2000 Dodge Intrepid

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 DODGE INTREPID. AFTER A FEW MONTHS OF OWNING THE VEHICLE, IT BEGAN TO MAKE RATTLING NOISES WHEN DRIVING BEYOND 40 MPH. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE TENSIONER SNAPPED DUE TO BUILT UP OIL SLUDGE. HE LATER DISCOVERED THAT THIS WAS A COMMON FAILURE AMONG THAT MAKE AND MODEL OF VEHICLE. THE DEALER OFFERED TO REPLACE THE ENGINE WITH THE SAME TYPE OF ENGINE, BUT THE CONTACT BELIEVED THAT THE FAILURE WOULD EVENTUALLY RECUR. THE VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY AT HIS RESIDENCE AND HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 83,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 DODGE INTREPID. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE ENGINE HESITATED, BUT DID NOT STALL. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. SHE HAD TO MAKE SEVERAL ATTEMPTS IN ORDER TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. ONCE IT WAS STARTED, SHE COULD NOT DRIVE FAR BECAUSE THE VEHICLE STALLED ONCE MORE. THE VEHICLE WAS UNABLE TO BE RESTARTED AND WAS TOWED TO HER RESIDENCE. A MECHANIC STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS COMMON WITH THAT VEHICLE, BUT IT HAS YET TO BE INSPECTED BY A MECHANIC OR DEALER. THE VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY AT THE CONTACT'S HOME AND HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 117,000.

I HAVE A 2000 DODGE INTREPID THAT AT APPROXIMATELY 80,000 MILES THE CAM CENSOR WENT OUT, THEN ABOUT 10,000 MILES LATER THEN CRANK CENSOR WENT OUT. WHEN THE CAR HAD 106,000 MILES ON IT MY WIFE WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK WHEN SHE HEARD LOUD KNOCKING COMING FROM THE ENGINE, TOOK IT TO A REPAIR SHOP TO FIND OUT THE ENGINE SEIZED DUE TO SLUDGE. THIS CAR HAS HAD THE OIL CHANGED EVERY 3,000 MILES. THE MECHANIC SAID IT WOULD ABOUT $4,000 TO REPLACE. NOW I COME TO FIND OUT THAT CHRYSLER KNOWS THEY HAD A PROBLEM WITH THESE ENGINES AND WON'T FIX THEM. I BOUGHT THIS CAR NEW AND NEVER EXPECTED THAT CHRYSLER WON'T STAND BEHIND THEIR PRODUCT. *TR

I HAVE A 2000 DODGE INTREPID AND I BOUGHT IT FROM EXTREME DODGE IN JACKSON MI IN 2001. IN JUNE 2005 I WAS DRIVING AND IT STARTED MAKE THIS AWFUL NOISE SO I PULLED OF INTO A PARKING LOT AND TURNED IT OFF CALLED MY HUSBAND AND WHEN HE GOT THERE THE CAR WOULDN'T START SO WE HAD THE CAR TOWED HOME AND HAD OUR MECHANIC COME OVER TO CHECK IT OUT AND HE TOLD US THE TIMING CHAIN WHEN OUT. SO WE BOUGHT THE PARTS AND HAD HIM TAKE CARE OF IT. THEN I DROVE IT FOR ABOUT 6 MONTHS AND IT HAPPENED AGAIN SO THIS TIME WE TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND HAD THEM FIX IT THIS TIME. AGAIN DROVE IT FOR ABOUT 18 MONTHS AND NOW IT IS BROKE DOWN AGAIN SAME THING. I CANT AFFORD TO KEEP PUTTING TIMING CHAINS IN THIS CAR EVERY 8 TO 10 MONTHS AT 1,800 TO 2,300 DOLLARS A POP. AND I HEAR SO MANY PEOPLE SAY HOW BAD THE INTEREPIDS ARE KNOWN FOR THIS PROBLEMS. WELL I WISH I WOULD HAVE KNOW THIS BEFORE I BOUGHT THE CAR BECAUSE I NEVER WOULD HAVE BOUGHT IT. *TR

CAR WAS EXITING HIGHWAY AND WHILE ON EXIT RAMP A POPPING SOUND WAS HEARD IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. CAR WAS IMMEDIATELY PULLED OVER ON THE SIDE OF THE RAMP AND ENGINE WAS TURNED OFF. THE CAR WAS TOWED TO A REPAIR GARAGE. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT ONE CYLINDER HAD NO COMPRESSION AND THE TOP OF THE ENGINE WAS DISASSEMBLED. THE MECHANIC FOUND THAT THE PISTON WAS DETACHED/BROKEN FROM THE CRANKSHAFT AND WOULD REQUIRE A MAJOR ENGINE OVERHAUL OR ENGINE REPLACEMENT. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 DODGE INTREPID. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE TOTALLY LOST POWER. THE CONTACT WAS NEARLY STRUCK BY A LARGE TRUCK. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A CHRYSLER DEALER AND THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE ENGINE HAD A LOT OF OIL SLUDGE. THE ENTIRE ENGINE HAD TO BE REPLACED AT THE COST OF $7,400. THE MANUFACTURER ONLY OFFERED TO PAY $1,000 OF THE REPAIR COST. THE CONTACT FEELS THAT THE MANUFACTURER SHOULD COVER THE ENTIRE COST BECAUSE THIS WAS A COMMON FAILURE AMONG MANY CONSUMERS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 106,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE IS 106,000. UPDATED 04/21/08 *BF

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 DODGE INTREPID. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE ENGINE FAILED AND THE CONTACT PULLED THE VEHICLE OFF THE ROAD. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO HIS RESIDENCE. THE CONTACT EXPERIENCED ISSUES WITH THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT PRIOR TO THE FAILURE. A MECHANIC STATED THAT A NEW ENGINE WAS NEEDED, WHICH WOULD COST APPROXIMATELY $2,000. THE PURCHASE DATE WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 100,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000.