2000 Dodge Intrepid complaints

I WAS DRIVING DOWN A ROAD ENGINE SOUNDED FINE. ALL OF THE SUDDEN THERE WAS A LOUD KNOCK IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND THEN THE ENGINE JUST STOPPED RUNNING. I HAD TO DRIFT DOWN THE HILL TILL I COULD FIND A PLACE TO PULL OFF. I HAD IT TOWED TO TWO MECHANICS AND BOTH SAID THE ENGINE WAS SHOT AND THAT I NEEDED A NEW ONE. THE ENGINE WAS REPLACED AT A COST OF OVER $4000. *AK

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AND HEARD A TICKING SOUND. THEN, ENGINE SURGED AND STALLED. CONSUMER REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION, BUT PROBLEM RECURRED. *AK

CHECK OIL LIGHT KEPT COMING ON, TOOK TO DEALER AND THEY REPAIRED PROBLEM, TWO TIMES TO GET IT DONE. DEALER SAID OIL PRESSURE WAS FINE /28/04 - TIMING CHAIN FAILURE, ONLY 37,000 MILES ON CAR. BOUGHT NEW IN 2000. ENGINE VALVES WERE DAMAGED. DEALER TOOK 2 1/2 WEEKS TO REPAIR LSO HAD TO REPLACE TIE ROD ENDS.*AK

I OWN A 2000 DODGE INTREPID WITH THE 2.7 L ENGINE. IN JANUARY OF 2003 A TAPPING IN THE ENGINE OCCURRED, BUT EVERY TIME I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER IT WOULD STOP. IT HAD GONE ON FOR QUITE AWHILE AS THE DEALER COULDN'T DO ANYTHING UNTIL HE HEARD THE NOISE. WHEN THEY FINALLY COULD HEAR THE NOISE, FIRST THEY SAID THE ENGINE HAD BLOWN, THEN CALLED BACK TO SAY THE TIMING CHAIN TENSION HAD BROKEN APART. THEY REPAIRED THIS. IN JANUARY 2004 THE SAME THING HAPPENED AGAIN. WE WENT THROUGH THE SAME SEQUENCE OF EVENTS WITH THE NOISE AS THE FIRST TIME. IT WAS MARCH 2004 WHEN THEY WERE FINALLY ABLE TO DETECT THE NOISE AND MADE AN APPOINTMENT TO HAVE IT REPAIR IN FOUR DAYS. THEIR COMMENT TO ME WHEN I ASKED IF I SHOULD BE DRIVING THE CAR WAS, "WE WOULDN'T LET THE CAR GO IF WE DIDN'T THINK IT WAS OK." I DROVE IT THE NEXT DAY AND THE TAPPING WAS PRESENT; THE FOLLOWING DAY IT WOULDN'T START. THEY TOWED THE CAR IN. THE PROGNOSIS WAS, THE ENGINE HAD BLOWN. THE RODS WENT THROUGH THE PISTONS. THIS WAS AT 80,000 MILES. THE CAR WAS OUT OF COMMISSION FOR OVER A MONTH. I HAVE THE 100,000 MILE EXTENDED WARRANTY AND THEY WOULDN'T COVER THE COST OF REPAIR. THE CAR WAS ONLY WORTH $5,500 AND REPAIRS EXTENDED BEYOND THAT. I HAD THE ENGINE REBUILT FROM A PRIVATE BUSINESS. A DODGE MECHANIC LATER INFORMED US THAT THEY HAVE REPLACED MANY OF THESE PARTICULAR ENGINES ALONG WITH THE MECHANIC WHO REBUILT MINE. I GUESS NOW I KNOW WHY THE DODGE INTREPID CAN'T HOLD IT'S VALUE. ONLY 4 YEARS OLD AND WITH A DEPRECIATION OF $5,

CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO START IGNITION. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP, WHO INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT THE PROBLEM PERTAINED TO THE ENGINE BLOWING OUT. HOWEVER, PROBLEM WAS NOT RESOLVED. *AK

CONSUMER NOTICED THAT WHILE STARTING VEHICLE ENGINE WOULD NOT ENGAGE. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO DEALERSHIP, AND TECHNICIAN NOTICE DETERMINED THAT SLUDGE BUILT UP IN THE ENGINE, CAUSING IT TO BLOW OUT. *AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STALLED. CONSUMER TRIED TO RESTART VEHICLE, BUT WAS UNABLE TO DO SO. CONSUMER COASTED THE VEHICLE TO THE SHOULDER. THEN, HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO REPAIR SHOP, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED REPLACEMENT DUE TO A BLOWN HEAD GASKET. CONSUMER INFORMED THE MECHANIC THAT THIS PROBLEM OCCURRED MORE THAN ONCE, AND THE PROBLEM HAD NOT BEEN RESOLVED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH VEHICLE STALLED, CAUSING THE DRIVER TO DRIFT TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. *AK

WHEN DRIVING AT UNDETERMINED SPEED STEERING WHEEL FAILED, CAUSING THE DRIVER TO LOSE CONTROL THE VEHICLE AND HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE HEAD ON. CONSUMER STATED THAT STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP, AND BOTH FRONT AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE STEERING COLUMN BOLT SNAPPED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STALLED. CONSUMER TRIED TO RESTART VEHICLE, BUT WAS UNABLE TO DO SO. THEN, CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO A BLOWN HEAD GASKET. *AK

ENGINE BLOW OUT WHILE DRIVING . THERE WAS A KNOCKING NOISE. THEN, VEHICLE STALLED. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALERSHIP, WHO INDICATED THAT THIS OCCURRED BECAUSE OF AN OIL SLUDGE IN THE ENGINE. VEHICLE HAD REGULAR OIL CHANGES IN WHICH ONE WAS PERFORMED 4 MONTHS PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT.*AK *TS

WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY VEHICLE COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN. CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP. THERE, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE ENGINE HAD A BUILD UP OF SLUDGE, AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED. *AK

2000 DODGE INTREPID, WITH APPROX. 75K MILES, ENGINE STARTED "TICKING" AND "KNOCKING" VERY LOUD, AND THEN CAR SEIZED UP. HAD IT TOWED TO MECHANIC.....BEARING FAILURE AND METAL SHAVINGS.....ENGINE NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. *NM

-HEAVILY SLUDGE ENGINE, BENT VALVES, REPLACED WITH A USED ENGINE. *AK -

WHILE DRIVING AT 30 MPH SPEEDOMETER FAILED TO WORK PROPERLY. ALSO THE EMISSIONS LIGHT CAME ON, AND THE VEHICLE STALLED ON THE HIGHWAY. MECHANIC INFORMED DETERMINED THAT THE TRANSMISSION COMPUTER FAILED. *AK

ENGINE FROZE - ONLY OWNING CAR FOR 10 MONTHS (THIS HAPPENED IN 4/02 - CAR WAS PURCHASED 6/01)....HAD TO BUY NEW CAR AND ATTACH LOAN FROM THIS JUNK. *AK

ON MAY 30, 2003, ADRIAN CHYRSLER CENTER PERFORMED A MANUFACTURER'S RECALL TO REPLACE THE BOLTS ON THE DRIVER'S FRONT SEAT BACK OF MY CAR. ON JUNE 7, 2004, WHILE IN LINE AT A FAST FOOD DRIVE-THROUGH, ONE OF THE REPLACED BOLTS BROKE,AND THE SEAT FELL BACKWARDS ONTO MY DAUGHTER; MY FEET CAME OFF THE BRAKE PEDAL, AND MY CAR COLLIDED WITH A PICK UP TRUCK WHICH WAS STOPPED IN LINE AHEAD OF ME.*AK

ENGINE FAILURE, LEFT ALONE, WIFE AND TWO KIDS 30 MILES FROM NEAREST TOWN ON TWO LANE ROAD, ON VACATION IN FLORIDA, 400 MILES FROM HOME. *AK

WHILE DRIVING THE FUEL LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE DASHBOARD THEN THE VEHICLE STALLED. CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALERSHIP ON FOUR SEPARATE OCCASIONS, BUT THE PROBLEM STILL OCCURS. *AK AFTER FURTHER INSPECTION IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE ENGINE HAD BLOWN. *NM

INTERMITTENTLY THE INTERIOR LIGHTS FLASHED ON AND OFF. WHEN THIS OCCURRED IT OBSTRUCTED THE DRIVER'S VISIBILITY. DEALERSHIP LUBRICATED THE HEADLAMP SWITCH CONTROLLER, BUT THE PROBLEM RECURRED. DEALERSHIP INDICATED THAT THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM AND THEY WERE WAITING FOR THE MANUFACTURER TO SEND THEM THE REPAIR KIT. *AK

CAR PURCHASED MARCH 2000 SWITCH FAILURE SEP 2002, SWITCH FAILING AGAIN: LIGHTS FLICKER ON AND OFF. *AK

THE ELECTRIC DOOR LOCK MECHANISM HAS FAILED ON THRE OF THE FOUR DOORS OF MY 2000 DODGE INTREPID. THE LAST TIME THE DOOR COULD NOT BE OPENED FROM THE INSIDE. ANOTHER PROBLEM IS THE THE CLAMP ON THE PASSENGER SIDE TIE ROD DOES NOT CLEAR THE OPENING IN THE WHEEL WELL LINER AND LOOKS LIKE IT COULD HANG UP ON THE METAL EDGE. ON MY CAR IT ABRADED THE INSULATION OFF THE BATERRY CABLES THAT RUN RIGHT THROUGH THIS AREA. THIS SEEMS LIKE IT COULD START A FIRE OF SHORT OUT THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. DEALER SAID THAT'S THE WAY IT IS. *AK

CONSUMER STATED THAT 2.7 LITER ENGINE CAUGHT ON FIRE. CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AND NOTICED THE SMOKE UNDER THE ENGINE. CONSUMER OPENED THE HOOD AND THE ENGINE WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES. THERE WAS EVIDENCE OF MOTOR OIL ALL OVER THE ENGINE. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER, WHO INSISTED AFTER AN INSPECTION THAT VEHICLE WAS FINE. HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE HAD SERIOUS ENGINE PROBLEMS. CONSUMER'S INSURANCE COMPANY REFUSED TO ASSIST STATING THAT THIS PROBLEM WAS THE MANUFACTURER'S FAULT. CONSUMER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER, AND WAS TOLD THAT WARRANTY EXPIRED. THIS VEHICLE HAD ONLY 53,000 MILES, AND BECAME TOTALLY USELESS. *AK

DEAR SIR: MY DODGE INTREPID ENGINE SEIZED UP ON ME WHILE DRIVING ON 5/27/04 IN THE MIDDLE OF A BUSY ROAD AND SOMEONE ALMOST HIT ME AS MY CAR STOPPED SUDENNLY, PLUS CARS STARTED TO PASS ME ON A ONE LANE ROAD WHICH WAS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. I TOOK THE CAR TO MY MECHANIC, WHO DIAGNOSED A BLOWN ENGINE WITH SLUDGE BUT IT HAD A FULL OIL PAN. HE SAID THE CAR HAD FULL OIL BUT THE ENGINE WAS NOT GETTING OIL SO IT BLEW SO IT IS A DEFECTIVE PRODUCT. IT IS A DANGEROUS PRODUCT AS WELL. I BOUGHT THIS CAR ABOUT A YEAR AGO THINKING IT HAD A LIFE OF ABOUT 10 MORE YEARS AND IT WAS IN GREAT CONDITION. I MAINTAINED THE CAR AS RECOMMENDED PER THE OWNERS MANUAL AND HAD IT IN FOR SERVICE INCLUDING OIL CHANGES EVERY 3000 MILES OR 3 MONTHS. I TOOK CARE OF THIS CAR BUT DODGE DID NOT TAKE CARE OF ME BY SELLING A CAR WITH A DEFECTIVE ENGINE. I WILL DO WHATEVER I CAN TO PUNISH DODGE FOR WHAT THEY DID TO ME AND TO RECOUP MY LOSSES. I WOULD APPRECIATE ANY HELP YOU COULD OFFER ME. THANKS, KEITH BARNES. *AK

POWER LOCKS FAILED. AS A RESULT, CONSUMER HAD TO USE THE KEY IN ORDER TO GET INTO THE VEHICLE. *AK

ENGINE DIED DUE TO SLUDGE BUILDUP. *MR THE CONSUMER HAD GONE TO GET AN OIL CHANGE AND WAS TOLD THAT THE SERPENTINE BELT WAS CRACKING. THE OIL LIGHT HAD COME ON AND THE DEALER STATED THAT THE SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. AFTER THE CONSUMER PICKED UP THE VEHICLE FROM THE DEALER FOR THE REPAIR OF THE SENSOR, THE OIL LIGHT HAD COME BACK ON. AFTER ABOUT TWO MILES OF DRIVING, THE ENGINE FAILED. THE CONSUMER FOUND THAT THE ENGINE FAILED DUE TO SLUDGE. *SC *JB

WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE STARTED MAKING A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE. WITHOUT WARRING VEHICLE ENGINE STALL. VEHICLE WAS TOWED, TECHNICIAN NOTICE ENGINE NEEDED REPLACEMENT. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *NM

I OWN A 200 DODGE INTREPID THAT HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP SINCE MARCH 28, 2004. THE INITIAL DIAGNOSIS WAS SLUDGE IN THE ENGINE (CYLINDER HEAD, TENSIONER TO THE TIMING CHAIN) THE WARRANTY COMPANY REFUSED TO PAY. I AGREED TO THE 1500 REPAIR. AFTER THE REPAIR THEN THEY SAY THE OIL PUMP IS BROKE AND THE WARRANTY COMPANY PAYS FOR THAT. AFTER THAT IS REPLACED THEY CALL AND STATE THAT THE VALVES ARE BENT. AFTER SIX WEEKS, THE SERVICE MANAGER STATES THAT HE TOLD THE WARRANTY COMPANY THAT HE RECOMMENDED THAT THE ENGINE BE REPLACED. I WAS NEVER TOLD ABOUT AN ENGINE REPLACEMENT UNTIL THEN AND I LET THE SERVICE MANAGER KNOW THAT AT THIS POINT I FEEL THAT THEY DID NOT KNOW WHAT THEY WERE DOING AND THAT I WOULD HAVE REMOVED MY CAR FROM THE SHOP. WELL MY CAR IS STILL AT EWALD AUTOMOTIVE THIS DAY I BROUGHT A REPLACEMENT CAR AT AN AUCTION ON MAY 8, 2004. MY SON HAS TALKED WITH THE GENERAL MANAGER WHO STATED THAT HE WAS NOT AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. ALTHOUGH NICE, HE HAS NOT DONE ANYTHING TO REMEDY THIS DILEMMA. I HAVE SINCE DONE RESEARCH ON THE NET AND HAVE FOUND A LOT OF THE SAME STORY WITH THE CAR. I DID EMAIL CHRYSLER ON THE ONSET OF THIS PROBLEM ASKING WHY NO WARNING. THE RESPONSE FROM THEM WAS THAT THE CAR WAS NOT EQUIPPED TO GIVE ME A WARNING. *JB

CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT ENGINE PROBLEM. SLUDGE WAS FOUND AT THE BASE OF THE ENGINE. CONSUMER FEARED THAT THE ENGINE WILL STOP WORKING. CONSUMER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS BEING PROPERLY MAINTAINED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING A KNOCKING NOISE WAS HEARD FROM UNDERNEATH. CONSUMER DROVE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO AN OIL BUILD UP. *AK

IN JAN 2004, OUR 2000 DODGE INTREPID EXPERIENCED 3 SEPARATE OCCASIONS WHERE WE WOULD TURN THE STEERING WHEEL TO THE RIGHT AND AFTER ABOUT 2/3 STEERING WHEEL TURN, IT WOULD STOP. WE WOULD TURN THE WHEEL BACK TO THE LEFT AND THEN TO THE RIGHT NOTING THAT IT WOULD THEN TURN AS IF NOTHING WAS WRONG. WHEN WE WENT TO THE DEALER, THEY SAID THAT THE RACK AND PINION WOULD NEED REPLACING. I DESCRIBED THE PROBLEM ON A NEWSGROUP AND IT WAS SUGGESTED TO CHANGE THE POWER STEERING FLUID. WE DID (SINCE IT WAS CHEAPER) AND THE PROBLEM DIDN'T REOCCUR. ABOUT 3 WEEKS AGO, WE WOULD NOTICE AN OCCASIONAL RATTLE FROM THE FRONT END. I INITIALLY ATTRIBUTED IT TO NORMAL SUSPENSION WEAR SINCE IT WAS APERODIC AND NO CONSISTANCY TO IT. AS TIME WENT ON, THE RATTLES WOULD OCCUR MORE OFTEN. IT WOULD DO IT GOING OVER ROUGH ROADS OR RAILROAD TRACKS. FINALLY, I COULD GET THE RATTLE TO OCCUR REGULARLY WHILE DRIVING BY PUTTING THE CAR INTO NEUTRAL AND THEN BACK INTO DRIVE AND LETTING THE CAR PERFORM A "JERK" AS THE TRANSMISSION ENGAGED. THAT PROMPTED ME TO TO A SEARCH ON ALLDATA FOR TSB INFORMATION ABOUT THE SUSPENSION. I CAME ACROSS TSB 19-01-00 THAT MATCHED MY EXPERIENCE TO THE LETTER. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER AND THEY REPLACED THE STEERING GEAR (RACK AND PINION). REPLACING IT ALSO "CURED" A "KNUCKLING" SOUND THAT I AGAIN ATTRIBUTED TO JUST AN "AGE" NOISE. *MR

WHILE DRIVING, SUDDENLY THERE WAS A BANGING AND CLANGING NOISE , FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE TIMING BELT CAME OFF THE TENSIONER PULLEY. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *JB

THE VEHICLE'S ENGINE PRODUCED A LARGE AMOUNT OF SLUDGE WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO SOUND VERY LOUD. THE CAUSE HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *NM

I OWN A 2000 DODGE INTREPID AND HAVE HAD SEVERAL MECHANICAL PROBLEMS. I HAD TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION REBUILT WHEN IT WAS ONLY 3 YEARS OLD. JUST THIS PAST THURSDAY I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AND MY ENGINE JUST STOPPED, CAUSING ALL POWERE STEERING, ETC. TO GO OUT. I HAD IT TOWED TO A LOCAL DEALERSHIP WHO TOLD ME THE ENGINE WAS LOCKED UP AND ESTIMATED $3100 TO REBUILD MY ENGINE $3900 FOR USED ENGINE AND TWICE AS MUCH FOR A NEW ENGINE. GRANT IT, AT THIS POINT I'M STILL UNDECIDED AS TO WHAT I'M GOING TO DO. THE DEALERSHIP SAID THAT MY ENGINE OVERHEATED AND LOCKED UP. MY CAR SHOWED NO INDICATION OF OVERHEATING...NO LIGHTS CAME ON, NO TEMPERATURE GAUGE READING HOT AND NO SIGNS. MY CAR WAS DRIVING NORMALLY AND JUST STOPPED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNDETERMINED SPEED THE OIL LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO STEER THE VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WHERE SHE RESTARTED THE VEHICLE. *AK

ENGINE FAILURE DUE TO MALFUNCTION OF OIL DISTRIBUTION OF THE 2.7 LITER ENGINE.*AK

2000 DODGE INTREPID WITH 37K MILES HAD TOTAL ENGINE FAILURE WHILE DRIVING. DEALERSHIP STATES FAILURE WAS DUE TO SLUDGE IN ENGINE.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 60 MPH THERE WAS A TAPING NOISE, AND THE ENGINE LOST POWER. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP THE FOLLOWING DAY, AND DEALER INDICATED THAT BECAUSE OF A DESIGN FLAW IN THE ENGINE THE OIL DIDN'T FLOW PROPERLY, CAUSING AN OIL BUILD UP. DEALER STATED THAT THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THESE TYPES OF ENGINES. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH, SUDDENLY THERE WAS A KNOCKING NOISE IN THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP, WHO INDICATED THAT THE ENGINE HAD GUMMED UP, WHICH CAUSED THE TIMING CHAIN TENSIONOR TO STICK IN THE OPENED POSITION. THEY ALSO, INDICATED THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THESE ENGINE AND THE MANUFACTURE WAS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM, BUT A REMEDY OR IMPROVEMENT PART HASN'T BEEN FOUND. THE ENTIRE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *JB

VEHICLE STARTED MAKING LOUD NOISE. CHECKED UNDER HOOD AND FOUND THE NOISE COMING FROM FRONT OF ENGINE. TOOK TO FOUR DIFFERENT PLACES FOR OPINIONS AND WAS TOLD THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED DUE TO SLUDGE IN THE OIL. IT WILL COST APPROXIMATELY $5500 TO REPAIR.*AK

2000 DODGE INTREPID WITH 47,000 MILES JUST GOT 2 MONTHS AGO. STEERING WHEEL HAD 2" OF PLAY IN IT BUT STILL DROVE OKAY AND I THOUGHT I COULD LIVE WITH IT UNTILL I COULD SAVE ENOUGH $$ TO GET NEW RACK AND PINION. *AK WAS TURNING LEFT AND STEERING LOCKED UP, HAD TO SLAM ON THE BREAKS BEFORE I HIT SOMEONE WALKING!!! GUY THOUGHT I WAS TRYING TO KILL HIM AND HE GAVE IT TO ME. I YANKED ON THE STEERING WHEEL AND GOT THE HECK OUT OF THERE. NOW WHEN I DRIVE THE CAR I EXPECT THE LOCK UP AND ABLE TO CONTROL IT BUT IS VERY SCARY BECAUSE ITS GETTING WORSE AND I CANT AFFORD TO GET IT FIXED AND ITS MY ONLY CAR. OH WELL JUST HAVE TO DIE TO GET ACTION. THANKS FOR NOT HELPING US OUT HERE.

WHILE DRIVING SEAT BACK RECLINED UNEXPECTEDLY, CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO PULL OUT OF THE ROAD. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

STARTED CAR ON A SATURDAY MORNING ONLY WITH THE SAME SMALL TAPPING NOISE AS FROM THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS. NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAD COME UP UNTIL GOING DOWN THE FREEWAY A VERY LOUD NOISE, LOST OF POWER AND FINALLY A CHECK LIGHT CAME ON. EXITED FREEWAY DROVE A COUPLE OF MILES TO A FRIENDS HOME TO LEAVE CAR. AFTER CALLING THE HUNTINGTON BEACH DODGE SERVICE DEPT ON MONDAY AND PROVIDING OIL CHANGE RECORDS . THE EXTENDED WARRINTY SERVICE PEOPLE HAVE DECLINE MY CLAIM TO FIX ENGINE CLAIMING THAT THE OIL CHANGE SERVICE DEPT AT WALMART STARTED THE ENGINE WITHOUT OIL AND CAUSE ENGINE FALIURE. I FIND THIS CLAIM BY THE FIRST EXTENDED SERVICE CORP TO BE WRONG, SINCE IN MY PERSONNAL EXPERIENCE AND BY VIEWING ALL THE OIL CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN TAKEN CARE OF BY WALMART , THEY HAVE NEVER STARTED A CARS ENGINE WITHOUT OIL.*AK

CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR STALLING PROBLEM, AND CONSUMER THOUGHT IT WAS THE STARTER. HOWEVER, THE MOTOR WAS RATTLING SO BADLY THAT CONSUMER HAD TO TURN IT OFF. IT WAS THEN DETERMINED THAT THE 2.7 LITER ENGINE FAILED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH , THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONSUMER MANAGED TO PULL OVER, AND HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED. THE DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED. *AK THE ENGINE HAS HAD THE FOLLOWING PARTS REPLACED: KNOCK SENSOR (2), CRANKSHAFT SENSOR (1), ALL MAIN BEARINGS IN THE CRANKSHAFT, ALL CONNECTING ROD BEARINGS AND ENGINE COMPLETE GASKET SET. THESE PARTS WERE INSTALLED AS APART OF AN ENGINE OVERHAUL. THE VEHICLE HAD RAN FOR ABOUT 20K TO 22K MILES BEFORE IT BEGUN TO KNOCK AGAIN. (CURRENTLY THE VEHICLE IS OUT OF SERVICE) THE KNOCK OCCURRED ON THE #6 JOURNAL OF THE CRANKSHAFT. MECHANICS SUGGESTED THAT SOMETHING IN THE ENGINE WAS OUT OF ALIGNMENT. *SC *JB

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY, THE CONSUMER'S HUSBAND HEARD A CLICKING NOISE AND THEN THE VEHICLE CUT OFF AND WOULD NOT RESTART. THE CONSUMER'S HUSBAND HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE MECHANIC, WHO DETERMINED THAT THE ENGINE FAILED. THE CONSUMER HAD TO PURCHASE A NEW ENGINE FOR THE VEHICLE. *AK THE MECHANIC SUGGESTED THAT THE PROBLEM WAS WITH ENGINE SLUDGE BUILD UP DUE TO THE EXHAUST GOING THROUGH THE ENGINE BECAUSE THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER WAS UNDER THE ENGINE INSTEAD OF UNDER THE VEHICLE. *SC *JB

PASSENGER DOOR LOCK ACTUATOR MAKES LOUD GRINDING NOISE WHEN DOOR LOCKS. THIS IS THE THRID DOOR ON THIS VEHICLE TO HAVE THIS PROBLEM

THE AUTOMATIC DOOR LOCKS KEEP FAILING ON THE VEHICLE. ALL FOUR DOORS WERE EFFECTED. THE DRIVER MUST PULL THE LOCK LEVER UP AND DOWN WHILE PULLING ON THE HANDLE TO GET THE DOORS TO OPEN. PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *JB

COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE FOR 2000 DODGE INTREPID 2.7L ENGINE WITH NO PRIOR WARNINGS. FAILURE CAUSED ENGINE TO DIE, BUT LUCKILY ROAD WAS EMPTY AND NO INJURIES OR DAMAGE OCCURED. AFTER EXHAUSTIVE RESEARCH ON THE WEB, FOUND THIS PROBLEM TO BE SPREADING LIKE A WILDFIRE ON THE SAME EXACT ENGINE. MAINTENANCE ON MY ENGINE HAS BEEN ON SCHEDULE WITH QUALITY PARTS AND OIL. REPLACEMENT PARTS ARE UNBELIEVABLY HIGH DUE TO THE RECENT HIGH DEMAND ON THIS ENGINE AND ITS SITUATION. REPORTS OF ENGINE FAILURE DUE TO OIL SLUDGE AND/OR TIMING CHAIN FAILURE CAN BE FOUND EASILY BY SEARCHING FOR 2000 DODGE INTREPID 2.7 ENGINE PROBLEMS. SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE REGARDING THIS SITUATION BEFORE SOMEONE ACTUALLY DIES DUE TO ENGINE FAILURE ON A BUSY HIGHWAY. MOST OF THE TIME IT TAKES SOMEONE DIEING BEFORE ANYTHING HAPPENS, BUT MAYBE THIS TIME SOMETHING CAN BE DONE BEFOREHAND.

WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH A LOUD RATTLING NOISE WAS HEARD FROM REAR. CONSUMER DROVE THE VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO CORROSION. *AK