2001 Dodge Intrepid

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 NOTIFIED. UPDATED 11/063/06. *JB

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 BLOCK ENGINE. AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC ALSO MADE THE SAME DIAGNOSIS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED, AND CONCURRED WITH THE DEALERSHIP ABOUT THE ENGINE REPLACEMENT DUE TO NON-AVAILABILITY OF THE ENGINE COMPONENTS. THE CONTACT EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE MANUFACTURER NOT COMPLYING WITH THE OBLIGATION TO PROVIDE THE NECESSARY PARTS TO PERFORM THE VEHICLE REPAIRS.

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 DID NOT OFFER TO REPAIR WITHOUT CHARGES.

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 BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED.

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 ONTO THE SHOULDER AND AFTER THE CAR STOPPED SMOKING, I OPENED THE HOOD AND FOUND THAT THERE WAS OIL EITHER FROM THE HEAD GASKET OR THE TIMING COVER SPRAYED OIL OVER THE DRIVERS SIDE OF THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. PULLED THE DIP STICK AND THE OIL WAS MILKY. HAD TO HAVE VEHICLE TOWED. REPAIR SHOP SAID THEY COULD NOT FIND WHERE THE OIL CAME FROM. THEN AFTER TWO WEEKS THEY FOUND THAT THE WATER PUMP FAILED AND THE TIMING CHAIN TENSIONER BROKE. VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED AND DRIVEN OUT OF SHOP. TWO DAYS LATER THE VEHICLE OVERHEATED AND THE OIL LIGHT WOULD COME ON AFTER ENGINE GOT TO OPERATING TEMP. TOOK CAR BACK TO FIX OVERHEATING PROBLEM AND IT WAS A VALVE UNDER THE INTAKE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE OIL LIGHT STILL COMES ON. I WAS THEN TOLD I NEEDED A NEW ENGINE, SLUDGE CAUSED THE ENGINE TO OVERHEAT AND WHEN IT QUIT ON THE HIGHWAY IT CAUSED THE CRANK SHAFT AND BEARINGS TO GO BAD. NEW ENGINE COST $5500.00 FROM DODGE. ALREADY PUT $2800.00. CAR IS NOT DRIVABLE AND IT OVERHEATED AGAIN TRYING TO GET HOME. *JB

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 AND ON THE WRECKER PLATFORM. THE PROBLEM WAS BELIEVED TO BE A THROWN ROD. THE SERVICE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED. UPDATED 10/17/2006 - THE CONSUMER HAS ORDERED AN REMANUFACTURED ENGINE. *NM

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 09/13/2006 SERVICE DEPARTMENT STATED WATER PUMP LEAK INTO OIL PAN, COOLANT COVERED FLOOR, ENGINE SKIPPED TIME. MILKY COLOR IN VALVE TRAIN AS A RESULT. NEED NEW WATER PUMP & NEED NEW ENGINE. *NM