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Dodge Intrepid 2000 Complaint

Complaint about ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING : ENGINE

PELLSTON, MI

Consumer Complaint:
SHORTLY AFTER PURCHASING VEHICLE IT STARTED EXPERIENCING ENGINE PROBLEMS. CONSUMER SAID THAT IT WAS MAKING WEIRD RATTLING NOISES. AFTER A NUMBER OF INSPECTIONS BY A MECHANIC, THE SOUND WAS DUE TO LACK OF OIL PRESSURE. *LA THE ENGINE STARTED RACING AND MAKING A LOUDER NOISE. THE MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT IT WAS THE TENSIONER WHICH WAS REPLACED. ON ANOTHER OCCASION THE VEHICLE CHUGGED AND WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO STEER AND WOULD BARELY MOVE. THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT THE VEHICLE NEEDED A NEW ENGINE. THERE WERE OTHER VEHICLES WITH THE SAME ENGINE PROBLEMS. *SC *JB

Date of Incident:
20030201