2000 DODGE INTREPID Complaints

ENGINE DIED WHILE DRIVING. WOULD NOT RESTART. REPAIR SHOP WOULD NOT TOUCH IT. SHOWED ME THE OIL ON THE DIPSTICK, A MILKY BROWN COLOR. WILL HAVE TO PUT A REMANUFACTURED ENGINE IN THE VEHICLE. APPROX. 92,000 MILES ON VEHICLE WHEN THIS OCCURRED. *TR

ENGINE BEGAN MAKING LOUD NOISES, TOOK TO WILDLE DODGE CHRYSLER WHO INFORMED ME THAT THE ENGINE IS KNOCKING, SLUDGE, NOISY, AND THAT I NEED A NEW ENGINE. AT 77,620 MILES, AND STILL OWING $4300 IN THE VEHICLE, I DID NOT FEEL I SHOULD HAVE TO SPEND $5000 FOR A NEW ENGINE. WHEN WE CALLED THE MANUFACTURER, THEY STATED THAT I DID NOT REGULARLY CHANGE MY OIL CAUSING MY OWN PROBLEM. I WAS VERY FRUSTRATED AT THAT ACCUSATION SINCE WE DID CHANGE THE OIL REGULARLY, WE JUST DIDN'T HAVE ALL THE RECEIPTS TO PROVE IT. I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW CHRYSLER CAN GET AWAY WITH THIS SINCE THERE ARE OVER 400 CUSTOMERS THAT THIS HAPPENED TO. THEY SHOULD BE ASHAMED. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 DODGE INTREPID. WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN MAKING A CLICKING NOISE. THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SLOW DOWN ON ITS OWN AND THEN SHUT OFF AND FAILED TO RESTART. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP AND THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE TIMING CHAIN FAILED DUE TO OIL SLUDGE BUILD-UP. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT A NEW MOTOR WOULD BE NEEDED. THE CHRYSLER MANUFACTURER STATED THAT A RECALL WOULD HAVE BEEN ISSUED IF THERE WERE ISSUES WITH THE MOTORS IN THE VEHICLES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 65,000. UPDATED 04-24-09 *BF UPDATED 04/27/09.*JB

MY WATER PUMP BLEW UNEXPECTEDLY WHILE DRIVING TO THE GAS STATION WITHOUT ANY PREVIOUS PROBLEMS OR INDICATIONS OF A PROBLEM WHATSOEVER. I THANKFULLY WAS TURNING INTO A GAS STATION WHEN MY CAR SUDDENLY STALLED AND WAS ABLE TO CONTINUE ROLLING IN THE PARKING LOT AND JUST MADE IT BEFORE AN ONCOMING CAR ALMOST HIT ME. I TOOK THE CAR TO A LOCAL REPAIR WHERE IT COST 834$ JUST TO REPAIR BECAUSE OF THE EXTENSIVE WORK INVOLVED IN REPLACING A WATERPUMP ON THAT 2.7L V6 POS DODGE INTREPID. THE FOLLOWING WEEK WHILE DRIVING TO CLASS, I PARKED AND THE CAR ENGINE STARTED REVVING UP BY ITSELF ONCE AGAIN WITH NO PRIOR INDICATION OF A POSSIBLE PROBLEM. I CALLED THE REPAIR SHOP AND HE SAID BRING IT IN I BARELY MADE IT TO THE REPAIR SHOP AND ONCE AGAIN AS SOON AS I TURNED IN THE PARKING LOT MY CAR STALLED AND WOULDN'T TURN OVER AFTERWARDS. BY THAT TIME THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAD COME ON THEY SAID IT WAS A GENERIC CAMSENSOR/CRANKSHAFT ERROR THEY CLEARED OUT THE ERROR CODE RAN THE CAR FOR OVER FOUR HOURS LEAVING IT IDLE, DRIVING IT, AND LETTING IT SIT AND COOL DOWN AND DOING IT ALL OVER AGAIN THE CAR NEVER DID IT AGAIN SO THEY ASSUMED THE IT WAS JUST A GLICHE IN COMPUTER AND NOTHING WAS WRONG. APPROXIMATELY A WEEK LATER I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM MY FRIENDS HOUSE WHERE MY CAR STARTED JERKING WHEN GOING INTO DIFFERENT GEARS. I TRIED AS HARD AS I COULD TO GET IT TO THE REPAIR SHOP TO AVOID ANY FURTHER TOWING FEES WHICH HAVE COST ME UP TO ABOUT 200$ ALREADY. I WAS STOPPED BY A STOP LIGHT OF A BUSY INTERSECTION THAT WAS ABOUT 3 BLOCKS AWAY FROM THE REPAIR SHOP&IT WAS POURING DOWN RAIN I TURNED ON MY HAZARD LIGHTS&MY DOME LIGHTS TO HELP OTHER CARS SEE ME SO THEY DIDN'T HIT ME. I ALMOST GOT HIT SEVERAL TIMES FINALLY GOT HELP PUSHING OFF THE ROAD AND WAITED FOR A TOW TRUCK FOR OVER AN HOUR STARTED THE CAR AND IT RAN SO I TOOK THE CHANCE WITH MY FATHER THERE BEHIND ME&MADE IT TO THE REPAIR SHOP. IT WAS THE CAM SENSOR WHICH WAS ANOTHER 100$. THIS PAST WEEK I WENT TO START MY CAR IT WOULDN'T. *TR

THE 2000 DODGE INTREPID ALL AT ONCE WOULD NOT START. I CAME OUT OF THE GROCERY STORE AND IT HAD A WEIRD "CLICKING SOUND". MY MECHANIC SAID THE TIMING BELT BROKE. HE SAID THAT THIS MODEL IS NOTORIOUS FOR THIS, THAT THE OIL RESERVOIR GETS CLOGGED NO MATTER THE MAINTENANCE AND THAT THE BREAKING OF THE TIMING BELT RUINS THE ENGINE, UNLIKE OTHER CARS THAT HAVE SAFETY MEASURES TO PREVENT ENGINE FAILURE. THE OIL CAN NO LONGER REACH THE TOP OF THE ENGINE AND IT BURNS UP BREAKING THE TIMING BELT. THE OIL LEVEL WHEN CHECKED WAS FINE. A FULL TUNE UP WAS DONE ON THE CAR JUST A FEW MONTHS BEFORE, SAME MECHANIC. THE NEW ENGINE, BECAUSE DODGE DOES NOT SELL THE OLD ONE ANY MORE, I WONDER WHY, IS $5400. I STILL OWE $4500. ON THIS CAR. DODGE, FROM WHAT I GATHER ON THE NET, HAS THOUSANDS IN CLASS ACTION SUITS OVER THIS. THEY WILL NOT CHANGE OUT THE ENGINES FOR US OR RECALL OF ANY KIND. THIS CAR WAS SOLD TO ME OFF A LOT, THE GUY TOOK ME RIGHT TO IT. I BIT. I'M '!@#$%. THERE IS NO CORRECTING THE PROBLEM. I DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO FIX DODGES' WAY OF MAKING MILLIONS OFF THE CONSUMER. WE WILL NOT BUY AMERICAN AGAIN. AND YET THEY WILL GO TO THE SENATE AND ASK FOR MORE MONEY TO GET OUT OF THEIR JAM. I SAY LET THEM SINK UNTIL THEY MAKE A BETTER PRODUCT. EVERY OTHER BUSINESS OUT THERE HAS TO LEARN AND DO THE SAME IN AMERICA, WHY NOT THEM??!!!! WHY ARE THEY NOT HELD ACCOUNTABLE??!!!! I HOPE MY WORDS MAKE A DIFFERENCE. *TR SINCERELY,

2000 DODGE INTREPID, 2.7L ENGINE. 163,000 MILES. LAST MONTH: HEATER SUDDENLY STOPS WORKING EXCEPT AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. ON TWO OCCASIONS: EXITED HIGHWAY, ENGINE TEMP GAUGE MAXES OUT, TURNED OFF HEATER, DIAL IMMEDIATELY RETURNS TO NOMINAL TEMP. THIS MONTH: HEATER STOPS WORKING ENTIRELY. LAST NIGHT: CAR WOULD NOT START -- BATTERY CRANKING BUT ENGINE DID NOT CATCH UNTIL I GAVE IT SOME GAS. DROVE IT TO MECHANIC WITH ENGINE LIGHT ON. MECHANIC CALLED TO CONFIRM SLUDGE BUILD UP IN THE ENGINE. ANOTHER CASE OF HTTP://WWW.OILSLUDGE.COM/. *TR

MY CAR DIED ON JANUARY 23RD FOR GOOD WHILE I WAS DRIVING IT. THE DAY BEFORE I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM COLLEGE AND I WAS ONLY GOING ABOUT 40 MILES PER HOUR WHEN MY CAR JUST DIED. FOR NO REASON AT ALL. I WAS ABLE TO START IT BACK UP AND MAKE IT HOME. THE FOLLOWING DAY MY BOYFRIEND, ME AND OUR SON WERE ON OUR WAY BACK HOME FROM MY MOTHERS HOUSE WE TURNED INTO CVS AND THE CAR DIED!!!!! IT STARTED BACK UP AND WE MADE IT OUT OF THE WAY OF THE OTHER CARS BEHIND US. WHEN IT RESTARTED THIS TIME IT WAS AN AWFUL NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE. WE PARKED IT AND I CALLED MY STEP-DAD AND HE SAID TO TRY AND GET IT HOME AND HE WOULD LOOK AT IT THE NEXT DAY. WE GOT THE CAR HOME AND HE CAME TO LOOK AT IT AND SAID HE HASN'T EVER SEEN SLUDGED UP OIL LIKE THAT IN HIS LIFE!!! HE TRIED TO START IT A FEW TIMES AND IT WOULDN'T. SO NOW I HAVE THIS CAR SITTING IN MY DRIVEWAY UNDRIVABLE!!!!! =I HAVE TWO CHILDREN, ONE IN SCHOOL AND ONE NOT. I'M IN COLLEGE AND THIS IS OUR ONLY VEHICLE!!!!!!!!!! NOW WHAT DO I DO????????? I'M NOT MADE OF MONEY AND I HAVE NO WAY TO BUY A NEW ENGINE!! PLEASE FIND SOME WAY TO HELP ME. *TR

I OWN A 2000 DODGE INTREPID AND HAVE HAD THE OIL SENDING UNIT PRESSURE SWITCH AND A FEW OTHER THINGS REPLACED ON MY VEHICLE AND YET THE OIL LIGHT STILL COMES ON IN MY VEHICLE AND I CAN'T KEEP AFFORDING TO TAKE IT IN TO A SHOP AND I MAINTAIN THE OIL CHANGES BEFORE THE 3000 MILES IF NOT EXACTLY ON THE 3000 MILES. I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO FIND OUT IF THEY HAVE ANY KIND OF RECALL ON THIS TYPE OF SITUATION. *TR

MY 2000 DODGE INTREPID WOULDN'T START WITHOUT A JUMP FOR A FEW DAYS IN A ROW, SO I BROUGHT IT IN AND HAD IT CHECKED. THE MECHANIC SAID HE THOUGHT IT WAS DUE TO BUILD UP ON THE NEGATIVE TERMINAL. I ALSO HEARD A NOISE IN THE ENGINE, BUT ALL BELTS WERE CHECKED AND THEY WERE FINE. 1 WEEK LATER MY CAR JUST DIED WHILE I WAS DRIVING TO WORK. I HAVE NOW LEARNED THAT I NEED TO REPLACE THE ENGINE AT A LARGE COST. WHILE RESEARCHING THE COST OF THIS REPAIR, I HAVE COME TO LEARN THAT THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM FOR THE 2.7L V6 ENGINE, AND THAT THE MAKER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM, BUT BECAUSE THERE HAVE NOT BEEN ENOUGH COMPLAINTS, IT IS NOT WORTHY OF ADDRESSING! I AM DISGUSTED! THE WAY THAT MY CAR DIED, ON THE ROAD, I COULD HAVE CAUSED A MAJOR ACCIDENT. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 DODGE INTREPID. WHEN THE CONTACT STARTED THE VEHICLE, HE HEARD A LOUD BANGING AND KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL DEALER AND THEY DETERMINED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS EXPERIENCING INTERNAL FAILURE. NO REPAIRS WERE PERFORMED. THE CONTACT IS IN THE PROCESS OF NOTIFYING THE MANUFACTURER. THE VIN IS CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 94,000.