2000 DODGE INTREPID Complaints

COMPLAINED ABOUT DODGE INTREPID 2000 2.7 ENGINE. PROBLEM BEGAN WITH LIFTER NOISE AND OIL LIGHT CAME ON. IMEDIATELY STOPPED AND SHUT ENGINE DOWN. CHECKED OIL LEVEL WHICH WAS OKAY. RESTARTED ENGINE AND DROVE 2 MILES WHEN PROBLEM RECURRED. DISCUSSED WITH MECHANIC. PROBLEM WAS SLUDGE BUILDUP IN OIL AND BLOCKING OF OIL LINE. SLUDGE APPARENTLY DRAINED WHEN ENGINE SHUT OFF. LIFTER NOISE AND OIL WARNING LIGHT STAYED OFF UNTIL SLUDGE AGAIN BLOCKED OIL SCREEN AND LINE. REGULAR CHANGING OF OIL SEEMED NOT TO BE AN ANSWER. THE MECHANIC STATED SHE IS AWARE OF NUMEROUS ENGINE FAILURES. ALSO NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ON THE INTERNET OF ENGINE FAILURE BECAUSE OF SLUDGE BUILDUP IN THE 2.7 DODGE ENGINE.*AK

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 DODGE INTREPID. WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT HEARD A NOISE WHICH SOUNDED LIKE ROCKS WERE IN THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE VEHICLE NEEDED A NEW ENGINE. THE VIN, PURCHASE DATE, AND NUMBER OF CYLINDERS WERE UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 148,000.

DASH BOARD IS CRACKING NEAR AIRBAG AND LIGHTS FLICKER ON AND OFF WE HAVE TO HIT THE DASHBOARD FOR IT TO STOP. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 DODGE INTREPID. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS THE VEHICLE STARTED SHAKING AND MAKING A KNOCKING SOUND, AND AFTER DRIVING ANOTHER 15 MILES, THE ENGINE SHUT OFF WHILE SITTING AT A LIGHT. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED ,BUT COULD NOT DIAGNOSE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE IS UNKNOWN, AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 100,000. *AK

MAJOR ENGINE FAILURE DUE TO OIL SLUDGING: THE CAR IS A 2000 DODGE INTREPID WITH A 2.7 LITER ENGINE. WE REPLACED THE BAD ENGINE WITH ANOTHER THAT IS ALSO NOW FAILING FROM THE SAME PROBLEM. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 DODGE INTREPID. WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH THE DOOR LOCK MECHANISM FAILED THREE TIMES AND THE LOCKS WERE REPLACED. THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR REQUIREED HIM TO APPLY PRESSURE TO OPEN AND CLOSE THE DOOR. THE ELECTRIC LOCKS WERE NOT WORKING. THE LOCKS MADE A GRINDING NOISE EVERY TIME TRYING TO OPEN AND CLOSE THEM. THE PASSENGERS REAR LOCK ALSO FAILED. THE FIRST TWO FAILURES OCCURRED WITHIN TWO WEEKS. WHEN HE WOULD PULL THE HANDLE AND ROLL THE WINDOW DOWN, NOTHING WOULD ALLOW HIM TO OPEN THE LOCKS. THE FAILURE OCCURRED IN NOVEMBER ON THE FIRST TWO DOORS. WHEN DRIVING OVER 50 MPH THE AUTOMATIC LOCK MADE A GRINDING NOISE. THE FRONT DRIVER DOOR LOCKED, AND THEREWAS NO WAY YOU COULD GET OUT. SOMETIMES THE NOISES WOULD ALLOW HIM TO EXIT. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER TO HAVE THE DOOR FAILURE DIAGNOSED, AND IT WAS REPAIRED IT FOR $600. THEY DID NOT OFFER ANY EXPLANATION AS TO WHY THE LOCKS FAILED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 65,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 73000. *AK

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 DODGE INTREPID. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A KNOCKING SOUND COMING FROM THE ENGINE. THE CONTACT SHUT THE ENGINE OFF AND WAS UNABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A MECHANIC, WHO STATED THAT THE VEHICLE NEEDED A NEW ENGINE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 62,000.*AK

TL* - THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 DODGE INTREPID. WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH THE ENGINE STALLED. PRIOR TO THE VEHICLE FAILING THERE WERE NO WARNINGS OR INDICATOR LIGHTS PRESENT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED AND A NEW ENGINE WAS INSTALLED. THE VEHICLE FAILURE OCCURRED AT 91,000 MILES. THE OWNER DOESN'T KNOW THE CURRENT MILEAGE, AND DID NOT HAVE THE VEHICLE'S VIN.

TL* - THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 DODGE INTREPID. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT TURNED ON. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 112,000. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DODGE DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS DIAGNOSED AS HAVING ENGINE SLUDGE. THE VEHICLE REQUIRED A NEW ENGINE. *AK

VEHICLE GAVE NO WARNING, WAS DRIVING AND ENGINE CUT OUT FOR A FEW SECONDS AND THEN DIED.*AK