2000 Dodge Intrepid

AFTER DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 12 MILES TO WORK THE CAR WAS PULLED INTO A PARKING SPACE AND WHILE STRAIGHTENING THE WHEELS A LOUD POP WAS HEARD AND THE CAR HAD NO STEERING. THE INSPECTION REVEALED THAT (2) TWO 1/2 INCH THREADED BOLTS (THAT BOLT THE TIE RODS TO THE STEERING RACK HAD SHEARED OFF. ONE OF THE TIE ROD BUSHINGS WAS GONE AND THE AREA THE BUSHING WAS IN WAS EXTREMELY WORN, REQUIRING REPLACEMENT. THE RACK AND PINION WAS REPLACED ON THIS VEHICLE AT 20,000 MILES UNDER WARRANTY. THE CAR WAS REPAIRED BY REMOVING THE RACK, BACKING OUT THE OLD BOLT ENDS AND INSTALLING NEW BOLTS. THE ONE TIE ROD WAS REPLACED. I CONTACTED CHRYSLER CORPORATION CUSTOMER SERVICE AND THEY OFFERED NO HELP ON THE REPAIR. THE DISTRICT REP WAS ASK TO HELP AND HE DENIED ANY HELP. (HE DID NOT EVEN LOOK AT THE DAMAGE. I WAS TOLD THAT HE WOULD NOT OVER RULE DETRIOT). *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

DT: THE CONTACT WAS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE ENGINE ABOUT ONE YEAR AND HALF AGO. IT WAS MAKING A SLIGHT CLICKING NOISE. IT MADE LOUD BOOM NOISE AND IT HAD NO POWER .IT QUIT RUNNING ABOUT ONE YEAR AGO. THE CONTACT TOWED IT BACK TO THE HOUSE, AND THE DEALERSHIP TOLD HIM THAT ENGINE MALFUNCTIONED. THE CONTACT MAINTAINED OIL CHANGES AS RECOMMENDED. THE ENGINE HAD 90,000 MILES ON IT. HE REPORTED NOT HAVING ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE ENGINE PRIOR TO HEARING THE CLICKING NOISE.*AK

STEERING ON CAR MAKES LOUD CLUNKING NOISES AND FREEZES/LOCKS AT LOW TO MEDIUM SPEEDS( PREVENTING ANY OPERATOR CONTROL FOR 1 TO 5 SECONDS). USUALLY SEEMS TO BE WHEN TURNING LEFT HOWEVER THAT IS NOT STEADFAST EITHER. EVEN TURNING WHEEL TO BACK CAR OUT OF DRIVEWAY WILL MAKE LARGE CLUNKING SOUND IN FRONT END. SEEMS TO BE USUALLY WITHIN FIRST FIVE TO 10 MINUTES OF CAR RUNNING HOWEVER THAT IS NOT STEADFAST. THIS CAR HAS NOT CRASHED YET BUT THE POTENTIAL HAS PRESENTED ITSELF MORE THAN ONCE. AT THIS POINT I REFUSE TO LET MY SMALL CHILDREN RIDE IN CAR. *JB