2000 Dodge Intrepid

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 DODGE INTREPID. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A LEFT HAND TURN THE ENGINE STALLED. SHE HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO A LOCAL MECHANIC. THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THERE WAS A BUILD UP OF SLUDGE IN THE ENGINE. SHE THEN CONTACTED THE DEALER AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO PROVIDE ANY ASSISTANCE BECAUSE THE VEHICLE IS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED AS OF CURRENT DATE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 103780. (SC) UPDATED 07/29/08. *LJ UPDATED 08/06/08

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 DODGE INTREPID. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE DRIVER'S SEAT SUDDENLY RECLINED ALL THE WAY TO THE BACK SEAT. THE CONTACT SLIPPED UNDER THE STEERING WHEEL AND COULD NOT TOUCH THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND STATED THAT IT WAS NOT INCLUDED IN A RECALL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000. UPDATED 07/15/08. *LJ THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THE RECALL WAS DONE AND HAD BEE PERFORMED CORRECTLY. THE RECALL INVOLVED REPLACING THE DRIVER SEAT RECLINER BOLTS. THE BOLTS WERE INTACT AND INSTALLED CORRECTLY. THE DEALER STATED THE PROBLEM WAS INTERNALLY IN THE SEAT RECLINER MECHANISM AND THAT WAS NOT APART OF THE RECALL. UPDATED 07/15/08

CATASTROPHIC ENGINE FAILURE OCCURRING UNEXPECTEDLY 1/07. PURCHASED A REBUILT ENGINE. SIX MONTHS LATER THE CAR STARTED TO STOP AT ANY SPEED, WHILE IDLING, AND 50% OF THE TIME WOULD NOT START AT ALL. HAD SEVERAL DEALERS DO DIAGNOSTICS BUT COULD NOT PINPOINT THE PROBLEM AS THE CAR WOULD RUN WHEN TAKEN TO THE SHOP. WAS INFORMED THAT IT MAY BE FUEL SENSOR, FUEL PUMP, OR FRIED MOTHERBOARD IN THE CAR'S COMPUTER. NEITHER REPAIR SHOPS DIAGNOSTIC EQUIPMENT COULD PINPOINT THE PROBLEM. FROM 11/07-4/08 THE CAR DID NOT HAVE THE PROBLEM. NOW IT HAS STARTED TO CUTOFF WHILE IN MOTION AGAIN. IT CUTS OFF ATLEAST THREE TIMES PER TRIP NOW, AND HASN'T NOR STARED IN ALMOST A WEEK. NEW BATTERY, AND A REBUILT ENGINE WITH UNDER 10K MILES ON IT. NEEDLESS TO SAY THE CONTINUED STOPPAGE WITHOUT WARNING HAS PUT ME IN SOME DANGEROUS SITUATIONS DURING MY COMMUTE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 DODGE INTREPID. WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 65-70 MPH, THE CONTACT'S SON NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. HE ATTEMPTED TO PULL OVER, BUT THE BRAKES MALFUNCTIONED AND WOULD NOT STOP PROPERLY. THE CONTACT WAS FORCED TO COAST TO A STOP. HE EXITED THE VEHICLE AND NOTIFIED THE POLICE. FLAMES BEGAN TO APPEAR FROM UNDER THE ENGINE AND HOOD. THE POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS ARRIVED, STABILIZED THE FIRE, AND TOWED THE VEHICLE. THE INSURANCE COMPANY THEN TOWED THE VEHICLE TO THEIR SALVAGE YARD TO INVESTIGATE. THE CONTACT HAS STILL NOT HEARD BACK FROM THE INSURANCE COMPANY. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 130,400.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 DODGE INTREPID. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE CONTACT NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. HE DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL, BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP. HE WAS FORCED TO COAST TO A STOP. THE CONTACT EXITED THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED FLAMES UNDERNEATH THE HOOD AND THE UNDERCARRIAGE OF THE VEHICLE. PRIOR TO THE FAILURE, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLE OVERHEATED OCCASIONALLY. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE AND THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A STORAGE AREA. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED BY THE DEALER. UPDATED 09/15/08 *BF UPDATED 09/18/08. *JB

THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT SENSOR WAS REPLACED AT 29709 MILES. AT 31900 MILES THE OIL LIGHT SENSOR WAS REPLACED. BOTH SAID TO BE FAULTY. ON FRI EVE MAR 14, 2008 WITH 39,250 MILEAGE & WITH NO WARNING, THE ENGINE BEGAN MAKING A TERRIBLE CLANKING NOISE. THE OIL CAP WAS FULL OF SLUDGE. I HAD THE TIMING CHAIN TENSIONER REPLACED. THE TENSIONER FAILED AFTER 11 DAYS. MY MECHANIC, PER CHRYSLER, PUT IN 2 ADDITIVES TO MAKE THE TENSIONER WORK PROPERLY. ONLY DAYS LATER THE ENGINE SEIZED. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE THEY DETERMINED THE ENGINE HAD TO BE REPLACED. IT WOULD COST ME $5400. CHRYSLER WAS "KIND ENOUGH" TO OFFER ME A NEW ENGINE FOR $3500. I WAS ABLE TO PROVE WITH RECEIPTS THAT THE OIL & FILTER HAD BEEN CHANGED 5 TIMES IN LESS THAN 10,000 MILES. I DO NOT HAVE THE MONEY TO HAVE THIS CAR FIXED. WHEN I SPOKE TO CAROL, A REP AT THE CHRYSLER CORP, TRYING TO MAKE HER UNDERSTAND MY FRUSTRATION ABOUT THIS ISSUE, SHE HAD THE AUDACITY TO TELL ME THAT I "NEEDED TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE PROBLEMS IN MY OWN LIFE." THIS PROBLEM WAS NOT SOMETHING I BROUGHT ON MYSELF. INCIDENTALLY, IF THE CAR HAD TO HAVE BOTH THE "CHECK ENGINE" LIGHT & THE "OIL SENSOR" LIGHT REPLACED, WHY DID NEITHER GIVE ME ANY WARNING OF A PROBLEM? *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 DODGE INTREPID. THE ENGINE FAILED WHILE TURNING INTO A PARKING LOT. THE CONTACT COASTED THE VEHICLE INTO A PARKING SPACE AND PUSHED IT THE REST OF THE WAY. WHEN HE RESTARTED THE VEHICLE TWENTY MINUTES LATER, HE HEARD A KNOCKING SOUND COMING FROM THE ENGINE. HE SHUT OFF THE VEHICLE AND LATER HAD IT TOWED TO THE CHRYSLER DEALER. THE ENGINE WAS REPLACED 9,000 MILES PRIOR TO THIS RECENT FAILURE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THERE WAS NO OIL IN THE ENGINE AND, AS A RESULT, THE FAILURE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER'S COSTUMER SERVICE HOTLINE AND THEY STATED THAT THEY WOULD HAVE THE DEALER DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE AGAIN. HE IS STILL AWAITING THEIR RESPONSE. THE CONTACT DISCOVERED THOUSANDS OF COMPLAINTS ON OTHER WEBSITES RELATED TO THIS ENGINE FAILURE. THE SPEED WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 87,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 DODGE INTREPID. WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH ON A DIRT ROAD AND SLOWING FOR A STOP SIGN, THE ENGINE SHUT OFF. EVERYTHING ELSE IN THE VEHICLE REMAINED ON. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A MECHANIC, WHO STATED THAT THE ENGINE SEIZED AND THE HEAD GASKETS SUCKED UP ALL THE OIL. THERE WAS STILL OIL IN THE ENGINE, BUT NOT ENOUGH, WHICH CAUSED A ROD TO BLOW. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 141,389. UPDATED 07/15/08.*LJ UPDATED 07/15/08