NHTSA Complaint #10062104 — 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