2000 DODGE INTREPID Engine And Engine Cooling Problems

ENGINE FROZE - ONLY OWNING CAR FOR 10 MONTHS (THIS HAPPENED IN 4/02 - CAR WAS PURCHASED 6/01)....HAD TO BUY NEW CAR AND ATTACH LOAN FROM THIS JUNK. *AK

I OWN A 2000 DODGE INTREPID AND HAVE HAD SEVERAL MECHANICAL PROBLEMS. I HAD TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION REBUILT WHEN IT WAS ONLY 3 YEARS OLD. JUST THIS PAST THURSDAY I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AND MY ENGINE JUST STOPPED, CAUSING ALL POWERE STEERING, ETC. TO GO OUT. I HAD IT TOWED TO A LOCAL DEALERSHIP WHO TOLD ME THE ENGINE WAS LOCKED UP AND ESTIMATED $3100 TO REBUILD MY ENGINE $3900 FOR USED ENGINE AND TWICE AS MUCH FOR A NEW ENGINE. GRANT IT, AT THIS POINT I'M STILL UNDECIDED AS TO WHAT I'M GOING TO DO. THE DEALERSHIP SAID THAT MY ENGINE OVERHEATED AND LOCKED UP. MY CAR SHOWED NO INDICATION OF OVERHEATING...NO LIGHTS CAME ON, NO TEMPERATURE GAUGE READING HOT AND NO SIGNS. MY CAR WAS DRIVING NORMALLY AND JUST STOPPED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 60 MPH THERE WAS A TAPING NOISE, AND THE ENGINE LOST POWER. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP THE FOLLOWING DAY, AND DEALER INDICATED THAT BECAUSE OF A DESIGN FLAW IN THE ENGINE THE OIL DIDN'T FLOW PROPERLY, CAUSING AN OIL BUILD UP. DEALER STATED THAT THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THESE TYPES OF ENGINES. *AK

VEHICLE STARTED MAKING LOUD NOISE. CHECKED UNDER HOOD AND FOUND THE NOISE COMING FROM FRONT OF ENGINE. TOOK TO FOUR DIFFERENT PLACES FOR OPINIONS AND WAS TOLD THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED DUE TO SLUDGE IN THE OIL. IT WILL COST APPROXIMATELY $5500 TO REPAIR.*AK

I HAVE ALSO REPLACED FRONT PASSENGER SIDE DOOR LOCK ACTUATOR. NOW THE DRIVER SIDE BACK LOCK ACTUATOR IS GOING OUT. I HAVE NOT FIXED THE RADIO, DASH LIGHTS OR DOME LIGHTS. I AM OUT OF MONEY FOR THE TIME BEING. I HAD TO REFINANCE AND ADD $4900. TO GET MOST OF THE REPAIRS DONE. MY ENGINE BLEW DUE TO SLUDGE AND I NOW HAVE A USED REBUILT ONE THAT WILL PROBABLY DO THE SAME THING.

STEERING DEVELOPED 'PLAY' IN LATE 10/03. BY 11/12/03 IT WAS CLUNKING, WHEEL WAS COCKED TO THE RIGHT. STEERING WHEEL WOULD STICK/LOCK UP. CONTACTED DEALER IN SANTA ROSA, CA. WAS QUOTED $175 ESTIMATE. LATER, SAME DAY LEARNED THAT RACK WAS BROKEN AND PUMP WAS LEAKING AND COST WOULD BE A MINIMUM $2000 TO REPAIR. I OPTED TO GO TO ANOTHER MECHANIC AND HAD THE CAR TOWED AWAY FROM THE DEALER SHOP.

I HAVE ONLY HAD THE CAR LESS THAN A YEAR. REGULAR OIL CHANGES. NEVER ANY PROBLEMS. IT IS A 2.7 ENGINE. WITH 80,000 MILES. WE WERE DRIVING DOWN THE HIWAY AND THE ENGINE SEIZED. NO LIGHTS CAME ON. NO WARNING. MECHANIC SAID THAT THE ENGINE WAS BLOWN THE PISTONS PUSHED UP THROUGH THE HEADS. WE CHANGED OUR OIL AT A SERVICE CENTER REGULARLY. THE MECHANIC SAID IT HAS HAPPENED TO PEOPLE ALL OVER WITH INTREPIDS.

THIS CAR HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP MORE THAN THE ROAD, AND NOW WE ARE TOLD THAT THE ENGINE IS BEYOND REPAIR, THAT WE WILL HAVE TO PURCHASE A NEW OR REBUILT ENGINE. CONSIDERING THAT I OWE $9000, TO SPEND $4000 TO REPAIR IS BEYOND MY MEANS. WE ORIGINALLY STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS IN 2002 WHEN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WOULD COME ON, AND ACCORDING TO THE DODGE DEALER IN OUR AREA, THE CODE WAS FOR THE LEAK DETECTION SENSOR. THIS LIGHT WOULD COME ON AND STAY ON FOR A WHILE, AND WE WERE TOLD NOT TO WORRY UNTIL IT STARTED FLASHING. MYSTERIOUSLY, THE LIGHT WOULD THEN GO OFF. WE HAD SEVERAL OTHER REPAIRS AFTER THAT FOR THE SAME CODE AND SENSORS/MODULES REPLACED, THEN WE WOULD HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. WE WERE ULTIMATELY TOLD IT WAS A BROKEN WIRE UNDER THE SEAT?. EVENTUALLY, IN JUNE 2003, MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING DOWN...

NOVEMBER 2002 TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP TO REPLACE CAM POSITION SENSOR. JUNE 2003 TAKEN TO DEALER FOR CAM POSITION SENSOR. COMPLAINED TO DEALER OF TICKING NOISE. DEALER TOLD ME THAT IT WAS THE TIMING BELT AND THAT THE VEHICLE WAS IN PERFECT RUNNING CONDITION. AUGUST 2003 LOUD NOISE FROM ENGINE. TOWED TO DEALER. DEALER CLAIMS VEHICLE NEEDS NEW ENGINE IF THEY ARE AVAILABLE FOR A COST OF $7000.

SINCE I BOUGHT THIS CAR ON OCTOBER OF 1999, I HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALER 31 TIMES TO FIX THINGS. I HAVE BEEN WITHOUT A CAR 100 DAYS. I HAVE PAID OUT OF POCKET $3,137.64. I AM NOW ON AN EXTENDED WARRANTY. I STILL OWE $8,000.00 ON MY CAR. IT HAS 60,000 MILES. I HAVE MAINTAINED IT EVERY 3,000 MILES AS SUGGESTED IN THE OWNERS MANUAL. I ONLY USE 97 OCTANE GAS. I AM A VERY CAUTIOUS DRIVER. I TAKE CARE OF THE CAR BUT THE CAR HAS LEFT ME STRANDED IN THE MIDDLE OF HIGHWAYS PUTTING MY LIFE AND THE LIVES OF MY PASSENGERS IN DANGER. I NEVER KNOW WHEN THE CAR IS GOING TO BREAK DOWN AGAIN AND WHERE SO I AM ALWAYS UNDER TERRIBLE STRESS. I PRAY AS I DRIVE THAT I MAKE IT TO MY DESTINATION. THIS CAR HAS BEEN A LEMON SINCE I BOUGHT...

ENGINE IN 2000 CHRYSLER INTREPID STARTED TAPPING NOISE AT 58017KM BROUGHT TO DEALER WITH COMPLAINT, TOLD THEY WOULD NOT TAKE ENGINE APART TO CHECK NOISE. I TOLD THEM I HAD BEEN TOLD THAT THE 2.7 ENGINE HAD PROBLEMS WITH SLUDGE THAT PREVENTED THE OIL FROM CIRCULATING PROPERLY. THEY STILL REFUSED TO CHECK ENGINE. AT JUST OVER 62000 KM ENGINE BECAME NOISY. BROUGHT IT BACK TO DEALER WHO KEPT THE CAR FOR TWO WEEKS, THEN TOLD ME ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF $6500.00 AND THERE WOULD BE NO WARRANTY COVERAGE OR GOODWILL. I GAVE THEM A COMPLETE HISTORY OF MAINTENANCE RECORDS SHOWING THAT PROPER MAINTENANCE WAS DONE WITH IN THE REQUIRED MILEAGE AND TIME. THEY HAVE TOLD ME THAT THE INVOICES DO NOT CLEARLY IDENTIFY MY 2000 BLACK INTREPID AND THAT IT COULD OF BEEN ANOTHER CAR. I ONLY OWN ONE 2000 INTREPID. THE INVOICE SHOWS THE...

WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER HEARD A LOUD KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE. CONSUMER MANAGED TO PULL OVER, AND HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

AFTER STARTING THE VEHICLE THE CONSUMER WOULD HEAR A LOUD KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE. THE DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. THE CAUSE WAS NOT DETERMINED. *MR

SLUDGE BUILD UP IN ENGINE. I ALSO HAVE A CRACKED PISTON. CAR STARTED SMOKING FROM TAIL PIPE SO I TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC AND HE SAID I WOULD NEED A NEW ENGINE ($5,000). CAR HAS BEEN SITTING IN DRIVE WAY FOR 3 MONTHS NOW. HAVE CONTACTED LAWYER TO FILE CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT.

CONSUMER PURCHASED A 2000 DODGE INTREPID, A BUY BACK VEHICLE. HE STATES THAT VEHICLE RUNS FINE AS LONG AS IT IS COLD, BUT WHEN THE VEHICLE GETS WARM OR HOT, IT BEGINS TO BANG. CONSUMER COMPLAINED TO DEALER AND MANUFACTURER, BUT THEY WILL NOT HELP. IT WILL COST CONSUMER APPROXIMATELY $1500.00 TO REPAIR VEHICLE . *AK

2000 DODGE INTREPID 2.7 LITRE DEALER REPLACED TIMING BELT 67000($1130.00) ENGINE SEIZED AT 71000 MILES CAR IS SITTING AT DEALERSHIP & I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH IT.THE VEIL OF SILENCE WHEN SPEAKING TO ANYONE FROM CHRYSLER.THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE DRIVING THESE CARS & HAVE NO CLUE THE ENGINE IS GOING TO FAIL. SHAMEFULL BEHAVIOR BY DAIMLER CHRYSLER. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH , THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONSUMER MANAGED TO PULL OVER, AND HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED. THE DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED. *AK THE ENGINE HAS HAD THE FOLLOWING PARTS REPLACED: KNOCK SENSOR (2), CRANKSHAFT SENSOR (1), ALL MAIN BEARINGS IN THE CRANKSHAFT, ALL CONNECTING ROD BEARINGS AND ENGINE COMPLETE GASKET SET. THESE PARTS WERE INSTALLED AS APART OF AN ENGINE OVERHAUL. THE VEHICLE HAD RAN FOR ABOUT 20K TO 22K MILES BEFORE IT BEGUN TO KNOCK AGAIN. (CURRENTLY THE VEHICLE IS OUT OF SERVICE) THE KNOCK OCCURRED ON THE #6 JOURNAL OF THE CRANKSHAFT. MECHANICS SUGGESTED THAT SOMETHING IN THE ENGINE WAS OUT OF ALIGNMENT. *SC *JB

I OWN A 2000 DODGE INTREPID WITH A 2.7 LITER DOHC THAT THE ENGINE HAD SIEZED AT 87,000 MILES ,MAINTENANCE WAS KEPT AS REQUIRED,THIS SEEMS TO BE A MAJOR PROBLEM AMONG OTHER OWNERS WITH THE SAME ENGINE TYPE,WHEN WE TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER AND SHOWED HIM THE RECIEPTS FOR THE OIL CHANGES,THE MECHANIC STATED THAT BECAUSE THE CAR WAS 500 MILES OVER THE LIMIT FOR THE CURRENT OIL CHANGETHE ENGINE HAD TOO MUCH SLUDGE CAUSING THE ENGINE TO SIEZE.PRICE QUOTED FOR A NEW ENGINE $8,000.00. *AK

I PURCHASED A USED 2000 INTREPID IN MAY OF 2001 AT ABOUT 28000 MILES. IN JANUARY OF 2004 THE ENGINE DIED. THERE WAS OIL SLUDGE BUILD-UP, AND THE TIMING BELT FELL CAUSING GREAT DAMAGE TO THE CAR. I CALLED THE DEALER THAT SOLD THE CAR TO ME AND HE BASICALLY SAID "TOO BAD, COME IN AND TRADE IT IN AND BUY A NEW DODGE." I HAVE BEEN ON 3 OTHER SITES WITH HUNDREDS CONSUMERS WITH THE SAME COMPLAINT. *AK

THE VEHICLES ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. THE CONSUMER TOOK CAR TO THE DEALER AND THE REPLACED THE OIL SENSOR, MECHANIC SAYS THE VEHICLE NEEDS A NEW MOTOR. PLEASE DESCRIBE FURTHER.

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED ENGINE BEGAN TICKING. AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED REPLACEMENT.*AK

ENGINE OIL SLUDGE DUE TO MALFUNCTIONING OF OIL PUMP (AND THUS LOW OIL PRESSURE) COMBINED WITH AN OVERHEATING MANIFOLD. ENGINE RENDERED USELESS. CAR WAS JUST 3 YEARS OLD, 64,000 MILES AND PROPERLY MAINTAINED. NO CURRENT RECALL IN EFFECT ON THE PART THOUGH THERE OUGHT TO BE.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 45MPH ENGINE LOCKED UP, CAUSING THE DRIVER TO PULL OFF THE ROAD. *AK

AUTO PURCHASED IN 2/2003. IN 6/2003, ENGINE STARTED MAKING HORRIBLE NOISE. CONTACTED A MECHANIC. HE TOLD US NOT TO DRIVE CAR; HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED 300 MILES HOME. SEVERAL MECHANICS HAVE LOOKED AT THE VEHICLE AND TRIED TO SOLVE PROBLEM UNSUCCESSFULLY. BETWEEN JUNE AND FIRST OF NOVEMBER, WE HAD THE CAR IN FOR REPAIRS ABOUT 11 TIMES. WERE FINALLY TOLD IN 11/2003 THAT CAR NEEDED NEW ENGINE (AT A COST OF $8000) BECAUSE OF DESIGN FLAW. THIS IS A 2.7 LITRE ENGINE IN A 2000 DODGE INTREPID. ENGINE DOES NOT MAINTAIN OIL PRESSURE CAUSING DAMAGE TO BELTS, PULLEYS, AND TENSIONER. THIS ALSO CAUSES THE CAR TO STALL, WHICH COULD RESULT IN SERIOUS ACCIDENTS. SERVICE MANAGER AT ONE LOCAL DEALERSHIP HAS 4 CARS WITH SAME PROBLEM, ALL NEEDING NEW ENINGES, SITTING IN HIS LOT. HE HAS TRIED TO GET CHRYSLER TO RESOLVE THIS; THEY REFUSE. IF THERE ARE 5 CARS...

VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. IT HAD TO BE TOWED TO DEALER, AND DEALER STATED THAT O-RINGS FAILED, CAUSING LOSS OF PRESSURE. THIS, IN TURN, CAUSED THE TIMING CHAIN TO JUMP. MOTOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO BENT VALVES.*AK *MR

2000 DODGE INTREPID BLEW AN ENGINE AT 49,000 MILES AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. CLEARLY THE ENGINE IS FAULTY. THE DEALERSHIP WHO SOLD ME THE CAR WILL NOT OFFER MUCH ASSISTENCE, NOR WILL DAIMLER/CHRYSLER.

ENIGINE BLEW DUE TO SUPPOSED SLUDGE BUILD UP. $6500 REPAIR ON 3 YEAR OLD CAR. ALL HIGHWAY MILES AND REGULAR OIL CHANGES. LOOKS LIKE I AM ANOTHER ON THE LONG LIST. WHEN SHOP CALLED TO GIVE ME AN ESTIMATE HE SAID ANOTHER INTREPIP JUST CAME IN WITH THE SAME PROBLEM.

MY 2000 INTREPID WITH ONLY 77,000 HAS A BLOWN ENGINE. THERE WAS NO WARNING LIGHTS, AND ONLY DRIVING 15 MINUTES LOUD KNOCKING NOISES OCURRED WHICH I PULLED OVER TO INVESTIGATE AND THEN COULD NOT RESTART THE CAR. AFTER TOWING TO MY MECHANIC, HE ADVISED ME MY ENGINE WAS SO HOT HE DIDN'T KNOW HOW IT DIDN'T START ON FIRE. THE REPAIR COST IS $6000 WHICH I STILL OWE $5000 FOR THE CAR. WE DID ALL THE REQUIRED MAINTENACE SUCH AS OIL CHANGES, FILTER CHANGES, ETC. THERE IS NO REASON FOR SUCH A VAULTY MOTOR TO BE ALLOWED AND WITH 89 COMPLAINTS ON THIS WEB SITE ALONE PLUS ALL THE MOTORS COMPLAINTS THERE MUST BE OUT THERE,SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE HERE. I AM SURE IF SOMEONE CONTACT EVERY CHRYSLER'S CUSTOMER OF THESE 2.7 LITER MOTORS I AM SURE THERE WOULD BE A CLASS ACTION SUIT. PLEASE ADVISE ME ON HOW...

ENGINE OIL SLUDGE PROBLEM CAUSED ENINGE FAILUER AND MANUFACTURE REFUSES TO HONOR WARRANTY. ONLY HAD CAR FOR 10 MONTHS AND ONLY HAS 48000 MILE ON IT. I PURCASHED THE EXTEND PLUS WARRANTY ALONG WITH THE CAR.

WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNDETERMINED SPEED ENGINE CHECK LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASH, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO STALL. CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS, BUT THE PROBLEM STILL OCCURS. *AK

WHILE PULLING INTO A PARKING AREA CONSUMER HEARD A LOUD GRINDING NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. A FEW SECONDS LATER THE ENGINE STALLED. DEALER FOUND THAT THE PISTONS AND RODS WERE BENT IN THE ENGINE. *AK

2000 DODGE INTRPID WITH A BLOWN ENGINIE.

ENGINE FAILED AT 56,000 MILES. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 40 MPH CONSUMER HEARD A NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE. THEN, STALLED ON THE HIGHWAY. DEALER THOUGHT THE PROBLEM WAS THE TIMING CHAIN. *AK THE HYDRAULIC TENSIONER FAILED DUE TO OIL SLUDGE IN THE ENGINE ACCORDING TO THE DEALER. THE ENGINE WAS REPLACED. THE DRIVER DOOR LATCH WAS NOISY AND INOPERATIVE. THE DOOR LATCH WAS REPLACED. *SC

CAR WOULD NOT RESTART AFTER STOPPING FOR GAS. I HAD THE CAR WAS TOWED TO A SHOP.I WAS TOLD THAT THE FUEL INJECTOR WAS BAD. HAD IT CHANGED--CAR STILL WOULD NOT START. TWO WEEKS LATER, I WAS TOLD THAT HE COULD NOT FIX IT AND I SHOULD TAKE IT TO THE DEALER. HE CHARGED ME $200 FOR THE FUEL INJECTOR & TOWING. THE DEALER IMMEDIATELY SAID IT WAS THE CRANK SENSOR AND CHANGED IT. THE DEALER THEN CALLED AND SAID THEY CHANGED THE SENSOR AND IT STILL WON'T RUN. HE TOLD ME "YOU HAVE A BIGGER PROBLEM. YOUR ENGINE IS SLUGGED UP." I ASKED HOW THAT COULD BE AND WAS TOLD THAT I MUST NOT HAVE CHANGED THE OIL OFTEN ENOUGH OR USED THE CORRECT OIL. THAT IS TOTALLY WRONG! I TOOK VERY GOOD CARE OF THE CAR AND ALWAYS HAD THE OIL CHANGED REGULARLY. TO REPAIR THE CAR WILL...

WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH VEHICLE STALLED AND WOULD NOT RESTART. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER, WHO INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT THERE WAS A BUILD UP OF SLUDGE IN THE ENGINE. DEALER BLAMED THE SLUDGE BUILD UP ON THE CONSUMER, AND WOULD NOT REPAIR THE VEHICLE FREE OF CHARGE.*AK

VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER IN NOVEMBER OF 2002, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON. TOLD ME THEY NEEDED TO PUT ON COMPUTER TO DIAGNOSE PROBLEM. REPLACED CAM POSITION SENSOR FOR $ 100.00 JUNE 2003, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, VEHICLE KEPT STALLING. I TOLD DEALER THOUGHT IT MAY BE CAM POSITION SENSOR. WAS TOLD NO DIAGNOSIS COULD BE MADE WITHOUT PUTTING IN ON COMPUTER. TOLD BY DEALER CAM POSITION SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. REMINDED DEALER IT WAS REPLACED PREVIOUSLY. TOLD DEALER THERE WAS A TICK NOISE IN ENGINE, WAS TOLD IT WAS THE TIMING BELT AND "WOULD SETTLE DOWN." AUGUST 2003, VEHICLE MAKING LOUD NOISE, TOWED TO DEALER. WAS TOLD VEHICLE IS OUT OF WARRANTY AND ENGINE NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. CONTACTED DODGE CUSTOMER SERVICE AND WAS TOLD THAT A FACTORY REPRESENTATIVE WOULD NOT INVESTIGATE AND THAT DEALER INDICATED VEHICLE WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. DEALER NOR MANUFACTURER WOULD NOT...

ENGINE FAILURE. WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE SHUT DOWN. CAME TO ROLLING STOP. WIFE HAD TO PUSH OUT OF STREET. PULLED CODES HAD A CODE FOR CAM SENSOR. TROUBLE SHOT FOUND CAM NOT TURNING. PULLED VALVE COVER RIGHT BANK. TIMING CHAIN SHATTERED. GUIDES BROKEN, PIECES EVERYWHERE. PULLED LEFT BANK FOUND 4 VALVES BENT. OBSERVED NOMINAL VARNISH COATING ON UPPER HEAD VALVE TRAIN. ENGINE BEING REBUILT AT THIS TIME. VEHICLE HAS 52334 MILES WAS RECENTLY BOUGHT. THANK YOU. *JB

PURCHASED A 2000 DODGE INTREPID FROM DADELAND DODGE IN MIAMI, FL. THE CAR IS QUALIFIED FOR THE LEMON LAW 3 MONTHS AFTER PURCHASE, BUT UNAWARE OF SUCH A LAW AND NEVER FILED. NOW IT IS TOO LATE. IT IS NOW I DECIDED TO TAKE ACTION SINCE THE ENGINE BLEW ON 04/12/03. MY BROTHER IN LAW WAS DRIVING AND THE ENGINE JUST STOPPED WITHOUT WARNING. I CALLED FOR A TOW TRUCK TO BE TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE CAR HAS ABOUT 65,000 MILES, AND THE EXTENDED WARRANTY SHOULD HAVE COVERED THE REPAIRS; HOWEVER, THE DEALER DECLINED. I ENDED UP PAYING $2,714.87 TO GET THE ENGINE REBUILT. IN ADDITION, I ALSO DON'T HAVE A CAR FOR 2 MONTHS, AND DISPUTED WITH THE DEALER AND EXTENDED WARRANTY COMPANY DURING THAT SPAN. *LA

EARLY ENGINE FAILURE - TIMING CHAIN TENSIONER FAILURE IN A 2000 DODGE INTREPID 2.7 WITH 56000 WELL MAINTAINED MILES. CAR JUST UPPED AND DIED WITH NO WARNING. INITIAL PROBLEM WAS REPAIRED AT GREAT EXPENSE AND MORE PERIFERAL PROBLEMS ARE SURFACING/

SERVICED AT 66000 MILES FOR RUNNING HOT AND ROUGH. MECHANIC FOUND BUILDUP OF SLUDGE ON TOP OF HEAD OVER 1 IN THICK. TIMING CHAIN WORN FROM LACK OF OIL. SUGGESTED NEW ENGINE. MECANICS HAD REPLACED SIMILER ENGINE PREVIOUSLY ON ANOTHER CAR. THEY SAID THIS WAS RECURRING PROBLEM WITH THE 2.7 LITER DUE TO POOR HEAD AND OILING DESIGN. REPLACEMENT ENGINE WAS MODIFIED TO CORRECT THIS. INTERNET SEARCH RETURNED MANY SIMILAR PROBLEMS.*AK

I HAVE A 2000 DODGE INTREPID, HEARD NOISE WHILE DRIVING AND TOOK INTO DEALER. DEALER SAYS "ENGINE IS SHOT" AND THAT EXTENDED WARRANTY WILL NOT COVER DUE TO SLUDGE. I HAVE ALWAYS HAD MY OIL CHANGED ON TIME AND THEY THE DEALER IS SAYING WE NEVER HAD OIL CHANGED AND IF WE DID THE PLACE WE TOOK IT TO WERE CHARGING US BUT NOT CHANGING OIL. I HAVE SEEN POSTINGS ALL OVER THE INTERNET OF OTHER CONSUMERS WITH THIS SAME PROBLEM FOR THE SAME MAKE, MODEL AND YEAR OF CAR. I STILL OWE ON THIS CAR AND IT WILL BE A GREAT HARDSHIP TO COME UP WITH THE MONEY TO GET A NEW ENGINE. *AK

I HAVE A 2000 DODGE INTREPID WITH 72K MILES. EVEN THOUGH IT HAS BEEN PROPERLY MAINTAINED, I NOW HAVE COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE DUE TO POOR DESIGN OF THE OIL SUPPLY PICKUP TUBE.

I HAVE A 2000 DODGE INTREPID 2.7 LITER ENGINE THAT FAILED WILL I WAS DRIVING IT. IT HAS 80000 MILES ON IT BUT ABSOLUTELY NO SLUDGE. I THE OIL WAS CHANGED EVERY 3000-4000 MILES AND THE MILES ARE ALL FREEWAY MILES. MY MECHANIC HAS STATED THAT THE REAR PISTON AND ROD FAILED. THE PISTON BROKE APART AND DAMAGED THE CYLINDER, HEAD AND VALVES BEYOND REASONABLE REPAIR. I AM FACING THE FACT THAT I NEED TO BUY A REBUILT ENGINE FOR ABOUT $4000 AND NEED IT INSTALLED. I SPOKE TO THE DODGE DEALER WHERE I LEASED THE VEHICLE AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. I SPOKE TO CHRYSLER'S CUSTOMER SERVICE AND THEY TOLD ME IT WAS PAST THE WARRANTY AND THEY COULD DO NOTHING.

I HAVE FOUND AN EXCELLENT AND INFORMATIVE WEBSITE AGAINST DAIMLER CHRYSLER AT WWW.DAIMLERCHRYSLERVEHICLEPROBLEMS.COM FOR ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE MORE INFORMATION MAINLY IN REGARD TO INTREPID, 300M, CONCORDE, LHS PREMATURE ENGINE, STEERING, TRANSMISSION AND OTHER COMMON FAILURES. I HAVE EXPERIENCED MANY OF THESE PROBLEMS MYSELF AND DAIMLER CHRYSLER SIMPLY DOES NOT CARE, I COULD HAVE EVEN BEEN KILLED IN ONE INSTANCE. AFTER OWN ANOTHER VEHICLE AND PUTTING NEARLY 30,000 MILES ON IT I HAVE NOT HAD ANY OF THE RIDICULOUS PROBLEMS EXPERIENCED WITH CHRYSLER'S DODGE BRAND OF VEHICLES. THERE IS A LOT OF INFORMATION CONSUMERS NEED TO KNOW THAT DAIMLER CHRYSLER DOES NOT WANT YOU TO KNOW ABOUT THESE VEHICLES AND THEIR COMMON PROBLEMS CHRYSLER IGNORES, SOME OF WHICH ARE POTENTIAL SAFETY CONCERNS SUCH AS THE DEFECTIVE SEAT BELT DESIGN CHRYSLER CONTINUES TO USE AND DEFECTIVE STEERING DESIGN AND OR COMPONENTS THAT CAN CAUSE SUDDEN LOOSENESS OR CHANGE OF RESPONSE IN...

DEDEMBER 2002 STARTED CAR AND ENGINE MAKING TERRIBLE NOISE. TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THE ENGINE HAD WENT OUT. THEY HAD TO RE-DO THE ENGINE THAT COST ME $1350.00. I HAD BEEN HEARING A KNOCKING FROM THE FRONT OF THE CAR AND THE STEERING WAS LOOSE. WHEN I TYRNED THE WHEEL LEFT OR RIGHT IT WOULD STICK AND I HAD LOUD POPPING FROM THE STEERING. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND IT WAS THE RACK AND PINION. THAT WAS ON JANUARY 21, 2003. IN THE SAME WEEK I NOTICED OIL LEAKING. THE OIL LIGHT WAS BLINKING ON AND OFF. THE DEALER SAID IT WAS LEAKING DUE TO THE OIL SWITCH. TO FIX THE RACK AND OIL LEAK IT COST ME ANOTHER $1300.00. I AM TRYING TO GET THE DODGE COMPANY TO FESS UP AND PAY FOR THE REPAIRS. THE CAR HAS BEEN WELL MAINTANENCED AND ONLY 51,000 MILES.

WHILE SLOWING DOWN TO MAKE A TURN, CONSUMER STATES THE VEHICLE ENGINE DIED, AND CONSUMER HIT A CURVE AS A RESULT. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. TS

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHILCES OIL LIGHT CAME ON, THEN THERE WAS A LOUD KNOCKING NOISE FROM THE ENGINE, THEN THE VEHICLE DIED OUT. CONSUMER HAD VEHICLE SERVICED BY THE DEALERSHIP WHO INDICATED THAT THE 2.05 ENGINE HAD BLOWN AS A RESULT OF AN OIL LEAK. THEY ALSO INDICATED THAT THE PART IS HARD TO GET DUE TO THIS BEING A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS MAKE/MODEL VEHICLE. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE DETAILS.