2001 Dodge Intrepid

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 MECHANIC STATED WE WOULD NEED A NEW MOTOR. HE ESTIMATED THE COST AT $8500.00. HE TOLD US HE HAD REPLACED THREE 2001 DODGE INTREPID MOTORS IN THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS. HE SUGGESTED WE CONTACT CHRYSLER. THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP WAS NOT HELPFUL. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT MANAGER STATED HE WASN'T AWARE OF THE 2.7 MOTOR PROBLEMS. I CALLED A 1-800-# WITH CHRYSLER AND SPOKE TO A REPRESENTATIVE WHICH STATED BECAUSE OF THE MILES ON MY CAR IT WAS NOT UNDER WARRANTY AND ALTHOUGH CHRYSLER RECONIZES THEY HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THESE MOTORS THE DECISION TO DO A RECALL HAD NOT BEEN MADE AT THIS TIME.*AK

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 VEHICLE SUFFICIENTLY, FREQUENT OIL CHANGES AND SO ON. I WAS TOLD THAT I HAVE TO PURCHASE A REBUILT ENGINE, IN WHICH IT WOULD PROBABLY COST ME ABOUT $3000.00.I WHEN BACK TO THE DEALER ABOUT THIS PROBLEM THINKING THAT THEY SOLD ME A "LEMON" VEHICLE THEY DENIED IT AND REFUSED TO PAY AT LEAST HALF TO REPAIR THE ENGINE AND I STILL HAVE A CAR NOTE!! I FEEL I HAVE BEEN MISLEAD AND LET DOWN BY THIS MANUFACTURER AND AM APPALLED THAT DAIMLERCHRYSLER HAS NOT RECALLED THE 2.7L ENGINE AFTER SOOOOO MANY COMPLAINTS HAVE BEEN ISSUED. WELL IT SOUNDS LIKE EVERYBODY IS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM THE CHRYSLER 2.7L ENGINE.

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 ENGINE. IT SEEMS THIS HAS HAPPENED A LOT WITH THE 2.7L ENGINE. WHY HAS CHRYSLER BEEN ALLOWED TO GET AWAY WITH THIS? EVEN IF THE CAR IS OUT OF WARRANTY, AS OURS IS, AN ENGINE SHOULD LAST A LOT LONGER. AS THEY ACKNOWLEDGE THE PROBLEM AND HAVE SINCE STOPPED USING THIS ENGINE, AS IS MY UNDERSTANDING, THEY SHOULD REPLACE THESE FAULTY ENGINES.*AK

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 THAT THIS PARTICULAR VEHICLE YEAR AND MODEL DOESN'T HAVE TO HAVE THAT SAFETY LOCK FOR SHIFTING. NLM *MR

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 HAVE HAPPENED AT THIS LOW A MILEAGE. THERE IS A LOT OF ENGINE OIL SLUDGE BUILDUP IN THE TOP OF THE ENGINE. HE SAID THAT CHRYSLER ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THESE ENGINES BUT ISN'T DOING ANYTHING ABOUT IT. THIS IS COSTING ME OVER $1,000 TO GET FIXED. LUCKILY I GOT IT INTO HIS SHOP BEFORE THE TIMING CHAIN BROKE AND COMPLETELY SCREWED UP MY ENGINE. *JB