2000 DODGE INTREPID Complaints

ENGINE TICKING NOISE RESULTING IN REPLACING ENGINE. ALL EXPENSE WAS OUT OF MY POCKET EVEN AFTER CONTACTING CHRYSLER. *NM

2.7 L MOTOR ON 2004 DODGE INTREPID HAS EXCESSIVE SLUDGE BUILD UP RESULTING IN BLOWN MOTOR. CAR IS IN EXCELLENT SHAPE AND HAS BEEN CAREFULLY MAINTAINED. BAD ENGINE DESIGN THAT IS WELL KNOWN TO MECHANICS. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE LOST OIL PRESSURE CAUSING THE OIL LIGHT ON THE DASHBOARD TO ILLUMINATE. WHEN THE TRANSMISSION WAS PUT INTO A GEAR FROM IDLE, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED ROUGHLY. THE CONTACT EXPRESSED CONCERN THAT THE ENGINE WOULD FAIL COMPLETELY.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE ENGINE OPERATED AT A REDUCED SPEED AND STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT MANAGED TO COAST THE VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WITHOUT INCIDENT. AFTER BEING TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP, A DIAGNOSTIC TEST WAS PERFORMED, WHICH INDICATED THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT ALERTED.

ENGINE FAILURE ON 2000 DODGE INTREPID WHILE DRIVING ON US INTERSTATE 77 SOUTH NO PREVIOUS WARNING. *JB

MY 2000 DODGE INTREPID JUST BLEW TWO ROD BEARINGS AND THE CHAIN IN THE FRONT CRANK CASE CUT ALL THE THROUGH THE METAL AFTER 81,000 MILES AND 6 YEARS OF OWNING THE VEHICLE. THE PROBLEM ALL STARTED WHEN I HAD TO HAVE MY SEAT REPLACED VIA THE SEAT RECALL DODGE ISSUED (WHICH THE DEALERSHIP DID NOT NOTIFY ME ABOUT, I HAD TO FIND THIS OUT MYSELF VIA THE INTERNET). SO, I TOOK MY 2000 DODGE INTREPID INTO MY LOCAL DEALERSHIP, TO HAVE THE SEAT REPLACED AND WHILE THEY WERE AT IT, I AUTHORIZED SOME OTHER REPAIRS THAT NEEDED TO BE DONE TO MY INTREPID (ALL OUT OF WARRANTY). I GET THE CAR BACK A DAY OR TWO LATER, DRIVE IT OFF THE LOT AND START TO HEAR A ''KNOCKING'' SOUND WHEN THE RPM''S WOULD HIT AROUND 4000 '' 5000 RPM''S. THE ''KNOCKING'' WENT ON FOR ANOTHER DAY OR TWO WITHOUT CLEARING UP, SO I TOOK MY 200 DODGE INTREPID BACK TO DEALERSHIP TO FIND OUT WHAT THE DEAL WAS, SINCE THEY JUST SERVICED MY VEHICLE. THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME THAT I WOULD HAVE TO PAY THEM ANOTHER $380.00 TO HAVE MY ENGINE PULLED APART TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. I WAS VERY UPSET ABOUT THIS, BUT GAVE THEM PERMISSION TO DO PULL THE ENGINE APART TO FIX THE PROBLEM, FIGURING THIS WOULD ALL BE COVERED BY THEIR 12 MONTH OR 12,000 MILE WARRANTY THEY PROVIDE ON THEIR WORK/REPAIRS THEY DO. I GET A CALL 2 '' 3 HOURS LATER STATING THAT THE NEWS IS NOT GOOD AND THAT MY 2000 DODGE INTREPID HAD TWO BLOWN ROD BEARINGS, AS WELL AS THE CHAIN HAD CUT ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE CRANK CASE. THE DEALERSHIP BLAMED THIS ON BEING POORLY MAINTAINED, THEN WHEN I TOLD THEM THAT WAS NOT ACCURATE, AS I WAS VERY RELIGIOUS ON CHANGING MY OIL EVERY 3,000 MILES, THEY TRIED TO BLAME THE PROBLEM ON OIL SLUDGE CAUSED BY THE OIL I WAS USING (PENNZOIL). I ASKED DODGE HOW PENNZOIL WOULD FEEL IF I TOLD THEM THAT DODGE WAS TELLING THEIR CUSTOMERS THAT PENNZOIL OIL CAUSED OIL SLUDGE AND THE DEALERSHIP HAD NO COMMENT. THEY ALSO DIDN'T HAVE ANY COMMENT ON WHY OTHER ENGINES RUN & LAST USING PENNZOIL OIL AND THEIR ENGINES DO NOT, STILL NO GOOD ANSWER FROM THEM. *JB

2000 DODGE INTREPID V6 2.7 ENGINE. STALLED IN AFTER WORK HIGH TRAFFIC. WOULD NOT START. HAD TO BE TOWED. BOTTOM LINE IS ENGINE IS BAD . UNABLE TO REPAIR/REPLACE. STILL OWE 2 YRS ON THE CAR. *NM

MY 2000 DODGE INTREPID HAD AN ENGINE PROBLEM AT 69,000 MILES. APPARENTLY THIS IS A PROBLEM WITH THESE 2.7 LITER ENGINES AND IS NOT BACKED BY CHRYSLER. I WOULD LIKE TO ADD MY NAME TO THE LIST OF COMPLAINTS. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH ON A CITY STREET, THERE WAS A LOUD, BANGING NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT FOLLOWED BY THE ENGINE STALLING. THE CONTACT COASTED THE VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE ENGINE DID RESTART, BUT THE BANGING SOUND WAS PRESENT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER WHO DETERMINED THE ENGINE FAILED AND A ROD WAS FRACTURED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED OVERNIGHT, THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE OVER HEAD SHIELD FRACTURED FROM THE CHILD SAFETY SEAT. THE CONTACT FOUND PIECES ALL OVER THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THIS WAS A COSCO TOURIVA 22-130 WAL MANUFACTURED JULY 26, 2005.