NHTSA Complaint #10128839 — 2000 DODGE INTREPID

MY INTREPID ONLY HAS 69900 APPROX MILES ON IT. THIS PROBLEM STARTED IN APRIL 22, 2005 WITH BAD TIMING GUIDES TENSIONER ETC... THE GARAGE HAD TO REPLACE 2 TENSIONERS TO GET ONE THAT WAS GOOD. GOT IT HOME ANDABOUT JUNE 1 IT STARTED MAKING RACKET AGAIN AND I HAD IT TOWED, THIS TIME TO THE DODGE DEALERSHIP,WHOM I HAD BEEN IN CONTACT WITH. THEY CHARGED ME 252$ TO DIG INTO THE ENGINE AND SEE WHAT WAS WRONG. SUPPOSEDLY THERE WAS "GUNK" IN THE OIL PAN THAT THEY SAID SHOULD HAVE BEEN CLEANED OUT BEFORE INSTALLING THE TENSIONER, AND IT NEEDED A NEW TIMING CHAIN. THEY WANTED TO CHARGE ME OVER $1000.00. SO I PD $252 AND HAD IT TOWED BACK TO THE AUTO SHOP, BECAUSE I HAD JUST PAID THEM TO DO IT ALREADY. ALTOGETHER IT COST ME OVER $1200, NOT COUNTING THE RENTAL CAR I HAD TO PAY FOR BECAUSE ALL THIS NONSENSE TOOK SO LONG, SO I COULD GO TO WORK. WELL ON JULY 11 I WAS DRIVING IT AND IT STARTED MAKING LOUD NOISES UNDER THE HOOD. HAD IT TOWED ONCE AGAIN TO THE DODGE DEALERSHIP WHERE I BOUGHT IT NEW, AND THEY SAID I NEED A NEW ENGINE AND IT WOULD COST AROUND 5000.00 ON THE LOW SIDE.HE SAID ALL THE PARTS I HAD JUST PUT IN WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. ALL THESE PARTS CAME FROM THERE, SO I AM STRANDED WITH A WELL MAINTAINED CAR WITH NO ENGINE.