NHTSA Complaint #10016151 — 2000 DODGE INTREPID

ON MAR 29TH, 2003 MY 2000 DODGE INTREPID CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE VEHICLE BEGAN STALLING. I TOOK IT TO A LOCAL GARAGE. AFTER PLACING IT ON THEIR COMPUTER, I WAS TOLD THE VEHICLES' CAM SENSOR NEEDED REPLACED. I ALSO HAD THE MECHANIC CHANGE THE SPARK PLUGS. BOTH OF WHICH HAD TO BE ORDERED THROUGH THE DEALER. $200 DOLLARS LATER, I PICKED THE VEHICLE UP AND DROVE APPROX. 5 MILES BEFORE THE SAME THING HAPPENED AGAIN. I TOOK IT BACK TO THE GARAGE WHO ADVISED ME THAT I SHOULD HAVE THE DEALERSHIP LOOK INTO IT. ONCE AT THE DEALERSHIP, I WAS TOLD I NEED A CRANK SENSOR. ANOTHER $200 DOLLARS LATER, MY WIFE PICKED THE VEHICLE UP, DROVE IT NO MORE THAN 2 BLOCKS FROM THE DEALERSHIP WHERE IT STALLED ON HER AND MY TWO CHILDREN IN THE MIDDLE OF US 52 IN OHIO. NOW, AFTER NOT HAVING MY VEHICLE FOR ALMOST A MONTH, I AM TOLD BY THE DEALERSHIP THE TIMING CHAIN MIGHT NEED REPLACED WHICH WILL EASILY COST $300 LABOR FOR 6HR OF WORK, AND AT LEAST $200 FOR THE NEW TIMING CHAIN. IN LESS THAN A MONTH I WILL HAVE SPENT AT LEAST $900 ON A PROBLEM YET TO BE ACTUALLY VERIFIED AS THE PROBLEM NEEDING FIXED. *NLM