE ENGINE. THE CAR DEALERSHIP MECHANIC SAID THE ENGINE ARE DEFECTIVE THAT ARE COMING FROM CHRYSLER AND THEY ARE AWARE OF IT AND ARE NOT DOING ANYTHING BUT LETT...

Mileage: 147,179

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE INTREPID. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE ENGINE SHUT OFF. THE FAILURE WAS DUE TO THE TIMING CHANGE IN THE GEARBOX IN ADDITION TO THE WATER PUMP. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE WATER PUMP WAS NOT WORKING BECAUSE THE WATER WAS MIXED WITH ANTIFREEZE, WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE ...

Mileage: 170,000

AT FIRST MY CAR STARTED SOUNDING LIKE A DIESEL ENGINE. TIMING CHAIN WAS REPLACED. OIL SLUDGE WAS BUILT UP IN THE ENGINE. ENGINE SEIZED. AFTER RESEARCHING I FOUND OUT THAT MANY PEOPLE HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. OIL WAS CHANGED ON A REGULAR BASIC. MY INTREPID HAS BEEN SITTING IN MY DRIVEWAY FOR MONTHS WIT...

Mileage: 80,000

WE PURCHASED A 2001 DODGE INTREPID AND HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT TROUBLE WITH IT. IT HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP FOR REPAIRS CONTINUOUSLY AND STILL CANNOT BE FIXED. ALL IN ALL, I HAVE INVESTED ABOUT $3500 FOR REPAIRS AND STILL THE CAR IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. I HAVE A LOAN ON THIS VEHICLE AND HAVE TO PAY EVEN THO...

Mileage: 80,000

WE PURCHASED A 2001 DODGE INTREPID AND HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT TROUBLE WITH IT. IT HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP FOR REPAIRS CONTINUOUSLY AND STILL CANNOT BE FIXED. ALL IN ALL, I HAVE INVESTED ABOUT $3500 FOR REPAIRS AND STILL THE CAR IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. I HAVE A LOAN ON THIS VEHICLE AND HAVE TO PAY EVEN THO...

Mileage: 80,000

I GOT MY INTREPID NEW AS A COMPANY CAR, AND SUBSEQUENTLY BOUGHT IT WHEN THE DIVISION HAD LAYOFFS (LESS THAN 10K MILES, I WAS THE ORIGINAL OWNER). IT HAS BEEN A DEPENDABLE CAR, UNTIL IT 'STALLED OUT' LAST WEEK. TURNS OUT THERE'S WATER IN THE OIL, SO THE SUSPICION IS A BLOWN HEAD GASKET. THE TEMPERATU...

Mileage: 38,500

2001 DODGE INTREPID 2.7 ENGINES FAIL AFTER ONLY 74,000 MILES AND CHRYSLER IS WELL AWARE OF THE ENGINE SLUDGE PROBLEM. *TR

Mileage: 84,600

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE INTREPID. WHILE ACCELERATING INTO A PARKING SPACE, THE ENGINE SEIZED AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE. THE FAILURE OCCURRED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESTART AFTER THE ENGINE FAILED. THE VEHICLE CURRENTLY REMAINS IN THE PARKING LOT AND IS WAITING TO BE...

Mileage: 83,000

OCTOBER OF 2006 I NOTICED MY OIL LIGHT WAS STAYING ON WHILE THE CAR WAS IN IDLE AT STOP LIGHTS, SIGNS, ETC GOT IT CHECK OUT IT SEEMED TO BE OK. WHICH MADE ANOTHER ENGINE FAILURE RESULTING FROM OIL SLUDGE.... CAR WAS VERY WELL MAINTAINED WITH REGULAR OIL CHANGES (3,00 MILES) AND ONLY HAD 69,000 MILE...

Mileage: 77,710

THE CHRYSLER 2.7 ENGINE (FAILURE). SLUDGE-RELATED. *TR

Mileage: 80,824

(1) REGULAR MAINTENANCE AND OIL CHANGES WERE PERFORMED FREQUENTLY (2) ENGINE LOCKED UP ON INTERSTATE WITHOUT ANY WARNING (3) ENGINE FAILURE DUE TO OIL SLUDGE ALTHOUGH REGULAR OIL CHANGES WERE PERFORMED. *JB

ENGINE KNOCK AND NO POWER, ENGINE FAILURE, ENGINE NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. *JB

Mileage: 115,234

MY 2001 DODGE INTREPID BLEW DUE TO SLUDGE BUILDUP UNDER 100,000 MILES. WHILE DRIVING IT THE TEMP. LIGHT CAME ON. ON THE WAY TO THE HOSPITAL TO HAVE OUR BABY. WE TURNED ON THE HEATER TO COOL THE ENGINE DOWN BUT NO HEAT CAME OUT. THEN MY CAR DIED SMOKE WAS ROLLING OUT THE BACK. *JB

Mileage: 97,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE INTREPID. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE HESITATES AND SHUTS OFF BETWEEN 5 AND 35 MPH. THE FAILURE OCCURS WHILE TURNING AND DECELERATING TO STOP. THE OIL AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHTS ILLUMINATE ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL JUST BEFORE THE VEHICLE SHUTS OFF. THE CONTAC...

Mileage: 86,000

CAR ENGINE FAILED ME ON A 4 LANE HIGHWAY WITH BUSY TRAFFIC. UPDATED 01-16-08. *KB THE WATER PUMP FAILED WHICH CAUSED THE ENGINE TO FAIL. UPDATED *JB

Mileage: 58,369

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE INTREPID. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO VEER TO THE RIGHT. THE CONTACT TURNED THE STEERING WHEEL SLIGHTLY TO THE LEFT AND THEN TO THE RIGHT TO KEEP THE VEHICLE DRIVING FORWARD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE MECHANIC AND THEY STATED THAT EITHER THE RACK...

Mileage: 80,000

MY 2001 DODGE INTREPID, WITH THE 2.7 ENGINE, JUST STARTED MAKING TERRIBLE NOISES IN THE ENGINE, DODGE DEALERSHIP SAYS IT NEEDS A NEW ENGINE...AT AROUND $5,000! IT HAS 99,500 MILES ON IT, I JUST BOUGHT THE CAR LAST MONTH! *TR

Mileage: 99,500

WHILE DRIVING MY DODGE INTREPID, THE ENGINE FAILED AND SEIZED ON ME. THE LAST REGULAR OIL CHANGE I DID, I HAPPENED TO NOTICE THAT THE OIL WAS A LITTLE CHUNKY. AFTER THAT OIL CHANGE, THE OIL LIGHT STARTED TO FLICKER WHILE CAR WAS IN IDOL. ASKED MECHANIC FRIEND TO COME LOOK AT MY CAR, AND SAID THAT TH...

Mileage: 61,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE INTREPID. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ENGINE MADE A HUMMING NOISE EACH TIME IT WAS STARTED. THE NOISE WAS NOT HEARD WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION. THE REPAIR SHOP STATED THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REBUILT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WA...

Mileage: 50,000

I WAS SIMPLY DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND MY CAR MADE A NOISE LIKE AIR WAS BEING RELEASED (SOMETHING BEING DEPRESSURIZED) AND THEN MY CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. I HAD TO TURN INTO A PARKING LOT AND COAST TO A SPOT WHERE I STOPPED. I OPENED THE HOOD AND MY ENGINE HAD A HOLE AND A HUGE CRACK THROUGHOUT ...

Mileage: 75,000

WE PURCHASED A 2001 DODGE INTREPID FOR OUR SON ON MAY 21,2007 FROM A REPUTABLE GOSSETT DEALERSHIP IN MEMPHIS TN. WE UNDERSTOOD THAT THEY HAD NO LIABILITY FOR THE VEHICLE AFTER PURCHASE. THE 2.7L V6 ENGINE FAILED DUE TO OIL SLUDGE ON 07/12/2007. THERE WAS NO WARNING! THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN SERVICED THE...

Mileage: 123,700

MAY 06 WE HAD OIL SLUDGE IN OUR ENGINE. $850 CLEAN-UP BILL FOR A CHEAP QUICK FIX. JULY 07 THE SLUDGE IS BACK AND A VALVE IS DAMAGED. ENGINE REPLACEMENT IS NEEDED. *TR

ENGINE FAILED ON INTERSTATE 70 IN KANSAS CITY, KANSAS. FORTUNATELY OCCURRED AS WE WERE APPROACHING AN EXIT RAMP AND I WAS ABLE TO STEER (WITHOUT POWER STEERING) ONTO RAMP AND GET STOPPED (WITHOUT POWER BRAKES) BEFORE ENTERING A SIGNAL-CONTROLLED INTERSECTION. NO WARNING SIGNALS CAME ON. NO WARNIN...

Mileage: 91,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE INTREPID. WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SMOKE AND THE POWER STEERING FAILED. THE VEHICLE THEN SHUT OFF WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THE CAUSE OF FAILURE AS SLUDGE BUILD-UP. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 6...

Mileage: 65,000

THERE WAS A TAPPING NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE OF THE 2001 INTREPID, AFTER WHICH THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. FIVE MINUTES LATER THE TAPPING BECAME MORE INTENSE. WE STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT AND THE OIL LIGHT CAME ON AND THE CAR STALLED. WE DROVE IT A FEW FEET INTO A PARKING LOT, AND AFTER THAT...

Mileage: 86,000

AIR CONDITIONING AND HEATING SYSTEM STOPPED WORKING INTERMITTENTLY FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS. WE HAVE DONE REGULAR MAINTENANCE ON THIS RELIGIOUSLY. *AK THIS LAST TIME, IT WAS MAKING A KNOCKING SOUND AND BARELY MADE IT INTO MY DRIVEWAY. UPON GETTING IT TO MY MECHANIC, WAS TOLD THAT THE WATER PU...

Mileage: 151,000

AIR CONDITIONING AND HEATING SYSTEM STOPPED WORKING INTERMITTENTLY FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS. WE HAVE DONE REGULAR MAINTENANCE ON THIS RELIGIOUSLY. *AK THIS LAST TIME, IT WAS MAKING A KNOCKING SOUND AND BARELY MADE IT INTO MY DRIVEWAY. UPON GETTING IT TO MY MECHANIC, WAS TOLD THAT THE WATER PU...

Mileage: 151,000

2001 DODGE INTREPID ENGINE SEIZED ONLY 57,000 MILES. *AK

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE INTREPID. WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, THE ENGINE LOCKED UP WITHOUT WARNING. THE ENGINE HAS OIL SLUDGE AND A LOCAL MECHANIC DIAGNOSED THE FAILURE AS NEEDING A NEW ENGINE. THE PURCHASE DATE AND # OF CYLINDERS WERE UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 102,000.

Mileage: 102,000

CAR STARTED MAKING A KNOCKING SOUND, AND DIED ON ME. I WAS TOLD THAT I NEEDED OIL AND TO HAVE IT CHECKED OUT. ON THE WAY TO SHOP CAR DIED IN AN INTERSECTION , MY HUSBAND HAD TO PUSH IT ACROSS TRAFFIC. HAD THE CAR TOWED TO SHO, P AND WAS TOLD THAT THE ENGINE HAD BLOWN DUE TO SLUDGE AND THAT THIS WAS...

Mileage: 92,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE INTREPID. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE AT 5 MPH FROM A STOP, THE VEHICLE HESITATED. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE AND THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE ENGINE FAILED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILE...

Mileage: 58,300

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE INTREPID. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE. SHE STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS CONSUMING AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF OIL. THE MECHANIC WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE CAUSE OF FAILURE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 91,215 AND FAILU...

Mileage: 90,800

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE INTREPID. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE'S ENGINE HEAD, WATER PUMP, AND SPARK PLUGS WERE DEMOLISHED. IN ADDITION, THE WATER PUMP BURST AND DAMAGED SEVERAL OTHER COMPONENTS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND SERVED AS HIS ONLY WARNING IN...

Mileage: 80,125

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE INTREPID. WHILE EXITING FROM THE FREEWAY AT 30 MPH THE ENGINE LOCKED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED HOME, NOT SURE OF CURRENT OR FAILURE MILEAGE, OR INCIDENT DATE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN LOOKED AT BY A DEALER, AND THE VEHICLE HAD NO PRIOR REPAIRS DONE BESIDES OIL CHANGE...

ENGINE WENT OUT OF DODGE INTREPID WITH 78000 MILES. WAS TOLD THAT THE 2.7 WHICH IT HAS, DOES THIS, AND EVEN ROUTINE MAINTENANCE WILL NOT PREVENT IT. ACCORDING TO AUTOBEEF.COM, NUMEROUS PEOPLE HAVE SAME PROBLEM. CLASS ACTION MAYBE!?!?! *AK

TIMING CHAIN FAILURE OF 2001 DODGE INTREPID, AND ULTIMATE REPLACEMENT OF ENTIRE ENGINE FOR $3400.00.*AK

Mileage: 73,100

ENGINE FAILURE ON 2001 DODGE INTREPID, 97,000 MILES MECHANIC RECOMMENDS NEW ENGINE. *AK

Mileage: 97,303

TL*- THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE SITTING IN TRAFFIC AFTER WORK IN THE 2001 DODGE INTREPID. HE TRIED TO LEAVE AND THE VEHICLE LOST POWER. E PUSHED THE VEHICLE INTO A PARKING LOT AND TRIED TO RESTART THE VEHICLE 10 MINUTES LATER. WHEN HE RESTARTED THE VEHICLE THERE WAS A CLANKING NOISE COMING FRO...

Mileage: 96,000

TL* - THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE INTREPID. WHILE DRIVING AT 20 MPH, THE DRIVER LOST THE POWER STEERING, THE BRAKES FAILED AND THE ENGINE LOST POWER. THE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO TAKE THE VEHICLE OFF THE ROAD TO AVOID A COLLISION. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT OB...

Mileage: 60,000

I PURCHASED A 01' INTREPID R/T IN OCTOBER OF 2006. THE ENGINE FAILED IN MARCH FOR NO EXPLAINED REASON WHILE I WAS DRIVING AT 40 MPH. I FOUND A RECEIPT IN THE CAR STATING THAT THE ENGINE WAS REPLACED AT 89,000 MILES BY ANOTHER USED 3.5L V6 BUT DID NOT SPECIFY THE MILEAGE ON THAT CAR. I PURCHASED T...

Mileage: 99,000

BLOWN TIMING BELT ON THE HIGHWAY. *JB

Mileage: 73,200

1) I BOUGHT A 2001 DODGE INTREPID...WHAT OTHER EVENTS DO YOU NEED? I LATER FOUND OUT THAT THE 2.7L ENGINE IS NOTORIOUS FOR ENGINE FAILURE. I HAD CHANGED THE OIL EVERY 3M MILES AND NOTICED THAT THE ENGINE WOULD MAKE A TICKING NOISE IF THE OIL WAS LOW. I WOULDN'T WAIT 3M MILES BECAUSE I WAS CHANGING T...

Mileage: 110,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE INTREPID. THE CONTACT DETECTED AN UNFAMILIAR NOISE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT OF THE VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING. A LOCAL MECHANIC DISCOVERED A PIECE OF METAL IN ONE OF THE SENSORS. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO ANOTHER MECHANIC , WHO WAS UNABLE TO DETECT ANY FAILURE. ...

Mileage: 76,000

I HAVE A 2001 DODGE INTREPID WITH LESS THAN 70,000 MILES ON IT. I JUST FOUND OUT IT HAS AN OIL LEAK ALONG WITH OTHER PROBLEMS. THE MECHANIC SAID HE DIDN'T RECOMMEND THAT I PUT TOO MUCH MONEY INTO IT BECAUSE OF THE POORLY DESIGNED ENGINE. AS PER MY MECHANIC, CHRYSLER KNOWS OF THIS PROBLEM. I HAVE...

Mileage: 69,176

TL* - THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE INTREPID. WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE LOST POWER WHEN STOPPING AT A LIGHT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 85,000. THE CONTACT STATED THAT FOR APPROXIMATELY 3-6 MONTHS PRIOR THE VEHICLE FELT AS THOUGH THE TRANSMISSION WAS SLIPP...

Mileage: 85,000

TL* - THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE INTREPID. WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE LOST POWER WHEN STOPPING AT A LIGHT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 85,000. THE CONTACT STATED THAT FOR APPROXIMATELY 3-6 MONTHS PRIOR THE VEHICLE FELT AS THOUGH THE TRANSMISSION WAS SLIPP...

Mileage: 85,000

I HAVE A 2001 DODGE INTREPID I GOT THE OIL CHANGED ONE DAY THE NEXT IT IS NOT DRIVABLE DUE TO THE TIMING CHAIN GOING OUT DODGE DOES NOT CARE ABOUT THEIR VEHICLES I HAVE TALKED TO THEM I ALSO FOUND OUT THAT THERE ARE 5 INTREPID'S IN A TOWN OF 6500 PEOPLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. AND IT TAKES A LOT FOR ...

Mileage: 114,000

WIFE WAS DRIVING IN A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD WHEN THE TEMPERATURE DIAL WENT TO HOT AND CHIMED. WITHIN 2-3 MINUTES OF THE CHIME NOTIFYING MY WIFE OF A PROBLEM, THE ENGINE SEIZED AND STALLED WHILE DRIVING. MY WIFE ROLLED PARTIALLY ONTO A NEARBY DRIVEWAY AND SAW SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. MY W...

Mileage: 86,420

TL*- WHILE AT A STOP SIGN WITH THE2001 DODGE INTREPID CONTACT SMELLED AN ODOR, ONCE THE CONTACT CONTINUED TO DRIVE AT 10 MPH AND SMOKE STARTED COMING IN THROUGH THE AIR CONDITIONING A/C VENTS, AND THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STOPPED. THE CONTACT HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP, AND THEY STATED...

Mileage: 65,000

MY 2001 DODGE INTREPID SE WITH 65,000 MILES JUST QUICK WORKING WHILE I WAS DRIVING I HAD IT TOWED TO REPAIR SHOP AND WAS TOLD THE ENGINE WAS BLOWN THE REPAIR WILL COST $5721.00 CONTACTED DODGE AND WAS TOLD THEY WOULD NOT HELP WITH THE REPAIR. I STILL HAVE 8 PAYMENTS. *JB

Mileage: 67,000

I JUST RECENTLY BOUGHT A 2001 DODGE INTREPID WITH 80,000 MILES. I WAS DRIVING THE CAR ON MY WAY FROM THE DENTIST WITHOUT ANY WARNING THE VEHICLE'S ENGINE WENT OUT WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE STREET. THERE WAS SMALL RATTLING KNOCKING NOISE AND THEN THE ENGINE JUST WENT OUT. I HAD NO PRIOR SIGNS OF THE ENG...

Mileage: 86,000

TL* - THE CONTACT CALLED REGARDING A 2001 DODGE INTREPID. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE WAS TRAVELING AT 65 MPH WHEN SHE HEARD A CLICKING NOISE. SHE PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ONCE SHE PULLED OVER THE CHECK OIL LIGHT TURNED ON. THE VEHICLE CUT OFF AND WOULD NOT R...

Mileage: 83,000

I BOUGHT A USED 2001 DODGE INTREPID 2.7L WITH 61,000 MILES. I GAVE IT REGULAR OIL CHANGES. WHILE DRIVING ON 114 HIGHWAY MY ENGINE SEIZED CAUSING MY POWER STEERING TO FAIL AND CAUSE GREAT DIFFICULTY FOR ME TO PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. MY ENGINE IS JUNK AND MY WARRANTY WILL NOT COVER THIS, CHRYSLE...

ENGINE STARTED MAKING TICKING SOUND. GOT LOUDER AS I GOT CLOSER TO HOME (APPROX. 1 MILE). VERY NOISY ONCE I GOT HOME. SHUT OFF ENGINE. HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO DODGE DEALER. DEALER MECHANIC DIAGNOSED TIMING BELT JUMPED THE GEARS AND VALVES AND VALVE STEMS WERE SHOT. *NM

Mileage: 73,800

COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE AT ONLY 80K MILES DUE TO OIL SLUDGE. WELL MAINTAINED, OIL CHANGES REGULARLY; OIL LIGHT CAME ON WHILE ON HIGHWAY, GOT OFF LESS THAN 1/2 MILE AWAY AND WENT 1/8 MILE TO AN AUTO SERVICE PLACE. HAD ENGINE FLUSHED, OIL CHANGED, AND 30 MILES LATER, ON HIGHWAY, ENGINE SEIZED. NOW HAV...

Mileage: 80,000

TL* - THE CONTACT WAS ON THE DAIMLER-CHRYSLER'S WEBSITE. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE INTREPID. THE VEHICLE LOST ENGINE POWER WHILE DRIVING AT 60 MPH. THE CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE, IT WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THERE MAY HA...

Mileage: 98,000

TL*- THE CONTACT STATED THAT ON 06/02/06 HAD AN OIL CHANGED ON THE 2001 DODGE INTREPID. AFTER PICKING UP THE VEHICLE SHE STARTED HEARING A TICKING NOISE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT 2 DAYS LATER SHE TRIED TO START THE VEHICLE AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. SHE HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEAL...

Mileage: 41,000

TL* - THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE INTREPID. THE CONTACT WAS APPROACHING A STOP SIGN WHEN THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO OVER HEAT AND STALLED. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE TIMING BELT AND THE WATER PUMP WERE NOT FUNCT...

Mileage: 88,408

I HAD JUST GOTTEN MY 2001 DODGE INTREPID OUR OF THE DEALERS REPAIR BAY WHERE THEY REPLACED 6 PARTS ON THE CAR THAT WERE WORKING BEFORE DISCOVERING THAT THE TIMING BELT HAD BROKEN. WE TESTED ALL OF THE PARTS LATER AND THEY WORKED. THIS COST 1,400 DOLLARS. 2 WEEKS LATER I WAS IN MY CAR ON I-75 IN ATLA...

Mileage: 92,919

TL*- WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE STARTED LOSING POWER AND STARTED SMOKING. THE CONTACT PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, AND HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO A LOCAL REPAIR FACILITY. AT THE REPAIR FACILITY THEY STATED THAT THE VEHICLE NEEDED TO HAVE THE ENGINE REPLACED. THE CONTACT TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP ...

Mileage: 105,000

I WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE WHEN I HEARD A METAL ON METAL GRINDING NOISE. BEFORE I COULD PULL THE CAR OUT OF TRAFFIC THE CAR STALLED, THE VEHICLE BECAME ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO STEER. I GOT IT PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD & HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO START IT SINCE. I WAS TOLD JUST TODAY THAT THE WATER P...

HEATER WOULD COME AND GO OF LATE, OIL LIGHT WOULD FLICKER AT STOPS AND GO OFF UPON ACCELERATING. ON TRIP FROM TX TO NC OIL LIGHT CAME ON, STAYED ON. HAD THE FILTER CHANGED, OIL LIGHT WENT OFF, UNTIL THE ENGINE TOTALLY SEIZED THE FOLLOWING DAY SHORTLY AFTER THE OIL LIGHT CAME ON. WAS QUOTED 6000.0...

Mileage: 105,000

PURCHASED A 2001 DODGE INTREPID SE IN OCT. 2006 FROM USED CAR DEALER. ON DEC. 29,2006 CAR BEGAN TO MAKE GURGLING NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE. HAS 119,200 MILES ON CAR. TOOK CAR TO MECHANIC AND HE SAID HE HAD JUST FINISH ENGINE REPAIRS ON A 1998 AND 2000 DODGE INTREPID WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. NEE...

Mileage: 119,200

TL* - WHILE DRIVING A 2001 DODGE INTREPID AT 45 MILES PER HOUR, THE ENGINE STARTED TO MAKE A KNOCKING SOUND. THE CAR DID NOT STALL. THE ODOMETER READ 100,000 MILES AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. THE OIL IN THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN CHANGED AFTER THE INCIDENT. THE CONTACT FOUND INFORMATION ABOUT SIMILAR ...

Mileage: 111,641

WHILE TURNING INTO MY SUBDIVISION MY 2001 DODGE INTREPID, 2.7L, V-6, 83,000 MILES, DIED AND I LOST ALL POWER FOR STEERING AND BRAKING. I HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT SHOP TO DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. THE INITIAL PROBLEM WAS THOUGHT TO BE A CRACKED PLENTIUM, BUT AFTER REPLACEMENT ($1,000), ...

Mileage: 83,000

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE STARTED TO DECELERATE AND FINALLY STOPPED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE SERVICE DEALER, WHO DETERMINED A NEW ENGINE WAS NEEDED.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE ENGINE DIED. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A NON SERVICE DEALER WHO COULD NOT IDENTIFY WHY THE ENGINE FAILED. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS NOT ILLUMINATED PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT. UPDATED 01/10/07. *JB

Mileage: 49,000

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE ENGINE DIED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A SERVICE DEALER, WHO DETERMINED THE ENGINE DIED DUE TO ENGINE SLUDGE, AND WOULD NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.

Mileage: 100,000

ONE DAY IT STARTED THE TERRIBLE KNOCKING TOOK IT IMMEDIATELY TO A MECHANIC AND HE GAVE ME THE BAD NEWS ABOUT THESE ENGINES .THE 2.7 LITER ENGINE ON MY 2001 DODGE INTREPID FAILED AT 120,000 MILES. I HAVE REGULARLY MAINTAINED THIS VEHICLE, AND THE COSTS OF THE REPAIRS ARE PHENOMENAL ($ 4000 )--AND I ...

Mileage: 120,000

I WAS DRIVING THE CAR AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I WAS PLANNING ON TAKING THE CAR IN FOR SERVICE WORK THE FOLLOWING WEEK. ON THE WAY HOME FROM A 3 MILE TRIP, A HEARD AN ODD SQUEALING AND GEARS STARTED TO SLIP FROM THE ENGINE AND PROCEEDED TO THE DEALER. THE TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS CHECKED EAC...

Mileage: 75,151

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED UPON MERGING INTO TRAFFIC AT 40 MPH ON THE FREEWAY, THERE WAS A LOUD BANG FOLLOWED BY FLAMES ERUPTING FROM UNDERNEATH THE HOOD. THE CONTACT MANEUVERED THE VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. A BYSTANDER ALERTED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WHO EXTINGUISHED THE FLAMES. THERE WERE NO IN...

Mileage: 82,000

HAVING ENGINE PROBLEMS WITH MY 2.7 LITER ON MY 2001 DODGE INTREPID. *JB

OUR 2001 DODGE INTREPID ENGINE DIED WHICH ONLY HAS 78,000 MILES. TWO MECHANICS TOLD US IT WOULD BE BETTER TO JUNK IT. IT WOULD COST BETWEEN 4000- 5000 TO REPLACE THE ENGINE. THE CAR IS PAID OFF ALREADY SO WE HAVE A PAID OFF CAR SITTING IN OUR DRIVEWAY UNABLE TO DRIVE. WE CALLED DODGE AND ALL THE...

Mileage: 78,000

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH UNDER NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS, THE ENGINE STALLED. THE VEHICLE SLOWED DOWN TO 20 MPH AND THEN STOPPED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE SERVICE DEALER, WHO DETERMINED THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.

Mileage: 74,000

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND A MONTH LATER, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE ABOVE 5 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP, WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.

Mileage: 117,000

I ALSO HAD A 2001 DODGE INTREPID THAT THE ENGINE FAILED AT 70K MILES. I WAS PICKING UP MY DAUGHTER AND TURNED OFF MY CAR AND THAT WAS THE END. I HAD MY VEHICLE TOWED TO A SERVICE CENTER ONLY TO FIND OUT THAT THE MOTOR WAS BLOWN. AT THE TIME (3/06) I OWED NEARLY 6K ON THE CAR AND IT WAS OFF THE RO...

Mileage: 70,000

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN TO A HIGHER SPEED, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO LOSE CONTROL. THE CONTACT WAS UNSURE OF THE SPEEDS BEFORE AND AFTER ACCELERATION, BUT THIS CAUSED THE ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION TO DIE. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO PREVENT THE VEHICLE FROM BEING INVOLVED...

Mileage: 78,000

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN TO A HIGHER SPEED, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO LOSE CONTROL. THE CONTACT WAS UNSURE OF THE SPEEDS BEFORE AND AFTER ACCELERATION, BUT THIS CAUSED THE ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION TO DIE. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO PREVENT THE VEHICLE FROM BEING INVOLVED...

Mileage: 78,000

FIRST THING IS THAT THE RACK AND PINION FAILED. GOT IT REPAIRED AND THEN TIE ROD FELL OFF. WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD ONE DAY, THE CAR STARTED SMOKING AND JUST CUT OFF. GOT IT OFF THE ROAD BUT IT WOULD NOT START AFTER THAT. THE CAR ONLY HAS 75,435 MILES ON IT. *JB

Mileage: 75,435

FIRST THING IS THAT THE RACK AND PINION FAILED. GOT IT REPAIRED AND THEN TIE ROD FELL OFF. WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD ONE DAY, THE CAR STARTED SMOKING AND JUST CUT OFF. GOT IT OFF THE ROAD BUT IT WOULD NOT START AFTER THAT. THE CAR ONLY HAS 75,435 MILES ON IT. *JB

Mileage: 75,435

FIRST THING IS THAT THE RACK AND PINION FAILED. GOT IT REPAIRED AND THEN TIE ROD FELL OFF. WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD ONE DAY, THE CAR STARTED SMOKING AND JUST CUT OFF. GOT IT OFF THE ROAD BUT IT WOULD NOT START AFTER THAT. THE CAR ONLY HAS 75,435 MILES ON IT. *JB

Mileage: 75,435

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH COLD AIR BLEW FROM THE HEATER AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. IT WAS MANEUVERED OFF THE ROAD AND TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP WHO DETERMINED A RELEASE VALVE FRACTURED CAUSING THE WATER TO LEAK OUT OF THE ENGINE. THE ENGINE HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE DEALE...

Mileage: 112,058

ENGINE FAILURE WITHOUT WARNING!

Mileage: 119,718

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THERE WERE NO WARNING SIGNALS PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DETERMINED THAT THE ENGINE WAS BLOWN AND WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT INFORMED.

Mileage: 92,000

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE'S ENGINE DIED WHILE TRAVELING 25 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE SERVICE DEALER, HOWEVER THE DEALER COULD NOT DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. THE CHECK OIL LIGHT ILLUMINATED SECONDS BEFORE THE ENGINE DIED. UPDATED 11/30/2006 - *NM

Mileage: 50,000

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE TRAVELING 50 MPH ON DRY ROAD CONDITIONS, A THUMPING NOISE WAS HEARD COMING FROM THE FRONT END, AND SMOKE ESCAPED FROM UNDER THE HOOD. ALSO, SMOKE ENTERED THE CAB AT THE SAME TIME THE THUMPING SOUND OCCURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS PULLED OVER AND FLAMES ERUPTED FROM UNDER TH...

Mileage: 81,000

THE 2.7 LITER ENGINE ON MY 2001 DODGE INTREPID STARTED TICKING. I IMMEDIATELY TOOK IT TO THE SNETHKAMP DODGE DEALER IN LANSING, MI FOR REPAIR. THE SERVICE DEPT. ADVISED THAT THE ENGINE WAS SLUDGED UP BECAUSE I DIDN'T CHANGE THE OIL AS RECOMMENDED BY THE MANUFACTURER. WHEN I ADVISED THE SERVICE TE...

Mileage: 49,000

DODGE INTREPID SE 2.7 ENGINE. ENGINE SLUGGED AFTER 62K WITH RECCOMENDED REGULAR OIL CHANGES, THE CAR DID NOT FAIL ON THE HIGHWAY, THANKFULLY, BUT AS I'VE INVESTIGATED, THERE ARE A LOT OF WEB SITES LOOKING TO ENCOURAGE OWNERS TO REPORT THIS FAILURE--AS IT COULD HAVE EASILY BEEN ON THE HIGHWAY. ...

Mileage: 62,000

WHILE DRIVING MY 2001 DODGE INTREPID ON A MAIN ROAD IN ERIE, THE CAR JUST DIES ON ME, WHILE TRYING TO MAKE IT TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, A CAR CAME WITHIN INCHES OF HITTING MY CAR WHILE HE WAS DOING APPROXIMATELY 40 MILES AN HOUR, BECAUSE WHILE TRYING TO GET MY CAR OUT OF THE WAY, I WAS STILL IN THE M...

Mileage: 30

ENGINE FAILURE. DEALERSHIP SHIP SAYS THE ENGINE NEEDS TO BE REPLACED.EVEN TO REPLACE THE ENGINE IS TWICE AS MUCH AS OTHER ENGINE REPLACEMENT. I OWN A 2001 MODEL. *NM

Mileage: 92,000

STEERING BECAME VERY PROBLEMATIC STARTING IN JULY 2006. WHEN TURNING THE CAR, THERE WERE CATCHES WHEN TURNING IN EITHER DIRECTION AND THE PROBLEM HAS GROWN WORSE. THE CAR WAS SERVICED IN EARLY AUGUST WHEN THE SHOP DIAGNOSED IT AND REPLACED THE TIE RODS. THAT DID NOT FIX IT AND WAS THEN TOLD THAT ...

Mileage: 96,000

I HAVE A 2001 DODGE INTREPID THAT SUFFERED A SUDDEN ENGINE FAILURE. THE DEALER STATED THAT EXCESSIVE OIL SLUDGE WAS AT FAULT IN THE ENGINE. ABOUT 6 WEEKS PRIOR TO THE ENGINE FAILURE, THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONT END COLLISION AND WAS TESTED BY THE DEALER ONCE THE BODY WORK WAS DONE AND WAS ...

Mileage: 96,000

MY ENGINE BEGAN TICKING, I PULLED OVER POPPED THE HOOD AND SMOKE ROLLED OUT, I CHECKED THE FLUID LEVELS AND TRIED TO RESTART THE CAR, IT WOULDN'T START, I WAITED A FEW MINUTES TRIED STARTING IT AGAIN AND IT WORKED, I DROVE 3 MILES HOME AND THE ENGINE DIED AS I TURNED DOWN MY STREET, ONCE AGAIN THE E...

Mileage: 121,000

ENGINE BEGAN KNOCKING QUIETLY AND WAS CHECKED. I WAS ASKED IF THE OIL WAS CHANGED REGULARLY AND I INFORMED THEM IT WAS. THE OIL WAS AT THE PROPER LEVEL. A WEEK LATER IT BEGAN KNOCKING VERY LOUDLY AND THEN JUST QUIT. I HAD AAA BRING IT HOME AND AFTER A FEW DAYS HAD A MECHANIC CHECK IT OUT. HE SA...

Mileage: 78,602

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH ON NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS MANEUVERED OFF THE ROAD AND TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP WHO DETERMINED THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO SLUDGE. THE ENGINE WAS REPLACED, AND THE DEALER WAS NOTI...

Mileage: 77,000

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE LOST SPEED, AND STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A PRIVATE REPAIR SHOP, WHO DETERMINED THAT THE WATER PUMP HAD FAILED, CAUSING WATER AND ANTIFREEZE TO LEAK INTO THE ENGINE.

Mileage: 98,000

2001 DODGE INTREPID W/ 2.7L ENGINE - PER MECHANIC: SLUDGE BUILD UP CAUSED ENGINE FAILURE AFTER ONLY 63,000 MILES. *NM

Mileage: 63,000

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH ON NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT HAD NO CONTROL OF THE STEERING AND BRAKES. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP WHO DETERMINED THE ENGINE HAD TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE THERE WERE NO PARTS FOR THE 2.7 LONG BLOC...

Mileage: 70,000

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY, THE CAR VIBRATED, STALLED AND SUDDENLY STOPPED. THERE WERE NO WARNING SIGNALS PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT AND THE ENGINE DID NOT START AGAIN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP WHO DETERMINED A TIMING BELT HAD FRACTURED. THE DEALERSHIP DI...

Mileage: 92,485

RETURNING FROM VACATION, THE 2001 DODGE INTREPID I WAS DRIVING WITH MY CHILDREN, WHICH HAS A 2.7 LITER V6 ENGINE JUST QUIT AFTER A SLIGHT SCREECHING NOISE. WE WERE ON THE HIGHWAY AT THE TIME. LOST BRAKES AND STEERING. THANK THE LORD THAT NO ONE WAS IMMEDIATELY BEHIND US. AFTER GETTING THE CAR ON...

Mileage: 76,400

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH ON THE INTERSTATE, THE THERMOSTAT GAUGE ELEVATED FOLLOWED BY A LOSS OF ALL POWER. THE ENGINE STALLED AND THE VEHICLE COASTED TO SIDE OF THE ROADWAY. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP WHO DETERMINED THE ENGINE HAD FAILED AND NEEDED TO B...

Mileage: 86,000

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH ON THE INTERSTATE HIGHWAY, THE OIL WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND A LOUD NOISE WAS HEARD JUST AS ALL POWER FAILED AND THE VEHICLE WAS STEERED OFF THE ROAD. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. OIL WAS FOUND UNDER THE VEHICLE WHERE IT STOPPED...

2001 DODGE INTREPID 2.7 L ENGINE ENGINE FAILED AT 108,000 MILES AFTER HAVING SERVICE DONE REGULARLY THROUGHT LIFE OF CAR.

Mileage: 108,000

08/19/2006 - 9:30 A.M., CAR RAN PERFECT. AT 9:45, CAR BEGAN TO "PUTT" WITH SLIGHT HESITATION WHILE PRESSING ON GAS. AT 9:50, CAR BEGAN TO "LOOSE LIFE" AS I DROVE UP STREET. PRESSED ON GAS, BUT NO ACCELERATION. CAR STOPPED. TOWED HOME SAME DAY, THEN TOWED TO NASHVILLE DODGE, TN ON 09/11/2006. ON 09/1...

Mileage: 88,066

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, A THUMPING NOISE WAS HEARD AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS MANEUVERED OFF THE ROAD AND TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP WHO DETERMINED THE TIMING BELT HAD FRACTURED AND THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED.

Mileage: 80,000

OUR 2001 DODGE INTREPID RAN GOOD UNTIL ABOUT A COUPLE WEEKS AGO. IT JUST STARTED TO RATTLE AND TICK. IT SOUNDED LIKE IT WAS KNOCKING. WE HAD SEVERAL PEOPLE LOOK AT IT AND THEY DIDN'T HAVE A CLUE. THEN WHEN MY HUSBAND WAS ON HIS WAY HOME FROM WORK IT JUST DIED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. WE FINALLY GO...

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH ON A DRY HIGHWAY, THE VEHICLE'S ENGINE FAILED SUDDENLY WITHOUT WARNING. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AT THE TIME THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESTART AND THE CONTACT PUSHED THE VEHICLE TO THE RESIDENCE. THE DEALERSHIP WAS NOT NOTIFI...

Mileage: 104,000

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY, THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING FOLLOWED BY A LOUD GRINDING NOISE FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE CONTACT MANAGED TO PULL OVER WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER WHO DETERMINED THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE ...

Mileage: 65,773

I NOTICED A PLAY IN THE STEERING WHEEL WHEN I BOUGHT THE CAR AT 42,000 MILES. AT ABOUT 45,000 MILES I NOTICED THAT STEERING WHEEL WOULD "GET CAUGHT" ON SOMETHING WHILE TRYING TO BRING IT BACK TO ITS NORMAL POSITION AFTER TURNING, AND CLICKING WHILE GETTING OVER WHATEVER WAS CATCHING IT. AT THE SAME ...

Mileage: 46,000

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED ON 7-31-06 WHILE STOPPED AND GETTING READY TO TURN, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT DID NOT ILLUMINATE IN THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO DETERMINED THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO THE TIMING CHAIN GOIN...

Mileage: 76,000

2001 INTREPID FRONT RIGHT TIRE BLEW OUT. *TS THE BLOWOUT CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT FENDER. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. *NM

MY 2001 DODGE INTREPID, 2.7L ENGINE DIED WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON SATURDAY AUGUST 19TH, THE ENGINE IS SLUDGE AND I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHY THE ENGINE SLUDGE WITH REGULAR OIL CHANGES AND MAINTENANCE. I WAS TOLD THAT MY EXTENDED WARRANTY WILL NOT COVER THIS BECAUSE IT IS SLUDGE. THE COOLANT IS ALL GONE A...

Mileage: 95,000

HEADLIGHTS COME ON AND GO OUT BY THEMSELVES WHEN CAR IS TURNED OFF. HEADLAMP SWITCH ACTS AS IF IT IS WIRED BACKWARDS - WHEN CAR IS STARTED AND HEADLAMP SWITCH IS IN THE OFF POSITION, THE HEADLIGHTS COME ON, AND WHEN THE HEADLAMP SWITCH IS TURNED TO THE ON POSITION, THE HEADLIGHTS GO OFF. GOING IN ...

Mileage: 89,000

HEADLIGHTS COME ON AND GO OUT BY THEMSELVES WHEN CAR IS TURNED OFF. HEADLAMP SWITCH ACTS AS IF IT IS WIRED BACKWARDS - WHEN CAR IS STARTED AND HEADLAMP SWITCH IS IN THE OFF POSITION, THE HEADLIGHTS COME ON, AND WHEN THE HEADLAMP SWITCH IS TURNED TO THE ON POSITION, THE HEADLIGHTS GO OFF. GOING IN ...

Mileage: 89,000

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE TRAVELING 75 MPH THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AND THE ENGINE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESTART AND WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP WHERE THE TRANSMISSION WAS REBUILT. LATER, WITHOUT WARNING THE ENGINE SQUEALED AND STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALE...

Mileage: 87,200

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE TRAVELING 75 MPH THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AND THE ENGINE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESTART AND WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP WHERE THE TRANSMISSION WAS REBUILT. LATER, WITHOUT WARNING THE ENGINE SQUEALED AND STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALE...

Mileage: 87,200

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE TRAVELING 75 MPH THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AND THE ENGINE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESTART AND WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP WHERE THE TRANSMISSION WAS REBUILT. LATER, WITHOUT WARNING THE ENGINE SQUEALED AND STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALE...

Mileage: 87,200

I WAS DRIVING ON THE TOLLWAY WHEN MY CAR BEGAN TO OVERHEAT. I TURNED ON THE HEATER TO MAXIMUM AND DROVE AT ABOUT 55 MPH. ABOUT ONE MILE FROM HOME ANOTHER CAR PULLED ALONG SIDE TO TELL ME THAT THERE WERE FLAMES COMING FROM UNDERNEATH MY CAR. I IMMEDIATELY PULLED OVER BUT COULD NOT STOP IMMEDIATELY AS...

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED COMPLETELY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT ABLE TO BE RESTARTED IMMEDIATELY. IT WAS TAKEN TO A SERVICE DEALER, WHERE THEY DETERMINED THAT THE OIL WAS LOW. THE CONTACT EXPRESSED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS MAINTAINED REGULARLY, SO THE OIL SHOULD NOT...

Mileage: 81,000

THE CAR WAS MAKING A SOUND. HAD JUST PREVIOUSLY HAD AN OIL CHANGE. GOT READY TO GET IN THE CAR TO TAKE TO SHOP TO FIND OUT WHAT THE NOISE WAS & THE CAR WOULD NOT START. HAD TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED TO SHOP. THAT'S WHEN I WAS TOLD THE ENGINE WAS GONE. 5-6 THOUSAND DOLLARS TO REPAIR. CANNOT AFFORD THAT ...

Mileage: 41,231

MY 2.7L 2001 DODGE INTREPID RAN FINE SATURDAY MORNING. SATURDAY IT WAS VERY SLUGGISH AND BEGAN "TICKING". WHEN WE CHECKED, IT HAD NO OIL. THERE WAS NEVER WHITE SMOKE, NO DRIPPING OIL UNDER THE CAR, NO INDICATOR LIGHT WHEN YOU WERE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD, OTHER THAN AN OCCASIONAL FLICKERING WHEN TH...

Mileage: 78,000

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE ENGINE BLEW WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY. THIS OCCURRED TWICE. THE FIRST INCIDENT OCCURRED AT 50,000 MILES, AND THE SECOND AT 97000 MILES. ALSO, THE TRANSMISSION BLEW AT 45000 MILES. THE ENGINE ISSUE WAS NOT OIL RELATED. THE CONTACT EXPRESSED THE DEFECT WAS RELATED TH...

Mileage: 45,000

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE ENGINE BLEW WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY. THIS OCCURRED TWICE. THE FIRST INCIDENT OCCURRED AT 50,000 MILES, AND THE SECOND AT 97000 MILES. ALSO, THE TRANSMISSION BLEW AT 45000 MILES. THE ENGINE ISSUE WAS NOT OIL RELATED. THE CONTACT EXPRESSED THE DEFECT WAS RELATED TH...

Mileage: 45,000

2001 DODGE INTREPID CAUGHT ON FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. *KB ***NAR*** *TT *AK

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND SMOKE CAME FROM UNDER THE HOOD WHILE DRIVING 70MPH ON THE HIGHWAY. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER AND CHECKED UNDER THE HOOD WHERE FLAMES WERE NOW PRESENT WITHIN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED BY THE CONTACT USING A B...

Mileage: 52,000

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE ENGINE STALLED SUDDENLY WHILE STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP WHO DETERMINED THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO WATER AND OIL IN THE ENGINE. THERE WERE NO PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT. THE OIL...

Mileage: 83,000

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE TRAVELING 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED. AFTER COASTING TO THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESTART AND IT WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP. THE SHOP DETERMINED THERE WAS SLUDGE IN THE OIL CAUSING THE ENGINE TO SEIZE. THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLA...

Mileage: 99,960

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE'S AIR CONDITIONING HAS FAILED THE WINDOWS WILL NOT GO UP OR DOWN. THE PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT. THE WINDOW ISSUE CAUSES TOO MUCH HEAT IN THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT EXPRESSED OTHER DODGES HAVE A RELATED ISSUE THE BODY MODULE, AND THIS MAY BE THE CAUSE OF THE PROLEM...

ENGINE WENT DUE TO OIL SLUDGE BUILD UP AT 52,000 MILES. CAR WAS PROPERLY MAINTAINED.NUMEROUS PROBLEMS WITH THIS CAR STARTING AT ABOUT 30,000. *NM

Mileage: 52,000

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE ENGINE STALLED IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESTART. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE THE DEALERSHIP DETERMINED THE VEHICLE'S ENGINE HAD BLOWN AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THERE WERE NO WARNING SIGNALS WITH THE VEHICLE...

Mileage: 85,000

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE'S ENGINE BLEW WHILE TRAVELING 65 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS CRUISING ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN A TICKING SOUND WAS HEARD COMING FROM UNDER THE FRONT HOOD. SHORTLY AFTER, THE VEHICLE LOST POWER, AND THE TICKING SOUND BECAME LOUDER. THE VEHICLE WAS PULLED OVER AND TOWED...

Mileage: 80,000

MY WIFE AND I BOUGHT A 2001 DODGE INTREPID IN 2001. THE TIMING CHAIN WENT OUT ON US TWICE, THE FIRST TIME MY WIFE WAS DRIVING IT AND IT WAS SHAKING AND RATTLING. WE TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY FIXED IT UNDER WARRANTY, WITHOUT INFORMING US OF THE PROBLEM WITH THESE 2.7 LITER ENGINES. THE SE...

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE'S ENGINE HAD SIGNIFICANT SLUDGE BUILDUP. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTO SHOP FOR A REGULAR SCHEDULED OIL CHANGE ON 05/10/06 WHO DETERMINED THAT THE ENGINE HAD THIS PROBLEM. A FEW WEEKS LATER, THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN OVER A POT HOLE AND HEARD A RATTLE NOISE. TH...

Mileage: 45,000

WATER PUMP FAILURE. ON FURTHER INSPECTION OF VEHICLE, SLUDGE BUILDUP CONTRIBUTED TO OVERALL BREAKDOWN OF ENGINE. DODGE DEALER SAID REPLACEMENT IS NECESSARY. *JB

Mileage: 75,000

I STOPPED AT A STORE BY MY HOUSE AND IT JUST WOULDN'T START AGAIN. *JB

I HAVE A 2001 DODGE INTREPID, ON JUNE 1 2006 I WAS ON THE EXPRESS WAY IN DETROIT MI. AND MY ENGINE JUST LOCKED UP I LOST ALL POWER STEERING, I MAD IT TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD LUCKILY THERE WAS LIGHT TRAFFIC. I TOOK MY CAR TO THE A CERTIFIED MECHANIC AND I WAS INFORMED THAT MY ENGINE FAILED AND THAT I...

Mileage: 87,500

2001 DODGE INTREPID THAT WAS WELL MAINTAINED (OIL CHANGES ALWAYS WITHIN OWNERS MANUALS RECOMMENDATIONS) AND LOW MILES (66,000) LOST POWER ON INTERSTATE. AS DRIVER BEGAN TO PULL OVER, STEAM APPEARED FROM ENGINE COMPARTMENT. CHRYSLER DEALER TOLD US THAT IT WAS A COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE. *NM

Mileage: 66,000

VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL AFTER TURNING A CORNER AND BEGINNING TO ACCELERATE, VEHICLE'S THROTTLE STUCK. THROTTLE NEEDED TO BE MANUALLY RESET. NO APPARENT DAMAGE TO CABLE; REASON WHY UNKNOWN. *NM

Mileage: 61,190

WE WERE DRIVING DOWN A MAJOR HIGHWAY AND SUDDENLY THE CAR LOST POWER AND ALL OF THE LIGHTS CAME ON, LUCKILY WE WERE ABLE TO PULL OFF THE BUSY HIGHWAY WITHOUT CAUSING A MAJOR PILE UP. THE CAR HAD TO BE TOWED TO A GARAGE WHERE WE WERE TOLD THAT IT NEEDED A NEW ENGINE! THE GARAGE CHECKED EVERYTHING, ...

Mileage: 125,000

IN FEBRUARY OF 2006 WE PURCHASED A 2001 DODGE INTREPID FOR OUR DAUGHTER TO DRIVE. IN MAY OF 2006 SHE WAS DRIVING THE INTREPID SOUTH ON US-131 JUST PAST THE I-94 EXCHANGE WHEN THE ENGINE STARTED KNOCKING. THE OIL LIGHT OR CHECK ENGINE LIGHTS NEVER CAME ON. THE CAR SLOWED DOWN AND CAME TO A STOP. ...

Mileage: 100,622

THE ENGINE BLEW ...NEVER GOT A WARNING THAT IT WAS HAVING PROBLEMS. ALWAYS GOT THE OIL CHANGE AT OIL CHANGING TIME....AT WAL-MART. HAVE RECORDS .....PLEASE HELP ...DON'T HAVE 3.500 DOLLARS FOR A NEW OR USE ENGINE. *JB

Mileage: 121,000

I HAVE BEEN HAVING A PROBLEM WITH MY ENGINE OIL LIGHT FLASHING AT RANDOM. ALSO THE OIL JUST SEEMS TO DISAPPEAR INTO THIN AIR. I HAVE HAD THE OIL SIGNET UNIT REPLACED AND I FOLLOW REGULAR OIL CHANGE SCHEDULES. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE AUTO MECHANIC ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS DUE TO SMALL OIL LEAKS. I HAVE ...

Mileage: 76,500

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH THE OIL LIGHT ILLUMINATED, THE VEHICLE STARTED TO JERK AND THEN STALLED. THERE WAS A LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND ABS. THE VEHICLE WAS PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TOWED TO THE CONTACTS HOME FOR INSPECTION BY A LOCAL MECHANIC....

Mileage: 119,812

I HAVE A 2001 DODGE INTREPID. RECENTLY, WHILE DRIVING ON INTERSTATE 70 THE CAR'S ENGINE MADE A LOUD NOISE AND THEN SUDDENLY DIED. I WAS BARELY ABLE TO ESCAPE BEING STRUCK BY OTHER CARS AS I STEERED ONTO AN EXIT RAMP. OUR LOCAL DODGE DEALERSHIP DIAGNOSED THE ENGINE TROUBLE AS OIL SLUDGE REQUIRING A ...

Mileage: 92,345

2001 DODGE INTREPID ENGINE CAUGHT ON FIRE. *TS THE CONSUMER HAD THE CRUISE CONTROL ON AND SOON SAW SMOKE, THEN THE COOLANT LIGHT ILLUMINATED. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE TRAVELING 35 MPH, WITH NO WARNING, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESTART AND WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. THE DEALERSHIP DETERMINED THE TIMING CHAIN STRETCHED AND JUMPED CAUSING ENGINE FAILURE. THE ENGINE NEEDS TO BE REPLACED.

Mileage: 93,000

THE CAR, WITHOUT WARNING, DIED WHILE BEING DRIVEN ON THE FREEWAY. *NM

Mileage: 130,000

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT THE ENGINE FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. THERE WERE NO INDICATOR LIGHTS ILLUMINATED PRIOR TO THE ENGINE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESTART AND WAS TOWED TO DEALER FOR INSPECTION. UPON INSPECTION THE ENGINE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DETERMINED. T...

Mileage: 64,700

I WAS IN A CAR COLLISION ON APRIL 20TH 2006 IN LAKE ZURICH IL. APPROXIMATE SPEED 48 TO 50 MILES PER HR. I REAR ENDED A TRUCK & THE AIR BAGS DID NOT OPEN. NEITHER THE DRIVERS' AIRBAG OR THE PASSENGERS' AIR BAGS OPENED. LUCKILY I WAS NOT SERIOUSLY INJURED. I DID SUFFER NECK PAIN & HIP PAIN FROM T...

Mileage: 54,274

ENGINE FAILURE DUE TO OIL SLUDGE. *NM

Mileage: 78,000

THE DAY AFTER I GOT A ROUTINE OIL CHANGE ON MY 2001 DODGE INTREPID, I WAS DRIVING IN TOWN AND MY CAR SEIZED UP AND DIED. I DID NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO, SO I PUT IT IN PARK AND TRIED TO RESTART IT. I WAS ON A HILL AND FORTUNATELY, WAS NOT TRAVELING FAST SO I WAS ABLE TO DRIFT IN NEUTRAL TO A CURB. WHA...

Mileage: 48,700

I OWN A 2001 DODGE INTREPID WITH A 2.7L V-6 ENGINE WITH JUST OVER 83,000 MILES ON IT. DRIVING BETWEEN TAMPA AND ORLANDO FLORIDA, ENGINE STARTED MAKING A RATTLING NOISE AND LOST POWER. NO WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON AND THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE WAS NORMAL. I WAS ABLE TO COAST TO NEARBY EXIT AND GET OFF OF...

Mileage: 83,000

ENGINE ON 2001 DODGE INTREPID FAILED ON MY WAY TO WORK ON 4/24/06. ENGINE IS 2.7L 6 CYLINDER DOHC - TIMING CHAIN BROKE - AND ENGINE IS RUINED. WILL COST 7,700 TO REPLACE. *JB

Mileage: 75,600

THE OIL LIGHT ON MY 2001 DODGE INTREPID BEGAN FLICKERING AT STOP LIGHTS. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP, AND WAS TOLD THAT I HAD A SHORT IN MY ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, NOT A MAJOR ISSUE. TWO MONTHS LATER, MY ENGINE BEGAN SPUTTERING AND DIED ON THE INTERSTATE DURING RUSH HOUR. I WAS ABLE TO RESTART IT AND ...

Mileage: 81,467

BLOWN ENGINE WITH 62,075 MILES. I HAVE ALL SERVICE RECORD ON THIS 2001 DODGE INTREPID SE 2.7 LITER. *JB

Mileage: 62,075

PINGING NOISE FROM ENGINE, BY THE TIME I GOT HOME THE TIMING CHAIN BROKE THE COVER. CAR TOWED TO DODGE DEALER WHERE THEY INDICATED IT NEEDS A NEW ENGINE. $7-8000. I NOTICED A FAIR AMOUNT OF SLUDGE IN THE ENGINE AND FOUND SIMILAR COMPLAINTS FOR THE 2.7 ENGINE IN THE INTREPID. *NM

Mileage: 51,000

WITH NO WARNING THE ENGINE FAILED. THE CONSEQUENCES OF THIS FAILURE WAS A CATASTROPHIC ENGINE LOSS DUE TO TIMING CHAIN FAILURE ENGINE SLUDGE BUILDUP. THERE WAS NOTHING DONE TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM, AND THE COST OF A NEW ENGINE WAS IN EXCESS OF THE VALUE OF THE VEHICLE. *JB

Mileage: 107,000

DRIVING ON HIGHWAY WHEN ENGINE SUDDENLY STARTED MAKING TICKING NOISES, THEN EVENTUALLY CHOKING AND THEN QUIT. COULDN'T GET IT STARTED, HAD IT TOWED TO MECHANIC WHO SAID ONLY 2 QTS OF OIL IN ENGINE. OIL LIGHT NEVER CAME ON, NO WARNING WHATSOEVER. CHANGED OIL AND MECHANIC SAID THERE WAS STILL A T...

Mileage: 73,000

FAILURE OF FRONT AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT WHEN VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY AND IMPACTED BY ANOTHER VEHICLE THAT WAS MOVING AT 30 MPH EST. *8JB

Mileage: 75,000

MY DODGE INTREPID SE 2.7L ENGINE SUFFERED A BLOWN ENGINE WITH NO WARNING ON 4-16-06 ON MY WAY HOME FROM WORK. THERE WERE NO INDICATIONS OF A PROBLEM, NO WARNING LIGHTS AND NO SIGNS OF OVERHEATING. I SUDDENLY HEARD A RATTLING NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE THAT INCREASED QUICKLY TO A LOUD BANGING. I G...

Mileage: 100,000

MY DODGE INTREPID SE 2.7L ENGINE SUFFERED A BLOWN ENGINE WITH NO WARNING ON 4-16-06 ON MY WAY HOME FROM WORK. THERE WERE NO INDICATIONS OF A PROBLEM, NO WARNING LIGHTS AND NO SIGNS OF OVERHEATING. I SUDDENLY HEARD A RATTLING NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE THAT INCREASED QUICKLY TO A LOUD BANGING. I G...

Mileage: 100,000

1. I LEFT WORK TO GO TO LUNCH AND MY CAR WOULDN'T START. THE MECHANIC COULDN'T GET IT STARTED SO I HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED TO THE MECHANIC'S GARAGE. HE GAVE ME THE BAD NEWS STATING THAT IT WOULD BE VERY EXPENSIVE. 2. PREMATURE ENGINE PROBLEMS IN MY 2001 DODGE INTREPID ENGINE WITH OIL SLUDGE AND TI...

Mileage: 69,935

POWER STEERING PUMP ON MY 2001 DODGE INTREPID WITH 46,000 MILES IS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDS REPLACEMENT. *NM

Mileage: 45,000

ENGINE OF 2001 DODGE INTREPID WENT OUT ON THE HIGHWAY. CAR WAS WELL KEPT AND HAD NO PRIOR PROBLEMS. MY FAMILY AND MYSELF WAS STUCK ON THE HIGHWAY FOR 2 HOURS BEFORE BEING HELPED. *JB

Mileage: 92,325

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING TO WORK AND WITHIN ONE BLOCK FROM HER OFFICE, SHE CALLED ME AND TOLD ME THAT HER VEHICLE WAS IDLING ROUGH. SHE ALSO INFORMED ME THAT THE 6 MILE TRIP IN SHE COULD NOT GET ANY HEAT TO COME OUT OF THE HEATER. AS THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN TO GO SHE MADE THE TURN AND WAS ABLE TO CLEAR...

Mileage: 67,000

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 35MPH THE ENGINE STALLED AND OPERATED AT A REDUCED SPEED. A BANGING NOISE CAME FROM THE ENGINE FOLLOWED BY WHITE SMOKE. THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF A FIRE. NO WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED TO INDICATE A FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALERSHIP F...

Mileage: 94,000

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE MAKING A TURN THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP WHERE THE STEERING RACK WAS REPLACED. UPDATED 4/14/2006 - THE STEERING PROBLEM BEGAN ON 1/05 AND FLUCTUATED BETWEEN BEING STIFF WHEN MAKING TURN TO BEING VERY LOOSE WHEN M...

Mileage: 33,700

VEHICLE'S OIL LIGHT FLICKERED AND APPROX. 20 MINUTES LATER, THE CAR BEGAN TAPPING LOUDLY. OIL WAS CHANGED ABOUT A MONTH EARLIER. CAR WAS TOWED AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE ENGINE WAS BLOWN DUE TO ENGINE SLUDGE. *NM

Mileage: 85,000

AFTER PURCHASING 2001 INTREPID IN JANUARY OF 2006 EIGHT DAYS LATER ENGINE MADE LOUD SCARY NOISES WHILE VISITING FAMILY 250 MILES AWAY- I DROVE HOME AND TWO DAYS LATER ENGINE FAILED- WAS TOWED TO THE USED AUTO DEALER WHERE I PURCHASED IT. LESS THAN TWO WEEKS AFTER PURCHASE, THE ENGINE HAD NEW CHAIN,...

Mileage: 76,000

I WAS DRIVING THE CAR WHEN IT SUDDENLY STARTED RUNNING ROUGH. IT WAS IN THE AFTERNOON ON A MODERATELY BUSY STREET. BEFORE I HAD A CHANCE TO STOP AND SEE WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS THE CAR DIED. I CALLED A TOW TRUCK AND WAITED IN TRAFFIC FOR THE TRUCK TO COME AND TAKE ME TO THE MECHANICS. THE ENGINE NE...

Mileage: 73,000

ENGINE FAILURE. AS I WAS STOPPED AND ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE, THE MOTOR SUDDENLY MADE A VERY LOUD CLANKING SOUND. THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY ONLY 72,200 MILES ON THE CAR. I JUST BOUGHT IN NOVEMBER OF LAST YEAR AND EVEN A FEW DAYS AFTER THE INITIAL PURCHASE, I HAD RETURNED IT TO THEM INFORMING OF T...

Mileage: 72,200

MY 2001 DODGE INTREPID LOST HEAT, SMOKE WAS POURING OUT OF BACK OF CAR,ALL DASH GAUGES WERE NORMAL AND CAR STOPPED RUNNING. ALL OF THESE THINGS HAPPENED WITHIN SECONDS. THE CAR WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I BOUGHT IT IN 2001. SERVICE DEPARTMENT SAID ENGINE WAS BAD AND NEED TO REPLACE FOR $6500...

Mileage: 98,364

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT 35MPH, THE ENGINE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR INSPECTION. THE DEALER DETERMINED THE ENGINE WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED DUE TO SLUDGE BUILDUP. THE VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY AT THE DEALER WAITING REPAIR.

Mileage: 81,000

IN MAY 2005, MY 2001 INTREPID WITH THE 2.7L ENGINE LEFT US STRANDED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD DUE TO OVERHEATING. THE HEATER ALSO WOULD BLOW HOT AIR ONLY HALF THE TIME. I WAS UNAWARE OF THE 2.7L ENGINE PROBLEM. THE CAR ALSO HAD AN OIL LEAK. TOWED THE CAR TO AN AUTHORIZED CHRYSLER DEALER. THIS D...

Mileage: 72,000

BACKING OUT OF DRIVEWAY MY 01 DODGE INTREPID MADE AN AWFUL NOISE AND QUIT AFTER BEING TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP WE ARE TOLD THE TIMING CHAIN BROKE AND WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE ANOTHER ENGINE....$6,000 - $8,000,JUST FOR THE ENGINE FROM CHRYSLER WHILE STILL MAKING PAYMENTS ON THE CAR I AM CURRENTLY IN SEAR...

Mileage: 86,000

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE WITH THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL DEPRESSED. THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO DECELERATE ON ITS OWN AND WAS PULLED OVER. THERE WAS A LOUD POP FROM THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED T...

Mileage: 75,000

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE TRAVELING 45MPH A KNOCKING NOISE COULD BE HEARD COMING FROM THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND THEN TOWED TO A GARAGE. UPON INSPECTION THE ENGINE HAD FAILED. THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN ALERTED.

Mileage: 82,000

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 70MPH, A KNOCKING NOISE WAS HEARD IN THE ENGINE. SEVERAL SECONDS AFTER THE NOISE WAS HEARD, THE ENGINE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS PULLED TO SAFETY AND TOWED TO THE DEALER. THEY INSPECTED AND DETERMINED THE PROBLEM WAS THE ENGINE FILLED WITH SLUDGE BUILD UP AND...

Mileage: 72,000

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH THE ENGINE STALLED AND MADE A CLUNKING NOISE. THE ENGINE WOULD NOT RESTART AND WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP. THE MECHANIC DETERMINED THE TIMING CHAIN BROKE AND THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, BUT NO REPAIRS WERE MADE. UPDATED 10/11/07. ...

Mileage: 100,000

MY NAME IS [XXX]. NOVEMBER 2005 I HAVE BOUGHT DODGE INTREPID 2.7 L SEDAN 2001 - TO HELP MY WIFE MOVING SAFELY. I HAVE SPENT ALL MY SAVINGS FOR IT. AT THE BEGINNING OF JANUARY 2006 I HAD PROBLEM WITH THE ENGINE .ENGINE WAS BLOWN UP (MECHANIC TOLD ME ENGINE IS COMPLETELY BROKEN AND IS NO POSSIBILITIES...

Mileage: 67,000

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED A KNOCKING SOUND WAS HEARD IN THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP THAT DETERMINED THERE WAS A BROKEN ROD BEARING, NO REPAIRS WERE MADE. THEN WHILE TRAVELING 30 MPH THE ENGINE STALLED AND WOULD NOT RESTART. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S...

Mileage: 69,000

WHILE DRIVING MY 2001 DODGE INTREPID DOWN A GRAVEL ROAD THE ENGINE GAVE OUT AND LOST ALL POWER STEERING AND BRAKES. AM JUST HAPPY THAT I WAS NOT GOING VERY FAST DO TO THE GRAVEL AND MY TWO YOUNG KIDS WERE NOT WITH ME. CALLED DAIMLER CHRYSLER AND IT IS MY ENTIRE FAULT EVEN WHEN IT SEEMS TO BE A VER...

Mileage: 68,500

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT 10MPH, THE ENGINE LAMP ILLUMINATED AND STALLED. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESTART AND WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP. THE MECHANIC DETERMINED THE ENGINE FAILED DUE TO SLUDGE BUILD UP AND NO REPAIRS WERE MADE. NEW 3.5L ENGINE WILL BE REPLACING ...

Mileage: 57,000

CAR STALLED ON HWY AND WOULD NOT START HAD TO BE TOWED AND WAS TOLD MOTOR WAS BLOWN UP. *JB

Mileage: 125,000

APPARENTLY SLUDGE BUILD UP IN THE IN MY 2001 DODGE INTREPID 2.7 V6 HAS LEAD TO ENGINE FAILURE AND NEEDS REPLACED FOR THE COST OF $5000 WHICH I DO NOT HAVE, HOWEVER I DO OWE A CAR PAYMENT ON THE VEHICLE THAT I CAN NOT DRIVE. *JB

Mileage: 80,000

MY HUSBAND WAS COMING HOME FROM WORK THE OTHER NIGHT AND THE ENGINE FAILED ON OUR 2001 INTREPID. *NM

Mileage: 130,000

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 55MPH THE ENGINE STALLED OUT WITHOUT WARNING. THE ENGINE WOULD NOT RESTART. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP. THE MECHANIC SUGGESTED REPLACING THE ENGINE BECAUSE THERE WAS EXCESSIVE OIL AND SLUDGE BUILDUP, BUT NO REPAIRS WERE MADE.

Mileage: 132,000

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 6 0MPH THE VEHICLE TEMPORALLY STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP WERE THE TRANSMISSION COMPUTER CHIP WAS REPLACED. THE INTERMITTENT STALLING CONTINUED WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH AND THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO ANOTHER INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP...

Mileage: 89,000

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 6 0MPH THE VEHICLE TEMPORALLY STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP WERE THE TRANSMISSION COMPUTER CHIP WAS REPLACED. THE INTERMITTENT STALLING CONTINUED WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH AND THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO ANOTHER INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP...

Mileage: 89,000

MY DODGE INTREPID ENGINE WAS BLOW UP AND COMPLETELY DESTROYED. *NM

Mileage: 66,000

DODGE INTREPID 2001 WITH 2.7L ENGINE. MADE KNOCKING SOUNDS, SO WE DROVE IT TO THE DEALER. DEALER SAYS ENGINE HAS SLUDGE AND MUST BE REPLACED DUE TO IMPROPER MAINTENANCE. *JB

Mileage: 72,500

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE PARKING THERE WAS A NOISE THAT CAME FROM THE ENGINE. THE ENGINE SHUT OFF AND WOULD NOT START BACK. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP FOR INSPECTION. THE MECHANIC DETERMINED THE TIMING CHAIN HAD BROKEN, THE PISTONS AND VALVES WERE DAMAGED AND THE ENGINE NE...

Mileage: 82,609

ON JAN. 27,2006, I , INELL FOYE WAS DRIVING MY 2001 DODGE INTREPID INTREPID WHEN SUDDENLY THE ENGINE FAILED. ON JAN. 30,2006 I HAD A MECHANIC LOOK AT THE CAR. HE DETERMINED THAT THE TIMING CHAIN BROKE. AS A RESULT, THE PISTONS AND VALVES WERE DAMAGED. NOW I NEED A NEW ENGINE IN WHICH I CANT AFFORD. ...

Mileage: 82,908

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS LEFT OVERNIGHT AND STARTED THE NEXT MORNING. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP. THE REPAIR SHOP DETERMINED THERE WAS SLUDGE IN THE OIL, AND TEMPORARILY REPAIRED THE VEHICLE, BUT THE ENG...

Mileage: 74,000

GOOD MORNING, MY NAME IS [XXX] AND I LIVE IN HAMILTON OHIO. I AM THE OWNER OF THE 2001, DODGE INTREPID. ON JANUARY 28, 2006 MY WIFE WAS DRIVING DOWN A RURAL ROAD WHEN THE ENGINE OF THE CAR STARTED TO TICK AS SHE WAS SLOWING TO GO AROUND A BEND IN THE ROAD. SHE LOOKED AT THE GAUGES TO FIND NOTHI...

Mileage: 81,000

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE NOISES COULD BE HEARD COMING FROM THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN FOR A PERIOD OF TIME BEFORE THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALERSHIP. DIAGNOSTICS TEST WERE PERFORMED ON THE VEHICLE AND THE PROBLEM COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN ...

Mileage: 38,000

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING ON A PAVED ROAD THE CHECK OIL LIGHT ILLUMINATED. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IDLING, THE TEMPERATURE INCREASED. UPON INSPECTION THE INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP DETERMINED THE OIL PRESSURE HAD DROPPED. THE OIL PUMP WAS REPLACED AT A LATER DATE. AFTER SIX MONTHS THE CH...

Mileage: 90,000

I OWN A 2001 DODGE INTREPID SE WITH THE 2.7 LITER ENGINE AND 88,000 MILES ON IT. I TOOK IT TO THE SHOP YESTERDAY BECAUSE IT SUDDENLY STARTED SOUNDING LIKE A DIESEL ENGINE. THE SHOP CALLED ME LATER THAT MORNING TO INFORM ME THAT ENGINE HAD SLUDGE IN IT, AND THE SOUND I WAS HEARING WAS DAMAGE TO THE...

Mileage: 88,000

ENGINE FAILED WHILE TRAVELING ON FREEWAY WITH NO WARNING. APPARENTLY SAME PROBLEM AS OTHER 2001 DODGE INTREPIDS - OIL SLUDGE CAUSING ENGINE FAILURE DUE TO POOR DESIGN. CURRENTLY WITH DEALER IN HOPES OF REPAIR. STILL OWE $4,400 DOLLARS ON WORTHLESS CAR AS ENGINE IS GONE. *JB

Mileage: 65,999

DURING NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS MY 2001 DODGE INTREPID JUST QUIT MAKING A LOUD NOISE AND SMOKE FROM UNDER THE HOOD. I HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALER THEY TOLD ME THE WATER PUMP HAD FAILED AND THE TIMING COMPONENTS WERE BAD. APROX REPAIR COST 2000.00. *JB

Mileage: 87,000

DT*: THE CONSUMER STATED WHILE DRIVING AT 50 MPH, THE ENGINE STALLED AND WOULD NOT RESTART. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP FOR INSPECTION. THE LOCAL MECHANIC DISCOVERED THE ENGINE WAS FILLED WITH SLUDGE AND THE PISTONS WERE WELDED TOGETHER IN THE HEAD GASKET. THE LOCAL MECHA...

Mileage: 89,000

201 DODGE INTREPID: INNER TIE RODS WORN AT APPROX. 70,000 MILES. ALONG WITH RACK AND PINION LEAKING FLUID. CAUSED SEVER PROBLEMS WITH STEERING AND CAR CONTROL. TOOK CAR TO DEALER AND THEY SAID I SHOULD NOT BEING DRIVING CAR BECAUSE OF POTENTIAL STEERING CONTROL LOSS. SET APPOINTMENT TO HAVE INNER...

Mileage: 69,000

201 DODGE INTREPID: INNER TIE RODS WORN AT APPROX. 70,000 MILES. ALONG WITH RACK AND PINION LEAKING FLUID. CAUSED SEVER PROBLEMS WITH STEERING AND CAR CONTROL. TOOK CAR TO DEALER AND THEY SAID I SHOULD NOT BEING DRIVING CAR BECAUSE OF POTENTIAL STEERING CONTROL LOSS. SET APPOINTMENT TO HAVE INNER...

Mileage: 69,000

I WAS DRIVING MY 2201 DODGE INTREPID AND THE ENGINE FAILED. I HAD MY VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I PURCHASED IT, AND WAS TOLD IT WAS DUE TO SLUDGE BUILD UP. MY EXTENDED WARRANTY WON'T COVER THE DAMAGE AND THE DEALERSHIP IS ASKING FOR $4,084.00 TO PUT A RE-BUILT ENGINE IN IT. MY CAR HAS APP...

Mileage: 70,000

8/13/02-WE TOOK OUR 2001 DODGE INTREPID 2.7L IN TO THE DEALER FOR WARRANTY REPAIR. THE HEADLAMPS WERE CHANGE BECAUSE OF FOGGING LENS COVERS. THE POWER STEERING PUMP WAS WHINING SO THAT WAS ALSO REPLACED. THE VEHICLE HAD 31,207 MILES. 1/14/03-WITH 36,354 MILES ON IT WE HAD THE REAR GLASS REPLACED BE...

Mileage: 74,600

8/13/02-WE TOOK OUR 2001 DODGE INTREPID 2.7L IN TO THE DEALER FOR WARRANTY REPAIR. THE HEADLAMPS WERE CHANGE BECAUSE OF FOGGING LENS COVERS. THE POWER STEERING PUMP WAS WHINING SO THAT WAS ALSO REPLACED. THE VEHICLE HAD 31,207 MILES. 1/14/03-WITH 36,354 MILES ON IT WE HAD THE REAR GLASS REPLACED BE...

Mileage: 74,600

DT: WHILE THE CONTACT'S WIFE WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE STALLED. THERE WERE NO WARNINGS PRIOR TO THE VEHICLE STALLING. WHILE STALLING THE OIL LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN TAKEN TO A DEALERSHIP TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. *AK

Mileage: 83,000

MY 2001 DODGE INTREPID ENGINE FAILED WHILE TRYING TO PULL OFF OF THE ROAD LEAVING MY MOTHER HALF IN AND HALF OUT OF TRAFFIC. THE MECHANIC STATES THERE IS NO OIL WITHIN THE ENGINE. HOWEVER, WE JUST HAD A COMPLETE OIL CHANGE IN OCTOBER OF THIS YEAR. THERE IS HAS BEEN NO SIGN OF LEAKING AND NO OIL LI...

Mileage: 75,000

DT: THE CONTACT STATED THE HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY WAS CLOUDY. HE FELT THIS WAS A SAFETY ISSUE. THE VEHICLE WAS TO A DEALERSHIP WERE THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM.*AK

DT: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING THE ENGINE SEIZED CAUSING A JERKING MOTION FROM RIGHT TO LEFT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE A BLOWN ROD WAS DISCOVERED. THERE HAVE BEEN NO REPAIRS MADE TO THE VEHICLE. *AK UPDATED 01/25/06. *JB

Mileage: 91,000

2001 DODGE INTREPID 2.7 ENGINE DIED WHILE DRIVING FOR NO APPARENT REASON. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN 400 MILES THE DAY BEFORE AND PERFORMED FLAWLESSLY. THIS ENGINE FAILURE WAS NOT A CONDITION OF POOR MAINTENANCE AND ESTIMATED REPAIR COSTS ARE $5300.00 AND EXCEED THE RESALE VALUE OF THE VEHICLE. THIS ...

Mileage: 104,000

2001 DODGE INTREPID . TRANSMISSION HAS FAILED AT 75000 MILES. I STILL OWE 1 AND A HALF YEAR CAR PAYMENT. CANNOT AFFORD TO GET IT FIXED HAD A EXTENDED WARRANTY AND IT EXPIRED. *NM

I OWN A DODGE INTREPID 2001 WITH A 2.7 LITER ENGINE. I WAS DRIVING AND SUDDENLY WITHOUT WARNING...NO SOUNDS....NO LIGHTS... THE ENGINE DIED...I NEARLY WAS INVOLVED IN A MAJOR ACCIDENT. I TOOK MY CAR TO THE SHOP AND THEY SAID THE ENGINE WAS NO GOOD AND I NEEDED TO REPLACE IT. I WAS QUOTED $6100. 00...

Mileage: 91,207

DRIVING ON FREEWAY ABOUT 60 MILES AN HOUR WHEN OIL LIGHT CAME ON. 2 MINUTES LATER ENGINE FAILED. ALL OF A SUDDEN IT WENT OFF. GOT TOWED TO MACHINE SHOP AND THE COST IS 5,000 TO GET IT FIXED. CAR COST ME 3 THOUSAND. I AM STILL PAYING FOR IT, NOW I CAN'T DRIVE IT. I NEED A WAY TO WORK SO THAT I ...

Mileage: 124,000

HELP FOR CONSUMERS WITH COMPLAINTS. *NM

I OWN A 2001 DODGE INTREPID THAT I AM STILL PAYING ON. THE ENGINE FAILED AT 69,000 MILES. THERE WAS NO WARNING THAT THIS WAS GOING TO HAPPEN. I GOT REGULAR OIL CHANGES EVERY 3,000 MILES. IT WOULDN'T START ONE DAY, I HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. THEY TOLD ME THAT MY ENGINE NEEDED REPLACED DUE TO S...

Mileage: 69,000

THE ENGINE JUST WENT DEAD WHEN I WAS DRIVING. NO SIGNS BEFORE THAT. I BOUGHT THE CAR ONLY FOR 31 DAYS. *NM

Mileage: 76,000

ON 11/29/05 I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK ON I-10 THROUGH THE DESERTED AND HURRICANE KATRINA STORM RAVAGED SECTION OF NEW ORLEANS EAST WHEN MY 2001 INTREPID SEIZED UP AND WOULD NOT RUN. I BARELY MANAGED TO SAFELY GET THE CAR OFF OF THE INTERSTATE AND ONTO THE NOW DESOLATE MORRISON ROAD EXIT. AS A W...

Mileage: 90,000

DT: THE CONTACT STATES VEHICLE DIED WHILE PULLING INTO DRIVEWAY. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESTART. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP. THE REPAIRMAN INFORMED HER THAT THE ENGINE FAILED DUE TO SLUDGE BUILD UP. SHE CONTACTED MANUFACTURER,THAT AND THEY REQUESTED SHE BRING VEHICLE TO AN...

Mileage: 43,828

WHILE DRIVING MY CAR HOME FROM WORK IT STARTED MAKING A LOUD NOISE, ONCE I GOT IT HOME INTO THE DRIVE IT STOPPED RUNNING. HAD I BEEN ON THE HIGHWAY THIS COULD HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT BUT LUCKY FOR ME I DON'T LIVE MORE THAN 5 MILES FROM WHERE I WORK. I HAD IT TOWED TO A MECHANIC WHERE THEY SAID THA...

Mileage: 43,828

DT: THE CONTACT STATED AFTER TURNING THE ENGINE OFF, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESTART. THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP, WHO DISCOVERED THAT THE ENGINE HAD SLUDGE BUILD UP, AND WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. HE CHOSE NOT TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. *AK THE AIR CONDITION AND HEAT DID NOT WORK A...

Mileage: 78,000

DT: THE CONTACT STATED AFTER TURNING THE ENGINE OFF, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESTART. THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP, WHO DISCOVERED THAT THE ENGINE HAD SLUDGE BUILD UP, AND WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. HE CHOSE NOT TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. *AK THE AIR CONDITION AND HEAT DID NOT WORK A...

Mileage: 78,000

DT: CONTACT STATED THE ENGINE FAILED WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE. HE CONTACTED THE DEALER, AND THEY CLAIMED IT HAPPENED DUE TO THE CONTACT'S ERROR ON OIL CHANGES. THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AS WELL. THERE WERE NO PRIOR WARNINGS CONCERNING THE FAILURES. THE VEHICLE WAS SERVICED ON A REGULAR BASIS. THE...

DT: CONTACT STATED THE ENGINE FAILED WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE. HE CONTACTED THE DEALER, AND THEY CLAIMED IT HAPPENED DUE TO THE CONTACT'S ERROR ON OIL CHANGES. THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AS WELL. THERE WERE NO PRIOR WARNINGS CONCERNING THE FAILURES. THE VEHICLE WAS SERVICED ON A REGULAR BASIS. THE...

DT: THE CONTACTS STATED SMOKE EMANATED FROM THE ENGINE, THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF. SHE CONTACTED THE DEALER, WHO STATED S THERE WAS OIL SLUG BUILT UP IN THE MOTOR. THE DEALER INSISTED THAT THE CONTACT DID NOT CHANGE THE OIL OFTEN ENOUGH. THE VEHICLE NEEDED A NEW ENGINE. THERE WAS NO PRIOR WARNING. THE ...

DT: THE CONTACT STATED THE ENGINE FAILED WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP. THE SERVICEMAN SAID THAT THE ENGINE WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. THE ANTIFREEZE LEAKED INTO THE OIL. THE ENGINE LOCKED. THE MANUFACTURER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED. THE CONTACT DOES NOT PLAN TO REP...

Mileage: 98,000

DT: THE CONTACT STATED TIMING CHAIN SNAPPED WHILE DRIVING AT 60 MPH. THE ENGINE I LOCKED, AND WILL HAVE TO BE REBUILT. THE MECHANIC STATED THE OIL WAS NOT GETTING THROUGH THE WHOLE ENGINE, RESULTING IN ENGINE FAILURE. SHE CONTACTED MANUFACTURER, AND THEY OFFERED NO FREE REMEDY.*A

Mileage: 66,000

LTR SEEKING STATUS OF COMPLAINT FILED W/ODI RE DEFECTS OF THE STEERING RACK ON HIS 2001 DODGE INTREPID, REPLY TO CONSTITUENT/COPY JOHN LEITCH/WASH. DC, REF ES05-006486 /S/ HARRINGTON 8/11/05. *TS *JB

Mileage: 50,000

I HAVE A 2001 DODGE INTREPID AND I HAVE NOTICED IN THE PAST FEW MONTHS THAT THE MOLDING ON THE INSIDE OF MY DOORS ARE SHRINKING AND IT IS CAUSING AIR FROM THE OUTSIDE TO COME IN AND CAUSE LOUD OUTSIDE NOISE WHILE DRIVING. NONE OF THE DEALERS IN MY AREA WILL DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. *NM

CAR SEIZED UP AFTERNOON OF OCT. 14, 2005. THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN MAINTAINED WITH OIL CHANGES EVERY 3-5,000 MILES. *JB

Mileage: 68,000

DT: CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE INTREPID. HE STATED THAT HIS WIFE COMPLAINED THAT THE CAR WAS HARD TO SHIFT INTO PARK AND IN TO HE OTHER GEARS. THE MECHANIC THAT CHECKED VEHICLE SAID IT WAS THE SHIFT CABLE THAT CONNECTS THE SHIFT LEVER TO THE TRANSMISSION. THE MECHANIC SAID THIS WAS A VERY COMMON PR...

Mileage: 52,509

NORMAL DRIVING ON INTERSTATE. ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. BEFORE I COULD GET ONTO NEXT EXIT (1/4 MILE), ENGINE STARTED KNOCKING. TOOK EXIT AND PULLED DIRECTLY INTO CLOSED CAR DEALERSHIP PARKING LOT. ENGINE DIED. OIL LEAKING FROM ENGINE. CALLED MECHANIC. TOWED CAR TO HIS SHOP. HAD CAR FOR 6 MONTHS TRYING T...

Mileage: 86,000

NORMAL DRIVING ON INTERSTATE. ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. BEFORE I COULD GET ONTO NEXT EXIT (1/4 MILE), ENGINE STARTED KNOCKING. TOOK EXIT AND PULLED DIRECTLY INTO CLOSED CAR DEALERSHIP PARKING LOT. ENGINE DIED. OIL LEAKING FROM ENGINE. CALLED MECHANIC. TOWED CAR TO HIS SHOP. HAD CAR FOR 6 MONTHS TRYING T...

Mileage: 86,000

DT: CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE INTREPID. ON 10-06-05 THE CONTACT'S GRANDSON WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE WHEN IT COMPLETELY STOPPED. THE CONTACT REPORTSED OF HAVING NO PROBLEMS WITH CAR PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT. THERE WERE NO LIGHTS THAT CAME ON PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT. SHE HAD IT TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP,...

Mileage: 40,000

ENGINE FAILED WHILE DRIVING ON THE EXPRESSWAY. HAD TO COAST ACROSS 3 LANES OF TRAFFIC TO GET TO THE EXIT. DIAGNOSIS IS THAT THE ENGINE NEEDS TO BE REPLACED DUE TO SLUDGE BUILD UP. SECOND TIME MAJOR WORK HAS HAD TO BE DONE TO THIS ENGINE DUE TO SLUDGE BUILD UP. *NM

Mileage: 101,000

ENGINE BEGAN MAKING A TAPPING NOISE. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT MOTOR WAS FULL OF SLUDGE AND WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED AND THAT CHRYSLER EXTENDED WARRANTY WOULD NOT COVER THE REPAIR. HAD VEHICLE REPAIRED BY AN INDEPENDENT AUTO REPAIR SHOP - REPLACED TIMING CHAIN, TENSIONER, OIL PUMP. C...

Mileage: 62,900

MY CAR WAS PARKED AND THE IGNITION WAS OFF. I STARTED THE CAR, PLACED IT IN GEAR AND IT "BOLTED" FORWARD AT A HIGH SPEED. I WAS PARKED FACING A GUARD RAIL IN A SHOPPING CENTER AND THE CAR LURCHED FORWARD AND SMASHED INTO THE GUARD RAIL. UNABLE TO BE DRIVEN, THE CAR WAS TOWED TO A BODY SHOP FOR EXTEN...

CAN PULL GEAR SHIFT OUT OF PLACE WITHOUT IT BEING STARTED OR KEYS IN THE IGNITION. GRANDSON PULLED GEAR SHIFT OUT OF DRIVE AND IT ROLLED DOWN A HILL AND HIT A TREE WITH HIM IN IT. NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE ABOUT IT YET. *JB

DT: THE CONSUMER STATED THAT 2001 DODGE INTREPID HAD AN ENGINE PROBLEM. THE BLOCK ON THE ENGINE FAILED. THE CONSUMER HA PUT A NEW ENGINE IN THE VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER RECORDED EVERY TIME THAT THE OIL WAS CHANGED. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT IT WAS NOT A MAINTENANCE PROBLEM ON THE CAR. THE CAR HAD ...

Mileage: 100,000

DT: THE MOTOR STALLED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION WHICH CAUSED A LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND BRAKES. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE MOTOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THIS WAS DUE TO SLUDGE BUILD UP IN THE MOTOR. THE DEALER STATED THAT THIS WAS DUE TO POOR MAINTENANCE. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE...

ENGINE FAILURE WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE. ENGINE STALLED WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH ON PUBLIC HIGHWAY. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR SHOP. VEHICLE WAS DIAGNOSED AS HAVING ENGINE BEARING FAILURE. WAS TOLD THAT AN ENGINE REPLACEMENT WAS RECOMMENDED. COST OF NEW ENGINE AT 6900.00 DOLLARS. *NM

Mileage: 50,105

SHORTLY AFTER MY 2001 DODGE INTREPID REACHED 70,000, I BEGAN TO NOTICE THAT IT SEEMED TO BE BURNING OIL. I HAD NOT NOTICED ANY PROBLEM WITH THE VEHICLE PREVIOUSLY. I LATER FOUND OUT THAT THIS WAS JUST THE BEGINNING OF THE ENGINE FAILURE PROCESS THAT I WOULD EXPERIENCE. I HAVE CARED FOR THE CAR RE...

Mileage: 74,485

WE HAVE A DODGE 2001 INTREPID WITH THE 2.7 LITER MOTOR. ACCORDING TO OTHER MECHANICS AND PERSONNEL WITHIN THE DEALERSHIP, THERE ARE DEFECTS WITH THIS MOTOR THAT CHRYSLER REFUSES TO ADDRESS. IT HAS TO DO WITH INTERNAL COMPONENTS AND CAUSES THE MOTOR TO BASICALLY BLOW UP. OUR FIRST MOTOR BLEW UP AT 8...

Mileage: 83,255

DT A DEFECTIVE 2.7 LITER ENGINE. IT HAD SLUDGE BUILD UP AND IT CAUSED THE MOTOR TO BLOW OUT. THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED WAS IN JUNE 2005, AND THE SECOND TIME ON SEPTEMBER 9, 2005. THE MOTOR WAS MAKING A TAPPING SOUND, BUT THE CYLINDER HAD BROKEN INSIDE THE BLOCK, AND IT WAS FLAPPING UP AND DOW...

DT: THE CALLER SAID THAT WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH AND SLOWING DOWN THE ENGINE BLEW OUT. SHE WAS ABLE TO GET THE VEHICLE OFF THE ROAD, AND HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP AND LATER TO THE DEALER, WHO SAID IT WOULD COST THE CALLER $4700 TO $7000 TO FIX. IT. MANUFACTURER SAID THEY WILL NOT ...

Mileage: 50,400

MY DODGE INTREPID 2001 ENGINE LOCKED UP WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY. THE REPAIR BILL IS BETWEEN $4,500-$6,000. THE ENGINE IS NOW DEAD. THE MECHANIC SAID THERE WAS NO OIL IN IT ALTHOUGH I'VE PUT IN 3 QUARTS IN THE LAST 2 WEEKS AND HAD THE OIL CHANGED ON TIME. *JB

I WAS DRIVING MY 2001 INTREPID DURING BUSY TRAFFIC AND THE ENGINE STARTED MAKING A FAIRLY LOUD TAPPING NOISE. AS I TRIED TO GET OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, THE CAR STALLED. THE CAR BLOCKED TRAFFIC AS I HAD TO GET OUT AND PUSH IT OFF THE ROAD. IT NEVER RESTARTED AND I HAD IT TOWED TO A LOCAL DOD...

Mileage: 35

DT: THE CONSUMER STATED THAT 2001 DODGE INTREPID HAD AN ENGINE FAILURE AT 62,000 MILES. THE VEHICLE WAS REGULARLY MAINTAINED. THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING THE CAR AND HEARD A KNOCKING SOUND, THE ENGINE SEIZED WHILE IN TRAFFIC. THE CONSUMER HAD THE CAR LOOKED AT AND WAS INFORMED THAT HE WOULD HAVE TO ...

Mileage: 62,000

PURCHASED VEHICLE IN FEBRUARY 2005. APPROXIMATELY ONE MONTH AFTER PURCHASE, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. RETURN TO DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIR, WAS TOLD IT WAS EMISSIONS LEAK. IN SEPTEMBER 2005, HEARD RATTLING NOISE WHILE DRIVING, THEN VEHICLE SYSTEMS SHUT DOWN (POWER STEERING, ETC.), VEHICLE SHUT OFF. ...

Mileage: 52,000

MY 2001 DODGE INTREPID SE HAS A PROBLEM WITH SUDDEN ACCELERATION. I BOUGHT THIS CAR IN 2001. I AM THE SECOND OWNER. THIS PROBLEM OCCURS ONLY WHEN THE AIR CONDITIONING IS TURNED ON. THIS PROBLEM IS ESPECIALLY HARROWING AT TIMES WHEN THE CAR SHOULD BE DECELERATING - I.E. WHEN APPROACHING A STOP LI...

Mileage: 65,000

WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE DRIVER TRIED TO RESTART THE VEHICLE BUT WAS NOT ABLE TO DO SO. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A GARAGE FOR INSPECTION, AND THE MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK THE ENGINE LOCKED UP DUE TO SLUDGE. *JB

Mileage: 60,034

DT: 2001 DODGE INTREPID ES, THE VEHICLES GAS TANK WILL NOT ACCEPT GASOLINE EASILY, IT TAKES THE AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF TIME TO FILL THE TANK. THE CONSUMER WILL FILL THE TANK AND THE FUEL GAUGE STILL SHOWS EMPTY. AFTER THE CONSUMER HAS PUT FUEL IN THE TANK SOME OF THE FUEL WILL COME OUT. THE CON...

Mileage: 47,600

OIL LIGHT BLINKING ERRATICALLY, GOING INTO REVERSE WHEN IN DRIVE-NOT ONCE,BUT TWICE. *NM

Mileage: 74,000

OIL LIGHT BLINKING ERRATICALLY, GOING INTO REVERSE WHEN IN DRIVE-NOT ONCE,BUT TWICE. *NM

Mileage: 74,000

NO WARNING AT ALL. MY SON WAS DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE GOING ABOUT 65 MPH WHEN THE ENGINE STOPPED RUNNING WITHOUT ANY WARNING. LUCKILY HE WAS ABLE TO MANEUVER THE CAR OUT OF TRAFFIC BEFORE IT COMPLETELY STOP. THE VEHICLE HAD 56,000 MILES ON IT AND WAS COVERED BY A EXTENDED WARRANTY. THE WARRANTY CO...

AUG 21 ENGINE BEGAN MAKING NOISE, I TOOK IT TO DEALER ON AUG 22, TOLD ENGINE WAS SLUDGE UP NEED TO BE REBUILT.

DT: 2001 DODGE INTREPID. THE CONSUMER STATES THE ENGINE ON THE V BLEW OUT BECAUSE THERE WAS SLUDGE BUILT UP. THIS ENGINE WAS MAINTAINED BY MECHANIC. THEREFORE, THERE SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ANY SLUDGE. THE VEHICLE WAS WORKING FINE PRIOR TO THIS. IT HAPPENED ON JUNE 15, 2005. THE VEHICLE DID NOT...

Mileage: 130,000

DT: 2001 DODGE INTREPID. THE CONSUMER STATES THE ENGINE ON THE V BLEW OUT BECAUSE THERE WAS SLUDGE BUILT UP. THIS ENGINE WAS MAINTAINED BY MECHANIC. THEREFORE, THERE SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ANY SLUDGE. THE VEHICLE WAS WORKING FINE PRIOR TO THIS. IT HAPPENED ON JUNE 15, 2005. THE VEHICLE DID NOT...

Mileage: 130,000

DT: THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AT ABOUT 30-35 MPH WHEN THE ENGINE SHUT DOWN. WHEN THE CONSUMER LIFTED THE HOOD HE COULD SEE SMOKE AND A SMALL FIRE COMING FROM A PIECE OF WIRE. THE CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO PUT OUT THE FIRE WITH A TOWEL. ABOUT A MONTH BEFORE THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, AND THE DE...

Mileage: 56,000

DT: THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE INTREPID. THE ENGINE SHUT OFF IN TRAFFIC ON AUGUST 10, 2005 AT ABOUT 7:30 AM WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH. THE VEHICLE RESTARTED ONCE, AND ALMOST IMMEDIATELY STALLED AGAIN. THE FIRST TIME THE VEHICLE RESTARTED IN LESS THAN A MINUTE, AND TOOK LESS THAN A MINUTE FOR IT ...

MY 2001 DODGE INTREPID ELECTRICAL SYSTEM CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO CATCH ON FIRE. THERE WAS NO ACCIDENT. AAA INSURANCE COMPANY'S ORIGIN'S INSPECTOR SAID IT WAS DUE TO FAULTY WIRING. I NEVER HAD ANY ELECTRICAL TYPE WORK DONE TO THE CAR. THE CAR WAS TOTALED. LUCKILY, MY SON AND I WERE ABLE TO GET OUT...

Mileage: 75,400

MY 2001 DODGE INTREPID 2.7, THE ONE THAT HAS HAD OVER 9500 COMPLAINTS IN MY AREA ALONE. I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY WHEN A LOUD RATTLING NOISE STARTED COMING FROM THE ENGINE. IT SOUNDED LIKE A CARD IN A BICYCLE SPOKE. I CHECKED THE OIL AND ALL THE FLUIDS UNDER THE HOOD ALTHOUGH IT WAS NOT TIME FO...

Mileage: 84,000

DT THE MOTOR QUIT ON THE HIGHWAY. NO FOR WARNING, NO NOISE, NO LIGHTS. HAD IT TOWED THE DEALERS, AND THEY SAID A COUPLE OF SENSORS WENT OUT. THEY REPLACED THE TWO SENSORS, AND GOT IT BACK, THEN, HEARD A KNOCK IN THE MOTOR WHEN STARTING IT. TOOK IT BACK TO DEALER,AND THEY SAID IT WAS THE TIMING CH...

MY RECENTLY ACQUIRED 2001 DODGE INTREPID'S ENGINE SEIZED-UP WHILE I WAS DRIVING IN TRAFFIC. THE LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND EVENTUAL LOSS OF THE POWER BRAKES ALMOST CAUSED ME TO SIDE SWIPED ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE FAILURE WAS DUE TO OIL SLUDGE. THIS CAR HAS BEEN MAINTAINED AND THERE IS NO REASON FOR THE...

Mileage: 114,381

SUDDEN STALL WITHOUT WARNING-NO GAUGES,LIGHTS ETC. HAD TO BE PUSHED OUT OF TRAFFIC. ENGINE (2.7L) SEIZED WITHOUT WARNING. REGULAR MAINTENANCE HAD ALWAYS BEEN PERFORMED. CAR HAD 64,000 MILES ON IT. ENGINE HAS MULTITUDE OF SIMILAR COMPLAINTS ON LINE, MOST DESCRIBING A SUDDEN STALL. CHRYSLER DID NOT W...

Mileage: 64,000

2001 DODGE INTREPID ENGINE BLEW AS A RESULT OF THE TIMING CHAIN BREAKING.***NO ANSWER REQUIRED***.*MR THE CONSUMER STATED THE WARNING SIGN THAT THE ENGINE WAS ABOUT TO BLOW WAS RUST COLORED OIL SLUDGE ON THE INSIDE OF THE OIL CAP. THE CONSUMER HAD AN OIL CHANGE 2 WEEKS BEFORE THE ENGINE BLEW, HOWE...

Mileage: 53,000

MY 2001 DODGE INTREPID ENGINE STARTED FAILING AT 40,000 MILES AND HAS NOW COMPLETELY FAILED. IT SITS IN MY DRIVE WAY WHILE I STILL PAY A MONTHLY NOTE ON IT. LIKE MANY INTREPID OWNERS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM (FAILED ENGINE) I CANNOT AFFORD THE $4,000 TO $8,000 REPLACEMENT COST I HOPE WITH YOUR HELP DA...

FAXED COPY OF EMAIL FM JOHN BRZOSTOWSKI (MD) SEEK STATUS OF COMPLAINT FILED W/ODI RE DEFECTS OF THE STEERING RACK ON HIS 2001 DODGE INTREPID.*MR *JB

Mileage: 50,000

DT: CONTACT STATED THE DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT TIRE CAME OFF THE RIM IN ONE PIECE. THE TIRE WAS PROPERLY INFLATED. THERE WAS AN ACCIDENT. NO ONE WAS INJURED. THE CAR WAS TOTALED. SAW A VERY BIG DENT IN THE BEAD ON THE INSIDE. HE ROTATED TIRES EVERY 3,000 MILES, AND REGULARLY SERVICED TIRES. THE T...

Mileage: 56,000

I AM A OWNER OF A 2001 DODGE INTREPID SE. LAST SUNDAY MORNING MY WIFE GOT UP TO GO TO WORK, AFTER WHICH SHE WAS GOING TO TRAVEL TO MAINE WITH OUR TWO BOYS. BECAUSE SHE WAS TRAVELING I WALKED OUT WITH HER AND POPPED THE HOOD TO CHECK ALL THE FLUIDS, COOLANT, OIL ECT.. EVEYTHING APPEARED TO BE NORMAL...

Mileage: 96,000

DT: CONTACT STATES WHILE DRIVING 2001 DODGE INTREPID, THE ENGINE FAILED. THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED, THE ONLY EVIDENCE THAT SOMETHING WAS WRONG WAS WAS A GRAY MIST THAT CAME THROUGH THE AIR CONDITION VENT INSIDE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED AT THE BEGINNING OF JUNE, AND THE SERV...

MY 2001 DODGE INTREPID WITH THE 2.7 LITER ENGINE IS NOW SMOKEING GRAYISH WHITE SMOKE IT IS USEING WAY TOO MUCH OIL AND GAS I HAVE TO PUT OIL IN IT AAT LEAST TWICE WEEKLY I HAVE CONSULTED WITH DODGE DEALEARSHIPS IN MY AREA THEY TELL ME TAHT THAT TYPE OF ENGINE WAS NO GOOD FROM THE FACTORY AND THAT N...

Mileage: 137,400

MY 2001 DODGE INTREPID WITH THE 2.7 LITER ENGINE IS NOW SMOKEING GRAYISH WHITE SMOKE IT IS USEING WAY TOO MUCH OIL AND GAS I HAVE TO PUT OIL IN IT AAT LEAST TWICE WEEKLY I HAVE CONSULTED WITH DODGE DEALEARSHIPS IN MY AREA THEY TELL ME TAHT THAT TYPE OF ENGINE WAS NO GOOD FROM THE FACTORY AND THAT N...

Mileage: 137,400

NO EVENTS LED UP TO ENGINE FAILURE IN 2001 DODGE INTREPID WITH 2.7L ENGINE. WENT TO WORK ONE DAY AND AS I ENTERED PARKING AREA ENGINE SEIZED UP, IN NOVEMBER 2004. SPOKE WITH DODGE CHRYSLER DEALERS, REPS AND SERVICE MANAGERS. THEY CLAIM THAT THE PROBLEM AT 47,000(APPROX.) IS DUE TO OWNER FAILURE NOT ...

Mileage: 47,000

DT: THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE INTREPID. THE ENGINE SEIZED DUE TO SLUDGE. THIS OCCURRED DURING NORMAL DRIVING. THE ENGINE DID NOT RESTART THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED TO A DODGE DEALERSHIP. THE DEALERSHIP STATED THAT IT WOULD COST OVER $7000 DOLLARS TO REPAIR. THIS IS THE FIRST INCIDENT WITH THIS...

DRIVING UPHILL IN INDIO, CA AT 113 DEGREE HEAT, THE ENGINE FALIED. THE CAP CAME OFF AND I LOST ALL COOLANT AND MY ENGINE SEIZED. I HAD MY 3 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER IN THE CAR AND I BARELY WAS ABLE TO GET IT PULLED OVER.

Mileage: 63,000

WE HAVE A 2000 DODGE INTREPID WITH 68000 MILES ON IT. WE WERE IN NORTH CAROLINA ON VACATION AND THE CAR JUST QUIT FOR NO REASON. WE HAD IT TOWED TWICE AND THE LAST TIME WAS TO DODGE DEALER ON TOLD US IT WOULD COST AROUND $900.00 TO FIX IT BUT COULD NOT GIVE US THEIR WORD THAT THIS WOULD FIX THE PR...

Mileage: 68,000

I AVE A 2001 DODGE INTREPID AND AT JUST UNDER100K THE ENGINE SEIZED UP AND BLEW THE HEAD GASKET. I THEN PURCHASED ANOTHER ENGINE THAT COST ME $2500 14 MONTHS AGO. THIS NEW ENGINE HAD 40K ON IT. THAT ENGINE HAS NOW SEIZED UP AND BLOWN THE HEAD GASKET. I WAS IN A PARKING LOT AND A LADY CAME UP TO M...

Mileage: 100,000

DT: 2001 DODGE INTERPRET, THE FIRST TIME THE VEHICLE STALLED STEERING WHEEL SHOOK AND THE ENGINE LIGHT TURNED ON. VEHICLE WOULD STILL BE MOVING WITHOUT PRESSURE BEING PUT ON THE GAS PEDAL. VEHICLE WOULD SHUT OFF AND WOULD NOT START AGAIN. CONSUMER HAD TO TRY TO GET THE VEHICLE TO START BACK F...

Mileage: 29,170

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

Mileage: 88,493

DT: CALLER HAD A SLIGHT TICKING IN ENGINE FOR ABOUT 2 MONTHS. THEN IT STARTED KNOCKING. A MECHANIC SAID THERE WAS NO CAM SIGNAL. WHEN THEY DID A DIAGNOSTIC HAD A KNOCK IN MOTOR. CALLER WAS TOLD NEEDED A NEW MOTOR. MANUFACTURER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED YET. *AK

Mileage: 57,000

ON JUNE 13, 2005, MY 2001 DODGE INTERPID 2.7 L ENGINE FAILED ON AN INTERSTATE HIGHWAY. THE CAR WOULD NOT START AGAIN. THE CAR WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL DODGE DELAERSHIP WHERE IT WAS TO BE LOOKED AT. THE MECHANIC SUPERVISOR INFORMED ME THAT THERE WAS SLUDGE IN THE ENGINE AND THAT THE ENGINE WOULD NEED ...

Mileage: 80,000

DT: PROBLEM BEGAN ABOUT ONE MONTH AGO, THE STEERING WAS LOOSE. WHEN MOVING THE STEERING WHEEL ABOUT 5-10 DEGREES IN EITHER DIRECTION, THE STEERING SYSTEM DOES NOT RESPOND. THEN, THE VEHILCE WAS TAKEN TO A MECHANIC, WHO DETERMINED THAT RACK AND PINION STEERING NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE OWNER WAS ATT...

Mileage: 34,100

DT: TRANSMISSION WENT OUT ABOUT MONTH AGO. JUST HAD TRANSMISSION REDONE, HOWEVER, VEHICLE OVERHEATED. TOOK TO A MECHANIC AND WAS INFORMED 2 FANS WERE WORKING PROPERLY. NEXT DAY WAS STUCK IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC WHEN THE CAR OVERHEATED. TRIED TO MANEUVER THROUGH TRAFFIC AND ENGINE STARTED KNOCKIN...

Mileage: 135,000

DT: TRANSMISSION WENT OUT ABOUT MONTH AGO. JUST HAD TRANSMISSION REDONE, HOWEVER, VEHICLE OVERHEATED. TOOK TO A MECHANIC AND WAS INFORMED 2 FANS WERE WORKING PROPERLY. NEXT DAY WAS STUCK IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC WHEN THE CAR OVERHEATED. TRIED TO MANEUVER THROUGH TRAFFIC AND ENGINE STARTED KNOCKIN...

Mileage: 135,000

DT: CONTACT STATES WHILE HIS WIFE WAS DRIVING VEHICLE STALLED, THERE WAS SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. THERE WERE NO POWER STEERING OR POWER BRAKES. THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS BEFORE THIS HAPPENED. THE SERVICE DEALER SAID THE MOTOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. UPON INSPECTION, IT WAS FOUND THAT A P...

Mileage: 101,000

DT: CONTACT STATES WHILE HIS WIFE WAS DRIVING VEHICLE STALLED, THERE WAS SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. THERE WERE NO POWER STEERING OR POWER BRAKES. THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS BEFORE THIS HAPPENED. THE SERVICE DEALER SAID THE MOTOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. UPON INSPECTION, IT WAS FOUND THAT A P...

Mileage: 101,000

DT: CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AND VEHICLE STALLED. ENGINE WAS BAD. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER BEFORE STALLING, AND DEALER SAYS NOTHING WRONG. AFTER STALLING CONSUMER TOOK CAR TO ANOTHER GARAGE, AND WAS TOLD ENGINE WAS BAD. VEHICLE WAS SERVICED REGULARLY. VEHICLE HAS BEEN LOSING OIL PRESSURE, CAUSING IT ...

Mileage: 110,000

DT: CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AND VEHICLE STALLED. ENGINE WAS BAD. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER BEFORE STALLING, AND DEALER SAYS NOTHING WRONG. AFTER STALLING CONSUMER TOOK CAR TO ANOTHER GARAGE, AND WAS TOLD ENGINE WAS BAD. VEHICLE WAS SERVICED REGULARLY. VEHICLE HAS BEEN LOSING OIL PRESSURE, CAUSING IT ...

Mileage: 110,000

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...

Mileage: 44,350

DT: THE ENGINE HAS BLOWN. *TT

Mileage: 64,000

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 PRO...

Mileage: 53,000

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 I...

Mileage: 80,000

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 I...

Mileage: 80,000

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 TH...

Mileage: 70,000

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...

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 (WHE...

Mileage: 43,227

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 RE...

Mileage: 83,000

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 ...

Mileage: 79,000

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

Mileage: 87,533

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 INFORMAT...

Mileage: 90,000

OUR 2001 DODGE INTREPID WITH A V6 2.7 LTR ENGINE BEGIN TO MAKE EXTREMELY LOUD NOISES, COMING FROM THE ENGINE. WE MANAGED TO DRIVE IT AT LOW SPEED FOR ABOUT 5 MILES, SINCE IT SEEMED TO HAVE NO POWER, TO OUR LOCAL DODGE DEALERSHIP. *JB WE WERE TOLD THE NEXT DAY THE ENGINE WAS BLOWN AND NEEDED REPLAC...

Mileage: 63,621

2001 DODGE INTREPID ENGINE IS CREATING A KNOCKING SOUND WHEN DRIVEN.*MR *JB

@ 44,000MILES WNET TO GET OIL CHANGE AND PLACE REFUSE TO DO BECAUSE OF SLUDGE IN ENGINE. TOOK TO ANOTHER SHOP AND HAD ENGINE FLUSHED. @ 56,000 MILES ENGINE BEGAN KNOCKING AND LOST HALF IT'S POWER. HAD TOWED TO DEALERSHIP. THEY CALLED AND SAID ENGINE WAS SEIZED UP AND NEEDS REPLACED. WARRANTY COMPANY...

Mileage: 56,000

CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO START THE VEHICLE INTERMITTENTLY. VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. THE CAUSE WAS NOT DETERMINED. *AK

Mileage: 56,700

WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED ENGINE BLEW OUT. CONSUMER MANAGED TO PULL OVER, AND HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

Mileage: 64,000

I BOUGHT THIS CAR NEW AND HAVE TAKEN GOOD CARE OF IT, INCLUDING REGULAR OIL CHANGES. ENGINE SEIZED WHILE TRAVELING AT HIGH SPEED ON HIGHWAY WHILE COMMUTING FROM LOS ANGELES. I WAS LUCKY TO GET OFF THE FREEWAY WITHOUT INCIDENT AND BASICALLY COASTED OFF THE NEAREST EXIT AND INTO A GAS STATION. DEALER...

Mileage: 63,000

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, DRIVER BEGAN TO EXIT THE HIGHWAY AT 35 MPH AND VEHICLE SHUT DOWN. OWNER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER, AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE MOTOR SLUDGE BUILD UP CAUSED THE MOTOR TO SHUT DOWN. *AK

Mileage: 74,500

WHILE TURNING AT AN INTERSECTION ENGINE SHUT DOWN . OWNER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER, AND OWNER WAS INFORMED THAT THE ENGINE HAD A BUILD UP OF SLUDGE. OWNER STATED THAT BECAUSE OF THE SLUDGE BUILD UP THE WARRANTY COMPANY REFUSED TO PAY THE REPAIR COSTS FOR THE ENGINE. *AK

Mileage: 44,000

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STALLED, AND THE DRIVER SAW SMOKE COMING FROM UNDERNEATH THE HOOD. DRIVER WAS UNABLE TO RESTART VEHICLE, AND HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALER. MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM THE TAIL PIPE OF THE VEHICLE. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE INTO A MECHANIC, AND MECHANIC STATED THAT THE VACUUM HOSE HAD COME LOOSE. THE MECHANIC PLACED THE VACUUM HOSE BACK ONTO THE VEHICLE. A COUPLE OF DAYS LATER, ...

Mileage: 90,000

WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM THE TAIL PIPE OF THE VEHICLE. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE INTO A MECHANIC, AND MECHANIC STATED THAT THE VACUUM HOSE HAD COME LOOSE. THE MECHANIC PLACED THE VACUUM HOSE BACK ONTO THE VEHICLE. A COUPLE OF DAYS LATER, ...

Mileage: 90,000

WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED VEHICLE STALLED. CONSUMER PULLED OVER, AND HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED. DEALERSHIP INFORMED THE CONSUMER OF ENGINE SLUDGE. THE PROBLEM WAS NOT RESOLVED. *AK

Mileage: 59,775

CONSUMER NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM THE TAIL PIPE. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A MECHANIC, WHO DETERMINED THAT VACUUM HOSE DISENGAGED. MECHANIC PLACED THE VACUUIM HOSE BACK ON. A FEW DAYS LATER. THE ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AGAIN. CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO TH...

Mileage: 90,000

CONSUMER NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM THE TAIL PIPE. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A MECHANIC, WHO DETERMINED THAT VACUUM HOSE DISENGAGED. MECHANIC PLACED THE VACUUIM HOSE BACK ON. A FEW DAYS LATER. THE ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AGAIN. CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO TH...

Mileage: 90,000

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AND HEARD A NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE. CONSUMER MADE IT HOME, CHECKED THE OIL, AND FOUND IT WAS ALMOST EMPTY. WHAT WAS LEFT HAD A SLUDGE BUILD UP. CONSUMER SEARCHED THE INTERNET TO FIND THE SLUDGE BUILD UP COMPLAINTS.*AK

Mileage: 89,000

2001 DODGE INTREPID WITH 90,000 MILES. ENGINE FAILED ON 3-24-2005. SERVICE GARAGE REPORTS SLUDGE (OIL), TIMING BELT ISSUE, LIFTER DAMAGE, AND THAT MOST FEASIBLE CORRECTION IS NEW ENGINE. *JB

Mileage: 90,020

I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE IN MARCH 2002. RIGHT FROM THE BEGINNING I BEGIN HAVING OIL AND SLUDGE PROBLEMS. I HAVE HAVE THE SENSOR REPLACED SEVERAL TIMES. NOW I NOTICED A KNOCKING IN THE ENGINE. THE DEALERSHIP SAYS I NEED A WHOLE NEW ENGINE.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED VEHICLE STALLED. DRIVER WAS UNABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE, AND IT WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

OIL LIGHT CAME ON FOR ABOUT 15 SECONDS THEN THE ENGINE STARTED KNOCKING AND SEIZED UP.*AK

Mileage: 107,000

OIL LIGHT CAME ON FOR ABOUT 15 SECONDS THEN THE ENGINE STARTED KNOCKING AND SEIZED UP.*AK

Mileage: 107,000

WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED THE OIL WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. VEHICLE STALLED. CONSUMER MANAGED TO PULL OVER, AND HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED. DEALERSHIP REPAIRED THE PISTONS.*AK

Mileage: 62,000

DRIVING 55 ON HIGHWAY ENGINE STARTED KNOCKING AND QUIT TIMING CHAIN BLEW UP ENGINE. MY MECHANIC SAID IT LOOKED LIKE A STICK OF DYNAMITE WAS PUT IN MY ENGINE. REPORTED IT TO CHRYSLER AND THEY SAID BRING THE SUIT ON IT'S ALL YOUR FAULT. SLUDGE IS FROM POOR CARE. *JB

Mileage: 75,100

THE VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING AT 70 MPH WHEN ALL OF SUDDEN THE DRIVER HEARD A LOUD NOISE AND UNEXPECTEDLY THE ENGINE CUT OFF AND FAILED. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN CONTACTED BY CONSUMER. *NM

Mileage: 70,000

TODAY THE ENGINE FAILED ON MY 2001 DODGE INTREPID THIS IS THE 2.7 LITER ENGINE THAT I HAVE NOW DISCOVERED HAS SO MANY ISSUES LODGED AGAINST IT. I HAVE NOT TAKEN IT TO A SHOP YET FOR ESTIMATE/REPAIRS. *NM

Mileage: 61,356

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 MA...

Mileage: 85,000

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

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

Mileage: 78,000

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

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

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

Mileage: 91,500

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 ...

Mileage: 62,000

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 ...

Mileage: 62,000

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

Mileage: 54,000

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 F...

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 F...

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 ...

Mileage: 49,500

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 ...

Mileage: 78,000

WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH THE ENGINE SEIZED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CAUSE HAS YET TO BE DETERMINED. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *JB

Mileage: 69,000

WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE CONSUMER HEARD A LOUD KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. SUDDENLY, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONSUMER TRIED TO RESTART THE VEHICLE AND WAS ABLE TO DO SO. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT THE ENG...

VEHICLE TENDS TO STALL UNEXPECTEDLY WHILE BEING DRIVEN AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. TAKEN TO DEALER FOR CHECKUP, BUT THE CAUSE IS UNDETERMINED.*AK

MY 2001 DODGE INTREPID AT 70,000 MILES IS ALREADY SHOWING SLUDGE IN THE MOTOR EVEN THOUGH IT HAS HAD REGULAR MAINTENANCE. IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE 2.7 ENGINE HAS WIDELY DOCUMENTED PROBLEMS AND THAT CHRYSLER IS WELL AWARE OF THEM. MY MECHANIC EXPLAINED TO ME THAT IT IS A MATTER OF TIME BEFOR...

Mileage: 71,000

THE TRANS AXLE WENT OUT ON MY 2001 DODGE INTREPIDE. THIS IS GOING TO SET ME BACK ABOUT 2000.00 AND I AM A 1 JOB CUSTOMER WITH MY HUSBAND ON DISABILITY AND A FIXED INCOME AND THIS WILL MAKE IT REALLY HARD ON ME AND MY FAMILY.*AK

Mileage: 114,000

THE TRANS AXLE WENT OUT ON MY 2001 DODGE INTREPIDE. THIS IS GOING TO SET ME BACK ABOUT 2000.00 AND I AM A 1 JOB CUSTOMER WITH MY HUSBAND ON DISABILITY AND A FIXED INCOME AND THIS WILL MAKE IT REALLY HARD ON ME AND MY FAMILY.*AK

Mileage: 114,000

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED THE OIL WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. CONSUMER HEARD KNOCKING NOISES COMING FROM THE ENGINE. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

Mileage: 61,000

CONSUMER COMPLAINED OF POOR PERFORMANCE OF THE 2.7 LITER ENGINE IN 2001 DODGE INTREPID SE. BF TWO OF THE CONSUMER'S DODGE INTREPID'S EXPERIENCED THESE ENGINE FAILURE'S WHICH OCCURRED AT 114K AND 112K MILES. ALSO, THE CONSUMER'S DAUGHTER OWNED A 2001 INTREPID AND THE PCM FAILED WITHOUT WARNING...

Mileage: 12,000

ENGINE FAILURE -KNOCKING IN ENGINE- NO NOTICE-----PUT CAR IN SHOP--SAID BEARING -BOLTS--FELL OUT OF ENGINE INTO OIL PAN...2.7 ENGINE. CAN'T AFFORD EVEN A USED OR REMANUFACTURED ONE TO REPLACE--PRICE TO HIGH DUE TO SUPPLY AND DEMAND FROM FAILURE OF THIS ENGINE FOR 1998 THRU 2001 INTREPIDS.*JB

Mileage: 98,000

WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, ENGINE STALLED ON HIGHWAY. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO AVOID ACCIDENT BY PULLING OVER TO SIDE OF ROAD. THE CAUSE OF THIS IS UNDETERMINED. *NM

PURCHASED CAR IN 02 WITH 11000 MILES. MAINTAINED CAR WELL. AT 57000 MILES THE ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION BLEW. DEALER SAID THEIR WAS A BUILD UP OF SLUDGE. MY CAR WAS IN THE SHOP FOR 30 DAYS. 4 DAYS AFTER REPAIRED I RETURNED IT TO DEALER WITH COMPLAINT OF TRANSMISSION SLIPPING. THEY COULDN'T FEEL IT SLI...

Mileage: 57,000

PURCHASED CAR IN 02 WITH 11000 MILES. MAINTAINED CAR WELL. AT 57000 MILES THE ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION BLEW. DEALER SAID THEIR WAS A BUILD UP OF SLUDGE. MY CAR WAS IN THE SHOP FOR 30 DAYS. 4 DAYS AFTER REPAIRED I RETURNED IT TO DEALER WITH COMPLAINT OF TRANSMISSION SLIPPING. THEY COULDN'T FEEL IT SLI...

Mileage: 57,000

I BELIEVE THE STEERING MECHANISM IN MY INTREPID IS DEFECTIVE. I CAN TURN THE STEERING WHEEL ALMOST ONE HALF TURN WITHOUT TURNING THE CAR. BILL SMITH, SERVICE MANAGER, BAY AREA TIRE AND SERVICE CENTER, GLEN BURNIE, MARYLAND, HAS LOOKED AT THE CAR AND BELIEVES THAT THE PROBLEM IS WITH THE STEERING R...

THE ENGINE FAILED WHILE DRIVING. THIS IS A 2001 DODGE INTREPID WITH UNDER 67,000 MILES ON IT. THE TIMING CHAIN SNAPPED AND THE 2.7 LITER ENGINE NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. *NM

Mileage: 67,000

SLIT RATTLE NOISE DIE COMPLETELY HAD TO BE TOWED HOME MECHANIC LOOKED AT BUT SAID IT COST A LOT MORE THAN I HAD TO FIX IT. *JB

Mileage: 98,000

2001 DODGE INTREPID SE STARTED MAKING A LOUD RATTLING NOISE FOR NO REASON. HAD CAR TOWED TO A GARAGE, AND MECHANIC REFUSED TO WORK ON IT. HAD CAR TOWED TO SECOND GARAGE, MECHANIC TOLD US THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. CAR HAD 70000 MILES AND KEPT IN GOOD CONDITION WITH REGULAR OIL CHANGES ...

Mileage: 70,000

VEHICLE REACHED 45000 MILES WHEN ENGINE NO LONGER OPERATED. TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR REPAIRS UNDER EXTENDED WARRANTY. LATER, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT APPEARED. DEALER FOUND THAT THE GAS TANK NEEDED A NEW HOSE FOR $350.00. *AK THE CONSUMER STATED THAT HE BELIEVED THE DEALER KNOWINGLY SOLD A BAD VEHI...

Mileage: 45,000

WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH THE MOTOR CEASED TO FUNCTION. IT BEGAN BY MAKING A NOISE. THEN THE VEHICLE LOST POWER. THERE WAS NO POWER STEERING OR POWER BRAKES. CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALER, AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE TIMING CHAIN BLEW APART, AND THERE WAS NO COMPRESSION IN TH...

Mileage: 78,000

CONSUMER NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS RUNNING ROUGHLY. NO PRIOR WARNING, THEN VEHICLE STALLED. CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO RESTART VEHICLE, AND HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALER. MECHANIC INFORMED DETERMINED THAT THE HEAD GASKET HAD BLOWN OUT, AND THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

20 01 DODGE INTREPID,43K. MI., PURCHASED IN 02, DRIVE 7000. MILES, YEAR MAINTAINED TO SPECKS. LAST OIL CHANGE SHOWED MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF SLUDGE BUILD-UP. TWO WEEKS LATER THE ENGINE BLEW. ACCORDING TO SERV. MGR. AT DEALERSHIP WHERE WE PURCHASED IT, IT IS THE TIMING CHAIN GUIDES. I'M SURE HE'S FARMILIA...

Mileage: 42,994

20 01 DODGE INTREPID,43K. MI., PURCHASED IN 02, DRIVE 7000. MILES, YEAR MAINTAINED TO SPECKS. LAST OIL CHANGE SHOWED MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF SLUDGE BUILD-UP. TWO WEEKS LATER THE ENGINE BLEW. ACCORDING TO SERV. MGR. AT DEALERSHIP WHERE WE PURCHASED IT, IT IS THE TIMING CHAIN GUIDES. I'M SURE HE'S FARMILIA...

Mileage: 42,994

20 01 DODGE INTREPID,43K. MI., PURCHASED IN 02, DRIVE 7000. MILES, YEAR MAINTAINED TO SPECKS. LAST OIL CHANGE SHOWED MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF SLUDGE BUILD-UP. TWO WEEKS LATER THE ENGINE BLEW. ACCORDING TO SERV. MGR. AT DEALERSHIP WHERE WE PURCHASED IT, IT IS THE TIMING CHAIN GUIDES. I'M SURE HE'S FARMILIA...

Mileage: 42,994

12/11/04 = ENGINE FAILURE ON A 2001 DODGE INTREPID WHILE DRIVING ON I-77 NORTH OF CHARLOTTE, NC. OIL LIGHT FLICKERED ON AND OFF. PULLED OVER TO SHOULDER TO CHECK OIL LEVEL AND FOUOND AT MAX. CONTINUED DRIVING AND ABOUT 30 MILES LATER EIGINE RPM ACCLERATED TO 5000 RPM AT 70 MPH. ENGINE CUT OFF AND HA...

Mileage: 80,000

I HAVE A 2001 DODGE INTREPID I PURCHASED THIS CAR FROM THE DEALERSHIP APPROX. 2YEARS AGO (IT WAS A LOANER CAR) FIRST I HAD TO REPLACE THE COOLING FAN (NO BIG DEAL) NOW I AM FINDING OUT THAT THE ENTIRE ENGINE NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. WHILE GETTING MY OIL CHANGED THE ATTENDANT TOLD ME THAT I HAD A SMALL ...

Mileage: 62,000

I BOUGHT DODGE INTREPID 2001 SE 2.7 L FROM THE LOCAL AUCTION WITH ONLY 53000 MILES ON THE ODOMETER. AS I WAS DRIVING BACK FROM THE AUCTION, I HEARD TAPPING NOISE FROM THE ENGINE. I STOPPED AND OPENED THE HOOD AND FOUND THAT ENGINE WAS LOW ON THE OIL, I DECIDE TO ADD ONE QUART OF ENGINE OIL UNTIL I...

Mileage: 54,500

WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH VEHICLE STALLED. CONSUMER WAS NOT ABLE TO RESTART VEHICLE, AND HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK THE MOTOR HAD LOCKED AND THREW A ROD. THE CONSUMER WOULD CHANGES REGULARLY. *SC *JB

DEFECT IN MOTOR DESIGN, MOTORS SELF DESTRUCTION AT 90000 MI OR LESS. SON WAS DRIVING CAR ON INTERSTATE, TRIED TO PASS TRUCK, MOTOR BLEW, NARROWLY MISSED CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. AFTER NUMEROUS PHONE CALLS TO REPAIR SHOPS I'VE BEEN TOLD THESE 2.7 LITER V6 MOTORS ARE JUNK. THEY HAVE A DEFECT WITH THE OIL ...

Mileage: 85,600

WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH THE ENGINE FAILED. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO GET TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. *AK

Mileage: 61,000

VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN A DRIVEWAY AND IT JUMPED OUT OF GEAR AND HIT A TREE. CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, BUT DEALER WAS UNABLE TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK THE CONSUMERS 4 YEAR OLD DAUGHTERS HAND GRABBED THE SHIFTING LEVER WHILE BEING MOVED FROM THE FRONT SEAT TO TH...

Mileage: 52,000

VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN A DRIVEWAY AND IT JUMPED OUT OF GEAR AND HIT A TREE. CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, BUT DEALER WAS UNABLE TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK THE CONSUMERS 4 YEAR OLD DAUGHTERS HAND GRABBED THE SHIFTING LEVER WHILE BEING MOVED FROM THE FRONT SEAT TO TH...

Mileage: 52,000

A NOISE WAS HEARD COMING FROM THE FRONT WHILE DRIVING. THEN, VEHICLE STALLED. CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO RESTART VEHICLE, AND HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. MECHANIC INFORMED DETERMINED THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK.....OLD ENGINE WAS REMOVED AND A NEW ONE WAS INSTALLED AT COS...

Mileage: 78,000

THE CONSUMER EXPERIENCED A PROBLEM WITH THE HEADLIGHT LENSES. THEY CONTAINED A FOGGY HAZE WHICH MADE VISIBILITY DANGEROUSLY LIMITED. *JB *SC

Mileage: 61,000

THE ENGINE IN MY AUTO( 2001 DODGE INTREPID) FAILED----REGULAR OIL AND FILTER CHANGES TOOK PLACE----ENGINE WOULD CUTOFF WITHOUT NOTICE WHILE DRIVING------CHRSLER WOULD NOT ACKNOWLEDGE WARRANTY BUT WOULD REPAIR AT COST-----RESEARCH INDICATES THAT THIS ENGINE WOULD DEVELOPE A SLUDGE BUILDUP PROBLEM AS ...

Mileage: 67,000

WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH ENGINE FAILED. DEALER STATED THE OIL PUMP CLOGGED. *AK

Mileage: 120,000

I WAS DRIVING AT 20 MPH. THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP. COULD NOT BRAKE OR SPEED UP. ONE MECHANIC SAID IT WAS THE TIMING CHAIN. AND I WOULD NEED A NEW MOTOR. ESTIMATE WAS 4900- 5500. CANT AFFORD IT.*AK

Mileage: 56,126

WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH VEHICLE STALLED. AS A RESULT, STEERING LOCKED. *AK

Mileage: 63,000

WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE STARTED LOSING POWER. THE DEALERSHIP INDICATED THIS WAS DUE TO A SLUDGE PROBLEM. *JB

Mileage: 59,906

THE VEHICLE WOULD ACCELERATE NO MORE THEN 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT THE PROBLEM WAS DUE TO SLUDGE BUILD UP IN THE ENGINE. *JB

Mileage: 59,900

WHILE TRAVELING DOWN THE INTERSTATE THE ENGINE BEGAN KNOCKING ON MY 2001 INTREPID. HAD THE CAR TOWED TO GARAGE THEY SAID ENGINE WAS FULL OF SLUDGE AND NEEDED REBUILT OR REPLACED WE CHANGED THE OIL EVERY 3000-4000 MILES UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION THIS IS KNOWN TO BE A CHRYSLER PROBLEM BUT THEY REFUSE...

Mileage: 100,820

WHILE DRIVING A KNOCKING NOISE CAME FROM THE ENGINE. DEALERSHIP INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT ENGINE ROD BLEW OUT. THE PROBLEM WAS REPAIRED. *AK

Mileage: 115,000

CONSUMER STATED ENGINE FAILED COMPLETELY. *AK

Mileage: 47,000

THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD AND REMAINED ON. VEHICLE OVERHEATED AND STALLED. CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO RESTART VEHICLE, AND HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK

HAD A NOISE COMING FROM THE TOP OF MY ENGINE THAT STARTED ON MY WAY TO WORK ONE MORNING. DROVE IT HOME AND THEN TOOK IT TO THE DODGE DEALERSHIP TO HAVE IT LOOKED AT. THEY SAID THE ENGINE WAS BAD DUE TO SLUDGE AND NEEDED REPLACED. THE TIMING CHAIN HAD NOT BROKEN YET SO THEY SAID IF DIDN'T REPLACE ...

Mileage: 63,000

WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH VEHICLE STALLED. CONSUMER RESTARTED THE VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

Mileage: 67,000

WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH VEHICLE STALLED. CONSUMER RESTARTED THE VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

Mileage: 67,000

MY WIFE WAS TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY 65 AND STOPPED AT THE LIGHT.THE ENGINE SUDDENLY SHUTDOWN WITHHOUT WARNING AND SMOKE CAME OUT FROM UNDER THE HOOD. MY WIFE WAS TERRIFIED AND STUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD FOR ABOUT 20 MINUTES UNTIL THE HIGHWAY PATROL PUSHED THE CAR TO THE SIDE. THE ESTIMATED REPAIR...

Mileage: 84,000

WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE CONSUMER HEARD A LOUD KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. SUDDENLY THE VEHICLE JERKED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A GARAGE FOR INSPECTION. THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO SLUDGE IN THE ENGINE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER ...

WHILE DRIVING, THE ENGINE SHUT DOWN. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER AND THE ENGINE WAS FOUND TO BE DEFECTIVE. THE CONSUMER STATED HE COULD NOT FIND ANYONE TO WORK ON THE VEHICLE. *JB

WHILE STEERING, A LOUD NOISE WAS HEARD COMING FROM THE STEERING WHEEL. THE CONSUMER NOTICED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL FAILED TO TURN ON ITS OWN. THE CONSUMER DROVE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR AN INSPECTION. THE MECHANIC WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. PLEASE FILL IN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION....

KNOCKING IN ENGINE WHILE DRIVING HOME FROM WORK. TOOK TO CHRYSLER AND THEY SAID THERE WAS SLUDGE IN THE OIL, AND MY WARRANTY WAS NULL AND VOID

Mileage: 72,000

WHILE DRIVING, POWER STEERING COLUMN WENT OUT. *BF THE REAR POWER DOOR LOCKS FAILED. *JB

WHILE DRIVING, POWER STEERING COLUMN WENT OUT. *BF THE REAR POWER DOOR LOCKS FAILED. *JB

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING THE CAR AND IT SUDDENLY STOPPED WORKING CAUSING HER TO BE IN THE MIDDLE OF A MULTI-LANE ROAD AND IN DANGER OF BEING HIT BY RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC. THE CAR WAS TOWED TO THE AUTO SHOP WHERE THEY DISCOVERED THE WATER PUMP HAD BROKEN, CAUSING METAL FRAGMENTS TO FALL INTO THE OIL PAN. T...

Mileage: 59,009

WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STOPPED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER STATED THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *JB

Mileage: 54,000

NASTY SMELL FROM A/C, SUSPENSION/AXLES AND OTHER PROBLEMS WITH DODGE INTREPID. *BF THERE WERE SCRATCHES ON THE COVER OF THE RADIO PROGRAM, PROBLEMS WITH THE WINDOW AND DOOR LOCK, THE RIGHT PASSENGER FRONT HAD PIN HOLES, THE FRONT END WAS LOUD GRABBING AND KNOCKING, THE DRIVER DOOR WINDOW DISPLAY...

NASTY SMELL FROM A/C, SUSPENSION/AXLES AND OTHER PROBLEMS WITH DODGE INTREPID. *BF THERE WERE SCRATCHES ON THE COVER OF THE RADIO PROGRAM, PROBLEMS WITH THE WINDOW AND DOOR LOCK, THE RIGHT PASSENGER FRONT HAD PIN HOLES, THE FRONT END WAS LOUD GRABBING AND KNOCKING, THE DRIVER DOOR WINDOW DISPLAY...

NASTY SMELL FROM A/C, SUSPENSION/AXLES AND OTHER PROBLEMS WITH DODGE INTREPID. *BF THERE WERE SCRATCHES ON THE COVER OF THE RADIO PROGRAM, PROBLEMS WITH THE WINDOW AND DOOR LOCK, THE RIGHT PASSENGER FRONT HAD PIN HOLES, THE FRONT END WAS LOUD GRABBING AND KNOCKING, THE DRIVER DOOR WINDOW DISPLAY...

NASTY SMELL FROM A/C, SUSPENSION/AXLES AND OTHER PROBLEMS WITH DODGE INTREPID. *BF THERE WERE SCRATCHES ON THE COVER OF THE RADIO PROGRAM, PROBLEMS WITH THE WINDOW AND DOOR LOCK, THE RIGHT PASSENGER FRONT HAD PIN HOLES, THE FRONT END WAS LOUD GRABBING AND KNOCKING, THE DRIVER DOOR WINDOW DISPLAY...

NASTY SMELL FROM A/C, SUSPENSION/AXLES AND OTHER PROBLEMS WITH DODGE INTREPID. *BF THERE WERE SCRATCHES ON THE COVER OF THE RADIO PROGRAM, PROBLEMS WITH THE WINDOW AND DOOR LOCK, THE RIGHT PASSENGER FRONT HAD PIN HOLES, THE FRONT END WAS LOUD GRABBING AND KNOCKING, THE DRIVER DOOR WINDOW DISPLAY...

NASTY SMELL FROM A/C, SUSPENSION/AXLES AND OTHER PROBLEMS WITH DODGE INTREPID. *BF THERE WERE SCRATCHES ON THE COVER OF THE RADIO PROGRAM, PROBLEMS WITH THE WINDOW AND DOOR LOCK, THE RIGHT PASSENGER FRONT HAD PIN HOLES, THE FRONT END WAS LOUD GRABBING AND KNOCKING, THE DRIVER DOOR WINDOW DISPLAY...

NASTY SMELL FROM A/C, SUSPENSION/AXLES AND OTHER PROBLEMS WITH DODGE INTREPID. *BF THERE WERE SCRATCHES ON THE COVER OF THE RADIO PROGRAM, PROBLEMS WITH THE WINDOW AND DOOR LOCK, THE RIGHT PASSENGER FRONT HAD PIN HOLES, THE FRONT END WAS LOUD GRABBING AND KNOCKING, THE DRIVER DOOR WINDOW DISPLAY...

NASTY SMELL FROM A/C, SUSPENSION/AXLES AND OTHER PROBLEMS WITH DODGE INTREPID. *BF THERE WERE SCRATCHES ON THE COVER OF THE RADIO PROGRAM, PROBLEMS WITH THE WINDOW AND DOOR LOCK, THE RIGHT PASSENGER FRONT HAD PIN HOLES, THE FRONT END WAS LOUD GRABBING AND KNOCKING, THE DRIVER DOOR WINDOW DISPLAY...

WHILE STARTING UP VEHICLE STALLED. CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO RESTART VEHICLE, AND HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO WATER PUMP DAMAGE. ALSO, VALVES AND HEAD GASKET MALFUNCTIONED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH CONSUMER HEARD A NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE. CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP ON APRIL, 2004, DEALERSHIP INDICATED TO THE CONSUMER DUE THAT THE OIL WAS NOT CHANGING PROPERLY AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACE THE ENGINE AT CONSUMER'S EXPENSE OF $9,000 ALTHOUGH CONSUMER P...

WE HAVE A 2001 DODGE INTREPID ES 4 MONTHS OFF WARRANTY THAT NEEDS A COMPLETE RACK N PINION REPLACEMENT. AFTER NOTICING A LACK OF MOBILITY ON CORNERS, WE PURCHASED NEW TIRES (HEY NEVER THOUGHT IT COULD BE SOMETHING AS HUGE A DEFECT AS THIS) AFTER THEY SHOWED SOME WEAR AND WINTER IS COMING. MANUEVE...

Mileage: 37,800

WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH VEHICLE STALLED. CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO RESTART VEHICLE, AND IT WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE ENGINE BLEW OUT AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, AND REPLACED IT THREE TIMES. *AK

MY CAR BEGAN TO MAKE A LOUD KNOCKING SOUND. I TOOK IT STRAIGHT TO A SERVICE CENTER. AFTER LOOKING AT THE CAR, THEY SAID I NEEDED A NEW ENGINE. I HAD IT TOWED TO ANOTHER SERVICE CENTER FOR A SECOND OPINION, THEY, TOO, SAID I NEEDED A NEW ENGINE. THE CHAIN TENSION SPRING BROKE CAUSING MY CAR TO ...

Mileage: 62,000

I WAS TURNING CORNER, GOING APPROX. 5 MPH, WHEN MY STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP, I COULDN'T STEER THE CAR AT ALL. I ENDED UP 1/2 IN THE DITCH 1/2 IN THE STREET. I HAD TO PUT ON THE BRAKE TO STOP, BUT HAD NO CONTROL OF THE CAR. WE CALLED DOUGLAS IN CLINTON, IL. THEY PROVIDED ME WITH A LOANER CAR AND ...

I WAS DRIVING MY 2001 DODGE INTREPID AND CAME TO A FOUR WAY STOP AND MY ENGINE FAILED. TWO GENTLRMEN ASSISTED WITH PUSHING MY VEHICLE OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD TO AVOID ANY INJURIES. *AK

Mileage: 54,000

THIS COMPLAINT IS ABOUT AUTO THAT I PURCHASED FROM SOUTH CHICAGO DODGE IN SEPT 2000. DODGE INTRPID WITH 2/7 ENGINE THAT I HAVE GIVEN BACK TO FINANCE COMPANY BECAUSE OF ENGINE FAILURE. FEBUARY OF 2003 I BEGAN HEARING A CLINGING SOUND COME FROM THE AUTO AND I MADE A APPIONTMENT WITH SOUTH CHICAGO DO...

Mileage: 42,000

WHILE DRIVING SRS LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD. STEERING WHEEL LOCKED, AND THE HORN BECAME INOPERATIVE. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, AND DROVE IT HOME. THE CAUSE HAD NOT BEEN DETERMINED.*AK

WHILE DRIVING SRS LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD. STEERING WHEEL LOCKED, AND THE HORN BECAME INOPERATIVE. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, AND DROVE IT HOME. THE CAUSE HAD NOT BEEN DETERMINED.*AK

WHILE DRIVING SRS LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD. STEERING WHEEL LOCKED, AND THE HORN BECAME INOPERATIVE. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, AND DROVE IT HOME. THE CAUSE HAD NOT BEEN DETERMINED.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED CONSUMER HEARD A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. SUDDENLY VEHICLE JERKED AND VIBRATED. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND DROVE IT TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO SL...

WHILE DRIVING, VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE DRIVER TRIED TO RESTART THE VEHICLE AND WAS UNABLE TO DO SO. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE DRIVER THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *LA *SC *JB

Mileage: 6,700

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE SUDDENLY STOPPED ACCELERATING AND CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT BEFORE STALLING. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALERSHIP. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE TIMING BELT/OIL PUMP, AND 6 RODS. THE FAILURE RECURRED FOUR TIMES THEREAFTER, IN WHICH THE SHORT BLOCK, 02 SENSORS AND...

Mileage: 54,204

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE SUDDENLY STOPPED ACCELERATING AND CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT BEFORE STALLING. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALERSHIP. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE TIMING BELT/OIL PUMP, AND 6 RODS. THE FAILURE RECURRED FOUR TIMES THEREAFTER, IN WHICH THE SHORT BLOCK, 02 SENSORS AND...

Mileage: 54,204

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE SUDDENLY STOPPED ACCELERATING AND CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT BEFORE STALLING. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALERSHIP. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE TIMING BELT/OIL PUMP, AND 6 RODS. THE FAILURE RECURRED FOUR TIMES THEREAFTER, IN WHICH THE SHORT BLOCK, 02 SENSORS AND...

Mileage: 54,204

I HAVE A 2001 DODGE INTREPID 2.7 JUST RECENTLY MY CAR BROKE DOWN, I TOOK IT TO SEVERAL PLACES(4) TO FIND OUT THE PROBLEM AND WAS TOLD BE 4 DIFFERENT MECHNICS 2 BEEN A DODGE DEALERSHIPS THAT IT WAS THE ENGINE. I WAS ALSO TOLD BY ALL 4 MECHNICS THAT THE DODGE INTREPID HAS A SLUGEING PROBLEM WITH ALL...

Mileage: 144,000

MY CAR NEVER GAVE ME ANY SIGNS OF BURNING OIL, NOR DID I HAVE ANY HEATER ISSUES OR SMELLS. OWEVER, ON 05/21/02 I TOOK MY CAR IN TO SPITZER MOTOR CITY IN CLEVELAND FOR SERVICE BECAUSE I WAS SEEING THE ENGINE LIGHT. THEY DETERMINED THAT THEY NEEDED TO REPLACE MY PCV VALVE AND GAS CAP ($24.02 FOR PART...

Mileage: 63,964

WHILE DRIVING ENGINE BLEW OUT/SMOKED, AND STALLED. THERE WERE NO WARNINGS. ENGINE COMPLETELY FAILED. *AK

JULY, 2004, I WAS DRIVING MY 2001 DODGE INTREPID WHEN I MADE A LEFT TURN AND THE STEERING LOCKED UP, THE WHEEL WOULD NOT TURN BACK TO THE RIGHT. IT HAPPENED TWICE AS I TURNED INTO INTERSECTIONS SAME DAY. HAD THERE BEEN A VEHICLE IN THE OPPOSITE LANE, I WOULD HAVE HAD NO RECOURSE BUT TO CRASH IN TO I...

Mileage: 49,984

DRIVING AT SPEED OF 50-53 MPH AROUND A CURVE; 2001 DODGE INTREPID APPEARED TO BE IN NEUTRAL, THEN "CAUGHT" ; PROBLEM PERSISTS INTERMEDIATELY EVEN ON STRAIGHT HIGHWAY. *AK

Mileage: 68,086

NO WARNING--OTHER THAN A PROBLEM WITH THE HEAT THAT WE DIDN'T REALIZE WAS RELATED UNTIL AFTER. AS MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING THE CAR HOME, THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE ENGINE IMMEDIATELY DIED, IN TRAFFIC. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A MECHANIC, WHO INFORMED US THAT THE CAR HAD AN ENGINE SLUDGE PROBLE...

Mileage: 65,169

ABOUT 2 MONTHS AGO MY OIL WAS BURNING UP AND I HAD WHITE SMOKE COMING FROM THE EXHAUST. I HAD IT LOOKED AT AND THE PROBLEM WAS UNKNOWN. I HAD THE OIL CHANGED AND FILTER CHANGED SEVERAL TIMES WITHIN 2 MONTHS (DUE TO OIL BURNING UP). A COUPLE WEEKS AGO I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN MY ENGINE ST...

Mileage: 63,000

I WAS APPROX. 10 MILES OUT OF TOWN WHEN I NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. I PULLED OFF THE ROAD AND PROCEEDED TO OPEN HOOD WHERE I FOUND FLAMES COMING FROM THE ENGINE. FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED WHEN HOOD WAS CLOSED. I BELIEVE THAT THE OIL THAT WAS COMING FROM THE ENGINE WAS WHAT WAS BURNING...

Mileage: 44,000

THE ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. DEALERSHIP INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THE PROBLEM PERTAINED TO THE SLITS ON THE RUBBER VENT VALVE HOSE. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

Mileage: 21,769

WHEN THE HEADLIGHTS ARE TURNED ON THEY WILL FLICKER ALONG WITH THE INTERIOR AND DASH BOARD LIGHTS. DEALER HAS EXAMINED THE VEHICLE 9 TIMES FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROBLEM, BUT HAS NOT RESOLVED THE PROBLEM. *AK THE VEHICLE WOULD LOSE POWER WHILE SITTING AT A RED LIGHT WITH THE BRAKES APPLIED, THE RPM...

Mileage: 66,000

WHILE DRIVING A LOUD CLANKING NOISE WAS COMING FROM THE FRONT. THEN, VEHICLE STALLED. CONSUMER TRIED TO RESTART VEHICLE, BUT WAS UNABLE TO DO SO. CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT ENGINE NEEDED REPLACEMENT DUE TO WORN OUT PARTS. *AK THE VE...

WAS DRIVING ON AN INTERSTATE HIGHWAY AND THE ENGINE FAILED (AT 50,223 MILES). I WAS ABLE TO COAST OFF THE ROAD TO SAFETY. MCKINNEY DODGE, GASTONIA, NC INFORMED THE THE ENGINE WAS BLOWN AND NEEDED REPLACEMENT. THE DEALERSHIPE STATED THIS THE ENGINE FAILURE WAS DUE TO NOT CHANGING THE OIL AS REQUIRED,...

Mileage: 50,200

MY CAR DIED WITH ONLY 30 SECONDS WARNING. I WAS DRIVING SOUTH ON RT 83 JUST SOUTH OF ST CHARLES AVE IN VILLA PARK WHEN MY CAR STARTED TO JERK AND MAKE LOUD NOISES. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO THE PLACE OF PURCHASE AND THEY SAID THAT SLUDGE WAS PRESENT IN MY ENGINE. I HAD MY OIL CHANGED 6/15/2004 ATR MIDA...

Mileage: 57,500

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

Mileage: 74,000

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 P...

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

Mileage: 61,000

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 ...

Mileage: 55

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

Mileage: 70,000

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

WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED. *AK THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT THE ENGINE CONTAINED SLUDGE BUILD UP AFTER HAVING THE TIMING CHAIN TENSIONER CHANGED. THE CONSUMER HAD THE ENGINE FLUSHED TWO TIMES TO IMPROVE THE SLUDGE PROBLEM. AFTER THAT, THE VEHICLE STALLED WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOT...

Mileage: 67,345

WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED. *AK THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT THE ENGINE CONTAINED SLUDGE BUILD UP AFTER HAVING THE TIMING CHAIN TENSIONER CHANGED. THE CONSUMER HAD THE ENGINE FLUSHED TWO TIMES TO IMPROVE THE SLUDGE PROBLEM. AFTER THAT, THE VEHICLE STALLED WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOT...

Mileage: 67,345

WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED. *AK THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT THE ENGINE CONTAINED SLUDGE BUILD UP AFTER HAVING THE TIMING CHAIN TENSIONER CHANGED. THE CONSUMER HAD THE ENGINE FLUSHED TWO TIMES TO IMPROVE THE SLUDGE PROBLEM. AFTER THAT, THE VEHICLE STALLED WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOT...

Mileage: 67,345

WITH LESS THAN 85000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE, THE RACK AND PINION STEERING IS IN NEED OF REPLACEMENT PER MY LOCAL MECHANIC. THE FAILURE OF A PART THIS CRITICAL THIS SOON IS UNACCEPTABLE. *LA

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 MANUFACT...

Mileage: 46,200

WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE OIL PUMP CRACKED WHICH ALLOWED METAL DEBRIS INSIDE THE ENGINE. *AK *SC *JB

Mileage: 79,000

WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER HEAR A NOISE. HE DROVE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, WHO TOLD HIM THAT IT WAS A VALVE TRAIN NOISE, AND THAT THERE WAS NO PROBLEM IF HE HAD THE OIL CHANGED. ONE WEEK LATER, THE VEHICLE JUST STOPPED, AND WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIRS. *AK

Mileage: 45,000

WHILE DRIVING 60-65 MPH, THE CONSUMER SMELLED HEAT AND SAW SOME SMOKE. THE CONSUMER PULLED OVER AND NOTICED THE ENGINE WAS ON FIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS SERVICED AND THE FIRE WAS DUE TO A WATER PUMP FALLING APART INTERACTIONS WITH THE MOTOR. *JB ENGINE WAS FILLED WITH COOLANT WHICH THE OIL TO BLOW ...

Mileage: 48,416

CONSUMER STATED THAT ENGINE FAILED WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH. CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, AND WAS TOLD IT WOULD COST SEVERAL THOUSAND DOLLARS TO REMOVE AND REPLACE THE MOTOR. *AK

Mileage: 74,350

3 YEAR OLD DODGE INTREPID, BOUGHT NEW, WITH 75,000 MILES HAS A LARGE AMOUNT OF PLAY IN THE STEERING WHEEL BEFORE DIRECTION CHANGE OCCURS. INDICATIONS ARE STEERING RACK NEEDS REPLACED. THERE IS A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN ON THIS CONDITION, BUT NO RECALL. I CONTACTED CHRYSLER FOR ASSISTANCE, BUT T...

Mileage: 740,000

DRIVING ON THE (VERY BUSY)FREEWAY IN PHEONIX, AZ, WE STARTED HEARING VERY QUIET CLICKING NOISE IN MY '01 DODGE INTREPID. WE ROLLED DOWN THE WINDOWS, HEARD LOUDER CLICKING, AND STARTED LOSING POWER. WE MADE IT TO THE NEXT EXIT, AND THE CAR DIED NOT HALF WAY DOWN THE ONRAMP. WE DID STEER IT TO THE SID...

Mileage: 89,700

NO OIL OR ENGINE LIGHT. ONE DAY ENGINE STARTING MAKING A LOUD RACKET. TOOK TO DEALERSHIP THEY SAID IT SPUN A BEARING DUE TO OIL SLUDGE OR NO OIL. I HAD THE OIL CHANGED REGULARY AT WAL-MART AND SUPERLUBE SINCE I COULDN'T GET UNDE THE CAR TO CHANGE THE OIL MYSELF. CAR HAD 80,000 MILES WHEN THIS HAPPEN...

Mileage: 80,100

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STALLED. CONSUMER PULLED VEHICLE OFF THE ROAD, AND WAS UNABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. IT WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED.*AK

WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER SMELLED CHEMICAL FUMES INSIDE THE VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

Mileage: 53,000

I BOUGHT MY 2001 DODGE INTREPID IN 2002 WITH 12,000. ALL OF A SUDDEN WITH NO WARNING MY ENGINE DIES.WHY IS A CAR THAT IS NOT EVEN 3 YEARS OLD DEAD. I JUST HAD AN OIL CHANGE THE DAY PRIOR. NOW I AM TOLD THAT IT WILL COST 5500$ TO REPAIR IT. ONLY CHOICE IS NEW ENGINE. I HAVE LITTLE OVER 50,000 MILES,...

I BOUGHT MY 2001 DODGE INTREPID IN 2002 WITH 12,000. ALL OF A SUDDEN WITH NO WARNING MY ENGINE DIES.WHY IS A CAR THAT IS NOT EVEN 3 YEARS OLD DEAD. I JUST HAD AN OIL CHANGE THE DAY PRIOR. NOW I AM TOLD THAT IT WILL COST 5500$ TO REPAIR IT. ONLY CHOICE IS NEW ENGINE. I HAVE LITTLE OVER 50,000 MILES,...

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED A DASHBOARD LIGHT AND A BELL NOTIFIED CONSUMER THAT AN ENGINE PROBLEM WAS EVIDENT. ONCE THE VEHICLE WAS SLOWED DOWN AND STOPPED IT WOULD NOT START FOR THE CONSUMER. DEALER EXAMINED THE VEHICLE AND COULD NOT DETERMINE WHAT CAUSED THE PROBLEM. *AK

Mileage: 56,000

AFTER OWNING OUR 2001 DODGE INTREPID FOR ONLY A YEAR, THE TIMING CHAINS WENT OUT, WE REPAIRED IT AT A COST OF $2,700. ONE WEEK LATER WHILE DRIVING ON THE EXPRESSWAY THE ENGINE STOPPED WORKING ALMOST CAUSING AN ACCIDENT, BECAUSE OF LOSS OF POWER.*AK

Mileage: 82,000

WHILE DRIVING AT UNKNOWN SPEED VEHICLE STALLED. DEALERSHIP COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM.*AK

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WHEN MY CAR SUDDENLY CUT OFF, DUE TO ENGINE FAILURE. *LA

Mileage: 87,500

WHILE STOPPED, THE CONSUMER NOTICED THE ENGINE SMOKING AND PULLED OVER. SHE SHUT THE ENGINE OFF AND LOOKED UNDER THE HOOD. THE CONSUMER STARTED THE VEHICLE AGAIN AND THE ENGINE STARTED KNOCKING. THE ENGINE WAS SHUT OFF AGAIN AND THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED. ONCE THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED, THE TECHNICIAN ...

WHILE MAKING A TURN CONSUMER LOST STEERING CONTROL. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

Mileage: 85,000

ENGINE LOCKED UP WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 55-60 MPH. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO DEALER, WHO INDICATED THAT THIS OCCURRED DUE TO SLUDGE IN THE ENGINE BECAUSE OF OIL BUILD UP. THIS WAS A COMMON FAILURE WITH THESE ENGINE SIZES. ALSO, BECAUSE THIS WAS A COMMON FAILURE MECHANIC HAD HAVING DIFFICULTY REPLACING...

Mileage: 49,000

2001 DODGE INTREPID 65,000 MILES 2.7 ENGINE 2.7 L ENGINE - BLOWN HEAD GASKETS/HEAD POSSIBLY NEED NEW ENGINE. *AK

Mileage: 65,000

RECALL NO.#03V035000, SEAT BACK RECLINER BOLT: THE RECALL WAS DONE ON THE VEHICLE BUT NOW THE SEAT MOTOR HAS DROPPED DOWN UNDER THE SEAT. THE CONSUMER CLAIMED THAT THERE WAS NO PROBLEMS WITH THE SEAT MOTOR BEFORE THE RECALL. *JB *NM

Mileage: 84,000

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND TOOK IT TO AUTO SHOP THEY SAID IT WAS BECAUSE OF THE GAS CAP BEING LOOSE. AFTER PURCHASING A NEW GAS CAP THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN WITHIN A COUPLE OF DAYS. RECENTLY CAR WOULD NOT START HAD TOWED TO TWO PLACES THEN TO DEALER WHO SAID THE TIMEING JUMPS AND T...

Mileage: 84,000

MY 2001 DODGE INTREPID WITH 52,000 MILES JUST SUDDENLY CAME UP WITH A CLOGGED EGR VALVE, WAS BURNING OIL, AND HAD A ROD KNOCK. I THOUGH THIS WAS STRANGE FOR A CAR WITH SO FEW MILES UNTIL I SAW THE GREAT NUMBER OF WEBSITES DESCRIBING SIMILAR BREAKDOWNS AND EXPLAINING THE DESIGN FLAWS THAT CAUSE THIS...

Mileage: 52,000

WHEN ATTEMPTING TO START THE VEHICLE IT WOULD NOT START. CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE ENGINE FAILED. *AK

DODGE INTREPID 2001 2.7 ENGINE FAILURE DUE TO SLUDGE. *AK

Mileage: 80,000

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED CONSUMER HEARD A TAPPING SOUND COMING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. CONSUMER USED ENGINE ADDITIVES TO STOP THE NOISE, WHICH HELPED FOR A SHORT TIME. EVENTUALLY, THE TAPPING NOISE BECAME LOUDER, AND THE VEHICLE STALLED ON THE HIGHWAY. THE DEALER HAD ALREADY REPLACED TWO...

Mileage: 55,021

ENGINE FAILED AT 54,000 MILES WITHOUT WARNING. DEALER STATED THAT ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REBUILT. *AK

Mileage: 54,000

THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND VEHICLE HAD DIFFICULTLY ACCELERATING QUICKLY. *PH

Mileage: 33,000

THE HEADLIGHTS ON MY 2001 DODGE INTREPID FLASH BRIGHT & DIM ON BOTH HIGH AND LOW BEAM. THE LIGHT BEHIND THE SPEEDOMETER, FUEL GAUGE, ETC. ALSO FLASHES AT THE SAME TIME. THE DEALERSHIP HAS BEEN UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. I HAVE BEEN TOLD THE HEADLIGHTS WILL HAVE TO FAIL BEFORE THEY CAN START RE...

Mileage: 34,900

OIL LIGHT COMES ON UPON IDLING AFTER DRIVING IN HEAVY TRAFFIC ALSO HAVE NOTICED OIL LEAKING. A POOL OF OIL ON GROUND WHERE CAR IS PARKED. TOOK TO DODGE DEALERSHIP TO EXAMINE. CAR STILL UNDER EXTENDED WARRANTY UNTIL DEC 2004. UPON EXPECTION DODGE ADVISES THEY NEED TO REPLACE OIL PRESSURE SWITCH (UNDE...

Mileage: 55,342

AFTER OWNING VEHICLE FOR THREE YEARS ENGINE FAILED DUE TO OIL SLUDGE BUILD UP. HOWEVER, DEALER STATED THERE WAS NO DEFECT. *AK

Mileage: 46,000

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...

Mileage: 68,302

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

Mileage: 68,000

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 RE...

Mileage: 55,000

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

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

Mileage: 34,000

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

Mileage: 85,000

2001 SE ENGINE FAILURE AT 33,000 MILES DUE TO SLUDGE BUILD UP. *AK

Mileage: 33,000

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

Mileage: 54,000

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

Mileage: 37,000

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

Mileage: 58,000

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 MECHAN...

Mileage: 75,550

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 VE...

Mileage: 35,000

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

Mileage: 60,400

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 ENGI...

Mileage: 57,000

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 ...

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 HA...

Mileage: 58,026

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 P...

Mileage: 64,555

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

Mileage: 73,020

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

I HAVE A 2001 DODGE INTREPID WITHOUT ANY WARNING MY CAR'S ENGINE STOPPED WORKING CAUSING MY POWER STEERING AND BRAKES TO GO. LUCKLY I WAS TRAVELING AT SLOW SPEED, AND I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER WITHOUT CAUSING ANY ACCIDENTS OR INJURIES. ALTHOUGH I AM OK MY CAR IS NOT. THIS IS A NEW VEHICLE THE ENGIN...

Mileage: 65,000

I HAVE A 2001 DODGE INTREPID WITHOUT ANY WARNING MY CAR'S ENGINE STOPPED WORKING CAUSING MY POWER STEERING AND BRAKES TO GO. LUCKLY I WAS TRAVELING AT SLOW SPEED, AND I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER WITHOUT CAUSING ANY ACCIDENTS OR INJURIES. ALTHOUGH I AM OK MY CAR IS NOT. THIS IS A NEW VEHICLE THE ENGIN...

Mileage: 65,000

I HAVE A 2001 DODGE INTREPID WITHOUT ANY WARNING MY CAR'S ENGINE STOPPED WORKING CAUSING MY POWER STEERING AND BRAKES TO GO. LUCKLY I WAS TRAVELING AT SLOW SPEED, AND I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER WITHOUT CAUSING ANY ACCIDENTS OR INJURIES. ALTHOUGH I AM OK MY CAR IS NOT. THIS IS A NEW VEHICLE THE ENGIN...

Mileage: 65,000

THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO THE CRANK BEARING COMING APART AND DAMAGING MAJOR PARTS OF THE ENGINE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *JB

Mileage: 49,000

PURCHASED THE CAR IN NOVEMBER OF 2002. HAD THE OIL CHANGED AT TIME OF PURCHASE. TOOK FOR ANOTHER OIL CHANGE IN APRIL AND THE MECHANIC TOLD ME THERE WAS SLUDGE IN THE ENGINE AND THAT I NEEDED TO HAVE THE ENGINE FLUSHED. I HAD THAT DONE AND 2 DAYS LATER THE MOTOR HAD BLOWN. MY CAR IS STILL SITTING...

Mileage: 62,000

ENGINE BUILDS UP SLUDGE IN THE OIL WELLS AND DOES NOT LUBRICATE THE ENGINE PROPERLY. EVEN THOUGH PROPER MAINTENANCE HAS BEEN PREFORMED.

Mileage: 60,000

UPON COMING OFF THE INTERSTATE AND MAKING A RIGHT TURN ONTO THE HIGHWAY VEHICLE STALLED DUE TO SLUG BUILD UP IN THE ENGINE. ALSO, TIMING CHAIN BROKE. *AK POLICE OFFICER HAD TO DIRECT TRAFFIC UNTIL TOW TRUCK ARRIVED. THERE WAS NO ADVANCE WARNING PRIOR TO FAILURE. *PH

Mileage: 112,000

UPON COMING OFF THE INTERSTATE AND MAKING A RIGHT TURN ONTO THE HIGHWAY VEHICLE STALLED DUE TO SLUG BUILD UP IN THE ENGINE. ALSO, TIMING CHAIN BROKE. *AK POLICE OFFICER HAD TO DIRECT TRAFFIC UNTIL TOW TRUCK ARRIVED. THERE WAS NO ADVANCE WARNING PRIOR TO FAILURE. *PH

Mileage: 112,000

DEC 1, 2003 OUR 2001 DODGE INTREPID HAD ENGINE FAILURE WITH NO WARNING WHILE MY WIFE WAS DRIVING TO WORK. AFTER STRUGGLING TO GET THE CAR UNDER CONTROL AND SAFELY OFF THE ROAD, WE HAD THE CAR TOWED TO A SERVICE CENTER WHERE THEY REFERRED US TO THE DEALER WHERE WE BOUGHT THE CAR. THE SERVICE CENTER I...

Mileage: 36,363

MUTIPLE REOCCURING PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION ON MY 2001 DODGE INREPID THAT I PURCHASED NEW. TRANMISSION HAD AN OIL PAN LEAK FIRST, THEN WAS LEAKING AGAIN SIX MONTHS LATER FROM THE "WEEP" HOLE. DEALER STATED THAT THIS WAS GOING TO REQUIRE THE TRANMISSION BE REMOVED FROM THE VEHICLE AND REPAIRED....

Mileage: 37,000

ON 11/30/03, ON MY WAY TO WORK, MY CAR STARTED MAKING A TICKING & KNOCKING SOUND. AS I PULLED OFF OF THE EXIT, IT CUT OFF. I HAD MY MECHANIC LOOK AT IT & HE SAID IT WAS THE ENGINE -- THE CAR ONLY HAD A LITTLE OVER 86,000 MILES ON IT; & IT'S ONLY 2 YEARS OLD! I CALLED THE DODGE'S CUSTOMER CARE LIN...

Mileage: 86,358

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH. UPON IMPACT THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED SPINAL INJURIES. *AK

Mileage: 81,000

WHILE DRIVING AT 50 MPH ENGINE FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. *AK

Mileage: 67,000

I PURCHASED MY DODGE INTREPID JANUARY 2001, I HAD A LITTLE PROBLEM, I THOUGHT WITH THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPING, BUT THAT PROBLEM STOP IMMEDIATELY. I DID WORRY ABOUT IT THEN I NOTICED-- I WAS LOW ON OIL FROM TIME TO TIME BETWEEN OIL CHANGES. I HAD IT CHECKED WHEN I CHANGED MY OIL, BUT THEY COULDN'T TE...

WHILE DRIVING HOME FROM THANKSGIVING AT MY SISTERS THE TIMING CHAIN BROKE AND CAUSED DAMAMGE TO MY CAM BEARINGS CAUSING EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE. MY MECHANIC SAID IT WAS DUE TO ENGINE SLUDGE...WITH A PROPERLY MAINTAINED CAR...IMPOSSIBLE! NO ONE WAS INJURED THANK GOD!*AK

Mileage: 70,136

2001 DODGE INTREPID WITH 48,000 MILES HAS BLOWN ENGINE (2.7L) DUE TO "SLUDGE BUILD UP IN ENGINE." OIL CHANGED AT 46,496 MILES. DEALER STATES LACK OF OIL CHANGES CAUSED ENGINE TO BLOW. ESTIMATED COST TO REPAIR, $4,000. *LA

Mileage: 48,000

WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE THE TECHNICIAN NOTICED THAT THE ROD SHEARED OFF AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *NLM

BLOWN ENGINE, WITH ONLY 70,000 MILES, ON A CAR THAT'S ONLY 2 1/2 YEARS OLD; OIL WAS CHANGED JUST 5 DAYS BEFORE . *AK

Mileage: 71,000

VEHICLE STALLED WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP, AND THEY INDICATED THE NEED TO REPLACE THE ENGINE.*AK

Mileage: 50,000

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND WITHOUT ANY WARNING VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER. *AK

EMAIL FM JEANNETTE FOX (TX) REQUEST ASSISTANCE IN GETTING CHRYSLER TO HONOR THE EXTENDED WARRANTY FOR HER SON'S 2001 DODGE INTREPID, THE ENGINE BLEW DUE TO ENGINE SLUDGE.*MR THE ENGINE BLEW OUT WHILE DRIVING.*TS

Mileage: 61,486

THE OIL LIGHT ILLUMINATED DUE TO LOW OIL PRESSURE WHILE IDLING. THIS CAUSED THE TIMING CHAIN BELT TO BREAK/VALVE COVER GASKETS TO RIP, AND ENGINE TO SEIZE UP. ENGINE MUST BE REPLACED. *AK

Mileage: 91,000

WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH AND WITHOUT ANY WARNING THE VEHICLE MADE KNOCKING NOISES FROM THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE ENGINE HAD SLUDGE IN THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE HAD AN EXTENDED WARRANTY BUT THE DEALER REFUSED COVERAGE FOR THE SLUDGE PROBLEM. THE ENG...

WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH AND WITHOUT ANY WARNING THE VEHICLE MADE KNOCKING NOISES FROM THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE ENGINE HAD SLUDGE IN THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE HAD AN EXTENDED WARRANTY BUT THE DEALER REFUSED COVERAGE FOR THE SLUDGE PROBLEM. THE ENG...

WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH STEERING COLUMN LOCKED UP. CONSUMER HAD TO STRUGGLE TO KEEP VEHICLE FROM COLLIDING WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE. MANUFACTURER AND THE DEALER WERE INFORMED OF THE PROBLEM.*AK

Mileage: 40,000

WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH THE VEHICLE'S ENGINE FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CAUSE HAS YET TO BE DETERMINED. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

Mileage: 68,000

STEERING GEAR REPLACED AT 44,000 MILES. *LA

Mileage: 44,845

WHILE DRIVING OWNER NOTICED THE HEATER STOPPED WORKING. CONSUMER PULLED INTO A PARKING LOT, AND PULLED OUT THE DIP STICK FROM THE ENGINE. OWNER SAID THAT THE DIP STICK WAS FULL OF COOLANT. CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER, WHO HAD NOT INFORMED THE CONSUMER OF THE CAUSE OF FAILURE. *AK THE FAILURE WAS THE RESULT OF SLUDGE BUILD UP IN THE ENGINE DESPITE HAVING FREQUENT OIL CHANGES ACCORDING TO THE OWNER'S MANUAL GUIDELINES. *PH *JB

Mileage: 38,999

THE ENGINE SYSTEM LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD, AND THE ENGINE JERKED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE MECHANIC, WHO STATED THE OIL PUMP BLEW OUT, THEREFORE THE ENGINE DIED. *AK DEALER STATED SINCE CONSUMER DIDN'T PURCHASE AN EXTENDED WARRANTY, THEY WEREN'T GOING TO COVER A NEW ENGINE. *PH. AL...

Mileage: 61,980

THE ENGINE SYSTEM LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD, AND THE ENGINE JERKED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE MECHANIC, WHO STATED THE OIL PUMP BLEW OUT, THEREFORE THE ENGINE DIED. *AK DEALER STATED SINCE CONSUMER DIDN'T PURCHASE AN EXTENDED WARRANTY, THEY WEREN'T GOING TO COVER A NEW ENGINE. *PH. AL...

Mileage: 61,980

2001 CHRYSLER INTREPID WITH 2.7 ENGINE. WE WERE DRIVING AT 35 MPH IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA, WHEN THE ENGINE SEEMED TO HESITATE BRIEFLY, AND THEN BLEW UP. 31,400 MILES ON THE ENGINE, OIL CHANGED EVERY 3000 MILES. IT HAS BEEN SITTING IN THE DEALERS LOT FOR 1 WEEK NOW, AND NO RESPONSE FROM THE DEALER.

Mileage: 31,400

ENGINE FAILURE.62K MILES. 2.7 MOTOR. SEEMS DEALER FELT SLUDGE BUILD UP CAUSED PLUGGING OF HYDRAULIC TIMING CHAIN TENSIONER. OIL CHANGES DONE FREQUENTLY(BEFORE MANUAL REQ). COST TO REAPIR 8750.00. DEALER DOES NOT SELL SHORT/LONG BLOCKS. DEALER BELIEVED TO HAVE CHANGED DESIGN PART & # DUE TO SMALL OIL...

Mileage: 62,000

COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE ON A 2001 2.7L INTREPID. AT 41,000 MILES, DEALER ADVISED THAT LOUD CLICKING NOISE IN ENGINE WAS NOT A PROBLEM. 4 WEEKS LATER, ENGINE THREW A CONNECTING ROD BEARING. ESTIMATED COST BY DEALER TO FIX: $9,868.62 . I BOUGHT THE CAR BRAND NEW AND STILL HAVE 2 1/2 YEARS TO PAY. DEA...

Mileage: 43,000

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND WITH NO WARNING THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE.*AK

DEFECTIVE FUEL TANK SYSTEM. *AK

Mileage: 63,000

CAR HAS 47,000 MILES, JUST HAD OIL CHANGE THREE WEEKS PRIOR. I DROVE IT ROUGHLY 3,000 MILES IN THAT TIMEFRAME. CAR EXPIRED ON INTERSTATE 95, A NEAR DEATH EXP. I CHECKED THE FLUIDS AND SAW THAT THAT I WAS COMPLETLY OUT OF OIL. FOOLISHLY, I REPLACED IT THINKING I MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET THIS GOING BUT I...

Mileage: 47,000

MY ENGINE JUST SIDDENLY DIED ON ME WITH NO NOTICE. I HAVE ONLY OWNED THE VECHILE FOR ONE YEAR AND HAVE A FIVE YEAR OBLIGATION.THERE WAS NO NOTICE OF FAILURE JUST FAILED AS I WAS DRIVING. *AK

Mileage: 75,000

I WAS A VICTIM OF AN ACCIDENT, ANOTHER VEHICLE HAD STRUCK ME IN THE REAR OF MY VEHICLE. UPON INPACT THE DRIVERS SIDE SEAT THAT I WAS SITTING IN HAD TOTALLY COLAPSED BACKWARD. INJURIES WHERE SUSTAINED TO NECK AND BACK WHICH WAS CONFIRMED BY MEDICAL EXPERTISE. I TRULY BELIEVE THAT THE INJURIES WHERE ...

I WAS A VICTIM OF AN ACCIDENT, ANOTHER VEHICLE HAD STRUCK ME IN THE REAR OF MY VEHICLE. UPON INPACT THE DRIVERS SIDE SEAT THAT I WAS SITTING IN HAD TOTALLY COLAPSED BACKWARD. INJURIES WHERE SUSTAINED TO NECK AND BACK WHICH WAS CONFIRMED BY MEDICAL EXPERTISE. I TRULY BELIEVE THAT THE INJURIES WHERE ...

CONSUMER STATED THAT GEAR INDICATOR SHIFT CABLE BROKE WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 30/40 MPH VEHICLE WAS IN A FRONTAL COLLISION, AND NONE OF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED UPON IMPACT. *AK

ENGINE FAILURE DUE TO SLUDGE BUILD UP IN 2001 DODGE INTREPID -36,700 MILES ON CAR- BOUGHT USED WITH 27,600 MILES ON IT FROM FAIRBANKS DODGE. HAD TO REPLACE ENGINE- BOUGHT ENGINE FROM JASPER AS THEY ARE ONLY PLACE WITH A WARRANTY. DEALER WOULD REPLACE WITH USED ENGINE- 90 DAY ONLY - JASPER 75,000 MI...

Mileage: 36,700

THERE IS SLUDGE IN THE ENGINE. THE ENGINE HAS TO BE REPLACED. *AK

ENGINE FAILURE DUE TO SLUDGE BUILD UP. THE CAR IS A 2001 DODGE INTREPID WITH 48,000 MILES. IT WILL COST $8700 TO REPAIR. *NLM

Mileage: 48,000

AFTER MAKING AN APPOINTMENT FOR RECALL REPAIRS THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED BY THE DEALER THAT THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE SEAT RECLINING BOLT (RECALL NUMBER 03 V 035 000). *NLM. *AK

ENGINE FAILURE. *NLM

Mileage: 30,000

THE RUBBER DOOR SEAL FAILED. *JB

MY AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILED AT APPROXIMATELY 57,000 MILES ON MY 2001 INTREPID R/T. I WAS AT A STOPLIGHT AND IT WAS LIKE I HIT SOMETHING. I COULD ONLY MOVE IN 3RD GEAR AT THAT POINT. I TOOK MY CAR TO A TRANSMISSION SHOP, AND THEY PROCEEDED WITH REPAIRS. AFTER REMOVING AND COMPLETELY TEARING ...

Mileage: 57,000

DEFECTIVE GEN 3 SEAT BELTS IN MY 2001 DODGE INTREPID. *JB

WHEN THE CONSUMER TRIED TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL, IT BECAME STUCK. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A MECHANIC WHO REPAIRED THE RACK AND PINION. *JB

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLES BRAKES LOCKED UP. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. *NLM

THE ENGINE STALLED, THE DEALER REPLACED THE ENGINE, HOWEVER THE PROBLEM RECURRED. *JB

Mileage: 56,000

I HAVE A 2001 INTREPID, BOUGHT IT WITH 7,995 MILES ON IT. FROM THE TIME I PURCHASED THE CAR I HAD A VIBRATION IN THE STEERING WHEEL. I HAD THE CAR BACK IMMEDIATELY AND THEY TOLD ME THAT IT HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE TIRES AND CAUSED NO SAFETY RISK. THIS BECAME WORSE, I TOOK IT BACK AGAIN WITH T...

THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN FRONTAL COLLISION, AND THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. *JB

Mileage: 28,000

THE BRAKE LINES THAT RUN BETWEEN THE MASTER CYLINDER AND PROPORTIONING VALVE ARE ROUTED PAST THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD HEAT SHIELD RETAINING CLAMP. THE RETAINING CLAMP HAS A BOLT THAT PROTRUDES UP AT ABOUT A 75 DEGREE ANGLE FROM HORIZONTAL. THE BRAKE LINES WERE ROUTED PAST THIS BOLT AND SO CLOSE THAT THE...

Mileage: 14,050

THE BRAKE PEDAL BROKE AND FELL ONTO THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. *JB WHILE EXITING PARKING LOT, VEHICLE ACCELERATED TO 60 MPH HITTING AN OBJECT. DEALERSHIP REPURCHASED VEHICLE. *TT

Mileage: 26,000

THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION, AND THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY, THE CONSUMER WAS INJURED. *JB

CAR WOULD VIBRATE AND SPUTTER THEN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WOULD COME ON AT 50 MPH. FIRST TIME TO THE DEALERSHIP - THEY PUT DRY GAS IN THE TANK (DEC/2002) SECOND TIME TO THE DEALERSHIP - THEY PUT FUEL INJECTOR CLEANER IN THE TANK (JAN./2003) THIRD TIME TO THE DEALERSHIP - THEY REPLACED THE #4 FUEL...

Mileage: 18,400

DISHMAN DODGE; 7700 EAST SPRAGUE AVENUE; SPOKANE, WA 99212 FAILED TO PERFORM DOT MANUFACTURER DRIVERS SEAT RECALL SERVICE 19-FEB-2003 (REFERENCE INVOICE NO. DOCS66853) STATING NO KNOWLEDGE OF RECALL ANNOUNCEMENT.

Mileage: 34,302

THE STEERING GEAR PINION WAS REPLACED. *JB THE STEERING HAD CAUGHT RIGHT AND OR LEFT UPON RETURNING TO THE CENTER. SCC

Mileage: 58,764

DRIVING THE VEHICLE IN THE FOG THERE IS LITTLE VISIBILITY. THE HEAD LIGHTS MAKES IT HARD TO SEE. PH

2000 DODGE ENGINE FAILURE: AT 55,000 MILES MY 2000 DODGE INTREPID THREW A LOWER ROD AS I WAS EXITING THE EXPRESSWAY AFTER DRIVING APPROX 10-12 MILES. THE CAR IS IN EXCELLENT SHAPE AND HAS AN OIL CHANGE EVEY 3,000 MILES. I HAD JUST HAD AN OIL CHANGE APPROX 1,000 MILES BEFORE THIS HAPPENED. I CALLED...

Mileage: 55,000

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE SHAKES. VEHICLE HAS BEEN ALIGNED SEVERAL TIMES BUT IT DOES NOT HOLD AN ALIGNMENT. VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO DEALER ON APPROXIMATELY TWELVE TIMES, AND EACH TIME A DIFFERENT COMPONENT WQAS CHANGED, BUT PROBLEM RESURFACED. *NLM. *AK

THE AIRBAG LIGHT IS ILLUMINATED ON MY DASHBOARD. I HAVE A 2001 DODGE INTREPID. HAVE NEVER HAD AN ACCIDENT OR NEEDED ANY OTHER MAJOR REPAIR. I TOOK MY CAR TO THE DEALER AND HE ADVISED THAT THE AIRBAG CONTROL MODULE WAS BROKEN WITH A REPAIR COST OF $288.00. THIS CONVENIENTLY FOR DODGE IS NOT COVERED U...

NO SUMMARY. DT

I HAVE SEEN SEVERAL OTHER COMPLAINTS AT HTTP://INTREPID.CLAN-510.ORG/CHRYSLERNEWS.HTM DT

CONSUMER HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE WINDSHIELD. PLEASE ADD MORE INFORMATION. MR

CONSUMER HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE WINDSHIELD. PLEASE SPECIFY MORE INFORMATION. MR

POWER STEERING PUMP WAS LEAKING VERY BADLY. WE TOOK IT TO THE BYERS CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP AT 390 EAST BROAD STREET, (614) 228-5111 WE COULD SEE THAT A BOLT/NUT HAD RUBBED A HOLE THROUGH THE POWER STEERING LINE. THE DEALER MECHANIC TOLD US AFTER CHECKING IT THAT WE MUST HAVE RUN OVER SOMETHING BECAUSE ...

Mileage: 39,000

WHILE DRIVING THERMOSTAT WOULD COME ON AUTOMATICALLY, WITHOUT SWITCHING IT ON MANUALLY. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED POWER ASSIST BELT PULLEY IS LOOSE AND WILL MAKE A LOUD NOISE. ALSO, SOMETIMES CAUSE STEERING PROBLEMS. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED POWER ASSIST BELT PULLEY IS LOOSE AND WILL MAKE A LOUD NOISE. ALSO, SOMETIMES CAUSE STEERING PROBLEMS. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK

VEHICLE IS LEAKING COOLANT DUE TO A CRACKIN THE RADIATOR. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER IS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING.*AK

WHILE GOING APPROXIMATELY 50-60MPH AFTER REARENDING A VEHICLE DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY. NO LIGHTS ILLUMINATED ON DASHBOARD. DEALER AND MANUFACTER WERE NOT CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.*AK

WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS HIT BY ANOTHER VEHICLE AND COLLIDED INTO A TELEPHONE POLE HEAD-ON. UPON IMPACT, DRIVER AND PASSENGER AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK *TT

THE FAILURE SEEMS TO BE MULTI PART. ON A LONG TRIP THE POWER STEERING SEEMED SLUGGISH (SOME PART OF THE POWER ASSIST WEAKENED). THE WHEEL ALSO WAS GRINDING TERRIBLY WHEN WE TURNED. AFTER TAKING IT TO THE DEALER THEY REPLACED THE BELT. BEFORE I LEFT THE LOT THESTEERING STILL SEEMED HEAVY, AND THE...

THE PLASTIC CASING AROUND THE REAR WINDOWS IN WHICH THE SE MODEL LETTERS ARE STAMPED HAS DETACHED FROM THE DOORS AT THE REAR, BOTH REAR WINDOWS. NLM

SEAT BELT BUTTON ON LEFT FRONT IS RAISED ABOUT 1/8 TO 1/4 ABOVE BUCKLE. I MUST HAVE BUMPED IT WITH HAND OR SOMETHING CAUSE THE LACH CAME OUT OF BUCKLE. I DO NOT LIKE THE FACT THAT THESE BELTS DO THAT. I HAVE GRAND KIDS THAT RIDE IN MY CAR. I ALSO SAW THAT NEWS SPECIAL ABOUT , THE SEAT BELTS NOT BE...

SEATBELTS IN REAR OF VEHICLE COME UNBUCKLED WITH LITTLE MOVEMENT.*AK

SEAT BELT BUCKLE HAS UNLATCHED WHEN ACCIDENTALLY HIT BY ANOTHER PASSENGER, CAUSING THE CHILD SAFETY SEAT TO BE UNSECURED. THIS IS A GENRERAL PROBLEM WITH THE GEN-3 DESIGN CHRYSLER. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 55MPH, ANOTHER VEHICLE CLIPPED THE INTREPID, CAUSING THE INTREPID TO LOSE CONTROL AND HIT TWO DIFFERENT WALLS. UPON IMPACT WITH BOTH WALLS, NEITHER AIR BAG DEPLOYED. DRIVER SUSTAINED SOME INJURIES. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. *AK MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED. *TT

HAVE HAD MY CAR IN SEVERAL TIMES FOR THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMING ON. THE FIRST VISIT THEY DISMISSED IT AND SAID IT WAS PROBABLY THE GAS WAS PROBABLY LOOSE AND RESET THE SENSOR. 2ND TIME THEY SAID THE SENSOR WAS BAD SO THEY REPLACED THAT. NOW TODAY IT CAME ON AGAIN W/ A DEFINATE LEAK SOMEWHERE BE...

RECALL 01V273000; HEAD PROTECTION DEVICE LOCATED ABOVE CENTER DOOR SUPPPORT AT B-PILLAR, HAS SHARP CORNERS, AND IS CAUSING SLIGHT INJURIES TO DRIVER'S HEAD. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

WHILE LOADING ITEMS INTO TRUNK OF VEHICLE, THE LIFTS MALFUNCTIONED CAUSING THE REAR TRUNK LID TO FALL ON CONSUMER, CAUSING INJURY.(ATTORNEY ON BEHALF OF CLIENT)*JB

WHILE TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH GEAR SHIFT LOCATED BETWEEN DRIVER AND PASSENGER SEATS WAS BUMPED. WHEN GEAR SHIFT WAS BUMPED, VEHICLE WENT FROM DRIVE TO PARK BRINGING VEHICLE TO A COMPLETE STOP. DEALERSHIP STATED THAT THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN A MECHANISM IN GEAR SHIFT WHICH PREVENTED THIS...

COMPONENTS USED TO REPLACE FORMER LOWER BALL JOINT SEPARATED CAUSING ALL ASSEMBLY TO SWING OUT CAUSING LOSS OF PARKING AND BRAKING ON AN INCLINE, VEHICLE STARTED TO SLIDE BACKWARD IN STREET TRAFFIC, EMERGENCY BRAKE HAD TO BE USED TO STOP VEHICLE. *SLC

VEHICLE WILL ACCELERATE SUDDENLY. CONSUMER HAS NOT TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP TO DETERMINE A CAUSE FOR THIS DEFECT. *AK THE DEALER COULD NOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE ACCELERATION. THE CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE ACCELERATING ON ITS OWN AND ENDED UP IN AN ACCIDENT. *YH

WINDSHIELD WIPERS OPERATE INTERMITTENTLY IN RAINY WEATHER CONDITIONS, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

WAS DRIVING A RENTED VEHICLE & SUN WAS SHINNING THROUGH WINDSHIELD & SIDE VIEW MIRROR. LOOKED LIKE SOME TYPE OF FILM ACROSS IT. MADE DRIVING DIFFICULT. USED WASHER TO CLEAR & CLEAN WINDSHIELD,BUT IT WAS NOT CLEARED. SUNLIGHT HIT PARTICLES & BOUNCED OFF. WAS DIFFICULT TO DETERMINE WHAT WAS AHEAD ON...