NHTSA Complaint #10095822 — 2004 DODGE INTREPID

WHILE DRIVING HOME FROM WORK ON 10/11/04, MY DODGE INTREPIDS ENGINE JUST SHUT OFF AND ALL POWER WENT OFF. THE ENGINE LIGHT WENT ON AND I PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. AFTER ABOUT 5 MINUTES OF TRYING TO GET IT GOING AGAIN, IT RESTARTED. THIS HAPPENED THREE MORE TIMES, IN A PERIOD OF ABOUT AN HOUR, OVER 30 MILES. THE FOLLOWING MORNING, I TOOK IT IN TO MOSS BROTHERS MOTORS AND RENTED A CAR (THEY HAVE NO SERVICE VEHICALS). TWO HOURS LATER, MOSS CALLS THAT THE CAR IS READY, I WAS TOLD IT WAS A "COMPUTER SERVICE PROBLEM". THE LENGINE LIGHT WAS NO LONGER ON WHEN I PICKED THE CAR UP. THE SAME DAY, ON MY WAY HOME, THE SAMETHING HAPPEND (10/12/04). THE CAR SUDDENLY SHUT DOWN ON A VERY BUSY TRAFIC CORNER AND I HAD KNOW TIME BUT TO SWERVE OUT OF MY LANE AND DO A NINTY DEGREE TURN, OVER THE CURB AND INTO A EMPTY PARKING LOT TO AVOID A MAJOR ACCIDENT. I HAD NO POWER STEERING AND NO BRAKES. THE FOLLOWING MORNING, I TOOK THE CAR BACK TO MOSS BROTHERS MOTOR AND LEFT IT, RELATING MY SAME PROBLEMS AS THE DAY BEFORE. TWO HOURS LATER, MOSS CALLS TELLING ME THE CAR IS READY. I WAS TOLD IT WAD ANOTHER "COMPUTER RELATED" PROBLEM. SINCE THEN IT HAS NOT SHUTT DOWN.*AK