NHTSA Complaint #10080835 — 1999 DODGE INTREPID

MY HUSBAND BOUGHT ME A 1999 DODGE INTREPID IN NOVEMBER OF 2003 WITH A 2.7 ENGINE AND THE OIL SLUDGES UP IN THE MOTOR NO MATTER HOW OFTEN IT IS CHANGED CAUSING PROBLEM. IN MARCH OF THIS YEAR PROBLEMS BEGAN TO BECOME APPARENT BECAUSE OF THE SLUDGING. THE TIMING CHAIN GUIDES WERE CHEWED UP INSIDE OF THE ENGINE CAUSING DAMAGE AND COSTING $450.00 THE MECHANIC SAID THAT, BECAUSE OF THE OIL SLUDGE, THIS IS A COMMON OCCURRENCE IN THE 2.7 ENGINES. THREE MONTHS, THIS JUNE, LATER THE ENGINE BEGINS MAKING MORE NOISE NOW THE ROD BEARINGS ARE SHOT BECAUSE OF THE SLUDGING PROBLEM, THE MECHANIC HAS TO REBUILD THE ENGINE COST AN APPROXIMATELY $1200.00. I AM WITHOUT A CAR AND A CLUE OF HOW TO PAY FOR THE ENGINE REPAIR AND STILL MAKING PAYMENTS ON THE CAR. I HAVE DONE RESEARCH SINCE THESE PROBLEMS AND HAVE READ MANY STORIES ABOUT PEOPLE LIKE ME IN THE SAME SITUATION. I HAVE CONTACTED CHRYSLER ABOUT MY PROBLEMS AND RECEIVED NOT COMPENSATION FOR MY TROUBLES. THEY HAVE A FILE ON ME AND STATED THAT THERE IS NOTHING THEY WILL DO. *LA