2000 DODGE INTREPID Complaints

DT: THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 DODGE INTREPID. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HER AIR CONDITIONER WAS NOT WORKING. THE ENGINE ALSO STALLED WHILE SHE WAS TRYING TO ACCELERATED FROM A STOP ON A HILL. THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO ROLL BACKWARDS. AFTER THE VEHICLE STALL IT COULD BE RESTARTED, THE VEHICLE WOULD STALL REPEATEDLY FOR THE REST OF THE DAY BUT THE NEXT DAY IT WOULD RUN PROPERLY. THE DEALERSHIP HAS ATTEMPTED TO REPAIR THE PROBLEM THREE TIMES BUT THEY HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO PERMANENTLY RECTIFY THE PROBLEM. THE TRANSMISSION IS AN AUTOMATIC. THE CONSUMER IS ALSO HAVING PROBLEMS GETTING RECALL WORK DONE ON HER BRAKES. ALL THE DEALER WOULD DO IS RUN A DIAGNOSTIC TEST AND CHARGE HER MORE MONEY. THE MANUFACTURER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED AS OF YET. *NM

WHILST DRIVING THE VEHICLE HOME FROM WORK ALONG A BUSY HIGHWAY I SUDDENLY LOST ALL ENGINE POWER. THE STEERING, BRAKING AND ALL ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS FAILED WITH NO WARNING. THE VEHICLE BECAME HEAVY AND INOPERABLE AND I MANAGED TO SWERVE OFF THE HIGHWAY ONTO THE SHOULDER, WHERE THE VEHICLE EVENTUALLY GROUND TO A HALT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP AND IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT THE ENGINE WHICH IS A 2.7 LITRE WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED ENTIRELY AND THE COST WILL BE APPROXIMATELY $6,000. THE CAR WAS BOUGHT NEW 5 YEARS AGO, REGULARLY SERVICED AND HAS ONLY 70,000 MILES ON IT. I WOULD LIKE DODGE TO REPLACE THE ENGINE AT THEIR COST SINCE I UNDERSTAND THIS ENGINE FAILURE IS APPARENTLY BECOMMING COMMON!!

2000 DODGE INTREPID 2.7 ENGINE FAILURE. I BELIEVE THAT I HAVE A DEFECTIVE 2.7 LITER ENGINE THAT OTHERS ARE ALSO COMPLAINING ABOUT. I OPENED A CASE # WITH CHRYSLER AND THEY REFUSE TO FIX THE VEHICLE WHICH I PURCHASED USED AND HAVE DRIVEN LESS THAN 20,000 MILES. I MAINTAINED THE VEHICLE AND THE ENGINE FAILED AT 78,000 MILES. I STILL OWE $4000 ON THE VEHICLE. I AM STUCK WITH NO WHERE TO TURN. I WAS QUOTED A PRICE OF $6,900 TO REPLACE THE ENGINE AT THE DODGE DEALER.

DT: 2000 DODGE INTREPID BOUGHT IN APRIL USED WITH 11,000 MILES. SINCE THEN IT HAS BEEN IN SHOP 9-10 TIMES, MOSTLY CONSISTING OF STEERING PROBLEMS, SUCH AS RACK AND PINION AND THE STEERING COUPLER. THERE WERE OTHER ISSUES, BUT THIS WAS THE MAIN CONCERN. ONE WEEK AGO THE CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT, FRONT END IMPACT FOR WHICH THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. CONSUMER SUSTAINED INJURIES. NO REPAIRS AFTER THE ACCIDENT BECAUSE THERE WAS OVER $6,000 WORTH OF DAMAGE. *AK EMERGENCY BRAKE HANDLE WAS LOOSE. THE DEALER DETERMINED THE IT WAS NOT CONNECTED. THE DEALER REPOSITIONED/REASSEMBLED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE. THE KEY WOULDN'T COME OUT OF THE IGNITION BECAUSE THE SHIFT INTERLOCK CABLE BROKE. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE DEALER REPLACED THE WIRING TO THE BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH. *NM

DT: OWNER WAS DRIVING DOWN INTERSTATE 95 ABOUT 70 MPH AND THE ENGINE FAILED WHEN A ROD BLEW THROUGH IT. THIS OCCURRED ON 7-2-05. THERE WAS NO WARNING PRIOR TO THE ROD BLOWING. THE ENGINE SUDDENLY SOUNDED LIKE SOMEONE DROPPED MARBLES IN A BUCKET. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PRIVATE REPAIR SHOP WHERE THE ENGINE WAS REPLACED. CHRYSLER WAS CONTACTED, BUT THEY WERE NOT WILLING TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE UNDER WARRANTY. A TOW TRUCK TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE PRIVATE REPAIR SHOP. *AK

MY ENGINE FAILED ON MY 2000 DODGE INTREPID. THE PROBLEM STARTED WITH MY TIMING CHAIN COMING APART IN THE ENGINE WITH THE ENGINE SINCE QUITTING COMPLETELY. THIS IS THE SAME TYPE OF PROBLEM MANY OTHERS HAVE LISTED ON THE INTERNET WITH THE TIMING CHAIN AND A HUGE ENGINE REPAIR COST. I DO NOT HAVE THE MONEY TO FIX A CAR THAT IS SO OLD, AND I'M LEFT PAYING FOR A CAR THAT DOESN'T RUN. PLEASE ADD MY NAME AND INFORMATION TO THE OTHER LISTS OF COMPLAINTS FOR THIS DODGE INTREPID PROBLEM.

I OWN A 2000 DODGE INTREPID. I STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE ENGINE STALLING. PLUS WHITE SMOKE WOULD COME OUT OF THE EXHAUST. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY STATED IT WAS A FUEL SENSOR. THEY REPLACED THE SENSOR, HOWEVER THE PROBLEM CONTINUED. IN FACT, IT GOT WORST. I TOOK THE CAR TO A DIFFERENT DODGE DEALERSHIP AND THEY ADVISED ME THAT THE ENGINE WAS BAD DUE TO SLUDGE BUILD UP DUE TO THE OIL NOT BEING CHANGED. I FOUND THIS VERY HARD TO BELIEVE. I CHANGED THE OIL AND FILTER EVERY 3000 MILES. THE GUY AT THE DEALERSHIP WANTED ME TO PROVIDE RECEIPTS OF THE OIL CHANGES. I ADVISED HIM I DID THE OIL CHANGES MYSELF. I DO NOT KEEP RECEIPTS FOR OIL AND OIL FILTERS. EVEN THOUGH THE CAR WAS STILL UNDER AN EXTENDED WARRANTY, THE DEALERSHIP REFUSED TO FIX THE ENGINE. THEY ADVISED THE REPAIR WOULD COST OVER $7000.00. DAIMLER CHRYSLER SHOULD RECALL THIS ENGINE.

I HAVE A 2000 DODGE INTREPID WITH A 2.7L V6 ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS PROPERLY MAINTAINED AND ONLY HAS 44,000 MILES ON IT AND NEVER TRAVELED FARTHER THAN 300 MILES ON ANY TRIP. I STOPPED THE VEHICLE AT A LOCAL STORE AND WHEN I RETURNED IT WOULD NOT START. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL GARAGE WHO WOULD NOT WORK ON IT BECAUSE THEY EXPECTED IT TO BE THE TIMING CHAIN WHICH THEY SAID WAS A COMMON OCCURANCE WITH THIS MODEL DUE TO A DESIGN DEFICIENCY. THE CAR WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHO CONFIRMED THAT THE TIMING CHAIN BROKE AND THE ENGINE WAS FULL OF SLUDGE AND WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACE. THIS IS UNBELIEVABLE FOR A CAR WITH ONLY 44000 MILES. I HAVE RESEARCHED THE NHTS SITE AND HAVE FOUND HUNDREDS OF SIMILAR REPORTS FOR THE SAME ENGINE. MY LAWYER HAS RECOMMENDED WE BEGIN A CLASS ACTION SUIT.

FLAPPING NOISE IN ENGINE, THEN WITHOUT WARNING, THE INTREPID SHUT DOWN AND WOULD NOT RESTART. THIS WAS THE FIRST CAR I EVER BOUGHT AND I BOUGHT IT USED. OBVIOUSLY, I HAVE NO WARRANTY ON IT. THE CAR BROKE DOWN YESTERDAY. MY MECHANIC SAID IT'S THE TIMING CHAIN AND HE'S CHECKING TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY VALVE DAMAGE. IF SO, HE SAID IT WOULD BE CHEAPER TO REPLACE THE WHOLE ENGINE RATHER THAN REPAIR IT. MY WIFE AND I WORK TWO DIFFERENT SCHEDULES AND NEED OUR SECOND VEHICLE. I CAN'T AFFORD THE REPAIR.

DT: DODGE 2.7L ENGINE FAILED. ABOUT TWO WEEKS AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED FROM A PRIVATE OWNER THE RODS IN THE ENGINE BEGAN KNOCKING. THE VEHICLE IS A 2000 DOD INTREPID. *AK *TT *NM