2000 DODGE INTREPID Complaints

I HAVE A 2000 DODGE INTREPID AND OVER THE WEEKEND THE ENGINE BLEW AND I WAS ALMOST INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT DUE TO THE ENGINE FAILING. I TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC AND THERE WAS SLUDGE INSIDE AND NOW THEY ARE SAYING THE ENGINE IS NO GOOD AND THAT I NEED TO NEW ONE. I WENT TO GOOGLE TO GET MORE INFORMATION ON THE ENGINE AND I CAME ACROSS A LINK THAT THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE IN MY SITUATION. IF SOMEONE CAN PLEASE REPLY BACK TO ME WITH ANY NEW INFORMATION ABOUT THE ENGINE. I LOVE MY INTREPID AND WISH THE ENGINE WAS MADE TO LAST. *JB

WHILE DRIVING MY VEHICLE I HEARD AN UNUSUAL SOUND COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD WHEN I RAISED THE HOOD I COULDN'T SEE ANYTHING VISIBLY WRONG. I CONTACTED MY MECHANIC WHO TOLD ME THE UPPER END OF THE ENGINE IS NOT RECEIVING ENOUGH OIL AND HE CALLED IT "OIL STARVATION TO THE UPPER END OF THE MOTOR" HE ALSO NOTICED THAT THE CAR HAS A BLUE SMOKE COMING FROM THE EXHAUST. HE TOLD ME THAT THE ENGINE IS GOING TO LOCK UP IF I CONTINUE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE. HE ALSO STATED THAT THE COST TO REPLACE THE ENGINE WOULD BE BETWEEN $6000.00 AND $6800.00. I CURRENTLY OWE $6000.00 ON THE VEHICLE AND ALSO THE RETAIL AMOUNT ON THE VEHICLE IS BELOW THE AMOUNT TO REPAIR. MY 2000 DODGE INTREPID ONLY HAS 63233 MILES. I HAVE MAINTAINED PROPER MAINTENANCE ON THE VEHICLE. WE HAVE BEEN CHANGING THE OIL VERY 60 DAYS OR 3000 MILES WHICH EVER COMES FIRST. I DRIVE 70 MILES PER DAY TO AND FROM WORK AND WITH THE VEHICLE SITTING IN THE GARAGE AND NOT BEING ABLE TO USE IT IS MAKING THINGS VERY DIFFICULT NOT ONLY FOR ME AND MY HUSBAND BUT IT CAUSING PROBLEMS WITH MY EMPLOYER. *JB

2000 DODGE INTREPID DRIVER SIDE SEAT COLLAPSED INTO A HORIZONTAL POSITION. *KB THIS OCCURRED WHILE THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND REPAIRED. THE REPAIR COST $1000 BECAUSE THE ENTIRE SEAT ASSEMBLY HAD TO BE REPLACED, INCLUDING PARTS THAT WERE NOT BROKEN. AFTER THE REPAIR WAS MADE THE CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL ON THE SEAT RECLINER (RECALL NUMBER 03V035000) AND HAD THAT PART REPLACED AS WELL. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH ON THE INTERSTATE, THE ENGINE STALLED AND THERE WAS A LOSS OF ALL VEHICLE POWER WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT MANAGED TO PULL OVER WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. ALTHOUGH THE DEALER WAS ALERTED, THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INSPECTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS ALSO ALERTED.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE TRAVELING 15 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND WOULD NOT RESTART. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP WHO DETERMINED THERE WAS SLUDGE IN THE OIL AND THE TIMING BELT SNAPPED. THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.

2000 DODGE INTREPID;BEGAN MAKING KNOCKING NOISE IN ENGINE AND TOOK TO MECHANIC AND HE ADVISED THAT ENGINE WAS ABOUT TO FAIL. IT WASN'T BUT A WEEK LATER THAT MY WIFE ENROUTE HOME AND THE ENGINE QUIT. *JB

IT IS VERY SIMPLE, IT IS THE WELL KNOWN AND WELL DOCUMENTED DEFECTIVE FAILURE OF THE 2.7LL V6 ENGINE MADE BY CHRYSLER, WE TOOK GOOD CARE OF IT, AND IT DIED JUST LIKE THE OTHERS, ENGINE SLUDGE DESTROYS ENGINE, WE WERE DRIVING 65 MPH ON RTE 90 (MASS PIKE). LOST POWER, MADE VISCOUS KNOCKING NOISES, STALLED......HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH ON A DRY CLEAR HIGHWAY, THE CHECK ENGINE OIL LIGHTS ILLUMINATED AND THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE ROSE TO THE MAXIMUM HEAT INDICATION, JUST BEFORE THE ENGINE FAILED, AND COASTED TO A STOP. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE SERVICE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 55MPH ON THE HIGHWAY UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS, THE ENGINE REVVED UP AND DOWN WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY A DEALER WHO DETERMINED THE POWER CONTROL MODULE OF THE ENGINE FAILED. THE POWER CONTROL MODULE WAS REPLACED ALONG WITH THE CAM/CRANK SHAFT SENSOR. AFTERWARDS, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO ANOTHER DEALERSHIP FOR FURTHER INSPECTION, IT WAS DETERMINED THERE WAS A FAILURE OF THE POWER CONTROL MODULE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT ALERTED. *AK

THIS IS A CORRECTED COMPLAINT, THE COMPLAINT I FILED PREVIOUSLY HAD INCORRECT INFORMATION. DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BACK BEGAN RECLINING UNEXPECTEDLY. LOCAL DODGE DEALER PERFORMED RECALL SERVICE ON RECLINER BOLTS, BUT SEAT STILL CONTINUED TO RECLINE, HAPPENING REPEATEDLY ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS, VERY NEARLY RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT WITH A CHILD ON A BIKE. FINAL REPAIRS PERFORMED AT LOCAL BODY SHOP, NYLON GEAR IN SEAT TRACK WAS STRIPPED. WAS REPAIRED WITH PARTS FROM A USED SEAT ASSEMBLY IN GOOD CONDITION. NYLON GEARS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MOVEMENT OF SEAT BACK ARE INADEQUATE AND SHOULD BE REPLACED BY DAIMLER CHRYSLER CORPORATION WITH STRONGER QUALITY GEARS. BODY SHOP KEPT OLD SEAT TRACK WITH DEFECTIVE GEAR AND MAY STILL BE AVAILABLE. *NM