2000 Dodge Intrepid

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND WOULD NOT RESTART. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED INTO THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP WERE THE DEALER DETERMINED THE HEAD GASKET, TENSIONER, CAM SHAFT SENSOR AND TIMING CHAIN NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. AFTER REPAIRS WERE MADE, THE OWNER DROVE THE VEHICLE ONE MILE AWAY FROM THE DEALERSHIP, AND THE VEHICLE PROCEEDED TO STALL AGAIN. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR ADDITIONAL REPAIRS. THE DEALER DETERMINED THE ENGINE HAD A COMPLETE FAILURE DUE TO SLUDGE BUILD UP AND WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. *NM......*AK

I AM THE OWNER OF A 2000 DODGE INTREPID (2.7 MODEL) WHILE ON MY WAY TO WORK MY CAR BEGAN TO MAKE A STRANGE TICKING NOISE THAT GREW LOUDER I STOP AT A FOUR WAY INTERSECTION TO FIND OUT WHERE THE NOISE WAS COMING FROM AND THAT IS WHEN MY CAR CUT OFF AND WOULD NOT START BACK UP AND HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE THE SERVICE MANAGER AFTER CHECKING TOLD ME THAT MY CAR SLUNG A ROD SO TO SPEAK AND WOULD NEED A NEW ENGINE AN THAT A REPLACEMENT WOULD COST 4900 I AM HIGHLY UPSET BECAUSE I AM STILL MAKING PAYMENTS ON WHAT I THOUGHT WOULD BE A DECENT AMERICAN MADE CAR INSTEAD I AM STUCK WITH A PIECE OF JUNK THAT STILL HAS NOT BEEN FIXED I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER DODGE OR CHRYSLER AGAIN. *JB

DT: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL DEALERSHIP. THEY REPLACED THE TIMING CHAIN, INTAKE MANIFOLD, COOLANT TUBE, AND SERPENTINE BELT. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN HOME. THE VEHICLE DROVE FINE FOR AWHILE. THE VEHICLE THEN EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM. IT WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP, AND THEY REPLACED THE CHAIN TENSIONER. THE VEHICLE DROVE FINE AGAIN FOR AWHILE. THEN IT STARTED EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM. IT WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP. THEY FOUND THAT WHEN THE PREVIOUS DEALERSHIP HAD REPLACED THE CHAIN TENSIONER THEY HAD NOT TIGHTENED THE BOLTS PROPERLY. THIS CAUSED THE VALVES AND THE HEAD TO BE WARPED. NO REPAIRS WERE MADE.*AK

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING WIFE HEARD A KNOCKING SOUND IN THE ENGINE. SEVERAL MINUTES LATER WHEN STOPPING AT A RED LIGHT THE VEHICLE STALLED AND WOULD NOT RESTART. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP. DIAGNOSTIC TESTING WAS PERFORMED. THE REPAIR PERSONNEL CONFIRMED THE ENGINE WAS FILLED WITH SLUDGE AND THE ENGINE WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. *AK

ON 3/17/04 WE HAD OUR 2000 DODGE INTREPID (MILEAGE 45700 )2.7 LITER ENGINE REPAIRED AT IRON RIVER CHRYSLER, INC.. THEY REMOVED & REPLACED THE TIMING CHAIN TENSIONER REINSTALLED INTAKE MANIFOLD & VALVE COVER. I PAID $703.91 FOR REPAIRS. ON 10/31/04 ( WITH 55260 MILES) THE CHAIN TENSIONER FAILED AGAIN. IRON RIVER CHRYSLER FIXED IT AND THIS TIME IT WAS COVERED UNDER WARRANTY . ON 12/21/05 THE CAR WOULD NOT START AND WAS TOWED TO A DIFFERENT STATION. THEY TOLD US IT WAS THE TIMING CHAIN AGAIN. THEY CALLED US A DAY LATER AND TOLD US THE BOLT THAT HELD THE TIMING CHAIN BACKED OUT AND THERE WAS NO LOCTITE ON THE THREADS. WHEN THE BOLT BACKED OUT THE TIMING CHAIN LET LOOSE AND CAUSED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE VALVES AND HEADS. WE THEN WENT BACK TO IRON RIVER CHRYSLER AND TOLD THEM ABOUT THE CAR. THEY TOLD US THERE ARE ISSUES ABOUT THE 2.7 LITER ENGINE WHICH IS IN OUR CAR AND THAT THE TIMING CHAIN WAS NO LONGER UNDER THE 12,000 - 12 MONTH WARRANTY. I FEEL THAT THIS PROBLEM WAS DUE TO THE CAUSE OF NEGLIGENCE OF IRON RIVER CHRYSLER GARAGE. *JB

DT: THE CONTACT HAD THE OIL CHANGED, AND LESS THAN A WEEK LATER SHE HEARD A KNOCKING IN THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP, AND THE MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE OIL CHANGE CAUSED SLUDGE FROM THE OIL PAN TO GET INTO THE ENGINE. THIS CAUSED THE ENGINE TO BLOW OUT. THE VEHICLE NEEDED A NEW ENGINE. NO REPAIRS HAVE BEEN MADE DUE TO THE EXPENSE. *AK

DT: THE CONTACT STATED ENGINE LOCKED WHILE DRIVING. HE HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. THEY DROPPED THE OIL PAN AND FOUND THE OIL WAS SLUDGE, AND THERE WERE METAL SHAVINGS FROM THE BEARINGS. THEY STATED THE PROBLEM WAS DUE TO IMPROPER MAINTENANCE, ALTHOUGH THEY WERE AT THE SERVICE CENTER, WHERE MAINTENANCE WAS PERFORMED. THE VEHICLE NEEDED A NEW ENGINE, AND NO REPAIRS WERE MADE DUE TO THE EXPENSE. *AK