2004 Dodge Intrepid

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS 2004 DODGE INTREPID. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE ENGINE COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN. A MECHANIC STATED THAT THERE WERE HOLES IN THE INTAKE MANIFOLD ALLOWING AIR TO SEEP. NO REPAIRS WERE MADE. DODGE WAS NOTIFIED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 98,000. THE ENGINE SIZE, VIN, AND PURCHASE DATE WERE UNAVAILABLE.

2004 DODGE INTREPID 2.7L ENGINE - FAILURE DUE TO OIL SLUDGE. MY CAR STARTING OVERHEATING A COUPLE MONTHS AGO. I HAD TO HAVE SOME FRIENDS PICK ME UP WHEN IT WOULDN'T START 3 TIMES. THEN 2 WEEKS AGO MY CAR FINALLY QUIT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. I HAD TO SIT BLOCKING TRAFFIC WITH A POLICE OFFICER WHILE WAITING ON THE TOW TRUCK. MY CAR IS NOW SITTING IN MY GARAGE USELESS BECAUSE EVERY MECHANIC I TALK TO SAYS THEY DON'T WANT TO TOUCH IT BECAUSE OF THE KNOWN MANUFACTURER'S PROBLEM W/ THAT ENGINE. I STILL OWE $10K ON A CAR THAT DOESN'T WORK! NOW WHAT??? *TR

ALMOST IMMEDIATELY AFTER I GOT MY CAR I HAD OCCASIONAL ISSUE WITH IT DYING WHILE I WAS DRIVING. IT GOT TO BE MORE OFTEN SO I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AS IT WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY. AFTER 3 TRIPS I WAS ALWAYS TOLD, NOTHING WAS WRONG. THEN MY WARRANTY RAN OUT AND MY CAR DIED ALMOST DAILY. THEN MY CAR WOULD DIE WHILE I WAS DRIVING, USUALLY WOULD START RIGHT BACK UP BUT NOT ALWAYS AND THEN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WOULD BE ON. THEN I HAD ISSUES STARTING MY CAR. I DECIDED TO TAKE THE LESS EXPENSIVE ROUTE AND GO TO A LOCAL MECHANIC. HE DROVE THE CAR AND SAW/FELT NO ISSUES AS THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS NOW OFF. HE TOLD ME HE HAD TO HAVE THE CAR HOOKED UP TO THE DIAGNOSTIC MACHINE AT THE TIME IT DIES SO HE COULD SEE WHAT THE ISSUE WAS AS 2 DIFFERENT CODES WERE COMING UP. THESE CODES WERE P0340 (INTERMITTENT CMP SIGNAL) AND P0344 (NO CMP SIGNAL). I WAS TOLD ONE OF THE CONNECTORS WAS INSTALLED IMPROPERLY ON MY CAMSHAFT SENSOR. AFTER ANOTHER TRY, THE CAR DIES AGAIN. MECHANIC STATED THE CAR STARTED RIGHT BACK UP AND ISSUE WAS GONE. I DROVE OFF ONLY TO HAVE MY CAR DIE AGAIN. AT THIS POINT I CALLED THE DODGE DEALERSHIP TO SEE WHAT THE CODES MEANT. WITHOUT EVEN LOOKING AT MY CAR, I WAS TOLD, HAVE THE CAMSHAFT SENSOR REPLACED. I WAS QUOTED $285.00. I HAD JUST PAID ALMOST $200.00 TO THE LAST GUY AND DIDN'T HAVE ANY MORE MONEY TO SPEND. A FRIEND HEARD ME HAVING ISSUES STARTING MY CAR ONE DAY, I TOLD HIM WHAT I WAS TOLD WAS WRONG AND THE QUOTE OF $285.00 FROM DODGE. WE WENT TO A LOCAL AUTOPART STORE AND PURCHASED A CAMSHAFT SENSOR FOR $48.00. LITERALLY IT TOOK 5 MINUTES TO LOOSEN A NUT, POP THE FAULTY CAMSHAFT SENSOR OFF, PUT THE NEW ONE ON AND TIGHTEN THE NUT. THAT SIMPLE! NO MORE ISSUES WITH MY CAR DYING WHILE DRIVING OR STARTING. I THINK ITS DISGUSTING THERE ARE COMPLAINTS LOGGED AT LEAST 7 YEARS BACK ON THIS ENGINE AND THEY ARE STILL MANUFACTURING AUTOMOBILES WITH THIS ENGINE AND IGNORING THE COMPLAINTS. THIS SHOULD NOT BE ACCEPTABLE. *JB

I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK WHEN MY CAR GAVE A JERKING MOTION AS I WAS DRIVING. I THOUGHT THAT MAYBE I HIT A BUMP. AS I PULLED INTO THE BANK MY CAR JUST DIED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PARKING LOT. THEIR WAS NO WARNING OR ANYTHING. I HAD THE CAR OWED FROM THE PARKING LOT TO MY HOME AND FROM THEIR TO THE LOCAL FIRESTONE. FIRESTONE INFORMED ME THAT MY ENGINE WAS LOCKED AND THAT THE CAR HAD NO OIL. I AM NOW LOOKING AT PURCHASING A NEW ENGINE FOR THE CAR BECAUSE I AM STILL PAYING A CAR NOTE. AT THIS MOMENT THE CAR ENGINE IS STILL AVAILABLE. *TR

I AM STILL PAYING FOR 2004 DODGE INTREPID INWHICH THE MOTOR JUST SUDDENLY LOCKED UP ON.MY INTREPID IS STILL UNDER WARRANTY AND WAS TOLD BY DAILMERCHYRSLER THAT IT HAD TO BE TAKEN TO MY LOCAL DEALER,WHICH IT WAS BY TOW TRUCK.AFTER MANY WEEKS TALKING WITH THE TECH. AT THE DEALER SHIP I WAS TOLD THAT DAILMERCHYRSLER WAS NOT GOING TO HONOR THE WARRANTY.I HAD TRIED FOR TWO WEEKS TO GET A HOLD OF THE DISTRICT MANAGER THAT MAY THIS CALL BUT NO ONE WILL GIVE ME HIS NAME OR CONTACT NUMBER.CHYRSLER CUSTOMER SERVICE WAS RUDE AND TOLD ME TO GO THRU THE DEALERSHIP FOR HANDLING THIS MATTER BECAUSE THEY GO THRU THE DISTRICT MANAGER.MY CAR RAN FINE UNTIL THAT ONE NIGHT ON MY WAY HOME AND IT MADE A SUDDEN LIGHT TICKING SOUND AND NO WARNING LIGHTS WAS ON AND ALL THE SUDDEN ABOUT 3 MINUTES LATER MY ENGINE LOCKS UP LEAVING ME IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD.THE TECH. AT THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME THAT THE OIL DESCENDING UNIT BLEW OUT WHEN HE FIRST LOOKED AT IT AND ALSO STATED THAT IT WOULD CAUSE THE MOTOR TO LOCK UP.BUT BY SO CALL ORDER FROM THE DISTRICT MANAGER THE TECH. TOOK A SAMPLE FROM SCRAPING THE OIL PAN.THE TECH. THEN COMES BACK A WEEK LATER AND STATED THAT RESULTS ARE THAT SLUGE IN THE MOTOR COULD ALSO BEEN A FACTOR.I DONT HAVE THE $6000.00 THAT THEY WANT TO PUT ANOTHER MOTOR IN BUT I STILL HAVE TO PAY MY BIG MONTHLY CAR PAYMENTS.I CANT BELIEVE THIS MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR COMPANY IS TO CHEAP TO HONOR THIER COMPANY WARRANTY ON SOMETHING THAT IS CLEARLY THEIR CAR'S MALFUNTION.

I BOUGHT TWO 2004 DODGES:INTREPID W/3.5 L. & STRATUS W/2.7 L. FROM G.S.A. AUCTION IN JUNE 2007. FROM DAY 1 OF OWING THEM. I KEPT GETTING CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON WITH FAULT CODES CONCERNING INTERMITTENT CAMSHAFT POSITION SENSOR FAULTS ON BOTH OF THEM, AND ENGINE BUCKING. THEN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WILL DISAPPEAR. THIS WILL HAPPEN RANDOMLY. NOW I FACE A DILEMMA WITH THE STATE EMISSIONS TESTING. I HAVE CHECKED THE CIRCUITS CONCERNING THIS PROBLEM., BUT THE SITUATION REMAINED THE SAME.*AK

I AM WRITING TO INFORM YOU OF AN EVENT THAT HAS AFFECTED ME AND MAY BE A CONCERN TO OTHERS. IN 2004, I PURCHASES A 2004 DODGE INTREPID FROM THE NOW DEFUNCT TONY PESCE CHRYSLER, JEEP, DODGE , PREDECESSOR TO ALSO DEFUNCT LABATE CHRYSLER, JEEP, DODGE, LOCATED ON NORTH MARKET STREET IN EAST PALESTINE,OH. THE VEHICLE HAD NORMAL PREVENTABLE CHECKS DONE, AND HAD UNDERGONE ALL APPLICABLE RECALL SERVICE. AT ONE POINT, THE VEHICLE NEEDED TO BE SERVICED FOR AN IMMENSE AMOUNT OF BLACK SMOKE COMING FROM THE EXHAUST. THERE WAS A FULL DIAGNOSTIC TEST RAN ON THE CAR AND THE RESULT WAS THAT EVERYTHING WAS A OKAY. APPROXIMATELY THREE MONTHS LATER, I HAD BEEN INFORMED I WAS IN NEED OF A NEW ENGINE. THE VEHICLE IS OUT OF WARRANTY AND I AM STUCK TO PAY FOR A VEHICLE THAT HAS YET TO REACH ITS PAYOFF. I AM A SINGLE MOTHER OF TWO WHO HOPED TO BETTER SERVE MY FAMILY BY PURCHASING A "DEPENDABLE" VEHICLE AND AM NOW FACED WITH A TERRIBLE LOSS DILEMMA. I AM VERY DISCOURAGED AND FEEL THAT I HAVE BEEN MISLEAD BY CHRYSLER CORPORATION, AND "AUTHORIZED SERVICE TECHNICIANS." I ALWAYS RETURNED MY VEHICLE TO MY ORIGINAL SELLER (OR CERTIFIED DODGE DEALER) WHEN A PROBLEM WOULD OCCUR AND I AM MORE HURT THAN ANYTHING AS TO HOW NO ONE COULD SEE THIS PROBLEM COMING (ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE ABOVE STATED). I HAVE NEVER BEEN A MECHANIC OR SOMEONE WHO KNOWS A LOT ABOUT VEHICLES WHICH IS WHY WHENEVER I FELT THE SLIGHTEST PROBLEM I WOULD SEEK HELP FROM A DEALER. I HAD THE NATURAL THOUGHT OF LETTING A TECHNICIAN TELL ME WHAT I DID OR DID NOT NEED. I FEEL AS IF I HAVE NO WHERE ELSE TO TURN WITH A ONCE REPUTABLE DEALERSHIP CLOSING ITS DOORS. LIVING PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK WHILE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF MY VEHICLE WILL TAKE MY LITTLE GIRLS TO SCHOOL OR GET ME TO WORK AND BACK I SIMPLY HAVE NO ROOM TO BREATHE. THE THOUGHT OF PUTTING $7,000 INTO A $30,000 VEHICLE THAT IS LESS THAN HALF WAY PAID OFF IS ABSOLUTELY ABSURD. I AM UNABLE TO TRADE WITHOUT OWING OR RECEIVE ANY ASSISTANCE FROM CRYSLER.*AK

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE INTREPID. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE'S CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF WITHOUT WARNING. THE DEALER REPLACED THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER. APPROXIMATELY THREE WEEKS LATER, THE SAME FAILURE RECURRED. THE CONTACT HAS THE REPAIR INVOICE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 63,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 62,500.

RE: 2004 DODGE INTREPID WITH MITSUBISHI 2.7L ENGINE ON JANUARY 28, 2007 MY TEENAGE DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING REFERENCED CAR WHEN WITHOUT ANY WARNING ENGINE FAILED CAUSING STEERING TO FAIL, AND MY DAUGHTER WAS FORCED TO ALLOW THE CAR TO COAST INTO A SAFETY ZONE. ALTHOUGH AUTOMOBILE HAD RECENTLY BEEN SERVICED AND HAD THE BUSHINGS REPLACED, THERE WAS NO INDICATION EITHER TO ME OR THE MECHANIC THAT THE ENGINE WAS IN IMMEDIATE DANGER OF FAILURE. THE CAR HAS LESS THAN 45,000 MILES ON IT. I SEE FROM SEVERAL WEBSITES THAT THE ENGINE IN MY INTREPID IS DEFECTIVE AND MANY, MANY ENGINES BOTH IN THE U.S. AND CANADA HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. HOWEVER, I AN TOLD NOW THAT REGARDLESS OF MAINTENANCE OF THE VEHICLE, ANY WARRANTIES, THE EARLY FAILURE OF THE ENGINE, I HAVE NO RECOURSE BUT TO REPLACE THE ENGINE AT A COST OF AROUND $3500. BUT, THERE IS A PROBLEM. SO MANY OF THESE ENGINES HAVE HAD TO BE REPLACED THAT I CANNOT GET AN ENGINE, EVEN IF I COULD PAY FOR IT. SO, I CONTINUE TO MAKE CAR PAYMENTS FOR A DEFECTIVE VEHICLE THAT I CANNOT DRIVE AND CANNOT REPAIR BECAUSE THERE ARE NO ENGINES. HELP, PLEASE HELP.*JB