2000 DODGE INTREPID Engine And Engine Coolingenginegasolinebelts And Associated Pulleys Problems

I WAS DRIVING TO WORK, LOW OIL PRESSURE LIGHT CAME ON. CAR STOPPED WORKING HAD AND EXTENDED WARRANTY, TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC. MECHANIC FOUND THAT THE TIMING CHAIN HAD BROKE CAUSING THE MOTOR TO GO OUT. PER TECH SLUDGE CAUSE THE TIMING CHAIN AND MOTOR TO GO OUT. NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY DUE TO LACK OF MAINTENANCE. HAVE ONLY HAD CAR LESS THAN 4 MONTHS. I KNOW THEIR IS ALOT OF CLASS ACT LAWSUITS ON DODGE INTREPID FOR MOTOR FAILING. PLS HELP!! PER TECH STATED THAT THEIR WAS LOTS OF SLUDGE IN THE CAR. I HAVE READ ALL THE COMPLAINTS ON THIS CAR AND THEY ALL STATE ABOUT THE SAME FAILURES. SLUDGE MAKING MOTORS AND TIMING CHAINS GO BAD. *TR

2000 DODGE INTREPID TIMING CHAIN FAILURE. THIS APPEARS TO BE A COMMON DEFECT WITH THE 2.7L ENGINE. THIS REPAIR MAY COST $1,500.

ON CHRISTMAS DAY, I WAS DRIVING ON INTERSTATE 5 IN CALIFORNIA ON MY WAY TO DISNEYLAND WITH MY FAMILY AND VERY QUICKLY MY ENGINE OVERHEATED AND STALLED IN THE FAST LANE, THANK GOODNESS IT WAS CHRISTMAS DAY AND THERE WERE'NT VERY MANY VEHICLES ON THE HIGHWAY. WE MADE IT TO THE SHOULDER AND HAD A TOW TRUCK PICK UP THE VEHICLE FOR $120. MY VEHICLE ARRIVED AT MY MECHANIC AND AFTER A DAY OF REVIEWING MY VEHICLE HE CALLED ME AND TOLD ME THAT THE TIMING BELT FAILED AND I BROKE 2 PISTON VALVES. I NEEDED A NEW ENGINE. THE COST OF THE ENGINE IN $3,000 THIS IS NOT A COST THAT IS REASONABLE FOR A WELL MAINTAINED VEHICLE REPAIR. *NM

TIMING CHAIN OF 2000 CHRYSLER INTREPID BROKE WHILE TRAVILING AT HIGHWAY SPEED ON M84 BETWEEN SAGINAW AND BAY CITY. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THERE WAS A NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE. IT SOUNDED AS THOUGH VALVES WERE CLANKING. THE NOISE OCCURRED ONE DAY PRIOR TO THE VEHICLE NOT STARTING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. THE DEALERSHIP DETERMINED THE TIMING CHAIN BROKE CAUSING THE VALVES TO FALL INTO THE PISTONS. THE ENGINE NEEDS TO BE REBUILT AS A RESULT.

DT: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL DEALERSHIP. THEY REPLACED THE TIMING CHAIN, INTAKE MANIFOLD, COOLANT TUBE, AND SERPENTINE BELT. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN HOME. THE VEHICLE DROVE FINE FOR AWHILE. THE VEHICLE THEN EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM. IT WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP, AND THEY REPLACED THE CHAIN TENSIONER. THE VEHICLE DROVE FINE AGAIN FOR AWHILE. THEN IT STARTED EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM. IT WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP. THEY FOUND THAT WHEN THE PREVIOUS DEALERSHIP HAD REPLACED THE CHAIN TENSIONER THEY HAD NOT TIGHTENED THE BOLTS PROPERLY. THIS CAUSED THE VALVES AND THE HEAD TO BE WARPED. NO REPAIRS WERE MADE.*AK

DT: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING HEARD A CLANKING NOISE UNDERNEATH THE HOOD. HE IMMEDIATELY DROVE THE VEHICLE TO THE SERVICE DEALERSHIP FOR INSPECTION. THE SERVICE DEALER DETERMINED THAT THE TIMING CHAIN STRETCHED AND RELEASED METAL SHAVINGS INTO THE ENGINE, RESULTING IN A COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE. THE ENGINE WAS DISASSEMBLED TO ESTIMATE THE DAMAGES. THE FINAL DIAGNOSIS CONCLUDED THAT THE ENGINE WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. NO REPAIRS HAVE BEEN PERFORMED. *AK

DT: THE CONTACT STATED THE TIMING CHAIN TENSIONER WAS REPLACED THREE TIMES. IT WAS REPLACED 500 MILES AGO, AND IS CURRENTLY WORKING CORRECTLY. *AK UPDATED 12/27/2005 - EACH TIME IT FAILED IT CAUSED THE ENGINE TO SEIZE AND RESULT IN LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND POWER BRAKES. THE TIMING CHAIN HAS BEEN REPLACED AT 64306 MILES, 72687 MILES AND 80982 MILES. *NM

DT: CONTACT STATES WHEN SHE STARTING THE VEHICLE THERE WAS A LOUD NOISE. THE DEALERSHIP SAID IT WAS THE OIL GASKET, ALTERNATOR IDLER PULLEY, AND THE AIR CONDITIONER IDLER PULLEY. SHE HAS NOT CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER. SHE CONTACTED DEALER ABOUT THE EXTENDED WARRANTY. THEY STATED THE PARTS FOR HER VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED BY HER WARRANTY. THE DEALERSHIP WILL REPAIR THE VEHICLE AT CONTACT'S EXPENSE. *AK

DT: ON AUGUST 18, 2005 THE ENGINE STALLED WHILE THE CONSUMER WAS STOPPING AT A STOP LIGHT. SHE WAS ABLE TO GET SAFELY OFF THE ROAD. WHEN SHE TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR REPAIRS THEY TOLD HER THAT THE TIMING CHAIN FAILED AND WOULD NEED A NEW MOTOR. THERE HAD BEEN NO PREVIOUS PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE. THERE WERE NO ACCIDENTS. *AK

MY ENGINE FAILED ON MY 2000 DODGE INTREPID. THE PROBLEM STARTED WITH MY TIMING CHAIN COMING APART IN THE ENGINE WITH THE ENGINE SINCE QUITTING COMPLETELY. THIS IS THE SAME TYPE OF PROBLEM MANY OTHERS HAVE LISTED ON THE INTERNET WITH THE TIMING CHAIN AND A HUGE ENGINE REPAIR COST. I DO NOT HAVE THE MONEY TO FIX A CAR THAT IS SO OLD, AND I'M LEFT PAYING FOR A CAR THAT DOESN'T RUN. PLEASE ADD MY NAME AND INFORMATION TO THE OTHER LISTS OF COMPLAINTS FOR THIS DODGE INTREPID PROBLEM.

DT: CONTACT STATED THERE WAS A SMALL AMOUNT OF SLUDGE IN THE OIL SYSTEM, CAUSING THE TIMING CHAIN TO BREAK, CAUSING THE VALVES TO COLLAPSE. *AK

DT: CONTACT STATES VEHICLE QUIT RUNNING WHILE BACKING UP TO PARK. THE SERVICE DEALER STATED THE TIMING CHAIN BROKE WHICH CAUSED NO OIL IN THE ENGINE.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH, SUDDENLY A LOUD TAPPING NOISE WAS HEARD FROM ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THEN, THE VEHICLE STALLED. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. THE TIMING CHAIN BROKE. THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THESE MY VEHICLES.*AK

WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH ENGINE INADVERTENTLY STALLED. WHEN TAKEN TO GET IT SERVICED IT WAS DETERMINED THAT STALLING WAS DUE TO THE TIMING CHAIN.*AK

2000 DODGE INTREPID 2.7 L V6 - TIMING CHAIN FAILED WHILE IN TRAFFIC MAKING THE CAR INOPERABLE. TIME COVER EXPLODED. VALVES ARE BENT.CANNOT BE REPAIRED. WILL REQUIRE ENTIRE NEW MOTOR.*AK

RATTLING WAS HEARD COMING FROM THE ENGINE MOTOR UPON STARTING THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A MECHANIC, WHO INDICATED THAT THE NOISE WAS DUE TO AN INTERFERENCE MOTOR. THE TIMING CHAIN CAME OFF OF THE ENGINE. THIS ENGINE WAS IN HIGH DEMAND DUE TO THE HIGH FAILURE RATE WHICH WOULD COST $45000-$65000 TO REPLACE. *AK *SC

WHILE DRIVING TIMING CHAIN BROKE. TOOK VEHICLE ITO DEALER TO HAVE IT REPAIRED, AND WAS TOLD THAT VEHICLE NEEDED AN NEW ENGINE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH VEHICLE STALLED. CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE, AND HAD IT TOWED TO A GARAGE FOR INSPECTION. MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE STEERING POWER ASSIST PUMP AND TIMING BELT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.*AK

WE BEGAIN EXPERIENCING AN ENGINE KNOCK. DEALER DIAGNOSIS "RATTLE NOISE IN THE ENGINE AREA -- NOISE FOUND TO BE TIMING CHAIN HITTING FRONT COVER. MOTOR SLIGHTLY SLUDGED -- REPLACED TIMING CHAIN, TENSIONERS AND GUIDES, FLUSED MOTOR AND CHANGED OIR AND FILER" TOTAL REPAIR COST $1355.55. *AK

WHILE DRIVING OIL PRESSURE LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE DASHBOARD FOLLOWED BY UNWANTED DECELERATION. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP, WHO INDICATED THAT OIL PRESSURE SENSOR FAILED, AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE SENSOR WAS REPLACED, THE ENGINE WAS FLUSHED, AND AN OIL CHANGE PERFORMED. THE FAILURE RECURRED. DEALERSHIP THEN REPLACED THE OIL PUMP. THE UNWANTED DECELERATION RECURRED WITHOUT THE OIL LIGHT COMING ON, AND VEHICLE LOST OIL PRESSURE. DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE TIMING BELT, AND GEAR SHIFT. ALSO, HAD TO DROP THE OIL PAN TO CHECK FOR SLUDGE IN THE ENGINE. *AK

CHECK OIL LIGHT KEPT COMING ON, TOOK TO DEALER AND THEY REPAIRED PROBLEM, TWO TIMES TO GET IT DONE. DEALER SAID OIL PRESSURE WAS FINE /28/04 - TIMING CHAIN FAILURE, ONLY 37,000 MILES ON CAR. BOUGHT NEW IN 2000. ENGINE VALVES WERE DAMAGED. DEALER TOOK 2 1/2 WEEKS TO REPAIR LSO HAD TO REPLACE TIE ROD ENDS.*AK

WHEN DRIVING AT AN UNDETERMINED SPEED AND WITHOUT WARNING VEHICLE STALLED. THIS CAUSED THE DRIVER TO DRIFT TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. CONSUMER TOWED THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT TIMING CHAIN FAILED.*AK

I HAVE A 2000 DODGE INTREPID THAT HAS ABOUT 91,500 MILES. I PURCHASED IT FROM A DODGE DEALERSHIP AS A PROGRAM CAR. MY WIFE AND I HAVE MAINTAINED THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE ON THE VEHICLE FOR AS LONG AS WE'VE HAD IT. ON 3/2/04 MY WIFE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO HAVE THE OIL CHANGED AND THE FLUIDS CHECKED. ON 3/3/04 MY WIFE NOTICED THE ENGINE MAKING A STRANGE "KNOCKING" NOISE. WE TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK TO WHERE WE GOT THE OIL CHANGE DONE ON 3/5/04 AND THEY STATED THAT THE NOISE HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE OIL CHANGE. WE PARKED THE VEHICLE UNTIL 3/6/04, AND WHEN MY WIFE WENT OUT TO START THE VEHICLE AND TAKE IT TO THE DEALERSHIP, IT WOULDN'T START. I THEN HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP ON 3/8/04. THE VEHICLE SAT AT THE DEALERSHIP FROM 3/8/04 TO 3/12/04. ON 3/12/04 I WENT TO...

2000 DODGE INTREPID. TIMING CHAIN FAILURE AT 79,000 DUE TO OIL SLUDGE. VIN# [XXX]. DEALER AND DCX NOT SUPPORTING. REVIEWED ON CASE BY CASE BASIS. *AK UPDATED 07/27/2012 *JS INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

TIMING CHAIN BROKE @ 69,000 MILES. 2.7 L ENGINE NEEDS TO BE REPLACED.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH VEHICLE SUDDENLY LOST POWER. CONSUMER PULLED OFF THE ROAD BY COASTING THE VEHICLE TO A COMPLETE STOP. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALERSHIP, WHO DETERMINED THAT THE TIMING BELT BROKE AND DAMAGED THE ENGINE MOTOR. *AK

WHILE DRIVING TIMING BELT FAILED AND DAMAGED THE ENGINE. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, AND TECHNICIAN REPLACED THE ENGINE AT CONSUMER'S EXPENSE OF $7,500. *AK

WE HAVE A 2000 DODGE INTREPID. THE ENGINE FAILED JUST PAST OUR WARRANTY. THE DEALERSHIP WHERE WE PURCHASED THE CAR AND CHRYSLER CORPORATION BOTH DISMISSED OUR COMPLAINT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. AFTER TALKING TO SEVERAL AUTO INDUSTRY WORKERS AND RESEARCHING THIS ENGINE ONLINE, WE HAVE COME TO REALIZE THAT THIS IS A HUGE PROBLEM THAT HAS PROBABLY AFFECTED THOUSANDS OF INTREPID OWNERS. *AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STALLED. CONSUMER MANAGED TO PULL OVER AND HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED. DEALERSHIP INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THE PROBLEM PERTAINED TO THE TIMING CHAIN FAILURE. *AK

CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT ENGINE PROBLEMS. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER, WHERE THE MECHANIC FOUND SLUDGE ON THE TIMING CHAIN. THIS CAUSED INTERNAL DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE, AND THE ENGINE HAD TO BE REPLACED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 60 MPH CONSUMER HEARD A LOUD NOISE, THEN VEHICLE STALLED. TOWED VEHICLE TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP, AND TECHNICIAN STATED THAT TIMING BELT BROKE, AND DAMAGED THE ENGINE. *AK

UPON ENTERING THE VEHICLE ENGINE WOULD NOT START. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THE TIMING CHAIN WAS REPLACED. THE PROBLEM HAS RECURRED, ENGINE WON'T START. DEALER STATED ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING A NOISE WAS HEARD COMING FROM THE ENGINE. THE DEALER DETERMINED THAT TIMING BELT BROKE, AND SLUDGE HAD BUILT UP IN THE ENGINE. THE ENGINE HAD TO BE REPLACED. *AK

TIMING CHAIN WEARS OUT PREMATURELY. *AK

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

I PURCHASED A 2000 DODGE INTREPID ON 3-28-03. THE CAR HAD 58000 MILES AT PURCHASE, WAS CHECKED OUT BY A MECHANIC AND SEEMED TO BE A VERY GOOD RELIABLE CAR WITH SERVICE RECORDS. I HAD NO TROUBLE, OTHER THAN THE AIR CONDITIONER NOT BLOWING COOL AIR, UNTIL 2 WEEKS AGO I NOTICED A VERY LIGHT TICKING SOUND DURING ACCELERATION. I HAVE CHANGED THE OIL TWICE AND NOW HAVE 62000 MILES ON IT. I TOOK THE CAR TO 2 DIFFERENT MECHANICS BOTH OF WHICH DID NOT DO INTERNAL WORK AND WAS AFRAID TO DIAGNOSE CAR IF THEY COULD NOT FIX IT. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DODGE DEALER AND WAS TOLD I NEEDED A NEW TIMING BELT AND REPAIR WOULD RUN ME $1,600. I WAS UPSET WITH THE COST AND BEFORE I AGREED TO LET THE DEALER REPAIR MY VEHICLE THEY ASSURED ME THAT I WAS GETTING OUT CHEAP AND...

A KNOCKING NOISE WAS HEARD AND VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER STATED THAT TIMING BELT HAS TO BE REPLACED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING THE CONSUMER HEARD A "KNOCKING" NOISE COMING FROM TOP OF ENGINE AND PULLED OVER. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE TENSIONER FAILED WHICH CAUSED THE ENGINE TO SEIZE. *NLM

CONSUMER NOTICED THAT THE ENGINE BEGAN MAKING LOUD NOISES. THE VEHICLE WAS SERVICED BY A DEALERSHIP WHO INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT THE TIMING CHAIN NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *NLM