2000 Dodge Intrepid complaints

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE ENGINE OPERATED AT A REDUCED SPEED AND STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT MANAGED TO COAST THE VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WITHOUT INCIDENT. AFTER BEING TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP, A DIAGNOSTIC TEST WAS PERFORMED, WHICH INDICATED THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT ALERTED.

ENGINE FAILURE ON 2000 DODGE INTREPID WHILE DRIVING ON US INTERSTATE 77 SOUTH NO PREVIOUS WARNING. *JB

MY 2000 DODGE INTREPID JUST BLEW TWO ROD BEARINGS AND THE CHAIN IN THE FRONT CRANK CASE CUT ALL THE THROUGH THE METAL AFTER 81,000 MILES AND 6 YEARS OF OWNING THE VEHICLE. THE PROBLEM ALL STARTED WHEN I HAD TO HAVE MY SEAT REPLACED VIA THE SEAT RECALL DODGE ISSUED (WHICH THE DEALERSHIP DID NOT NOTIFY ME ABOUT, I HAD TO FIND THIS OUT MYSELF VIA THE INTERNET). SO, I TOOK MY 2000 DODGE INTREPID INTO MY LOCAL DEALERSHIP, TO HAVE THE SEAT REPLACED AND WHILE THEY WERE AT IT, I AUTHORIZED SOME OTHER REPAIRS THAT NEEDED TO BE DONE TO MY INTREPID (ALL OUT OF WARRANTY). I GET THE CAR BACK A DAY OR TWO LATER, DRIVE IT OFF THE LOT AND START TO HEAR A ''KNOCKING'' SOUND WHEN THE RPM''S WOULD HIT AROUND 4000 '' 5000 RPM''S. THE ''KNOCKING'' WENT ON FOR ANOTHER DAY OR TWO WITHOUT CLEARING UP, SO I TOOK MY 200 DODGE INTREPID BACK TO DEALERSHIP TO FIND OUT WHAT THE DEAL WAS, SINCE THEY JUST SERVICED MY VEHICLE. THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME THAT I WOULD HAVE TO PAY THEM ANOTHER $380.00 TO HAVE MY ENGINE PULLED APART TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. I WAS VERY UPSET ABOUT THIS, BUT GAVE THEM PERMISSION TO DO PULL THE ENGINE APART TO FIX THE PROBLEM, FIGURING THIS WOULD ALL BE COVERED BY THEIR 12 MONTH OR 12,000 MILE WARRANTY THEY PROVIDE ON THEIR WORK/REPAIRS THEY DO. I GET A CALL 2 '' 3 HOURS LATER STATING THAT THE NEWS IS NOT GOOD AND THAT MY 2000 DODGE INTREPID HAD TWO BLOWN ROD BEARINGS, AS WELL AS THE CHAIN HAD CUT ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE CRANK CASE. THE DEALERSHIP BLAMED THIS ON BEING POORLY MAINTAINED

2000 DODGE INTREPID V6 2.7 ENGINE. STALLED IN AFTER WORK HIGH TRAFFIC. WOULD NOT START. HAD TO BE TOWED. BOTTOM LINE IS ENGINE IS BAD . UNABLE TO REPAIR/REPLACE. STILL OWE 2 YRS ON THE CAR. *NM

MY 2000 DODGE INTREPID HAD AN ENGINE PROBLEM AT 69,000 MILES. APPARENTLY THIS IS A PROBLEM WITH THESE 2.7 LITER ENGINES AND IS NOT BACKED BY CHRYSLER. I WOULD LIKE TO ADD MY NAME TO THE LIST OF COMPLAINTS. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH ON A CITY STREET, THERE WAS A LOUD, BANGING NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT FOLLOWED BY THE ENGINE STALLING. THE CONTACT COASTED THE VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE ENGINE DID RESTART, BUT THE BANGING SOUND WAS PRESENT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER WHO DETERMINED THE ENGINE FAILED AND A ROD WAS FRACTURED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED OVERNIGHT, THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE OVER HEAD SHIELD FRACTURED FROM THE CHILD SAFETY SEAT. THE CONTACT FOUND PIECES ALL OVER THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THIS WAS A COSCO TOURIVA 22-130 WAL MANUFACTURED JULY 26, 2005.

WHILE DRIVING MY VEHICLE I HEARD AN UNUSUAL SOUND COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD WHEN I RAISED THE HOOD I COULDN'T SEE ANYTHING VISIBLY WRONG. I CONTACTED MY MECHANIC WHO TOLD ME THE UPPER END OF THE ENGINE IS NOT RECEIVING ENOUGH OIL AND HE CALLED IT "OIL STARVATION TO THE UPPER END OF THE MOTOR" HE ALSO NOTICED THAT THE CAR HAS A BLUE SMOKE COMING FROM THE EXHAUST. HE TOLD ME THAT THE ENGINE IS GOING TO LOCK UP IF I CONTINUE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE. HE ALSO STATED THAT THE COST TO REPLACE THE ENGINE WOULD BE BETWEEN $6000.00 AND $6800.00. I CURRENTLY OWE $6000.00 ON THE VEHICLE AND ALSO THE RETAIL AMOUNT ON THE VEHICLE IS BELOW THE AMOUNT TO REPAIR. MY 2000 DODGE INTREPID ONLY HAS 63233 MILES. I HAVE MAINTAINED PROPER MAINTENANCE ON THE VEHICLE. WE HAVE BEEN CHANGING THE OIL VERY 60 DAYS OR 3000 MILES WHICH EVER COMES FIRST. I DRIVE 70 MILES PER DAY TO AND FROM WORK AND WITH THE VEHICLE SITTING IN THE GARAGE AND NOT BEING ABLE TO USE IT IS MAKING THINGS VERY DIFFICULT NOT ONLY FOR ME AND MY HUSBAND BUT IT CAUSING PROBLEMS WITH MY EMPLOYER. *JB

I HAVE A 2000 DODGE INTREPID AND OVER THE WEEKEND THE ENGINE BLEW AND I WAS ALMOST INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT DUE TO THE ENGINE FAILING. I TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC AND THERE WAS SLUDGE INSIDE AND NOW THEY ARE SAYING THE ENGINE IS NO GOOD AND THAT I NEED TO NEW ONE. I WENT TO GOOGLE TO GET MORE INFORMATION ON THE ENGINE AND I CAME ACROSS A LINK THAT THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE IN MY SITUATION. IF SOMEONE CAN PLEASE REPLY BACK TO ME WITH ANY NEW INFORMATION ABOUT THE ENGINE. I LOVE MY INTREPID AND WISH THE ENGINE WAS MADE TO LAST. *JB

2000 DODGE INTREPID DRIVER SIDE SEAT COLLAPSED INTO A HORIZONTAL POSITION. *KB THIS OCCURRED WHILE THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND REPAIRED. THE REPAIR COST $1000 BECAUSE THE ENTIRE SEAT ASSEMBLY HAD TO BE REPLACED, INCLUDING PARTS THAT WERE NOT BROKEN. AFTER THE REPAIR WAS MADE THE CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL ON THE SEAT RECLINER (RECALL NUMBER 03V035000) AND HAD THAT PART REPLACED AS WELL. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH ON THE INTERSTATE, THE ENGINE STALLED AND THERE WAS A LOSS OF ALL VEHICLE POWER WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT MANAGED TO PULL OVER WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. ALTHOUGH THE DEALER WAS ALERTED, THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INSPECTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS ALSO ALERTED.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE TRAVELING 15 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND WOULD NOT RESTART. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP WHO DETERMINED THERE WAS SLUDGE IN THE OIL AND THE TIMING BELT SNAPPED. THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.

2000 DODGE INTREPID;BEGAN MAKING KNOCKING NOISE IN ENGINE AND TOOK TO MECHANIC AND HE ADVISED THAT ENGINE WAS ABOUT TO FAIL. IT WASN'T BUT A WEEK LATER THAT MY WIFE ENROUTE HOME AND THE ENGINE QUIT. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH ON A DRY CLEAR HIGHWAY, THE CHECK ENGINE OIL LIGHTS ILLUMINATED AND THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE ROSE TO THE MAXIMUM HEAT INDICATION, JUST BEFORE THE ENGINE FAILED, AND COASTED TO A STOP. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE SERVICE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED.

IT IS VERY SIMPLE, IT IS THE WELL KNOWN AND WELL DOCUMENTED DEFECTIVE FAILURE OF THE 2.7LL V6 ENGINE MADE BY CHRYSLER, WE TOOK GOOD CARE OF IT, AND IT DIED JUST LIKE THE OTHERS, ENGINE SLUDGE DESTROYS ENGINE, WE WERE DRIVING 65 MPH ON RTE 90 (MASS PIKE). LOST POWER, MADE VISCOUS KNOCKING NOISES, STALLED......HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 55MPH ON THE HIGHWAY UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS, THE ENGINE REVVED UP AND DOWN WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY A DEALER WHO DETERMINED THE POWER CONTROL MODULE OF THE ENGINE FAILED. THE POWER CONTROL MODULE WAS REPLACED ALONG WITH THE CAM/CRANK SHAFT SENSOR. AFTERWARDS, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO ANOTHER DEALERSHIP FOR FURTHER INSPECTION, IT WAS DETERMINED THERE WAS A FAILURE OF THE POWER CONTROL MODULE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT ALERTED. *AK

I HAD A BEAUTIFUL BLACK 4 DOOR INTREPID THAT I MAINTAINED VERY WELL AND AT THE BANK IT STARTED TO KNOCK AND BY THE TIME I GOT 2 MILES TO MY REPAIR SHOP IT WAS DONE. I HAD THE GUYS TEAR IT APART AND FIX THE PROBLEM TO THE TUNE OF ALMOST A $1,000.00. IT WAS MY ONLY CAR AND I JUST BOUGHT IT SO I HAD NO CHOICE BUT BEING A SINGLE MOTHER OF 3 KIDS IT PUT A MAJOR DENT IN MY POCKET. AT THE REPAIR SHOP THEY SUGGESTED I GET RID OF IT CONSIDERING THEY COULD NOT GUARANTEE HOW LONG IT WAS GOING TO LAST BUT COULDN'T AFFORD TO DO THAT AT THE TIME. 4 MONTHS LATER IT WAS BACK IN THE REPAIR SHOP THEY FIXED IT AGAIN AND BOUGHT ME A FOR SALE SIGN. NEEDLESS TO SAY LESS THEN A MONTH LATER IT SEIZED UP, THE PEOPLE AT THE REPAIR SHOP MADE ME LEAVE IT THERE AND TOOK ME HOME. THEY PUT IT UP FOR SALE AT THEIR LOT BUT IN THE END I COULDN'T MAKE PAYMENTS ON SOMETHING I COULDN'T DRIVE AND GAVE IT BACK TO THE BANK THEY ARE STILL TRYING TO SELL IT AT THE AUCTION. LOVED MY CAR BUT IT RUINED MY CREDIT WITH ALL THE EXTRA REPAIR BILLS I HAD TO MAKE ON IT, WISH IT COULD HAVE BEEN FIXED THE FIRST TIME. *JB

THIS IS A CORRECTED COMPLAINT, THE COMPLAINT I FILED PREVIOUSLY HAD INCORRECT INFORMATION. DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BACK BEGAN RECLINING UNEXPECTEDLY. LOCAL DODGE DEALER PERFORMED RECALL SERVICE ON RECLINER BOLTS, BUT SEAT STILL CONTINUED TO RECLINE, HAPPENING REPEATEDLY ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS, VERY NEARLY RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT WITH A CHILD ON A BIKE. FINAL REPAIRS PERFORMED AT LOCAL BODY SHOP, NYLON GEAR IN SEAT TRACK WAS STRIPPED. WAS REPAIRED WITH PARTS FROM A USED SEAT ASSEMBLY IN GOOD CONDITION. NYLON GEARS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MOVEMENT OF SEAT BACK ARE INADEQUATE AND SHOULD BE REPLACED BY DAIMLER CHRYSLER CORPORATION WITH STRONGER QUALITY GEARS. BODY SHOP KEPT OLD SEAT TRACK WITH DEFECTIVE GEAR AND MAY STILL BE AVAILABLE. *NM

MY 2000 DODGE INTREPID MOTOR BLEW WITHOUT ANY WARNING. I CHANGED THE OIL ON OR BEFORE IT WAS DUE. NO LIGHTS CAME ON TO WARN ME THAT THE ENGINE WAS GETTING HOT. AT 108,000 MILES I HAVE NO CAR TO DRIVE BUT I STILL HAVE 3500. TO PAY ON IT.*JB

I AM EXPERIENCING THE ISSUE OF THE SEAT BACK RECLINING UNEXPECTEDLY. IT WAS SERVICED AT OUR LOCAL DODGE DEALER, PURSUANT TO THE RECALL OF THE RECLINER BOLT. HOWEVER THIS DID NOT REMEDY THE SITUATION, AS THE SEAT BACK STILL RECLINES ON IT'S OWN, AND HAS OCCURRED SEVERAL TIMES WHILE DRIVING. THE SERVICE TECH'S AT OUR LOCAL DEALER DID A DIAGNOSIS PRIOR TO MY FINDING OUT ABOUT THE RECALL, AND CLAIMED THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE SEAT TRACK. I STRONGLY FEEL THAT A NEW RECALL SHOULD BE ISSUED, BECAUSE THIS ISSUE MAY STILL EXIST WITH OTHER INTREPIDS THAT MAY HAVE ALREADY HAD THE RECLINER BOLT SERVICED.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE CHECK ENGINE AND OIL LIGHTS ILLUMINATED WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH ON DRY CITY PAVEMENT. A NOISE WAS HEARD PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN HOME AND LATER TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP WHO REPLACED THE ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THAT UPON ENTERING THE HIGHWAY AT THE STOP SIGN, THE DRIVER SEAT FELL BACKWARD WITHOUT ANY WARNING. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND DETERMINED THAT THE BOLT PARTS NEEDED TO BE ORDERED TO FIX AND REPLACE THE BOLT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND DETERMINED THAT THE VEHICLE NEEDED TO BE TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR A DIAGNOSTIC TEST AND SUGGESTED THAT AN EXTENDED WARRANTY SHOULD BE PURCHASED.

I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM MY DAUGHTER'S HOUSE WHEN I STARTED TO HEAR A SLIGHT TICK COMING FROM THE MOTOR. BEING ONLY A 30 MILES FROM HOME ON A SUNDAY I DECIDED TO DRIVE IT AND HAVE THE CAR CHECKED OUT ON MONDAY. I NEVER MADE IT. 5 MILES FROM HOME I HEARD A POP AND THE CAR STALLED AND NEVER STARTED AGAIN. I HAD IT TOWED TO THE GARAGE THAT TOLD ME THE MOTOR WAS DEAD AND IT WOULD COST ME $4500 TO $5500 TO FIX. THE OIL WAS LIKE SLUDGE EVEN THOUGH I CHANGED IT EVERY 3000 - 3500 MILES LIKE CLOCKWORK. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE HESITATED INTERMITTENTLY BEFORE IT FINALLY STALLED. ALSO, THE BRAKES DID NOT HOLD PROPERLY. THE DEALER DETERMINED THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO SLUDGE. THE DEALER ALSO REPLACED THE BRAKE PADS, ROTORS AND CALIPERS BUT INDICATED THE ABS SENSOR ALSO NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.

MY 200O DODGE INTREPID HAS 61,000 MILES ON IT. I STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE STEERING AT ABOUT 58,000. WHENEVER I MADE A TURN LEFT OR RIGHT MY STEERING WHEEL WOULD LOCK AND I WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO STRAIGHTEN OUT. I WOULD SOMETIMES HAVE TO TURN IT FORCEFULLY AND IT WOULD MAKE A TERRIBLE CLUNKING AND GRINDING NOISE. I HAVE ALMOST BEEN IN A TERRIBLE ACCIDENT ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION. THE WHEEL LOCKED UP AS I MADE A RIGHT TURN AND I WAS FORCED DOWN AN EMBANKMENT, FORTUNATELY I WAS ALONE IN THE CAR AND NO ONE WAS ON THE EMBANKMENT AS THEY USUALLY ARE. I HAVE BROUGHT THE CAR TO A DODGE DEALER AND THEY ARE REPAIRING IT FOR $1067.00. THEY SAID IT IS THE STEERING GEAR AND RACK. AFTER READING ALL THE COMPLAINTS ON THIS VEHICLE WITH THE EXACT SAME PROBLEMS. I FEE THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AN SHOULD BE ON A RECALL STATUS. I WAS HOPING TO PURCHASE A 300 CHRYSLER NOW I'M NOT SURE IF I WANT TO STAY WITH THIS COMPANY. *NM

I PURCHASED A 2000 DODGE INTREPID FROM GARY SMITH FORD OF FORT WALTON BEACH IN EARLY JUNE 2005. EVERY SINCE THE DAY I PURCHASED IT, THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN OVERHEATING AND BREAKING DOWN INTERMITTENTLY. IN THE FIRST MONTH OF OWNERSHIP THE VEHICLE WAS IN THE PLAYGROUND AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR SHOP (FORT WALTON BEACH, FL) A TOTAL OF 16 DAYS. THE REPAIR SHOP KEPT STATING THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. THE 2000 DODGE INTREPID HAS CONTINUED TO OVERHEAT AND BREAKDOWN SOMETIMES IN HEAVY TRAFFIC AND NUMEROUS ACCIDENTS HAVE BEEN NARROWLY AVERTED. GARY SMITH FORD HAS BEEN NO ASSISTANCE IN CORRECTING THIS PROBLEM AND THEY HAVE TOLD ME IT'S MY PROBLEM NOT THEIRS. WHAT ARE MY OPTIONS AT THIS POINT? *JB

WE HAVE A 2000 DODGE INTREPID ES SEDAN THAT WE BOUGHT NEW IN AUGUST OF 2000. IN 2003 CHRYSLER ISSUED A RECALL ON A SEAT BOLT THAT COULD BREAK AND CAUSE THE SEAT TO FALL COMPLETELY BACKWARDS INTO THE BACK SEAT. WE TOOK OUR CAR IN TO HAVE THE PART REPLACED. THE OTHER DAY THE DRIVERS SEAT BROKE AND FELL BACK INTO THE BACK SEAT. FORTUNATELY THE CAR WAS BEING PARKED AT THE TIME AND NO ONE WAS IN THE BACK SEAT. IF WE HAD BEEN ON THE FREEWAY OR HAD ONE OF OUR SMALL GRANDCHILDREN IN THE BACK SEAT THE CONSEQUENCES COULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUS. WE TOOK THE CAR INTO THE DEALERSHIP TO HAVE THE SEAT REPAIRED ASSUMING THIS WAS THE SAME PART THAT WAS RECALLED. WE WERE TOLD THIS WAS A DIFFERENT PART AND WAS NOT UNDER RECALL. IF IT IS A DIFFERENT BOLT AS THE DEALER CLAIMS IT SHOULD BE UNDER RECALL TOO. WE WERE FORTUNATE THAT NO ONE WAS HURT. THE NEXT PERSON THIS HAPPENS TO MAY NOT BE SO LUCKY. THE PART TO REPAIR THE SEAT IS $800.00, THIS WILL NOT INCLUDE LABOR AND CHRYSLER WILL NOT COVER ANY OF IT. IF YOU CAN DRAW ATTENTION TO THIS SERIOUS DEFECT IN THE DODGE INTREPID WE WOULD SINCERELY APPRECIATE IT. *JB

I HAVE EXPERIENCED THE WELL-DOCUMENTED PROBLEM WITH THE FAILURE OF THE 2.7L ENGINE IN DODGE INTREPID. TIMING CHAIN TENSIONER FAILED ON START, TIMING CHAIN SLIPPED AND BENT ALL INTAKE VALVES. TOTAL ENGINE REPLACEMENT REQUIRED. *JB

ENGINE FAILED DURING OPERATION DUE TO POOR ENGINEERING. *JB

MY 2000 DODGE INTREPID WITH A 2.7 LITER ENGINE HAS FAILED DUE TO ENGINE SLUDGE. THE SLUDGE CAUSED MY TIMING CHAIN TENSION DEVICE TO FAIL AS WELL AS MY OIL PUMP RENDERING MY VEHICLE INOPERABLE. AS A CONSEQUENCE, THE VEHICLE WILL TOWED TO A SALVAGE YARD WITH ONLY 34,000 MILES. *NM

ON JUNE 14TH 2006 MY 2000 DODGE INTREPID WAS PARKED IN MY DRIVE WAY AND AT ABOUT 1:00 A.M. I WAS AWAKEN TO MY DOOR BELL RINGING AND MY NEIGHBORS SCREAMING GET OUT THE HOUSE THERE'S A FIRE I DIDN'T HESITATE I WAS GOING OUT THE BACK DOOR TO FIND OUT IT WAS MY VEHICLE THAT WAS ON FIRE BY THE TIME I HAD MADE IT OUT THE CAR WAS STARTING TO POP AND WAS ABOUT TO EXPLODE. THE MILWAUKEE FIRE DEPT. ARRIVED AND PUT THE FIRE OUT AND HAD DETERMINED THE FIRE STARTED IN THE ENGINE. I CONTACTED DAMILER CHRYSLER AND WAS TOLD SOMEONE WOULD BE OUT TO DO AN INSPECTION IN A FEW DAYS. DAYS PASSED AND I CALLED BACK ON JUNE 19TH AND SPOKE WITH SOMEONE NAMED JAY WHO SAID THERE WAS NO INSPECTION NEEDED. I THEN RECEIVED A LETTER FROM THE COMPANY SAYING THAT IT WAS NOT THEIR PROBLEM AND TO TAKE THE MATTER UP WITH MY INSURANCE COMPANY. I TRIED CALLING THE CO BACK BUT WAS TOLD THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO FOR ME. MY SERIOUS CONCERN IS THAT DAIMLER CHRYSLER WAS NOT CONCERNED ABOUT THE VEHICLE STARTING ON FIRE ESPECIALLY IN THE ENGINE.AND THEIR LACK OF CONCERN FOR THE CONSUMERS BUYING THEIR VEHICLES AND THEIR SAFETY. AND WHY WOULDN'T THEY COME OUT AND DO AN INSPECTION WITH SOMETHING THIS SERIOUS. THIS MAKES ME WONDER WHAT KIND OF COMPANY THEY ARE. ARE THEY THAT BIG THAT THEIR CONSUMERS SAFETY DOESN'T MATTER AND DO THEY FEEL THEY ARE UNTOUCHABLE WHEN IT COMES TO SERIOUS MATTERS. WHAT IF I WOULD HAVE BEEN IN THE CAR WITH MY CHILDREN? AND WE ALL WOULD HAVE DIED? THEN WHAT? I HAVE NEVER IN MY LIFE BEEN TREAT

INTERNAL ENGINE FAILURE. REPLACED ENGINE (CRYSLER 2.7L). *NM

I HAVE A DEFECTIVE 2.7 L ENGINE IN MY CAR. I HAD JUST PULLED INTO A DRIVEWAY WHEN IT QUIT. THE TIMING CHAIN GUIDES BROKE, AND THERE WAS SO MUCH SLUDGE IN THE ENGINE IT LOOKED LIKE THE OIL HAD NEVER BEEN CHANGED. I HAVE ALWAYS HAD MY OIL CHANGED EVERY 3000 MILES. I HAD THE ENGINE STEAMED 7 MONTHS PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT FOR SLUDGE BUILDUP. I ALSO SPENT AROUND 2000.00 HAVING EVERY SINGLE SENSOR REPLACED, AS WELL AS ALL OF THE HOSES IN THE ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION. I HAD TO HAVE THE STEERING LINE FIXED LESS THAN 2 MONTHS AFTER I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE. I HAD NO IDEA THAT THERE WERE SO MANY PEOPLE WITH THE SAME ENGINE PROBLEMS AS I HAVE HAD OUT OF THIS CAR. I HAVE LOST MY JOB, AND MY CHILDREN HAVE MISSED SO MANY DOCTOR AND DENTIST APPOINTMENTS THAT I HAVE LOST COUNT I STILL OWE 2 YEARS ON THIS CAR, BUT HOW DO YOU PAY FOR SOMETHING THAT HAS TURNED OUT TO BE AMERICA'S BIGGEST DEATH TRAP WHEN YOU CAN'T KEEP IT RUNNING? *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY FOR 2 HOURS IT CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE FIRE STARTED IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT SPREADING THOUGHT OUT THE ENTIRE VEHICLE. THERE WAS A FIRE REPORT FILED AT THE SCENE. THERE WERE NO PRIOR PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER WAS ALERTED AND DETERMINED AN INSPECTOR WOULD NEED TO INSPECT THE VEHICLE. A LETTER RECEIVED FROM THE MANUFACTURER STATING THERE WAS NO NEED FOR AN INSPECTION. *AK UPDATED 7/11/2006 - THE CONSUMER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER AND WAS TOLD NOT TO CONTACT THEIR OFFICE AGAIN AS THE FIRE WAS NOT THEIR PROBLEM. PER THE CRD CHIEF USED THE MOST CURRENT INCIDENT DATE (INTERNET VOQ REQUEST). *NM

I PURCHASED MY 2000 DODGE INTREPID IN LATE 2005, HAD IT TWO MONTHS AND THE CAR QUIT WHILE DRIVING ON INTERSTATE HIGHWAY. I IMMEDIATELY HAD IT TOWED TO A MECHANIC, THEY HAD IT FROM BEFORE CHRISTMAS UNTIL THIS MONTH(JUNE). THEY WERE REBUILDING THE ENGINE, COULDN'T GET IT TO STAY IN TIME, ETC. WE HAVE NOW HAD TO TOW IT TO ANOTHER MECHANIC AND HE LOOKED AT IT AND SAID HE COULDN'T FIX IT. I HAVE MADE SEVEN PAYMENTS WITHOUT BEING ABLE TO DRIVE IT. I AM DISABLED AND IT IS A HASSLE WHEN I NEED TO GO TO THE DOCTOR AND I HAVE TO SEE IF I CAN GET A RIDE. *JB

DEFECTIVE ENGINE FAILED DUE TO TIMING CHAIN ISSUE. CAR HAS ONLY 41,000 MILES ON IT AND HAS BEEN WELL MAINTAINED WITH OIL CHANGES, ETC. CHRYSLER DOES NOT WANT TO TAKE ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE FAULTY DESIGN IN THE ENGINE. ENGINE CANNOT BE REPAIRED, MUST BE REPLACED AT A COST OF $6,000.00. I AM STILL INVESTIGATING OTHER COMPLAINTS AND GATHERING MORE BACK-UP MATERIAL BEFORE I AM WILLING TO GIVE UP MY FIGHT WITH CHRYSLER. *NM

I HAVE A 2000 DODGE INTREPID. I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK. ENGINE STARTED MAKING NOISE. STOPPED AT A LIGHT IN TRAFFIC AND ENGINE FAILED AND WOULD NOT START. I WAS IN THE CENTER LANE OF A THREE LANE HIGHWAY WITH TRAFFIC PASSING ON EITHER SIDE. WAS UNABLE TO EVEN GET OUT OF MY CAR. A POLICE CAR PULLED UP BEHIND AND PUT HIS LIGHTS ON AND WAS ABLE TO PUSH ME TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. I THEN CALLED A TOW TRUCK. IT WAS FRIGHTENING AND DANGEROUS SITUATION. I WAS UNABLE TO PAY FOR THE REPAIRS OR TRADE THE CAR IN. I WAS FORCED TO PURCHASE ANOTHER CAR AND STILL PAY OFF THE REMAINDER OF THE INTREPID. *NM

I HAVE A 2000 DODGE INTREPID 2.7 LITER ENGINE WITHIN THE LAST 7 MONTHS I HAVE HAD ENGINE FAILURES. I HAVE A LITTLE OVER 60000 MILES ON THE CAR. I HAVE BEEN INFORMED EVEN BY MY LOCAL DODGE DEALER AND OTHER MECHANICS THIS IS A COMMON THING. MY LOCAL DEALER WANTS ME TO PUT IN A 3.2 LITER MOTOR. *NM

1. NO ENGINE PROBLEMS, REGULAR OIL CHANGES, CAR KEPT IN GOOD MECHANICAL CONDITION 2. ENGINE FAILURE @ LESS THAN 65,000 MILES 3. COULD NOT AFFORD 6,000 FOR A REMANUFACTURED ENGINE. *NM

I HAVE A 2000 DODGE INTREPID W/THE 2.7L MOTOR. THE MOTOR FAILED AT 66K MILES BECAUSE OF SLUDGE. I AM NOW AWARE THAT CHRYSLER HAS A MAJOR DESIGN FLAW W/ THESE MOTORS. I PURCHASED THE CAR W/AN 8YR/80K MILE WARRANTY AND THEY WILL NOT HONOR IT. MY MAIN ISSUE IS THAT IT FAILED WHILE MY WIFE WAS DRIVING IT AND SHE COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED OR HAVE KILLED SOMEONE BECAUSE OF THIS FAILED ENGINE. THIS 2.7L MOTOR IS VERY DANGEROUS AND VULNERABLE TO FAILURE AT ANY TIME. THE MOTOR HAS MAJOR DESIGN FLAWS WHICH MAKES IT HAVE EXCESS SLUDGE BUILDUP. CHRYSLER SHOULD RECALL ANY CAR W/THESE 2.7L MOTORS TO PREVENT PEOPLE FROM BEING KILLED. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE TRAVELING 40 MPH, THE OIL LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE ENGINE BEGAN TO KNOCK, THEN THE ENGINE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP, WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THE TIMING CHAIN SNAPPED BECAUSE OF OIL SLUDGE BUILD UP.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WITHOUT WARNING, AT 55 MPH, THE ENGINE BEGAN TO MAKE A LOUD BANGING NOISE. THE VEHICLE WAS PULLED OVER AND TURNED OFF. WHEN ATTEMPTING TO RESTART, THE ENGINE DID NOT RESPOND. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP, WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THE TIMING CHAIN FAILED BECAUSE OF OIL SLUDGE. THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THE ENGINE WAS BAD, IT WAS NOT THE TIMING CHAIN. UPDATED 12/28/06. *JB

ON FEBRUARY 14, 2006 MY HUSBAND WAS COMING HOME WHEN THE CAR QUIT. HE LET IT COOL OFF AND THEN PROCEEDED TO DRIVE HOME. THE NEXT DAY HE WAS GOING TO WORK AND WHEN HE PULLED INTO HIS EMPLOYERS PARKING LOT HE NOTICED HIS CAR WAS ON FIRE. HE PUT IT OUT RIGHT AWAY. WE CALLED A TOW TRUCK TO HAVE IT TOWED TO THE DODGE DEALERSHIP. WE WERE INFORMED THAT THE WATER PUMP WENT OUT AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THEY ALSO REPLACED THE TIMING CHAIN AND OTHER PARTS. IN MAY WE WERE GOING TO A GRADUATION IN WYOMING WHEN OUR CAR BROKE DOWN ON INTERSTATE. AGAIN WE HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED TO A DEALERSHIP WHERE WE WERE INFORMED WE NEEDED A NEW ENGINE AT THE COST OF $6000.00. WE DO NOT HAVE THAT KIND OF MONEY TO FIX THE CAR. WE ARE NOW RENTING A CAR UNTIL WE CAN DECIDE WHAT TO DO WITH THE CAR. WE WOULD LIKE TO GET INFORMATION ON WHAT DODGE IS DOING TO HELP OTHER CUSTOMERS WHO HAVE HAD THIS SAME PROBLEM. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS MOVED OFF THE ROAD AND TOWED TO THE DEALER. IT WAS DETERMINED TO HAVE ENGINE SLUDGE AND THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. UPDATED 05/22/06- THE CONSUMER MAINTAINED THAT HE HAD REGULAR OIL CHANGES PERFORMED ON THE VEHICLE. *JB

THE ENGINE ON MY 2000 DODGE INTREPID JUST DIED ON THE HIGHWAY. *NM

I PURCHASED A NEW 2000 DODGE INTREPID ES IN JUNE 2000. I HAD MY CAR MAINTENANCE OCCASIONALLY INCLUDING OIL CHANGES, BREAKS, TIRES, ETC. ON MAY 7, 2006 MY CAR BROKE DOWN AND IT WAS REPORTED BY A MECHANIC THAT MY TIME CHAINING AND ENGINE IS NO LONGER WORKING. MY CAR ONLY HAD 47, 689 MILES AND I FINISHED PAYMENTS IN JUNE 2004. IT IS TOTALLY UNFAIR FOR A CAR OF SIX (6) YEARS TO BREAK DOWN FOR ENGINE PROBLEM. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED DROVE VEHICLE 6 MILES FROM HOME TO A BUSINESS APPOINTMENT. AFTER THE APPOINTMENT STARTED THE VEHICLE AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. HAD VERY LITTLE BRAKING POWER. NEXT DAY BRAKE PEDAL WAS UP. THERE IS A NHTSA RECALL # 00V180000 REGARDING THE MASTER CYLINDER. THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO THE VIN. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND EXPLAINED THERE WAS NO RECALLS FOR THIS VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO BLED THE BRAKES. *AK

ONE MORNING IN MID OCT 05 AFTER DROPPING MY DAUGHTER OFF FOR SCHOOL,THE CAR WAS RUNNING FINE. ON THE RETURN TRIP HOME, THE CAR ENGINE JUST DIED. WITH NO WARNING, NO NOISE, NO SMOKE AND NO ENGINE LIGHTS. AFTER MAKING MANY ATTEMPTS TO RESTART ENGINE, ALL FELL. LEFT WITH NO OTHER CHOICE I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO A LOCAL MECHANIC SHOP. LATER TO FIND OUT THAT THE ENGINE WAS BLOWN. INFORMATION FROM MECHANIC, IT IS A KNOWN CONDITION WITH THE 2.7 LITER ENGINE WHICH I HAVE. AS OF TODAY, NO ACTION HAS BEEN TAKING TO CORRECT THE FAILURE. THE COST FOR REPAIRS WILL RUN FROM 8.000 TO 11.000. THE ENGINE HAS LESS THAN 40,000 MILES. *NM

2000 INTREPID BRAKES FAILED. *TS THE VACUUM BOOSTER WAS FULL OF WATER AND FROZE LEAVING THE CONSUMER WITH NO BRAKES.*JB

ON, APRIL 13TH, 2006 WHILE DRIVING DOWN INTERSTATE 75; MY 2000 DODGE INTREPID BEGAN MAKING A KNOCKING NOISE. I WAS TRAVELING IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC AND IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE KNOCKING NOISE THE CAR BEGAN TO LOOSE POWER. I WAS ATTEMPTING TO MOVE MY CAR TO THE NEAREST EMERGENCY LANE WHEN THE ENGINE QUIT AND LOCKED UP. AFTER CAUSING A MAJOR TRAFFIC JAM I WAS ABLE TO GET MY CAR OFF THE ROAD. THE TOW TRUCK OPERATOR WHO CAME TO PICK UP MY CAR STATED THAT THE INTREPID WITH THE 2.7L ENGINES HAVE A DEFECT AND I WOULD NEED TO FILE A COMPLAINT. HE STATED THAT HIS COMPANY COULD PUT A REBUILT ENGINE IN THE CAR, IT WOULD COST 4500.00. BUT HE SUGGESTED JUST GETTING ANOTHER VEHICLE. HE SAID IT IS AN ENGINE PROBLEM AND EVEN A NEW ENGINE WOULD HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. I WAS FORTUNATE TO NOT HAVE MY TWO YOUNG CHILDREN IN THE CAR WHEN THIS HAPPENED AND THAT I WAS NOT INJURED WHEN MY CAR SUDDENLY STOPPED WHILE EVERY OTHER VEHICLE AROUND ME WAS TRAVELING AT 65 MPH. *NM