2003 Dodge Intrepid complaints

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 DODGE INTREPID. WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH, THE VEHICLE FAILED DUE TO SLUDGE BUILD UP INSIDE THE ENGINE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT PROPERLY MAINTAINED. THE CONTACT BEGS TO DIFFER AND STATED THAT SEVERAL OTHERS HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SAME FAILURE. THE VIN, # OF CYLINDERS, AND ENGINE SIZE WERE UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 44,000.

MY VEHICLE (2003 2.7L DODGE INTREPID) WAS BEING DRIVEN ON THE HIGHWAY BY MY FIANCE. SHE SAID THAT THE ENGINE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE CAR BEGAN TO SPUTTER. SHE MANAGED TO WORK HER WAY THROUGH THE TRAFFIC AND WHEN SHE GOT TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD THE CAR DIED. IT WAS TOWED TO THE DODGE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID THAT THE CONNECTING ROD CAP CAME OFF AND BLEW OUT OF THE OIL PAN. THE REPAIRS WILL COST ME 8,000.00. WHICH I CANNOT AFFORD. *TR

TL*- THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING THE 2003 DODGE INTREPID WITH 94,700 FAILURE MILEAGE AT 25 MPH THE OIL LIGHT TURNED ON AND THE VEHICLE BEGAN MAKING A METAL GRINDING ON METAL NOISE, THEN THE ENGINE COMPLETELY LOST POWER. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESTART. THE DEALER AND DODGE WERE NOTIFIED REGARDING THE ENGINE FAILURE. DODGE AND THE DEALER STATED THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. *AK

TL* - THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 DODGE INTREPID. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY THE VEHICLE LOST POWER AND THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO RESTART IT. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATOR LIGHTS DURING, BEFORE OR AFTER THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED. THE MANUFACTURER WILL NOT HONOR THE WARRANTY. THE DEALER STATED THAT TRANSMISSION AND THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE WERE 53,000. *AK UPDATED 05/21/07. *JB

TL*- THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 DODGE INTREPID WITH A CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE OF 58,000 THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING UNDER NORMAL DRY CONDITIONS ABOUT 55 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE PULLED HARD TO LEFT AND HIT A TREE. PRIOR TO THE CRASH THE CONTACT FELT THE VEHICLE SHAKING. THE CONTACT GOT OUT AND LOOKED AT THE VEHICLE AND FOUND THAT NOTHING WAS WRONG. AFTER THE VEHICLE HIT THE TREE IT CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE DRIVER AND TWO PASSENGERS WERE INJURED IN THE CRASH. THE POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT CAME TO THE SCENE. *AK

TL*-THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING THE 2003 DODGE INTREPID, AT 50 MPH THE VEHICLE SLOWED AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE OVER 45 MPH, AND THEN THE VEHICLE MADE A TAPPING SOUND. HE STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STARTED JERKING AND LOST POWER. HE PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND TRIED TO RESTART THE VEHICLE, BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESTART. HE HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO A LOCAL MECHANIC IN TEXAS. THE MECHANIC INFORMED HIM THAT THE ENGINE HAD SEIZED. THE CONTACT HAD ALL THE FLUIDS CHANGED IN THE VEHICLE IN SEPTEMBER AND AGAIN AFTER A TRIP FROM NEW YORK TO TEXAS IN DECEMBER. HE STATED THAT HE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE IN FEBRUARY 2005. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE WERE 79,000.*AK

I HAVE A 2003 DODGE INTREPID WITH 72,000 MILES ON IT. WE HAVE HAD THIS CAR SINCE IT HAD 9,000 MILES ON IT AND HAVE DONE ALL THE SUGGESTED REPAIRS AND OIL CHANGES SINCE THE FIRST DAY WE HAD IT. RECENTLY WHILE MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING THE CAR IT STARTED TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY ON THE FREEWAY (ALMOST CAUSING A FEW ACCIDENTS) AND THE RPM'S JUMPED WAY UP OVER 4000. THEN THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. THE REPAIR SHOP SAID IT WAS THE CAM SENSOR. IT WAS REPLACED AND WITHIN AN HOUR THE SAME THING HAPPENED. TOOK THE CAR BACK AND THEY SAID IT WAS THE CRANK SENSOR, REPLACED THAT, SAME THING HAPPENED WITHIN 5 MINS OF THE REPAIR SHOP. THE SHOP THEN TOLD US THAT THE ENGINE WAS BAD AND THERE WAS A HISTORY WITH THE 2.7'S. WE TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER FOR A SECOND OPINION AND THEY SAID WE COULD REPLACE THE TIMING CHAINS AND THAT WOULD SAVE THE CAR FOR A YEAR OR SO UNTIL WE COULD GET IT PAID OFF (STILL OWE $6000) BUT IT WOULD COST $1700 PLUS TAX. WE DECIDED TO DO THAT, HOWEVER THE DEALER CALLED US BACK AND SAID AFTER THEY GOT THE ENGINE APART THEY NOTICED IT WAS FULL OF SLUDGE AND THE TIMING CHAINS WERE FINE. THEY RECOMMENDED A NEW ENGINE AND QUOTED US OVER $6000. I HAVE SEEN THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WITH THIS ISSUE. WE HAVE BOUGHT 3 DODGE/CHRYSLER VEHICLES IN THE LAST 5 YEARS FROM THIS DEALER AND THEY WOULD DO NOTHING TO COMPENSATE US. WE EVEN OFFERED TO BUY A NEW CAR THERE IF WE COULD GET ACCURATELY COMPENSATED AND THEY SAID MY CAR IS WORTH NOTHING! CHRYSLER DOES NOT STAND BEHIND THEIR PRODUCTS AND SHOULD BE

THE ENGINE LITE HAS BEEN COMING ON IN MY 2003 DODGE INTREPID DESPITE REGULAR OIL CHANGES, WHEN I HAD THE LAST OIL CHANGE I TOLD THE MACHANIC OF THE PROBLEM AND HE TOLD ME OF THE 2.7 ENGINE. NOW I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT TO DO. IT WILL COST ME 6000 TO REPLACE THE ENGINE AND I STILLOWE 10000 ON THE CAR. PLEASE HELP!

I PURCHASED A USED 2003 DODGE INTREPID FEBRUARY OF 2006. THE VEHICLE IS A 2.7. THE INTREPID WAS PURCHASED WITH 56,721 MILES. I WOULD SAY AFTER THREE WEEKS OF DRIVING, THE TRANSMISSION BEGAN TO BANG AND THRUST FOWARD DURING ACCELERATION AND DECELLERATION. I BROUGHT TYHE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE IT HAD BEEN PURCHASED. THE VEHICLE WAS UNDER WARRENTY. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TESTED FOR TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. THIS DODGE DEALER TOLD ME THAT THEY FELT IT WHEN DRIVING THE CAR BUT THAT THERE WERE NO CODES REGSTERING ON THIER EQUIPTMENT. THEY TOLD ME IT IS HOW I WAS DRIVING THE CAR. THE PROBLEM GOT PROGRESSIVLY WORSE. I BROUGHT THE CAR IN AGAIN, AND AGAIN. A TOTAL OF THREE TIMES IN TWO MONTHS.AGAIN, NOTHING. THEN AT ROUGHLY 76,000 MILES THE O2 SENSOR AND CAM SENSOR FAILED. ON JANUARY 20TH 2007, AT 84,900 MILES THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AND THE CAR WOULD NOT GO INTO THIRD GEAR. THE TRANSMISSION WINES. DODGE DEALER CHECKED TODAY 01/23/2006 THE VALVE BODY, CYLINOIDS AND PURGE ALL FAILED AT THE SAME TIME AND NOW NEED TO BE REPLACED. HAD THIS PROBLEM FROM DAY ONE THERE IS A DEFECT IN THE TRANSMISSIONS. NOW I HAVE A WARRENTY COMPANY THAT WILL COVER THE VALVE BODY NOT THE CYLINOIDS AND DODGE RECOMMENDS THAT THE CYLINOID BE REPLACED WHEN THE VALVE BODY IS REPLACED BUT THE WARRENTY COMPANY WILL NOT COVER THE CYLINOIDS. EACH SYSTEM ASSURES THE OTHER IS WORKING PROPERLY. THESE TRANSMISSIONS NEED TO BE INVESTIGATED, ESPECIALLY AFTER ONLY 50,000 MILES AND THERE IS REPORTED FAILURE BY NUMEROUS PEOPLE.

I PURCHASED A USED 2003 INTREPID POLICE CAR WITH 81,000 MILES ON IT. RAN AND SHIFTED FINE UNTIL 3 MONTHS AGO. WHILE BRAKING FROM ABOUT 45 AT A LIGHT, THE MIL LAMP CAME ON AND THE CAR WENT INTO LIMP MODE. WE WERE ABLE TO RESET IT AND GET TO THE DEALER WHO ADVISED THE TRANSAXLE VALVE BODY AND SOLENOID PACK NEEDED REPLACEMENT. AFTER REPLACEMENT, THE CAR RAN FINE FOR 2 MONTHS. NOW THE SAME ISSUE IS OCCURING AGAIN. AGAIN, THE CAR WENT INTO LIMP MODE WHILE BRAKING (A LOUD POP IS HEARD EACH TIME IT DOES THIS). THE MIL LAMP COMES ON AND THE DTC CODES ARE P0700, P01776, & P0841. FROM RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET, IT SEEMS THAT THIS PROBLEM HAPPENS RATHER FREQUENTLY WITH THIS MODEL DODGE, BUT THERE IS NO CLEAR ANSWER AS TO WHAT THE UNDERLYING ISSUE IS (SENSOR, COMPUTER, VALVE BODY, ETC). COULD THIS BE REVIEWED FOR POSSIBLE MANUFACTURER DEFECT? *NM

CAR HAS 94,000 ODD MILES ON IT. WHILE DRIVING MY CAR THE OIL LIGHT CAME ON. I HAD A OIL CHANGE 2 MONTHS PRIOR. CHECKED THE OIL WAS 1 QUART LOW, ADDED ONE QUART. DROVE CAR A COUPLE HOURS LATER IT STARTED SMOKING AND THE OIL STARTING LEAKING ENTIRELY OUT OF CAR. MADE IT HOME CRUNK THE CAR BACK UP AND THE CAR SOUNDED LIKE A LAWN MOWER WAS UNDER MY HOOD. WHEN MECHANIC LOOKED AT IT HE INFORMED ME THAT THE ENGINE WAS SHOT AND THAT IT WAS UNSUAL FOR THE ENGINE TO GO OUT SO SOON BECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF MILEAGE ON MY CAR. I HAVE BEEN OUT OF A CAR SINCE THEN, THE COST ESTIMATE FOR REPAIRS ARE FROM 3.000 TO 6,000. IT IS NOT UNDER WARRANTY. I AM IN THE PROCESS OF SENDING INFORMATION TO THE IMPARTIAL SERVICES GROUP. AND I HAVE FILED A COMPLAINT WITH THE CENTER FOR AUTO SAFETY. *NM

WHILE AT CRUISING SPEED ON THE FREEWAY MY 2003 DODGE INTREPID SXT SUDDENLY AND WITHOUT WARNING STOPPED RUNNING, LEAVING ME WITH NO POWER ON A VERY CROWDED FREEWAY. AFTER PULLING TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD (AFTER MANY NEAR MISSES WITH OTHER VEHICLES, I WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE CAR AND PROCEED HOME. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON FROM THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. AFTER RUNNING A DIAGNOSTIC CHECK THE DODGE DEALER ADVISED THAT THE CAMSHAFT POSITION SENSOR HAD FAILED. *NM

WHEN TURNING INTO A DRIVEWAY THERE WAS A SNAPPING SOUND IN THE STEERING COLUMN AND I COULD FEEL IT IN THE STEERING WHEEL. THE AIR BAG LIGHT WENT ON AND LATER WE FOUND OUT THERE WAS NO CRUISE CONTROL. I AM FAMILIAR WITH PEOPLE WHO WORK IN AUTO BODY SO I CALLED HIM AS WE WERE OUT OF STATE. HE TOLD ME TO PULL THE FUSE ON THE AIRBAGS BECAUSE THEY COULD ACCIDENTALLY GO OFF. I CALLED A DODGE DEALER IN THE AREA AND HE SAID IT NEEDED TO BE FIXED IMMEDIATELY SO THE AIRBAG DID NOT GO OFF ACCIDENTALLY. WE TOOK THE CAR TO A DEALER WHOM TOLD US IT PROBABLY HAPPENED BECAUSE THE CLOCK SPRING WAS WOUND TOO TIGHT CAUSING IT TO BREAK AND EVEN THOUGH IT IS CAUSED WHEN MANUFACTURED IT WOULD NOT BE COVERED. THANKFULLY I KNEW TO CALL SOMEONE IMMEDIATELY OR IT MAY HAVE RESULTED IN A MAJOR ACCIDENT. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY STALLING OCCURRED CAUSING PROBLEMS TO THE BRAKES AND THE STEERING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL DEALER WHO DETERMINED THE TIRE ROD ENDS WERE SHOT AND VEHICLE WAS NOT DRIVABLE. REPAIRS WERE MADE TO THE CENSOR OF THE VEHICLE TO REPAIR THE PROBLEMS ON THE STEERING AND THE BRAKES. THE VEHICLE SOON ALSO HAD PROBLEMS WITH OVERHEATING CAUSING THE ENGINE TO SMOKE AND AN OIL BURNING SMELL TO OCCUR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THEY DETERMINED THE CAUSE FOR OVERHEATING WAS DUE TO SLUDGE IN THE MOTOR AND THAT THE COST FOR REPAIRS WERE NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY.

THE OIL LIGHT IN MY WIFE'S CAR WOULD COME ON AT AN IDLE. THE CAR HAD ONLY 70,000 MILES ON IT. THE OIL WAS CHANGED EVERY 3000 MILES. FOUND VERY LOW OIL PRESSURE ( UNDER 5 PSI ). REMOVED ROD AND MAIN BEARINGS. THE BEARINGS LOOKED LIKE NEW. USED PLASTIC GAUGE TO MEASURE BEARING CLEARANCE. FOUND THE CLEARANCE TO BE .003". THE SPEC IS .0015" TO .002". I FOUND THAT DODGE MAKES A .001" UNDERSIZE BEARING FOR THIS PROBLEM. THIS LEADS ME TO BELIEVE THAT THE CRANK SHAFTS WERE UNDERSIZE FROM THE FACTORY. WITH ONLY .001" OF "WEAR" THE ENGINE COULD NOT MAINTAIN OIL PRESSURE. WHEN I ORDERED THE UNDERSIZE BEARINGS I GOT ANOTHER SURPRISE. IN ALL THE ENGINES I HAVE REBUILT THE BEARING KITS RUN ABOUT $50. DODGE IS CHARGING $40 EACH FOR THE MAIN BEARINGS AND $64 EACH FOR THE ROD BEARINGS. THE TOTAL BILL FOR ROD AND MAIN BEARINGS CAME TO $500. COULD THERE BE A LITTLE PRICE GOUGING GOING ON TO FINANCE THE LEGAL BATTLE WITH THESE ENGINES. *NM

BELOW, PLEASE FIND A PARTIAL COPY OF AN EMAIL COMPLAINT SENT TO DODGE ON 4/27/06 COMPLAINT! PLEASE BE ADVISE THAT ON THE EVENING OF TUESDAY 4/25/06, MY 2003 INTREPID OVERHEATED SEVERELY (WITHOUT WARNING) AFTER A TEN MINUTE RIDE. SADLY, THE DASHBOARD INDICATORS AND TEMPERATURE GAUGE WERE NOT WORKING PROPERLY AND THUS I WAS NOT AWARE THAT THE VEHICLE (WHICH WAS RECENTLY MAINTENANCE BY THE DEALER) WAS IN SUCH DISTRESS. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED ON 4/26 AND I RECEIVED A CALL FROM THE DEALER DURING THE MID-AFTERNOON OF 4/27 STATING THAT TWO COOLING FANS HAD FAILED (DUE TO ELECTRICAL MALFUNCTIONING) AND A GASKET PERTAINING TO THE THERMOSTAT HAD BROKEN, ALL OF WHICH WAS BELIEVED TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE OVERHEATING OF THE VEHICLE. IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT THERMOSTAT BE REPLACED AS A ??PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE??. IT WAS ALSO STATED THAT THE SITUATION WAS "UNCOMMON". WHEN QUESTIONED, I WAS TOLD BY THE DEALER THAT THE DISTRESS INDICATORS WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN TRIGGERED OFF BY THIS EVENT. MY QUESTION IS SIMPLE: WHY NOT? IS THAT NOT THE PURPOSE OF THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE OR THERMOSTAT INDICATOR? I DIRECTED THE DEALER TO REVIEW THE FUSES, SWITCHES AND ANYTHING PERTAINING TO THE ELECTRONICS OF THESE INDICATORS AND WAS GROSSLY INFORMED THAT THE EVENTS LEADING UP TO THE FAILURE OF MY CAR WERE NO MORE "PREDICTABLE OR PREVENTABLE" THAN "KNOWING WHEN A LIGHT BULB IN YOUR HOME WILL BLOW". THIS COMMENTARY WAS BOTH APPALLING AND UNPROFESSIONAL. FURTHERMORE, MY VEHICLE WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE TO ME UNTIL 5/1/06

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH A LOUD NOISE WAS HEARD FROM THE VEHICLE AND THE ENGINE STALLED. SMOKE AND FIRE ERUPTED FROM UNDER THE HOOD AND THE VEHICLE WAS PUSHED OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED; HOWEVER THERE WERE NO FIRE OR POLICE REPORTS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP, UPON INSPECTION A ROD HAD BLOWN THROUGH THE ENGINE CAUSING OIL SPLATTER WHICH CAUSED THE SMOKE AND FIRE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT ALERTED.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED 2-3 ATTEMPTS ON THE IGNITION MUST BE MADE BEFORE THE VEHICLE WILL START. THIS IS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO THE DEALERSHIP, BUT NO CODES ARE FOUND ON THE COMPUTER AND THE PROBLEM CANNOT BE DIAGNOSED.

DT: THE CONTACT STATED AFTER HEARING A CLICKING NOISE THE DASHBOARD BOARD LIGHTS AND HEADLIGHTS TURNED OFF. THE FAILURE ONLY OCCURRED IN THE DAYTIME. THE INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP DETERMINED THE PROBLEM WAS THE HEADLIGHTS WIRING. *AK

MY 2003 INTREPID HAD 43000 MILES ON IT WHEN I BOUGHT IT IN JUNE OF 2005. IT HAS THE 2.7 LITER V-6 ENGINE. THE OIL HAS BEEN CHANGED TWICE SINCE THEN, ONCE AT 43000 AND 45000. THERE WAS NO HINT OF TROUBLE FROM THE ENGINE AND I CHECKED THE OIL REGULARLY. I ALSO CAN'T VOUCH FOR WHAT THE PREVIOUS OWNER DID AS FAR AS MAINTENANCE EITHER. THE INCIDENT HAPPENED WHILE IN FARMINGTON, MICHIGAN ON A BUSINESS MEETING. THE OIL LIGHT CAME ON AND THEN WENT OFF WHILE THE CAR WAS AT A TRAFFIC SIGNAL. IT ALSO FLICKERED WHILE DRIVING HOME TO LANSING, A SEVENTY MILE TRIP. IT ALSO DID THE SAME THING ON MY WAY HOME FROM WORK TO NEXT DAY AND THERE WAS STILL NO USUAL SIGNS OF FAILURE SUCH AS CLICKING, ETC. NOT WANTING TO TAKE CHANCES I TOOK THE CAR WHERE I BOUGHT IT, I ALSO PURCHASED A WARRANTY WITH IT; THAT FRIDAY MORNING. THEY REPLACED AND OIL SENDER AND CHECKED THE ENGINE. THE OIL LIGHT IMMEDIATELY STAYED ON AND THEY CALLED ME BACK TO TELL ME THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE OF SLUDGE AND IT WOULD IN FACT BE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. THE DEALER, SUNDANCE CHEVROLET HAS BEEN VERY CORDIAL THUS FAR. I'M HOPING THERE'S A MORE PERMANENT SOLUTION FOR THIS FIX RATHER THAN SPENDING SO MUCH MONEY ON AN ENGINE THAT MIGHT FAIL AGAIN. THE CAR HAS 47700 MILES ON THE ODOMETER. *JB

I WAS BACKING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE, AS I TURNED THE WHEEL I HEAR A SOUND LIKE A CONECTOR COMING UNDONE IN MY STEERING WHEEL. ONCE THAT HAPPENED MY AIR BAG LIGHT WENT ON, CRUISE CONTROL, AND HORN DO NOT WORK. I SEE ALOT OF RECALL INFO FOR DODGE/CHRISLER FOR CLOCK SPRING AND THATS WHAT DODGE TOLD ME IT WAS. TOTAL THEY WANT TO FIX IT IS OVER $350. *NM

MY AIRBAG LIGHT IS REMAINING ON, THE HORN IS NOT WORKING, AND CRUISE CONTROL DOESN'T WORK AND FROM IT IS MY BELIEF, THAT MY VEHICLE HAS SAME CLOCKSPRING PROBLEM THAT CHRYSLER HAD WITH SOME OF ITS 1996-98 MINIVANS. I BELIEVE THE HORN AND AIR BAG ARE SAFETY ITEMS AND SHOULD BE REPAIRED. I WROTE TO DAIMLER/CHRYSLER AND GOT THIS RESPONSE: THANK YOU FOR YOUR RECENT EMAIL TO DAIMLERCHRYSLER MOTORS REGARDING YOUR 2003 DODGE INTREPID. A REVIEW OF OUR RECORDS INDICATES THAT YOUR VEHICLE DOES NOT CURRENTLY REQUIRE SERVICE FOR ANY RECALL CAMPAIGNS ISSUED BY DAIMLERCHRYSLER. IF YOUR VEHICLE IS INVOLVED IN A FUTURE RECALL CAMPAIGN, YOU WILL BE NOTIFIED PROMPTLY BY MAIL. YOU CAN ALSO ACCESS THE SELF-SERVICE RECALL SITE ON THE INTERNET TO CHECK ON YOUR VEHICLE'S INVOLVEMENT IN ANY/ALL RECALLS THAT ARE PUBLISHED. SIMPLY GO TO ONE OF OUR BRAND SITES: WWW.CHRYSLER.COM; WWW.DODGE.COM OR WWW.JEEP.COM AND CLICK ON "FOR OWNERS" AND THEN "RECALL NOTICES" AND FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS ON THE POP UP RECALL PAGE. YOU WILL NEED THE LAST EIGHT DIGITS OF YOUR VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER (VIN). YOUR CONCERNS, PARTICULARLY IN VIEW OF THE EXPENSE AND INCONVENIENCE INVOLVED IN THIS ISSUE, ARE UNDERSTANDABLE. HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE IN QUESTION HAS EXCEEDED THE TIME OR MILEAGE LIMITATIONS OF THE MANUFACTURER'S WARRANTY. ALTHOUGH A MORE FAVORABLE REPLY COULD NOT BE PROVIDED, SHARING YOUR CONCERN WITH US IS APPRECIATED. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR EMAIL. SHOULDN'T DAIMLER/CHRYSLER BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE EXPENSE OF GE

DT: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STALLED AND LOST POWER. THERE WERE NO WARNING SIGNS OR LIGHTS INDICATING A PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE SERVICE DEALER, BUT THEY HAVE NOT DETERMINED THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. THE DEALER SAID IT COULD BE THE ENGINE OR AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM. *AK

I PURCHASED THIS CAR USED, WITH 24,000 MILES ON IT, 18 MONTHS AGO. 6 TIMES TO SHOP: 1) ABOUT 3 MONTHS AFTER PURCHASE, HAD TO HAVE TIE ROD REPLACED 2) BRAKES NEEDED AFTER APPROX 14 MONTHS FROM PURCHASE 3) ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED 14 MONTHS AFTER PURCHASE 4) WATER PUMP HOUSING CRACKED AND HAD TO BE REPLACED, AT MY EXPENSE, AFTER DEALERSHIP CRIMPED WATER PUMP HOUSING WHEN PUTTING IN REPLACEMENT POWER TRAIN 5) SWAY BAR BUSHINGS NEEDED REPLACEMENT AT 16 MONTHS 6) WAS JUST DRIVING HOME FROM WORK AND 4 MILES FROM HOME ENGINE BEGAN MAKING WEIRD NOISES AND BY THE TIME I GOT HOME WAS MAKING VERY LOUD ENGINE NOISES, SOUNDS LIKE TRANSMISSION? DIDN'T WANT TO ACCELERATE. TURNED CAR OFF WHEN I GOT HOME AND DIDN'T WANT TO START AN HOUR LATER, JUST CRANKED AND CRANKED. I BELIEVE THIS IS A LEMON, BUT SINCE I BOUGHT IT USED, DON'T THINK I'M COVERED UNDER LEMON LAW. WILL ATTEMPT TO FORCE DEALERSHIP TO REPLACE CAR WITH A DIFFERENT MODEL TOMORROW. OH, AND ALSO THE INNER DRIVER'S DOOR HANDLE DOESN'T OPEN THE CAR DOOR. IT BROKE ABOUT 3 MONTHS AGO, AND I HAVEN'T FIXED IT BECAUSE THEY WANT TO CHARGE $50 FOR THE PART AND WHO KNOWS HOW MUCH FOR THE LABOR. *JB

CONSUMER HAS HAD 2 REPLACEMENT BRAKES AND 4 NEW RADIOS ON 2003 DODGE INTREPID AFTER BEING TOLD THAT THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH EITHER. *TS THE WINDSHIELD AND BOTH SIDE MIRRORS WERE PITTED. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE JERKED. THE DEALER REPLACED THE CAMSHAFT POSITION SENSOR. THE SECOND TIME THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED THEY REPLACED THE MAF SENSOR. THE SERPENTINE BELT CRACKED. TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAKED FROM COOLER HOSES. THE FRONT BRAKE PADS WERE REPLACED AND THE ROTORS WERE MACHINED. THE CONSUMER REQUEST THAT THE DEALER REIMBURSE HIS SOME OF HIS MONEY AND RETURN HIS TRADE-IN VEHICLE. *NM

DT: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING THE CHECK OIL LIGHT CAME ON AND THERE WAS A LOUD TAPPING NOISE IN THE ENGINE. AFTERWARDS THE ENGINE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL DEALERSHIP. THEY SAID THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO SLUDGE BUILD UP. THE ENGINE HAS NOT BEEN REPLACED. *AK

THE 2.7 LITER ENGINE ON OUR 2003 DODGE INTREPID SEIZED WITHOUT WARNING WHILE ON THE ROAD. WE WERE ON A TWO-LANE HIGHWAY ON A BRIDGE WITH NO SHOULDERS, IN-BETWEEN TWO LARGE MOTORHOMES TRAVELING AT 60 MPH WITH NO POWER STEERING AND LIMITED BRAKING ABILITY. WE WERE EXTREMELY FORTUNATE THAT WE WERE ABLE TO COAST ACROSS THE BRIDGE AND GET TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. THE CAR ONLY HAS 62,000 MILES ON IT, AND THE ENGINE SEIZED BECAUSE OF EXCESSIVE SLUDGE BUILD-UP DESPITE REGULAR OIL CHANGES THAT OCCURRED AT LESS THEN THE FACTORY RECOMMENDED INTERVAL OF 7500 MILES. *JB

PURCHASED 2003 DODGE INTREPID 6/3/05, AS USED. WHILE DRIVING A COUPLE WEEKS AFTER PURCHASE, ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. TOOK CAR BACK TO DEALERSHIP WHILE STILL UNDER DEALERSHIP 30 DAY WARRANTY. INFORMED CAR HAD FAULTY O2 SENSOR AND SENSOR WAS REPLACED. AUGUST 9TH, DRIVING WITH YOUNG DAUGHTER AT NIGHT AT APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, CAR MADE 'POP' SOUND, ENGINE AND OIL LIGHT BOTH ILLUMINATED, CAR ENGINE DIED, BUT WAS ABLE TO VEER ONTO SHOULDER OF ROAD WITHOUT BEING HIT BY OTHER CARS. CALLED DEALERSHIP WHERE CAR WAS PURCHASED AND WAS TOLD TO BRING IT BACK. CAR WAS FOUND TO HAVE FAULTY CAM SENSOR. CAM SENSOR WAS REPLACED-AT MY EXPENSE. ALMOST OUT OF THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER, WAS DRIVING THIS CAR ON THE 26TH, ONCE AGAIN WITH MY YOUNG DAUGHTER WHEN ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED, CAR FELT AS THOUGH DOWN SHIFTED HARD THROUGH ALL GEARS, THEN TRANSMISSION ACTING AS IF NOT PROPER SHIFTING. CLOSE TO LOCAL AUTO ZONE WHICH I HAD THEM RUN DIAGNOSTICS ON. FOUND "TRANSMISSION SYSTEM FAILURE." THE COMPUTER OF THE CAR WAS RESET AT AUTO ZONE. CALLED LOCAL DODGE DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD TO BRING IT IN THE NEXT MORNING. WAS INFORMED THAT BECAUSE THE COMPUTER HAD BEEN RESET THEY COULD NOT REPEAT, NOR FIND THE PROBLEM. WAS TOLD THAT THE PROBLEM WAS "MORE THAN LIKELY 2 SENSORS," AND TO CONTINUE DRIVING THIS CAR UNTIL THE LIGHT COMES ON AGAIN, THEN NOTIFY THE DEALERSHIP. SO, NOW I HAVE THE PLEASURE OF DRIVING A CAR THAT I KNOW IN THE MONTH OF OCTOBER WILL HAVE SOME SORT OF "SENSOR" FAILURE, IF NOT OUTRIGHT MAJOR TRAN

MY 2003 DODGE INTREPID ENGINE FAILED WHILE MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING IT IN OCTOBER 2004. THE ENGINE HAD APPROXIMATELY 50,000 MILES ON IT. THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS, NO INDICATION THAT ANYTHING WAS WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE UNTIL IT STARTED MAKING A HORRIBLE KNOCKING SOUND. IT WAS TAKEN TO THE DODGE DEALERSHIP AND THE SERVICE TECHNICIAN TOLD US THE PROBLEM WAS CAUSED BY SLUDGE. THE OIL HAD BEEN CHANGED EVERY 3000 MILES. THE DODGE TECHNICIAN SAID THE SLUDGE COULD NOT HAVE BUILT UP TO THE POINT IT WAS EVEN IF THE OIL HAD NEVER BEEN CHANGED. WE CONSULTED AN INDEPENDENT TECHNICIAN WHO SAYS THE SLUDGE IS A RESULT OF MANUFACTURER'S DEFECT IN THE DESIGN OF THE ENGINE. THE COST OF A NEW ENGINE WOULD BE AROUND $6000 WHICH WE CANNOT AFFORD, AND IS IN FACT ABOUT THE SAME AS THE TRADE-IN VALUE OF THE VEHICLE IF IT WERE WORKING, WHICH IT ISN'T. EVEN IF WE COULD AFFORD IT, OUR RESEARCH INDICATES THAT WE WOULD PROBABLY HAVE TO REPLACE THE ENGINE YET AGAIN BEFORE THE CAR IS EVEN PAID FOR. WE BELIEVE THERE IS A MAJOR DEFECT IN THE DESIGN OF THE ENGINE, RESULTING IN FINANCIAL AND EMOTIONAL INJURY TO OUR FAMILY.

WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH AND TURNING THROUGH AN INTERSECTION, THE VEHICLE SHUT DOWN COMPLETELY. AFTER 3 TRIES, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO START UP. OWNER DROVE TO THE DEALER AND IT WAS THE CAM SENSOR CIRCUIT WHICH WAS CAUSING THIS PROBLEM. *JB MILEAGE WAS 10,000 AT TIME OF FAILURE. *TT *NM

ON MAY 24, 2005, I RECEIVED MY 2003 DODGE INTREPID (72,000 MILES) BACK FROM THE DEALERSHIP AFTER THEY COMPLETED REPAIRS RELATED TO A LOW-SPEED COLLISION. UPON PICKING UP THE VEHICLE, OPERATION SEEMED 100%. LESS THAN 20 MILES LATER WHILE DRIVING ~60MPH ON INTERSTATE 70-WEST, THE CAR SHUTTERED BRIEFLY AND THEN QUICKLY LOST FORWARD ACCELERATION. WHEN I DEPRESSED THE GAS PETAL, THE RFPM WOULD ACCELERATE ACCORDINGLY, BUT THE TRANSMISSION SEEMED TO BE DISENGAGED. AT THIS POINT, THE 'CHECK ENGINE' WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. AS I ATTEMPTED TO MAKE MY WAY SAFELY TO THE SHOULDER, THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO DE-ACCELERATE TO THE POINT WHERE THE VEHICLE CAME TO A DEAD STAND-STILL ON THE ROADWAY AND STARTED TO DRIFT BACKWARDS WHEN A TRACTOR TRAILER SWERVED ONTO THE SHOULDER TO PASS ME AND AVOID A MAJOR REAR-END COLLISION. AFTER TOWING THE VEHILE BAACK TO THE DEALERSHIPM, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE AUTOMATIC TRNASMISSION HAD EXPERIENCED CATASTROPHIC FAILURE AND WOULD NEED TO BE COMPLETELY RE-BUILT OR REPLACED. WHEN THE DEALERSHIP CHECKED ON THE AVAILABILITY OF PARTS, THEY DISCOVERED THAT CORRESPONDING COMPONENTS WERE ON NATIONAL BACK-ORDER BY DODGE AND WOULD NOT BE AVAILABLE FOR MONTHS. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT A NATIONAL BACK-ORDER OF THIS MAGNITUDE WAS INDICATIVE OF WIDE-SCALE DEFECTS FROM THE MANUFACTURER. GIVEN THAT (1) THE COMPLETE FAILURE OF THE AUTOMOBILE'S TRANSMISSION OCCURRED WITHOUT WARNING, (2) THE FAILURE OCCURRED CATASTROPHICALLY WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS TRAVELLING OVER 60MPH, AN

DT: THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 DODGE INTREPID. SHE STATES THAT ENGINE WILL NOT WORK. SHE TOOK VEHICLE TO A REPAIR SHOP, AND THEY SAID THE ENGINE WAS FILLED WITH SLUDGE. THE ENGINE WAS KNOCKING REALLY BADLY WHILE WAS DRIVING. SHE STOPPED THE VEHILCE AND THEN THAT IS WHEN SHE TOOK IT TO THE REPAIR SHOP. VEHICLE HAS 50000 MILES ON IT. *AK

CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. OWNER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND WAS INFORMED THAT TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. OWNER STATED WHILE ACCELERATING FROM A STOP LIGHT TRANSMISSION WOULD GO INTO 2ND GEAR AND WOULD ONLY GO UP TO 40 MPH, BUT WILL NOT CHANGE GEARS. DRIVER WOULD HAVE TO SHUT THE VEHICLE OFF AND TURN BACK ON BEFORE THE VEHICLE WOULD CLIMB BACK UP TO 40 MPH OR GREATER. OWNER WAS BAFFLED AS TO WHY THIS HAPPENED SINCE VEHICLE WAS ONLY 2 YEARS OLD AND HAD 85,000 MILES. *AK

THIS INTREPID WAS PURCHASED TO USE AS A PATROL UNIT. WE HAVE HAD NUMEROUS PROBLEMS WITH THE BRAKES NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY. THE BRAKES FAILED ON ABOUT DECEMBER 22, 2004 JUST 3 WEEKS AFTER IT WAS WORKED ON BY A DODGE DEALERSHIP. THE FAILURE RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT, SERIOUSLY INJURING A DEPUTY AND AN INNOCENT BYSTANDER. THE DEPUTY HAS SINCE LEARNED THAT THERE ARE ALOT OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE DODGE INTREPID BRAKES (ESPECIALLY FROM OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES). WHY HASN'T THERE BEEN A RECALL OR THIS EVEN BEEN LOOKED INTO?*AK

THE VEHICLE STOPPED WHILE DRIVING. THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED, WHEREBY IT WAS DISCOVERED THE OIL SCREEN IS DEFECTIVE AND THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER STATES THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN MAINTAINED.

THE POWER STEERING RACK AND PINION UNIT FAILED. FINALLY THE RACK WAS REPLACED IN SEPTEMBER 2004. *BF THE POWER STEERING RACK AND PINION UNIT VALVES HAD BECOME INOPERATIVE AND MADE DRIVING IMPOSSIBLE. THERE WAS A CONTINUAL LOSS OF FLUID. THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. THE MOST RECENT INCIDENT BROUGHT ABOUT LOUD POPPING AND OR BANGING. *SC *JB

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STALLED. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO RESTART VEHICLE FIFTEEN MINUTES LATER. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE CRANK ANGLE POSITION SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

WHILE BRAKING FROM 55 MPH TRANSMISSION DOWN SHIFTED WITH A THUMP THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IMMEDIATELY CAME ON,THEN IT WOULD NOT SHIFT OUT OF FIRST GEAR.SHUT OFF ENGINE AND RESTARTED,,,WORKED FINE TILL I GOT HOME,,CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STILL ON , CAR IS IN THE SHOP NOW.*AK

THE VEHICLE LEAKED TRANSMISSION FLUID. ALSO, WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE, IT WOULD SHIFT VERY HARD. THE RPM REVVED VERY HIGH. UPON TURNING THE VEHICLE OFF, THE CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO RESTART IT. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER ON FOUR DIFFERENT OCCASIONS AND WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS AN INTERNAL ELECTRICAL PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.

WHEN THE CONSUMER APPLIED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, THE CONSUMER HEARD A LOUD KNOCKING NOISE . THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT THE IDLE PULLEY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. IT HAS SINCE BEEN REPLACED THREE TIMES. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *JB

WATER WAS LEAKING INSIDE THE VEHICLE TRUNK. THIS CAUSED MILDEW ODORS GETTING INSIDE THE VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING. VEHICLE WAS AT DEALER ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, BUT PROBLEM RECURRED.*AK

WHILE DRIVING UNDER NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS BRAKES WEREN'T FUNCTIONING PROPERLY. THE BRAKES FELT SPONGY, AND WERE HARD TO DEPRESS. A FEW MINUTES AFTER PARKING AND EXITING THE VEHICLE IT BURST INTO FLAMES. CONSUMER NOTICED SEVERAL OTHER COMPLAINTS RELATED TO BRAKES AND BRAKE LINE FIRES.*AK

CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP ON SEVERAL OCCASSIONS. HOWEVER, DEALERSHIP WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM, YET WILL NOT IDENTIFY THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSION. IT HAD DIFFICULTY GOING FROM PARK TO REVERSE. THIS HAPPENED INTERMITTENTLY . *AK

THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A MECHANIC FOR AN OIL CHANGE. THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT THE BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS WERE WORN OUT AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONSUMER DROVE THE VEHICLE TO A DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT THE ROTORS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO WORN OUT PARTS. *JB THE CONSUMER FOUND THE FRONT BRAKE ROTOR RUSTED AND PITTED. THE VEHICLE HAD LESS THAN 10K MILES WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASE. *SC *JB

TRANSMISSION LIGHT WENT ON 8/11/04, AND IMMEDIATELY, THE CAR DROPPED INTO 3RD GEAR AND WOULD NOT GO INTO OVERDRIVE. I TOOK THE CAR IN FOR SERVICE. AFTER A $100 DEDUCTABLE, THE VALVE BODY WAS REPLACED. A FEW DAYS LATER, IT FAILED AGAIN. I RETURNED TO THE SAME DEALERSHIP (TOWN & COUNTRY DODGE IN CLARKSTON, MI). THEY RESET THE CODES, IN THEIR DESCRIPTION, AND TEST DROVE IT AGAIN. WHEN I DROVE IT HOME, IT FAILED FOR A THIRD TIME, SAME MODE. *AK

DEALER REPLACED AT 13,565 MILES THE FRONT ROTORS AND PADS. AT 39,092 MILES, ROTORS WERE RESURFACED AND REPLACED THE PADS. AT CONSUMER'S EXPENSE AT 51,000 MILES DEALERSHIP RESURFACED THE ROTORS.*AK

I PURCHASED MY 2003 INTREPID IN DECEMBER 2003 WITH 20,000 MILES.IN THE SPRING OF 2004 I HAD TO REPLACE THE FRONT ROTORS AND DISCS IT IS NOW AUGUST 2004 AND THE SAME PROBLEM IS OCCURRING STARTING WITH SQUEAKING AND PULSATION FOLLOWED BY GRINDING. THE VEHICLE NOW HAS 40,000 MILES ON IT AND I AM ONCE AGAIN REPLACING ROTORS AND DISCS. I DO NOT HAVE THE 1ST PAIR OF ROTORS AND DISCS THAT WERE REPLACED HOWEVER I WILL KEEP THIS SET. ANOTHER PROBLEM I HAVE STARTED NOTICING IS WHEN SHIFTING THE CAR INTO DRIVE IT OCCASSIONALLY DOES NOT RESPOND AND I HAVE TO PLACE THE VEHICLE IN PARK A COUPLE OF TIMES BEFORE DRIVE WILL ENGAGE.*AK

THE VEHICLE'S ACCELERATOR DRIVE BELTS WERE FAILING AND AS A RESULT THE VEHICLE WAS UNABLE TO ACCELERATE PROPERLY. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *NLM *MR

2003 INTREPID MAKES A THUMPING NOISE WHEN BRAKES GET HOT. *TS WHEN THE CONSUMER APPLIED THE BRAKES, THE THUMPING NOISE WAS HEARD. THE CONSUMER STATED IT SOUNDED LIKE THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE CALIPER. *JB THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER BUT THEY WERE UNABLE TO FIND THE CAUSE OF THE NOISE. *NM

WHILE TRAVELING AT 30 TO 35 MPH, THE CONSUMER SLAMMED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE THAT RAN A STOP SIGN. NONE OF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. THE DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *PH REFER TO CL 11682195. *SC *JB