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2002 Dodge Intrepid power train problems

60 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the power train on the 2002 Dodge Intrepid18% of all complaints for this model year.

60
Power Train complaints
18%
share of all complaints
65,000 mi
median reported incident mileage
2 / 3
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • An oil plug front left of engine block blew out pumping oil onto catalytic converter. Open flames melted wheel well, back bumper, and fuel hoses off of gas tank. Fire went out went all the oil was pumped out of engine and car stopped moving. I contacted chrysler safety, they referred me to dodge…

    filed Jul 7, 2017

  • My 2002 dodge intrepid has had many problems since I bought it roughly four years ago. I was informed that it had a rebuilt engine and transmission. Just recently it has been having problems shifting out of know where. I was at the stop light and when it turned green I pressed on the gas and it did…

    filed Mar 27, 2012

  • The transmission shifter will only go into park every once in a while, especially when its warmed up. *tr

    filed May 14, 2020

Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.

Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.