2001 Dodge Intrepid

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 EXPRESSWAY, BUT STRANDED IN REMOTE AREA. IT APPEARED CAR OVERHEATED WITH A BURST BLEEDER HOUSING. AFTER GETTING IT TOWED TO ORLANDO, I LEARNED THAT THE ENGINE BLEW A HEAD GASKET AND WAS DAMAGED BEYOND REPAIR. REPLACEMENT QUOTES ARE IN THE RANGE OF $3,500 TO $4,000 RANGE. *JB

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 MAKE IT TO WORK WITH MY ENGINE SMOKING BADLY, BUT HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED TO A MECHANIC, WHO TOLD ME MY ENGINE WAS SHOT. DEALERSHIP WOULD DO NOTHING. CAR HAD 81500 MILES AND WARRANTY RAN OUT AT 80000. *JB

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 TICKING NOISE THAT WOULDN'T GO AWAY AND ENGINE WAS PROBABLY "TOAST" AND THEY COULD DO NOTHING TO REPAIR IT, REPLACEMENT WOULD BE ONLY OPTION. CAR IS NOW SITTING BECAUSE IT DOESN'T RUN CORRECTLY AND ENGINE MOST PROBABLY RUINED, P1391 CODE (CAMSHAFT OR CAM) PROBLEM. READ ABOUT MANY OTHER 2.7L ENGINE PROBLEMS AND IT WAS SUGGESTED TO ME TO FILE A COMPLAINT WITH NHTSA BECAUSE IT WAS "INTERESTED" IN THE PROBLEM, HAVEN'T CALLED CHRYSLER BECAUSE I KNOW OF NO ONE WHO HAS HAD SUCCESS IN GETTING CHRYSLER TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *NM

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 GOT OFF THE EXIT IMMEDIATELY AND COASTED INTO A HOTEL PARKING LOT. I TURNED OFF THE ENGINE AND RAISED THE HOOD TO SEE ANTIFREEZE ALL OVER THE ENGINE. I REMOVED THE CAP TO THE COOLANT CONTAINER AND BROWN ANTIFREEZE BOILED OVER ONTO THE GROUND. THE OIL HAD BEEN CHANGED ON 2/7/06 AND THE FLUIDS TOPPED OFF. THE OIL AND FLUIDS HAD BEEN CHECKED EVERY WEEK AFTER THAT UP UNTIL THE ENGINE BLEW AND THE FLUIDS WERE OF NORMAL COLOR AND CONSISTENCY. THE CAR HAD APPROXIMATELY 65,000 MILES ON IT WHEN I PURCHASED IT AND PROPER MAINTENANCE HAD BEEN MAINTAINED THROUGHOUT THE TIME I HAVE HAD MY IT. THE CAR HAD JUST RECENTLY REACHED 100,000 MILES AND I STILL OWE NEARLY $5000 ON THIS CAR, HAVE NO VEHICLE TO GET TO WORK AND CAN'T AFFORD TO BUY A NEW ONE WITH THE CAR PAYMENT I HAVE TO MAKE ON IT EACH MONTH. I HAVE BEEN TOLD REPEATEDLY THAT THE 2.7L ENGINE IS WORTHLESS AND THERE WAS NOTHING I COULD HAVE DONE TO PREVENT THIS CATASTROPHE FROM OCCURRING. IT WOULD COST ME APPROXIMATELY $2000-$3000 TO REPAIR OR REPLACE THE ENGINE WITH NO GUARANTEE IT WOULDN'T SLUDGE UP AGAIN AND BLOW A SECOND TIME. I ALSO EXPERIENCED NUMEROUS OTHER PROBLEMS FROM DAY ONE, SUCH AS CONSTANT SQUEALING FROM THE BRAKES AND ROTORS DESPITE CHANGING THEM OUT TWICE, FOLLOWED BY PROBLEMS WITH THE STEERING FROM SUSPENSION PROBLEMS AND PROBLEM STEERING BOLTS. THE PROBLEMS ON THIS CAR FROM DAY ONE RANGE FROM THE ISSUES MENTIONED BEFORE TO ELECTRICAL SHORTS, FAULTY STEERING BOLTS, BROKEN THE-ROD ENDS AND SUSPENSION PROBLEMS ALL OF WHICH ARE COMMON ISSUES I HAVE RESEARCHED AND FOUND ON NUMEROUS BLOGS AND WEBSITES SUCH AS DODGEINTREPID.NET. *NM

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 GOT OFF THE EXIT IMMEDIATELY AND COASTED INTO A HOTEL PARKING LOT. I TURNED OFF THE ENGINE AND RAISED THE HOOD TO SEE ANTIFREEZE ALL OVER THE ENGINE. I REMOVED THE CAP TO THE COOLANT CONTAINER AND BROWN ANTIFREEZE BOILED OVER ONTO THE GROUND. THE OIL HAD BEEN CHANGED ON 2/7/06 AND THE FLUIDS TOPPED OFF. THE OIL AND FLUIDS HAD BEEN CHECKED EVERY WEEK AFTER THAT UP UNTIL THE ENGINE BLEW AND THE FLUIDS WERE OF NORMAL COLOR AND CONSISTENCY. THE CAR HAD APPROXIMATELY 65,000 MILES ON IT WHEN I PURCHASED IT AND PROPER MAINTENANCE HAD BEEN MAINTAINED THROUGHOUT THE TIME I HAVE HAD MY IT. THE CAR HAD JUST RECENTLY REACHED 100,000 MILES AND I STILL OWE NEARLY $5000 ON THIS CAR, HAVE NO VEHICLE TO GET TO WORK AND CAN'T AFFORD TO BUY A NEW ONE WITH THE CAR PAYMENT I HAVE TO MAKE ON IT EACH MONTH. I HAVE BEEN TOLD REPEATEDLY THAT THE 2.7L ENGINE IS WORTHLESS AND THERE WAS NOTHING I COULD HAVE DONE TO PREVENT THIS CATASTROPHE FROM OCCURRING. IT WOULD COST ME APPROXIMATELY $2000-$3000 TO REPAIR OR REPLACE THE ENGINE WITH NO GUARANTEE IT WOULDN'T SLUDGE UP AGAIN AND BLOW A SECOND TIME. I ALSO EXPERIENCED NUMEROUS OTHER PROBLEMS FROM DAY ONE, SUCH AS CONSTANT SQUEALING FROM THE BRAKES AND ROTORS DESPITE CHANGING THEM OUT TWICE, FOLLOWED BY PROBLEMS WITH THE STEERING FROM SUSPENSION PROBLEMS AND PROBLEM STEERING BOLTS. THE PROBLEMS ON THIS CAR FROM DAY ONE RANGE FROM THE ISSUES MENTIONED BEFORE TO ELECTRICAL SHORTS, FAULTY STEERING BOLTS, BROKEN THE-ROD ENDS AND SUSPENSION PROBLEMS ALL OF WHICH ARE COMMON ISSUES I HAVE RESEARCHED AND FOUND ON NUMEROUS BLOGS AND WEBSITES SUCH AS DODGEINTREPID.NET. *NM