2000 DODGE INTREPID Complaints

WHILE DRIVING TO WORK,I NOTICED THE ENGINE WAS MAKING RATTLING NOISE. THERE WAS NO OIL INDICATOR LIGHT ON OR ENGINE LIGHT ON. I TOOK THE CAR IN TO 3 SEPARATE MECHANICS AND WAS INFORMED BY ALL 3 THAT THE CAR NEEDED A NEW ENGINE. THEY ALL SAID THAT THERE WAS SLUDGE IN THE ENGINE. I TOOK THIS CAR IN AS RECOMMENDED EVERY 3000 MILES FOR AN OIL CHANGE. THIS CAR IS BARELY AT 62000 MILES AND THERE IS NO WAY THIS SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED. I WAS INFORMED IT WOULD COST ME A BARE MINIMUM OF $4000.00 TO GET THE CAR RUNNING. I CALLED THE CORPORATE OFFICE OF DAIMLER CHRYSLER AND THEY INSISTED THEY HAD NOT HEARD OF A PROBLEM WITH THESE ENGINES. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE DRIVER TRIED TO RESTART THE VEHICLE AND WAS ABLE TO DO SO. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE DRIVER THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *JB THE CONSUMER STATED THAT OIL SLUDGE IS THE RESULT OF THE ENGINE FAILURE. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT HE IS PAYING FOR A VEHICLE HE CAN NOT DRIVE. *TC

INTERIOR LIGHTS TURNED ON AND OFF INTERMITTENTLY WHICH OFTEN SCARED AND DISTRACTED THE DRIVER FROM THE ROAD, INCREASING THE CHANCE OF A CRASH. TAKEN IN FOR REPAIRS THREE TIMES, BUT THE PROBLEM RECURRED. *AK THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE INTERIOR LIGHTS GO ON AN OFF WHILE THE VEHICLE IS NOT RUNNING. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE CONTROL MODULE WAS REPLACED AT TOTAL OF 4 TIMES. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE REAR DOOR LOCK HAS A BUZZ NOISE IN IT. THE HORN AND ALARM GOES ON AND OFF. *TC

WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO JERK AND THE EXHAUST SMOKE WAS VERY BLACK. THE TIMING CHAIN BECAME DEFECTIVE AND THE ENGINE STALLED COMPLETELY. THE OWNER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER AND WAS INFORMED THAT A NEW ENGINE WAS NEEDED . PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *JB

WHILE DRIVING THE ENGINE PRODUCED A LOUD KNOCKING NOISE. AS A RESULT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CAUSE HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *JB

VEHICLE: 2000 DODGE INTREPID; APPROXIMATELY MILEAGE 39,100; GARAGE KEPT; PASSENGER SIDE FRONT POWER LOCK STARTED MAKING A VERY LOUD GRINDING NOISE IN NOVEMBER 2004. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THE LOCK WAS REPLACED - COST WAS $250. I DO NOT HAVE THE OLD DOOR LOCK PART. IN DECEMBER 2004, THE PASSENGER SIDE BACK POWER LOCK STARTED MAKING THE SAME NOISE. IN FEBRUARY 2005, THE DRIVERS SIDE BACK POWER LOCK STARTED MAKING THE SAME NOISE. ALSO, THIS DOOR WOULD NOT UNLOCK OR OPEN. THE LOCK WAS STUCK UNTIL THE NEXT DAY. I HAVE NOT HAD THESE TWO DOOR LOCKS REPLACED YET. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP TODAY, MARCH 7, 2005, TO SEE IF THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE POWER DOOR LOCKS. THEY TOLD ME NO BUT THEY HAD REPLACED NUMEROUS POWER DOOR LOCKS ON INTREPIDS. THEY TOLD ME TO CALL THE DODGE CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE PHONE NUMBER. THE CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE TOLD ME THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO UNTIL I HAD THE DEALERSHIP VERIFY THAT THE LOCKS NEEDED REPAIR. EVEN THEN, THEY COULDN'T GUARANTEE ANYTHING. THE NOISE THAT THE DOOR LOCKS MAKE IS INCREDIBLE. I HAVE TO LISTEN TO THIS NOISE WHENEVER THE SPEED OF THE CAR HITS 15 MPH. THE NOISE IS VERY DISTRACTING. THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED, I HAD NO IDEA WHAT IT WAS. IT WAS SO LOUD THAT I THOUGHT I HAD HIT SOMETHING OR SOMETHING HAD FELL OFF THE CAR.*AK

WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH VEHICLE STALLED, AND WAS TOWED ONCE. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO RESTART VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH ENGINE SEIZED THEN STALLED. VEHICLE WAS TOWED. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

VEHICLE 2.7L ENGINE SEIZED WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO COAST THE VEHICLE OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONSUMER HOME. THE TOW TRUCK MECHANIC INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TOP REPLACED. THE DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME.*AK *TC

WHILE GOING 20 MPH STEERING BECAME IMPOSSIBLE TO CONTROL. CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A MECHANIC, WHO DETERMINED THAT RACK AND PINION STEERING WAS DEFECTIVE.*AK