2000 DODGE INTREPID Complaints

I HAD A BEAUTIFUL BLACK 4 DOOR INTREPID THAT I MAINTAINED VERY WELL AND AT THE BANK IT STARTED TO KNOCK AND BY THE TIME I GOT 2 MILES TO MY REPAIR SHOP IT WAS DONE. I HAD THE GUYS TEAR IT APART AND FIX THE PROBLEM TO THE TUNE OF ALMOST A $1,000.00. IT WAS MY ONLY CAR AND I JUST BOUGHT IT SO I HAD NO CHOICE BUT BEING A SINGLE MOTHER OF 3 KIDS IT PUT A MAJOR DENT IN MY POCKET. AT THE REPAIR SHOP THEY SUGGESTED I GET RID OF IT CONSIDERING THEY COULD NOT GUARANTEE HOW LONG IT WAS GOING TO LAST BUT COULDN'T AFFORD TO DO THAT AT THE TIME. 4 MONTHS LATER IT WAS BACK IN THE REPAIR SHOP THEY FIXED IT AGAIN AND BOUGHT ME A FOR SALE SIGN. NEEDLESS TO SAY LESS THEN A MONTH LATER IT SEIZED UP, THE PEOPLE AT THE REPAIR SHOP MADE ME LEAVE IT THERE AND TOOK ME HOME. THEY PUT IT UP FOR SALE AT THEIR LOT BUT IN THE END I COULDN'T MAKE PAYMENTS ON SOMETHING I COULDN'T DRIVE AND GAVE IT BACK TO THE BANK THEY ARE STILL TRYING TO SELL IT AT THE AUCTION. LOVED MY CAR BUT IT RUINED MY CREDIT WITH ALL THE EXTRA REPAIR BILLS I HAD TO MAKE ON IT, WISH IT COULD HAVE BEEN FIXED THE FIRST TIME. *JB

MY 2000 DODGE INTREPID MOTOR BLEW WITHOUT ANY WARNING. I CHANGED THE OIL ON OR BEFORE IT WAS DUE. NO LIGHTS CAME ON TO WARN ME THAT THE ENGINE WAS GETTING HOT. AT 108,000 MILES I HAVE NO CAR TO DRIVE BUT I STILL HAVE 3500. TO PAY ON IT.*JB

I AM EXPERIENCING THE ISSUE OF THE SEAT BACK RECLINING UNEXPECTEDLY. IT WAS SERVICED AT OUR LOCAL DODGE DEALER, PURSUANT TO THE RECALL OF THE RECLINER BOLT. HOWEVER THIS DID NOT REMEDY THE SITUATION, AS THE SEAT BACK STILL RECLINES ON IT'S OWN, AND HAS OCCURRED SEVERAL TIMES WHILE DRIVING. THE SERVICE TECH'S AT OUR LOCAL DEALER DID A DIAGNOSIS PRIOR TO MY FINDING OUT ABOUT THE RECALL, AND CLAIMED THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE SEAT TRACK. I STRONGLY FEEL THAT A NEW RECALL SHOULD BE ISSUED, BECAUSE THIS ISSUE MAY STILL EXIST WITH OTHER INTREPIDS THAT MAY HAVE ALREADY HAD THE RECLINER BOLT SERVICED.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE CHECK ENGINE AND OIL LIGHTS ILLUMINATED WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH ON DRY CITY PAVEMENT. A NOISE WAS HEARD PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN HOME AND LATER TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP WHO REPLACED THE ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THAT UPON ENTERING THE HIGHWAY AT THE STOP SIGN, THE DRIVER SEAT FELL BACKWARD WITHOUT ANY WARNING. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND DETERMINED THAT THE BOLT PARTS NEEDED TO BE ORDERED TO FIX AND REPLACE THE BOLT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND DETERMINED THAT THE VEHICLE NEEDED TO BE TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR A DIAGNOSTIC TEST AND SUGGESTED THAT AN EXTENDED WARRANTY SHOULD BE PURCHASED.

I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM MY DAUGHTER'S HOUSE WHEN I STARTED TO HEAR A SLIGHT TICK COMING FROM THE MOTOR. BEING ONLY A 30 MILES FROM HOME ON A SUNDAY I DECIDED TO DRIVE IT AND HAVE THE CAR CHECKED OUT ON MONDAY. I NEVER MADE IT. 5 MILES FROM HOME I HEARD A POP AND THE CAR STALLED AND NEVER STARTED AGAIN. I HAD IT TOWED TO THE GARAGE THAT TOLD ME THE MOTOR WAS DEAD AND IT WOULD COST ME $4500 TO $5500 TO FIX. THE OIL WAS LIKE SLUDGE EVEN THOUGH I CHANGED IT EVERY 3000 - 3500 MILES LIKE CLOCKWORK. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE HESITATED INTERMITTENTLY BEFORE IT FINALLY STALLED. ALSO, THE BRAKES DID NOT HOLD PROPERLY. THE DEALER DETERMINED THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO SLUDGE. THE DEALER ALSO REPLACED THE BRAKE PADS, ROTORS AND CALIPERS BUT INDICATED THE ABS SENSOR ALSO NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.

MY 200O DODGE INTREPID HAS 61,000 MILES ON IT. I STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE STEERING AT ABOUT 58,000. WHENEVER I MADE A TURN LEFT OR RIGHT MY STEERING WHEEL WOULD LOCK AND I WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO STRAIGHTEN OUT. I WOULD SOMETIMES HAVE TO TURN IT FORCEFULLY AND IT WOULD MAKE A TERRIBLE CLUNKING AND GRINDING NOISE. I HAVE ALMOST BEEN IN A TERRIBLE ACCIDENT ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION. THE WHEEL LOCKED UP AS I MADE A RIGHT TURN AND I WAS FORCED DOWN AN EMBANKMENT, FORTUNATELY I WAS ALONE IN THE CAR AND NO ONE WAS ON THE EMBANKMENT AS THEY USUALLY ARE. I HAVE BROUGHT THE CAR TO A DODGE DEALER AND THEY ARE REPAIRING IT FOR $1067.00. THEY SAID IT IS THE STEERING GEAR AND RACK. AFTER READING ALL THE COMPLAINTS ON THIS VEHICLE WITH THE EXACT SAME PROBLEMS. I FEE THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AN SHOULD BE ON A RECALL STATUS. I WAS HOPING TO PURCHASE A 300 CHRYSLER NOW I'M NOT SURE IF I WANT TO STAY WITH THIS COMPANY. *NM

I PURCHASED A 2000 DODGE INTREPID FROM GARY SMITH FORD OF FORT WALTON BEACH IN EARLY JUNE 2005. EVERY SINCE THE DAY I PURCHASED IT, THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN OVERHEATING AND BREAKING DOWN INTERMITTENTLY. IN THE FIRST MONTH OF OWNERSHIP THE VEHICLE WAS IN THE PLAYGROUND AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR SHOP (FORT WALTON BEACH, FL) A TOTAL OF 16 DAYS. THE REPAIR SHOP KEPT STATING THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. THE 2000 DODGE INTREPID HAS CONTINUED TO OVERHEAT AND BREAKDOWN SOMETIMES IN HEAVY TRAFFIC AND NUMEROUS ACCIDENTS HAVE BEEN NARROWLY AVERTED. GARY SMITH FORD HAS BEEN NO ASSISTANCE IN CORRECTING THIS PROBLEM AND THEY HAVE TOLD ME IT'S MY PROBLEM NOT THEIRS. WHAT ARE MY OPTIONS AT THIS POINT? *JB

WE HAVE A 2000 DODGE INTREPID ES SEDAN THAT WE BOUGHT NEW IN AUGUST OF 2000. IN 2003 CHRYSLER ISSUED A RECALL ON A SEAT BOLT THAT COULD BREAK AND CAUSE THE SEAT TO FALL COMPLETELY BACKWARDS INTO THE BACK SEAT. WE TOOK OUR CAR IN TO HAVE THE PART REPLACED. THE OTHER DAY THE DRIVERS SEAT BROKE AND FELL BACK INTO THE BACK SEAT. FORTUNATELY THE CAR WAS BEING PARKED AT THE TIME AND NO ONE WAS IN THE BACK SEAT. IF WE HAD BEEN ON THE FREEWAY OR HAD ONE OF OUR SMALL GRANDCHILDREN IN THE BACK SEAT THE CONSEQUENCES COULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUS. WE TOOK THE CAR INTO THE DEALERSHIP TO HAVE THE SEAT REPAIRED ASSUMING THIS WAS THE SAME PART THAT WAS RECALLED. WE WERE TOLD THIS WAS A DIFFERENT PART AND WAS NOT UNDER RECALL. IF IT IS A DIFFERENT BOLT AS THE DEALER CLAIMS IT SHOULD BE UNDER RECALL TOO. WE WERE FORTUNATE THAT NO ONE WAS HURT. THE NEXT PERSON THIS HAPPENS TO MAY NOT BE SO LUCKY. THE PART TO REPAIR THE SEAT IS $800.00, THIS WILL NOT INCLUDE LABOR AND CHRYSLER WILL NOT COVER ANY OF IT. IF YOU CAN DRAW ATTENTION TO THIS SERIOUS DEFECT IN THE DODGE INTREPID WE WOULD SINCERELY APPRECIATE IT. *JB