2000 Dodge Intrepid

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 DODGE INTREPID. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE MOTOR BEGAN MAKING A KNOCKING NOISE. WITHIN MINUTES, THE MOTOR COMPLETELY FAILED. THE CONTACT MANAGED TO RESTART THE VEHICLE AND PULLED OVER AT A GAS STATION. HE CHECKED THE OIL IN THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED THAT IT BARELY HAD ANY OIL. HE ADDED OIL TO THE VEHICLE, HOPING IT WOULD CORRECT THE FAILURE, WHICH IT DID FOR 3 OR 4 MILES. THE CONTACT THEN HAD TO PULL OVER ONCE AGAIN FOR THE MOTOR NOISES. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A SHOP AND THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE MOTOR WAS SHOT DUE TO A SPUN MAIN BEARING. THE VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY AT THE DEALER FROM WHERE IT WAS PURCHASED AND HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 60,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 DODGE INTREPID. WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 60-65 MPH, THE IGNITION LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF. THE VEHICLE RESTARTED IN APPROXIMATELY HALF AN HOUR TO FORTY MINUTES, WHICH ALLOWED HIM TO CONTINUE ONTO HIS DESTINATION. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE MOTOR DROPPED DUE TO SLUDGE. THE PREVIOUS DAY, THE IGNITION LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 102,000. UPDATED 09/10/08 *BF UPDATED 09/19/08. *JB

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