Dodge... fail.
 

My mom's SRT4 lost the timing belt and bent all the valves yesterday... at 92K miles. So for the 3rd time I get to pull the head on an inline 4 dodge motor.

Track record:

Neon: Lost timing belt at 82K miles, needed all new valves.
Neon: Lost trans at 89K miles.
Neon... ... ...lots of problems before 100K.
SRT4: Lost timing belt at 92K miles, prob needs all new valves.

If my Jeep didn't have a Mercedes engine I'd be scared right now. And oh yeah, my mom called Dodge to ask for a service estimate. They quoted her $5K. They won't fix it, they want to replace the engine. :inout:

Unless its a 2nd gen Viper, I don't see any Dodges in my future.

You can talk to my builder, valves are $6-$10 each, unless youre looking for a used head. In that case it might be good to get a valve job and rebuild. I belive its $150-$200 but i'd have to check

Timing belts should be done at 60k to be safe. Its not fun, but it does mKs me like timing chains more and more.

Stupid neons, :uh:...


Just have Boostmonstr rebuild it. I bet he could do waaaaaay better then those techs at the stealership. ;)

Boostmonstr? How about enkeivette?

I already got it back together, fortunately my boss sort of forgot about me till today. And me and my friend were able to get it running.

60K for a timing belt? Hells no. 120K is the soonest service interval I've seen for a timing belt. You know what I did see ALL over the place when I was in there? Hencho en Mexico!!! ...No wonder.

Roommates PT Cruiser, 2.4L T. Turbo bearings failed at just over 100K. Computer would not communicate with ANY scan tool just under 100K.

Now that they are owned by Fiat, it'll get way better.

You mean Fix It Again Tony?

Bob

You can blame Mitsubishi for that.

Sounds like a series of unfortunate events for you and your roommate. So far the only thing I've had to replace @ 84,000 miles is: Throttle body gasket ($1.49) and Master and Slave Clutch Cylinder ($210 total).