NHTSA Complaint #10260290 — 2000 DODGE INTREPID

MY WATER PUMP BLEW UNEXPECTEDLY WHILE DRIVING TO THE GAS STATION WITHOUT ANY PREVIOUS PROBLEMS OR INDICATIONS OF A PROBLEM WHATSOEVER. I THANKFULLY WAS TURNING INTO A GAS STATION WHEN MY CAR SUDDENLY STALLED AND WAS ABLE TO CONTINUE ROLLING IN THE PARKING LOT AND JUST MADE IT BEFORE AN ONCOMING CAR ALMOST HIT ME. I TOOK THE CAR TO A LOCAL REPAIR WHERE IT COST 834$ JUST TO REPAIR BECAUSE OF THE EXTENSIVE WORK INVOLVED IN REPLACING A WATERPUMP ON THAT 2.7L V6 POS DODGE INTREPID. THE FOLLOWING WEEK WHILE DRIVING TO CLASS, I PARKED AND THE CAR ENGINE STARTED REVVING UP BY ITSELF ONCE AGAIN WITH NO PRIOR INDICATION OF A POSSIBLE PROBLEM. I CALLED THE REPAIR SHOP AND HE SAID BRING IT IN I BARELY MADE IT TO THE REPAIR SHOP AND ONCE AGAIN AS SOON AS I TURNED IN THE PARKING LOT MY CAR STALLED AND WOULDN'T TURN OVER AFTERWARDS. BY THAT TIME THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAD COME ON THEY SAID IT WAS A GENERIC CAMSENSOR/CRANKSHAFT ERROR THEY CLEARED OUT THE ERROR CODE RAN THE CAR FOR OVER FOUR HOURS LEAVING IT IDLE, DRIVING IT, AND LETTING IT SIT AND COOL DOWN AND DOING IT ALL OVER AGAIN THE CAR NEVER DID IT AGAIN SO THEY ASSUMED THE IT WAS JUST A GLICHE IN COMPUTER AND NOTHING WAS WRONG. APPROXIMATELY A WEEK LATER I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM MY FRIENDS HOUSE WHERE MY CAR STARTED JERKING WHEN GOING INTO DIFFERENT GEARS. I TRIED AS HARD AS I COULD TO GET IT TO THE REPAIR SHOP TO AVOID ANY FURTHER TOWING FEES WHICH HAVE COST ME UP TO ABOUT 200$ ALREADY. I WAS STOPPED BY A STOP LIGHT OF A BUSY INTERSECTION THAT WAS ABOUT 3 BLOCKS AWAY FROM THE REPAIR SHOP&IT WAS POURING DOWN RAIN I TURNED ON MY HAZARD LIGHTS&MY DOME LIGHTS TO HELP OTHER CARS SEE ME SO THEY DIDN'T HIT ME. I ALMOST GOT HIT SEVERAL TIMES FINALLY GOT HELP PUSHING OFF THE ROAD AND WAITED FOR A TOW TRUCK FOR OVER AN HOUR STARTED THE CAR AND IT RAN SO I TOOK THE CHANCE WITH MY FATHER THERE BEHIND ME&MADE IT TO THE REPAIR SHOP. IT WAS THE CAM SENSOR WHICH WAS ANOTHER 100$. THIS PAST WEEK I WENT TO START MY CAR IT WOULDN'T. *TR