2000 Dodge Intrepid

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, I WAS AROUND 700 MILES FROM HOME FOR MY SON'S WEDDING IN MAY AND THE ENGINE STARTED TO KNOCK, MY HUSBAND WHO IS A CERTIFIED AUTO MECHANIC BY THE STATE OF OHIO FOR OVER 25 YEARS LOOKED IT OVER AND FOUND NOTHING. THE NEXT DAY WE WERE DRIVING BACK HOME AND THE KNOCKING STOPPED . THE CAR DROVE FINE AFTER THAT AND DID NOT MAKE THE NOISE AGAIN. WE ALWAYS HAD THE OIL CHANGED EVERY 3000 MILES AND WE HAVE ALWAYS USED SYNTHETIC OIL IN THE CAR. 1 MONTH LATER ON MY WAY TO WORK I WAS DRIVING ON STATE ROUTE 571 WHEN THE CAR STARTED JERKING AND STOPPING THEN STARTING AGAIN I ALMOST GOT REARENDED BY A SEMI TRUCK BEFORE I COULD GET THE CAR OFF THE ROAD. I CALLED MY HUSBAND TO TELL HIM WHAT HAD HAPPENED I WAS VERY SHOOK UP SCARED OUT OF MY MIND I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO BE RAN OVER BY A SEMI. HE TOLD ME TO DRIVE ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD UNTIL I COULD TURN OFF ON A SIDE ROAD SO I DID. I WAS ABLE TO NURSE IT HOME AND TAKE ANOTHER CAR TO WORK THAT DAY. WE TOOK IT DOWN TO THE CHRYSLER DEALER IN TOWN AND THEY TOLD US THERE WAS SLUDGE IN THE OIL AND TOLD US IT WOULD BE 7200 DOLLARS TO FIX THE CAR I DON'T HAVE THAT KIND OF MONEY LAYING AROUND SO THE CAR IS SITTING IN MY DRIVEWAY WHILE I TRY TO COME UP WITH THE MONEY TO FIX IT. *JB

MY ENGINE HAS SLUDGE BUILD UP. MY EX-HUSBAND AND MY 2 MECHANICS HAVE ALL TAKEN CLASSES OFFERED BY DODGE BECAUSE OF THE DEFECTS IN THEIR 2.7L ENGINE. THEY WERE TOLD BY A CHRYSLER INSTRUCTOR DURING A TRAINING CLASS FOR 5 STAR MECHANICS/DEALERSHIPS THAT CHRYSLER HAS IDENTIFIED 8 ITEMS NEEDING UPGRADES IN REGARDS TO THE 2.7L ENGINE AND THAT THE ENGINE WAS FAULTY FROM THE MANUFACTURER. I HAVE LIFETIME OIL CHANGES WITH THE DEALERSHIP THAT I BOUGHT MY CAR FROM. I TAKE IT IN REGULAR ACCORDING TO MY OWNER'S MANUAL. TWO DAYS BEFORE I PARKED IT (ONE WEEK AFTER MY ROUTINE OIL CHANGE) MY CAR HAD A RATTLING SOUND FROM UNDER THE HOOD. I TOOK IT TO MY MECHANIC, HE TOLD ME THE ABOVE INFORMATION. I WENT TO MY OTHER MECHANIC AND MY EX-HUSBAND AND ALL AGREED WITH THE ABOVE INFORMATION. *JB

TRAVELING AT 70 MPH WHEN A LIGHT TAPPING FOLLOWED BY AN IMMEDIATE LOSS OF POWER AND STEERING CAUSING AN EMERGENCY PULL OFF FROM THE PASSING LANE OF THE HIGHWAY. SEVERAL ATTEMPTS AT A RESTART RESULTED IN A SOUND LIKE BOLTS IN A COFFEE CAN. ENGINE OIL FILLER TUBE SHOWING SEVERE SLUDGE DEPOSIT. THIS CAR HAS BEEN WELL MAINTAINED. *NM

DT: THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 DODGE INTREPID. PURCHASED VEHICLE WITH 50, 000 MILES ON IT. THE NEXT DAY DROVE CAR AND FELT VIBRATION IN FRONT END. THOUGHT IT MAY BE TIRES. CONSUMER HAD THE TIRES BALANCED AND THAT DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. THEN, THE OIL LIGHT CAME ON. THE PRESSURE GAUGE CAME ON DURING IDLING. TOOK VEHICLE BACK TO DEALERSHIP AND THEY REPLACED THE OIL PRESSURE GAUGE. BUT, PROBLEM STILL NOT FIXED. THE TRANSMISSION ACTED FUNNY , WHEN APPLYING BRAKES VEHICLE WOULD NOT SLOW DOWN , IT WAS LIKE IT WAS STILL IN GEAR .THE STEERING MADE NOISES WHEN TURNING IT TO THE RIGHT OR LEFT, A CLANKING NOISE . THE REAR SUSPENSION CLANKED EVERY TIME HITTING A BUMP. THE ENGINE HAD A HIGH PITCHED WINING. THIS HAPPENED AS SOON AS VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED.*AK

CAR ENGINE LOCKED UP WHILE DRIVING MY CAR, AT 55 MPH. I WAS VERY LUCKY THAT I HAD NO TRAFFIC BEHIND ME. I CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP AT THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND HAD MY CAR TOWED TO A LOCAL GARAGE. AND I WAS TOLD THAT THE ENGINE OF MY INTREPID IS DEAD. THE PROBLEM IS SLUDGE BUILD UP IN THE ENGINE. I JUST REPLACED THIS ENGINE 1 YEAR AGO AND ONLY USE SYNTHETIC OIL. THIS ENGINE ONLY HAS 30K MILES ON IT. *NM