2000 DODGE INTREPID Complaints

1) ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON 2) ENGINE SHUT DOWN WHILE DRIVING 3) MECHANIC REPLACE FUEL PUMP THEN COMPUTER CAR WOULD STILL NOT START. CHRYSLER CONFIRMED THAT THE ENGINE HAD SLUDGE PROBLEM AND SAID THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. I COULD NOT AFFORD THE $5000 TO REPLACE THE ENGINE. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS AT AN IDLE, THE OIL LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY A DEALER WHO WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT ALERTED.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE ENGINE WOULD NOT START AFTER MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS. THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED TO INDICATE A FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP, WHO DETERMINED THE ENGINE HAD SEIZED, AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS ALERTED.

2.7 CHRYSLER MOTOR. THE TIMING GEARS AND BELT WERE REPLACED BY MARKETPLACE CHRYSLER SUZUKI INC AROUND 65000. THEN THE MOTOR DEVELOPS A LOWER KNOCK. THE SAME DEALERSHIP THEN SAYS CHRYSLER MADE A BAD MOTOR AND IT WILL COST $3200 FOR A NEW MOTOR. WILL CHRYSLER OWN UP FOR THEIR FAILURE ? AND PUT A NEW MOTOR IN MY CAR FREE OF CHARGE. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE ENGINE RAN SPORADICALLY AND HESITATED. A BLUISH SMOKE WAS NOTICED COMING FROM THE EXHAUST. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER, WHO DETERMINED THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. UPDATED 1/19/2007 - *NM

REPLACED TIMING BELT AT 80,000 MILES. 13,000 MILES LATER THE TIMING BELT WENT AGAIN AND TOOK OUT THE ENTIRE ENGINE. DAIMLER/CHRYSLER REFUSES TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT AND WAS ONLY WILLING TO GIVE A 2% REDUCTION IN THE COST OF A NEW VEHICLE. CAR HAS LESS THAN 100,000 MILES AND IS A BOAT ANCHOR THAT I AM STILL PAYING ON. *JB

ENGINE FIRE DUE TO PLUGGED PCV VALVE. WAS NOT PROPERLY OR FULLY INSPECTED BY VAN DYN HOVEN PRIOR TO SALE. ALSO IN SIX MONTHS AFTER PURCHASE, REPLACED MODE DOOR ACTUATOR, IGNITION TUMBLER, OIL SENSOR AND THEN THE THEN THE AIR CONDITIONING COMPRESSOR FAILED. TOTAL COST OF REPAIRS FOR 1 YEAR $1047. THIS CAR IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF WHY MOST PEOPLE BUY JAPANESE CARS. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE STOPPED TO GET GAS, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESTART. IT WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP WHO DETERMINED THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. UPDATED 12/28/06. *JB

MY 2000 INTREPID STARTED KNOCKING AND THEN BLEW WITH NO ADVANCE NOTICE. AFTER RESEARCHING THIS PROBLEM I SEE WHY. SLUDGE BUILD UP EVEN THOUGH I FOLLOWED ALL MAINTENANCE SCHEDULES. I HAVE REPLACED ALL THE FRONT END PARTS AT SUBSTANTIAL COSTS ,OIL PRESSURE SENDING UNIT, ALSO THE BRAKE A NUMBER OF TIMES . *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH ON A CITY STREET, THE OIL AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE ENGINE WOULD NOT RESTART. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP, WHO DETERMINED THERE WAS EXCESSIVE OIL SLUDGE, AND THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT ALERTED.