NHTSA Complaint #10141847 — 2000 DODGE INTREPID

APPROXIMATELY 15 MONTHS AFTER PURCHASING OUR USED INTREPID, THE ENGINE LOCKED UP. UP TO THAT POINT IT WAS ALMOST PERFECT, OTHER THAN THE CRAZY NOISE THAT CAME FROM THE WINDOW MECHANISM. WHILE DRIVING TO WORK ABOUT 4AM THE CAR JUST QUIT. I LOST POWER STEERING AND BRAKES WHEN IT WENT. I WAS ABLE TO AVOID THE OTHER VEHICLES ON THE ROAD AND MADE IT TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND HIT A ROAD SIGN, WHICH DAMAGED THE HOOD OF MY CAR. I WENT TO GET AN OPINION AND AN ESTIMATE, I WAS TOLD THIS WAS A COMMON THING HAPPENING WITH THE 2.7L ENGINES IN THE INTREPID AND I NEEDED A NEW ENGINE! $5,500.00, NOT MY IDEA OF POSSIBLE. IT IS STILL SITTING IN MY DRIVEWAY AN EYESORE AND A FINANCIAL BURDEN. I MAINTAIN THE PAYMENTS AND THE INSURANCE ON THE CAR ALTHOUGH I CAN'T DRIVE IT, AND LIKE MOST OF THE OTHER PEOPLE AFFECTED BY THIS MESS, I HAD TO GET ANOTHER VEHICLE TO REPLACE IT. I PERSONALLY, AM READY FOR A FIGHT. *NM