NHTSA Complaint #10139415 — 2001 DODGE INTREPID

DT: CONTACT OWNS A 2001 DODGE INTREPID. ON 10-06-05 THE CONTACT'S GRANDSON WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE WHEN IT COMPLETELY STOPPED. THE CONTACT REPORTSED OF HAVING NO PROBLEMS WITH CAR PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT. THERE WERE NO LIGHTS THAT CAME ON PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT. SHE HAD IT TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP, WHERE THEY TOLD HER THE MOTOR BLEW OUT. THE CAR HAD LESS THAN 40,000 MILES ON IT. THE MECHANIC AT THE REPAIR SHOP TOLD HER HE HAD NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT. THE MECHANIC ADVISED HER TO CALL THE NHTSA. HER DAUGHTER FOUND THE NUMBER ON THE WEBSITE. THE CONTACT TALKED TO A DODGE MANUFACTURER IN DETROIT. THEY GAVE HER A CLAIM NUMBER: 14143722. THEY TOLD HER TO SHOW PROOF OF ALL OF THE OIL CHANGES SHE HAD DONE ON THE CAR ,AND THEY WOULD TAKE IT UP FROM THERE. THE MECHANIC TOLD HER THE OIL WAS VERY CLEAN. HE HAD JUST CHANGED IT ABOUT SIX WEEKS AGO. *AK