Hi I had the very sad experience of the transmission getting burned on my 3.5L 2003 Intrepid. I was pulling the smallest U-Haul box trailer (empty) and it pushed it over the edge.
It isn't altogether dead. It grates a bit in 1st and seems fine in 2nd and 3rd and grates in 4th. It has a feature to pull it back to 3rd from automatic so I've been using that to keep it out of 4th gear. I've had them replace the burned transmission fluid and the filter and I've been advised to drive it until it dies and then replace the car - estimated cost of sorting the transmission is about $2000 incl labor and parts. Another couple of transmission specialist garages said $1,500 - $1,800 I have found someone locally who's parting out an 2001 Intrepid - not sure of the model though and he has a transmission. Does anyone have any thoughts about the best way forward. See 3 possibilities: 1) Wait til it dies and replace 2) Get the transmission fixed with new 3) Buy the used transmission the guy's who's parting out. Regarding (3) I wonder if seeing clean trans fluid in the transmission would be any kind of sign that it would be ok to use. Otherwise, the car's pretty ok. Body has a bit of rust here and there but no known other problems. Brake lines, timing belt replaced about 10,000 miles ago when I bought it. My problem with replacing it is that you spend $2000 to replace and then $1,000 more to get it into shape so $1,500-$1,800 for a car that seems otherwise fine isn't such a bad deal. It has 131,000 miles on the clock. Thanks for any thoughts Pavesa ------------------------------------ Web: <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dodge_intrepid> Subscribe: <mailto://[email protected]> Unsubscribe: <mailto://[email protected]> Moderator: <mailto://[email protected]>Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dodge_intrepid/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dodge_intrepid/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
