NHTSA Complaint #10141694 — 2000 DODGE INTREPID

I DO NOT HAVE THE DATE OF MY VERY FIRST INCIDENT. I WAS SITTING AT A STOP LIGHT AND THE ENGINE CUT OFF. IT STARTED UP WITH NO PROBLEM SO I CONTINUED MY ERRANDS. AT MY NEXT STOP, WHEN I CAME OUT TO LEAVE, THE CAR WOULD NOT START. I HAD TO CALL FOR ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE THRU MY INSURANCE COMPANY. THE PERSON WAS ABLE TO START MY CAR. ON THE NIGHT OF OCTOBER 29TH AT ABOUT 9 PM MY DAUGHTER AND I WERE BOTH IN THE CAR WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE RPM GUAGE WENT TO ZERO AND THE ENGINE QUIT RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. THE POWER STEARING WENT OUT BUT I WAS ABLE TO GET US TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD BEFORE BEING HIT BY ANOTHER CAR. I TRIED AT LEAST EIGHT TIMES TO START THE CAR WITHOUT SUCCESS. SO WE SAT THERE HOPING WE WOULD NOT BE SIDE SWIPED BY THE CARS COMING UP BEHIND US. I TRIED TO START THE CAR ONE MORE TIME BEFORE I CALLED FOR ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE AND THE CAR STARTED. WE WENT DOWN THE ROAD AND TURNED AROUND TO HEAD BACK HOME. ABOUT A MILE FROM OUR HOME THE ENGINE DIED AGAIN. I JUST THANK GOD THAT AGAIN I WAS ABLE TO GET US OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WITHOUT BEING HIT BY ANOTHER CAR. THIS TIME THE ENGINE STARTED ON THE THIRD OR FOUTH TRY AND WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE IT HOME WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE CAR HAS BEEN PARKED EVERY SINCE. I PLAN TO TAKE IT INTO THE LOCAL DEALER FOR SERVICE ON 11/04/05 AND WAS DOING RESEARCH ONLINE ABOUT THE PROBLEM I WAS HAVING WITH THE CAR AND DISCOVERED A WEBSITE THAT DESCRIBED MY INCIDENT EXACTLY. NOW I KNOW IT IS AN ENGINE PROBLEM.