2000 DODGE INTREPID Electrical System Problems

I HAVE A 2000 DODGE INTREPID BOUGHT ALMOST A YEAR AGO.HAD A SHORT IN THE IGNITION HAD TO WIGGLE KEY TO GET SOMETHINGS TO KICK ON.THEN A MTH AGO.I WAS AT A STOP LIGHT STARTED TO TAKE OFF IT VIBRATED REALLY BAD AND NOW IT'S STUCK IN LOW GEAR.THEN IT HAD A PROBLEM STARTING, SOMETHING DRAINS THE BATTERY.CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON.2 MACHINICS LOOKED MY CAR IT WON'T READ DIAGNOSTICS BECAUSE THERE'S A SHORT IN ELECTRONICAL SYSTEM.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 DODGE INTREPID. WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH, THERE WAS A BURNING ODOR. IN ADDITION, THE STEERING WHEEL MADE AN ABNORMAL NOISE WHEN TURNING IN BOTH DIRECTIONS AND ALL LIGHTS, METERS, AND GAUGES ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL FAILED TO FUNCTION. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE REAR LIGHTS FAILED TO ILLUMINATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 135,000.

EVERY TIME I GO TO SLOW DOWN I STALL. I HAVE TAKEN IT IN TO BE SERVICED. I'M NOT SURE WHAT PART THEY CHANGED BUT IT'S STILL DOING IT. I'M AFRAID TO DRIVE THE CAR. I BOUGHT IT BECAUSE I WAS TOLD IT WAS A GOOD FAMILY CAR. I CAN'T EVEN SEE MY GRAND KIDS I'M TO AFRAID TO DRIVE IT. WHEN I SAY IT STALL ALL THE TIME I LIVE 13 MILES FROM WORK AND I WILL STALL 6 TIMES BEFORE I GET THERE. *TR

DRIVING VEHICLE ON EXIT 73 IN LISBON,MD. WHEN ACCELERATION HALTS AND CAR WILL NOT ACCELERATE OVER 60MPH AND WAS STEADILY DECREASING. AS I PULLED OFF THE EXIT, THE CAR STALLED AND THE BATTERY LIGHT CAME ON, THEN THE ENGINE LIGHT AND THEN THE TRANSMISSION LIGHT, PROCEEDING WAS ALL LIGHTS IN THE CAR BLACKED OUT AND THE CAR WAS ONLY DRIFTING OFF THE EXIT. AS THE CAR STOPPED AND I PUT IT IN PARK, I NOTICED BLACK SMOKE AND FIRE SUBMERGING IN THE FRONT OF THE CAR WITH FORCE. I THEN HEARD A POP TO REALIZE MY TIRES POPPED FROM THE BURNING HEAT OF THE FIRE. I EXITED THE VEHICLE WITH NOTHING IN TOW AND IN FEAR OF MY LIFE IN ADDITION TO MY PASSENGER WHOM WE BOTH LEFT VALUABLE ITEMS IN THE BURNING CAR. THIS SEEMS TO FALL UNDER A FORM OF DEFECT IN WHICH I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE...

HAD MILD TAPPING SOUND FROM ENGINE A FEW MONTHS AGO, TOOK VEHICLE TO THE MECHANIC AND THAT IS WHERE I LEARNED THE REPUTATION OF THE 2.7 LITER ENGINE. HE ADVISED THAT WE SHOULD LOOK FOR ANOTHER VEHICLE BEFORE WE BECAME THE LATEST VICTIM. UNFORTUNATELY, ON THE WAY HOME FROM WORK ONE AFTERNOON THE ENGINE STARTED DEVELOPING AN EVEN MORE PRONOUNCED CLATTERING, KNOCK AND VIBRATION; AS IF IT WERE ABOUT TO TEAR ITSELF APART. PULLED OVER TO AVOID SUBJECTING ENGINE TO EVEN MORE DAMAGE. HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED HOME. WILL NOT SPEND ANOTHER DOLLAR ON THIS VEHICLE UNTIL CHRYSLER HANDS ME A CHECK FROM A LAWSUIT SETTLEMENT. *TR

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY FOR 2 HOURS IT CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE FIRE STARTED IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT SPREADING THOUGHT OUT THE ENTIRE VEHICLE. THERE WAS A FIRE REPORT FILED AT THE SCENE. THERE WERE NO PRIOR PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER WAS ALERTED AND DETERMINED AN INSPECTOR WOULD NEED TO INSPECT THE VEHICLE. A LETTER RECEIVED FROM THE MANUFACTURER STATING THERE WAS NO NEED FOR AN INSPECTION. *AK UPDATED 7/11/2006 - THE CONSUMER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER AND WAS TOLD NOT TO CONTACT THEIR OFFICE AGAIN AS THE FIRE WAS NOT THEIR PROBLEM. PER THE CRD CHIEF USED THE MOST CURRENT INCIDENT DATE (INTERNET VOQ REQUEST). *NM

(1) DASHBOARD LIGHTS OCCASIONALLY FLICKERING. (2) ABS BRAKES ENGAGED ON FREEWAY AT 70 MPH WITHOUT STEPPING ON BRAKE PEDAL. HAD BATTERY TESTED. IT WAS BAD. (3) TRADED VEHICLE IN FOR A NEW CAR TWO DAYS LATER. DID NOT DRIVE CAR ANY MORE AT FREEWAY SPEEDS. *JB

INTERIOR LIGHTS TURNED ON AND OFF INTERMITTENTLY WHICH OFTEN SCARED AND DISTRACTED THE DRIVER FROM THE ROAD, INCREASING THE CHANCE OF A CRASH. TAKEN IN FOR REPAIRS THREE TIMES, BUT THE PROBLEM RECURRED. *AK THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE INTERIOR LIGHTS GO ON AN OFF WHILE THE VEHICLE IS NOT RUNNING. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE CONTROL MODULE WAS REPLACED AT TOTAL OF 4 TIMES. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE REAR DOOR LOCK HAS A BUZZ NOISE IN IT. THE HORN AND ALARM GOES ON AND OFF. *TC

DOWNSHIFFTED DURING COURSE OF DRIVING. RPMS WENT TO 3500. UPON SLOWING DOWN, MOTOR SHUT OFF. ALL ACCESSORIES TURNED OFF. NO WARNING. *JB RE-STARTED VEHICLE TO DRIVE OFF THE STREET. ALL SYSTEMS SHUTDOWN AGAIN. FINALLY RESTARTED MOTOR LONG ENOUGH TO PULL INTO A NEARBY PARKING LOT. HAD TOW TRUCK DELIVER VEHICLE TO HOME. *JB

THE ENGINE FAILED WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 55-60 MPH. THERE WAS A KNOCKING NOISE IN THE ENGINE AND THE VEHICLE LURCHED FORWARD, THEN SLOW DOWN. THE VEHICLE DID THIS FOR ABOUT A MILE, AFTERWARDS, IT STALLED. THIS WAS DUE TO AN OIL SLUDGE BUILD UP WHICH WAS CAUSED BY A DESIGN FLAW. *AK THE VEHICLE HAD A VARIETY OF ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS THROUGHTOUT THREE YEARS. *SC

DOOR WILL NOT UNLOCK MANUALLY OR WITH THE ALARM KEYPAD.*MR. THE CONSUMER STATED REAR OCCUPANTS HAD TO GO THROUGH THE FRONT DOORS TO EXIT THE VEHICLE. *JB

INTERMITTENT FLICKERING OF ALL INTERIOR LIGHTS. PROBLEM WILL OCCUR ANYTIME OF THE DAY OR NIGHT. CAUSES A DISTRACTION THAT COULD BE DANGEROUS. *NLM

FRONT AUTOMATIC DOOR LOCKS/SWITCHES SPONTANEOUSLY AND INTERMITTENTLY STOPPED FUNCTIONING, AND CREATED INABILITY TO EVEN MANUALLY UNLOCK OR OPEN DRIVER AND PASSENGER DOORS, TRAPPING DRIVER AND/OR PASSENGER IN CAR (INCLUDING MECHANIC WHO TEST-DROVE CAR TO DETERMINE SOURCE OF PROBLEM) ELECTRONIC POWER SOURCE TO LOCKS ULTIMATELY HAD TO BE DISCONNECTED FOR SAFETY.*JB