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Is it coincidence that the Dodges have such great problems at 85K+. I wanted to buy American but not a chance now. The cars oil light comes on goes 3 miles to safety and the engine seizes. This is not a lone story per internet. This was my first Chrysler Auto I have ever had ., In the past mostly GM and the future now lies with Hyundai or Kia. Is this just my first bad car luck and are all Dodges built this way. It seems by the internet 85K is like 200 in Dog Years for a Chrysler Product.
Is it coincidence that the Dodges have such great problems at 85K+. I wanted to buy American but not a chance now. The cars oil light comes on goes 3 miles to safety and the engine seizes. This is not a lone story per internet. This was my first Chrysler Auto I have ever had ., In the past mostly GM and the future now lies with Hyundai or Kia. Is this just my first bad car luck and are all Dodges built this way. It seems by the internet 85K is like 200 in Dog Years for a Chrysler Product.
I'm not quite sure what you are saying here. If the low oil pressure light comes on with any car's engine above idle speed and you keep driving 3 miles, well' d'oh, yeah, the engine will likely sieze or you will at least spin a big-end rod bearing.
Better, of course, to have an oil pressure gauge, but if all you have is the "idiot" light, when it comes on, you have seconds, not minutes, to unload and shut down the engine...
Or am I missing your point?
That said, something seemed to change for the worse with Chrysler around 2004 or 2005 - before then, at least some of them were good to OK cars, since then, not so much...
If you think Chrysler is bad, go ahead and buy a Kia. Don't say I told you so. Yes, Chrysler's are junk, but Kia's are the same or worse. Try a Ford Fusion, they are American and have a good track record.
Let the haters keep hating. It turned over to 160k this morning, '03 Dodge Intrepid. Put 90k city miles on it, had one repair. Put the next 70k on it after that (@ 700-900 miles/wk) and this stretch has been 100% flawless. Gets 24 mpg @ 85mph. Still driving at that rate for the next couple years, so keeping my fingers crossed.
Bought it with 7500 miles for $15k. Got the dreaded 2.7L ''sludge pit'' that has been nothing but smooth & reliable. Transmission got a fluid & filter change at 60k, and it needs it for the second time soon. Still shifts good.
I have had one repair in all those miles -- plastic weld blew off @ 80k on a coolant hose, idiotic design. Thankfully I was almost home. I installed the new hose the same evening in one hour. The rest has been maintenance. It is a higher maintenance vehicle, though, i.e. front end bushings are part of it.
I'd still buy another one of these in a heartbeat if they still made them. I think they damn near perfected the Intrepid/Concorde for '03 and early '04, just before they axed them. However I wouldn't have considered any other Chrysler during that era. And nothing Chrysler from '05+ looks like something I'd consider. Maybe the 300, but that's a bit long in the tooth and actually seems cheaper on the inside vs the Intrepid, if you can believe it. The Charger... even worse.
When my car finally dies, I'll let you know. Though I've never heard of any junky car going 160k with only one repair.
If you think Chrysler is bad, go ahead and buy a Kia. Don't say I told you so. Yes, Chrysler's are junk, but Kia's are the same or worse. Try a Ford Fusion, they are American and have a good track record.
Just about every modern ownership experience or review seems to say otherwise. Hyundai is now moving upmarket and Kia is moving into Hyundai's current position. Things are looking very good for both of them and if cars like the Genesis are a sign of things to come I am dearly excited to see what they produce next.
Let the haters keep hating. It turned over to 160k this morning, '03 Dodge Intrepid. Put 90k city miles on it, had one repair. Put the next 70k on it after that (@ 700-900 miles/wk) and this stretch has been 100% flawless. Gets 24 mpg @ 85mph. Still driving at that rate for the next couple years, so keeping my fingers crossed.
Bought it with 7500 miles for $15k. Got the dreaded 2.7L ''sludge pit'' that has been nothing but smooth & reliable. Transmission got a fluid & filter change at 60k, and it needs it for the second time soon. Still shifts good.
I have had one repair in all those miles -- plastic weld blew off @ 80k on a coolant hose, idiotic design. Thankfully I was almost home. I installed the new hose the same evening in one hour. The rest has been maintenance. It is a higher maintenance vehicle, though, i.e. front end bushings are part of it.
I'd still buy another one of these in a heartbeat if they still made them. I think they damn near perfected the Intrepid/Concorde for '03 and early '04, just before they axed them. However I wouldn't have considered any other Chrysler during that era. And nothing Chrysler from '05+ looks like something I'd consider. Maybe the 300, but that's a bit long in the tooth and actually seems cheaper on the inside vs the Intrepid, if you can believe it. The Charger... even worse.
When my car finally dies, I'll let you know. Though I've never heard of any junky car going 160k with only one repair.
I'm not sure what you're trying to do here. Who exactly is hating? From your post it seems to be you when it comes to just about every Chrysler product excluding your Intrepid.
Let the haters keep hating. It turned over to 160k this morning, '03 Dodge Intrepid. Put 90k city miles on it, had one repair. Put the next 70k on it after that (@ 700-900 miles/wk) and this stretch has been 100% flawless. Gets 24 mpg @ 85mph. Still driving at that rate for the next couple years, so keeping my fingers crossed.
Bought it with 7500 miles for $15k. Got the dreaded 2.7L ''sludge pit'' that has been nothing but smooth & reliable. Transmission got a fluid & filter change at 60k, and it needs it for the second time soon. Still shifts good.
I have had one repair in all those miles -- plastic weld blew off @ 80k on a coolant hose, idiotic design. Thankfully I was almost home. I installed the new hose the same evening in one hour. The rest has been maintenance. It is a higher maintenance vehicle, though, i.e. front end bushings are part of it.
I'd still buy another one of these in a heartbeat if they still made them. I think they damn near perfected the Intrepid/Concorde for '03 and early '04, just before they axed them. However I wouldn't have considered any other Chrysler during that era. And nothing Chrysler from '05+ looks like something I'd consider. Maybe the 300, but that's a bit long in the tooth and actually seems cheaper on the inside vs the Intrepid, if you can believe it. The Charger... even worse.
When my car finally dies, I'll let you know. Though I've never heard of any junky car going 160k with only one repair.
I was discussing this with a co-worker lately. It seems that something went south in a big way at Chrysler around 2005 or 2006 - up to that year, as you say, they were sort of high-maintenance, but if you did the services per the book they were good cars. Sometime after that, it seems the build quality went way downhill.
I had a Charger rental after a car accident a few months ago, and, at first, I was excited, as I hadn't driven or been in one. Boy was I in for a shock. That thing was a TURD, even with 10K miles on it.
I had a Charger rental after a car accident a few months ago, and, at first, I was excited, as I hadn't driven or been in one. Boy was I in for a shock. That thing was a TURD, even with 10K miles on it.
Chargers are turds before anything even breaks. The interiors are downright awful for a car costing that much.
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