NHTSA Complaint #10233690 — 2000 DODGE INTREPID

2000 INTREPID 2.7L ENGINE STARTED WITH FREQUENT OIL LOSS STARTING AT 1.5L BETWEEN OIL CHANGES AND ENDING AT NEARLY 6L BETWEEN OIL CHANGES. NO SIGNS OF BURNING, OR LEAKING, AND NO OIL WAS FOUND IN THE COOLANT. THEN A NOISE COULD BE HEARD IN THE ENGINE A, RATTLING NOISE, ENGINE QUIT BEFORE NOISE COULD BE DIAGNOSED. A FEW WEEKS LATER IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE CAM SENSOR WAS OUT, REPLACED IT CAR RUN. THE NOISE PERSISTED AND WAS DIAGNOSED AS THE CRANK BEARING WAS SHOT. THE ENGINE FAILED CRITICALLY SHORTLY AFTER. 1998 CONCORD, PURCHASED TO REPLACE INTREPID, ENGINE ALREADY FAILED AND WAS REPLACED WITH A NEW ENGINE FROM CHRYSLER BY THE TIME I BOUGHT IT THE NEW ENGINE HAD ROUGHLY 85 000 KM ON IT. THIS CONCORD HAS A COMPLETE SERVICE HISTORY THROUGH OUR LOCAL MECHANIC SINCE DAY OF PURCHASE IN 1998. THE PREVIOUS OWNER KEPT UP TO DATE ON ALL OIL CHANGES UP AND UNTIL I RECEIVED THE VEHICLE. I HAVE BEEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE FOR ABOUT 1 OR 2 MONTHS AND RECENTLY HAD ITS OIL CHANGED AT THE 6000KM MARK. ONLY A DAY OR 2 AGO THE CAR ON START UP HAS BEEN MAKING A RATTLE NOISE FOR ABOUT 2 SEC THEN STOPS. THAT MEANS I HAVE BETWEEN 2 CARS SEEN 2 2.7L CATASTROPHIC FAILURES AND AM PROBABLY GOING TO SEE A THIRD. ONE I COULD ADMIT TO MAYBE BEING MY FAULT IN SOME WAY, 2 IS DEFIANTLY STRETCHING IT, 3.... THERE IS A PROBLEM AND ITS NOT THE FAULT OF THE CONSUMER, SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE. CHRYSLER NEEDS TO RESOLVE THIS ISSUE FOR ALL IMPACTED CUSTOMERS. *TR