2003 Dodge Intrepid

ENGINE WAS RUNNING SLOW AND LACKED POWER. TOOK IT TO LOCAL SHOP AND COME TO FIND OUT THE ENGINE IS TRASHED. ITS A 2003 DODGE INTREPID WITH 84K MILES, 2.7 ENGINE. OWNED IT FOR 21 MONTHS TO BE EXACT. WAS TOLD THIS HAPPENS ALOT WITH THESE MODELS, AND HE'S FIXED 6 OF THESE CARS WITH THE SAME ENGINE. AS OF THE MOMENT WE ARE TRYING TO GET MONEY TOGETHER ($3000) TO REPLACE THE MOTOR WITH A 3.2/3.5L ENGINE. DODGE DEALERSHIPS WERE OF NO HELP. *TR

I OWN A 2003 DODGE INTREPID WITH THE 2.7 LITER ENGINE . IT HAS DIED WHILE DRIVING AT LEAST 5 TIMES, THE ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON FREQUENTLY AND EVENTUALLY GOES OFF. I'VE HAD IT TO THE DEALERSHIP MORE THAN ONCE AND THEY CAN NEVER FIND ANYTHING WRONG. NOW THE OIL LIGHT IS COMING ON AFTER THE CAR WARMS UP . IT ONLY HAS 60,000 MILES ON IT. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 DODGE INTREPID. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE CONTACT HEARD A KNOCKING SOUND IN THE ENGINE. WHEN THE VEHICLE REACHED 2 RPM, THE KNOCKING BECAME LOUDER. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT EXCEED 25 MPH. A DIAGNOSTIC WAS PERFORMED THAT INDICATED THERE WAS AN ISSUE WITH THE ENGINE SENSORS. CURRENTLY, THE ENGINE WILL NOT START. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 87,604.

I PURCHASED A 2003 DODGE INTREPID IN MAY OF 2007. SHORTLY THEREAFTER I BEGAN TO HAVE PROBLEMS WITH MY VEHICLE. I HAD A TUNE UP, AND OIL CHANGE, THEN THE CAMSHAFT SENSOR WENT BAD. I HAD TO HAVE THAT REPLACED TWICE (THE FIRST SENSOR WAS DEFECTIVE) THEN I NOTICED MY OIL LIGHT FLASHING DIMLY. I IMMEDIATELY TOOK IT IN FOR REPAIR THE RESULT WAS A CLEANING OF MY OIL PICKUP TUBE AND SCREEN AND ANOTHER OIL CHANGE. I USED HIGH MILEAGE OIL AND LUCAS OIL ADDITIVE I ALSO USED PLUS GRADE GAS AND STILL THIS HAPPENED. FROM WHAT I NOW KNOW THE 2.7L V6 DOHC IS "TRASH" AS QUITE A FEW MECHANICS HAVE CALLED IT. *TR

MY CAR HAD LOSS OF POWER AND YET IT SEEMED OK EXCEPT MY GAS MILEAGE WAS NOT SO GOOD, AND WITH NO WARNING, NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT, OR ANYTHING, I HEARD A REALLY LOUD KNOCKING NOISE IN MY ENGINE AND I HAD ALMOST NO POWER, I TOOK IT TO A SHOP AND THEY TOLD ME I HAVE A ROD KNOCKING AND I NEED A NEW ENGINE. MY CAR IS A 2003 DODGE INTREPID, I HAVE HAD IT ONLY A YEAR, AND I OWE $9,000 ON IT STILL. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 DODGE INTREPID. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKES FAILED WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH. NO WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. HE APPLIED THE BRAKES APPROXIMATELY TEN SECONDS BEFORE THE VEHICLE ACTUALLY STOPPED. THE LOCAL DEALER STATED THAT THE BRAKE BOOST PUMP FAILED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 62,000.

JULY 31 2007 TRAVELING AT 65 MPH ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY (75) IN TULSA OKLA THE MOTOR IN OUR 2003 DODGE INTREPID, A 2.7 V 6 SHUT DOWN. NO INDICATIONS OF ANY KIND OF PROBLEM. (NO LOW OIL PRESSURE LIGHT, NO HIGH TEMP., NO NOISE INDICATING A PROBLEM. THE MOTOR JUST DIED AND MY WIFE HAD TROUBLE EVEN GETTING IT OFF THE ROAD AND OUT OF TRAFFIC WITHOUT HAVING AN ACCIDENT. I HAD TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED TO A DEALER,(EAST TULSA DODGE WHERE THEY EXAMINED THE CAR AND TOLD ME THE MOTOR WAS DAMAGED AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE CAR HAS 83,941 MILES ON IT. I CALLED THE FACTORY REP AND THEY REFUSED TO COVER ANY OF THE EXPENSES SAYING WE DID NOT MAINTAIN THE VEHICLE TO THEIR SPECIFICATIONS. THE OIL IN THE CAR IS LESS THAN 40 DAYS OLD AND ANY SLUDGE THAT THE OLD OIL HAD IN IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN REMOVED AS THIS OIL WAS REMOVED FROM THE OIL PAN. IT IS NOT NORMAL MAINTENANCE TO HAVE TO REMOVE THE OIL PAN AND WIPE OUT THE SLUDGE BUILD-UP OR REMOVE THE COVER ON THE TOP OF THE MOTOR TO WIPE OUT THE SLUDGE BUILD-UP. THIS IS A PROBLEM CAUSED FROM POOR DESIGN OF THE OIL PUMP AND THE OIL PICK UP TUBES BEING TO SMALL FOR THE JOB REQUIRED TO KEEP ENOUGH OIL FLOWING THROUGH THE MOTOR TO PROTECT ENGINE PARTS FROM THIS KIND OF DAMAGE. *JB