2000 Dodge Intrepid

PURCHASED A 2000 DODGE INTREPID NEW FROM DEALER. TAKE AMAZING GREAT CARE OF MY CAR AND HAVE RECORDS TO PROVE THAT. JUST HIT 59,000. MILES AND MY MOTOR BLEW UP. IM NOW LOOKING AT SPENDING $4000. TO REPLACE MOTOR OR PURCHASE A NEW CAR. LISTENING TO ALL THE PROBLEMS WITH THESE MOTORS THAT ARE WELL DOCUMENTED I HAVE DECIDED TO PURCHASE A NEW CAR A HONDA. I WILL NEVER AGAIN BUY AMERICAN MADE. HOW CAN THEY BE LET TO GET AWAY WITH THIS. EVERY CONSUMER SHOULD BE COMPENSATED FOR THERE LOSE. WE ALL DO THE RIGHT THING, PAY OUR TAXES, OUR MONTHLY CAR PAYMENTS WITH HIGH INTEREST RATES, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO CRAPPY PRODUCTS WE JUST HAVE TO EAT IT. THAT'S WHY THERE PEOPLE OUT THERE TRYING TO BEAT THE SYSTEM. I SAY THEN GO FOR IT. I WANT $3500.00 FOR MY USELESS CAR. THAT'S WHAT MY BOOK VALUE IS. I ALSO WANT $3500.00 I HAVE TO SPEND FOR THE DOWN PAYMENT FOR MY NEW CAR AND TWO WEEKS OF BEGGING FAMILY AND FRIENDS FOR RIDES, AND ALL THE STRESS RELATED TO THIS MESS. SOMEONE NEEDS TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THESE POORLY MADE MOTORS. THEY KNOW THERE CRAP AND THERE ALOUD TO GET AWAY WITH IT. *TR

MY 2000 DODGE INTREPID 2.7L DOHC ENGINE NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. I HEARD A NOISE THAT COULD BE DESCRIBED AS A "DIESEL ENGINE" SOUND WHILE MY CAR WAS IDLING AND RUNNING AT LOWER SPEEDS. I HAD SEVERAL FRIENDS LISTEN TO IT AND THEY COULD NOT DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM WITHOUT GETTING "INSIDE THE ENGINE". I PLANNED ON TAKING MY CAR TO THE SHOP THE NEXT DAY, AND WHILE MY CAR WAS PARKED AND IN IDLE, THE CAR DIED. WHEN TRYING TO RESTART IT, IT WOULD RUN FOR 5 TO 10 SECONDS AND THEN DIE AGAIN. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP AND THE MECHANIC SPENT THREE HOURS DIAGNOSING THE PROBLEM AND CREATING AN ESTIMATE. THE BILL WAS $280.00 INCLUDING THE TOW AND LABOR. THE MECHANIC INDICATED THAT THE TIMING CHAIN BROKE AND SUBSEQUENTLY CRACKED THE VALVE COVER AND DAMAGED THE VALVES, AMONG OTHER COMPONENTS. THE ESTIMATE TO REPLACE MY ENGINE IS $4500.00 INCLUDING PARTS AND LABOR. I HAD APPROXIMATELY 70,000 MILES ON MY INTREPID. UPON RESEARCHING THIS ISSUE ON THE INTERNET, I FOUND THAT MANY OTHER VEHICLE OWNERS WITH THIS SAME ENGINE CAME INTO THE SAME PROBLEM, MOST LOSING THEIR ENGINE BETWEEN 30,000 AND 70,000 MILES. I HAVE NOT HAD THE WORK DONE TO MY CAR YET, DUE TO THE OUTRAGEOUS COST, AND I HAVE TO DECIDE NOW IF IT IS WORTH IT TO REPAIR IT MYSELF OR JUST PURCHASE ANOTHER VEHICLE. SOMETHING SHOULD BE DONE ABOUT THIS IF MANY OTHER PEOPLE HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. *TR

I WAS DRIVING HOME, STOPPED AT A LIGHT, THE CAR HESITATED AND KNOCKED THEN WENT. I DROVE A LITTLE FURTHER AND IT BEGAN KNOCKING AND LOOSING POWER. I WAS TRAVELING UP A HILL WITH NO SHOULDER. PULLED OVER IN A SAFE LOCATION AND CALLED FOR HELP. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO GRAPHS AUTOMOTIVE. THEY INFORMED ME THE ENGINE BLEW DUE TO THE #4 PISTON. I TOWED THE CAR BACK HOME. *TR

CAR EXHIBITING ALL SYMPTOMS THAT ENGINE WILL FAIL--OIL LIGHT COMES ON AT STOP LIGHTS, AC BROKEN, RADIATOR FILLED WITH SLUDGE. I HAVE A SIX YEAR OLD DAUGHTER AND WILL NOT OUR LIVES AT STAKE DRIVING A CAR THAT COULD POTENTIALLY LEAVE US STRANDED IN THE MIDDLE OF RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC. DODGE REFUSES TO EVEN ACKNOWLEDGE THESE CARS HAVE OIL SLUDGE PROBLEMS. *TR

2000 CHRYSLER INTREPID WITH LESS THAN 70,000 MILES USED PRIMARILY BY MY WIFE FOR WORK. (85 MILES PER DAY). CAR STARTED TO KNOCK. WE BROUGHT IT TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR INVESTIGATION AND WERE TOLD WE HAD AN ENGINE FAILURE. DEALERSHIP REPLACED SMALL BLOCK WITH WHAT I WAS TOLD AS BEING A NEW AS AN AFTER MARKET PART. WE STARTED TO HAVE OIL CHANGES DONE AT DEALERSHIP ONLY EVERY 3,000 MILES(ALTHOUGH OWNERS MANUAL STATES 7,000 FOR OUR THE TYPE OF DRIVING. AT LESS THAN 40,000 MILES THE ENGINE STARTED TO KNOCK AGAIN. DEALERSHIP WOULD NOT STAND BEHIND PRODUCT OR REPAIR AGAIN. I BROUGHT IT TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP THAT WAS RECOMMENDED TO ME BY A FRIEND IN THE BUSINESS. THIS REPAIR SHOP HAS HAD SOME LUCK WITH REPAIRING THE PROBLEM. UNFORTUNATELY FOR ME NOT THIS TIME. I HAVE CONTACTED CHRYSLER SEVERAL TIME WITH SAME RESULTS AS MENTIONED, SERVICE NOT PERFORMED BY DEALERSHIP TO BAD, I WAS ALSO TOLD THIS BY DALE FRANK THE SERVICE MANAGER AT THE DEALERSHIP. I HAVE ALL MY VEHICLES SERVICE AT OR BEFORE 3,000 MILES. I FINE IT VERY ABSURD THAT THE SPARK PLUG CHANGE IS AT 100,000 MILES WHEN THIS ENGINE HAS NO CHANGE OF EVER SEEING THAT NUMBER OF MILES. *TR

I GOT A LOAN ON A 2000 DODGE INTREPID. IT HAS BEEN NOTHING BUT EXPENSE AFTER EXPENSE. IT DIDN'T WANT TO START, SO I TOOK TO A DODGE SERVICE PLACE. THEY SAID IT WAS A CRANK SHAFT POSITIONING SENSOR, WHICH COST ME $582.00 TO HAVE IT FIXED. TWO WEEKS LATER IT DIDN'T WANT TO START AGAIN. THEY SAID IT WAS THE CAM SHAFT SENSOR, WHICH COST ME ANOTHER $284.00 TO HAVE IT FIXED. EACH TIME THAT THE DODGE SERVICE DEPARTMENT HAD THE CAR, THEY SUPPOSEDLY DID A 24 POINT INSPECTION AFTER FIXING IT, AND IT PASSED THE INSPECTION BOTH TIMES. SO, A WEEK AND A HALF LATER, THERE WAS SOME REALLY LOUD KNOCKING SOUNDS COMING FROM THE MOTOR. THE DODGE SERVICE PLACE SAID THAT THE WHOLE LOWER UNIT ON THE ENGINE IS SHOT, SO IT NEEDS EITHER AN OVERHAUL OR A NEW MOTOR. I GOT SOME QUOTES OVER THE PHONE TO EITHER FIX THE MOTOR OR REPLACE THE MOTOR WITH A NEW MOTOR. FOR OVERHAULING THE MOTOR, WHICH INCLUDES PARTS AND LABOR, THEY WANT AT LEAST $4300.00. TO PUT A NEW MOTOR IN THEY WANT $4600.00. I BOUGHT THE CAR USED FOR OVER $7000.00, NOT INCLUDING THE FINANCE AND INTEREST CHARGES. NOW IN ORDER TO FIX THE CAR, I WOULD HAVE TO PAY OUT A WHOLE LOT MORE THAN HALF OF WHAT THE CAR COST TO BEGIN WITH. THE DODGE SERVICE PLACES SAY THAT THE 2.7 MOTORS ARE NOT MADE WELL, BECAUSE THEY HAVE TOO SMALL OF AN OPENING FOR THE OIL TO BE DISPERSED CORRECTLY THROUGHOUT THE ENGINE. MY INTREPID ONLY HAS 102,000 MILES ON IT. SO I AM STUCK PAYING FOR A CAR THAT CANNOT BE DRIVEN, UNLESS I WANT TO BE STRANDED SOMEWHERE. I STILL OWE ON THE CAR, SO I AM PAYING PAYMENTS AND KEEPING INSURANCE ON A CAR I CANNOT AFFORD TO FIX. SHOULDN'T THERE BE A WARNING SOMEWHERE ON THESE VEHICLES, ABOUT THE CHANCES OF SLUDGE BUILD UP CAUSING THE ENGINE TO FAIL? SHOULDN'T DODGE STAND BEHIND THEIR VEHICLES, AND PUT SOME KIND OF RECALL ON THESE MOTORS? WHAT ARE PEOPLE LIKE ME TO DO? AM I JUST SUPPOSE TO PAY AND PAY ON A CAR THAT I WOULD HAVE TO DRIVE AT MY OWN RISK, OF THE ENGINE FAILING AT ANY GIVEN MOMENT? *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 DODGE INTREPID. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE ENGINE SPUTTERED. THE CONTACT DROVE TO A GAS STATION AND TURNED OFF THE VEHICLE. WHEN SHE ATTEMPTED TO RESTART IT, THERE WAS NO POWER. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DODGE DEALER. THE DEALER WOULD NOT PROVIDE HER WITH A RENTAL VEHICLE TO DRIVE WHILE THEY HAD HER VEHICLE. THE TRANSMISSION TYPE WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 73,000.