2000 Dodge Intrepid

AT 90,015 SERVICED MILES, THE VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING AT 60 MPH. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE ENGINE FAILED. DRIVER COASTED TO A STOP SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET. TENSIONER FAILED AFTER MOTOR SEIZED UP. DEALER OFFERED TO INSTALL NEW ENGINE FOR >$4500 AND WAS TOLD TO CALL NATIONAL NUMBER. DODGE TOLD ME THAT MY ONLY RECOURSE WAS IN COURT, AND THAT WAS THE END OF THE CONVERSATION. *NLM

I OWN A 2000 DODGE INTREPID 2.7 LITER AND IT STARTED MAKING A TICKING NOISE AND THEN ONE DAY IN APRIL MY ENGINE JUST QUIT WHILE I WAS DRIVING IT DOWN THE ROAD. I SENT THEM A LETTER AND THEY SAID THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO BECAUSE MY WARRANTY WAS UP, BUT WHO PUTS A 36,000 MILE WARRANTY ON A VEHICLE UNLESS THEY KNOW THE ENGINE IS JUNK. THEY NEED TO FESS UP TO THEIR DEFECT OF THIS TYPE OF ENGINE AND RECALL IT. IT IS NOT RIGHT. I AM A 23 YEAR OLD SINGLE MOTHER WHO STILL OWES 10,000 DOLLARS ON A CAR THAT I CAN'T EVEN DRIVE BECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE 6,000 DOLLARS TO GIVE THEM FOR A NEW ENGINE. *JB

ON MAR 29TH, 2003 MY 2000 DODGE INTREPID CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE VEHICLE BEGAN STALLING. I TOOK IT TO A LOCAL GARAGE. AFTER PLACING IT ON THEIR COMPUTER, I WAS TOLD THE VEHICLES' CAM SENSOR NEEDED REPLACED. I ALSO HAD THE MECHANIC CHANGE THE SPARK PLUGS. BOTH OF WHICH HAD TO BE ORDERED THROUGH THE DEALER. $200 DOLLARS LATER, I PICKED THE VEHICLE UP AND DROVE APPROX. 5 MILES BEFORE THE SAME THING HAPPENED AGAIN. I TOOK IT BACK TO THE GARAGE WHO ADVISED ME THAT I SHOULD HAVE THE DEALERSHIP LOOK INTO IT. ONCE AT THE DEALERSHIP, I WAS TOLD I NEED A CRANK SENSOR. ANOTHER $200 DOLLARS LATER, MY WIFE PICKED THE VEHICLE UP, DROVE IT NO MORE THAN 2 BLOCKS FROM THE DEALERSHIP WHERE IT STALLED ON HER AND MY TWO CHILDREN IN THE MIDDLE OF US 52 IN OHIO. NOW, AFTER NOT HAVING MY VEHICLE FOR ALMOST A MONTH, I AM TOLD BY THE DEALERSHIP THE TIMING CHAIN MIGHT NEED REPLACED WHICH WILL EASILY COST $300 LABOR FOR 6HR OF WORK, AND AT LEAST $200 FOR THE NEW TIMING CHAIN. IN LESS THAN A MONTH I WILL HAVE SPENT AT LEAST $900 ON A PROBLEM YET TO BE ACTUALLY VERIFIED AS THE PROBLEM NEEDING FIXED. *NLM

LAST WEEK I WAS EXITING THE HIGHWAY ON AN OFF-RAMP AND NOTICED THE ENGINE HAD STALLED. IT WAS RUNNING GREAT ONE SECOND AND THE NEXT SECOND IT JUST QUIT WITH NO WARNING! I HAD IT TOWED TO A MECHANIC FOR SERVICE AND WAS INFORMED THAT MY ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MECHANIC SAID THAT IT LOOKED LIKE A BOMB WENT OFF IN MY ENGINE AND HE WAS NOT SURE OF THE CAUSE BUT IT WAS MOST LIKELY BECAUSE THE TIMING CHAIN BROKE. *JB