2000 Dodge Intrepid

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND WOULD NOT RESTART. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED INTO THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP WERE THE DEALER DETERMINED THE HEAD GASKET, TENSIONER, CAM SHAFT SENSOR AND TIMING CHAIN NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. AFTER REPAIRS WERE MADE, THE OWNER DROVE THE VEHICLE ONE MILE AWAY FROM THE DEALERSHIP, AND THE VEHICLE PROCEEDED TO STALL AGAIN. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR ADDITIONAL REPAIRS. THE DEALER DETERMINED THE ENGINE HAD A COMPLETE FAILURE DUE TO SLUDGE BUILD UP AND WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. *NM......*AK

I AM THE OWNER OF A 2000 DODGE INTREPID (2.7 MODEL) WHILE ON MY WAY TO WORK MY CAR BEGAN TO MAKE A STRANGE TICKING NOISE THAT GREW LOUDER I STOP AT A FOUR WAY INTERSECTION TO FIND OUT WHERE THE NOISE WAS COMING FROM AND THAT IS WHEN MY CAR CUT OFF AND WOULD NOT START BACK UP AND HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE THE SERVICE MANAGER AFTER CHECKING TOLD ME THAT MY CAR SLUNG A ROD SO TO SPEAK AND WOULD NEED A NEW ENGINE AN THAT A REPLACEMENT WOULD COST 4900 I AM HIGHLY UPSET BECAUSE I AM STILL MAKING PAYMENTS ON WHAT I THOUGHT WOULD BE A DECENT AMERICAN MADE CAR INSTEAD I AM STUCK WITH A PIECE OF JUNK THAT STILL HAS NOT BEEN FIXED I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER DODGE OR CHRYSLER AGAIN. *JB

I HAVE 2000 INTREPID, THE HEADLIGHTS ARE BADLY DISCOLORED ALMOST AS IF THE LENS ARE MELTED. I HAVE SEEN A NUMBER OF OTHER DODGE VEHICLES WITH THE SAME PROBLEM, INTREPID, MINI VANS ETC. THIS IS SUCH A PROBLEM THAT DRIVING WITHOUT THE HIGH BEAMS AT NIGHT IS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE DUE TO LACK OF LIGHT COMING THROUGH THE DEFECTIVE LENS. I ALSO OWN A 2004 DODGE DURANGO THAT WAS RESENTLY ROLLED OVER, THE ROADS WERE SNOW COVERED. I WAS TRAVELING 15 MPH MAX WHEN THE DURANGO SLIDE SIDEWAYS OFF THE ROAD AND THE BACK END STARTED TO SLIDE OVER A SMALL EMBANKMENT AND THEN ROLLED OVER, I DO NOT FEEL THAT IT WAS STEAP ENOUGH THAT THE DURANGO SHOULD HAVE OVERTURNED. LUCK IS NO ONE WAS HURT. *JB

DT: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL DEALERSHIP. THEY REPLACED THE TIMING CHAIN, INTAKE MANIFOLD, COOLANT TUBE, AND SERPENTINE BELT. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN HOME. THE VEHICLE DROVE FINE FOR AWHILE. THE VEHICLE THEN EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM. IT WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP, AND THEY REPLACED THE CHAIN TENSIONER. THE VEHICLE DROVE FINE AGAIN FOR AWHILE. THEN IT STARTED EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM. IT WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP. THEY FOUND THAT WHEN THE PREVIOUS DEALERSHIP HAD REPLACED THE CHAIN TENSIONER THEY HAD NOT TIGHTENED THE BOLTS PROPERLY. THIS CAUSED THE VALVES AND THE HEAD TO BE WARPED. NO REPAIRS WERE MADE.*AK

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING WIFE HEARD A KNOCKING SOUND IN THE ENGINE. SEVERAL MINUTES LATER WHEN STOPPING AT A RED LIGHT THE VEHICLE STALLED AND WOULD NOT RESTART. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP. DIAGNOSTIC TESTING WAS PERFORMED. THE REPAIR PERSONNEL CONFIRMED THE ENGINE WAS FILLED WITH SLUDGE AND THE ENGINE WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. *AK

APPROXIMATELY 2 YEARS AGO I HAD TO REPLACE THE ELECTRIC LOCKING MECHANISM ON THE REAR DRIVER SIDE DOOR OF MY 2000 DODGE INTREPID. THE UNIT BEGAN MAKING A LOUD, SHARP GRINDING NOISE WHEN THE CAR REACHED 15 MPH AND THE LOCK AUTOMATICALLY LOCKED. THE UNIT HAD TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE IT QUIT WORKING. NOW I FIND THE BOTH PASSENGER SIDE UNITS ARE MAKING THE SAME NOISE AND HAVE QUIT WORKING. INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, THE REAR DOOR CANNOT BE MANUALLY UNLOCKED UNLESS THE MASTER CONTROL IS PUT IN THE UP POSITION FOR ALL DOORS, BUT THE FRONT UNIT IS OPPOSITE SO IT CAN'T BE UNLOCKED UNLESS THE MASTER CONTROL HAS BEEN PUT IN THE DOWN POSITION. THIS IS A REAL SAFETY ISSUE AND SOMETHING SHOULD BE DOWN ABOUT IT. I ESPECIALLY OBJECT TO THE COST OF REPLACING THESE MECHANISMS. *JB