2000 DODGE INTREPID Complaints

2000 DODGE INTREPID ENGINE NEEDS TO BE REPLACED.***NO ANSWER REQUIRED***.*MR *JB

I WAS ON THE INTERSTATE WHEN THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. BEFORE I COULD REACH MY HOUSE IT BLEW! THE ENGINE IS RUINED WITH NO WARNING! THE CAR HAD BEEN SERVICED ON A REGULAR BASIS AND I HAVE PROOF OF ALL SERVICES...ACCORDING TOTHE DODGE DEALERSHIP, IT WAS "SLUDGE" AND VERY COMMON IN THE 2.7 LITER ENGINE! GREAT...*JB

THE ENGINE IN MY DODGE INTREPID BEGAN MAKING A MINOR RATTLING NOISE, THE NOISE PROCEEDED TO GET PROGRESSIVELY WORSE UNTIL THE ENGINE STARTED RATTLING LOUDLY. I TOOK THE CAR TO A MECHANIC BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION, WHICH I HAD REPAIRED THE CAR CONTINUED TO MAKE THE SAME LOUD NOISE NOT LESS THAN 2 WEEKS THE CAR MADE THIS TREMENDOUS RATTLING AS IF SOMETHING HAD COME A LOOSE IT STARTED SMOKING AND THEN THE ENGINE DIED. I TOOK THE CAR TO ANOTHER MECHANIC WHO REBUILT THE ENGINE IN LITTLE OVER A MONTH THE ENGINE WENT OUT AGAIN. *JB

DT: THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 DODGE INTREPID. THE ENGINE FAILED WHICH SPUN A ROD BEARING INTO THE ENGINE. THIS HAPPENED ON AUGUST 8, 2005. THE DEALERSHIP STATED THIS WOULD COST $600 TO REPAIR IT. HE HAS SPOKEN TO SEVERAL OTHER PEOPLE THAT STATED CHRYSLER WAS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE 2.7L ENGINES AND WERE NOT DOING ANYTHING ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. THE DEALERSHIP STATED THAT THE ENGINE FAILED DUE TO SLUDGE BUILD UP AND NOT CHANGING THE OIL LIKE HE SHOULD. THE CURRENT MILEAGE ON THE VEHICLE WAS 60,000 MILES. HE KEPT UP ON THE MAINTENANCE, HOWEVER HE DID NOT HAVE SERVICE INVOICES AVAILABLE.*AK

DT: THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 DODGE INTREPID. THE VEHICLE HAS A KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE. THE CONTACT HAD THIS PROBLEM BEFORE. THE FIRST TIME THE DEALERSHIP HAD TO REPLACE THE ENGINE. IT WAS DONE UNDER WARRANTY. THEY KEPT CAR FOR ONE MONTH AND TOOK PICTURES OF THE CAR, AND DID NOT SUPPLY THE CONTACT WITH A RENTAL CAR. CURRENTLY, THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AGAIN. WARRANTY EXPIRED, AND THE CONTACT WILL HAVE TO PAY FOR IT. THE DEALERSHIP DID NOT KNOW WHY THE ENGINE HAD TO BE REPLACED EXCESSIVELY. THE DEALERSHIP WILL NOT LOOK AT THE VEHICLE BECAUSE THE WARRANTY EXPIRED. THE DEALERSHIP DID NOT TELL HER THAT THEY PUT A NEW ENGINE IN BEFORE SHE HAD TO CONTACT CHRYSLER, AND THEY TOLD HER THEY REPLACED IT. THE FIRST TIME CAR BROKE DOWN AT 45,000 MILES, AND THEY ONLY GAVE HER 1 YEAR WARRANTY. NOW AT 54,000 MILES THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AGAIN. THE CAR WAS OVER WARRANTY AND MILEAGE, BUT NEW ENGINE HAS NOT BEEN IN THAT LONG AND DID NOT HAVE A LOT OF MILES ON IT.*AK

(1) DASHBOARD LIGHTS OCCASIONALLY FLICKERING. (2) ABS BRAKES ENGAGED ON FREEWAY AT 70 MPH WITHOUT STEPPING ON BRAKE PEDAL. HAD BATTERY TESTED. IT WAS BAD. (3) TRADED VEHICLE IN FOR A NEW CAR TWO DAYS LATER. DID NOT DRIVE CAR ANY MORE AT FREEWAY SPEEDS. *JB

WHILE MY HUSBAND WAS ON HIS WAY TO WORK FROM OUR HOME IN YACOLT WA. HEADING TO SALEM OR., THE ENGINE IN OUR 2000 DODGE INTREPID QUIT WITHOUT WARNING, HE WAS ON I-205 AT 5:00 AM IN THE DARK HE EASILY COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED AS WELL AS ENDANGERED OTHERS ON THE HIGHWAY. THIS VEHICLE HAD BEEN MAINTAINED VERY WELL AND WE HAVE OWNED SINCE 17,00 MILES. I NOW AM AWARE THAT THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED TO AND YET THE DAIMLER-CHRYSLER CORP. HAS NOT ACTED TO INFORM THE CONSUMERS THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM OR A SAFETY ISSUE. WE HAVE THREE CHILDREN WHO UP UNTIL TWO MONTHS AGO WERE ALWAYS IN THIS VEHICLE WITH ME BECAUSE IT WAS MY DAILY DRIVER. IT COULD HAVE HAPPENED QUITE EASILY WHILE MY CHILDREN WERE IN THE CAR ON A MAJOR ROADWAY. *NM

WHILE DRIVING AT 50 MPH UPHILL, ENGINE STUCK IN PASSING GEAR THEN LOST POWER. VALVES STARTED KNOCKING, ENGINE DIED SHORTLY THEREAFTER. I WAS ADVISED BY MY DEALERSHIP REPAIR SHOP THAT ENGINE MUST BE REPLACED. ESTIMATED COST $3500 FOR A USED ENGINE. ANOTHER MECHANIC ADVISED ME NOT TO BOTHER BECAUSE IT WILL JUST HAPPEN AGAIN DUE TO THE TIMING CHAIN DESIGN AND THE SLUDGING EFFECT TO THE ENGINE. I BOUGHT MY INTREPID 1 YEAR AGO, STILL OWE OVER $6000 ON IT AND IT'S NOT DRIVABLE. THIS ENGINE DESIGN IS DEFECTIVE. YOU CAN HAVE MINE TO SEE THE RESULTS. *NM

DT: 2000 DODGE INTREPID. CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT ENGINE PROBLEMS ABOUT A YEAR AFTER PURCHASING THE CAR. THE ENGINE OVERHEATED AND CAUSED THE CAR TO STALL. TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP 4 TIMES AND THEY SAID IT WAS A SENSOR WHICH THEY REPLACED THE FIRST THREE TIMES FREE OF CHARGE. THE LAST TIME TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND THEY SAID ENGINE BLEW OUT. AND IT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. CONSUMER DID NOT HAVE THE ENGINE REPLACED BECAUSE COULD NOT FIND A REPLACEMENT. THE ONLY PLACE THAT COULD GET AN ENGINE WAS FROM CHRYSLER, AND THAT WOULD COST MORE THAT WHAT THE CAR WAS WORTH. *AK

DT: CONTACT OWNED A 2000 DODGE INTREPID AND THE ENGINE SEIZED WHILE DRIVING ON 7-31-05. IT JUST STOPPED. IT HAD BEEN MAKING INTERMITTENT NOISES FOR ABOUT 1 WEEK PRIOR, BUT NOTHING CONSTANT. IT SPUTTERED BEFORE QUITTING. CONTACT HAS NOT TALKED TO THE DEALER BUT SHE PLANNED ON DOING SO. *AK