2000 Dodge Intrepid

MULTIPLE LOW-SPEED STALLS/ENGINE SHUTDOWN; SOMETIMES ENGINE LIGHT OR OIL LIGHT PRECEDE THE STALL. UNABLE TO RESTART VEHICLE FOR SEVERAL MINUTES. THIS VEHICLE HAS BE GIVEN ALL REGULAR ROUTINE SERVICE, OIL CHANGES, ETC., BY DODGE/CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP WHERE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED NEW. CURRENTLY ONLY 55, 450 MILES ON VEHICLE. PROBLEMS BEGAN OCCURRING WITHIN LAST YEAR. DEALER UNABLE TO IDENTIFY ANY TROUBLE CODES AFTER EVALUATION OF STALL COMPLAINTS. DEALERSHIP NOT FORTHCOMING WITH ANY PROBLEMS WITH THIS VEHICLE WITH 2.7L ENGINE, ALTHOUGH MANY COMPLAINTS HAVE BEEN FOUND ON INTERNET SITES INCLUDING NHTSA WEBSITE. APPARENTLY THERE EXISTS A MANUFACTURING DEFECT CHRYSLER CORP DOES NOT WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE, AS IT IS PERVASIVE FOR THIS MODEL. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 DODGE INTREPID. ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS, WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE OIL PRESSURE GAUGE DROPPED. THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE COMPLETELY SHUT OFF AND RESTARTED AFTER APPROXIMATELY 30 MINUTES. THE VEHICLE MADE KNOCKING SOUNDS AND BEGAN SMOKING AFTER IT WAS RESTARTED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 136,000.

I TOOK MY 2000 INTREPID TO THE CAR SHOP BECAUSE MY ENGINE LIGHT KEPT COMING ON. THEY COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING AND THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG. MY OIL WAS FINE. THEN A MONTH LATER MY OIL LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN AND THE ENGINE STARTED MAKING A KNOCKING NOISE. I THEN LEARNED THAT MY ENGINE HAD COMPLETELY FAILED EVEN AFTER ONLY 75,000 MILES ON IT. *TR

ENGINE STOPPED RUNNING WHILE I WAS AT 55MPH ON A RURAL ROAD LATE AT NIGHT. HAD CAR TOWED TO DEALERSHIP THAT I BOUGHT CAR. TIMING BELT AND GUIDES ENG DUE TO SLUDGE BUILD UP. I HAD THE OIL CHANGED EVERY 3,000 MILES FROM WHEN I BOUGHT IT. DEALERSHIP COULD NOT FIND SLUDGE BUT WAS TOLD THIS WAS THE PROBLEM. HAD REPAIRS DONE AFTER CONTINUAL COMPLAINTS TOOK 5 MONTHS TO GET CAR REPAIRED. 5 MONTHS LATER AND 10,000 MILES THE ENGINE GOES AGAIN. AT 21 THIS CAR SITS IN MY DAD'S DRIVEWAY RUSTING. REPLACEMENT PARTS COULD NOT BE LOCATED. REPLACEMENT OF ENGINE I CAN NOT PAY FOR. CHRYSLER WILL NOT HELP. I'VE HAD BETTER HELP FROM MY DOG! *TR

I HAD A DODGE INTREPID THAT HAS HAD NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS WITH THE ENGINE. WHEN I WENT ONLINE TO DO RESEARCH I FOUND OUT THAT THERE WERE MANY OTHER COMPLAINTS, THE SAME AS I HAD. I WANT TO KNOW WHY NO-ONE HAS DONE ANYTHING IN REGARDS TO THIS PROBLEM. I ACTUALLY HAD A PART PERSON AT FIRESIDE DODGE IN MODESTO TELL ME THAT A PART I WAS BUYING WAS A KNOWN DEFECT PART AND THAT IS WHY THEY CHANGED IT BUT THEY WEREN'T PUTTING OUT A NOTICE UNTIL THEY WERE FORCED TO BECAUSE IT WAS EXPENSIVE, I PUT THE LATEST INCIDENT AS THE DATE BUT THIS IS THE THIRD TRAGIC INCIDENT WITH THIS ENGINE. THE FIRST INCIDENT WAS WHEN I HAD TO HAVE ALL MY RODS REPLACED IN THE ENGINE BECAUSE OF A SLUDGE BUILD-UP IN THE ENGINE. THE SECOND INCIDENT WAS WHEN A PART CONNECTED TO MY RADIATOR BLEW OFF AND I HAD TO REPLACE THAT. NOW, THIS THIRD INCIDENT AND I STILL NOT HAVE A DIAGNOSIS ON WHAT IS WRONG BUT IT IS LEANING TO THE HEADS, HEAD GASKET, AND PISTON RINGS. PLEASE LOOK AT THESE WEBSITE AND START AN INVESTIGATION INTO DODGE ABOUT THIS ENGINE. IT IS NOT FAIR THAT HONEST, HARD WORKING PEOPLE HAVE TO DEAL WITH FAULTY ENGINEERING. I AM LUCKY THAT NO ONE HAS BEEN HURT ON ANY TIME MY CAR HAS BROKEN DOWN BECAUSE ALL THREE TIMES I WAS ON A MAJOR FREEWAY, ONCE COMING HOME FROM STOCKTON ON HIGHWAY 99 THE OTHER TWO HAPPENED WHEN I WAS OVER 2 HOURS FROM HOME AND I HAD TO PAY A $575.00 TOW TRUCK FEE EACH TIME TO GET MY CAR HOME. WWW.DODGECHRYSLERENGINEPROBLEMS.COM WWW.CARCOMPLAINTS.COM/DODGE/INTREPID/2002/ENGINE WWW.OILSLUDGE.COM DODGESTORIES.BLOGSPOT.COM *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 DODGE INTREPID. WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO BEAR TO THE RIGHT AND THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY SHUT OFF. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED PRIOR TO THE FAILURE. THE DEALER HAS NOT DIAGNOSED THE FAILURE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 145,000.