Ownership Cost for 1995 Dodge Intrepid Base
Estimated: $22671 over the next 5 years
| Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | Year 4 | Year 5 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Depreciation | $984 | $472 | $413 | $374 | $335 | $2578 |
| Insurance | $1451 | $1502 | $1554 | $1609 | $1665 | $7781 |
| Fuel | $1625 | $1674 | $1732 | $1802 | $1883 | $8716 |
| Maintenance | $40 | $253 | $137 | $225 | $1038 | $1693 |
| Repairs | $91 | $323 | $353 | $487 | $612 | $1866 |
| Taxes & Fees | $24 | $24 | $24 | $24 | $24 | $36 |
| Total Ownership Costs | $4215 | $4227 | $4194 | $4499 | $5536 | $22671 |
| Model year | COMPONENT | Complaint |
| 2002 | LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH | PASSENGER INSIDE DOOR HANDLE BROKE OFF AT ONLY 41000 MILES. CALLED THE SERVICE DEPT AND AM TOLD IT IS NOT COVERED. WILL HAVE TO PAY FOR REPAIR. I WILL NEVER BUY THIS CAR AGAIN. THIS IS MY SECOND INTREPID AND WAS TOO STUPID TO LEARN MY LESSON THE FIRST TIME. DODGE IS NOW A MEMORY, I AM SORRY BUT I AM BUYING JAPANESE. EVERYTIME I HAVE A PROBLEM THEY EITHER CANNOT FIND THE CAUSE OR IT IS NOT COVERED BY THE WARRANTY HOW COULD A HANDLE BREAK WHEN I TAKE CARE OF THE CAR SO WELL. UNBELIEVABLE! ANOTHER LOST PATRIOTIC AMERICAN CHANGING TO FOREIGN VEHICLES. I HOPE THEY GO BANKRUPT!*AK |
| 1995 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM | AFTER STARTING CAR ON THE MORNING DECEMBER 8,1999 I COULD SMELL GAS FUMES. I IMMEDIATELY SHUT CAR OFF AND EXAMINED THE ENGINE. I NOTICED FUEL LEAKAGE NEAR THE FUEL INJECTOR RAIL. I PROCEEDED TO DEALERSHIP (CENTRAL DODGE IN RAYNHAM) AND PURCHASED 6 NEW FUEL INJECTORS, ASSUMING THAT WAS THE PROBLEM AND THE LEAST EXPENSIVE. I REPLACED INJECTORS THAT EVENING AND STILL HAD FUEL LEAKING. I HAD MY WIFE COME OUT AND ASSIST ME BY TURNING THE KEY SO I COULD SEE WHERE LEAK WAS COMING FROM. ALMOST IMMEDIATELY AFTER STARITING THE CAR I SAW FUEL STREAMING FROM THE LEFT SIDE OF THE FUEL RAIL. A FIRE STARTED AND I IMMEDIATELY PUT IT OUT. AFTER GOING TO SAME DEALERSHIP TO PURCHASE FUEL RAIL I WAS TOLD ABOUT THE RECALL. THEY TOWED THE VEHICLE INTO THEIR DEALERSHIP AND REPLACED ENTIRE FUEL RAIL ASSEMBLY AT NO COST TO ME. THEN CAME THE BAD NEWS; THEY CONTACTED ME AND TOLD ME THE ENGINE WAS GONE AND THEY ARE CLAIMING NO RESPONSIBILITY BECAUSE THEY SAID I CANNOT PROVE THE FUEL RAIL LEAK WAS THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE. SO I AM CURRENTLY PAYING SOMEONE $3800. TO REPLACE THE ENGINE AND I WAS HOPING FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE IN THIS MATTER. WHERE DOES THE MANUFACTURERS RESPONSIBILITY END WHEN IT COMES TO A LIFE SAFETY ISSUE SUCH AS THIS ONE? *AK |
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