2001 DODGE INTREPID Engine And Engine Coolingengine Problems

ENGINE WENT DUE TO OIL SLUDGE BUILD UP AT 52,000 MILES. CAR WAS PROPERLY MAINTAINED.NUMEROUS PROBLEMS WITH THIS CAR STARTING AT ABOUT 30,000. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE'S ENGINE BLEW WHILE TRAVELING 65 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS CRUISING ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN A TICKING SOUND WAS HEARD COMING FROM UNDER THE FRONT HOOD. SHORTLY AFTER, THE VEHICLE LOST POWER, AND THE TICKING SOUND BECAME LOUDER. THE VEHICLE WAS PULLED OVER AND TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP WHO DETERMINED THAT THE ENGINE WAS BLOWN AND THAT A NEW ENGINE WOULD HAVE TO BE INSTALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT RESTARTED ONCE THE IGNITION WAS SWITCHED OFF. THE VEHICLE HAD AN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION.

MY WIFE AND I BOUGHT A 2001 DODGE INTREPID IN 2001. THE TIMING CHAIN WENT OUT ON US TWICE, THE FIRST TIME MY WIFE WAS DRIVING IT AND IT WAS SHAKING AND RATTLING. WE TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY FIXED IT UNDER WARRANTY, WITHOUT INFORMING US OF THE PROBLEM WITH THESE 2.7 LITER ENGINES. THE SECOND TIME I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK ON THE FREEWAY AND THE CAR LOST COMPRESSION, I PULLED OFF THE FREEWAY AND THEN COULDN'T START THE CAR BACK UP AGAIN. I HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP, THEY TOLD ME WE NEEDED TO GET A NEW ENGINE WHICH WOULD COST US ABOUT $7,000 DOLLARS, OR THEY COULD TRY TO FIX THE TIMING CHAIN AGAIN FOR AROUND $1,000 DOLLARS, BUT THERE WAS NO GUARANTEE IT WOULD START. WE CALLED THE DEALERSHIP THAT WE BOUGHT IT FROM THEY TOLD US THEY COULDN'T HELP US SINCE...

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE'S ENGINE HAD SIGNIFICANT SLUDGE BUILDUP. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTO SHOP FOR A REGULAR SCHEDULED OIL CHANGE ON 05/10/06 WHO DETERMINED THAT THE ENGINE HAD THIS PROBLEM. A FEW WEEKS LATER, THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN OVER A POT HOLE AND HEARD A RATTLE NOISE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER ON 07/05/06 WHO DETERMINED THAT IT WAS UNSAFE TO OPERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO THE DEALERSHIP ON 07/06/06 TO PURCHASE A NEW VEHICLE, HOWEVER IT WOULD NOT RESTART WHEN LEAVING THE DEALER. THE DEALER INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND DETERMINED THAT THE STARTER OR THE BATTERY WAS NOT THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE RESIDENCE. THERE ARE MANY COMPLAINTS OF INTREPID ENGINES SUFFERING FROM SLUDGE BUILDUP.

WATER PUMP FAILURE. ON FURTHER INSPECTION OF VEHICLE, SLUDGE BUILDUP CONTRIBUTED TO OVERALL BREAKDOWN OF ENGINE. DODGE DEALER SAID REPLACEMENT IS NECESSARY. *JB

2001 DODGE INTREPID THAT WAS WELL MAINTAINED (OIL CHANGES ALWAYS WITHIN OWNERS MANUALS RECOMMENDATIONS) AND LOW MILES (66,000) LOST POWER ON INTERSTATE. AS DRIVER BEGAN TO PULL OVER, STEAM APPEARED FROM ENGINE COMPARTMENT. CHRYSLER DEALER TOLD US THAT IT WAS A COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE. *NM

WE WERE DRIVING DOWN A MAJOR HIGHWAY AND SUDDENLY THE CAR LOST POWER AND ALL OF THE LIGHTS CAME ON, LUCKILY WE WERE ABLE TO PULL OFF THE BUSY HIGHWAY WITHOUT CAUSING A MAJOR PILE UP. THE CAR HAD TO BE TOWED TO A GARAGE WHERE WE WERE TOLD THAT IT NEEDED A NEW ENGINE! THE GARAGE CHECKED EVERYTHING, ALL FLUID LEVELS WERE NORMAL, THE GUY SAID THAT THERE WAS NO "EXPLAINABLE" REASON WHY THIS OCCURRED. A FEW MONTHS BEFORE THIS MY TIMING BELT WAS REPLACED ALONG WITH SEVERAL OTHER ISSUES (TO THE TUNE OF $800) AND IT HAD JUST HAD ONE OF THE BIG CHECK UPS. THE LAST 6 MONTHS OR SO MY OIL LIGHT WOULD COME ON INTERMITTENTLY. I HAD THIS CHECKED NUMEROUS TIMES, THE OIL WAS ALWAYS FINE (AND ALWAYS MAINTAINED EVERY 3000 MILES). THE GARAGE AT THAT TIME COULD NOT FIGURE OUT WHY THE OIL LIGHT...

IN FEBRUARY OF 2006 WE PURCHASED A 2001 DODGE INTREPID FOR OUR DAUGHTER TO DRIVE. IN MAY OF 2006 SHE WAS DRIVING THE INTREPID SOUTH ON US-131 JUST PAST THE I-94 EXCHANGE WHEN THE ENGINE STARTED KNOCKING. THE OIL LIGHT OR CHECK ENGINE LIGHTS NEVER CAME ON. THE CAR SLOWED DOWN AND CAME TO A STOP. THANK GOD SHE WAS ABLE TO GET THE CAR OVER TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD SAFELY BEFORE THE ENGINE QUIT. SO AFTER A $192.00 TOWING BILL AND BEING TOLD THE CAR WAS A PIECE OF JUNK, WE ARE MAKING PAYMENTS ON A $5,000. DEAD HORSE IN OUR DRIVEWAY. *NM

I HAVE BEEN HAVING A PROBLEM WITH MY ENGINE OIL LIGHT FLASHING AT RANDOM. ALSO THE OIL JUST SEEMS TO DISAPPEAR INTO THIN AIR. I HAVE HAD THE OIL SIGNET UNIT REPLACED AND I FOLLOW REGULAR OIL CHANGE SCHEDULES. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE AUTO MECHANIC ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS DUE TO SMALL OIL LEAKS. I HAVE HEARD HORRIFYING STORIES CONCERNING THE 2001 DODGE INTREPID AND THEIR ENGINE FAILURES. I HAVE TO BELIEVE THAT THEY ARE TRUE BECAUSE AS OF RIGHT NOW TWO OF MY CO-WORKER'S 2001 DODGE INTREPIDS ARE SITTING ON OUR COLLEGE CAMPUS DUE TO ENGINE FAILURES. I AM SO TERRIFIED OF DRIVING THIS CAR. MY JOB REQUIRES THAT I DO A LOT OF TRAVELING AND I ONLY HAVE THIS ONE VEHICLE. BASED ON MY RESEARCH IN THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS THAT CHRYSLER IS WELL AWARE OF THIS MAJOR DEFECT AND SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH THE OIL LIGHT ILLUMINATED, THE VEHICLE STARTED TO JERK AND THEN STALLED. THERE WAS A LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND ABS. THE VEHICLE WAS PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TOWED TO THE CONTACTS HOME FOR INSPECTION BY A LOCAL MECHANIC. THE MECHANIC DETERMINED THE ENGINE HAD OIL SLUDGE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. ALTHOUGH THE DEALER WAS ALERTED NO FURTHER INSPECTIONS HAVE BEEN MADE. THE MANUFACTURER HAS NOT BEEN ALERTED.

I HAVE A 2001 DODGE INTREPID. RECENTLY, WHILE DRIVING ON INTERSTATE 70 THE CAR'S ENGINE MADE A LOUD NOISE AND THEN SUDDENLY DIED. I WAS BARELY ABLE TO ESCAPE BEING STRUCK BY OTHER CARS AS I STEERED ONTO AN EXIT RAMP. OUR LOCAL DODGE DEALERSHIP DIAGNOSED THE ENGINE TROUBLE AS OIL SLUDGE REQUIRING A NEW ENGINE. WE CHANGE OUR OIL REGULARLY. THIS IS A WELL DOCUMENTED PROBLEM WITH THE CHRYSLER 2.7 L ENGINE. (WWW.DONTBUYONE.ORG) CHRYSLER HAS REFUSED TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE TRAVELING 35 MPH, WITH NO WARNING, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESTART AND WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. THE DEALERSHIP DETERMINED THE TIMING CHAIN STRETCHED AND JUMPED CAUSING ENGINE FAILURE. THE ENGINE NEEDS TO BE REPLACED.

THE CAR, WITHOUT WARNING, DIED WHILE BEING DRIVEN ON THE FREEWAY. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT THE ENGINE FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. THERE WERE NO INDICATOR LIGHTS ILLUMINATED PRIOR TO THE ENGINE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESTART AND WAS TOWED TO DEALER FOR INSPECTION. UPON INSPECTION THE ENGINE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DETERMINED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS ALERTED.

ENGINE FAILURE DUE TO OIL SLUDGE. *NM

THE DAY AFTER I GOT A ROUTINE OIL CHANGE ON MY 2001 DODGE INTREPID, I WAS DRIVING IN TOWN AND MY CAR SEIZED UP AND DIED. I DID NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO, SO I PUT IT IN PARK AND TRIED TO RESTART IT. I WAS ON A HILL AND FORTUNATELY, WAS NOT TRAVELING FAST SO I WAS ABLE TO DRIFT IN NEUTRAL TO A CURB. WHAT A FEELING, A SUDDEN JOLT, LOSING CONTROL OF THE STEERING AND THE BRAKES. I CERTAINLY DID NOT EXPECT THE NEWS THAT WAS TO FOLLOW. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO A DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT I NEEDED A NEW ENGINE AND THE COST WOULD BE ABOUT $5500.00. HOW COULD THAT BE? THERE IS ONLY 48,700 MILES ON THIS CAR AND I HAVE IT SERVICED EVERY 3000 MILES. I CERTAINLY CANNOT AFFORD TO PUT A NEW OR REBUILT ENGINE IN THIS CAR AND...

I OWN A 2001 DODGE INTREPID WITH A 2.7L V-6 ENGINE WITH JUST OVER 83,000 MILES ON IT. DRIVING BETWEEN TAMPA AND ORLANDO FLORIDA, ENGINE STARTED MAKING A RATTLING NOISE AND LOST POWER. NO WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON AND THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE WAS NORMAL. I WAS ABLE TO COAST TO NEARBY EXIT AND GET OFF OF EXPRESSWAY, BUT STRANDED IN REMOTE AREA. IT APPEARED CAR OVERHEATED WITH A BURST BLEEDER HOUSING. AFTER GETTING IT TOWED TO ORLANDO, I LEARNED THAT THE ENGINE BLEW A HEAD GASKET AND WAS DAMAGED BEYOND REPAIR. REPLACEMENT QUOTES ARE IN THE RANGE OF $3,500 TO $4,000 RANGE. *JB

ENGINE ON 2001 DODGE INTREPID FAILED ON MY WAY TO WORK ON 4/24/06. ENGINE IS 2.7L 6 CYLINDER DOHC - TIMING CHAIN BROKE - AND ENGINE IS RUINED. WILL COST 7,700 TO REPLACE. *JB

THE OIL LIGHT ON MY 2001 DODGE INTREPID BEGAN FLICKERING AT STOP LIGHTS. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP, AND WAS TOLD THAT I HAD A SHORT IN MY ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, NOT A MAJOR ISSUE. TWO MONTHS LATER, MY ENGINE BEGAN SPUTTERING AND DIED ON THE INTERSTATE DURING RUSH HOUR. I WAS ABLE TO RESTART IT AND MAKE IT TO WORK WITH MY ENGINE SMOKING BADLY, BUT HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED TO A MECHANIC, WHO TOLD ME MY ENGINE WAS SHOT. DEALERSHIP WOULD DO NOTHING. CAR HAD 81500 MILES AND WARRANTY RAN OUT AT 80000. *JB

BLOWN ENGINE WITH 62,075 MILES. I HAVE ALL SERVICE RECORD ON THIS 2001 DODGE INTREPID SE 2.7 LITER. *JB

PINGING NOISE FROM ENGINE, BY THE TIME I GOT HOME THE TIMING CHAIN BROKE THE COVER. CAR TOWED TO DODGE DEALER WHERE THEY INDICATED IT NEEDS A NEW ENGINE. $7-8000. I NOTICED A FAIR AMOUNT OF SLUDGE IN THE ENGINE AND FOUND SIMILAR COMPLAINTS FOR THE 2.7 ENGINE IN THE INTREPID. *NM

DRIVING ON HIGHWAY WHEN ENGINE SUDDENLY STARTED MAKING TICKING NOISES, THEN EVENTUALLY CHOKING AND THEN QUIT. COULDN'T GET IT STARTED, HAD IT TOWED TO MECHANIC WHO SAID ONLY 2 QTS OF OIL IN ENGINE. OIL LIGHT NEVER CAME ON, NO WARNING WHATSOEVER. CHANGED OIL AND MECHANIC SAID THERE WAS STILL A TICKING NOISE THAT WOULDN'T GO AWAY AND ENGINE WAS PROBABLY "TOAST" AND THEY COULD DO NOTHING TO REPAIR IT, REPLACEMENT WOULD BE ONLY OPTION. CAR IS NOW SITTING BECAUSE IT DOESN'T RUN CORRECTLY AND ENGINE MOST PROBABLY RUINED, P1391 CODE (CAMSHAFT OR CAM) PROBLEM. READ ABOUT MANY OTHER 2.7L ENGINE PROBLEMS AND IT WAS SUGGESTED TO ME TO FILE A COMPLAINT WITH NHTSA BECAUSE IT WAS "INTERESTED" IN THE PROBLEM, HAVEN'T CALLED CHRYSLER BECAUSE I KNOW OF NO ONE WHO HAS HAD SUCCESS IN GETTING CHRYSLER TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *NM

MY DODGE INTREPID SE 2.7L ENGINE SUFFERED A BLOWN ENGINE WITH NO WARNING ON 4-16-06 ON MY WAY HOME FROM WORK. THERE WERE NO INDICATIONS OF A PROBLEM, NO WARNING LIGHTS AND NO SIGNS OF OVERHEATING. I SUDDENLY HEARD A RATTLING NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE THAT INCREASED QUICKLY TO A LOUD BANGING. I GOT OFF THE EXIT IMMEDIATELY AND COASTED INTO A HOTEL PARKING LOT. I TURNED OFF THE ENGINE AND RAISED THE HOOD TO SEE ANTIFREEZE ALL OVER THE ENGINE. I REMOVED THE CAP TO THE COOLANT CONTAINER AND BROWN ANTIFREEZE BOILED OVER ONTO THE GROUND. THE OIL HAD BEEN CHANGED ON 2/7/06 AND THE FLUIDS TOPPED OFF. THE OIL AND FLUIDS HAD BEEN CHECKED EVERY WEEK AFTER THAT UP UNTIL THE ENGINE BLEW AND THE FLUIDS WERE OF NORMAL COLOR AND CONSISTENCY. THE CAR HAD APPROXIMATELY 65,000 MILES ON IT WHEN I PURCHASED IT AND PROPER MAINTENANCE...

MY DODGE INTREPID SE 2.7L ENGINE SUFFERED A BLOWN ENGINE WITH NO WARNING ON 4-16-06 ON MY WAY HOME FROM WORK. THERE WERE NO INDICATIONS OF A PROBLEM, NO WARNING LIGHTS AND NO SIGNS OF OVERHEATING. I SUDDENLY HEARD A RATTLING NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE THAT INCREASED QUICKLY TO A LOUD BANGING. I GOT OFF THE EXIT IMMEDIATELY AND COASTED INTO A HOTEL PARKING LOT. I TURNED OFF THE ENGINE AND RAISED THE HOOD TO SEE ANTIFREEZE ALL OVER THE ENGINE. I REMOVED THE CAP TO THE COOLANT CONTAINER AND BROWN ANTIFREEZE BOILED OVER ONTO THE GROUND. THE OIL HAD BEEN CHANGED ON 2/7/06 AND THE FLUIDS TOPPED OFF. THE OIL AND FLUIDS HAD BEEN CHECKED EVERY WEEK AFTER THAT UP UNTIL THE ENGINE BLEW AND THE FLUIDS WERE OF NORMAL COLOR AND CONSISTENCY. THE CAR HAD APPROXIMATELY 65,000 MILES ON IT WHEN I PURCHASED IT AND PROPER MAINTENANCE...

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING TO WORK AND WITHIN ONE BLOCK FROM HER OFFICE, SHE CALLED ME AND TOLD ME THAT HER VEHICLE WAS IDLING ROUGH. SHE ALSO INFORMED ME THAT THE 6 MILE TRIP IN SHE COULD NOT GET ANY HEAT TO COME OUT OF THE HEATER. AS THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN TO GO SHE MADE THE TURN AND WAS ABLE TO CLEAR THE INTERSECTION WHEN SHE LOST POWER AND THE CAR DIED. SHE TOLD ME THAT THE CAR LOST STEERING AND SHE COASTED IT OFF OF THE ROAD 1/2 BLOCK FROM HER OFFICE. SHE STATED THAT THE ONLY WARNING SHE HAD WAS IT WAS IDLING ROUGH. SHE STATED THAT THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE WAS NORMAL. I ARRIVED ON SCENE AND DISCOVERED ANTI-FREEZE IN THE OIL. WE HAD IT TOWED TO THE DODGE DEALER IN TOWN AND WAS LATER TOLD THAT A HEAD GASKET HAD BLOWN. IT IS UNKNOWN IF THERE...

VEHICLE'S OIL LIGHT FLICKERED AND APPROX. 20 MINUTES LATER, THE CAR BEGAN TAPPING LOUDLY. OIL WAS CHANGED ABOUT A MONTH EARLIER. CAR WAS TOWED AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE ENGINE WAS BLOWN DUE TO ENGINE SLUDGE. *NM

I WAS DRIVING THE CAR WHEN IT SUDDENLY STARTED RUNNING ROUGH. IT WAS IN THE AFTERNOON ON A MODERATELY BUSY STREET. BEFORE I HAD A CHANCE TO STOP AND SEE WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS THE CAR DIED. I CALLED A TOW TRUCK AND WAITED IN TRAFFIC FOR THE TRUCK TO COME AND TAKE ME TO THE MECHANICS. THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. WE WERE ABLE TO FIND A USED ENGINE BUT THE PROBLEM IS THAT IT'S ANOTHER INTREPID ENGINE - SO, IS THE SAME THING GOING TO HAPPEN AGAIN. OUR CAR IS A 2001 AND HAD ONLY APPROX. 73000 MILES. IT WAS A NEW CAR PURCHASE AND WE STILL OWE MONEY ON THIS CAR. NOW WE OWE MORE. *NM

ENGINE FAILURE. AS I WAS STOPPED AND ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE, THE MOTOR SUDDENLY MADE A VERY LOUD CLANKING SOUND. THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY ONLY 72,200 MILES ON THE CAR. I JUST BOUGHT IN NOVEMBER OF LAST YEAR AND EVEN A FEW DAYS AFTER THE INITIAL PURCHASE, I HAD RETURNED IT TO THEM INFORMING OF THEM OF TROUBLE AND THE SALES MGR ASSURED ME HE WOULD TAKE CARE OF IT. THEY WOULD RETURN IT TO ME UNTOUCHED AND NOT INVESTIGATED UNBEKNOWNST TO ME AT THAT TIME. ACCORDING TO THE SERVICE MGR, HE WAS ADVISED BY THE SALES MGR NOT TO EVEN LOOK AT IT. THEY HAD THE CAR IN THEIR POSSESSION MORE THAN I DID UNTIL RECENTLY WHEN THIS OCCURRED. *JB

MY 2001 DODGE INTREPID LOST HEAT, SMOKE WAS POURING OUT OF BACK OF CAR,ALL DASH GAUGES WERE NORMAL AND CAR STOPPED RUNNING. ALL OF THESE THINGS HAPPENED WITHIN SECONDS. THE CAR WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I BOUGHT IT IN 2001. SERVICE DEPARTMENT SAID ENGINE WAS BAD AND NEED TO REPLACE FOR $6500. I AM DISABLED AND STILL HAVE TO PAY FOR CAR AND INSURANCE THAT'S SITTING IN THE DRIVEWAY. ALSO I PAID FOR AN EXTENDED WARRANTY,THEY WILL NOT COVER ANYTHING! *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT 35MPH, THE ENGINE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR INSPECTION. THE DEALER DETERMINED THE ENGINE WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED DUE TO SLUDGE BUILDUP. THE VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY AT THE DEALER WAITING REPAIR.

BACKING OUT OF DRIVEWAY MY 01 DODGE INTREPID MADE AN AWFUL NOISE AND QUIT AFTER BEING TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP WE ARE TOLD THE TIMING CHAIN BROKE AND WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE ANOTHER ENGINE....$6,000 - $8,000,JUST FOR THE ENGINE FROM CHRYSLER WHILE STILL MAKING PAYMENTS ON THE CAR I AM CURRENTLY IN SEARCH OF A REPLACEMENT ENGINE THAT DOESN'T COST MORE THAN THE CAR IS WORTH. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE TRAVELING 45MPH A KNOCKING NOISE COULD BE HEARD COMING FROM THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND THEN TOWED TO A GARAGE. UPON INSPECTION THE ENGINE HAD FAILED. THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN ALERTED.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 70MPH, A KNOCKING NOISE WAS HEARD IN THE ENGINE. SEVERAL SECONDS AFTER THE NOISE WAS HEARD, THE ENGINE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS PULLED TO SAFETY AND TOWED TO THE DEALER. THEY INSPECTED AND DETERMINED THE PROBLEM WAS THE ENGINE FILLED WITH SLUDGE BUILD UP AND NEED REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP FOR FURTHER TESTING AND REPAIRS.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED A KNOCKING SOUND WAS HEARD IN THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP THAT DETERMINED THERE WAS A BROKEN ROD BEARING, NO REPAIRS WERE MADE. THEN WHILE TRAVELING 30 MPH THE ENGINE STALLED AND WOULD NOT RESTART. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE AND HAS NOT BEEN SEEN BY A MECHANIC.

WHILE DRIVING MY 2001 DODGE INTREPID DOWN A GRAVEL ROAD THE ENGINE GAVE OUT AND LOST ALL POWER STEERING AND BRAKES. AM JUST HAPPY THAT I WAS NOT GOING VERY FAST DO TO THE GRAVEL AND MY TWO YOUNG KIDS WERE NOT WITH ME. CALLED DAIMLER CHRYSLER AND IT IS MY ENTIRE FAULT EVEN WHEN IT SEEMS TO BE A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE ENGINE. THE COST TO REPAIR THE CAR IS $5000. THE CAR HAS ONLY 68,000 MILES ON IT AND HAS BEEN TAKEN CARE WITH OIL CHANGES EVERY 3,000 MILES. DON'T HAVE THE $5,000 TO FIX THE CAR AND DAIMLER CHRYSLER SAYS IT IS NOT THERE PROBLEM JUST MINE FOR BUYING THE CAR. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT 10MPH, THE ENGINE LAMP ILLUMINATED AND STALLED. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESTART AND WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP. THE MECHANIC DETERMINED THE ENGINE FAILED DUE TO SLUDGE BUILD UP AND NO REPAIRS WERE MADE. NEW 3.5L ENGINE WILL BE REPLACING THE 2.7 L ENGINE BY BILL'S BODY A PAINT IN NEWBURY, OHIO. *AK

CAR STALLED ON HWY AND WOULD NOT START HAD TO BE TOWED AND WAS TOLD MOTOR WAS BLOWN UP. *JB

APPARENTLY SLUDGE BUILD UP IN THE IN MY 2001 DODGE INTREPID 2.7 V6 HAS LEAD TO ENGINE FAILURE AND NEEDS REPLACED FOR THE COST OF $5000 WHICH I DO NOT HAVE, HOWEVER I DO OWE A CAR PAYMENT ON THE VEHICLE THAT I CAN NOT DRIVE. *JB

MY HUSBAND WAS COMING HOME FROM WORK THE OTHER NIGHT AND THE ENGINE FAILED ON OUR 2001 INTREPID. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 55MPH THE ENGINE STALLED OUT WITHOUT WARNING. THE ENGINE WOULD NOT RESTART. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP. THE MECHANIC SUGGESTED REPLACING THE ENGINE BECAUSE THERE WAS EXCESSIVE OIL AND SLUDGE BUILDUP, BUT NO REPAIRS WERE MADE.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 6 0MPH THE VEHICLE TEMPORALLY STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP WERE THE TRANSMISSION COMPUTER CHIP WAS REPLACED. THE INTERMITTENT STALLING CONTINUED WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH AND THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO ANOTHER INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP. THE MECHANIC DETERMINED THERE WAS SLUDGE BUILD UP IN THE ENGINE AND THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THERE WAS A COOLANT LEAK WHICH HAD CONTAMINATED THE OIL. UPDATED 04/17/06. *JB

MY DODGE INTREPID ENGINE WAS BLOW UP AND COMPLETELY DESTROYED. *NM

DODGE INTREPID 2001 WITH 2.7L ENGINE. MADE KNOCKING SOUNDS, SO WE DROVE IT TO THE DEALER. DEALER SAYS ENGINE HAS SLUDGE AND MUST BE REPLACED DUE TO IMPROPER MAINTENANCE. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE PARKING THERE WAS A NOISE THAT CAME FROM THE ENGINE. THE ENGINE SHUT OFF AND WOULD NOT START BACK. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP FOR INSPECTION. THE MECHANIC DETERMINED THE TIMING CHAIN HAD BROKEN, THE PISTONS AND VALVES WERE DAMAGED AND THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.

ON JAN. 27,2006, I , INELL FOYE WAS DRIVING MY 2001 DODGE INTREPID INTREPID WHEN SUDDENLY THE ENGINE FAILED. ON JAN. 30,2006 I HAD A MECHANIC LOOK AT THE CAR. HE DETERMINED THAT THE TIMING CHAIN BROKE. AS A RESULT, THE PISTONS AND VALVES WERE DAMAGED. NOW I NEED A NEW ENGINE IN WHICH I CANT AFFORD. BY THE WAY,ITS A 2.7L ENGINE. I DIDN'T KNOW THAT MANY OF THESE CARS HAVE THESE PROBLEMS. I FOUND OUT THE HARD WAY. HOPEFULLY I WILL BE FULLY COMPENSATED. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS LEFT OVERNIGHT AND STARTED THE NEXT MORNING. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP. THE REPAIR SHOP DETERMINED THERE WAS SLUDGE IN THE OIL, AND TEMPORARILY REPAIRED THE VEHICLE, BUT THE ENGINE NEEDS TO BE REPLACED.

GOOD MORNING, MY NAME IS [XXX] AND I LIVE IN HAMILTON OHIO. I AM THE OWNER OF THE 2001, DODGE INTREPID. ON JANUARY 28, 2006 MY WIFE WAS DRIVING DOWN A RURAL ROAD WHEN THE ENGINE OF THE CAR STARTED TO TICK AS SHE WAS SLOWING TO GO AROUND A BEND IN THE ROAD. SHE LOOKED AT THE GAUGES TO FIND NOTHING REAL ABNORMAL. WHEN SHE GOT ALMOST AROUND THE BEND AND TRIED TO SPEED UP A LITTLE THE ENGINE WOULD NOT RESPOND. THE WHEELS ENDED UP LOCKING BEFORE FINISHING THE CURVE, AND SHE SLID OFF THE ROAD. MY WIFE HAD TO GET OUT OF THE CAR IN A DANGEROUS PART OF THE ROAD AND WALK QUITE A DISTANCE TO GET TO A PHONE TO CALL ME. WE HAVE FOUR CHILDREN AND ONE OR ALL COULD HAVE BEEN WITH HER AT THE TIME. IF THE ENGINE WOULD HAVE STOPPED SOONER...

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE NOISES COULD BE HEARD COMING FROM THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN FOR A PERIOD OF TIME BEFORE THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALERSHIP. DIAGNOSTICS TEST WERE PERFORMED ON THE VEHICLE AND THE PROBLEM COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN FOR ONE YEAR BEFORE THE ENGINE FAILED; THE VEHICLE IS NOW PARKED WITHOUT REPAIRS BEING MADE. THE MANUFACTURER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING ON A PAVED ROAD THE CHECK OIL LIGHT ILLUMINATED. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IDLING, THE TEMPERATURE INCREASED. UPON INSPECTION THE INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP DETERMINED THE OIL PRESSURE HAD DROPPED. THE OIL PUMP WAS REPLACED AT A LATER DATE. AFTER SIX MONTHS THE CHECK OIL LIGHT ILLUMINATED AGAIN. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN INSPECTED. UPDATED 3/3/2006 - *NM

DURING NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS MY 2001 DODGE INTREPID JUST QUIT MAKING A LOUD NOISE AND SMOKE FROM UNDER THE HOOD. I HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALER THEY TOLD ME THE WATER PUMP HAD FAILED AND THE TIMING COMPONENTS WERE BAD. APROX REPAIR COST 2000.00. *JB