NHTSA Complaint #10127077 — 2001 DODGE INTREPID

DT: 2001 DODGE INTERPRET, THE FIRST TIME THE VEHICLE STALLED STEERING WHEEL SHOOK AND THE ENGINE LIGHT TURNED ON. VEHICLE WOULD STILL BE MOVING WITHOUT PRESSURE BEING PUT ON THE GAS PEDAL. VEHICLE WOULD SHUT OFF AND WOULD NOT START AGAIN. CONSUMER HAD TO TRY TO GET THE VEHICLE TO START BACK FOR ABOUT 20 MINUTES BEFORE THE VEHICLE WOULD TURN BACK ON. CONSUMER HAD TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER VARIOUS TIMES, AND DEALER COULD NOT FIND THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. AFTER TAKING THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER 3 MONTHS LATER HE TOLD THE CONSUMER THAT AFTER RUNNING A DIAGNOSTICS TEST THAT THERE WAS NO SIGNAL FROM THE CAM SENSOR, DEALER REPLACED THE CAM SENSOR AND CHECKED IT AGAIN. VEHICLE WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY AT THIS TIME. THE PROBLEM HAPPENED AGAIN AROUND TWO YEARS LATER, AT THE LAST OIL CHECK-UP THE VEHICLE WAS SHAKING. AT FIRST CONSUMER THAT THE PROBLEM WAS FROM SOME OTHER MATTER WITH THE VEHICLE, AFTERWARDS THE PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE REMINDED THE CONSUMER OF THE FIRST INCIDENT, THE VEHICLE WAS SHAKING AGAIN, THE ENGINE LIGHT HAD COME ON, THERE WAS SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. VEHICLE STALLED AGAIN. WHEN CONSUMER TRIED TO DRIVE VEHICLE AGAIN THE ENGINE LIGHT WOULD COME ON AND THE VEHICLE WOULD SHAKE, AFTER CONSUMER HAD PARKED THE VEHICLE IT WAS LEAKING OIL AND ANOTHER FLUID MIXED WITH THE OIL. CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER. DEALER SAID THAT ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. CONSUMER HAD DIALED 911 THE SECOND TIME THE VEHILCE HAD STALLED IN THE MIDDLE OF FOUR LANE TRAFFIC, THERE WAS A POLICE CRUSER THAT TOLD CONSUMER TO MOVE THE VEHICLE. THEY WERE SUPPOSE TO SEND BACK UP BUT NO ONE SHOWED UP. CONSUMER WAS UNSURE IF THERE WAS A REPORT FILED. *AK