NHTSA Complaint #10150976 — 2000 DODGE INTREPID

ON FEB 17,2006,MY KIDS WAS GOING OUT OF TOWN AFTER ABOUT 55 MILES OUT OF TOWN. MY DAUGHTER HEARD A SOUND UNDER THE HOOD,THE OIL LIGHT CAME ON SHE PULLED OVER ON INTERSTATE 10 . THEN SHE TRIED TO START IT UP AGAIN AND IT WOULDN'T START. THE TOW TRUCK CAME AFTER ABOUT AN HOUR. TOOK IT TO THE SHOP AND WE WAS TOLD THE ENGINE HAD LOCKED UP (BLEW). IT ONLY HAVE ABOUT 71,000 MILES, BOUGHT AT ABOUT 18,300 MILES PAID CASH. I WAS TOLD IT IS HARD TO FIND A USED MOTOR AND IT WILL COST FROM 2,500-3,000 TO FIX IT AND A NEW MOTOR WILL COST 4-6,000 DOLLARS. WE CAN'T AFFORD THAT WE HAVE 2 KIDS IN COLLEGE AND 2 KIDS TO GRADUATE NEXT YEAR AND PLUS 2 SMALLER KIDS,ON A FIXED INCOME AND MY HUSBAND IS DISABLED. SOMEONE NEEDS TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS PROBLEM BECAUSE I HAVE READ A LOT OF COMPLAINTS TONIGHT. I WOULD HAVE NEVER KNOWN THIS MANY PEOPLE WAS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM I AM HAVING. THIS IS A SHAME. PLEASE DO SOMETHING. THANK YOU *JB