2000 Dodge Intrepid

DT: 2000 DODGE INTREPID WITH 60,000 MILES. THE STEERING FAILED. IT STARTED WITH A LOT OF LOOSE PLAY IN THE STEERING. WHEEL. CURRENTLY WHEN DRIVING STRAIGHT THE WHEEL WAS UPSIDE DOWN. THIS PROBLEM STARTED APPROXIMATELY 10,000 MILES AGO, COMPLETE FAILURE OCCURRED ON JULY 27, 2005. THE VEHICLE BECAME IMPOSSIBLE TO DRIVE IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. THE VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY AT THE DEALERSHIP, AND THEY HAVE NOT LOOKED AT IT. IT SHOWED RACK AND PINION STEERING FAILURE SYMPTOMS. CHRYSLER WAS NOT WILLING TO HELP WITH THE PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE DID NOT GO IN A STRAIGHT LINE, THE TIRES WERE RECENTLY REPLACED AND THE VEHICLE WAS BALANCED AND ALIGNED.*AK THE TIE ROD WAS REPLACED. *JB

I TRIED TO START MY 2000 DODGE INTREPID ONE DAY AND HEARD LOUD CLINKING NOISES COMING FROM THE ENGINE. I HAD IT TOWED TO THE GARAGE AND WAS TOLD THAT A TIMING CHAIN HAD BROKEN AND THAT I NEEDED A NEW ENGINE THAT WOULD COST $6,000. I ONLY HAVE 70,000 MILES ON THE CAR. MY OIL WAS CHANGED EVERY 3000 MILES AS INSTRUCTED BY THE OWNERS MANUAL. *NM

HI. MY 2000 DODGE INTREPID BLEW ITS ENGINE WHILE DRIVING IT. IT HAD UNDER 80,000 MILES ON IT AND HAD BEEN PERFECTLY MAINTAINED. IT HAS THE 2.7 LITRE ENGINE IN IT THAT I NOW SEE ON THE WEB IS FULL OF DEFECTS. I OWE $8,000 ON A VEHICLE I CAN'T DRIVE, TRADE IN, OR EVEN JUNK! SINCE THE LENDER STILL "OWNS" THE VEHICLE, I DON'T HAVE THE OPTION OF GETTING RID OF IT. THERE ARE SO MANY OF US THAT HAVE HAD THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM AND CHRYSLER IS UNWILLING TO HELP. FOR THAT MATTER, THEY DON'T EVEN RESPOND! THE DEALERSHIP BLAMES CHRYSLER BUT DOES NOTHING. THEY STATE THAT PERHAPS THERE WEREN'T ENOUGH OIL CHANGES (EVEN THOUGH WE CAN DOCUMENT EVERY OIL CHANGE PERFORMED AT 3,000 MILES). USED AUTO PARTS SHOPS CANNOT KEEP THE 2.7 LITRE ENGINE IN STOCK SINCE THERE ARE SO MANY FOLKS IN MY POSITION DESPERATE TO GET THEIR INTREPID FIXED. MECHANICS ADVISE THAT THERE IS NO GUARANTEE WHATSOEVER THAT PUTTING A USED 2.7 (OR A BRAND NEW ONE) WILL FIX THIS PROBLEM. THE NEXT 2.7 COULD BE EVERY BIT AS DEFECTIVE. ALSO WHILE DRIVING THIS VEHICLE A SHORT TIME BEFORE THE ENGINE BLEW, THE STEERING COLUMN LOCKED UP CAUSING US TO SWERVE INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. THIS WAS A POTENTIALLY DEADLY OCCURRENCE. $1,800 FROM THE DEALERSHIP THAT WE'RE STILL PAYING OFF TO REPAIR THAT LITTLE PROBLEM. PLEASE HELP!! THANKS. LEO CUNNINGHAM WEST SENECA, NY 716 821-9586. *JB

FIRST THE OIL LIGHT FLASHED. THEN THE LIGHT BECAME A CONSTANT. I WAS HEADING BACK HOME WHEN AT A STOP LIGHT THE CAR DIED WITHOUT A SOUND. IT KEPT SHUTTING OFF AT THE LIGHTS. I NEVER MADE IT HOME. I MADE IT TO A PARKING LOT, THIS BECAME ALL TO FAMILIAR TO ME, ( I HAD ENGINE PROBLEMS BEFORE WITH THIS CAR DUE TO SLUDGE, BUT IT WAS DETERMINED THAT I HAD KEPT UP WITH MY MAINTENANCE AFTER A LONG INVESTIGATION AND WAS FIXED) I KNEW I NEEDED TO GET A TOW TRUCK. THE CAR WAS TOWED TO SOUTH CHICAGO DODGE IN CHICAGO,IL. AFTER THEIR INITIAL INSPECTION,THE COST WAS ALREADY AT $2417, IT WOULD COST ME $360 DEFINITE LABOR JUST TO CONTINUE THE INSPECTION TO DETERMINE ADDITIONAL PROBLEMS (THIS COST WAS JUST TO TAKE THE PART APART, I WOULD HAVE TO PAY $360 AGAIN TO HAVE IT PUT BACK TOGETHER. I AM A SINGLE MOTHER AND I DO NOT HAVE THAT KIND OF MONEY. A LONG STORY, SHORT I AM NOW STUCK WITH A CAR THAT I HAVE THREE MORE PAYMENTS ON AND IS INOPERABLE. I WAS ADVISED THAT I COULD GET A USED ENGINE, BUT THAT ONLY CAME WITH A 12 MONTH WARRANTY, OR I COULD GET A RE-MANUFACTURED ENGINE W/3 YEAR WARRANTY. HOWEVER, THEY BOTH COST TOO MUCH. I HAVE READ THAT CHRYSLER IS NOT AWARE OF THE PROBLEM WITH THE ENGINE, THIS IS A BIG COVER-UP. THEY KNOW, OR THEY ARE JUST NOT INTERESTED IN A GOOD CUSTOMER PRODUCT. I KNOW ABOUT ISO STANDARDS AND THE BIG 3 AUTOMOBILE REGULATORS, MY QUESTION IS HOW DID THIS ENGINE MEET REGULATIONS? WHAT AUDITOR LET SOMETHING LIKE A ENGINE WITH FAULTY VALVES GET PRODUCED OVER AND OVER AGAIN. I BOUGHT MY CAR IN GOOD FAITH AND THE SAME WAS NOT DELIVERED. YET CHRYSLER CAN CONTINUE TO PRODUCE EXPENSIVE COMMERCIALS WITH MR. IOCOLA AND SNOOP DOGG ETC. THIS PROBLEM NEEDS TO BE ATTENDED TO. AMERICANS WHO BUY AMERICAN MADE PRODUCTS, SHOULD RECEIVE A PRODUCT THEY CAN TRUST. I HAVE TO BORROW CARS OR TAKE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION. IF THEY DO NOT WANT TO RECALL THE ENGINE THEN THEY NEED TO PROVIDE A LIFETIME VEHICLE WARRANTY ON THE ENGINE SO WE CAN AT LEAST GET IT FIXED. *JB

THE ENGINE IN MY DODGE INTREPID BEGAN MAKING A MINOR RATTLING NOISE, THE NOISE PROCEEDED TO GET PROGRESSIVELY WORSE UNTIL THE ENGINE STARTED RATTLING LOUDLY. I TOOK THE CAR TO A MECHANIC BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION, WHICH I HAD REPAIRED THE CAR CONTINUED TO MAKE THE SAME LOUD NOISE NOT LESS THAN 2 WEEKS THE CAR MADE THIS TREMENDOUS RATTLING AS IF SOMETHING HAD COME A LOOSE IT STARTED SMOKING AND THEN THE ENGINE DIED. I TOOK THE CAR TO ANOTHER MECHANIC WHO REBUILT THE ENGINE IN LITTLE OVER A MONTH THE ENGINE WENT OUT AGAIN. *JB

DT: THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 DODGE INTREPID. THE ENGINE FAILED WHICH SPUN A ROD BEARING INTO THE ENGINE. THIS HAPPENED ON AUGUST 8, 2005. THE DEALERSHIP STATED THIS WOULD COST $600 TO REPAIR IT. HE HAS SPOKEN TO SEVERAL OTHER PEOPLE THAT STATED CHRYSLER WAS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE 2.7L ENGINES AND WERE NOT DOING ANYTHING ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. THE DEALERSHIP STATED THAT THE ENGINE FAILED DUE TO SLUDGE BUILD UP AND NOT CHANGING THE OIL LIKE HE SHOULD. THE CURRENT MILEAGE ON THE VEHICLE WAS 60,000 MILES. HE KEPT UP ON THE MAINTENANCE, HOWEVER HE DID NOT HAVE SERVICE INVOICES AVAILABLE.*AK

DT: THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 DODGE INTREPID. THE VEHICLE HAS A KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE. THE CONTACT HAD THIS PROBLEM BEFORE. THE FIRST TIME THE DEALERSHIP HAD TO REPLACE THE ENGINE. IT WAS DONE UNDER WARRANTY. THEY KEPT CAR FOR ONE MONTH AND TOOK PICTURES OF THE CAR, AND DID NOT SUPPLY THE CONTACT WITH A RENTAL CAR. CURRENTLY, THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AGAIN. WARRANTY EXPIRED, AND THE CONTACT WILL HAVE TO PAY FOR IT. THE DEALERSHIP DID NOT KNOW WHY THE ENGINE HAD TO BE REPLACED EXCESSIVELY. THE DEALERSHIP WILL NOT LOOK AT THE VEHICLE BECAUSE THE WARRANTY EXPIRED. THE DEALERSHIP DID NOT TELL HER THAT THEY PUT A NEW ENGINE IN BEFORE SHE HAD TO CONTACT CHRYSLER, AND THEY TOLD HER THEY REPLACED IT. THE FIRST TIME CAR BROKE DOWN AT 45,000 MILES, AND THEY ONLY GAVE HER 1 YEAR WARRANTY. NOW AT 54,000 MILES THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AGAIN. THE CAR WAS OVER WARRANTY AND MILEAGE, BUT NEW ENGINE HAS NOT BEEN IN THAT LONG AND DID NOT HAVE A LOT OF MILES ON IT.*AK