2000 DODGE INTREPID Complaints

2000 DODGE INTREPID, 2.7 ENGINE. OIL SLUDGE DEFECT AT 92000 MILES. NO WARNING. VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING 70 MPH AND TIMING CHAIN FAILED, CAUSING SPIN OUT WITH NEAR CRASH. VEHICLE WAS PERFECTLY MAINTAINED USING SYNTHETIC OIL AT 5000 INTERVALS. HAD TO GET HOTEL ROOM WITH 2 KIDS AT CHRISTMAS TIME, AND WAIT FOR REPAIR TO CAR, WHICH INCLUDED NEW TOP END AND TIMING CHAIN SET. $2600 SPENT. *AK

I PICKED UP THE CAR AFTER PURCHASING IT AND NEVER MADE IT HOME. THE CAR STOPPED ON THE HIGHWAY. I HAD JUST PULLED OFF BECAUSE I HEARD A SOUND AND THE CAR BECAME SLUGGISH. I TRIED TO START THE CAR UP TO NO AVAIL. I HAD IT TOWED TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP, WHICH STATED THAT THE WATER PUMP FAILED AND FLOODED THE ENGINE. AS A RESULT, I WAS WITHOUT A CAR FOR AWHILE. THE CAR HAS BEEN SITTING BECAUSE I COULD NOT AFFORD TO MAKE THE REPAIRS AT THIS TIME. I WAS UNSURE WHAT TO DO UNTIL A NEW COWORKER MENTIONED THAT SHE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AND WAS ABLE TO GIVE THE APPROPRIATE STEPS TO TAKE. THE CAR WILL BE SITTING UNTIL I CAN SAVE THE MONEY TO FIX IT.*AK

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 DODGE INTREPID. THE CONTACT HEARD A BUZZING NOISE AND THE ENGINE SHUT OFF WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT YET BEEN DIAGNOSED. THE PURCHASE DATE WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 139,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 DODGE INTREPID. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE CONTACT NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE AND STEAM UNDERNEATH THE HOOD. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO HER RESIDENCE. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE COOLANT AIR BLEEDER FOR THE RADIATOR BECAME DETACHED. A MECHANIC AT DODGE INSPECTED THE PART AND STATED THAT IT WAS DEFECTIVE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 101,000.

THE CAR WAS A FLEET VEHICLE WITH DOCUMENTED SERVICES COMPLETED. I BOUGHT THE CAR IN MAY 2003 WITH APPROXIMATELY 60000 MILES ON IT. CONTINUED WITH REGULAR OIL CHANGES AROUND 3000 MILES. WHEN THE CAR REACHED AROUND 100000 MILES THE OIL LIGHT STARTED FLICKING AT LOW RPMS. EVEN THOUGH I HAD JUST CHANGED THE OIL AROUND 1000 MILES BEFORE. I JUST FIGURED THAT THE CAR WAS BURNING SOME OIL SINCE IT HAD OVER 100000 MILE ON IT SO I JUST KEPT A QUART IN THE TRUNK AND CHECKED THE OIL LEVEL WHEN THE LIGHT WOULD START FLICKERING AND ADD SOME OIL IF IT WAS LOW. THEN COMING HOME FROM WORK ONE EVENING THE CAR JUST LOST POWER AND THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. SINCE THE CAR WAS STILL RUNNING AND I WAS IN TRAFFIC I TRIED TO GET IT TO A PARKING LOT WHEN IT DIED AT A RED LIGHT. GOT IT STARTED AND TO A PARKING LOT AND THAT WAS WHERE IT EXPIRED. *AK

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 DODGE INTREPID. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DASHBOARD WAS CRACKED ON THE DRIVER SIDE. THE VEHICLE IS OFTEN PARKED IN DIRECT SUNLIGHT. THE CRACK HAS NOT BEGUN TO SPREAD. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN INSPECTED BY A DEALER. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 79,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 DODGE INTREPID. ON JUNE 11, 2007, WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH, THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT FAILED. THE CONTACT MADE SEVERAL UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPTS TO PUT THE SEAT BACK UP. SAFETY RECALL # 03V035000 (SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER) WAS FOUND. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THIS RECALL REPAIR WAS PERFORMED ON JANUARY 14, 2004. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE POWER SEAT ADJUSTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE PURCHASE DATE AND ENGINE SIZE WERE UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 95,388.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 DODGE INTREPID. WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH THE ENGINE SHUT OFF WITHOUT WARNING. SHE WAS UNABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE PROBLEM WAS CAUSED DUE TO ENGINE SLUDGE, WHICH CAUSED THE TIMING CHAIN TO BREAK. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 88,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 DODGE INTREPID. WHILE DRIVING 68 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A CLICKING NOISE AND THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED. A LOCAL MECHANIC DIAGNOSED THE VEHICLE AS NEEDING A NEW ENGINE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WAS UNDER 62,000. UPDATED 02/01/08. *LJ UPDATED 02/01/08 *TR

MY CAR SHUTS OFF AT RANDOM WHILE I'M DRIVING. IT DOESN'T MATTER IF I'M GOING 20 MILES PER HOUR OR 45 MILES PER HOUR.. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR ABOUT THIS PAST YEAR. IN MARCH 2007 I HAD IT TOWED TO THE DODGE DEALERSHIP AND PAID APPROX $1300 DOLLARS TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. A WEEK LATER THE SAME THING HAPPENED AND HAS BEEN EVER SINCE..HERE LATELY IT HAS BEEN SHUTTING OFF 1-2 TIMES PER DAY AND I ONLY DRIVE IT TO AND FROM WORK. *TR