2002 Dodge Intrepid review from North America

At 100000 miles the oil light came on then started flickering. I took it in before anything happened and it turned out to be the oil pump, not to expensive, but lots of labor. While the mechanic had everything tore down I had the water pump replaced as well. Before that the only thing that had been giving me headaches were the brakes.

Now at 127000 miles a seal in the AC compressor has ruptured causing me to replace the whole compressor.

Now just a couple days ago I've been having problems with acceleration, the engine has been limiting itself to 3500 to 4000 RPM's and when you are driving if you let off the throttle the engine kicks back as if the engine just shut off. Now today I started it and immediately it died, started again and it idled, but reved it and died again. I started again and left it sitting for a minute before driving, didn't die this time. I believe its the throttle position sensor and will take the proper methods of checking it before buying the $90 part.

Other than these recent problems I haven't had to do anything to the car besides the proper maintenance. One thing that has really ticked me off is the hazing of the headlights. Replacements are over $100 each. I bought some plastic polish and that helped for a short while. Overall this car has been good to me for as much abuse that I have put it through.