2001 DODGE INTREPID Engine And Engine Cooling Problems

OIL LIGHT COMES ON UPON IDLING AFTER DRIVING IN HEAVY TRAFFIC ALSO HAVE NOTICED OIL LEAKING. A POOL OF OIL ON GROUND WHERE CAR IS PARKED. TOOK TO DODGE DEALERSHIP TO EXAMINE. CAR STILL UNDER EXTENDED WARRANTY UNTIL DEC 2004. UPON EXPECTION DODGE ADVISES THEY NEED TO REPLACE OIL PRESSURE SWITCH (UNDER WARRANTY) & GASKET IN OIL PAN. I AUTHORIZED THOSE REPAIRS. ALSO ADVISED REPLACING OIL FILTER & 1 BOTTLE OF OIL. CAME OUT PAYING $82.00. ONCE I GOT HOME AND LOOKED AT MY RECEIPT THEY ALSO ROTATED MY TIRES (NOT SURE WHY I JUST HAD THAT DONE IN JAN. 04), REPLACED POWER STEERING BELT. A WEEK LATER STILL NOTICE OIL LIGHT COMING ON & OIL LEAK IS WORSE. TOOK CARE BACK TO DEALERSHIP & UPON INSPECTION THEY HAVE ADVISED I HAVE A "SLUDGE" BUILD UP FROM USING 10W30 OIL. ENGINE NEEDS TO BE FLUSHED ESTIMATE $287. I REFUSE AND...

THE ENGINE IN MY CAR FAILED TWICE AND I HAD REPLACED IT WITH A USED ONE SINCE MY EXTENDED WARRANTY WOULDN'T COVER IT. THIS COST ME $4000.00 AND THEN 6 MONTHS LATER THAT ENGINE FAILED AND I AM NOW REPLACING IT AT A COST OF $6,000.00 DUE TO OIL SLUDGE FOUND IN THE ENGINE. THIS IS THE 2.7 LITER ENGINE IN THE DODGE INTREPID

CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT AN ENGINE PROBLEM. CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, WHO HAD DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS INTERNAL BEARING FAILURE. CONSUMER INSISTED THERE WAS NO ENGINE SLUDGE. *AK

OIL LIGHT CAME ON WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE. PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE INTERSTATE. HAD TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED. THERE WAS AN EXTREMELY LOUD KNOCKING SOUND COMING FROM THE MOTOR. OIL HAD BEEN CHANGED 10 DAYS PRIOR TO THE DATE OF THE INCIDENT. OIL IS CHANGED EVERY 3000 MILES. OUR MECHANIC STATED WE WOULD NEED A NEW MOTOR. HE ESTIMATED THE COST AT $8500.00. HE TOLD US HE HAD REPLACED THREE 2001 DODGE INTREPID MOTORS IN THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS. HE SUGGESTED WE CONTACT CHRYSLER. THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP WAS NOT HELPFUL. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT MANAGER STATED HE WASN'T AWARE OF THE 2.7 MOTOR PROBLEMS. I CALLED A 1-800-# WITH CHRYSLER AND SPOKE TO A REPRESENTATIVE WHICH STATED BECAUSE OF THE MILES ON MY CAR IT WAS NOT UNDER WARRANTY AND ALTHOUGH CHRYSLER RECONIZES THEY HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THESE MOTORS THE DECISION TO DO A RECALL...

WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER HEARD METAL SHAKING NEAR ENGINE. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND DEALER STATED THAT METAL SOUND WAS COMING FROM THE DRIVER NOT OIL CHANGING. *AK

WHILE DRIVING UNDETERMINED SPEED CONSUMER HEARD A CLICKING NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE. CONSUMER SHUT THE VEHICLE OFF AND PRECEDED TO RESTART THE VEHICLE, HOWEVER VEHICLE WOULD NOT START.*AK

WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH VEHICLE STALLED. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. *AK

ON 11/30/03, ON MY WAY TO WORK, MY CAR STARTED MAKING A TICKING & KNOCKING SOUND. AS I PULLED OFF OF THE EXIT, IT CUT OFF. I HAD MY MECHANIC LOOK AT IT & HE SAID IT WAS THE ENGINE -- THE CAR ONLY HAD A LITTLE OVER 86,000 MILES ON IT; & IT'S ONLY 2 YEARS OLD! I CALLED THE DODGE'S CUSTOMER CARE LINE; THEY SAID TO TAKE IT TO THE DEALER TO CHECK OUT ($65 TOW, $80 DEALER DIAGNOSTIC). BEFORE THE SERVICE PERSON LOOKED AT IT, HE ASKED IF I HAD PROOF OF MY OIL CHANGES, I SAID I DID NOT -- BUT THAT I DID HAVE THEM DONE EVERY 3,000 MILES. NATURALLY, IT TURNED OUT THAT THERE WAS SLUDGE IN MY ENGINE (MY INDEPENDENT MECHANIC DID NOT SEE ANY EVIDENCE OF IT) & THAT IT WOULD COST $6900 TO REPLACE THE ENGINE! IT SEEMS TO ME THAT...

WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH THE VEHICLE'S ENGINE FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CAUSE HAS YET TO BE DETERMINED. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE THE TECHNICIAN NOTICED THAT THE ROD SHEARED OFF AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *NLM

CAR HAS 47,000 MILES, JUST HAD OIL CHANGE THREE WEEKS PRIOR. I DROVE IT ROUGHLY 3,000 MILES IN THAT TIMEFRAME. CAR EXPIRED ON INTERSTATE 95, A NEAR DEATH EXP. I CHECKED THE FLUIDS AND SAW THAT THAT I WAS COMPLETLY OUT OF OIL. FOOLISHLY, I REPLACED IT THINKING I MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET THIS GOING BUT IT WAS DEAD.TOWED BACK TO PHILLY ,($300) TO MY INDEPENDENT SHOP. THEY SAID I DEFINETLY HAD A SEVER ENGINE PROBLEM. I ASKED THEM IF THEY COULD HAVE FORGOTTEN TO PUT IN THE OIL IN THE LAST OIL CHANGE. THEY STATED THAT I WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO TRAVEL THAT DISTANCE IF THEY DID. THE DEALERSHIP AND CHRSLER STATED THAT THE CAR COULD NOT HAVE CONSUMED THAT MUCH OIL IN THAT TIMEFRAME WITHOUT SEEING PLUMES OF SMOKE.THEY SAID IT WAS THE INDEPENDENT GARAGE THAT SCREWED UP AND IT WOULD COST ME $6K TO...