2001 Dodge Intrepid

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 HEARD HORRIFYING STORIES CONCERNING THE 2001 DODGE INTREPID AND THEIR ENGINE FAILURES. I HAVE TO BELIEVE THAT THEY ARE TRUE BECAUSE AS OF RIGHT NOW TWO OF MY CO-WORKER'S 2001 DODGE INTREPIDS ARE SITTING ON OUR COLLEGE CAMPUS DUE TO ENGINE FAILURES. I AM SO TERRIFIED OF DRIVING THIS CAR. MY JOB REQUIRES THAT I DO A LOT OF TRAVELING AND I ONLY HAVE THIS ONE VEHICLE. BASED ON MY RESEARCH IN THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS THAT CHRYSLER IS WELL AWARE OF THIS MAJOR DEFECT AND SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE. *NM

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. THE MECHANIC DETERMINED THE ENGINE HAD OIL SLUDGE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. ALTHOUGH THE DEALER WAS ALERTED NO FURTHER INSPECTIONS HAVE BEEN MADE. THE MANUFACTURER HAS NOT BEEN ALERTED.

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 NEW ENGINE. WE CHANGE OUR OIL REGULARLY. THIS IS A WELL DOCUMENTED PROBLEM WITH THE CHRYSLER 2.7 L ENGINE. (WWW.DONTBUYONE.ORG) CHRYSLER HAS REFUSED TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. *NM

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 THE WHIP-LASH. I WAS WEARING MY SEAT BELT. THE 2001 DODGE INTREPID WITH 54,274 VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. I HAVE A PICTURE. *JB

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. WHAT A FEELING, A SUDDEN JOLT, LOSING CONTROL OF THE STEERING AND THE BRAKES. I CERTAINLY DID NOT EXPECT THE NEWS THAT WAS TO FOLLOW. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO A DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT I NEEDED A NEW ENGINE AND THE COST WOULD BE ABOUT $5500.00. HOW COULD THAT BE? THERE IS ONLY 48,700 MILES ON THIS CAR AND I HAVE IT SERVICED EVERY 3000 MILES. I CERTAINLY CANNOT AFFORD TO PUT A NEW OR REBUILT ENGINE IN THIS CAR AND STILL HAVE A LOAN ON IF FOR OVER $4000.00. I BEGAN TO INVESTIGATE AND FOUND OUT THAT THE COMPANY HAS BEEN WELL AWARE OF THE PROBLEM WITH THE 2.7 LITER ENGINES AND ARE DOING NOTHING ABOUT IT. THERE IS EVEN A CLAUSE THAT STATES THAT EXTENDED WARRANTIES ARE NOT AVAILABLE ON THIS ENGINE. FURTHERMORE, I UNDERSTAND THAT THE TRADE-IN VALUE OF ANY CAR WITH THIS ENGINE HAS GONE DRASTICALLY DOWN. WE, THE CONSUMERS, ARE BEING SHAFTED BY DODGE. I LOVED THIS CAR AND EXPECTED TO OWN IT FOR AT LEAST 10 YEARS. NOW IT HAS BECOME MY BIGGEST NIGHTMARE. ANY. *JB