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10.0

really awful

Typical Repair Cost:

$3,000.00

Average Mileage:

131,000 miles

Total Complaints:

2 complaints

Most common solutions:

  1. Chrysler should pay, faulty engine design (2 reports)
Dodge Intrepid engine problems

engine problem

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problem #2

2008Nov 07

Intrepid 3.2L V6

  • Automatic transmission
  • 105,000 miles

Bought this car for $3200, my income tax refund, in June 2008. Vehicle had a Carfax report. I have three children, 1 teenager, a 4 yr old, and a 2 year old. I just started a new job, 25 miles out of town, when my car started making a knocking noise. I made sure it had enough oil in it, which it did, and couldn't get it restarted. Had to tow it home. Guess what? The Dodge dealership looked at it and said that all the oil sludge in the engine caused the timing chain to go out. Know how much they want to replace the engine? $6300. Now I have to worry about losing the job that is the only income for my household because I have to find a way to work every day. I just pray every night that someone will come through for me and give me a ride. We don't have that good of a bus service to take me where I work. Someone needs to get a class action suit going against Daimler Chrysler.

Tammy J.

Longview, WA, USA

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problem #1

2006Oct 13

(reported on)

Intrepid

  • 157,000 miles

The car started smoking and using oil when it had less than 80,000 miles on it. I have seen many other Intrepids leaving a cloud of smoke. I know that the engine is faulty and has a terrible design. It costs several hundred dollars in labor to replace the water pump because of the location in the engine. You have to take off the tire to replace the battery. The engine design is lousy. I have talked to mechanics who tell me that lots of people have had major problems with the 2.7 liter Chrysler engine. It is not the consumers fault and I feel that Chrysler should pay for my engine being rebuilt.

Brenda B.

Athens, AL, USA

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