2000 DODGE INTREPID Engine And Engine Coolingengine Problems

I WAS DRIVING MY 2000 INTREPID WHEN I HEARD A NOISE FROM THE HOOD. I HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP, AND WAS TOLD THAT THE ENGINE HAD SLUGE ON IT. HE SAID THAT IS THE PROBLEM THEY ARE HAVING WITH THAT TYPE OF ENGINE THAT'S IN THAT CAR. THE COST FOR REPAIRS WOUD BE 6,000 DOLLARS. I STARTED CHECKING AROUND AND FOUND THAT OTHER PEOPLE WHERE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM AND THAT DODGE WOULD NOT DO A RECALL. *AK

2000 DODGE INTREPID W/ 39919 MI. AND ALL MAINTENANCE MET OR EXCEEDED, BROKE A VALVE SPRING, DROPPING THE VALVE INTO THE CYLINDER, BREAKING THE PISTON, W/ THE FINAL RESULT BEING ENGINE REPLACEMENT PAID FOR BY THE OWNER( ME). DAIMLER CHRYSLER'S COMMENT WAS " THE WARRANTY PERIOD WAS OVER 3919 MILES AGO, YOU HAVE NO COMPLAINT. WHY ARE YOU CALLING US? " I SAID VALVE SPRINGS ON A PASSENGER CAR GET WEAK, THEY DON'T BREAK AFTER 39000 MILES. DAIMLER OFFERED NO HELP, BUT THE LOCAL DEALER HELPED A LITTLE, BECAUSE ENGINE AND CAR CONDITION WERE EXCELLENT.*AK

THE ENGINE ON MY 2000 DODGE INTREPID, WITH 64K MILES; SIMPLY DIED. TOWED IT TO MY INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO SAID THE ENGINE WAS WORTHLESS, BECAUSE OF NO OIL IN THE PASSAGES. THIS CARS OIL HAS BEEN CHANGED RELIGIOUSLY, AND HAS NEVER HAD THE OIL LIGHT REGISTER A PROBLEM. AFTER INVESTIGATING THE PROBLEM, JUST A BIT ON THE INTERNET, AS WELL WITH THE LOCAL DODGE DEALERS, I FOUND: IN JUST 2 SMALL DEALERSHIPS IN MY AREA, 17 AUTOS HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AND HAD TO EITHER DISCARD THE AUTO OR REPLACE THE ENGINE ($4900 APPROX.) THE INTERNET SHOWED NUMEROUS OTHER COMPLAINTS, INCLUDING ONE WHO WAS STARTING A CLASS-ACTION SUIT. I HOPE YOUR AGENCY CAN HELP ME AND OTHER OWNERS WITH THIS SERIOUS CONSUMER PROBLEM. THANKS. *JB

THE RACK AND PINION WAS REPLACED AT 24,000 MILES AND WAS COVERED BY WARRANTY. THE RACK AND PINION FAILED AGAIN AT 39000 MILES AND HAD TO PAY A $300.00 DEDUCTIBLE. *AK ALSO THE VALVE COVER GASKETS LEAKED. *TS *JB

I HAVE A 2000 DODGE INTREPID AND HAD A SUDDEN ENGINE FAILURE ON JUNE 12, 2003 IT CAUSED RAPID ACCELERATION/ DECELERATION AND THERE COULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUS INJURY TO OTHER PARTIES AND MYSELF, HAD IN IT OCCURRED IN A POPULATED AREA INSTEAD OF THE COUNTRY ROAD I WAS ON. THE ENGINE FAILED AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. *NLM

MY 2000 DODGE INTREPID PRESENTLY HAS SLUDGE IN THE ENGINE, AND MY EXTEND WARRANTY WILL NOT PAY FOR ANY REPAIRS. MY CAR SOUNDED LIKE A DIESEL ENGINE AS IF SOMETHING HAD BROKE WITHIN THE ENGINE, THIS ALL HAPPEN ON MARCH 5TH, 2003 I SUPPLIED DOCUMENTATION TO SHOW THAT MY OIL WAS CHANGED AS REQUIRED BUT TO KNOW AVAIL WOULD THE WARRANTY COMPANY ASSIST ME IN REPAIRING MY ENGINE OR EVEN GIVEN ME ANY ALTERNATIVES OTHER THAN IT WOULD COST ME $10,500.00 TO REPAIR. THE SHOP MANAGER EXPLAINED TO ME THAT THE 2.7 ENGINES ARE REALLY CRAP AND THERE IS NOT MUCH THAT CAN BE DONE TO CORRECT THIS OBVIOUS DEFECT. I AM EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED THAT THESE ENGINES WERE NOT RECALLED, FOR AS LONG AS I HAVE BEEN AN OWNER OF CARS I HAVE NEVER HAD AN ENGINE GO OUT OR WILL BE GOING OUT WITHOUT ANY WARNING. I WANT TO...

DODGE INTREPID 2000 WITH 58,000 MILES ON IT, HAS ENGINE FAILURE. WAS TOLD THE TIMING CHAIN BROKE, NEEDS CYLINDER HEADS, VALVES AND RODS REPLACED. EXTENDED WARRANTY COMPANY IS GIVING THE DEALER A HARD TIME ABOUT FIXING THE PROBLEM. LOOKS LIKE THE CAR WILL NEED A NEW ENGINE. VERY DISGUSTED WITH CHRYSLER AND THEIR LACK OF OWNERSHIP ON A PROBLEM THEY KNOW OCCURS (FRIEND IS A MECHANIC FOR DODGE, SAYS THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM THAT CHRYSLER IS AWARE OF). I HAVE A SMALL CHILD AND FORTUNATELY THE ENGINE DIED IN THE DRIVEWAY AND NOT ON THE HIGHWAY WITH HIM IN THE CAR. DON'T EVEN WANT TO THINK OF THE TRAGEDY THAT COULD HAVE CAUSED. CHRYSLER NEEDS TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR ENGINE TROUBLES. I HAVE BEEN READING A LOT OF POSTINGS AND THIS IS NOT AN UNCOMMON PROBLEM. IT LOOKS LIKE IT HAPPENS MORE OFTEN THAN NOT. BOUGHT THIS...

ENGINE SEIZED DUE TO SLUDGE. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. *AK

I HAVE A 2000 DODGE INTREPID WITH 52000 MILES. I RECENTLY THIS CAR HAS BEEN STALING, SOMETIMES ON A FREEWAY. IT HAS ALSO BEEN DRIVING ROUGH. WHEN I TOOK IT INTO A DODGE DEALERSHIP, I WAS TOLD THEY NEED TO PLACE A RAIL ON A CHAIN TO PREVENT A RATTLING NOISE. $400 WAS THE QUOTE. I TOLD THEM TO START WORK ON IT. LATER THEY CALLED AND TOLD ME THERE WAS SLUDGE ON THE MOTOR AND IT MUST BE REPLACED. $7000!!! THEY ALSO TOLD ME THEY CAN NOT PUT THE MOTOR BACK IN. THAT IT WOULD NOT START. THEY (OAKLAND DODGE IN MADISON HTS, MI) ALSO TOLD ME THAT I HAVE NOT BEEN CHANGING MY OIL REGULARLY. THIS IS A FALSE ACCUSATION, HOWEVER I DO NOT HAVE OIL CHANGE RECEIPTS. I HAVE ALSO CHANGED MY OWN OIL SEVERAL TIMES. I AM NOW STUCK WITH A RENTAL CAR UNTIL I CAN...

THE VEHICLE STALLED, WHICH CAUSED THE CONSUMER TO PULL OVER ABRUPTLY. *JB

ENGINE FAILURE ON A 2000 DODGE INTREPID WITH 64,000 MILES. NO WARNING SIGNS, NO ROUGH RUNNING. THE OIL PRESSURE LIGHT CAME ON AND PULLED OVER RIGHT AWAY. AS SOON AS I DID THE ENGINE QUIT. AFTER HAVING IT TOWED TO THE CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP, I WAS TOLD THAT THE ENGINE IS FULL OF "SLUDGE" AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. COST OF NEW ENGINE IS APPROXIMATELY $8,500 WHICH IS MORE THAN THE WHOLESALE VALUE OF THE CAR. SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE 2.7 ENGINE ON THE DODGE INTREPID'S. SEE THIS WEB-SITE: HTTP://ANYBOARD.NET/AUTOS/CARS/CARS/>. *NLM

AT 90,015 SERVICED MILES, THE VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING AT 60 MPH. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE ENGINE FAILED. DRIVER COASTED TO A STOP SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET. TENSIONER FAILED AFTER MOTOR SEIZED UP. DEALER OFFERED TO INSTALL NEW ENGINE FOR >$4500 AND WAS TOLD TO CALL NATIONAL NUMBER. DODGE TOLD ME THAT MY ONLY RECOURSE WAS IN COURT, AND THAT WAS THE END OF THE CONVERSATION. *NLM

THE VEHICLES ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND ENGINE SHUT OFF. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER AND THE DEALER SAID ENGINE LOCKED UP AND WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. *NLM

2000 DODGE INTREPID WITH 2.7L ENGINE SEIZED WITH ONLY 59000 MILES. *JB

I OWN A 2000 DODGE INTREPID 2.7 LITER AND IT STARTED MAKING A TICKING NOISE AND THEN ONE DAY IN APRIL MY ENGINE JUST QUIT WHILE I WAS DRIVING IT DOWN THE ROAD. I SENT THEM A LETTER AND THEY SAID THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO BECAUSE MY WARRANTY WAS UP, BUT WHO PUTS A 36,000 MILE WARRANTY ON A VEHICLE UNLESS THEY KNOW THE ENGINE IS JUNK. THEY NEED TO FESS UP TO THEIR DEFECT OF THIS TYPE OF ENGINE AND RECALL IT. IT IS NOT RIGHT. I AM A 23 YEAR OLD SINGLE MOTHER WHO STILL OWES 10,000 DOLLARS ON A CAR THAT I CAN'T EVEN DRIVE BECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE 6,000 DOLLARS TO GIVE THEM FOR A NEW ENGINE. *JB

BAD ENGINE {SLUDGE}. *NLM

ON MAR 29TH, 2003 MY 2000 DODGE INTREPID CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE VEHICLE BEGAN STALLING. I TOOK IT TO A LOCAL GARAGE. AFTER PLACING IT ON THEIR COMPUTER, I WAS TOLD THE VEHICLES' CAM SENSOR NEEDED REPLACED. I ALSO HAD THE MECHANIC CHANGE THE SPARK PLUGS. BOTH OF WHICH HAD TO BE ORDERED THROUGH THE DEALER. $200 DOLLARS LATER, I PICKED THE VEHICLE UP AND DROVE APPROX. 5 MILES BEFORE THE SAME THING HAPPENED AGAIN. I TOOK IT BACK TO THE GARAGE WHO ADVISED ME THAT I SHOULD HAVE THE DEALERSHIP LOOK INTO IT. ONCE AT THE DEALERSHIP, I WAS TOLD I NEED A CRANK SENSOR. ANOTHER $200 DOLLARS LATER, MY WIFE PICKED THE VEHICLE UP, DROVE IT NO MORE THAN 2 BLOCKS FROM THE DEALERSHIP WHERE IT STALLED ON HER AND MY TWO CHILDREN IN THE MIDDLE OF US 52 IN OHIO. NOW, AFTER NOT HAVING...

LAST WEEK I WAS EXITING THE HIGHWAY ON AN OFF-RAMP AND NOTICED THE ENGINE HAD STALLED. IT WAS RUNNING GREAT ONE SECOND AND THE NEXT SECOND IT JUST QUIT WITH NO WARNING! I HAD IT TOWED TO A MECHANIC FOR SERVICE AND WAS INFORMED THAT MY ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MECHANIC SAID THAT IT LOOKED LIKE A BOMB WENT OFF IN MY ENGINE AND HE WAS NOT SURE OF THE CAUSE BUT IT WAS MOST LIKELY BECAUSE THE TIMING CHAIN BROKE. *JB

THE TENSIONER UNIT ON THE TIMING CHAIN CAUSED THE TIMING CHAIN TO FAIL COMPLETELY, CAUSING ENGINE FAILURE TO THE TUNE OF $2,100.00. ONLY 60,500 MILES ON VEHICLE. ALSO HAD CAM SENSOR REPLACE TWO DAYS PRIOR TO THE FAILURE OF THE TIMING CHANGE, CAM SENSOR COST WAS $205.00.*JB

THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING, PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT, THE VEHICLE MADE A TICKING NOISE. *JB

ENGINE BLOWN AT 48,500 MILES. WAS TOLD IT WAS THE 2.7 ENGINE THAT SLUDGE HAD BUILT UP IN IT EVEN THOUGH WE MAINTAINED IT REGULARLY. COST ABOUT $6,000 WHEN WAS SAID AND DONE. WE CONTACTED CHRYSLER AS WE HEARD THEY WERE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THIS ENGINE AND THAT THEY ARE AWARE BUT REFUSED TO HELP IN ANYWAY. RUDE! WE WERE TOLD THIS ENGINE NEEDED OIL CHANGED EVERY 1,500 - 2000 MILES TO KEEP FROM SLUDGING UP.. THIS IS NOT RIGHT... *NLM

CONSUMER HEARD A "TAPPING" NOISE COMING FROM THE MOTOR AND FRONT WHEEL AREA. DEALER DIAGNOSED THAT THERE WAS NO OIL ON DIP STICK AND MOTOR OIL LEVEL WAS LOW. VEHICLE WAS SERVICED AND PROBLEM RESOLVED. AFTER DRIVING FOR 5 DAYS THE "TAPPING" NOISE RETURNED AT SPEEDS OF 65 MPH. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE BACK THE TO DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THAT OIL SLUDGED WAS IN THE MOTOR AND THE RODS WERE BURNED ON THE TOP AND BOTTOM OF MOTOR WITH METAL SHAVINGS IN MOTOR. THE DEALER STATED THE VEHICLE NEEDED A NEW ENGINE. *JB

THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. *JB

I OWN A 2000 INTREPID BY DODGE WITH APPROXIMATELY 43000 MILES ON IT. THE ENGINE HAS BEEN BLOWN AND I WAS INFORMED THAT WE HAVE TO PAY FOR THE REPAIR TO BE DONE BECAUSE OF SLUDGE IN THE ENGINE.. I HAVE AN EXTENDED WARRANTY ON THIS VEHICLE THAT I BOUGHT AT THE TIME OF PURCHASE.. BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT WE DO OUR OWN OIL CHANGES AND THE ONLY THING WE ARE GUILTY OF IS NOT KEEPING RECEIPTS THAT WE HAVE BOUGHT OIL AND FILTERS TO CHANGE IT.. WE HAVE DOCUMENTATION ON DATES AND MILEAGE THAT WE HAVE HAD THEM DONE.. IN FACT THE LAST ONE WAS DONE AT A PLACE OF BUSINESS. THE VEHICLE STARTED MAKING A CLANKING NOISE WHILE I WAS DRIVING , NO WARNING LIGHT OR ANY SUCH LIGHT CAME ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WHATSOEVER I PROCEEDED TO PULL OVER IN A PARKING LOT AND SHUT THE...

TOTAL ENGINE FAILURE. *JB

THE MECHANICS WERE UNABLE TO CORRECT THE STALLING/ROUGH RIDE PROBLEMS. IN ATTEMPTS TO REPAIR THE PROBLEMS THE DEALER CLEANED AND REPLACED THE SPARK PLUGS AND REPLACED THE FUEL SYSTEM. WHEN THE VEHICLE FELT AS IF IT WERE GOING TO STALL, THE CONSUMER SMELLED SULFUR COMING FROM THE ENGINE AREA AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. *SCC *NLM

I OWN A 2000 CHRYSLER INTREPID V6-2.7 LITER VEHICLE. AT 57,442 MILES I NOTICED A TICKING NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE OF THE CAR. THE DEALERSHIP I PURCHASED THE CAR FROM DIAGNOSED THE ENGINE NOISE AS A NON-COMPRESSING OR EXTENDING TIMING CHAIN TENSIONER. THE TENSIONER WAS REPLACED AND THE COST WAS COVERED UNDER MY 60,000-MILE WARRANTY. LAST WEEK I NOTICED THE SAME TICKING NOISE WHILE I WAS DRIVING THE CAR. BEFORE I COULD REACH A SAFE DESTINATION THE CAR ENGINE COMPLETELY STOPPED RUNNING AT 64,222 MILES. AFTER COMING TO A STOP THE CAR WOULD NOT START AGAIN. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP TO BE LOOKED AT AND TOLD THE SERVICE ADVISOR I HEARD THE SAME TIMING CHAIN NOISE THAT OCCURRED AT 57,442 MILES. THE DEALERSHIP SERVICE ADVISOR STATED THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO START THE CAR FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME AND ALSO CHECKED THE ENGINE...

I OWN A 2000 INTREPID WITH 29000 ON IT AND THE ENGINE HAS BLOWN ON IT (PREMATURE ENGINE FAILURE) AND IT IS STILL UNDER WARRANTY AND DAIMLER CHRYSLER HAS REFUSED TO PAY COSTS RELATED TO THIS BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE ALL MY RECEIPTS FOR OIL CHANGES. IT IS A 2.7 L ENGINE AND THEY ARE AWARE OF ENGINE SLUDGE PROBLEMS WITH THIS ENGINE AND THEY WILL NOT PAY ANY COSTS TOWARD A REPAIR BILL WHICH THEY HAVE QUOTED AT $8000.00. INITIALLY THE ENGINE CAUGHT ON FIRE AND THEY MADE MY INSURANCE COMPANY PAY FOR THE REPAIRS AND THEN 30 MILES LATER THE ENGINE WAS BLOWN AND THEY SAY BECAUSE MY HUSBAND DID THE OIL CHANGES AND WE DON'T HAVE ALL THE RECEIPTS FOR OIL PURCHASES THEY WILL NOT PAY THE BILL. WE HAVE THE RECEIPTS FOR THE WINTER MONTHS( OF WHICH I HAVE ONLY HAD THE CAR FOR ONE WINTER...

THE VEHICLE STARTED TO SHAKE AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD. *JB

WITHOUT ANY PRIOR WARNING CAR WOULD NOT START AFTER STOPPING TO GET GAS. CAR WAS TOWED TO DEALER WHERE IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE TIMING CHAIN HAD SHATTERED SENDING SLIVERS OF METAL THROUGHOUT THE ENGINE CAUSING COMPRESSION PROBLEM, DAMAGING PISTONS, AND CAUSING WATER PUMP TO SEIZE UP. NEEDLESS TO SAY I'M NOW LOOKING TO BUY ENGINE FOR A CAR THAT I'VE HAD FOR UNDER 24MONTHS AND STILL HAVE 36+MONTHS TO GO ON MY NOTE WITH THE ENGINE ONLY HAVING 65K. NOTE THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT BACK DID BREAK AND I'VE HAD TO HAVE SPEED SENSOR REPLACE ALL OF THIS WITHIN THE LAST 17 MONTHS.*JB

THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING.*JB

TIMING CHAIN BROKE AND VALVES WERE DAMAGED, WHICH (ACCORDING TO MECHANICS) VIRTUALLY IS UNHEARD OF ON SUCH A LATE MODEL CAR. NOT ONLY ARE MECHANICS REFUSING TO REPAIR THE PROBLEM (BECAUSE OF THE TYPE OF ENGINE), THEY ARE SAYING I WILL PROBABLY NEED A NEW ENGINE (UPWARDS OF $3500 IN COST). SEVERAL MECHANICS EXPRESSED THAT THEY HAVE SEEN SEVERAL PEOPLE WITH THIS PROBLEM WHO HAVE THE 6 CYLINDER, 2.7 LITER ENGINE ON THIS YEAR, MAKE AND MODEL OF CAR. BASICALLY, I WAS TOLD THAT WORKING ON THIS PROBLEM WITH THIS TYPE OF CAR IS A BIG HEADACHE, AND "THEY WON'T TOUCH IT". WHY HASN'T THIS PROBLEM BEEN RECALLED?

WITHOUT WARNING, THE TIMING BELT SHATTERED METAL THROUGHOUT THE ENGINE AND THE VEHICLE STOPPED. MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED. *TT

ABOUT 3 WEEKS AGO WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STOPPED SUDDENLY. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO GET IT RESTARTED AND DROVE IT HOME. ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. MECHANIC SAID PROBLEM WAS THE SENSOR, LATER, AFTER 2 DIAGNOTIC TESTINGS, SHE FOUND OUT THAT VALVE SPRING WAS BROKEN.* *JG

VEHICLE IS LEAKING COOLANT FROM THE RELEASE VALVE LOCATED BEHIND THE RADIATOR. PLEASE SEND IN FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 60-70 MPH THERE WAS A LOUD NOISE UNDER THE HOOD; THEN, VEHICLE STALLED. CONSUMER OPENED HOOD, AND SAW SEVERAL LARGE CRACKS ON ENGINE, OIL WAS EVERYWHERE. VEHICLE TOWED TO REPAIR SHOP. MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT TENSIONER SPRING BROKE. ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.*AK

AT LOW SPEEDS VEHICLE WILL STALL. CONSUMER FEELS THIS IS UNSAFE BECAUSE THERES A CHANCE OF VEHICLE BEING REAR ENDED. DRIVER CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER REPLACED CRANK SENSOR. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

WHEN MAKING A LEFT OR RIGHT TURN VEHICLE JUST CUT OFF WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK