2000 DODGE DODGE Engine And Engine Coolingengine Problems

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE 405 (8 LANE HIGHWAY IN LOS ANGELES) AND MY CHRYSLER INTREPID WITH 45,000 MILES ON IT BLEW UP! I HAD TO MERGE THROUGH 5 LANES OF TRAFFIC TO GET TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD. I REALIZED I WASN'T IN A VERY GOOD NEIGHBORHOOD AND WHEN I WAS LOOKING FOR HELP I WAS APPROACHED BY WHAT APPEARED TO BE A GANG AND THEY TOOK ALL MY MONEY AND THREW ME TO THE GROUND. AFTER ALL OF THIS I FIND OUT THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO BECAUSE THE ENGINE IS BLOWN TO OIL SLUDGE! I JUST PURCHASES THE CAR 2 MONTHS AGO AND IT ONLY HAS 45,000 MILES ON IT! PLUS I WAS ALMOST KILLED MERGING THROUGH TRAFFIC AND THEN BY A GANG! CHRYSLER IS ONLY GOING TO GET SOMEONE KILLED BY IGNORING THIS OBVIOUS PROBLEM. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE. *NM

I BOUGHT THE CAR WITH ONLY 75,000 MILES ON IT. I CHANGED THE OIL THE NEXT DAY AFTER PURCHASING. THEN 2 WEEKS AFTER THE CAR ENGINE SIZED ON ME WHILE DRIVING ON ROUTE 130 IN NEW-JERSEY. I TOOK IT TO THE MECHANIC ONLY TO REALIZE THAT IT WAS A SLUDGE PROBLEM AND THAT MY ENGINE WAS GONE. *NM

I NOTICED THERE WAS A FUNNY NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE, I THEN INFORMED MY HUSBAND AND HE CONTACTED A MECHANIC TO COME TO THE HOUSE, THE MECHANIC DID A DIAGNOSTIC CHECK ON THE ENGINE AND FOUND NOTHING WRONG. WELL, ON MY WAY BACK FROM LUNCH (SEPTEMBER 2004) THE ENGINE STARTED TO MAKE A LOUD NOISE AND THE CAR WAS BEGINNING TO LOSE POWER. I TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC AND HE TOOK THE ENGINE APART AND FOUND SLUDGE BUILD UP IN THE ENGINE, WHICH EVENTUALLY LED UP TO ENGINE FAILURE. I RELIGIOUSLY HAD THE OIL CHANGED AND EVEN HAD A MASTER MECHANIC DO A DIAGNOSTIC CHECK ON THE ENGINE BEFORE THE FAILURE. I HAVE BEEN WITHOUT MY CAR SINCE SEPTEMBER 2004 AND I AM STILL MAKING PAYMENT. I AM HAVING MY CAR REPAIRED FOR AN OUTRAGEOUS AMOUNT OF MONEY AND WILL BE ABLE TO DRIVE IT AGAIN IN A...

I PRESSED THE ACCELERATOR TO PASS SOMEONE AND THE CAR DIDN'T SOUND QUITE RIGHT AFTERWARDS. IT WAS DUE TO HAVE THE OIL CHANGED AND DID SO REGULARLY FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE CAR WHEN I BOUGHT IT BRAND NEW IN 2000. THE TECHNICIAN SAID THAT WHEN HE CHANGED THE OIL THERE WAS SLUDGE BUILD UP. SO I PUT A OIL TREATMENT IN TO SEE IF IT WOULD HELP. I RAN MY CAR FOR LESS THAN A WEEK AFTER THAT AND AS I WAS DRIVING TO INTO WORK MY CAR STARTING KNOCKING VERY LOUD. RIGHT NOW I AM LOOKING AT A POSSIBLE $500 TO $4800 FIX. MY CAR HAS ALMOST 100,000 MILES ON IT AND ALMOST PAID OFF. MY ENGINE IS THE 2.7 DODGE INTREPID. AS I FOUND OUT THAT MY ENGINE ONE OF THE WORST ON THE MARKET. THERE AREN'T VERY MANY OF THE ENGINES LEFT IN THE JUNK YARDS...