2000 Dodge Intrepid

WHILE DRIVING ENGINE SHUT DOWN. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO DEALER, AND IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE TIMING CHAIN AND CRANK SHAFT WERE DEFECTIVE.*AK THE VEHICLE'S CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON FIVE DIFFERENT OCCASION. EACH TIME THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO BE SERVICE BUT NO CODES WERE FOUND IN THE VEHICLE COMPUTER. EVENTUALLY THE VEHICLE STALLED AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT A NEW ENGINE WAS NEEDED. *NM

WHILE DRIVING OIL PRESSURE LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE DASHBOARD FOLLOWED BY UNWANTED DECELERATION. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP, WHO INDICATED THAT OIL PRESSURE SENSOR FAILED, AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE SENSOR WAS REPLACED, THE ENGINE WAS FLUSHED, AND AN OIL CHANGE PERFORMED. THE FAILURE RECURRED. DEALERSHIP THEN REPLACED THE OIL PUMP. THE UNWANTED DECELERATION RECURRED WITHOUT THE OIL LIGHT COMING ON, AND VEHICLE LOST OIL PRESSURE. DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE TIMING BELT, AND GEAR SHIFT. ALSO, HAD TO DROP THE OIL PAN TO CHECK FOR SLUDGE IN THE ENGINE. *AK

NO REAL EVENTS LEADING. IT JUST STOPPED. FINE AT RED LIGHT. THEN WHEN PULLED OUT I HEARD TICKING NOICE. I PULLED INTO VERY NEXT OFF ROAD APPROX 1 BLOCK. VHENEVER RAN AGAIN. MECH ADVISED OIL PUMP. ENGINE BLEW UP. $7000 TO REPAIR. MECH ADVISED CHRYSLER HAS KNOWN THIS PROBLEM SINCE DAY ONE. CHRYSLER REFUSED TO HELP. I AM NOW PAYING THE BALANCE OF A $8000 LOAN ON A CAR I CAN NOT DRIVE AND HAD TO BUY ANOTHER ONE. I WORK AND DRIVE THE ATLANTA ROADS. WHEN YOUR VEHICLE STOPS IN THESE ROADS. YOU ARE RISKING YOUR LIFE. *AK

DOWNSHIFFTED DURING COURSE OF DRIVING. RPMS WENT TO 3500. UPON SLOWING DOWN, MOTOR SHUT OFF. ALL ACCESSORIES TURNED OFF. NO WARNING. *JB RE-STARTED VEHICLE TO DRIVE OFF THE STREET. ALL SYSTEMS SHUTDOWN AGAIN. FINALLY RESTARTED MOTOR LONG ENOUGH TO PULL INTO A NEARBY PARKING LOT. HAD TOW TRUCK DELIVER VEHICLE TO HOME. *JB

I WAS DRIVING DOWN A ROAD ENGINE SOUNDED FINE. ALL OF THE SUDDEN THERE WAS A LOUD KNOCK IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND THEN THE ENGINE JUST STOPPED RUNNING. I HAD TO DRIFT DOWN THE HILL TILL I COULD FIND A PLACE TO PULL OFF. I HAD IT TOWED TO TWO MECHANICS AND BOTH SAID THE ENGINE WAS SHOT AND THAT I NEEDED A NEW ONE. THE ENGINE WAS REPLACED AT A COST OF OVER $4000. *AK

I OWN A 2000 DODGE INTREPID WITH THE 2.7 L ENGINE. IN JANUARY OF 2003 A TAPPING IN THE ENGINE OCCURRED, BUT EVERY TIME I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER IT WOULD STOP. IT HAD GONE ON FOR QUITE AWHILE AS THE DEALER COULDN'T DO ANYTHING UNTIL HE HEARD THE NOISE. WHEN THEY FINALLY COULD HEAR THE NOISE, FIRST THEY SAID THE ENGINE HAD BLOWN, THEN CALLED BACK TO SAY THE TIMING CHAIN TENSION HAD BROKEN APART. THEY REPAIRED THIS. IN JANUARY 2004 THE SAME THING HAPPENED AGAIN. WE WENT THROUGH THE SAME SEQUENCE OF EVENTS WITH THE NOISE AS THE FIRST TIME. IT WAS MARCH 2004 WHEN THEY WERE FINALLY ABLE TO DETECT THE NOISE AND MADE AN APPOINTMENT TO HAVE IT REPAIR IN FOUR DAYS. THEIR COMMENT TO ME WHEN I ASKED IF I SHOULD BE DRIVING THE CAR WAS, "WE WOULDN'T LET THE CAR GO IF WE DIDN'T THINK IT WAS OK." I DROVE IT THE NEXT DAY AND THE TAPPING WAS PRESENT; THE FOLLOWING DAY IT WOULDN'T START. THEY TOWED THE CAR IN. THE PROGNOSIS WAS, THE ENGINE HAD BLOWN. THE RODS WENT THROUGH THE PISTONS. THIS WAS AT 80,000 MILES. THE CAR WAS OUT OF COMMISSION FOR OVER A MONTH. I HAVE THE 100,000 MILE EXTENDED WARRANTY AND THEY WOULDN'T COVER THE COST OF REPAIR. THE CAR WAS ONLY WORTH $5,500 AND REPAIRS EXTENDED BEYOND THAT. I HAD THE ENGINE REBUILT FROM A PRIVATE BUSINESS. A DODGE MECHANIC LATER INFORMED US THAT THEY HAVE REPLACED MANY OF THESE PARTICULAR ENGINES ALONG WITH THE MECHANIC WHO REBUILT MINE. I GUESS NOW I KNOW WHY THE DODGE INTREPID CAN'T HOLD IT'S VALUE. ONLY 4 YEARS OLD AND WITH A DEPRECIATION OF $5,000 PER YEAR. I WAS TOLD TO KEEP ALL THE OLD PARTS IN CASE A RECALL OCCURRED. *LA