2000 DODGE INTREPID Engine And Engine Coolingenginegasoline Problems

CAR WAS EXITING HIGHWAY AND WHILE ON EXIT RAMP A POPPING SOUND WAS HEARD IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. CAR WAS IMMEDIATELY PULLED OVER ON THE SIDE OF THE RAMP AND ENGINE WAS TURNED OFF. THE CAR WAS TOWED TO A REPAIR GARAGE. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT ONE CYLINDER HAD NO COMPRESSION AND THE TOP OF THE ENGINE WAS DISASSEMBLED. THE MECHANIC FOUND THAT THE PISTON WAS DETACHED/BROKEN FROM THE CRANKSHAFT AND WOULD REQUIRE A MAJOR ENGINE OVERHAUL OR ENGINE REPLACEMENT. *TR

GOING DOWN ROAD THE CAR JUST LOCKED UP. *TR

GOING DOWN ROAD THE MOTOR LOCKED UP. *TR

MY 2000 DODGE INTREPID 2.7L DOHC ENGINE NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. I HEARD A NOISE THAT COULD BE DESCRIBED AS A "DIESEL ENGINE" SOUND WHILE MY CAR WAS IDLING AND RUNNING AT LOWER SPEEDS. I HAD SEVERAL FRIENDS LISTEN TO IT AND THEY COULD NOT DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM WITHOUT GETTING "INSIDE THE ENGINE". I PLANNED ON TAKING MY CAR TO THE SHOP THE NEXT DAY, AND WHILE MY CAR WAS PARKED AND IN IDLE, THE CAR DIED. WHEN TRYING TO RESTART IT, IT WOULD RUN FOR 5 TO 10 SECONDS AND THEN DIE AGAIN. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP AND THE MECHANIC SPENT THREE HOURS DIAGNOSING THE PROBLEM AND CREATING AN ESTIMATE. THE BILL WAS $280.00 INCLUDING THE TOW AND LABOR. THE MECHANIC INDICATED THAT THE TIMING CHAIN BROKE AND SUBSEQUENTLY CRACKED THE VALVE COVER AND DAMAGED THE VALVES, AMONG OTHER COMPONENTS. THE ESTIMATE TO REPLACE...

I WAS DRIVING HOME, STOPPED AT A LIGHT, THE CAR HESITATED AND KNOCKED THEN WENT. I DROVE A LITTLE FURTHER AND IT BEGAN KNOCKING AND LOOSING POWER. I WAS TRAVELING UP A HILL WITH NO SHOULDER. PULLED OVER IN A SAFE LOCATION AND CALLED FOR HELP. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO GRAPHS AUTOMOTIVE. THEY INFORMED ME THE ENGINE BLEW DUE TO THE #4 PISTON. I TOWED THE CAR BACK HOME. *TR

ENGINE FAILED WITHOUT WARNING AT 90K MILES. IT WAS ALWAYS MAINTAINED WITH SYNTHETIC OIL. THE ENGINE HAD TO BE REPLACED AND I HAVE THE OLD PARTS AVAILABLE. *TR

CHECK ENGINE AND OIL LIGHT CAME ON CAR BEGAN TO SLOW DOWN IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC, GOT OFF TO SIDE OF ROAD. CAR WOULD NOT RE-START. TOWED BACK TO DEALER SAID NOTHING WRONG. *JB

I HAVE A 2000 DODGE INTREPID 2.7 LITER ENGINE WITHIN THE LAST 7 MONTHS I HAVE HAD ENGINE FAILURES. I HAVE A LITTLE OVER 60000 MILES ON THE CAR. I HAVE BEEN INFORMED EVEN BY MY LOCAL DODGE DEALER AND OTHER MECHANICS THIS IS A COMMON THING. MY LOCAL DEALER WANTS ME TO PUT IN A 3.2 LITER MOTOR. *NM

1. NO ENGINE PROBLEMS, REGULAR OIL CHANGES, CAR KEPT IN GOOD MECHANICAL CONDITION 2. ENGINE FAILURE @ LESS THAN 65,000 MILES 3. COULD NOT AFFORD 6,000 FOR A REMANUFACTURED ENGINE. *NM

2000 DODGE INTREPID WITH 2.7 L ENGINE WITHOUT WARNING OR PRIOR PROBLEM BLEW UP WHILE WIFE DRIVING ON FREEWAY. LOST STEERING DUE TO ANTI-FREEZE ON BELT. SHE WAS ABLE TO GET OFF ROADWAY WITHOUT LOSING CONTROL. THIS ENGINE HAS THOUSANDS OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT BLOWN ENGINES DUE TO SLUDGE BUILDUP/WATER PUMP/DESIGN PROBLEMS. MY VEHICLE WAS PROPERLY MAINTAINED AND ENGINE REPLACEMENT WILL COST $5000. CHRYSLER SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE. US GOVT. SHOULD STEP UP AND ENFORCE RECALL OF DEFECTIVE 2.7L DOHC ENGINES! *JB

I BOUGHT A NEW 2000 DODGE INTREPID FOR 22K, NICE CAR BUT PC OF CRAP ENGINE. I WAS AWARE OF THE 2.7L PIECE OF CRAP ENGINE ONE BEFORE MY ENGINE DIED.. I CHECK/CHANGE THE OIL REGULARLY AROUND 2800-3000 MILES... DODGE DENIES CONSUMERS DO THIS THOUGH.. FOR THE LAST YEAR OR SO, EVERY 1500 MILES I WAS ALWAYS DOWN A QUART OF OIL...? NO LEAKS, CAN'T SEE ANY SMOKE.. MY ENGINE SENSOR LIGHT CAME ON. WITHIN THE NEXT FEW DAYS MY CAR WAS ACTING LIKE I HAD NO OIL IN IT.. NO POWER WITH ENGINE. I WAS ON THE HIGHWAY RIGHT NEXT TO A DODGE DEALER WHICH WAS CONVENIENT. THEY HAD DIAGNOSED THAT MY CRANK AND CAM SENSOR WERE "NO GOOD".. AND REPLACED THEM FOR $400.. A MONTH LATER I WAS COMING HOME FROM WORK AND MY OIL LIGHT CAME ON...? I PULLED OVER INTO A PARKING LOT TO CHECK THE...

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...

EVENTS LEADING UP TO THE FAILURE INCLUDED FLICKERING OIL LIGHT, LOUD KNOCKING FROM THE ENGINE. THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE FAILURE RESULTED IN COMPLETE DESTRUCTION OF THE ENGINE. MY MECHANIC ADVISED THAT THE ONLY REMEDY WOULD BE TO REPLACE THE WHOLE ENGINE. I TRADED THE CAR IN AT A SEVERE FINANCIAL LOSS. *NM

MY DODGE INTREPID, 65000 MILES, PURCHASED BRAND NEW, HAD ITS OIL LIGHT COME ON AND A KNOCK START IN THE ENGINE. AFTER BRINGING IT TO A DEALER, WAS TOLD THAT I NEED A NEW ENGINE FOR $5700.. OUT OF WARRANTY, CLAIM THROUGH DAIMLER CHRYSLER WAS DENIED, CITING FAILURE TO FOLLOW SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE. I SUPPLIED DATES AND MILEAGE AND RECEIPTS SHOWING ALL BUT ONE OIL CHANGE DONE UNDER THE RECOMMENDED 7500 MILE LIMIT. NOW BEING TOLD IT SHOULD BE EVERY 3 THOUSAND MILES. THIS IS NOT WHAT THE WARRANTY BOOK SAYS. *JB

I HAVE A 2000 DODGE INTREPID WITH 83,000 MILES ON IT AND THE ENGINE HAS QUIT. THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE 2.7 LITER AND CHRYSLER WILL NOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT.

CAR WENT OFF WHILE TURNING TURN IT BACK ON IT MADE A RATTLE NOISE IN THE ENGINE

WHILE DRIVING, MY DODGE INTREPID STARTED TO SHUDDER. AFTER PULLING OVER AND TURNING OFF THE CAR, IT WOULD NO LONGER RESTART. IT WAS TOWED TO A SERVICE STATION AND THEY INFORMED ME THAT THE 2.7 ENGINE WAS SHOT DUE TO SLUDGE. I WAS SHOCKED SINCE THE CAR WAS 5 YEARS OLD, HAD ROUGHLY 78K MILES, AND WAS WELL-MAINTAINED. SO FAR CHRYSLER HAS BEEN UNRESPONSIVE TO MY PROBLEM.

2.7 V6 ENGINE BEGAN TO MAKE NOISES LIKE THE VALVE TRAIN WAS STARVING FOR OIL. LOUD CLATTER. TOOK TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO TRIED TO REPAIR THE ENGINE BY REPLACING THE TIMING CHAINM TENSIONER. ENGINE WAS NEVER CORRECT AFTER THAT AND FAILED. WILLIAM T. PRITCHARD DODGE'S SERVICE WRITER TOLD ME TO GET RID OF THE CAR AND THAT THE 2.7 V6 DAIMLER CHRYSLER ENGINE WAS NOTHING BUT JUNK!

2000 DODGE INTREPID 2.7 ENGINE DEVELOPED A KNOCKING DEALER STATED SLUDGE BUILD UP IN ENGINE, DUE TO LACK OF MAINTENANCE. THIS HAS HAPPENED TO A GOOD PERCENTAGE OF THEASE ENGINES. MUST BE A DESIGN FLAW. DAUGHTERS CAR, FATHER IS RETIRED ARMY MOTOR SGT, FATHER MAINTAINED THE CAR, WITH THE LARGE NUMBER OF THESE INSTANCES, WHY ISN'T THE GOVERNMENT INVESTIGATING?

MY 17 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING MY 2000 DODGE INTREPID WITH THE 2.7LTR WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE MOTOR SEIZED LEFT HER WITH NO POWER STARRING OR BRAKES THANK GOD SHE WAS ON A BACK ROAD WHEN THIS HAPPENED AND NOT THE HIGHWAY WHO KNOWS WHAT COULD A HAPPENED SHE WAS TERRIFIED AND COULD NOT CONTROL THE CAR, SHE MANAGED TO STOP ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD THANKFULLY SHE WAS ALRIGHT SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE ABOUT THIS BEFORE PEOPLE START GETTING KILLED IN THESE DEATH MACHINES. *AK

BOUGHT CAR USED FROM DEALERSHIP, NEXT DAY CAR RAN OUT OF GAS, GUAGE REGISTERED OVER QUARTER FULL, TOOK TO DEALERSHIP, WAS SUPPOSEDLY "REPAIRED", 5 DAYS LATER RAN OUT OF GAS SAME PLACE ON FUEL GUAGE(JUST OVER A QUARTER TANK), TOOK IT TO DEALERSHIP, HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP FOR 4 DAYS SO FAR, HOPEFULLY THEY'LL FIX IT THIS TIME. MUCH INCONVENIENCE, LOSS OF WORK. BUT DEALERSHIP HAS COVERED ALL REPAIRS. WORRIED ABOUT OIL SLUDGE PROBLEM. *AK

2000 DODGE INTREPID WITH 56000 MILES WITH BLOWN ENGINE. THE CAR SUDDENLY SEIZED UP WITH NO WARNING. I WAS TOLD THE CAR WAS NOT WORTH REPARING.

AT UNDER 60,000 MILES ON MY 2000 DODGE INTREPID, W/2.7L V-6 ENGINE DEVELOPED AN EXTREMELY LOUD ENGINE KNOCK. IN SPEAKING WITH OTHERS IN THE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY, THAT MAKE THEIR LIVING WORKING ON CARS, THEY'VE ALL TOLD ME THAT "YES, THIS IS INDEED A PROBLEM WITH THAT ENGINE", AND THAT THEY'RE PERSONALLY AWARE OF NUMEROUS OTHERS THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SAME FATE. CHRYSLER CORP IS DOING NOTHING ABOUT IT WHATSOEVER, AND I'M LEFT WITH A NON WORKING CAR THAT I STILL OWE $4,000 ON, AND FOR A NEW ENGINE, I'M LOOKING AT CLOSE TO $6,500, AND THE CAR CAN'T BE SOLD FOR THAT MUCH. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE TO GET CHRYSLER CORP TO STEP UP TO THE PLATE, AND HONOR THEIR NAME, AND PAY FOR OR REIMBURSE THE THOUSANDS OF CONSUMERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY THAT HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEMS WITH THEIR VEHICLES. JUST DO A SEARCH ON THE INTERNET,...

ENGINE MADE NOISE UPON ARRIVING WORK PARKING LOT. SOUNDED LIKE FAN BLADE ON SHROUD. EXAMINED, FOUND NO EVIDENCE OF PROBLEM. AFTER WORK THE CAR SOUNDED FINE. DROVE HOME, APPROXIMATED 10 MILES. NOISE REAPPEARS AND VERY QUICKLY ENGINE SEIZED AT VERY LOW SPEED ON RESIDENTIAL STREET. WOULD NOT TURN OVER PROPERLY. FAILURE IS TO ROD BEARINGS 3, 5 AND 6. MAIN BEARINGS AND OTHER ROD BEARINGS APPEAR TO BE OK. HEADS APPEAR TO HAVE SLUDGE ON TOP. OIL PAN IS RELATIVELY CLEAN. OIL AND FILTER HAVE BEEN CHANGED REGULARLY SINCE I PURCHASED CAR. *NM

ENGINE FAILURE AT 70,000 MILES. *AK

2000 DODGE INTREPID 2.7L DOHC - 47000 MILES -COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE - LESS THAN 30 SECONDS BEFORE FAILURE - ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, THEN ALL SYSTEMS SHUT DOWN WHILE GOING 45 MPH - CAR SKIDDED OFF ROAD - LUCKILY NO ONE WAS PHYSICALLY INJURED - JUST EMOTIONALLY DISTRAUGHT - COST OF REPLACEMENT ENGINE $3500. WE HAD FOLLOWED MAINTANCE PROCEDURES - ENGINE HAD ALL APPROPRIATE LEVELS OF FLUIDS INCLUDING OIL. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A FATAL SITUATION UNDER DIFFERENT CIRCUMSTANCES, SUCH AS WEATHER, ROAD CONDITIONS AND EXPERIENCE OF DRIVER. CAR WAS OUT OF WARRANTY.*AK

MY WIFE AND I WERE DRIVING HOME LAST WEEK, WHEN I NOTICED A RATTLE IN THE ENGINE UNDER ACCELERATION. NO OIL LIGHT. I PULLED OVER AND CHECKED THE OIL LEVEL. IT WAS FINE. WE DROVE HOME WITH NO PROBLEMS. A COUPLE OF DAYS LATER MY WIFE WAS DRIVING HOME WHEN THE MOTOR STALLED AND WOULD NOT START AGAIN. WE HAD THE CAR TOWED TO A GARAGE, WHERE THE ENGINE WAS INSPECTED AND SHOWN TO HAVE BOTTOM-END DAMAGE. FINAL ANALYSIS: REPLACEMENT OF ENGINE. TOTAL COST $5,400.00

WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY VEHICLE COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN. CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP. THERE, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE ENGINE HAD A BUILD UP OF SLUDGE, AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED. *AK

CONSUMER STATED THAT 2.7 LITER ENGINE CAUGHT ON FIRE. CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AND NOTICED THE SMOKE UNDER THE ENGINE. CONSUMER OPENED THE HOOD AND THE ENGINE WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES. THERE WAS EVIDENCE OF MOTOR OIL ALL OVER THE ENGINE. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER, WHO INSISTED AFTER AN INSPECTION THAT VEHICLE WAS FINE. HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE HAD SERIOUS ENGINE PROBLEMS. CONSUMER'S INSURANCE COMPANY REFUSED TO ASSIST STATING THAT THIS PROBLEM WAS THE MANUFACTURER'S FAULT. CONSUMER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER, AND WAS TOLD THAT WARRANTY EXPIRED. THIS VEHICLE HAD ONLY 53,000 MILES, AND BECAME TOTALLY USELESS. *AK

COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE FOR 2000 DODGE INTREPID 2.7L ENGINE WITH NO PRIOR WARNINGS. FAILURE CAUSED ENGINE TO DIE, BUT LUCKILY ROAD WAS EMPTY AND NO INJURIES OR DAMAGE OCCURED. AFTER EXHAUSTIVE RESEARCH ON THE WEB, FOUND THIS PROBLEM TO BE SPREADING LIKE A WILDFIRE ON THE SAME EXACT ENGINE. MAINTENANCE ON MY ENGINE HAS BEEN ON SCHEDULE WITH QUALITY PARTS AND OIL. REPLACEMENT PARTS ARE UNBELIEVABLY HIGH DUE TO THE RECENT HIGH DEMAND ON THIS ENGINE AND ITS SITUATION. REPORTS OF ENGINE FAILURE DUE TO OIL SLUDGE AND/OR TIMING CHAIN FAILURE CAN BE FOUND EASILY BY SEARCHING FOR 2000 DODGE INTREPID 2.7 ENGINE PROBLEMS. SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE REGARDING THIS SITUATION BEFORE SOMEONE ACTUALLY DIES DUE TO ENGINE FAILURE ON A BUSY HIGHWAY. MOST OF THE TIME IT TAKES SOMEONE DIEING BEFORE ANYTHING HAPPENS, BUT MAYBE THIS TIME SOMETHING CAN BE DONE BEFOREHAND.

2000 DODGE INTREPID ENGINE FAILED TWO DAYS AFTER OIL CHANGE AT DEALERSHIP. TECHNICIAN STATED SLUDGE IN ENGINE DUE TO LACK OF OIL CHANGE (NOT TRUE) WARRANTY COMPANY REFUSED TO PAY. DEALER INSTALLED NEW ENGINE AT COST OF $6485.00.*AK MANY MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT CHRYSLER 2.7 ENGINE WITH SAME PROBLEM AND GET THE SAME RESULTS FROM CHRYSLER. ANYTHING YOU COULD DO WOULD BE GREATLY APPROIATED.

PREMATURE ENGINE FAILURE ON A DODGE INTREPID 2000 THE ONLY 56,000 MILES

CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT AN ENGINE PROBLEM. CONSUMER HEARD A KNOCK IN THE MOTOR, AND THE MOTOR LOCKED UP WITHOUT WARNING. *AK

I HAVE A 2000 DODGE INTREPID WITH A 2.7L ENGINE. MY WIFE, WITH MY DAUGHTER, WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE IN FRANKFORT, KENTUCKY WHEN THE ENGINE BEGAN RUNNING EXTREMELY ROUGH AT A STOP LIGHT. THE CAR WOULD BARELY MOVE CAUSING HER GREAT DIFFICULTY IN GETTING OUT OF THE INTERSECTION. WE HAD THE CAR TOWED TO THE JEFF SACH'S DEALERSHIP IN FRANKFORT, KY FOR REPAIR. WE WERE THEN TOLD THAT THE ENGINE WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED DUE TO THE ENGINE TYPE.THEY SAID THAT THEY COULD RE-BUILD THE ENGINE BUT COULD NOT GUARANTEETHAT THE ENGINE WOULD LAST A WEEK. THIS VEHICLE HAS 80,000 MILES ON IT AND IS HALF PAID FOR AND CHRYSLER SAYS THAT THE DESIGN CAUSES IT TO BE REPLACED ONCE IT GOES BAD. THE DEALERSHIP INFORMED US THAT CHRYSLER KNEW IT WAS A POOR DESIGN BUT THAT WAS THE TRADE OFF FOR MORE POWER OUT OF A SMALLER ENGINE....

I HAD A ENGINE SEIZE UP AFTER 22,000 MILES BECAUSE OF ENGINE SLUDGE. I HAVE HAD AT LEAST 4 OILL CHANGES ON THE VEHICLE ABOUT EVERY 5,000 MILES . MANUFACTURER RECOMMENDED STATES THAT MAXIMUN IS 75000 MILES. I HAVE A 3 YEAR OLD CAR WITH 22,000 MILES ON IT AND A SEIZED ENGINE. CAN YOU HELP????*AK

THE OIL LAMP CAME ON WHILE SITTING AT A STOPLIGHT, THE ENGINE TACHOMETER READ BELOW 500RPM AND THE VEHICLE WAS UP TO TEMPERATURE. ONCE THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED THROUGH THE LIGHT THE OIL LAMP TURNED OFF. AT THE NEXT STOPLIGHT THE OIL LAMP AGAIN CAME ON UNDER THE SAME CONDITIONS. AFTER THIS THE VEHICLE SEEMED OK. A FEW DAYS LATER THE OIL LIGHT CAME ON UNDER THE SAME CONDITIONS. AN APPOINTMENT WAS THEN MADE TO HAVE THE VEHICLE SERVICED. BEFORE TAKING THE VEHICLE IN TO THE DEALERSHIP THE ENGINE WAS STARTED AND MADE A LIGHT TICKING NOISE. THIS NOISE DID NOT CONTINUE AFTER THE ENGINE WAS SHUT OFF AND ALLOWED TO COOL DOWN OVERNIGHT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR FEAR OF DAMAGING THE ENGINE FURTHER. THE DEALERSHIP FOUND THAT THE OIL SENDING UNIT WAS NOT WORKING PROPERLY, AND ALSO WAS LEAKING OIL. THEY FOUND NO PROBLEMS WITH THE...

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CONSUMER STATES ENGINE SEIZED WITHOUT WARNING WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY. CHECKED BY DLR WHO COULD NOT DETERMINE PROBLEM. MR

ALSO EXPERIENCING ENGINE PROBLEMS, ALL FOUR WINDOW REGLATORS REPLACED, AND DOOR PANELS NEED REPLACEMENT, AND WAS NEVER NOTIFIED OF RECALL ON SEAT BELT LATCHES. *AK

VEHICLE RANDOMLY STALLS AT 65 TO 70 MPH. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

WHILE TRAVELING AT ABOUT 30 MPH ENGINE SENSOR LIGHT STARTED TO FLASH. CONSUMER STARTED TO EXIT HIGHWAY WHEN VEHICLE COMPLETELY DIED. CONSUMER STATES THIS WAS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION BECAUSE OF ONCOMING VEHICLESTHAT WERE SPEEDING IN THAT DIRECTION. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO DEALER. DEALER STATED THAT MOTOR WAS LOCKED AND ENGINE EXPLODED. BUT, CONSUMER HEARD NO EXPLOSION. DEALER SAID ENGINE NEEDED REPLACEMENT. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON. DEALER REWIRED IGNITION COIL. SINCE THEN, VEHICLE HAS STALLED TWICE. DEALER COULD NOT REMEDY PROBLEM. *AK

WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED OR AT ANY GIVEN TIME VEHICLE WILL CUT OFF WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING WHICH CAUSED LOSS OF ALL POWER. ENGINE CHECKLIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE DASH. DEALER BELIEVED PROBLEM WAS LINKED TO BATTERY TERMINAL OR TRANSMISSION. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 50 MPH ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT A PRIOR WARNING UNTIL VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED.*AK

AFTER DRIVING CONSUMER PARKED VEHICLE INSIDE OF A GARAGE AND WENT INSIDE THE HOUSE. THEN SHE NOTICED THAT SMOKE WAS COMING FROM GARAGE, AND SAW VEHICLE ON FIRE. CONSUMER BELIEVED THAT FIRE HAD STARTED IN THE ENGINE. *AK