2001 Dodge Intrepid

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 THE PROBLEM WAS BEFORE I EVEN TOLD THEM, THEY ONLY NEEDED THE YEAR & MAKE OF THE CAR & THEY KNEW THAT IT WAS THE ENGINE DUE TO OIL SLUDGE. ONE GARAGE TOLD ME THAT IT WAS NOT GONNA BE WORTH IT TO GET MY CAR FIXED BECAUSE IT WOULD LIKELY BE MORE THAN MY CAR WAS WORTH. ANOTHER GARAGE TOLD ME HE WOULDN'T EVEN WORK ON INTREPIDS WITH THIS PROBLEM BECAUSE IT WOULD BE SUCH A MESS. I EVEN HAD A GARAGE TELL ME NOT TO WASTE MY MONEY ON A TOW TRUCK BECAUSE THE 2.7L ENGINE INTREPIDS ARE JUNK & IT WOULDNT BE WORTH IT. I FINALLY FOUND A GUY THAT IS BASICALLY MAKING HIS LIVING ON JUST WORKING ON THESE 2.7L INTREPID ENGINES. THE COST WAS $2,300 TO HAVE THE ENGINE CLEANED/SOAKED TO GET ALL OF THE OIL SLUDGE BUILD-UP OFF & HAVE A ANY PARTS THAT WERE BROKEN REPLACED. MY DAD, BOYFRIEND & BROTHER HAD TO TAKE THE ENGINE OUT & BRING IT TO THE GARAGE & THE GARAGE DID THE WORK ON THE ENGINE & THEN MY DAD, BOYFRIEND & BROTHER HAD TO PUT THE ENGINE BACK INTO MY CAR. SO W/ THAT PRICE OF $2,300 I DIDN'T EVEN GET A REBUILT ENGINE & MY FAMILY HAD TO DO ALOT OF THE WORK. I WAS MAKING MY MONTHLY PAYMENTS OF $175 ON A CAR THAT I COULDN'T DRIVE FOR ABOUT 2 MONTHS ALL TOGETHER.

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 OIL CHANGED. AFTER CHECKING THE NHTSA WEBSITE, I FOUND THAT THERE ARE NEARLY 50 SIMILAR COMPLAINTS ON THIS VEHICLE WITH VARYING MILEAGES REPORTED.

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 (WHERE I BOUGHT THE CAR) ON 1/21/05 WHERE IT HAS BEEN SINCE. THEY SAY I HAVE NOT MAINTAINED THE VEHICLE, THE ENGINE BLEW DUE TO EXCESSIVE OIL SLUDGE, BUT THAT THERE WAS NO PROBLEM WITH THE TIMING CHAIN. THE SERVICE MANAGER WAS RUDE AND IGNORANT. I HAVE THE 6 YEAR, 75,000 EXTENDED WARRANTY THRU DAIMLER CHRYSLER. THIS CAR HAS ONLY 43,000 MILES ON IT AND I REFUSE TO PAY FOR THE NEW ENGINE OUT OF MY OWN POCKET. SO, NOW I AM BEING CHARGED A STORAGE FEE AND I HAVE TO PAY FOR A RENTAL WHICH IS COSTING ME ALOT OF MONEY.

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 RECIEPTS AND THE CREDIT CARD BILLS FROM NAPA WAS NOT SUFFICIENT PROOF THE OIL HAD BEEN CHANGED.THE CAR NEVER LEAKED OIL , THEY ARE USING THAT AS AN EXCUSE AND IT IS THERE WORD AGAINST MINE, MEANWHILE I HAVE A 2001 INTREPID THAT THEY WANT ME TO PAY FOR TEARING IT DOWN, AND I GET MY CAR BACK IN PEICES OR PAY THEM TWICE AS MUCH AND THEY WILL PUT IT BACK THE WAY IT WAS. OR PAY THE 7000 DOLLARS TO PUT AN ENGINE IN IT WHEN THEY SAID THE WHOLE CAR WAS ONLY WORTH 4900

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 THE CAR WAS AT IDLE. I WILL BRING MY CARE TO MY MECHANIC ON MONDAY, MAY 2, 2005 TO HAVE HIM INVESTIGATED WHETHER OR NO I HAVE AN OIL SLUDGE PROBLEM. *AK

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 INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

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 REPLACED AT A COST OF APPROXIMATELY $6000 PLUS PA TAXES. WE HAVE NOT YET MADE A DECISION AS TO WHAT TO DO. WE CONTACTED CHRYSLER THROUGH ITS 800 CUSTOMER SERVICE NUMBER. THEY HAVE REFUSED TO HELP IN ANY WAY, CITING LACK OF SERVICE RECORDS BEFORE OUR PURCHASE OF THE CAR AS A USED VEHICLE ON OCTOBER 16, 2004. WE INDICATED THAT LACK OF SERVICE RECORDS DO NOT INDICATE THE CAR WAS NOT SERVICED SINCE NOT ALL OWNERS USE THE DODGE AND CHRYSLER DEALERSHIPS FOR SERVICE. WE CALLED CUSTOMER SERVICE TWICE AND HAD THE SAME RESPONSE TWICE. WE ARE NOW FACED WITH DECIDING WHAT TO DO WITH THE CAR. WE HAD SINCE LEARNED THAT ENGINE FAILURE IS A PROBLEM IN THESE CARS AND THAT CHRYSLER HAS BASICALLY TOLD ITS CUSTOMERS TO GO "POUND SAND". WE ALSO ARE THE ORIGINAL OWNERS OF A 1997 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN AND THOUGHT THAT OUR GOOD EXPERIENCE WITH IT AND SERVICE RECORD WITH THE LOCAL DODGE DEALERSHIP WHERE WE PURCHASED IT MIGHT HELP IN GETTING CHRYSLER TO HELP US. THE INTREPID HAD BEEN TOWED TO THE SAME DEALERSHIP ONLY FIVE DAYS EARLIER ON APRIL 14, 2005. THE NEXT DAY THE DEALER REPLACED THE CAMSHAFT AND CRANKSHAFT SENSORS WITH NO INDICATION TO US THAT THERE WAS ANYTHING ELSE WRONG WITH THE CAR. PRIOR TO THIS, SINCE THE INTREPID'S PURCHASE IN OCTOBER 2004, WE HAD TWO INCIDENTS WHERE THE OIL LIGHT CAME ON AT A STOP SIGN OR RED LIGHT. BOTH TIMES, THIS PROBLEM WAS FIXED BY OUR LOCAL DODGE DEALERSHIP WITH NO INDICATION THAT THERE WAS ANY OTHER OR POSSIBLE FURTHER PROBLEM. WE ONLY PUT 3110 MILES ON THE CAR. WE ARE ANGRY AND FEEL HELPLESS AS WE SEARCH THE INTERNET AND SEE WHERE CHRYSLER IS REFUSING TO ACKNOWLEDGE OR FIX THIS PROBLEM IN ITS VEHICLES.

@ 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 REFUSED TO COVER EVEN THOUGH I TURNED IN ALL SERVICE REPORTS FOR OIL CHANGES @ 3000 MILE INTERVALS SINCE I BOUGHT NEW IN 2001.*AK