2000 DODGE INTREPID Complaints

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED; THE ENGINE WAS CHUGGING AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE PROPERLY WHILE TRAVELING 30 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE NEAREST REPAIR SHOP. AFTER SIX WEEKS, DIAGNOSTICS AND PHYSICAL INSPECTION SHOWED A VALVE PART MAY HAVE FALLEN INTO THE MOTOR CAUSING DAMAGE AND THERE WAS A SEVERE SLUDGE PROBLEM REQUIRING THE ENGINE TO BE REPLACED. THE SERVICE DEALER BOUGHT THE VEHICLE FROM THE CONTACT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT ALERTED.

CHECK ENGINE AND OIL LIGHT CAME ON CAR BEGAN TO SLOW DOWN IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC, GOT OFF TO SIDE OF ROAD. CAR WOULD NOT RE-START. TOWED BACK TO DEALER SAID NOTHING WRONG. *JB

TEMPERATURE GAUGE TOPPED OUT, CAME DOWN, THEN BLEW FLUID ON ENGINE. DEALER SAID ENGINE WAS GONE. I STILL OWE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY AND DO NOT HAVE THE MEANS TO GET A NEW MOTOR. AND THE DEALER IS AFRAID I WILL NOT GET A LOAN FOR A NEW VEHICLE BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT STILL OWED. I STILL HAVE NO SOLUTION FOR THIS PROBLEM. CAR IS. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THERE WAS A KNOCKING NOISE IN THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY THE OIL LIGHT ILLUMINATING INTERMITTENTLY, AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATING CONSTANTLY. THE VEHICLE THEN SPUTTERED AND NEARLY STALLED. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE TIMING CHAIN HAD PUNCHED A HOLE THROUGH THE TOP OF THE VALVE COVER, WHICH LEAKED OIL OVER THE ENGINE AND ONTO THE EXHAUST, STARTING A SMALL FIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN IN FOR SERVICE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED.

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

LAST SPRING I HAD TO REPLACE THE COOPER TIRES ON THE FRONT OF MY CAR BECAUSE THEY WERE CAUSING MY CAR TO VIBRATE EVEN THOUGH THE TREAD AND TIRE PRESSURE WERE PERFECT. I STILL HAD COOPER TIRES ON THE REAR OF MY CAR AND WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE THE TREAD OF MY REAR RIGHT TIRE EXPLODED CAUSING ME TO ALMOST LOSE CONTROL OF MY CAR. IT TORE OFF MY REAR BUMPER AND DID DAMAGE UNDERNEATH THE CAR. CURRENTLY I DO HAVE QUOTES TO REPAIR THE DAMAGE, BUT AM WAITING TO FIND OUT IF COOPER TIRE WILL PAY FOR THE REPAIRS. *NM

IN MAY, WHILE DRIVING MY 2000 DODGE INTREPID ON THE PENN TURNPIKE, THE BACK OF THE DRIVER'S SEAT SUDDENLY COLLAPSED TO A HORIZONTAL POSITION. FORTUNATELY, I HAD JUST REDUCED SPEED AS I WAS APPROACHING A TOLL BOOTH, THUS AVOIDING AN ACCIDENT. THERE WERE LESS THAN 33,000 MILES ON THE CAR AT THE TIME. IN 2003 THIS VEHICLE WAS PART OF RECALL 03V-035; IT WAS SERVICED IMMEDIATELY AFTER NOTIFICATION IN AN EFFORT TO PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE'S ENGINE DIED DUE TO ENGINE SLUDGE. THE SERVICE DEALER STATED THE VEHICLE DID NOT RECEIVE REGULAR MAINTENANCE, HOWEVER THE CONTACT DISPUTED THIS ASSESSMENT AND HAD RECEIPTS FOR THE MAINTENANCE. THE SERVICE DEALER DETERMINED THE VEHICLE NEEDED A NEW ENGINE.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE ENGINE HAD AN OIL FLOW PROBLEM THAT CAUSED THE ENGINE TO DIE. THE SERVICE DEALER PREVIOUSLY REPLACED THE OIL FLOW SENSOR AND NOW THE VEHICLE NEEDED A NEW ENGINE.

WITHOUT ANY WARNING, OIL LIGHT ETC, MY 2000 DODGE INTREPID WOULD NOT START. ALL WAS FINE BEFORE THIS INCIDENT. SERVICE STATION INFORMED ME OF TIMING CHAIN PROBLEM AND OIL SLUDGE BUILD-UP DUE TO IMPERFECT 2.7 MOTOR. I WAS ALSO ADVISED TO NOT FIX THE PROBLEM BECAUSE THIS MOTOR IS A PIECE OF JUNK. CAR ONLY HAS 57,000 MILES. *NM