2001 DODGE INTREPID Engine And Engine Coolingengine Problems

WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM THE TAIL PIPE OF THE VEHICLE. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE INTO A MECHANIC, AND MECHANIC STATED THAT THE VACUUM HOSE HAD COME LOOSE. THE MECHANIC PLACED THE VACUUM HOSE BACK ONTO THE VEHICLE. A COUPLE OF DAYS LATER, ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AGAIN. THAT'S WHEN THE CONSUMER FOUND OUT THERE WAS SLUDGE BUILD UP IN THE ENGINE. *AK

CONSUMER NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM THE TAIL PIPE. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A MECHANIC, WHO DETERMINED THAT VACUUM HOSE DISENGAGED. MECHANIC PLACED THE VACUUIM HOSE BACK ON. A FEW DAYS LATER. THE ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AGAIN. CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER,WHO DETERMINED THAT ENGINE HAD SLUDGE BUILD UP IN IT. *AK

2001 DODGE INTREPID WITH 90,000 MILES. ENGINE FAILED ON 3-24-2005. SERVICE GARAGE REPORTS SLUDGE (OIL), TIMING BELT ISSUE, LIFTER DAMAGE, AND THAT MOST FEASIBLE CORRECTION IS NEW ENGINE. *JB

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED VEHICLE STALLED. DRIVER WAS UNABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE, AND IT WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

OIL LIGHT CAME ON FOR ABOUT 15 SECONDS THEN THE ENGINE STARTED KNOCKING AND SEIZED UP.*AK

CONSUMER COMPLAINED OF POOR PERFORMANCE OF THE 2.7 LITER ENGINE IN 2001 DODGE INTREPID SE. BF TWO OF THE CONSUMER'S DODGE INTREPID'S EXPERIENCED THESE ENGINE FAILURE'S WHICH OCCURRED AT 114K AND 112K MILES. ALSO, THE CONSUMER'S DAUGHTER OWNED A 2001 INTREPID AND THE PCM FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY LOST POWER. *SC THE SECOND DODGE INTREPID A 1999 VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER [XXX]. *JB INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

DRIVING 55 ON HIGHWAY ENGINE STARTED KNOCKING AND QUIT TIMING CHAIN BLEW UP ENGINE. MY MECHANIC SAID IT LOOKED LIKE A STICK OF DYNAMITE WAS PUT IN MY ENGINE. REPORTED IT TO CHRYSLER AND THEY SAID BRING THE SUIT ON IT'S ALL YOUR FAULT. SLUDGE IS FROM POOR CARE. *JB

TODAY THE ENGINE FAILED ON MY 2001 DODGE INTREPID THIS IS THE 2.7 LITER ENGINE THAT I HAVE NOW DISCOVERED HAS SO MANY ISSUES LODGED AGAINST IT. I HAVE NOT TAKEN IT TO A SHOP YET FOR ESTIMATE/REPAIRS. *NM

WE BOUGHT A 2001 DODGE INTREPID IN MARCH 2002. WE ALSO PURCHASED THE 5YR/100,000MILE EXTENDED WARRANTY. ABOUT 5 WEEKS AGO, I WAS HEADING DOWN THE ROAD FOR WORK AND MY CAR JUST CONKED OUT. HAD IT TOWED AND LATER FOUND OUT IT WAS THE ENGINE. WE NOTIFIED DAIMLER CHRYSLER AND THEY HAD IT TOWED TO MARTIN DEALERSHIP IN TURNERSVILLE NJ. THE ADJUSTER CAME AND FOUND SMALL AMOUNTS OF SLUDGE IN THE ENGINE AND ASKED FOR RECEIPTS FOR OIL CHANGES AND WE GAVE THEM ALL WE HAD. WE TOOK GOOD CARE WITH OIL CHANGES ALMOST EVERY OTHER MONTH. THE MECHANIC THEN CALLS BACK AND SAID WE WERE DENIED AND THE COST WILL BE AROUND 6,500.00. THE ADJUSTER ALSO SAID THAT NOBODY DOES OIL CHANGES ON SUNDAYS,(ONE OR TWO OF THE RECEIPTS HAD SUNDAY DATES, AND WE DID HAVE THE OIL CHANGED ON A FEW SUNDAYS).THE MECHANIC SAID THE 2.7 INTREPID HAS...

WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE DRIVER TRIED TO RESTART THE VEHICLE AND WAS NOT ABLE TO DO SO. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE DRIVER THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *JB

THE 2.7L ENGINE SEIZED WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED.*AK

WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH THE ENGINE SEIZED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CAUSE HAS YET TO BE DETERMINED. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *JB

WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE DRIVER TRIED TO RESTART THE VEHICLE BUT WAS NOT ABLE TO DO SO. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A GARAGE FOR INSPECTION, AND THE MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK THE ENGINE LOCKED UP DUE TO SLUDGE. *JB

WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE CONSUMER HEARD A LOUD KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. SUDDENLY, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONSUMER TRIED TO RESTART THE VEHICLE AND WAS ABLE TO DO SO. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *JB

ENGINE FAILURE -KNOCKING IN ENGINE- NO NOTICE-----PUT CAR IN SHOP--SAID BEARING -BOLTS--FELL OUT OF ENGINE INTO OIL PAN...2.7 ENGINE. CAN'T AFFORD EVEN A USED OR REMANUFACTURED ONE TO REPLACE--PRICE TO HIGH DUE TO SUPPLY AND DEMAND FROM FAILURE OF THIS ENGINE FOR 1998 THRU 2001 INTREPIDS.*JB

PURCHASED CAR IN 02 WITH 11000 MILES. MAINTAINED CAR WELL. AT 57000 MILES THE ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION BLEW. DEALER SAID THEIR WAS A BUILD UP OF SLUDGE. MY CAR WAS IN THE SHOP FOR 30 DAYS. 4 DAYS AFTER REPAIRED I RETURNED IT TO DEALER WITH COMPLAINT OF TRANSMISSION SLIPPING. THEY COULDN'T FEEL IT SLIPPING WHEN THEY DROVE IT. NOW TONIGHT, 3 WEEKS LATER, IT WAS TOWED BACK TO THE SHOP FOR TRANSMISSION FAILURE. *NM

THE ENGINE FAILED WHILE DRIVING. THIS IS A 2001 DODGE INTREPID WITH UNDER 67,000 MILES ON IT. THE TIMING CHAIN SNAPPED AND THE 2.7 LITER ENGINE NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. *NM

2001 DODGE INTREPID SE STARTED MAKING A LOUD RATTLING NOISE FOR NO REASON. HAD CAR TOWED TO A GARAGE, AND MECHANIC REFUSED TO WORK ON IT. HAD CAR TOWED TO SECOND GARAGE, MECHANIC TOLD US THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. CAR HAD 70000 MILES AND KEPT IN GOOD CONDITION WITH REGULAR OIL CHANGES AND MANTAINCE. TOLD IT WOULD COST $5000 FOR REPAIR STILL OWE $12000 ON CAR. THIS IS ABSOLUTLY UNREAL. I GUESS IT WILL JUST SIT AND ROT IN MY DRIVEWAY. SOME ONE NEEDS TO MAKE DODGE WALK UP TO THE PLATE. THIS IS PURE ROBBERY.I WAS ALSO TOLD THAT THIS YEAR INTREPID WAS BAD FOR ENGINE FAILURE. AND THIS WEB SITE PROVES IT.*AK

20 01 DODGE INTREPID,43K. MI., PURCHASED IN 02, DRIVE 7000. MILES, YEAR MAINTAINED TO SPECKS. LAST OIL CHANGE SHOWED MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF SLUDGE BUILD-UP. TWO WEEKS LATER THE ENGINE BLEW. ACCORDING TO SERV. MGR. AT DEALERSHIP WHERE WE PURCHASED IT, IT IS THE TIMING CHAIN GUIDES. I'M SURE HE'S FARMILIAR WITH THE NOISE BECAUSE CHRYSLER HAVE DENIED THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE THE USE OF THIER 2.7 L ENGINED VEHICLES FOR A LONG, LONG TIME. IT IS A KNOWN CRONIC PROBLEM WITH THIS ENGINE, AND THEY KNOW IT, AND NOTHING IS BEING DONE ABOUT IT. AND, LIKE THOUSANDS OF OTHERS, WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO PAY FOR THE DRIVEWAY ORNAMENT AS IT CAN ONLY SIT THERE. WE CERTAIMLY CAN'T AFFORD TO FIX IT, SO WE BORROWED MY MOTHER-IN LAWS CAR, WHICH GOT STOLEN FROM OUR DRIVEWAY A WEEK AFTER WE BORROWED IT. THIS PROBLEM MUST BE ADDRESSED IMMEDIATELY BY THE PROPER AUTHORITIES...

I HAVE A 2001 DODGE INTREPID I PURCHASED THIS CAR FROM THE DEALERSHIP APPROX. 2YEARS AGO (IT WAS A LOANER CAR) FIRST I HAD TO REPLACE THE COOLING FAN (NO BIG DEAL) NOW I AM FINDING OUT THAT THE ENTIRE ENGINE NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. WHILE GETTING MY OIL CHANGED THE ATTENDANT TOLD ME THAT I HAD A SMALL OIL LINK THAT NEEDED TO BE ADDRESSED SO I TOOK THE CAR OVER TO MY MECHANIC THE SAME DAY WHO TOLD ME THAT THE ENGINE WOULD NEED TO BE REBUILT OR REPLACED THIS CAR ONLY HAS 62,000 MILES ON IT I CAN'T IMAGINE HAVING TO REPLACE AN ENGINE SO SOON I HAVE HAD MY OIL CHANGED REGULARLY AND MY MECHANIC KNOWS THAT BUT STILL HE SAYS THAT THERE IS OIL BUILT UP INSIDE THE ENGINE THEN HE TELLS ME THAT HE HAS HAS SEVERAL PEOPLE IN HIS SHOP WITH SIMILIAR PROBLEMS....

WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH THE ENGINE FAILED. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO GET TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH THE MOTOR CEASED TO FUNCTION. IT BEGAN BY MAKING A NOISE. THEN THE VEHICLE LOST POWER. THERE WAS NO POWER STEERING OR POWER BRAKES. CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALER, AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE TIMING CHAIN BLEW APART, AND THERE WAS NO COMPRESSION IN THE CYLINDERS. VEHICLE NEVER INDICATED THAT IT WAS RUNNING HOT. *AK *JB

A NOISE WAS HEARD COMING FROM THE FRONT WHILE DRIVING. THEN, VEHICLE STALLED. CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO RESTART VEHICLE, AND HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. MECHANIC INFORMED DETERMINED THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK.....OLD ENGINE WAS REMOVED AND A NEW ONE WAS INSTALLED AT COST OF $5,309.96. *AK

THE ENGINE IN MY AUTO( 2001 DODGE INTREPID) FAILED----REGULAR OIL AND FILTER CHANGES TOOK PLACE----ENGINE WOULD CUTOFF WITHOUT NOTICE WHILE DRIVING------CHRSLER WOULD NOT ACKNOWLEDGE WARRANTY BUT WOULD REPAIR AT COST-----RESEARCH INDICATES THAT THIS ENGINE WOULD DEVELOPE A SLUDGE BUILDUP PROBLEM AS MY AUTO DID-----MY ENGINE HAD TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF OVER $5,000. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH ENGINE FAILED. DEALER STATED THE OIL PUMP CLOGGED. *AK

I WAS DRIVING AT 20 MPH. THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP. COULD NOT BRAKE OR SPEED UP. ONE MECHANIC SAID IT WAS THE TIMING CHAIN. AND I WOULD NEED A NEW MOTOR. ESTIMATE WAS 4900- 5500. CANT AFFORD IT.*AK

WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH VEHICLE STALLED. CONSUMER WAS NOT ABLE TO RESTART VEHICLE, AND HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK THE MOTOR HAD LOCKED AND THREW A ROD. THE CONSUMER WOULD CHANGES REGULARLY. *SC *JB

WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH VEHICLE STALLED. AS A RESULT, STEERING LOCKED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE STARTED LOSING POWER. THE DEALERSHIP INDICATED THIS WAS DUE TO A SLUDGE PROBLEM. *JB

THE VEHICLE WOULD ACCELERATE NO MORE THEN 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT THE PROBLEM WAS DUE TO SLUDGE BUILD UP IN THE ENGINE. *JB

CONSUMER STATED ENGINE FAILED COMPLETELY. *AK

HAD A NOISE COMING FROM THE TOP OF MY ENGINE THAT STARTED ON MY WAY TO WORK ONE MORNING. DROVE IT HOME AND THEN TOOK IT TO THE DODGE DEALERSHIP TO HAVE IT LOOKED AT. THEY SAID THE ENGINE WAS BAD DUE TO SLUDGE AND NEEDED REPLACED. THE TIMING CHAIN HAD NOT BROKEN YET SO THEY SAID IF DIDN'T REPLACE THE ENGINE, I SHOULD REPLACE THE TIMING CHAIN AND GET RID OF THE CAR.

MY WIFE WAS TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY 65 AND STOPPED AT THE LIGHT.THE ENGINE SUDDENLY SHUTDOWN WITHHOUT WARNING AND SMOKE CAME OUT FROM UNDER THE HOOD. MY WIFE WAS TERRIFIED AND STUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD FOR ABOUT 20 MINUTES UNTIL THE HIGHWAY PATROL PUSHED THE CAR TO THE SIDE. THE ESTIMATED REPAIR COST FROM A SHOP IS $7,500.*AK

WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE CONSUMER HEARD A LOUD KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. SUDDENLY THE VEHICLE JERKED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A GARAGE FOR INSPECTION. THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO SLUDGE IN THE ENGINE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *JB

WHILE DRIVING, THE ENGINE SHUT DOWN. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER AND THE ENGINE WAS FOUND TO BE DEFECTIVE. THE CONSUMER STATED HE COULD NOT FIND ANYONE TO WORK ON THE VEHICLE. *JB

KNOCKING IN ENGINE WHILE DRIVING HOME FROM WORK. TOOK TO CHRYSLER AND THEY SAID THERE WAS SLUDGE IN THE OIL, AND MY WARRANTY WAS NULL AND VOID

WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH VEHICLE STALLED. CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO RESTART VEHICLE, AND IT WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE ENGINE BLEW OUT AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, AND REPLACED IT THREE TIMES. *AK

MY CAR BEGAN TO MAKE A LOUD KNOCKING SOUND. I TOOK IT STRAIGHT TO A SERVICE CENTER. AFTER LOOKING AT THE CAR, THEY SAID I NEEDED A NEW ENGINE. I HAD IT TOWED TO ANOTHER SERVICE CENTER FOR A SECOND OPINION, THEY, TOO, SAID I NEEDED A NEW ENGINE. THE CHAIN TENSION SPRING BROKE CAUSING MY CAR TO GET OUT OF TIME AND BASICALLY THE ENGINE SELF- DESTRUCTED. I STILL OWE ALMOST $8000.00 ON MY CAR AND A REBUILT ENGINE WILL COST ME NEARLY $7,000.00. I CALLED DODGE AND VOICED MY COMPLAINT WITH NO COMPASSION FROM THEM. I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. I HAVE A CAR THAT I LOVE AND HAD NO PROBLEMS WITH UNTIL ALL OF THIS. I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER DODGE, CHRYSLER OR JEEP VEHICLE. I CAN'T BELIEVE THEY DIDN'T ISSUE A RECALL ON THE CHAIN TENSIONER. AFTER MUCH RESEARCH I HAVE FOUND HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS...

I WAS DRIVING MY 2001 DODGE INTREPID AND CAME TO A FOUR WAY STOP AND MY ENGINE FAILED. TWO GENTLRMEN ASSISTED WITH PUSHING MY VEHICLE OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD TO AVOID ANY INJURIES. *AK

THIS COMPLAINT IS ABOUT AUTO THAT I PURCHASED FROM SOUTH CHICAGO DODGE IN SEPT 2000. DODGE INTRPID WITH 2/7 ENGINE THAT I HAVE GIVEN BACK TO FINANCE COMPANY BECAUSE OF ENGINE FAILURE. FEBUARY OF 2003 I BEGAN HEARING A CLINGING SOUND COME FROM THE AUTO AND I MADE A APPIONTMENT WITH SOUTH CHICAGO DODGE FOR A CHECKUP, ON THE WAY TO THE DEALER EXPRESSWAY ILLINOIS INTERSTATE55 THE CAR BEGAN TO STAUL. WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE OUR WAY TO THE SHOULDER WITHOUT BEING HIT BY THE PASSING TRAFFIC. I CALLED CHRYSLER AND TOLD THEM THE CAR WAS BEING TAKEN TO THE DEALEDSHIP WITH A BLOWN ENGINE AT 42K MILES. THEIR FIRST COMMENT WAS WELL HOW OFTEN WAS OIL CHANGED BECAUSE, THE ENGINE DOESN'T JUST BLOW UNLESS THE OIL WASN'T MAINTAINED. I TOLD THEM OIL WAS CHANGED EVERY 3000 - 4000 MILES AND THAT I EVEN TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP...

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED CONSUMER HEARD A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. SUDDENLY VEHICLE JERKED AND VIBRATED. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND DROVE IT TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO SLUDGE INSIDE THE ENGINE. *AK

I HAVE A 2001 DODGE INTREPID 2.7 JUST RECENTLY MY CAR BROKE DOWN, I TOOK IT TO SEVERAL PLACES(4) TO FIND OUT THE PROBLEM AND WAS TOLD BE 4 DIFFERENT MECHNICS 2 BEEN A DODGE DEALERSHIPS THAT IT WAS THE ENGINE. I WAS ALSO TOLD BY ALL 4 MECHNICS THAT THE DODGE INTREPID HAS A SLUGEING PROBLEM WITH ALL THE 2.7L ENGINE MODELS. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHY THIS WAS NEVER RECALLED OR WHY DODGE DID NOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. I HAVE ALL MY PAPER WORK FOR MAINTENCE DONE ON MY CAR . I FEEL THAT IS NOT DO TO ANY FAULT ON MY OWN HOWEVER I AM STUCK WITH A $4000-6000 REPAIR BILL FOR A PROBLEM DODGE KNEW ABOUT. WHY.

WHILE DRIVING ENGINE BLEW OUT/SMOKED, AND STALLED. THERE WERE NO WARNINGS. ENGINE COMPLETELY FAILED. *AK

NO WARNING--OTHER THAN A PROBLEM WITH THE HEAT THAT WE DIDN'T REALIZE WAS RELATED UNTIL AFTER. AS MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING THE CAR HOME, THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE ENGINE IMMEDIATELY DIED, IN TRAFFIC. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A MECHANIC, WHO INFORMED US THAT THE CAR HAD AN ENGINE SLUDGE PROBLEM, LIKE MANY OTHER INTREPIDS HE HAD SEEN, AND IT WOULD COST US ROUGHLY $6,000 TO REPLACE IT. THE CAR IS CURRENTLY SITTING AT THE MECHANIC'S BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE AN EXTRA SIX GRAND LAYING AROUND, SO IT IS INTACT IN IT'S UNREPAIRED STATE. I FEEL IT COULD HAVE BEEN A HORRIBLE NIGHTMARE HAD TRAFFIC BEEN HEAVIER AND ONE OF MY KIDS HAD BEEN DRIVING. THIS IS A REAL PERSONAL INJURY DISASTER WAITING TO HAPPEN TO OTHER INTREPID OWNERS.*AK

ABOUT 2 MONTHS AGO MY OIL WAS BURNING UP AND I HAD WHITE SMOKE COMING FROM THE EXHAUST. I HAD IT LOOKED AT AND THE PROBLEM WAS UNKNOWN. I HAD THE OIL CHANGED AND FILTER CHANGED SEVERAL TIMES WITHIN 2 MONTHS (DUE TO OIL BURNING UP). A COUPLE WEEKS AGO I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN MY ENGINE STARTED TO SOUND LIKE A SEMI TRUCK SO I PULLED OFF THE HIGHWAY. I CHECKED THE OIL WHICH WAS FINE AND THERE WAS NOTHING SMOKING SO I WAS GOING TO TAKE IT TO MY DADS HOUSE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WAS WRONG. WHEN I GOT BACK IN THE CAR IT WOULDN'T START. I HAD IT LOOKED AT AND NOW THEY ARE SAYING MY ENGINE IS HISTORY. I FOUND OUT OIL SLUDGE CAUSED THE PROBLEM. I HAVE 3 YEARS LEFT TO PAY OFF A CAR THAT I CAN'T DRIVE AND CAN NOT...

WAS DRIVING ON AN INTERSTATE HIGHWAY AND THE ENGINE FAILED (AT 50,223 MILES). I WAS ABLE TO COAST OFF THE ROAD TO SAFETY. MCKINNEY DODGE, GASTONIA, NC INFORMED THE THE ENGINE WAS BLOWN AND NEEDED REPLACEMENT. THE DEALERSHIPE STATED THIS THE ENGINE FAILURE WAS DUE TO NOT CHANGING THE OIL AS REQUIRED, EVEN THOUGH I CHANGE THE OIL FREQUENTLY AS REQUIRED. CHRYSLER REFUSES TO FIX THE ENGINE UNDER THE EXTENDED WARRANTY. MY RESEARCH INDICATES THIS IS A FREQUENT PROBLEM WITH THEIR 2.7 LITER V6 ENGINE.*AK

MY CAR DIED WITH ONLY 30 SECONDS WARNING. I WAS DRIVING SOUTH ON RT 83 JUST SOUTH OF ST CHARLES AVE IN VILLA PARK WHEN MY CAR STARTED TO JERK AND MAKE LOUD NOISES. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO THE PLACE OF PURCHASE AND THEY SAID THAT SLUDGE WAS PRESENT IN MY ENGINE. I HAD MY OIL CHANGED 6/15/2004 ATR MIDAS IN VILLA PARK IL AND THERE WAS NO SIGN OF SLUDGE IN MY ENGINE. I HAVE NOT BEEN GIVEN AN ESTIMATE, EXEPT THAT IT WILL TAKE $400 FOR THEM TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS THE PROBLEM.*AK

I HAVE A 2001 DODGE INTREPID. AT THE BEGINNING OF 2004 I WAS DRIVING WITH MY TODDLER AND MY CAR STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. WE WERE STRANDED IN THE MIDDLE OF WINTER. I HAD IT TOWED TO A GARAGE AND THE MECHANIC TOLD ME THAT MY TIMING CHAIN BROKE AND MY ENGINE WAS FILLED WITH OIL SLUGE. WE ALWAYS CHANGED OUR OIL AT 3,000 MILES BUT I NEVER THOUGHT TO SAVE THE RECIEPTS. WHEN I CONTACTED DODGE THEY TOLD ME THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO BECAUSE MY WARRANTY WAS UP AND MY CAR HAD ALMOST 100,000 MILES. MY CAR WAS REPAIRED AND 2 MONTHS LATER MY CAR DIED AGAIN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. THE GARAGE SAID THAT MY CAR WAS CONTINUING TO BE FULL OF OIL SLUDGE. I OWE 12,000 ON MY CAR AND THE GARAGE TOLD ME THAT IT WILL CONTINUE TO...

WHILE DRIVING, VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE DRIVER TRIED TO RESTART THE VEHICLE AND WAS UNABLE TO DO SO. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE DRIVER THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *LA *SC *JB

THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE, STOPPED AT A STOP LIGHT AND THE VEHICLE TURNED OFF AND WOULD NOT START. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER, WERE IT WAS FOUND THAT A ROD HAD COME LOOSE. THE WARRANTY COMPANY IS IN LIQUIDATION AND THE CONSUMER HAD TO PAY FOR THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE MANUFACTURE STATED IT IS NOT THEIR RESPONSIBILITY. *NM