NHTSA Complaint #10068118 — 1999 DODGE INTREPID

IN JULY 2002 THE ENGINE DIED ON MY WIFE WHILE GOING TO WORK. WE WERE TOLD TO TOW IT TO THE DEALER. THEY TOLD US IT WAS ENGINE BURNED UP DUE TO LACK OF MAINTENANCE. I DISAGREED FROM THE START. I DID MY OWN WORK TO SAVE MONEY. THE CAR SAT FOR SEVERAL MONTHS FOR US TO COME UP WITH THE MONEY TO FIX IT. WE STILL OWED 9000 ON IT AS WELL. WE FINALLY GOT A LOAN ADDED TO OUR EXISTING CAR LOAN TO GET IT REPLACED. WHICH WAS 6500$.THE ENGINE REPLACEMENT WAS MODIFIED BY THE SALVAGE YARD TO ELIMINATE THE "SLUDGE " PROBLEM THAT APPARENTLY ATTRIBUTED TO THIS 2.7 LITER CHRYSLER ENGINE. WE HAVE SINCE FOUND OUT THAT WE ARE ONLY ONE OF MANY TO HAVE THIS PROBLEM AND CHRYSLER IS NOT ADMITTING TO THE FACT THAT THEIR OIL CIRCULATION IS TERRIBLE AND IT FRIES ENGINES BIG TIME. WE WROTE AND CALLED CHRYSLER AND THE OHIO ATTORNEY GENERAL WITH ALL THE INFO AND HAVE HAD NO SATISFACTION WHATSOEVER. NOW WE HAVE A FRIEND THAT HAS THE SAME PROBLEM AND THEY PURCHASED AN EXTENDED WARRANTY AND THEY WILL NOT HONOR IT AT ALL. WHAT IS GOING ON WITH CHRYSLER THAT THEY WILL NOT ADMIT TO THE PROBLEM THAT ALL GARAGES AND ENGINE REPLACEMENT SHOPS KNOW ABOUT, THAT THE AVERAGE CONSUMER DOES NOT AND GETTING DEEPER INTO DEBT DUE TO THESE CARS. *LA