2000 Dodge Intrepid

WHILE DRIVING MY DODGE INTERPID (THAT HAS A 2.7 LITER ENGINE) THE ENGINE STARTED MAKING A HORRIBLE NOISE. WE COULD NOT ACCELERATE OVER 25 MPH AND THE ENGINE WOULDN'T STAY RUNNING IF YOU HIT THE BRAKE AT ALL. WHILE TURNING A CORNER INTO TRAFFIC, THE ENGINE DIED. AFTER ABOUT 15 MINUTES OF THE NOISE BEGINNING, THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. THERE WAS NO WARNING SIGN THAT ANYTHING WAS WRONG PRIOR TO IT HAPPENING. WE HAD IT TOWED TO A MECHANIC'S GARAGE AND WERE TOLD IT NEEDS A WHOLE NEW ENGINE AND IT WOULD COST 5,800.00. THE MECHANIC SAID THIS IS A KNOWN MAJOR PROBLEM WITH THIS ENGINE AND THE PROBLEM USUALLY STARTS BETWEEN 50-60K MILES. (MINE HAD APPROXIMATELY 56,000 MILES ON IT AT THE TIME THE PROBLEM STARTED. I ALSO CALLED A CHRYSLER MECHANIC AND WAS TOLD THE SAME EXACT THING ABOUT THE PROBLEM WITH THIS ENGINE.

ON DEC.26 2004, AS WE WERE LEAVING OUR HOUSE THE CAR STARTING MAKING A TICKING SOUND, WE PULLED BACK INTO THE DRIVEWAY AND CHECKED THE OIL, TRANSMISSION FLUID AND HOSES. NO LIGHTS WERE ON TO INDICATE A PROMBLEM BUT WE PARKED THE CAR SINCE IT WAS A NOISE WE HAD NEVER HEARD.THE NEXT MORNING, MONDAY, WE CALLED OUR MECHANICS AND HAD THE CAR TOWED IN, THE MECHANIC ASKED ABOUT THE OIL CHANGES AND I TOLD HIM TO CHECK THE DATE ON THE WINDOW I KNEW IT WAS RECENT. HE STATED HE WAS SHOCKED DUE TO THE SLUDGE BUILD UP IN THE ENGINE. I INFROMED HIM I HAVE REGULAR OIL CHANGES AND HAVE THE RECEIPTS. HE SUGGESTED TO CLEAN ADN REPLACE THE OIL PAN AND FILTER TOTALING $800.00, HE DID THE WORK. THURSDAY DEC 30 I GOT THE CAR BACK BUT DID NOT DRIVE IT DUE TO THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND. MONDAY MORNING ON A 2 LANE ROAD 37 MILES FROM HOME THE CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE THE ALL THE SUDDEN THE CAR STARTED TO RAPIDLY DECREASE SPEED AND THEN SHUT OFF. I WAS ABLE TO BARELY GET THE CAR OFF THE ROAD BEFORE BEING HIT BY AN ONCOMING 18 WHEELER. I HAD THE CAR TOWED BACK IN AND WAS TOLD THAT DUE TO THE OIL SLUDGE I NEEDED A NEW ENGINE. THE PROMBLEM IS THEY REFUSED TO "GET INVOLVED" DUE TO THE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS AND CLASS ACTION LAW SUITS REGARDING THE 2.7 ENGINES. I CONTACTED MY LOCAL DODGE DEALER AND WAS TOLD "I SYMPATHIZE AND HAVE HEARD OF THIS BEFORE BUT THE BEST I CAN DO IS $7800-8200.00 FOR A NEW ENGINE BUT CAN NOT WARRANTY SLUDGE BUILD UP. I ONLY OWED $6000ON THE CAR. AFTER CONTACTING 2 MORE DEALERS AND BEING TOLD THEY COULD NOT WARRANTY IT AGAINST THE SAME THING HAPPENING AGAIN THEY DID NOT WANT TO DO THE WORK. THIS ENGINE IS A SLUDGE ENGINE AND ALMOST COST ME MYLIFE AS WELL AS MY 2 KIDS THAT WERE IN THE CAR! SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE!

2000 DODGE INTREPID WITH APPROX 46,000 MILES ON IT. PRIOR TO FAILURE EVERYTHING SEEMS NORMAL. DRIVING 35 MPH ENGINE BEGINS TO TICK VERY LOUDLY. AM ABLE TO STOP AT MY DESTINATION AND RETURN HOME. ONCE HOME AND INSPECTING THE NOISE HAVE TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP FOLLOWING DAY. THE ENGINE HAS FAILED DUE TO SLUDGE AND IS NOT COVERED UNDER THE EXTENDED WARRANTY. NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE TO CORRECT THE FAILURE AS OF YET AS THEY WANT $7200.00 TO REPLACE THE FAULTY 2.7 LITER ENGINE. I STILL OWE ON THE CAR AND IT IS DEAD @ A MERE 46,000 MILES. *JB

MY 17 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING MY 2000 DODGE INTREPID WITH THE 2.7LTR WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE MOTOR SEIZED LEFT HER WITH NO POWER STARRING OR BRAKES THANK GOD SHE WAS ON A BACK ROAD WHEN THIS HAPPENED AND NOT THE HIGHWAY WHO KNOWS WHAT COULD A HAPPENED SHE WAS TERRIFIED AND COULD NOT CONTROL THE CAR, SHE MANAGED TO STOP ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD THANKFULLY SHE WAS ALRIGHT SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE ABOUT THIS BEFORE PEOPLE START GETTING KILLED IN THESE DEATH MACHINES. *AK