2000 Dodge Intrepid

2000 CHRYSLER INTREPID WITH LESS THAN 70,000 MILES USED PRIMARILY BY MY WIFE FOR WORK. (85 MILES PER DAY). CAR STARTED TO KNOCK. WE BROUGHT IT TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR INVESTIGATION AND WERE TOLD WE HAD AN ENGINE FAILURE. DEALERSHIP REPLACED SMALL BLOCK WITH WHAT I WAS TOLD AS BEING A NEW AS AN AFTER MARKET PART. WE STARTED TO HAVE OIL CHANGES DONE AT DEALERSHIP ONLY EVERY 3,000 MILES(ALTHOUGH OWNERS MANUAL STATES 7,000 FOR OUR THE TYPE OF DRIVING. AT LESS THAN 40,000 MILES THE ENGINE STARTED TO KNOCK AGAIN. DEALERSHIP WOULD NOT STAND BEHIND PRODUCT OR REPAIR AGAIN. I BROUGHT IT TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP THAT WAS RECOMMENDED TO ME BY A FRIEND IN THE BUSINESS. THIS REPAIR SHOP HAS HAD SOME LUCK WITH REPAIRING THE PROBLEM. UNFORTUNATELY FOR ME NOT THIS TIME. I HAVE CONTACTED CHRYSLER SEVERAL TIME WITH SAME RESULTS AS MENTIONED, SERVICE NOT PERFORMED BY DEALERSHIP TO BAD, I WAS ALSO TOLD THIS BY DALE FRANK THE SERVICE MANAGER AT THE DEALERSHIP. I HAVE ALL MY VEHICLES SERVICE AT OR BEFORE 3,000 MILES. I FINE IT VERY ABSURD THAT THE SPARK PLUG CHANGE IS AT 100,000 MILES WHEN THIS ENGINE HAS NO CHANGE OF EVER SEEING THAT NUMBER OF MILES. *TR

I GOT A LOAN ON A 2000 DODGE INTREPID. IT HAS BEEN NOTHING BUT EXPENSE AFTER EXPENSE. IT DIDN'T WANT TO START, SO I TOOK TO A DODGE SERVICE PLACE. THEY SAID IT WAS A CRANK SHAFT POSITIONING SENSOR, WHICH COST ME $582.00 TO HAVE IT FIXED. TWO WEEKS LATER IT DIDN'T WANT TO START AGAIN. THEY SAID IT WAS THE CAM SHAFT SENSOR, WHICH COST ME ANOTHER $284.00 TO HAVE IT FIXED. EACH TIME THAT THE DODGE SERVICE DEPARTMENT HAD THE CAR, THEY SUPPOSEDLY DID A 24 POINT INSPECTION AFTER FIXING IT, AND IT PASSED THE INSPECTION BOTH TIMES. SO, A WEEK AND A HALF LATER, THERE WAS SOME REALLY LOUD KNOCKING SOUNDS COMING FROM THE MOTOR. THE DODGE SERVICE PLACE SAID THAT THE WHOLE LOWER UNIT ON THE ENGINE IS SHOT, SO IT NEEDS EITHER AN OVERHAUL OR A NEW MOTOR. I GOT SOME QUOTES OVER THE PHONE TO EITHER FIX THE MOTOR OR REPLACE THE MOTOR WITH A NEW MOTOR. FOR OVERHAULING THE MOTOR, WHICH INCLUDES PARTS AND LABOR, THEY WANT AT LEAST $4300.00. TO PUT A NEW MOTOR IN THEY WANT $4600.00. I BOUGHT THE CAR USED FOR OVER $7000.00, NOT INCLUDING THE FINANCE AND INTEREST CHARGES. NOW IN ORDER TO FIX THE CAR, I WOULD HAVE TO PAY OUT A WHOLE LOT MORE THAN HALF OF WHAT THE CAR COST TO BEGIN WITH. THE DODGE SERVICE PLACES SAY THAT THE 2.7 MOTORS ARE NOT MADE WELL, BECAUSE THEY HAVE TOO SMALL OF AN OPENING FOR THE OIL TO BE DISPERSED CORRECTLY THROUGHOUT THE ENGINE. MY INTREPID ONLY HAS 102,000 MILES ON IT. SO I AM STUCK PAYING FOR A CAR THAT CANNOT BE DRIVEN, UNLESS I WANT TO BE STRANDED SOMEWHERE. I STILL OWE ON THE CAR, SO I AM PAYING PAYMENTS AND KEEPING INSURANCE ON A CAR I CANNOT AFFORD TO FIX. SHOULDN'T THERE BE A WARNING SOMEWHERE ON THESE VEHICLES, ABOUT THE CHANCES OF SLUDGE BUILD UP CAUSING THE ENGINE TO FAIL? SHOULDN'T DODGE STAND BEHIND THEIR VEHICLES, AND PUT SOME KIND OF RECALL ON THESE MOTORS? WHAT ARE PEOPLE LIKE ME TO DO? AM I JUST SUPPOSE TO PAY AND PAY ON A CAR THAT I WOULD HAVE TO DRIVE AT MY OWN RISK, OF THE ENGINE FAILING AT ANY GIVEN MOMENT? *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 DODGE INTREPID. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE ENGINE SPUTTERED. THE CONTACT DROVE TO A GAS STATION AND TURNED OFF THE VEHICLE. WHEN SHE ATTEMPTED TO RESTART IT, THERE WAS NO POWER. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DODGE DEALER. THE DEALER WOULD NOT PROVIDE HER WITH A RENTAL VEHICLE TO DRIVE WHILE THEY HAD HER VEHICLE. THE TRANSMISSION TYPE WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 73,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 DODGE INTREPID. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN MAKING A LOUD NOISE. THE CONTACT DROVE DIRECTLY TO HER MECHANIC, WHO STATED THAT THERE WAS SLUDGE IN THE CYLINDER AND THE ENTIRE BOTTOM HALF OF THE ENGINE. ADDITIONALLY, THE TIMING CHAIN WAS STRETCHED AND FAILED. THE POWERTRAIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 32,114 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 32,110.

WHILE DRIVING MY 2000 DODGE INTREPID TO WORK ON A BUSY INTERSTATE, I NOTICED A LOUD KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE AND THE ACCELERATOR NOT RESPONDING PROPERLY. THE ENGINE THEN STARTED BUCKING AND RACING WHILE I TRIED TO WRESTLE IT TO THE NEXT EXIT. THE CAR GOT AS FAR AS THE END OF THE EXIT RAMP BEFORE IT STOPPED RUNNING AND WOULD NOT RESTART. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TOWED TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP. LATER THAT DAY, I WAS INFORMED BY THE OWNER OF THE SHOP THAT THE TIMING CHAIN BROKE, RESULTING IN BENT VALVES AND THE ENGINE NEEDING REPLACEMENT AT A COST OF APPROXIMATELY $4000!! I JUST FINISHED PAYING OFF THE VEHICLE IN SEPTEMBER. WITH ONLY 69,000 MILES AND THE MANUFACTURERS ROUTINE MAINTENANCE SCHEDULES ADHERED TO, THIS VEHICLE'S ENGINE SHOULD NOT HAVE FAILED THIS EARLY IN THE GAME. *TR

I BOUGHT MY 2000 DODGE INTREPID WITH 75K MILES ON IT AND 1 1/2 YEARS LATER THE ENGINE BLEW. THE DODGE DEALERSHIP SAYS IT WAS DUE TO SLUDGE BUILD UP DUE TO ME NOT DOING ROUTINE OIL CHANGES BUT, MY MECHANIC BEGS TO DIFFER. HE PERFORMED THE PROPER OIL CHANGES ON THE CAR EVERY THREE MONTHS. I STILL HAVE THIS CAR SITTING IN MY DRIVEWAY FROM A YEAR AGO. IT WILL COST ME $4,000 FOR A NEW ENGINE AND SOMEONE TO DUE THE WORK. *TR

I HAVE A 2000 DODGE INTREPID THAT I HAVE W/ A 2.7 ENGINE AND THE ENGINE SEIZED/LOCKED UP ON ME AND THE HEAT HAD WENT OUT ON IT RIGHT BEFORE THE ENGINE SEIZED UP. I TOOK CARE OF THE VEHICLE AND HAD NO PROBLEMS UNTIL THEN. MY VEHICLE IS NICE LOOKING IN AND OUT AND I CANNOT AFFORD ANOTHER ENGINE FOR THIS CAR SO IT'S SITTING THERE BEHIND MY HOUSE AND I HAVE NO TRANSPORTATION. I PAID A GREAT DEAL FOR THIS CAR AND DIDN'T HAVE ANY PROBLEMS W/ IT UNTIL IT SEIZED AND IT SEIZED UP AT 97,000 MILES! THIS CAR IS A GREAT DISAPPOINTMENT FOR ME AND SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE LOOKED INTO THE PROBLEMS EVERYONE HAS BEEN HAVING OUT OF THESE VEHICLES. I RAN OFF THE ROAD AND INTO A SMALL TREE. IT MAKES ME AND MY FAMILY/FRIENDS NOT EVER WANT TO BUY ANOTHER DODGE/CHRYSLER VEHICLE. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS FOR ME. *TR

WHILE DRIVING MY 2000 DODGE INTREPID, I FELT THAT MY LIFE WAS JEOPARDIZED ON 3 OCCASIONS. ONCE WITH MY TWO CHILDREN ONBOARD. WHILE I WAS DRIVING, THE OIL LIGHT BEGAN TO FLICKER AND THE ENGINE SHUT OFF. I LOST COMPLETE POWER. I WAS LUCKY THE FIRST TIME WHEN I RUN OFF THE ROAD AND WENT UNTO THE SIDE WALK WHERE I LUCKILY DID NOT INJURE ANYONE. THE 2ND AND 3RD TIME,I WAS ON THE HIGHWAY, I KNEW I WAS ABOUT THE LOSS POWER BECAUSE I NOTICE THE OIL LIGHT FLICKERING, AS A PRECAUTION , I SLOWED DOWN AND WAS ABOUT TO PULL UP TO THE SERVICE LANE WHEN THE ENGINE TOTALLY SHUT OFF. I HAD NOT CONTROL THE STEERING NOR BRAKES; NOTHING WORKED. I DON'T KNOW HOW I GOT THE CAR TO STOP. AFTER THAT NIGHT,I CALLED MY HUSBAND CRYING, I WAS SHAKING,TREMBLING AND SCARED TO DEATH. AFTER THAT I BECAME SO SCARED THAT I VOWED NEVER TO DRIVE THE CAR AGAIN BECAUSE I FELT THAT ONE DAY I MAY BE KILLED OR KILL MY CHILDREN OR SOME INNOCENT PERSON DUE TO NO FAULT OF MY OWN. I HAD MY MECHANIC PICKUP THE CAR. NOW HE TELLS ME THAT THE ENGINE DIED. *TR

AFTER STARTING THE CAR THE ENGINE, IT BEGAN TO MAKE A "RATTLE" NOISE THAT WENT AWAY AFTER A FEW SECONDS. TOOK IT INTO A SHOP AND THEY SAID NOTHING WAS WRONG. 9 MONTHS LATER, THE CAR WOULD NOT START -> THE DEALERSHIP SAID THE ENGINE WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED (THE CAR HAS ~72,000 MILES). I NOW NEED TO EITHER BUY A NEW ENGINE, OR SELL IT FOR PARTS (THE COST OF THE REPAIR WILL NEARLY EQUAL THE VALUE OF THE VEHICLE. I WOULD NOT HAVE EXPECTED TO REPLACE A 2000 DODGE INTREPID ENGINE SO EARLY. FROM WHAT I CAN TELL, MANY OTHER PEOPLE HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THIS CHRYSLER ENGINE: WHAT ARE MY OPTIONS? *TR