2001 Dodge Intrepid complaints

WHILE DRIVING ENGINE BLEW OUT/SMOKED, AND STALLED. THERE WERE NO WARNINGS. ENGINE COMPLETELY FAILED. *AK

JULY, 2004, I WAS DRIVING MY 2001 DODGE INTREPID WHEN I MADE A LEFT TURN AND THE STEERING LOCKED UP, THE WHEEL WOULD NOT TURN BACK TO THE RIGHT. IT HAPPENED TWICE AS I TURNED INTO INTERSECTIONS SAME DAY. HAD THERE BEEN A VEHICLE IN THE OPPOSITE LANE, I WOULD HAVE HAD NO RECOURSE BUT TO CRASH IN TO IT. LUCKILY, THERE WAS NO CAR IN THE INSIDE LANE! THIS WAS A SUNDAY..TOOK CAR TO DODGE REPAIR SHOP EARLY MONDAY MORNING AND WAS TOLD IT WAS THE BUSHINGS. 4 DAYS LATER, WAS TOLD AFTER THE BUSHINGS WERE PUT IN, IT DID NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM...THAT IT WAS NEEDING A NEW RACK! THE BUSHING REPAIR WAS $426.46. THE REPAIRMAN TOLD ME THAT IN HIS OPINION, A RACK SHOULD NOT HAVE TO BE REPLACED IN A VEHICLE WITH LESS THAN 50,000 MILES AS WAS THE CASE IN MY VEHICLE. I CALLED CHRYSLER AND THEY REFUSED TO DO ANYTHING. THE DODGE REPAIR MAN EVEN CALLED THEM AND THEY REFUSED HIM, BECAUSE IN MY FRUSTRATION AFTER THEY DECLINED MY REQUEST I HAD USED THE WORD "[XXX]" AND "[XXX]" IN THE CONVERSATION. WHICH IS BESIDE THE POINT, AS THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE...WHICH COULD HAVE CAUSED ME A SERIOUS OR FATAL ACCIDENT! MY CAR WAS FINALLY REPAIRED AFTER BEING IN THE SHOP 3 WEEKS (THIS IS MY ONLY VEHICLE AS I AM A SINGLE PARENT HOUSEHOLD) AND I WAS CHARGED A TOTAL OF $823.48 FOR THE BUSHINGS AND A REBUILT RACK! SHIELDS MOTORS IN CHANUTE MAY STILL HAVE THE OLD PART, I AM UNSURE. HOWEVER, I FEEL THAT CHRYSLER SHOULD BE RECALLING THEIR VEHICLES AFTER RESEARCHING AND FINDING SEVERAL OTHER SITUATIONS WHERE THE STEERING H

DRIVING AT SPEED OF 50-53 MPH AROUND A CURVE; 2001 DODGE INTREPID APPEARED TO BE IN NEUTRAL, THEN "CAUGHT" ; PROBLEM PERSISTS INTERMEDIATELY EVEN ON STRAIGHT HIGHWAY. *AK

NO WARNING--OTHER THAN A PROBLEM WITH THE HEAT THAT WE DIDN'T REALIZE WAS RELATED UNTIL AFTER. AS MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING THE CAR HOME, THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE ENGINE IMMEDIATELY DIED, IN TRAFFIC. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A MECHANIC, WHO INFORMED US THAT THE CAR HAD AN ENGINE SLUDGE PROBLEM, LIKE MANY OTHER INTREPIDS HE HAD SEEN, AND IT WOULD COST US ROUGHLY $6,000 TO REPLACE IT. THE CAR IS CURRENTLY SITTING AT THE MECHANIC'S BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE AN EXTRA SIX GRAND LAYING AROUND, SO IT IS INTACT IN IT'S UNREPAIRED STATE. I FEEL IT COULD HAVE BEEN A HORRIBLE NIGHTMARE HAD TRAFFIC BEEN HEAVIER AND ONE OF MY KIDS HAD BEEN DRIVING. THIS IS A REAL PERSONAL INJURY DISASTER WAITING TO HAPPEN TO OTHER INTREPID OWNERS.*AK

ABOUT 2 MONTHS AGO MY OIL WAS BURNING UP AND I HAD WHITE SMOKE COMING FROM THE EXHAUST. I HAD IT LOOKED AT AND THE PROBLEM WAS UNKNOWN. I HAD THE OIL CHANGED AND FILTER CHANGED SEVERAL TIMES WITHIN 2 MONTHS (DUE TO OIL BURNING UP). A COUPLE WEEKS AGO I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN MY ENGINE STARTED TO SOUND LIKE A SEMI TRUCK SO I PULLED OFF THE HIGHWAY. I CHECKED THE OIL WHICH WAS FINE AND THERE WAS NOTHING SMOKING SO I WAS GOING TO TAKE IT TO MY DADS HOUSE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WAS WRONG. WHEN I GOT BACK IN THE CAR IT WOULDN'T START. I HAD IT LOOKED AT AND NOW THEY ARE SAYING MY ENGINE IS HISTORY. I FOUND OUT OIL SLUDGE CAUSED THE PROBLEM. I HAVE 3 YEARS LEFT TO PAY OFF A CAR THAT I CAN'T DRIVE AND CAN NOT AFFORD TO FIX THE PROBLEM AT THIS TIME. EVEN IF I TRIED FOR A USED ENGINE I WOULD BE ON A WATING LIST (WHICH TELLS YOU SOMETHING RIGHT THERE.*AK

I WAS APPROX. 10 MILES OUT OF TOWN WHEN I NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. I PULLED OFF THE ROAD AND PROCEEDED TO OPEN HOOD WHERE I FOUND FLAMES COMING FROM THE ENGINE. FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED WHEN HOOD WAS CLOSED. I BELIEVE THAT THE OIL THAT WAS COMING FROM THE ENGINE WAS WHAT WAS BURNING. THERE WAS OIL DOWN THE SIDE OF THE CAR FROM FRONT FENDER WELL TO THE BACK BUMPER AND PUDDLE ALONG THE SIDE OF THE CAR. THE CAR WAS TOWED TO OUR LOCAL DODGE DEALERSHIP. WE WERE TOLD THAT THE COOLANT WAS EVAPORATING INSIDE THE ENGINE, AND IT WAS NOT COOLING THE ENGINE. THERE WAS NO WARNING FROM ANY GAUGES THAT THE OIL PRESSURE WAS LOW OR THAT THE CAR WAS OVERHEATING. WE WERE TOLD THAT THE ENGINE WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED AND THAT A REBUILT ENGINE FROM CHRYSLER WAS $4700 AND THAT WAS WITHOUT LABOR. *AK

THE ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. DEALERSHIP INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THE PROBLEM PERTAINED TO THE SLITS ON THE RUBBER VENT VALVE HOSE. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

WHEN THE HEADLIGHTS ARE TURNED ON THEY WILL FLICKER ALONG WITH THE INTERIOR AND DASH BOARD LIGHTS. DEALER HAS EXAMINED THE VEHICLE 9 TIMES FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROBLEM, BUT HAS NOT RESOLVED THE PROBLEM. *AK THE VEHICLE WOULD LOSE POWER WHILE SITTING AT A RED LIGHT WITH THE BRAKES APPLIED, THE RPM'S HAD GONE UP AND THE ENGINE REVVED. *SC *JB

WHILE DRIVING A LOUD CLANKING NOISE WAS COMING FROM THE FRONT. THEN, VEHICLE STALLED. CONSUMER TRIED TO RESTART VEHICLE, BUT WAS UNABLE TO DO SO. CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT ENGINE NEEDED REPLACEMENT DUE TO WORN OUT PARTS. *AK THE VEHICLE'S ENGINE DEVELOPED SLUDGE. THE MANUFACTURER REFUSES TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE UNLESS THE CONSUMER CAN PROVE THAT THE OIL WAS CHANGED REGULARLY. *NM

WAS DRIVING ON AN INTERSTATE HIGHWAY AND THE ENGINE FAILED (AT 50,223 MILES). I WAS ABLE TO COAST OFF THE ROAD TO SAFETY. MCKINNEY DODGE, GASTONIA, NC INFORMED THE THE ENGINE WAS BLOWN AND NEEDED REPLACEMENT. THE DEALERSHIPE STATED THIS THE ENGINE FAILURE WAS DUE TO NOT CHANGING THE OIL AS REQUIRED, EVEN THOUGH I CHANGE THE OIL FREQUENTLY AS REQUIRED. CHRYSLER REFUSES TO FIX THE ENGINE UNDER THE EXTENDED WARRANTY. MY RESEARCH INDICATES THIS IS A FREQUENT PROBLEM WITH THEIR 2.7 LITER V6 ENGINE.*AK

MY CAR DIED WITH ONLY 30 SECONDS WARNING. I WAS DRIVING SOUTH ON RT 83 JUST SOUTH OF ST CHARLES AVE IN VILLA PARK WHEN MY CAR STARTED TO JERK AND MAKE LOUD NOISES. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO THE PLACE OF PURCHASE AND THEY SAID THAT SLUDGE WAS PRESENT IN MY ENGINE. I HAD MY OIL CHANGED 6/15/2004 ATR MIDAS IN VILLA PARK IL AND THERE WAS NO SIGN OF SLUDGE IN MY ENGINE. I HAVE NOT BEEN GIVEN AN ESTIMATE, EXEPT THAT IT WILL TAKE $400 FOR THEM TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS THE PROBLEM.*AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE OVERHEATED. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO DEALER, WHO INFORMED CONSUMER THAT ANTI FREEZE WAS IN THE OIL PAN, AND HEAD GASKET BECAME DEFECTIVE.*AK

THE VEHICLE OVERHEATED BECAUSE THE WATER PUMP FAIED. WHEN THE ENGINE OVERHEATED THE HEAD GASKET BLEW AND THE BALANCING SHAFT BROKE WHICH DESTROYED THE ENGINE MOTOR. THE EXISTING MOTOR IS BEING REPLACED WITH A RE-DESIGN RE-BUILT ENGINE MOTOR. *JB

WHILE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AT 55 MPH VEHICLE SUDDENLY STOPPED. CONSUMER HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALER, AND AFTER LOOKING AT THE VEHICLE, CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT THE TIMING BELT BROKE. SHE HAD IT REPAIRED, AND ONE MONTH LATER, THE SAME THING HAPPENED. THEN, SHE WAS TOLD BY THE MECHANIC THAT THIS PROBLEM WILL CONTINUE TO HAPPEN OVER AND OVER AGAIN BECAUSE OF THE ENGINE SIZE OIL SLUDGE BILLED UP IN THE ENGINE, AND CAUSED THE BELT TO POP DUE TO PRESSURE. CONSUMER STATED THAT A LAWYER TOLD HER THAT MOST PEOPLE THAT HAVE THESE TYPES OF VEHICLE USUALLY END UP LOSING IT BECAUSE OF THE EXPENSE. CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS STILL IN THE SHOP BECAUSE SHE COULD NOT AFFORD TO GET IT OUT. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED ON THE HIGHWAY. THE CONSUMER REPLACED THE FUEL INJECTOR SENSOR AND THE VEHICLE STARTED. BUT, A LOT OF RATTLING WAS HEARD IN THE ENGINE. A CERTIFIED MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT A ROD WAS DAMAGED IN THE VEHICLE. *AK BAD MOTOR PER CONSUMER. *SC *JB

I HAVE A 2001 DODGE INTREPID. AT THE BEGINNING OF 2004 I WAS DRIVING WITH MY TODDLER AND MY CAR STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. WE WERE STRANDED IN THE MIDDLE OF WINTER. I HAD IT TOWED TO A GARAGE AND THE MECHANIC TOLD ME THAT MY TIMING CHAIN BROKE AND MY ENGINE WAS FILLED WITH OIL SLUGE. WE ALWAYS CHANGED OUR OIL AT 3,000 MILES BUT I NEVER THOUGHT TO SAVE THE RECIEPTS. WHEN I CONTACTED DODGE THEY TOLD ME THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO BECAUSE MY WARRANTY WAS UP AND MY CAR HAD ALMOST 100,000 MILES. MY CAR WAS REPAIRED AND 2 MONTHS LATER MY CAR DIED AGAIN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. THE GARAGE SAID THAT MY CAR WAS CONTINUING TO BE FULL OF OIL SLUDGE. I OWE 12,000 ON MY CAR AND THE GARAGE TOLD ME THAT IT WILL CONTINUE TO DO THIS THE ENTIRE TIME I OWN MY CAR.

WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH CONSUMER PROCEEDED AROUND A CORNER AND THE ENGINE BEGAN KNOCKING AND SHUT OFF. CONSUMER MADE SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO RESTART THE VEHICLE, BUT THE ENGINE IMMEDIATELY SHUT BACK OFF.*AK

VEHICLE STOPPED AFTER BEING SERVICED. CONSUMER PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THEN, VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER STATED THAT TIMING CHAIN WAS DEFECTIVE.*AK

WHILE STARTING THE VEHICLE CONSUMER HEARD A HORRIBLE NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO INDEPENDENT SHOP, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT TIMING TENSION SPRING BROKE. AS RESULT, ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

WHEN TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL TOWARDS THE RIGHT STEERING WHEEL LOCKED, CAUSING THE CONSUMER TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED. *AK THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT THE ENGINE CONTAINED SLUDGE BUILD UP AFTER HAVING THE TIMING CHAIN TENSIONER CHANGED. THE CONSUMER HAD THE ENGINE FLUSHED TWO TIMES TO IMPROVE THE SLUDGE PROBLEM. AFTER THAT, THE VEHICLE STALLED WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. THE TIMING CHAIN HAD BLOWN AND CAUSED ENGINE DAMAGE. THE TIMING CHAIN WAS CHANGED AT THE DEALER WHO CHANGED THE TIMING TENSIONER. THE CONSUMER FOUND THAT THERE WERE NUMEROUS CASES OF THIS PROBLEM IN CHRYSLER VEHICLES. (THE TUBE THAT BRINGS THE OIL UP INTO THE ENGINE CLOGS UP, RESULTING IN AN UNDER-OILED ENGINE, SHOWING THE FAULT BEING THE OWNERS) THE CONSUMER REQUESTED THAT CHRYSLER COVER THE COST OF THE ENGINE REPLACEMENT. ALSO, THE BRAKES PULSATED AND THE TRUNK LOCK WAS BROKEN. *SC *JB

WITH LESS THAN 85000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE, THE RACK AND PINION STEERING IS IN NEED OF REPLACEMENT PER MY LOCAL MECHANIC. THE FAILURE OF A PART THIS CRITICAL THIS SOON IS UNACCEPTABLE. *LA

THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE, STOPPED AT A STOP LIGHT AND THE VEHICLE TURNED OFF AND WOULD NOT START. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER, WERE IT WAS FOUND THAT A ROD HAD COME LOOSE. THE WARRANTY COMPANY IS IN LIQUIDATION AND THE CONSUMER HAD TO PAY FOR THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE MANUFACTURE STATED IT IS NOT THEIR RESPONSIBILITY. *NM

WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE OIL PUMP CRACKED WHICH ALLOWED METAL DEBRIS INSIDE THE ENGINE. *AK *SC *JB

WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER HEAR A NOISE. HE DROVE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, WHO TOLD HIM THAT IT WAS A VALVE TRAIN NOISE, AND THAT THERE WAS NO PROBLEM IF HE HAD THE OIL CHANGED. ONE WEEK LATER, THE VEHICLE JUST STOPPED, AND WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIRS. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 60-65 MPH, THE CONSUMER SMELLED HEAT AND SAW SOME SMOKE. THE CONSUMER PULLED OVER AND NOTICED THE ENGINE WAS ON FIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS SERVICED AND THE FIRE WAS DUE TO A WATER PUMP FALLING APART INTERACTIONS WITH THE MOTOR. *JB ENGINE WAS FILLED WITH COOLANT WHICH THE OIL TO BLOW OUT THE DIP STICK AND ONTO THE EXHAUST, WHICH LED TO THE FIRE. *LA

CONSUMER STATED THAT ENGINE FAILED WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH. CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, AND WAS TOLD IT WOULD COST SEVERAL THOUSAND DOLLARS TO REMOVE AND REPLACE THE MOTOR. *AK

3 YEAR OLD DODGE INTREPID, BOUGHT NEW, WITH 75,000 MILES HAS A LARGE AMOUNT OF PLAY IN THE STEERING WHEEL BEFORE DIRECTION CHANGE OCCURS. INDICATIONS ARE STEERING RACK NEEDS REPLACED. THERE IS A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN ON THIS CONDITION, BUT NO RECALL. I CONTACTED CHRYSLER FOR ASSISTANCE, BUT THERE POSITION IS WARRANTY IS OUT. I HAVE NEVER HEARD OF A STEERING RACK GOING OUT THIS QUICKLY, AND THERE ARE A LOT OF COMPLAINTS POSTED ON THE INTERNET FOR FAILURES AS LOW AS 38,000 MILES. MY OTHER VEHICLE IS 11 YEARS OLD , WITH 145,000 MILES AND HAS NEVER HAD A PROBLEM LIKE THIS. THERE IS A DESIGN FLAW IN THE STEERING ON THIS VEHICLE, AND OTHER MODEL CHRYSLER WHICH IS LEADING TO THE EARLY FAILURE RATES, AND CHRYSLER KNOWS IT, AND SHOULD HELP OWNERS REPAIR. *JB

DRIVING ON THE (VERY BUSY)FREEWAY IN PHEONIX, AZ, WE STARTED HEARING VERY QUIET CLICKING NOISE IN MY '01 DODGE INTREPID. WE ROLLED DOWN THE WINDOWS, HEARD LOUDER CLICKING, AND STARTED LOSING POWER. WE MADE IT TO THE NEXT EXIT, AND THE CAR DIED NOT HALF WAY DOWN THE ONRAMP. WE DID STEER IT TO THE SIDE, AND AVOIDED AN ACCIDENT. THERE WAS A SMALL PIECE ON THE REAR OF THE RADIATOR, FRONT OF THE ENGINE THAT HAD LIFTED OFF. THERE WAS A GASKET, BUT NO SCREWS, CLAMPS, OR OTHER SECURING DEVICES. THIS APPARENTLY HOUSES THE THERMOSTAT. THE ENGINE WAS DESTROYED, WITHOUT THE GAUGES EVER REGISTERING A HEAT UP, AND WE WERE LEFT ON AN OFF RAMP WITH NO MOTOR, AND ALMOST NO WARNING. THE DEALERSHIP WANTED $8K FOR A NEW ENGINE, AND CLAIMS THAT IT WAS DESTROYED BECAUSE OF SLUSHING, AS A RESULT OF INFREQUENT OIL CHANGES. IT HAS 90K MILES ON IT, AND WE STILL OWE $13000 ON IT.

NO OIL OR ENGINE LIGHT. ONE DAY ENGINE STARTING MAKING A LOUD RACKET. TOOK TO DEALERSHIP THEY SAID IT SPUN A BEARING DUE TO OIL SLUDGE OR NO OIL. I HAD THE OIL CHANGED REGULARY AT WAL-MART AND SUPERLUBE SINCE I COULDN'T GET UNDE THE CAR TO CHANGE THE OIL MYSELF. CAR HAD 80,000 MILES WHEN THIS HAPPENED. NOW IT JUST SITS IN THE DRIVEWAY BECAUSE WE CAN'T AFFORD A 6500.00 BILL TO REPLACE MOTOR AND TO TOP IT ALL OFF WE STILL HAVE 2 YEARS TO PAY ON IT. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE ABOUT THIS. THERE ARE TOO MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SAME THING FOR DODGE JUST TO IGNORE.*AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STALLED. CONSUMER PULLED VEHICLE OFF THE ROAD, AND WAS UNABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. IT WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED.*AK

WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER SMELLED CHEMICAL FUMES INSIDE THE VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

I BOUGHT MY 2001 DODGE INTREPID IN 2002 WITH 12,000. ALL OF A SUDDEN WITH NO WARNING MY ENGINE DIES.WHY IS A CAR THAT IS NOT EVEN 3 YEARS OLD DEAD. I JUST HAD AN OIL CHANGE THE DAY PRIOR. NOW I AM TOLD THAT IT WILL COST 5500$ TO REPAIR IT. ONLY CHOICE IS NEW ENGINE. I HAVE LITTLE OVER 50,000 MILES, AND I OWE TOO MUCH TO NOT GET IT FIXED. SO NOW WHAT, THEY KNOW OF THE PROBLEMS, WHY IS THE PUBLIC NOT AWARE. AND WHY IS DODGE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS. SAME OLD EXCUSE, NOT ENOUGH OIL CHANGES. SEEMS TO ME THAT THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS BEING TAKEN FOR A RIDE BY CHYRSYLER. HELP. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED A DASHBOARD LIGHT AND A BELL NOTIFIED CONSUMER THAT AN ENGINE PROBLEM WAS EVIDENT. ONCE THE VEHICLE WAS SLOWED DOWN AND STOPPED IT WOULD NOT START FOR THE CONSUMER. DEALER EXAMINED THE VEHICLE AND COULD NOT DETERMINE WHAT CAUSED THE PROBLEM. *AK

AFTER OWNING OUR 2001 DODGE INTREPID FOR ONLY A YEAR, THE TIMING CHAINS WENT OUT, WE REPAIRED IT AT A COST OF $2,700. ONE WEEK LATER WHILE DRIVING ON THE EXPRESSWAY THE ENGINE STOPPED WORKING ALMOST CAUSING AN ACCIDENT, BECAUSE OF LOSS OF POWER.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AT UNKNOWN SPEED VEHICLE STALLED. DEALERSHIP COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM.*AK

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WHEN MY CAR SUDDENLY CUT OFF, DUE TO ENGINE FAILURE. *LA

WHILE STOPPED, THE CONSUMER NOTICED THE ENGINE SMOKING AND PULLED OVER. SHE SHUT THE ENGINE OFF AND LOOKED UNDER THE HOOD. THE CONSUMER STARTED THE VEHICLE AGAIN AND THE ENGINE STARTED KNOCKING. THE ENGINE WAS SHUT OFF AGAIN AND THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED. ONCE THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED, THE TECHNICIAN INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED REPLACEMENT. *JB

WHILE MAKING A TURN CONSUMER LOST STEERING CONTROL. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

ENGINE LOCKED UP WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 55-60 MPH. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO DEALER, WHO INDICATED THAT THIS OCCURRED DUE TO SLUDGE IN THE ENGINE BECAUSE OF OIL BUILD UP. THIS WAS A COMMON FAILURE WITH THESE ENGINE SIZES. ALSO, BECAUSE THIS WAS A COMMON FAILURE MECHANIC HAD HAVING DIFFICULTY REPLACING THE ENGINE. *AK

2001 DODGE INTREPID 65,000 MILES 2.7 ENGINE 2.7 L ENGINE - BLOWN HEAD GASKETS/HEAD POSSIBLY NEED NEW ENGINE. *AK

RECALL NO.#03V035000, SEAT BACK RECLINER BOLT: THE RECALL WAS DONE ON THE VEHICLE BUT NOW THE SEAT MOTOR HAS DROPPED DOWN UNDER THE SEAT. THE CONSUMER CLAIMED THAT THERE WAS NO PROBLEMS WITH THE SEAT MOTOR BEFORE THE RECALL. *JB *NM

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND TOOK IT TO AUTO SHOP THEY SAID IT WAS BECAUSE OF THE GAS CAP BEING LOOSE. AFTER PURCHASING A NEW GAS CAP THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN WITHIN A COUPLE OF DAYS. RECENTLY CAR WOULD NOT START HAD TOWED TO TWO PLACES THEN TO DEALER WHO SAID THE TIMEING JUMPS AND THERE WAS SLUGE IN THE ENGINE QUOTED A PRICE OF 7000+ FOR REPAIRS THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE FLUSH AND REBUILT. *AK

MY 2001 DODGE INTREPID WITH 52,000 MILES JUST SUDDENLY CAME UP WITH A CLOGGED EGR VALVE, WAS BURNING OIL, AND HAD A ROD KNOCK. I THOUGH THIS WAS STRANGE FOR A CAR WITH SO FEW MILES UNTIL I SAW THE GREAT NUMBER OF WEBSITES DESCRIBING SIMILAR BREAKDOWNS AND EXPLAINING THE DESIGN FLAWS THAT CAUSE THIS PREMATURE ENGINE BREAKDOWN. I ALSO FOUND OUT THAT THE MANUFACTURER DOES NOT DEAL WITH CUSTOMERS ON THIS ISSUE AND THE GENERAL CONCENSUS SEEMS TO BE THAT THE DEALER IS WILLING TO LIE AND CHEAT TO AVOID DEALING WITH THIS ISSUE AND EVEN HAS THE NERVE TO CONTINUE RELEASING VEHICLES WITH THE SAME DEFECTS. OUR DEALER LOOKED AT THE OIL PROBLEM, MENTIONED THE KNOCK AND SENT US ON OUR WAY AS IF IT WAS NO BIG DEAL, THE CAR CODED OUT (CHECK ENGINE LIGH) SOON THERE AFTER AND I BROUGHT IT BACK AND THEY JUST ACTED MATTER OF FACTLY AND SAID IT NEEDS $9500 TO REPLACE THE ENGINE THAT HAS ONLY $52K ON IT. THIS WAS A BLOW AND THEN I FOUND OUT THIS IS A COMMON OCCURANCE. *LA

WHEN ATTEMPTING TO START THE VEHICLE IT WOULD NOT START. CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE ENGINE FAILED. *AK

DODGE INTREPID 2001 2.7 ENGINE FAILURE DUE TO SLUDGE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED CONSUMER HEARD A TAPPING SOUND COMING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. CONSUMER USED ENGINE ADDITIVES TO STOP THE NOISE, WHICH HELPED FOR A SHORT TIME. EVENTUALLY, THE TAPPING NOISE BECAME LOUDER, AND THE VEHICLE STALLED ON THE HIGHWAY. THE DEALER HAD ALREADY REPLACED TWO ENGINES ON THIS VEHICLE, AND ANOTHER ONE WAS NEEDED.*AK *JB

ENGINE FAILED AT 54,000 MILES WITHOUT WARNING. DEALER STATED THAT ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REBUILT. *AK

THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND VEHICLE HAD DIFFICULTLY ACCELERATING QUICKLY. *PH

THE HEADLIGHTS ON MY 2001 DODGE INTREPID FLASH BRIGHT & DIM ON BOTH HIGH AND LOW BEAM. THE LIGHT BEHIND THE SPEEDOMETER, FUEL GAUGE, ETC. ALSO FLASHES AT THE SAME TIME. THE DEALERSHIP HAS BEEN UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. I HAVE BEEN TOLD THE HEADLIGHTS WILL HAVE TO FAIL BEFORE THEY CAN START REPLACING PARTS. *AK