2000 DODGE INTREPID Complaints

HAD OIL CHANGED AT 73,000 MILES. WITHIN A FEW WEEKS OIL LIGHT STARTED FLICKERING. OIL LEVELS WERE OKAY ENGINE BEGAN TO KNOCK AT 5000 RPM. ONE WEEK LATER ENGINE FAILED ON HIGHWAY ALMOST CAUSING MAJOR ACCIDENT. *AK

ENGINE MALFUNCTIONED. NO WARNING ,AND WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWY AT ABOUT 60 MPH AND THE ENGINE JUST QUIT RUNNING.*AK

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 DODGE INTREPID. WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD NOISE NEAR THE ENGINE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS CAUSED BY THE TIMING CHAIN, AND THEREWAS SLUDGE BUILD UP INSIDE THE ENGINE. NO REPAIRS HAVE BEEN MADE TO THE VEHICLE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE WERE 94,000.*AK

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 DODGE INTREPID. WHILE IN MOTION THE VEHICLE PRODUCED A KNOCKING NOISE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF AND WAS TOWED. THE MECHANIC DIAGNOSED THE NOISE AS THE TENSIONER FAILING. THE VEHICLE WAS ALSO FOUND TO HAVE SLUDGE IN THE ENGINE, AND A NEW ONE WAS NEEDED. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE WERE 98,099.*AK

THE TIMING CHAIN BROKE ON MY 2000 DODGE INTREPID AS I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. AS A RESULT, THE TIMING CHAIN AND GUIDE AND ALL THE VALVES HAD TO BE REPLACED RESULTING IN A BILL OF OVER 6,000 DOLLARS. THIS HAPPENED WITHIN 100 MILES OF THE FACTORY WARRANTY EXPIRING. THE MANUFACTURER NOR THE RETAILER WOULD DO ANYTHING WHATSOEVER TO ASSIST IN THE REPAIRS.*AK

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

2000 INTREPID 2.7 L MOTOR SEIZED WITH ONLY 115,000 MILES, GOOD MAINTENANCE. WITH NO WARNING, NOISES OR FANFARE THE MOTOR SIMPLY SEIZED UP. WE HAD JUST GOTTEN IT OUT OF THE BODY SHOP FROM A FENDER BENDER (TO THE TUNE OF $2500) AND NOW I HAVE A WORTHLESS HUSK OF A CAR - IT COSTS MORE TO REPLACE THE MOTOR THAN THE CAR IS WORTH..... GUESS THAT IS WHAT WE CALL A DISPOSABLE SOCIETY... THE LAST MOPAR I WILL EVER BUY.......*JB

TL*- THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING THE 2000 DODGE INTREPID AT 35 MPH THE VEHICLE SLOWED DOWN TO 5 MPH WITHOUT WARNING. THIS OCCURRED WHEN SHE ATTEMPTED TO DEPRESS THE BRAKE TO STOP AT A RED LIGHT. SHE FELT AS IF THE VEHICLE WAS OUT OF CONTROL. THE THE LIGHTS ON THE DASHBOARD STARTED BLINKING. THE VEHICLE THEN LOST POWER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE WAS UNABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A MECHANIC, AND THEY ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE ENGINE. ALSO, THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DIFFERENT MECHANIC, AND THEY INFORMED THE CONTACT OF THE SAMETHING . THE VEHICLE HAD 39,700 MILES. *AK

CAR STALLED OUT IN DECEMBER 06 AND BATTERY REPLACED. STALLED AGAIN IN MARCH 07 AND HAVE BEEN TOLD THE TIMING BELT BROKE AND NEW ENGINE NEEDED AT ONLY 81,000 MILES. TRIED TO SEE IF USED ENGINE AVAILABLE AND WAS TOLD NONE COULD BE FOUND BECAUSE THIS WAS TYPICAL TO THE INTREPID. ALSO TOLD A NEW ENGINE COST AND LABOR IS ABOUT $3500. WE OWE $4400 AND PAY $163 EVERY MONTH WITH TWO YEARS LEFT TO PAY. WERE ALREADY ON THE BRINK OF FORECLOSURE ON OUR HOME AND WE WERE STRUGGLING TO MAKE THESE CAR PAYMENTS, WE WILLL STRUGGLE TO PAY FOR A CAR THAT WE CAN NOT EVEN DRIVE. I WILL BE CONTACTING THE DEALERSHIP WHO SHOULD HAVE BEEN AWARE OF THESE COMPLAINTS FROM WHAT I'VE READ HERE, AND I WILL BE CONTACTING CHRYSLER WHO REALLY NEEDS TO STAND BEHIND THERE PRODUCT!NO WONDER EVERYONE IS GOING FOREIGN!TO THE CEO'S, ENJOY THOSE HUGE HOMES AND PAYCHECKS WHILE THE REST OF US PAY FOR CHRYSLER'S MISTAKES!MY BROTHER DIED IN A CHRYSLER WHEN HE WAS 20 YEARS OLD BECAUSE OF A STEERING DEFAULT!THIS WAS 23 YEARS AGO, I REALLY SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER!!!!I'M VERY GLAD TO SEE FROM THESE COMPLAINTS THAT FEW ARE GETTING KILLED FROM THIS ENGINE DEFECT. LUCKY FOR CHRYSLER,THEY DON'T HAVE TO PAY UP!EVEN MORE LUCKY FOR THE OWNERS OF THESE CARS AND ANYONE DRIVING AROUND THEM WHEN THEY STALL!!! *JB

MY 2000 DODGE INTREPID ENGINE FAILED WITH NO WARNING WHILE DRIVING, ALMOST CAUSED A BAD ACCIDENT. *JB