2000 DODGE INTREPID Complaints

CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO TURN THE IGNITION KEY. *TS THE DEALER REPLACED THE IGNITION KEY CYLINDER. *JB

DT: THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 DODGE INTREPID. PURCHASED VEHICLE WITH 50, 000 MILES ON IT. THE NEXT DAY DROVE CAR AND FELT VIBRATION IN FRONT END. THOUGHT IT MAY BE TIRES. CONSUMER HAD THE TIRES BALANCED AND THAT DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. THEN, THE OIL LIGHT CAME ON. THE PRESSURE GAUGE CAME ON DURING IDLING. TOOK VEHICLE BACK TO DEALERSHIP AND THEY REPLACED THE OIL PRESSURE GAUGE. BUT, PROBLEM STILL NOT FIXED. THE TRANSMISSION ACTED FUNNY , WHEN APPLYING BRAKES VEHICLE WOULD NOT SLOW DOWN , IT WAS LIKE IT WAS STILL IN GEAR .THE STEERING MADE NOISES WHEN TURNING IT TO THE RIGHT OR LEFT, A CLANKING NOISE . THE REAR SUSPENSION CLANKED EVERY TIME HITTING A BUMP. THE ENGINE HAD A HIGH PITCHED WINING. THIS HAPPENED AS SOON AS VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED.*AK

CAR ENGINE LOCKED UP WHILE DRIVING MY CAR, AT 55 MPH. I WAS VERY LUCKY THAT I HAD NO TRAFFIC BEHIND ME. I CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP AT THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND HAD MY CAR TOWED TO A LOCAL GARAGE. AND I WAS TOLD THAT THE ENGINE OF MY INTREPID IS DEAD. THE PROBLEM IS SLUDGE BUILD UP IN THE ENGINE. I JUST REPLACED THIS ENGINE 1 YEAR AGO AND ONLY USE SYNTHETIC OIL. THIS ENGINE ONLY HAS 30K MILES ON IT. *NM

DT: THE CONTACT WAS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE ENGINE ABOUT ONE YEAR AND HALF AGO. IT WAS MAKING A SLIGHT CLICKING NOISE. IT MADE LOUD BOOM NOISE AND IT HAD NO POWER .IT QUIT RUNNING ABOUT ONE YEAR AGO. THE CONTACT TOWED IT BACK TO THE HOUSE, AND THE DEALERSHIP TOLD HIM THAT ENGINE MALFUNCTIONED. THE CONTACT MAINTAINED OIL CHANGES AS RECOMMENDED. THE ENGINE HAD 90,000 MILES ON IT. HE REPORTED NOT HAVING ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE ENGINE PRIOR TO HEARING THE CLICKING NOISE.*AK

STEERING ON CAR MAKES LOUD CLUNKING NOISES AND FREEZES/LOCKS AT LOW TO MEDIUM SPEEDS( PREVENTING ANY OPERATOR CONTROL FOR 1 TO 5 SECONDS). USUALLY SEEMS TO BE WHEN TURNING LEFT HOWEVER THAT IS NOT STEADFAST EITHER. EVEN TURNING WHEEL TO BACK CAR OUT OF DRIVEWAY WILL MAKE LARGE CLUNKING SOUND IN FRONT END. SEEMS TO BE USUALLY WITHIN FIRST FIVE TO 10 MINUTES OF CAR RUNNING HOWEVER THAT IS NOT STEADFAST. THIS CAR HAS NOT CRASHED YET BUT THE POTENTIAL HAS PRESENTED ITSELF MORE THAN ONCE. AT THIS POINT I REFUSE TO LET MY SMALL CHILDREN RIDE IN CAR. *JB

DT: THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH THE AUTOMATIC FRONT DRIVER/PASSENGER DOOR LOCKS, TWO OF THEM HAVE STOPPED OPERATING-THEY CAN BE LOCKED AND UNLOCKED MANUALLY, BUT THEY DO NOT UNLOCK WITH THE KEYLESS ENTRY. WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD, THE DOOR LOCKS LOCK MAKES A SCARY SHRILL NOISE THAT FRIGHTENS PASSENGERS AS WELL AS THE DRIVER. TOOK VEHICLE TO A DEALER AND THEY OFFERED TO REPLACE THE LOCKS BUT IT WOULD BE AT THE CONSUMER'S EXPENSE. CONSUMER DID REPLACE ONE OF THE DOOR LOCK MECHANISMS, THIS WAS ON THE DRIVER'S DOOR. NO PROBLEMS SINCE THE REPAIR OF THAT DOOR LOCK. NO EXPLANATION AS TO WHY THE DOOR LOCK HAS STOPPED OPERATING. CONSUMER HAS NOT CONTACTED CHRYSLER CORP ON THIS ISSUE AT THIS TIME. BOTH FRONT POWER WINDOWS HAVE STOPPED OPERATING AS WELL, THE POWER WILL RAISE WINDOW UP AND DOWN BUT THE WINDOW GLASS IS OFF TRACK. ONE OF THE TWO WINDOW BRACKETS BROKE, CAUSING THE WINDOW TO BE OFF TRACK-NO REPAIRS FOR THIS AS WELL. *AK THE CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO CLOSE THE WINDOW , SOMEONE WOULD HAVE TO STAND ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE TO PHYSICALLY HOLD THE GLASS ON THE TRACK. *JB

I PICKED UP MY CAR FROM THE DEALERSHIP AFTER THE RACK AND PINION WAS REPLACED AND NOTICED A PROBLEM ON THE WAY HOME IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO TURN LEFT AND EXTREMELY EASY TO TURN RIGHT I RETURNED THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY CHECKED IT AGAIN THE RACK AND PINION IS BAD AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED.

I THOUGHT I HAD FILED A COMPLAINT ABOUT THIS INCIDENT BEFORE BUT IT DOES NOT SHOW UP IN THE SEARCHES. THE STEERING WOULD LOCK-UP WHEN TURNING TO GET THE CAR TO STRAIGHTEN OUT I WOULD HAVE TO FORCE THE STEERING WHEEL WITH ALL OF MY STRENGTH LATER THE STEERING FAILED COMPLETELY THE DEALER REPLACED THE RACK AND PINION. I NOTICED THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS COMPONENT FAILING MORE THAN ONCE ON SEVERAL VEHICLES. *NM

WHILE DRIVING MY 2000 DODGE INTREPID I LOST ALL STEERING THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME IT WAS THE RACK AND PINION THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS PART HAS FAILED THE FIRST TIME WAS IN JULY OF 2002. *NM

DT: ON AUGUST 18, 2005 THE ENGINE STALLED WHILE THE CONSUMER WAS STOPPING AT A STOP LIGHT. SHE WAS ABLE TO GET SAFELY OFF THE ROAD. WHEN SHE TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR REPAIRS THEY TOLD HER THAT THE TIMING CHAIN FAILED AND WOULD NEED A NEW MOTOR. THERE HAD BEEN NO PREVIOUS PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE. THERE WERE NO ACCIDENTS. *AK