2000 Dodge Intrepid

ENGINE BLOWN AT 48,500 MILES. WAS TOLD IT WAS THE 2.7 ENGINE THAT SLUDGE HAD BUILT UP IN IT EVEN THOUGH WE MAINTAINED IT REGULARLY. COST ABOUT $6,000 WHEN WAS SAID AND DONE. WE CONTACTED CHRYSLER AS WE HEARD THEY WERE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THIS ENGINE AND THAT THEY ARE AWARE BUT REFUSED TO HELP IN ANYWAY. RUDE! WE WERE TOLD THIS ENGINE NEEDED OIL CHANGED EVERY 1,500 - 2000 MILES TO KEEP FROM SLUDGING UP.. THIS IS NOT RIGHT... *NLM

CONSUMER HEARD A "TAPPING" NOISE COMING FROM THE MOTOR AND FRONT WHEEL AREA. DEALER DIAGNOSED THAT THERE WAS NO OIL ON DIP STICK AND MOTOR OIL LEVEL WAS LOW. VEHICLE WAS SERVICED AND PROBLEM RESOLVED. AFTER DRIVING FOR 5 DAYS THE "TAPPING" NOISE RETURNED AT SPEEDS OF 65 MPH. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE BACK THE TO DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THAT OIL SLUDGED WAS IN THE MOTOR AND THE RODS WERE BURNED ON THE TOP AND BOTTOM OF MOTOR WITH METAL SHAVINGS IN MOTOR. THE DEALER STATED THE VEHICLE NEEDED A NEW ENGINE. *JB

I OWN A 2000 INTREPID BY DODGE WITH APPROXIMATELY 43000 MILES ON IT. THE ENGINE HAS BEEN BLOWN AND I WAS INFORMED THAT WE HAVE TO PAY FOR THE REPAIR TO BE DONE BECAUSE OF SLUDGE IN THE ENGINE.. I HAVE AN EXTENDED WARRANTY ON THIS VEHICLE THAT I BOUGHT AT THE TIME OF PURCHASE.. BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT WE DO OUR OWN OIL CHANGES AND THE ONLY THING WE ARE GUILTY OF IS NOT KEEPING RECEIPTS THAT WE HAVE BOUGHT OIL AND FILTERS TO CHANGE IT.. WE HAVE DOCUMENTATION ON DATES AND MILEAGE THAT WE HAVE HAD THEM DONE.. IN FACT THE LAST ONE WAS DONE AT A PLACE OF BUSINESS. THE VEHICLE STARTED MAKING A CLANKING NOISE WHILE I WAS DRIVING , NO WARNING LIGHT OR ANY SUCH LIGHT CAME ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WHATSOEVER I PROCEEDED TO PULL OVER IN A PARKING LOT AND SHUT THE CAR OFF, AND IT WOULD NOT START, I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO DEALERSHIP..THEY HAVE NOW HAD MY CAR FOR 3 WEEKS AT THE DEALERSHIP. DODGE CORPORATE IS SAYING THAT THEY HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS COMPLAINT BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT THE EXTENDED WARRANTY IS NOT THROUGH THEM, THE DEALERSHIP CAN USE WHOM EVER THEY WANT TO FOR EXTENDED WARRANTIES. I HAVE SEARCHED MANY COMPLAINTS AND THIS IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH THESE ENGINE'S. MY EXTENDED WARRANTY IS FOR 7 YEARS OR 75000 MILE WHICH EVER COMES FIRST.. I HAD A DIFFERENT DEALERSHIP LOOK AT MY CAR FIRST AND WE HAD TO PAY THEM ALMOST 400.00 TO HAVE THEM LOOK AT THE VEHICLE AND TELL US THE WARRANTY PEOPLE WILL NOT FIX IT. THEY ALSO INFORMED US THAT THE TIME CHAINING HAD BLOWN AND WHEN THAT HAPPENS YES THERE WILL BE SLUDGE AND WHATEVER ELSE. WHICH WHY YOU HAVE TO REPLACE THE WHOLE ENGINE. I HAVE RESEARCHED THIS AND KNOW THAT THERE IS NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ON THIS PARTICULAR CAR AND ENGINE. PLEASE CAN YOU ADVISE AND HELP.. AS AN ADDED NOTE THE CAR ALSO SMELLS LIKE IT IS BURNING OIL. *JB

THE MECHANICS WERE UNABLE TO CORRECT THE STALLING/ROUGH RIDE PROBLEMS. IN ATTEMPTS TO REPAIR THE PROBLEMS THE DEALER CLEANED AND REPLACED THE SPARK PLUGS AND REPLACED THE FUEL SYSTEM. WHEN THE VEHICLE FELT AS IF IT WERE GOING TO STALL, THE CONSUMER SMELLED SULFUR COMING FROM THE ENGINE AREA AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. *SCC *NLM

I OWN A 2000 CHRYSLER INTREPID V6-2.7 LITER VEHICLE. AT 57,442 MILES I NOTICED A TICKING NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE OF THE CAR. THE DEALERSHIP I PURCHASED THE CAR FROM DIAGNOSED THE ENGINE NOISE AS A NON-COMPRESSING OR EXTENDING TIMING CHAIN TENSIONER. THE TENSIONER WAS REPLACED AND THE COST WAS COVERED UNDER MY 60,000-MILE WARRANTY. LAST WEEK I NOTICED THE SAME TICKING NOISE WHILE I WAS DRIVING THE CAR. BEFORE I COULD REACH A SAFE DESTINATION THE CAR ENGINE COMPLETELY STOPPED RUNNING AT 64,222 MILES. AFTER COMING TO A STOP THE CAR WOULD NOT START AGAIN. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP TO BE LOOKED AT AND TOLD THE SERVICE ADVISOR I HEARD THE SAME TIMING CHAIN NOISE THAT OCCURRED AT 57,442 MILES. THE DEALERSHIP SERVICE ADVISOR STATED THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO START THE CAR FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME AND ALSO CHECKED THE ENGINE OIL. THE SERVICE ADVISOR INFORMED ME THAT I WOULD NEED A NEW ENGINE AT A PRICE OF APPROXIMATELY $6,700.00?! I ASKED THE SERVICE ADVISOR IF A DIAGNOSTIC TEST WAS PERFORMED AND HE SAID ??NO??. BY LOOKING AT MY OIL LEVEL AND LISTENING TO MY ENGINE NOISES THE SERVICE ADVISOR RECOMMENDED AN ENTIRELY NEW ENGINE. I WAS ACCUSED OF NOT CHANGING MY ENGINE OIL REGULARLY EVEN THOUGH I DO. I ASKED ABOUT REPAIRING NON-WORKING PARTS OF THE ENGINE BUT THE SERVICE ADVISOR TOLD ME IT WOULD MOST LIKELY COST MORE THAN A NEW ENGINE CONSIDERING THE LABOR HOURS INVOLVED WITH THIS TYPE OF REPAIR. THE SERVICE ADVISOR WAS SO SURE THAT I NEEDED A NEW ENGINE AFTER ONLY CHECKING THE OIL AND LISTENING TO THE ENGINE NOISES. I HAVE FOUND WEB SITES WITH HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE HAVING SIMILAR PROBLEMS WITH THE V6-2.7 LITER DODGE/CHRYSLER ENGINE (ENGINE FAILURE WITHOUT WARNING, VERY PREMATURELY, AND DEALERSHIPS THEY WENT TO SAID THEY DIDN'T CHANGE THEIR OIL OFTEN ENOUGH). *NLM

I OWN A 2000 INTREPID WITH 29000 ON IT AND THE ENGINE HAS BLOWN ON IT (PREMATURE ENGINE FAILURE) AND IT IS STILL UNDER WARRANTY AND DAIMLER CHRYSLER HAS REFUSED TO PAY COSTS RELATED TO THIS BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE ALL MY RECEIPTS FOR OIL CHANGES. IT IS A 2.7 L ENGINE AND THEY ARE AWARE OF ENGINE SLUDGE PROBLEMS WITH THIS ENGINE AND THEY WILL NOT PAY ANY COSTS TOWARD A REPAIR BILL WHICH THEY HAVE QUOTED AT $8000.00. INITIALLY THE ENGINE CAUGHT ON FIRE AND THEY MADE MY INSURANCE COMPANY PAY FOR THE REPAIRS AND THEN 30 MILES LATER THE ENGINE WAS BLOWN AND THEY SAY BECAUSE MY HUSBAND DID THE OIL CHANGES AND WE DON'T HAVE ALL THE RECEIPTS FOR OIL PURCHASES THEY WILL NOT PAY THE BILL. WE HAVE THE RECEIPTS FOR THE WINTER MONTHS( OF WHICH I HAVE ONLY HAD THE CAR FOR ONE WINTER AND I HAVE THAT RECEIPT AND THE RECEIPT FOR OIL AND FLUSHING FLUID AFTER THE FIRE STARTED THEY NOW SAY WE NEED THE RECEIPTS FOR ALL OIL CHANGES. I HAVE LOOKED AT OTHER WEB SITES FOR PREMATURE ENGINE FAILURE WITH THAT SAME ENGINE SIZE AND THERE ARE MANY UNDER CHRYSLER ENGINE SLUDGE AND I HAVE A FAMILY MEMBER WHO HAS WORKED IN THE AUTO INDUSTRY FOR 20 YEARS AND KNOWS THAT CHRYSLER IS HAVING A PROBLEM WITH THIS PARTICULAR SIZE HAVING ENGINE SLUDGE AND IT IS WELL KNOWN AMONG THE MECHANICS BUT THEY WILL NOT COME FORWARD FOR FEAR OF LOSING THEIR JOBS. *NLM