2000 Dodge Intrepid

OUR 2000 DODGE INTREPID EXPERIENCED AN ENGINE FAILURE THAT RESULTED IN LOSS OF THE VEHICLE BECAUSE IT WOULD BE MORE EXPENSIVE TO REPAIR THAN IT WAS WORTH. WE HAD TO HAVE THE VEHICLE TOWED AND THE REPAID TECHNICIAN ALERTED US TO THE FACT THAT THIS PARTICULAR ENGINE WAS KNOWN BY CHRYSTLER TO HAVE ENGINE OIL SLUDGE PROBLEMS DUE TO FAULTY DESIGN. DODGE SHOULD STAND BEHIND THEIR PRODUCT. THIS WAS OUR FIRST AND ONLY CHRYSTLER PRODUCT WE WILL EVER PURCHASE... WE ARE GOING TO PURCHASE OUR FIRST FOREIGN MADE VEHICLE, A HONDA THIS TIME!!! *NM

TL* - THE CONTACT STATED THAT IN APPROXIMATELY JANUARY OF 2006 HE DEVELOPED A CRUSTY, FOGGY FILM ON BOTH HEAD LIGHTS OF HIS 2000 DODGE INTREPID. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 30,000. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THIS INHIBITS THE AMOUNT OF LIGHT. THE DEALER SAID THIS CONDITION CAME FROM THE HEAT ON THE HEADLIGHTS AND THEY HAVE A PROCESS TO CLEAN THE HEADLIGHTS. THE CONTACT STATED HE WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THE REPAIR AND DOES NOT FEEL THAT THIS IS REASONABLE. . *JB UPDATED 2/16/2007 -THE LIGHT OUTPUT HAS BEEN REDUCED BY ABOUT 50% OF THE ORIGINAL OUTPUT AND CONTINUES TO GET WORSE OVER TIME. *NM

I HAVE A 2000 DODGE INTREPID WITH A 2.7 ENGINE. AT 96000 MILES I HAVE EXPERIENCED ENGINE PROBLEMS. THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I TOOK IT TO BE REPAIRED SAID THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE 2.7 ENGINE AND SAID THAT I SHOULD HAVE THE ENGINE REPLACED AT A COST OF $5000.00. THEY DID NOT ADVISE ME TO TRY TO FIX THE EXISTING MOTOR BECAUSE OF A PROBLEM WITH OIL SLUDGE BUILD UP. *NM

ANOTHER INTREPID 2.7 L ENGINE FAILURE. I WAS DRIVING THE CAR AND IT DID STOP RUNING WITHOUT ANY WARNINIG. I JUST CAME OUT OF A TWELVE HUNDRED DOLLAS TRANSMISSION REPAIR. I KNOW BIG CHANCES ARE I WILL BE IGNORED BY CHRYSLER PEOPLE, BUT I WILL DO EVERYTHING I HAVE TO DO TO STOP MY RELATIVES AND 20 GENERATIONS AHEAD, FROM BUYING ANY CHRYSLER PRODUCT. *NM

ON CHRISTMAS DAY, I WAS DRIVING ON INTERSTATE 5 IN CALIFORNIA ON MY WAY TO DISNEYLAND WITH MY FAMILY AND VERY QUICKLY MY ENGINE OVERHEATED AND STALLED IN THE FAST LANE, THANK GOODNESS IT WAS CHRISTMAS DAY AND THERE WERE'NT VERY MANY VEHICLES ON THE HIGHWAY. WE MADE IT TO THE SHOULDER AND HAD A TOW TRUCK PICK UP THE VEHICLE FOR $120. MY VEHICLE ARRIVED AT MY MECHANIC AND AFTER A DAY OF REVIEWING MY VEHICLE HE CALLED ME AND TOLD ME THAT THE TIMING BELT FAILED AND I BROKE 2 PISTON VALVES. I NEEDED A NEW ENGINE. THE COST OF THE ENGINE IN $3,000 THIS IS NOT A COST THAT IS REASONABLE FOR A WELL MAINTAINED VEHICLE REPAIR. *NM

TL* - THE CONTACT STATED THAT ENGINE RAN AS IF IT HAD NO OIL. HE PERFORMED ROUTINE MAINTENANCE ON THE VEHICLE. THE OIL HEATED UP AND THE ENGINE FAILED. HE CALLED THE DEALER, AND THEY HAD KNOWN ABOUT THE PROBLEM. THEY SAID THEY WANTED TO GIVE HIM $200.00 FOR THE VEHICLE ,BUT,HE HAD SPENT OVER $6000.00 TO FIX THE ENGINE BEFORE AND IT SEIZED FOR THE SECOND TIME. HE RECENTLY PURCHASE D THE CAR. THE MILEAGE AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT WAS 65000 OF WHICH 52,000 MILES WERE ON THE ODOMETER WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED. THE DEALER DDID NOT WANT TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. HE TOOK IT TO A REPAIR SHOP ,AND THEY TOLD HIM THEY WOULD NOT FIX THESE TYPES OF CARS BECAUSE OF THE INHERENT PROBLEMS. BEFORE IT SEIZED THE SECOND TIME THE DEALER HAD HIM BRING IN THE VEHICLE. THEY RAN DIAGNOSTIC TESTS FOR A FEW DAYS AT WHICH POINT HE WAS ASKED TO PICK UP THE CAR AND THE ENGINE FAILED AGAIN. *AK

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH ON NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS, A NOISE WAS HEARD FROM THE ENGINE. THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS TO ALERT THE CONTACT. UPON ARRIVAL AT THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE, THE ENGINE STALLED AND COULD NOT BE RESTARTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP, WHO DETERMINED THE TIME BELT HAD FRACTURED, AND THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED, WHO INFORMED THE ENGINE WARRANTY EXPIRED AT 36000 MILES. THE CONTACT WAS VERY CONCERNED BECAUSE THE ENGINE HAD ONLY 97000 MILES.