NHTSA Complaint #10136909 — 2001 DODGE INTREPID

WE HAVE A DODGE 2001 INTREPID WITH THE 2.7 LITER MOTOR. ACCORDING TO OTHER MECHANICS AND PERSONNEL WITHIN THE DEALERSHIP, THERE ARE DEFECTS WITH THIS MOTOR THAT CHRYSLER REFUSES TO ADDRESS. IT HAS TO DO WITH INTERNAL COMPONENTS AND CAUSES THE MOTOR TO BASICALLY BLOW UP. OUR FIRST MOTOR BLEW UP AT 83,000 MILES AND THE DEALERSHIP INSTALLED A DIFFERENT MOTOR WITH 58,000 MILES WHICH BLEW UP AGAIN 3 WEEKS LATER. TODAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2005, WE WERE TO TAKE POSSESSION OF OUR REPAIRED CAR WITH ITS THIRD MOTOR WITHIN 2 MONTHS AND WERE ASKED TO PAY A PORTION OF THE BILL BECAUSE THE DEALERSHIP CLAIMS THAT THIS REPAIR WAS DUE TO A FAULTY WATER PUMP EVEN THOUGH THE WATER PUMP AND THE TIMING CHAIN ASSEMBLY ARE ONE AND THE SAME ON THIS VEHICLE. IT IS MY OPINION THAT THESE 2.7 LITER MOTORS ARE DEFECTIVE AS THOUSANDS CAN ATTEST ON THE INTERNET, CHRYSLER KNOWS THEY ARE DEFECTIVE BUT DAHMER REFUSES TO ACT RESPONSIBLY BECAUSE THEY PURCHASED THE COMPANY AFTER THE DEFECT ORIGINATED. THESE 2.7 MOTORS WHICH ARE SITTING ON THE SHELF AT JUNKYARDS ACROSS THE COUNTRY HAVE BECOME WORSE BECAUSE THE PASSAGE OF TIME SITTING ON THE SHELF AND ARE WORSE THAN THE ORIGINAL MOTORS PUT IN THEM. FURTHERMORE, OUR EXTENDED WARRANTY COMPANY, TRIAD ADVANTAGE, FORESEEING THE PROBLEMS TO COME, SHUT DOWN, WENT OUT OF BUSINESS AND TOOK THE MONEY AND RAN WHEN THESE CLAIMS WERE BECOMING APPARENT. *NM