2000 Dodge Intrepid

DT: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING HEARD A CLANKING NOISE UNDERNEATH THE HOOD. HE IMMEDIATELY DROVE THE VEHICLE TO THE SERVICE DEALERSHIP FOR INSPECTION. THE SERVICE DEALER DETERMINED THAT THE TIMING CHAIN STRETCHED AND RELEASED METAL SHAVINGS INTO THE ENGINE, RESULTING IN A COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE. THE ENGINE WAS DISASSEMBLED TO ESTIMATE THE DAMAGES. THE FINAL DIAGNOSIS CONCLUDED THAT THE ENGINE WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. NO REPAIRS HAVE BEEN PERFORMED. *AK

I OWN A 2000 DODGE INTREPID WITH A 2.7L ENGINE. I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY WHEN THE OIL PRESSURE SYMBOL POPPED ON . THE ENGINE STARTED TO MAKE A KNOCKING AND PINGING SOUND THAT GOT WORSE AS I WENT DOWN THE ROAD. THE MOTOR FINALLY STOP RUNNING SO I PULLED ON SIDE THE ROAD. I TRIED TO RESTART IT BUT IT WOULD NOT TURN OVER. I HAD TO HAVE IT PULLED TO THE HOUSE . I HAD MADE IT A HABIT TO CHANGE THE OIL EVERY 3,000 MILES AND TO MAKE SURE THE OIL LEVEL WAS FULL EVERY TIME I LEFT THE HOUSE. I DON'T KNOW OF ANYTHING THAT I DID OR DIDN'T DO THAT WOULD HAVE CAUSE THE MOTOR TO SEIZE UP. I DO KNOW THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF COMPLAINS ABOUT THE 2.7L ENGINE AND THAT IT IS NOT A VERY DEPENDABLE MOTOR THAT WILL QUIT AND SEIZE UP FOR NO REASON T ALL. I BELIEVE THAT THIS MOTOR SHOULD BE RECALLED AND THAT THE CONSUMERS SHOULD BE COMPENSATED WITH A NEW OR REBUILT 3.2L OR 3.5L ENGINE TO REPLACE THE 2.7L ENGINES IN THESE VEHICLES. *NM

I HAVE A 200O DODGE INTREPID. I AM A MAINTENANCE FREAK, OIL IS ALWAYS CHANGED. ON 10/10/05 I WAS DRIVING MY CAR AND I STARTED SEEING THE OIL LIGHT FLICKER, I PULLED OVER AND THE ENGINE SOUNDED TERRIBLE. OIL WAS FULL. I PROCEEDED TO THE CLOSEST MECHANIC AND THEY TOLD ME THE ENGINE WOULD BLOW SOON AND THERE WAS NO FIXING IT, IT WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED HE WOULD NOT WORK ON THE CAR SO I ASKED HIM IF IT WOULD HURT TO DRIVE, HE SAID NO, IT WAS TERMINAL ENGINE FAILURE. SO I PROCEEDED TO DODGE, WHERE 5 MILES LATER IT BLEW. I NEVER HAD ANY MORE THAN 8 MILES OF NOTIFICATION FROM THE LIGHT ON THE DASH. I BOUGHT ANOTHER ENGINE. 2100.00 LATER IT RUNS, BUT THEY SAY THIS ENGINE IN HORRIBLE. I TRIED TO TRADE IT AND THEY WOULDN'T EVEN GIVE ME 1300.00, LESS THAN WHAT I OWE ON THE CAR. *NM

DT: THE CONTACT STATES VEHICLE STALLED AND THE ENGINE DIED IMMEDIATELY. SHE WAS UNABLE TO RESTART THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP. THE MECHANIC DISCOVERED SLUDGE IN THE ENGINE. HE REBUILT THE ENGINE, AND SUGGESTED THAT THE CONTACT USE A THINNER TYPE OF OIL IN THE FUTURE. CURRENTLY, THE PROBLEM RECURRED. *AK

I OWN A 2000 DODGE INTREPID 2.7 ENGINE THAT HAS FAILED AT 76,000 MILES AFTER SEARCHING THE INTERNET, I HAVE NOTICED THERE ARE A LOT OF 2.7 ENGINE OWNERS THAT HAVE FAILED AS WELL. PLEASE HELP AND LETS STOP CHRYSLER FROM RIPPING THE GENERAL PUBLIC OFF BY SELLING AN ENGINE THAT IS NOT RELIABLE. THANKS FOR ANY HELP, EVEN THE CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP TELLS ME THAT THE 2.7 ENGINE IS JUNK AND WAS JUNK WHEN IT WAS NEW. *JB

I WAS ON MY WAY HOME, AFTER WORK 6:30PM WHEN MY ENGINE STAR SOUNDING FUNNY (TAPPING NOISE) THEN A LOUD NOISE, AND THE CAR STOP, I'M NOT A MECHANIC SO ALL I DID WAS CALL A TOLL TRUCK, AND BRING THE CAR TO THE SHOP, THE NEXT DAY I GOT A CALL FROM THE SHOP, THEY TOLD ME THAT THE TIMING CHAIN WAS BROKEN AND THE VALVES BEND, (I NEED A NEW ENGINE) I WAS TOLD THAT WITH LABOR AND PARTS IT'LL BE AROUND $4500.00 DLS. I PULL THE CAR OUT OF THE SHOP AND BRING THIS TO MY GARAGE, WHERE IS BEEN SITTING FOR THE LAST 2 WEEKS. *NM

DT: THE CONTACT STATED THE TIMING CHAIN TENSIONER WAS REPLACED THREE TIMES. IT WAS REPLACED 500 MILES AGO, AND IS CURRENTLY WORKING CORRECTLY. *AK UPDATED 12/27/2005 - EACH TIME IT FAILED IT CAUSED THE ENGINE TO SEIZE AND RESULT IN LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND POWER BRAKES. THE TIMING CHAIN HAS BEEN REPLACED AT 64306 MILES, 72687 MILES AND 80982 MILES. *NM