2000 DODGE INTREPID Complaints

WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, THE ENGINE SEIZED WITHOUT WARNING. OWNER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO A MECHANIC AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *JB UPDATED 1/19/2006 - THE OIL LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE DASH THEN THE ENGINE SEIZED. THE VEHICLE WAS SENT TO THE SALVAGE YARD. THE WEATHER STRIPS AT THE DOORS WERE LEAKING. *NM

THE VEHICLE STALLED UNEXPECTEDLY ON THE ROAD AND THE CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO RESTART IT. THE CAUSE WAS UNDETERMINED AT THIS TIME AND MANUFACTURER WILL BE NOTIFIED BY CONSUMER. *JB

THE VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN WHEN ALL OF SUDDEN THE WATER PUMP BEARINGS SHOT INTO THE OIL PAN CAUSING THE ENGINE NOT TO OPERATE. OWNER WILL NOTIFY MANUFACTURER. *JB

ENGINE SEIZED UP WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. THE ENGINE STARTED MAKING A HORRIBLE BANGING NOISE. RIGHT AWAY, I KNEW IT WAS A BAD ENGINE SOUND, SO I PULLED OVER. I HAD IT TOWED TO A REPAIRMAN WHO TOLD ME THE ENGINE WAS GONE AND I NEEDED A NEW ONE. HE, ALSO, TOLD ME OF ALL THE OTHER 2.7 ENGINES HE HAS BEEN REPLACING IN THE LAST FEW YEARS. I CONTACTED CHRYSLER/DAIMLER TO GET HELP FROM THEM. THEY SAID THANKS FOR THE INPUT BUT THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. I WILL NEVER BUY DODGE AGAIN...NEITHER WILL ANYONE IN MY FAMILY. WE HAD OUR OIL CHANGED EVERY 3-5,000 MILES AND KEPT UP THE CAR. IT NEVER SHOULD HAVE SEIZED LIKE THAT. *JB

WHILE SITTING AT AN INTERSECTION VEHICLE STALLED. DRIVER WAS ABLE TO RESTART VEHICLE, AND DROVE IT TO A MECHANIC, WHO DETERMINED THAT THE PROBLEM COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. LATER THAT DAY THE PROBLEM RECURRED AND MECHANIC INDICATED THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

THE VEHICLE STOPPED ON ITS OWN. DRIVER TRIED TO RESTART VEHICLE, BUT WAS UNABLE TO DO SO. HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING ON THE EXPRESSWAY, MY ENGINE QUIT WHILE I WAS IN THE FAR LEFT LANE AT ABOUT 65 MPH. I WAS ABLE TO GET TO THE EXIT AND ROLL TO THE SHOULDER. THE CAR WAS TOWED TO OAKLAND DODGE IN MADISON HEIGHTS, MI. THE MECHANIC TOLD ME HE THOUGHT THE TIMING CHAIN BROKE AND THAT IF IT DID IT MAY HAVE DAMAGED SOME OF THE VALVES AND IF THAT WERE THE CASE IT MIGHT COST A COUPLE THOUSAND DOLLARS TO REPAIR. I TOLD HIM TO LOOK INTO IT. FIVE MINUTES LATER HE CALLED BACK AND SAID AFTER SPEAKING TO ANOTHER MECHANIC AND HIS SUPERVISOR, THAT THE ENGINE IS NO GOOD, BECAUSE OF THEIR EXPERIENCE WITH "THESE INTREPIDS". AFTER SPEAKING TO THE SUPERVISOR, I ASKED HIM TO GO INTO DETAIL AND EXPLAIN HOW HE WOULD KNOW THIS WITHOUT TAKING THE ENGINE APART. HE EXPLAINED THAT THEY HAVE HAD A LOT OF PROBLEMS WITH THE 2.7 LITER ENGINE AND HE COULD GUARANTEE ME THE ENGINE IS WORTHLESS AND IT WOULD COST ABOUT $6,000. TO REPLACE IT WHICH IS MORE THAN THE CAR IS WORTH. THIS CAR WAS RUNNING PERFECTLY SMOOTH UNTIL THE TIME THAT IT DIED. I FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE THAT THE CAR IS NOW WORTHLESS. THIS CAR IS A 2000 DODGE INTREPID, 2.7 LITER ENGINE. *JB

WHILE DRIVING AT LOW SPEED ENGINE LOCKED UP. CONSUMER PULLED OVER AND RESTARTED THE VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

STOPPED AT INTERSECTION ENGINE DIED. TOWED HOME. MY HUSBAND WHO IS A MASTER TECH. SAYS THE ENGINE HAS 1&2 RODS BURNED TO THE CRANK. CAR HAS 78,000 MILES. MY HUSBAND SAID WE CHANGED TO SYN.OIL AT 40,000 TO GET RID OF THE SLUDGE, IT DID NOT WORK. SO I AM 63 AND MY CAR IS RUINED WE CAN NOT AFFORD ANOTHER. THANKS CHRYSLER YOU HAVE MADE MY LIFE. *JB

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THE VERY SAME SYMPTOMS AS STATED IN RECALL CAMPAIGN 00V180000 CONCERNING BRAKES MASTER CYLINDER. *AK