2000 DODGE INTREPID Complaints

SECOND ENGINE REPLACEMENT DUE TO THE WELL KNOWN 2.7 L ENGINE PROBLEMS "OIL SLUDGE" ---- HOW CAN THIS CONTINUE TO HAPPEN TO SO MANY WITH NO CLASS ACTION SUIT TAKING PLACE???*AK

WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED CONSUMER HEARD A KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFED, BUT DID NOT SEE A PROBLEM. *AK

AFTER HAVING THE BOLT ON DRIVER'S SEAT REPAIRED THROUGH A RECALL THE SEAT BROKE. NO RECALL FOUND. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH FRONT PASSENGER'S SIDE WHEEL CAME OFF. VEHICLE WAS TOWED. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

OIL LIGHT CAME ON WITHOUT ANY OTHER WARNING. STOPPED CAR TO CHECK OIL AND IT WAS FULL. CAR WOULD NOT START. CALLED DEALER AND TOLD HIM WHAT HAPPENED, THEY ASKED FOR OIL CHANGE RECEIPTS EVEN BEFORE THE SAW THE CAR. TOWED IT TO DEALER WHO CHARGED $230 TO TAKE ENGINE APART SO THE EXTENDED WARRANTY COMPANY COULD COME IN TO SEE IT. THEY DENIED THE CLAIM BECAUSE OF LACK OF MAINTENANCE. I BOUGHT THE CAR USED AND IT HAD 21,000 MILES ON IT. THE FIRST TIME I TOOK IT TO HAVE THE OIL CHANGED THEY TOLD ME IT HAD SLUDGE. I PAID TO HAVE THE ENGINE CLEANED AND CHANGED THE OIL EVERY 3,000 TO 4,000 MILES MYSELF AFTER THAT. WHEN I CALLED CHRYSLER TO SEE ABOUT THEM COVERING IT I WAS GREETED WITH THE PERSON TELLING ME I SHOULD HAVE TAKEN MY OIL PAN OFF TO CHECK FOR PROBLEMS HEN I CHANGED MY OIL. HE TOLD ME I WAS FULL OF S**T WHEN I TOLD HIM NO ONE DOES THAT. AFTER THAT COMMENT I ASKED TO SPEAK TO HIS SUPERVISOR AND WAS TOLD TO GO F*** MYSELF. I TRIED FILING A COMPLAINT WITH THE BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU AND WAS TOLD THEY COULDN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT CHRYSLER'S CUSTOMER SERVICE PEOPLE AND UNLESS I COULD PROVIDE THEM WITH RECEIPTS THEY COULD FILE A COMPLAINT AGAINST CHRYSLER EITHER. IS EVERYONE IN DETROIT IN ON THIS CONSPIRACY? NOW I AM STUCK OWING $5,500 ON A CAR I CAN'T DRIVE OR SELL. I CALLED A JUNK YARD ABOUT SELLING IT TO THEM AND THEY SAID THE BEST THEY COULD DO WOULD BE $600. THE MAN SAID HE GETS ABOUT 3 CALLS A WEEK ABOUT THE INTREPID EITHER SOMEONE GETTING RID OF ONE OR LOOKING FOR AN ENGINE. SO HERE THE CAR SITS IN MY GARAGE WHILE I TRY TO FIND SOMETHING TO GET ME BACK AND FORTH TO WORK. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH ENGINE FAILED. AS A RESULT, CONSUMER HAD TO GET THE VEHICLE TOWED. *AK THE CONSUMER INDICATED THAT DODGE IS AWARE OF A DEFECT IN THEIR 2.7L ENGINES. APPARENTLY THE OIL DOES NOT CIRCULATE PROPERLY AND SLUDGE BUILDS UP IN THE ENGINE. *NM

COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE DUE TO SEIZURE OF BEARING ON WATER PUMP AND RELATED DAMAGE TO TIMING CHAIN AND ENGINE INTAKE AND EXHAUST VALVES -- COST TO REPAIR EXCEEDS VALUE OF VEHICLE -- VEHICLE MILEWAGE EQUALS 85,000 MILES AGE OF VEHICLE EQUALS FOUR MODEL YEARS

THE CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A 25 MPH FRONTAL COLLISION AND BOTH FRONTAL AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. NO INJURY WAS REPORTED DEALER / MANUFACTURER WERE BOTH NOTIFIED.*JB

RE: GUNN DODGE S169880 404. *BF SOON AFTER THE "SERVICE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT" ILLUMINATED, THE CONSUMER LEARNED THE ENGINE HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE DEALERSHIP WAS CONTACTED AND THEIR RESPONSE WAS THAT THEY COULDN'T DO ANYTHING BECAUSE IT HAD BEEN THREE YEARS. THE CONSUMER NOTED HER COMPLAINT AND THERE WAS NO REASON WHY A THREE YEAR OLD VEHICLE NEEDED TO HAVE THE ENGINE REPLACED. *PH *TC *JB

SITTING IN TRAFFICE WHEN OIL LIGHT CAME ON. IMMEDIATLY PULLED INTO PARKING LOT AND TURNED OFF CAR. BLOWN ENGINE. COMPANY SAID IT WAS DUE TO SLUDGE IN ENGINE EVEN THOUGH I CHANGED THE OIL REGULARY. CALLED CHRYSLER ABOUT THE WARRENTY AND THEY REFUSE TO REPLACE IT BECAUSE OF LACK OF MAINTANANCE. WAS TREATED RUDLY AND CUSSED AT BY THIER CUSTOMER SERVICE REP. CAN'T AFFORD THE 6500 DOLLARS TO REPLACE IT.*AK