2000 DODGE INTREPID Complaints

WHILE DRIVING THE ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED, AND BLINKED. THEN, ENGINE COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN. IT WAS LATER DETERMINED THAT THERE WAS SLUDGE IN THE ENGINE. *AK THE VEHICLE'S RACK AND PINION ALSO FAILED. *NM

WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH THE LIFTERS STARTED RATTLING WHICH INDICATED THAT VEHICLE NEEDED OIL. CONSUMER STATED AFTER PUTTING OIL INTO THE VEHICLE AND ATTEMPTING TO START VEHICLE BECAME INOPERABLE.*AK

1) 2000 DODGE INTREPID WITH 2.7L V6 ENGINE PURCHASED USED IN LATE 2002. IN 2004, DEVELOPED SLIGHT RATTLE NOISE AT HARD ACCELLERATION. CHECKED WITH DODGE DEALER REPAIR SHOP, WHO EXPLAINED IT AS NEEDING PREMIUM GAS AND THAT IT WAS COMMON TO HEAR THIS NOISE.*AK 2) FEB 1, 2005: WIFE WAS DRIVING CAR HOME FROM WORK WHEN ENGINE BEGAN TO HAVE A METALLIC LOUD NOISE LIKE A NOISY VALVE LIFTER. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN IMMEDIATELY TO DEALERSHIP FOR EVALUATION. MILEAGE WAS 56002. 3) DEALERSHIP EVALUATED FAILURE AS SPUN #1 ROD BEARING. ADDITIONAL DAMAGE TO TIMING CHAIN GUIDES WITH TENSIONER AT MAXIMUM TRAVEL. METALLIC PARTICULATE PRESENT IN UPPER OIL PASSAGES OF ENGINE. INSPECTION OF OIL PAN REVEALED NO INDICATION OF SLUDGE PRESENT IN OIL AS NOTED IN TYPICAL FAILURES OF THIS TYPE FOR THIS ENGINE. CAR HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED AT PRESENT DUE TO SIGNIFICANT COST REQUIRED TO FIX, WHICH WAS QUOTED AT APPROXIMATELY $6500.00.

WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE, AND TOOK IT TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK *JB

VEHICLE STALLED ON THE HIGHWAY WHILE TRAVELING 65 MPH. DRIVER WAS PULLED OVER AND TRIED TO RESTART VEHICLE, BUT WAS ABLE TO RESTART IT FIFTEEN MINUTES LATER. THEN, TOOK IT TO DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH ENGINE FAILED. DEALER STATED THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE OF SLUDGE BUILD UP. *AK

BOUGHT CAR USED FROM DEALERSHIP, NEXT DAY CAR RAN OUT OF GAS, GUAGE REGISTERED OVER QUARTER FULL, TOOK TO DEALERSHIP, WAS SUPPOSEDLY "REPAIRED", 5 DAYS LATER RAN OUT OF GAS SAME PLACE ON FUEL GUAGE(JUST OVER A QUARTER TANK), TOOK IT TO DEALERSHIP, HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP FOR 4 DAYS SO FAR, HOPEFULLY THEY'LL FIX IT THIS TIME. MUCH INCONVENIENCE, LOSS OF WORK. BUT DEALERSHIP HAS COVERED ALL REPAIRS. WORRIED ABOUT OIL SLUDGE PROBLEM. *AK

WAS ON VACATION DROVE ABOUT 300 MILES DODGE INTERPID MADE NOISE AND MY CAR STALLED. WAS TOLD BY MECHANIC MOTOR BLOWN. TOOK WAL-MART TO COURT BECAUSE THE CHANGE MY OIL REGLIOUSLY. IT WAS FOUND THEY WAS AT NO FALUT. I HAD MY CAR WAS REPAIRED COST ME OVER $7000. I STLL OWE , $5000. ON VEHICLE. *AK

ELECTRIC REAR DOOR LOCK FAILED TO OPEN. PART REPLACED BY DODGE AT 28,000 MILES . NOW THE PASSENGER DOOR LOCK HAS FAILED. NO MANUAL OVERRIDE AND IT DOESN'T UNLOCK WITH A KEY. IT'S A SAFETY ISSUE. I WILL HAVE THIS REPLACED TOO, BUT WHAT HAPPENS IF THE DRIVER'S DOOR LOCK FAILS?*AK

WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH ENGINE FAILED. DEALER STATED THE ENGINE HEADS BLEW OUT, AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK