NHTSA Complaint #10106485 — 1999 DODGE DODGE

MY 99 DODGE INTREPID BEGAN MAKING NOISES. LOUD KNOCKING NOISES ONE DAY. I WAS AFRAID TO DRIVE IT. IT WAS THEN I WAS TOLD THAT IT NEEDED A TIMING SENSOR. THAT JOB COST ME $380 DOLLARS. AFTER 15 MINUTES OF RUNNING, THE ENGINE TOTALLY SEIZED UP. PRIOR TO THIS, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY OF LOOKING AT THE ENGINE ON THE INSIDE AND WAS TOTALLY DISGUSTED WITH WHAT I SAW. I WAS WARNED THAT THE ENGINE MAY SEIZE UP AND THAT I MOST LIKELY NEEDED A NEW ENGINE. MY CAR HAD ABOUT 74,5 MILES ON IT. IT WAS A GOOD PERFORMING CAR. I AM IN A TERRIBLE FINANCIAL BIND NOW TRYING TO RAISE THE $3200 TO REPLACE MY ENGINE. I DID NOT KNOW THAT THE PERFORMANCE OF THE 2.7 WAS SO AWFUL AND NOT LONG LASTING. THERE DEFINITELY NEEDS TO BE A CLASS ACTION SUIT AGAINST DODGE/CHRYSLER. MY PLAN IS TO GET THE CAR FIXED AND TRADE IT IN WITHIN 3 MONTHS. I WON'T EVER BUY ANOTHER DODGE OR CHRYSLER VEHICLE AGAIN AS LONG AS I LIVE. *JB