2000 Dodge Intrepid

2000 INTREPID 2.7L ENGINE STARTED WITH FREQUENT OIL LOSS STARTING AT 1.5L BETWEEN OIL CHANGES AND ENDING AT NEARLY 6L BETWEEN OIL CHANGES. NO SIGNS OF BURNING, OR LEAKING, AND NO OIL WAS FOUND IN THE COOLANT. THEN A NOISE COULD BE HEARD IN THE ENGINE A, RATTLING NOISE, ENGINE QUIT BEFORE NOISE COULD BE DIAGNOSED. A FEW WEEKS LATER IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE CAM SENSOR WAS OUT, REPLACED IT CAR RUN. THE NOISE PERSISTED AND WAS DIAGNOSED AS THE CRANK BEARING WAS SHOT. THE ENGINE FAILED CRITICALLY SHORTLY AFTER. 1998 CONCORD, PURCHASED TO REPLACE INTREPID, ENGINE ALREADY FAILED AND WAS REPLACED WITH A NEW ENGINE FROM CHRYSLER BY THE TIME I BOUGHT IT THE NEW ENGINE HAD ROUGHLY 85 000 KM ON IT. THIS CONCORD HAS A COMPLETE SERVICE HISTORY THROUGH OUR LOCAL MECHANIC SINCE DAY OF PURCHASE IN 1998. THE PREVIOUS OWNER KEPT UP TO DATE ON ALL OIL CHANGES UP AND UNTIL I RECEIVED THE VEHICLE. I HAVE BEEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE FOR ABOUT 1 OR 2 MONTHS AND RECENTLY HAD ITS OIL CHANGED AT THE 6000KM MARK. ONLY A DAY OR 2 AGO THE CAR ON START UP HAS BEEN MAKING A RATTLE NOISE FOR ABOUT 2 SEC THEN STOPS. THAT MEANS I HAVE BETWEEN 2 CARS SEEN 2 2.7L CATASTROPHIC FAILURES AND AM PROBABLY GOING TO SEE A THIRD. ONE I COULD ADMIT TO MAYBE BEING MY FAULT IN SOME WAY, 2 IS DEFIANTLY STRETCHING IT, 3.... THERE IS A PROBLEM AND ITS NOT THE FAULT OF THE CONSUMER, SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE. CHRYSLER NEEDS TO RESOLVE THIS ISSUE FOR ALL IMPACTED CUSTOMERS. *TR

I BOUGHT MY 2000 DODGE INTREPID IN OCTOBER OF 2000. WITHIN 2 YEARS I HAD THE INNER TIE RODS AND WEATHER STRIPPING/DOOR TRIM REPLACED. WHENEVER I WOULD TAKE MY CAR IN FOR AN OIL CHANGE EVERY 3000 MILES, THE MECHANIC WOULD NOTIFY ME OF SLUDGE BUILD UP. NOW THE ENGINE IS GONE. BEYOND REPAIR WITH ONLY 94,000 MILE LEFT ON THE CAR. THIS WAS JUST AFTER I PAID TO REPLACE AN EVAPORATOR COIL THAT WAS LEAKING AND THE INNER TIE RODS FOR THE SECOND TIME. I ALSO PAID OVER $200 TO REPLACE THE WEATHER STRIPPING FOR THE SECOND TIME. I HAVE REPLACED A RADIATOR THAT WAS LEAKING AND A SHIFT CABLE THAT HAD SEIZED UP PREVENTING MY CAR FROM SHIFTING INTO GEAR. I FIGURE THOSE WERE DUE TO NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR BUT THE ENGINE IS WHAT REALLY BLOWS MY MIND WITH SUCH LOW MILES AND REGULAR MAINTANENCE. PLEASE HELP. *TR

HAD MILD TAPPING SOUND FROM ENGINE A FEW MONTHS AGO, TOOK VEHICLE TO THE MECHANIC AND THAT IS WHERE I LEARNED THE REPUTATION OF THE 2.7 LITER ENGINE. HE ADVISED THAT WE SHOULD LOOK FOR ANOTHER VEHICLE BEFORE WE BECAME THE LATEST VICTIM. UNFORTUNATELY, ON THE WAY HOME FROM WORK ONE AFTERNOON THE ENGINE STARTED DEVELOPING AN EVEN MORE PRONOUNCED CLATTERING, KNOCK AND VIBRATION; AS IF IT WERE ABOUT TO TEAR ITSELF APART. PULLED OVER TO AVOID SUBJECTING ENGINE TO EVEN MORE DAMAGE. HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED HOME. WILL NOT SPEND ANOTHER DOLLAR ON THIS VEHICLE UNTIL CHRYSLER HANDS ME A CHECK FROM A LAWSUIT SETTLEMENT. *TR

NEED ASSISTANCE IN REPAIR TO MY 2000 DODGE INTREPID. I WAS TOLD ABOUT THE LAWSUIT AGAINST CHRYSLER CAUSED BY BAD ENGINES. MY INTREPID HAS A 2.7 LITER ENGINE. I WAS CURRENT ON ALL MY OIL CHANGES, IT STARTED OFF SMOKING ALL THE TIME EVEN AFTER OIL CHANGES,KNOCKING NOISES, ALSO EXPERIENCED BAD DRIVER SIDE WINDOW. THE LAWSUIT WAS TOLD TO ME BY A MECHANIC, AND WAS ALSO STATED THAT CHRYSLER WOULD REIMBURSE THE VALUE OF THE CAR, OR REPAIR CAR NEED TO HEAR FROM SOMEONE ASAP!!!! THANK YOU *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 DODGE INTREPID. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A LEFT HAND TURN THE ENGINE STALLED. SHE HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO A LOCAL MECHANIC. THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THERE WAS A BUILD UP OF SLUDGE IN THE ENGINE. SHE THEN CONTACTED THE DEALER AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO PROVIDE ANY ASSISTANCE BECAUSE THE VEHICLE IS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED AS OF CURRENT DATE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 103780. (SC) UPDATED 07/29/08. *LJ UPDATED 08/06/08

CATASTROPHIC ENGINE FAILURE OCCURRING UNEXPECTEDLY 1/07. PURCHASED A REBUILT ENGINE. SIX MONTHS LATER THE CAR STARTED TO STOP AT ANY SPEED, WHILE IDLING, AND 50% OF THE TIME WOULD NOT START AT ALL. HAD SEVERAL DEALERS DO DIAGNOSTICS BUT COULD NOT PINPOINT THE PROBLEM AS THE CAR WOULD RUN WHEN TAKEN TO THE SHOP. WAS INFORMED THAT IT MAY BE FUEL SENSOR, FUEL PUMP, OR FRIED MOTHERBOARD IN THE CAR'S COMPUTER. NEITHER REPAIR SHOPS DIAGNOSTIC EQUIPMENT COULD PINPOINT THE PROBLEM. FROM 11/07-4/08 THE CAR DID NOT HAVE THE PROBLEM. NOW IT HAS STARTED TO CUTOFF WHILE IN MOTION AGAIN. IT CUTS OFF ATLEAST THREE TIMES PER TRIP NOW, AND HASN'T NOR STARED IN ALMOST A WEEK. NEW BATTERY, AND A REBUILT ENGINE WITH UNDER 10K MILES ON IT. NEEDLESS TO SAY THE CONTINUED STOPPAGE WITHOUT WARNING HAS PUT ME IN SOME DANGEROUS SITUATIONS DURING MY COMMUTE. *TR