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Search Results   Report Date : March 16, 2009 at 01:42 PM Search Type : VEHICLE Year : 2000 Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID  Results : 214 | All records displayed   Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10260290 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: February 10, 2009 VIN : Not Available   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: MY WATER PUMP BLEW UNEXPECTEDLY WHILE DRIVING TO THE GAS STATION WITHOUT ANY PREVIOUS PROBLEMS OR INDICATIONS OF A PROBLEM WHATSOEVER. I THANKFULLY WAS TURNING INTO A GAS STATION WHEN MY CAR SUDDENLY STALLED AND WAS ABLE TO CONTINUE ROLLING IN THE PARKING LOT AND JUST MADE IT BEFORE AN ONCOMING CAR ALMOST HIT ME. I TOOK THE CAR TO A LOCAL REPAIR WHERE IT COST 834$ JUST TO REPAIR BECAUSE OF THE EXTENSIVE WORK INVOLVED IN REPLACING A WATERPUMP ON THAT 2.7L V6 POS DODGE INTREPID. THE FOLLOWING WEEK WHILE DRIVING TO CLASS, I PARKED AND THE CAR ENGINE STARTED REVVING UP BY ITSELF ONCE AGAIN WITH NO PRIOR INDICATION OF A POSSIBLE PROBLEM. I CALLED THE REPAIR SHOP AND HE SAID BRING IT IN I BARELY MADE IT TO THE REPAIR SHOP AND ONCE AGAIN AS SOON AS I TURNED IN THE PARKING LOT MY CAR STALLED AND WOULDN'T TURN OVER AFTERWARDS. BY THAT TIME THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAD COME ON THEY SAID IT WAS A GENERIC CAMSENSOR/CRANKSHAFT ERROR THEY CLEARED OUT THE ERROR CODE RAN THE CAR FOR OVER FOUR HOURS LEAVING IT IDLE, DRIVING IT, AND LETTING IT SIT AND COOL DOWN AND DOING IT ALL OVER AGAIN THE CAR NEVER DID IT AGAIN SO THEY ASSUMED THE IT WAS JUST A GLICHE IN COMPUTER AND NOTHING WAS WRONG. APPROXIMATELY A WEEK LATER I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM MY FRIENDS HOUSE WHERE MY CAR STARTED JERKING WHEN GOING INTO DIFFERENT GEARS. I TRIED AS HARD AS I COULD TO GET IT TO THE REPAIR SHOP TO AVOID ANY FURTHER TOWING FEES WHICH HAVE COST ME UP TO ABOUT 200$ ALREADY. I WAS STOPPED BY A STOP LIGHT OF A BUSY INTERSECTION THAT WAS ABOUT 3 BLOCKS AWAY FROM THE REPAIR SHOP&IT WAS POURING DOWN RAIN I TURNED ON MY HAZARD LIGHTS&MY DOME LIGHTS TO HELP OTHER CARS SEE ME SO THEY DIDN'T HIT ME. I ALMOST GOT HIT SEVERAL TIMES FINALLY GOT HELP PUSHING OFF THE ROAD AND WAITED FOR A TOW TRUCK FOR OVER AN HOUR STARTED THE CAR AND IT RAN SO I TOOK THE CHANCE WITH MY FATHER THERE BEHIND ME&MADE IT TO THE REPAIR SHOP. IT WAS THE CAM SENSOR WHICH WAS ANOTHER 100$. THIS PAST WEEK I WENT TO START MY CAR IT WOULDN'T. *TR Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10256515 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: January 23, 2009 VIN : 2B3HD46R5YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: MY CAR DIED ON JANUARY 23RD FOR GOOD WHILE I WAS DRIVING IT. THE DAY BEFORE I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM COLLEGE AND I WAS ONLY GOING ABOUT 40 MILES PER HOUR WHEN MY CAR JUST DIED. FOR NO REASON AT ALL. I WAS ABLE TO START IT BACK UP AND MAKE IT HOME. THE FOLLOWING DAY MY BOYFRIEND, ME AND OUR SON WERE ON OUR WAY BACK HOME FROM MY MOTHERS HOUSE WE TURNED INTO CVS AND THE CAR DIED!!!!! IT STARTED BACK UP AND WE MADE IT OUT OF THE WAY OF THE OTHER CARS BEHIND US. WHEN IT RESTARTED THIS TIME IT WAS AN AWFUL NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE. WE PARKED IT AND I CALLED MY STEP-DAD AND HE SAID TO TRY AND GET IT HOME AND HE WOULD LOOK AT IT THE NEXT DAY. WE GOT THE CAR HOME AND HE CAME TO LOOK AT IT AND SAID HE HASN'T EVER SEEN SLUDGED UP OIL LIKE THAT IN HIS LIFE!!! HE TRIED TO START IT A FEW TIMES AND IT WOULDN'T. SO NOW I HAVE THIS CAR SITTING IN MY DRIVEWAY UNDRIVABLE!!!!! =I HAVE TWO CHILDREN, ONE IN SCHOOL AND ONE NOT. I'M IN COLLEGE AND THIS IS OUR ONLY VEHICLE!!!!!!!!!! NOW WHAT DO I DO????????? I'M NOT MADE OF MONEY AND I HAVE NO WAY TO BUY A NEW ENGINE!! PLEASE FIND SOME WAY TO HELP ME. *TR Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10256285 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: June 10, 2008 VIN : Not Available   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: I OWN A 2000 DODGE INTREPID AND HAVE HAD THE OIL SENDING UNIT PRESSURE SWITCH AND A FEW OTHER THINGS REPLACED ON MY VEHICLE AND YET THE OIL LIGHT STILL COMES ON IN MY VEHICLE AND I CAN'T KEEP AFFORDING TO TAKE IT IN TO A SHOP AND I MAINTAIN THE OIL CHANGES BEFORE THE 3000 MILES IF NOT EXACTLY ON THE 3000 MILES. I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO FIND OUT IF THEY HAVE ANY KIND OF RECALL ON THIS TYPE OF SITUATION. *TR Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10255134 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: January 11, 2009 VIN : Not Available   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 DODGE INTREPID. WHEN THE CONTACT STARTED THE VEHICLE, HE HEARD A LOUD BANGING AND KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL DEALER AND THEY DETERMINED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS EXPERIENCING INTERNAL FAILURE. NO REPAIRS WERE PERFORMED. THE CONTACT IS IN THE PROCESS OF NOTIFYING THE MANUFACTURER. THE VIN IS CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 94,000. Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10250779 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: December 1, 2008 VIN : 2B3HD46R1YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: I BOUGHT THIS 2000 DODGE INTREPID, V-6, 2.7 LITER ENGINE, NEW FROM A DEALER IN DECEMBER, 1999. IN 2003, WITH LESS THAN 40,000 MILES ON IT, THE ENGINE SEIZED UP. THE DEALER CONTACTED CHRYSLER, AND THE ENGINE WAS REPLACED AS IF IT HAD BEEN UNDER EXTENDED WARRANTY. INTERESTINGLY, THE DEALERSHIP FOUND NO INDICATION OF EXCESSIVE SLUDGE BUILDUP, WHICH APPARENTLY IS THE BASIS OF MOST COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS ENGINE. I PAID ABOUT $200, AND WAS SATISFIED AT THAT POINT. SINCE THEN, I'VE HAD LOTS OF (RELATIVELY MINOR) REPAIRS DONE ON THIS CAR, AND I WOULD RATE IT BELOW AVERAGE FOR RELIABILITY. THE CAR NOW HAS ABOUT 81,000 MILES ON IT, WHICH MEANS THE CURRENT ENGINE HAS ABOUT 41,000 MILES. THE ENGINE HAS FAILED AGAIN. THE ONLY WARNING WAS AN INTERMITTENT (NOT CONSISTENT) CLICKING SOUND, WHICH MY MECHANIC FELT WAS COMING FROM THE HOUSING OVER THE FRONT PART OF THE ENGINE (WHERE THE TIMING GEAR/BELT IS LOCATED). THUS FAR, CHRYSLER HAS NOT RESPONDED TO MY REQUEST FOR COVERAGE AS IF IT WERE UNDER WARRANTY. I HAVE REVIEWED MANY OF THE ON-LINE COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE 2.7 LITER ENGINE; I HAVE TALKED TO AT LEAST THREE LOCAL (NON-DEALERSHIP) MECHANICS, EACH OF WHOM WAS FAMILIAR WITH SUDDEN CATASTROPHIC FAILURES OF THE 2.7 ENGINE, AND ONE OF WHOM SAID HE PERSONALLY KNEW OF SEVEN SUCH FAILURES IN THIS LOCAL AREA. NONE OF THOSE INDEPENDENT MECHANICS WOULD TOUCH THIS REPAIR JOB. THIS IS PROBABLY AN $8,000 REPAIR JOB, IF I CHOOSE TO HAVE IT REPAIRED. IT MAKES NO ECONOMIC SENSE, WHEN THE TRADE-IN VALUE OF THE CAR IS LESS THAN $2,000. EVEN IF I REPLACE THE ENGINE (AGAIN) I WOULD NOT SELL THIS CAR TO ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL WITHOUT DESCRIBING THE PROBLEMS WITH THE ENGINE. I'VE READ ENOUGH, AND HEARD ENOUGH, TO BELIEVE THAT CHRYSLER SHOULD BE FORCED TO INITIATE SOME SORT OF REPLACEMENT AND COMPENSATION PROGRAM, AT LEAST FOR THOSE OF US WHO BOUGHT OUR VEHICLE NEW, HAVE OWNED IT CONTINUOUSLY, HAVE MAINTAINED IT PROPERLY, HAVE NOT ABUSED IT IN ANY WAY, BUT CAN'T AFFORD TO PROSECUTE A LAWSUIT. *TR Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10249628 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: November 23, 2008 VIN : 2B3HD46R91H...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 DODGE INTREPID. ON NOVEMBER 11, 2008, THE CONTACT DROVE THE VEHICLE APPROXIMATELY SEVEN MILES WHEN IT BEGAN TO OVERHEAT. SUDDENLY, THE ENGINE SHUT OFF AND THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE REPAIR SHOP. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. A REPORT WAS FILED WITH THE MANUFACTURER AND THEY STATED THAT THE VEHICLE NEEDED TO BE TOWED TO A CHRYSLER DEALER FOR A DIAGNOSIS; HOWEVER, THEY DID NOT GUARANTEE ASSISTANCE WITH THE REPAIR. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 125,000. Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10247648 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: September 15, 2008 VIN : Not Available   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: I HAVE BEEN GETTING MY OIL CHANGED REGULARLY SINCE I BOTH THE CAR IN 2007. WHEN I BOUGHT THE CAR IT ONLY HAD ABOUT 65000 MILES. NOW IN 2008 IT HAS A LITTLE OVER 85000. I WAS DRIVING ONE DAY AND ALL OF A SUDDEN MY CAR STARTED MAKING A KNOCKING NOISE. WITHIN A COUPLE OF MILES OF THE NOISE STARTED MY CAR COMPLETELY BROKE DOWN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET. THERE I WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET NOT ABLE TO GO ANYWHERE. LUCKILY A COP CAME BY WHO CALLED A TOW TRUCK. AFTER TOWING THE CAR TO THE AUTO REPAIR SHOP, I WAS TOLD THAT MY ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO OIL SLUDGE. I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED IN THIS. I HAVE LOW MILES, PROPER MAINTENANCE TO THE CAR, AND NOW I NEED A NEW ENGINE. *TR Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10246574 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: August 15, 2008 VIN : 2B3HD46R9YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: DRIVING AT 60 MPH. VEHICLE ENGINE FAILURE DUE TO INSUFFICIENT LUBRICATION. (WORKING ON) REPLACING DAMAGED PARTS AND OR ENGINE. *TR Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10244420 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: September 28, 2008 VIN : 2B3HD46RXYH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: MULTIPLE LOW-SPEED STALLS/ENGINE SHUTDOWN; SOMETIMES ENGINE LIGHT OR OIL LIGHT PRECEDE THE STALL. UNABLE TO RESTART VEHICLE FOR SEVERAL MINUTES. THIS VEHICLE HAS BE GIVEN ALL REGULAR ROUTINE SERVICE, OIL CHANGES, ETC., BY DODGE/CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP WHERE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED NEW. CURRENTLY ONLY 55, 450 MILES ON VEHICLE. PROBLEMS BEGAN OCCURRING WITHIN LAST YEAR. DEALER UNABLE TO IDENTIFY ANY TROUBLE CODES AFTER EVALUATION OF STALL COMPLAINTS. DEALERSHIP NOT FORTHCOMING WITH ANY PROBLEMS WITH THIS VEHICLE WITH 2.7L ENGINE, ALTHOUGH MANY COMPLAINTS HAVE BEEN FOUND ON INTERNET SITES INCLUDING NHTSA WEBSITE. APPARENTLY THERE EXISTS A MANUFACTURING DEFECT CHRYSLER CORP DOES NOT WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE, AS IT IS PERVASIVE FOR THIS MODEL. *TR Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10242187 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: January 4, 2007 VIN : 2B3HD46R4YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: OIL SLUDGE CAUSED MOTOR TO FAIL AT 80,000 MILES. *TR Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10242165 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: August 31, 2008 VIN : 2B3HD46R8YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: I TOOK MY 2000 INTREPID TO THE CAR SHOP BECAUSE MY ENGINE LIGHT KEPT COMING ON. THEY COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING AND THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG. MY OIL WAS FINE. THEN A MONTH LATER MY OIL LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN AND THE ENGINE STARTED MAKING A KNOCKING NOISE. I THEN LEARNED THAT MY ENGINE HAD COMPLETELY FAILED EVEN AFTER ONLY 75,000 MILES ON IT. *TR Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10238814 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: August 10, 2008 VIN : 2B3HD46R5YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: I HAD A DODGE INTREPID THAT HAS HAD NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS WITH THE ENGINE. WHEN I WENT ONLINE TO DO RESEARCH I FOUND OUT THAT THERE WERE MANY OTHER COMPLAINTS, THE SAME AS I HAD. I WANT TO KNOW WHY NO-ONE HAS DONE ANYTHING IN REGARDS TO THIS PROBLEM. I ACTUALLY HAD A PART PERSON AT FIRESIDE DODGE IN MODESTO TELL ME THAT A PART I WAS BUYING WAS A KNOWN DEFECT PART AND THAT IS WHY THEY CHANGED IT BUT THEY WEREN'T PUTTING OUT A NOTICE UNTIL THEY WERE FORCED TO BECAUSE IT WAS EXPENSIVE, I PUT THE LATEST INCIDENT AS THE DATE BUT THIS IS THE THIRD TRAGIC INCIDENT WITH THIS ENGINE. THE FIRST INCIDENT WAS WHEN I HAD TO HAVE ALL MY RODS REPLACED IN THE ENGINE BECAUSE OF A SLUDGE BUILD-UP IN THE ENGINE. THE SECOND INCIDENT WAS WHEN A PART CONNECTED TO MY RADIATOR BLEW OFF AND I HAD TO REPLACE THAT. NOW, THIS THIRD INCIDENT AND I STILL NOT HAVE A DIAGNOSIS ON WHAT IS WRONG BUT IT IS LEANING TO THE HEADS, HEAD GASKET, AND PISTON RINGS. PLEASE LOOK AT THESE WEBSITE AND START AN INVESTIGATION INTO DODGE ABOUT THIS ENGINE. IT IS NOT FAIR THAT HONEST, HARD WORKING PEOPLE HAVE TO DEAL WITH FAULTY ENGINEERING. I AM LUCKY THAT NO ONE HAS BEEN HURT ON ANY TIME MY CAR HAS BROKEN DOWN BECAUSE ALL THREE TIMES I WAS ON A MAJOR FREEWAY, ONCE COMING HOME FROM STOCKTON ON HIGHWAY 99 THE OTHER TWO HAPPENED WHEN I WAS OVER 2 HOURS FROM HOME AND I HAD TO PAY A $575.00 TOW TRUCK FEE EACH TIME TO GET MY CAR HOME. WWW.DODGECHRYSLERENGINEPROBLEMS.COM WWW.CARCOMPLAINTS.COM/DODGE/INTREPID/2002/ENGINE WWW.OILSLUDGE.COM DODGESTORIES.BLOGSPOT.COM *TR Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10237719 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: February 15, 2008 VIN : 2B3HD46R2YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 DODGE INTREPID. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO START HIS VEHICLE, BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A MECHANIC AND THE DIAGNOSIS WAS ENGINE FAILURE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 90,000. Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10236294 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: July 20, 2008 VIN : 2B3HD46R4YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: I HAVE A DODGE INTREPID 2000 I HAVE A LOUD MOTOR KNOCK, WITH NO WARNING OF ENGINE LIGHT COMING ON AT ALL. I WAS TAKING IT DOWN THE STREET TO THE REPAIR SHOP AND IT JUST DIED, NO IT WILL NOT START. I AM TOLD THE ENGINE IS SHOT, THAT THE TIMING CHAIN TENSIONER FAILED, WHICH CAUSED IT TO KNOCK WHILE DRIVING IT. THE DEALER SAID THE ENGINE PROBLEM IS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY BECAUSE OF OIL SLUDGE BUILD UP. I ONLY HAVE 110,000 MILES ON THIS CAR, AND IT IS ALREADY THE 2ND MOTOR THAT CHRYSLER REPLACED. *TR Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10236142 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: July 19, 2008 VIN : 2B3HD46R6YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 DODGE INTREPID. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WERE ISSUES WITH HER VEHICLE INVOLVING THE ENGINE MOTOR. THE TIMING CHAIN TENSIONER FAILED, WHICH CAUSED THE ENGINE TO KNOCK WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH. SHE CONSULTED THE DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT THE ENGINE IN THAT PARTICULAR MOTOR WAS THE WORST MOTOR EVER PRODUCED BY THE MANUFACTURER. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A MECHANIC AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE PARTS ALONE WOULD COST $400 IN ORDER TO COMPLETE THE REPAIR. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 116,000. Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10235092 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: July 1, 2008 VIN : Not Available   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 DODGE INTREPID. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE MOTOR BEGAN MAKING A KNOCKING NOISE. WITHIN MINUTES, THE MOTOR COMPLETELY FAILED. THE CONTACT MANAGED TO RESTART THE VEHICLE AND PULLED OVER AT A GAS STATION. HE CHECKED THE OIL IN THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED THAT IT BARELY HAD ANY OIL. HE ADDED OIL TO THE VEHICLE, HOPING IT WOULD CORRECT THE FAILURE, WHICH IT DID FOR 3 OR 4 MILES. THE CONTACT THEN HAD TO PULL OVER ONCE AGAIN FOR THE MOTOR NOISES. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A SHOP AND THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE MOTOR WAS SHOT DUE TO A SPUN MAIN BEARING. THE VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY AT THE DEALER FROM WHERE IT WAS PURCHASED AND HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 60,000. Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10234419 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: June 19, 2008 VIN : 2B3HD46R3YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 DODGE INTREPID. WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 60-65 MPH, THE IGNITION LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF. THE VEHICLE RESTARTED IN APPROXIMATELY HALF AN HOUR TO FORTY MINUTES, WHICH ALLOWED HIM TO CONTINUE ONTO HIS DESTINATION. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE MOTOR DROPPED DUE TO SLUDGE. THE PREVIOUS DAY, THE IGNITION LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 102,000. UPDATED 09/10/08 *BF UPDATED 09/19/08. *JB Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10233590 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: February 1, 2008 VIN : 2B3HD46R1YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: I BOUGHT MY 2000 DODGE INTREPID IN OCTOBER OF 2000. WITHIN 2 YEARS I HAD THE INNER TIE RODS AND WEATHER STRIPPING/DOOR TRIM REPLACED. WHENEVER I WOULD TAKE MY CAR IN FOR AN OIL CHANGE EVERY 3000 MILES, THE MECHANIC WOULD NOTIFY ME OF SLUDGE BUILD UP. NOW THE ENGINE IS GONE. BEYOND REPAIR WITH ONLY 94,000 MILE LEFT ON THE CAR. THIS WAS JUST AFTER I PAID TO REPLACE AN EVAPORATOR COIL THAT WAS LEAKING AND THE INNER TIE RODS FOR THE SECOND TIME. I ALSO PAID OVER $200 TO REPLACE THE WEATHER STRIPPING FOR THE SECOND TIME. I HAVE REPLACED A RADIATOR THAT WAS LEAKING AND A SHIFT CABLE THAT HAD SEIZED UP PREVENTING MY CAR FROM SHIFTING INTO GEAR. I FIGURE THOSE WERE DUE TO NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR BUT THE ENGINE IS WHAT REALLY BLOWS MY MIND WITH SUCH LOW MILES AND REGULAR MAINTANENCE. PLEASE HELP. *TR Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10232661 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: June 20, 2008 VIN : 2B3HD46R9YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: HAD MILD TAPPING SOUND FROM ENGINE A FEW MONTHS AGO, TOOK VEHICLE TO THE MECHANIC AND THAT IS WHERE I LEARNED THE REPUTATION OF THE 2.7 LITER ENGINE. HE ADVISED THAT WE SHOULD LOOK FOR ANOTHER VEHICLE BEFORE WE BECAME THE LATEST VICTIM. UNFORTUNATELY, ON THE WAY HOME FROM WORK ONE AFTERNOON THE ENGINE STARTED DEVELOPING AN EVEN MORE PRONOUNCED CLATTERING, KNOCK AND VIBRATION; AS IF IT WERE ABOUT TO TEAR ITSELF APART. PULLED OVER TO AVOID SUBJECTING ENGINE TO EVEN MORE DAMAGE. HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED HOME. WILL NOT SPEND ANOTHER DOLLAR ON THIS VEHICLE UNTIL CHRYSLER HANDS ME A CHECK FROM A LAWSUIT SETTLEMENT. *TR Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10232463 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: June 20, 2008 VIN : 2B3HD46R5YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION AND A/C FAILURE OF DODGE INTREPIDS. *TR Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10231418 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: September 6, 2007 VIN : 2B3HD46R4YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: NEED ASSISTANCE IN REPAIR TO MY 2000 DODGE INTREPID. I WAS TOLD ABOUT THE LAWSUIT AGAINST CHRYSLER CAUSED BY BAD ENGINES. MY INTREPID HAS A 2.7 LITER ENGINE. I WAS CURRENT ON ALL MY OIL CHANGES, IT STARTED OFF SMOKING ALL THE TIME EVEN AFTER OIL CHANGES,KNOCKING NOISES, ALSO EXPERIENCED BAD DRIVER SIDE WINDOW. THE LAWSUIT WAS TOLD TO ME BY A MECHANIC, AND WAS ALSO STATED THAT CHRYSLER WOULD REIMBURSE THE VALUE OF THE CAR, OR REPAIR CAR NEED TO HEAR FROM SOMEONE ASAP!!!! THANK YOU *TR Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10230387 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: May 5, 2008 VIN : 2B3HD46R5YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 DODGE INTREPID. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A LEFT HAND TURN THE ENGINE STALLED. SHE HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO A LOCAL MECHANIC. THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THERE WAS A BUILD UP OF SLUDGE IN THE ENGINE. SHE THEN CONTACTED THE DEALER AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO PROVIDE ANY ASSISTANCE BECAUSE THE VEHICLE IS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED AS OF CURRENT DATE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 103780. (SC) UPDATED 07/29/08. *LJ UPDATED 08/06/08 Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : Yes Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10230102 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: May 20, 2008 VIN : 2B3HD56J6YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 DODGE INTREPID. WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 65-70 MPH, THE CONTACT'S SON NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. HE ATTEMPTED TO PULL OVER, BUT THE BRAKES MALFUNCTIONED AND WOULD NOT STOP PROPERLY. THE CONTACT WAS FORCED TO COAST TO A STOP. HE EXITED THE VEHICLE AND NOTIFIED THE POLICE. FLAMES BEGAN TO APPEAR FROM UNDER THE ENGINE AND HOOD. THE POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS ARRIVED, STABILIZED THE FIRE, AND TOWED THE VEHICLE. THE INSURANCE COMPANY THEN TOWED THE VEHICLE TO THEIR SALVAGE YARD TO INVESTIGATE. THE CONTACT HAS STILL NOT HEARD BACK FROM THE INSURANCE COMPANY. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 130,400. Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10229108 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: July 1, 2007 VIN : 2B3HD46R7YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 DODGE INTREPID. WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH ON A DIRT ROAD AND SLOWING FOR A STOP SIGN, THE ENGINE SHUT OFF. EVERYTHING ELSE IN THE VEHICLE REMAINED ON. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A MECHANIC, WHO STATED THAT THE ENGINE SEIZED AND THE HEAD GASKETS SUCKED UP ALL THE OIL. THERE WAS STILL OIL IN THE ENGINE, BUT NOT ENOUGH, WHICH CAUSED A ROD TO BLOW. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 141,389. UPDATED 07/15/08.*LJ UPDATED 07/15/08 Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10226801 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: May 6, 2008 VIN : Not Available   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 DODGE INTREPID. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE ENGINE FAILED AND THE VEHICLE LOST POWER AND STEERING ABILITY. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESTART. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO COAST TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS PRIOR TO THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WILL HAVE TO BE TOWED. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 82,000. Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10226672 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: May 1, 2007 VIN : 2B3HD46R1YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 DODGE INTREPID. AFTER A FEW MONTHS OF OWNING THE VEHICLE, IT BEGAN TO MAKE RATTLING NOISES WHEN DRIVING BEYOND 40 MPH. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE TENSIONER SNAPPED DUE TO BUILT UP OIL SLUDGE. HE LATER DISCOVERED THAT THIS WAS A COMMON FAILURE AMONG THAT MAKE AND MODEL OF VEHICLE. THE DEALER OFFERED TO REPLACE THE ENGINE WITH THE SAME TYPE OF ENGINE, BUT THE CONTACT BELIEVED THAT THE FAILURE WOULD EVENTUALLY RECUR. THE VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY AT HIS RESIDENCE AND HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 83,000. Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10226380 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: April 21, 2008 VIN : 2B3HD46R4YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 DODGE INTREPID. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE ENGINE HESITATED, BUT DID NOT STALL. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. SHE HAD TO MAKE SEVERAL ATTEMPTS IN ORDER TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. ONCE IT WAS STARTED, SHE COULD NOT DRIVE FAR BECAUSE THE VEHICLE STALLED ONCE MORE. THE VEHICLE WAS UNABLE TO BE RESTARTED AND WAS TOWED TO HER RESIDENCE. A MECHANIC STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS COMMON WITH THAT VEHICLE, BUT IT HAS YET TO BE INSPECTED BY A MECHANIC OR DEALER. THE VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY AT THE CONTACT'S HOME AND HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 117,000. Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10225609 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: February 7, 2008 VIN : 2B3HD46R8YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: I HAVE A 2000 DODGE INTREPID AND I BOUGHT IT FROM EXTREME DODGE IN JACKSON MI IN 2001. IN JUNE 2005 I WAS DRIVING AND IT STARTED MAKE THIS AWFUL NOISE SO I PULLED OF INTO A PARKING LOT AND TURNED IT OFF CALLED MY HUSBAND AND WHEN HE GOT THERE THE CAR WOULDN'T START SO WE HAD THE CAR TOWED HOME AND HAD OUR MECHANIC COME OVER TO CHECK IT OUT AND HE TOLD US THE TIMING CHAIN WHEN OUT. SO WE BOUGHT THE PARTS AND HAD HIM TAKE CARE OF IT. THEN I DROVE IT FOR ABOUT 6 MONTHS AND IT HAPPENED AGAIN SO THIS TIME WE TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND HAD THEM FIX IT THIS TIME. AGAIN DROVE IT FOR ABOUT 18 MONTHS AND NOW IT IS BROKE DOWN AGAIN SAME THING. I CANT AFFORD TO KEEP PUTTING TIMING CHAINS IN THIS CAR EVERY 8 TO 10 MONTHS AT 1,800 TO 2,300 DOLLARS A POP. AND I HEAR SO MANY PEOPLE SAY HOW BAD THE INTEREPIDS ARE KNOWN FOR THIS PROBLEMS. WELL I WISH I WOULD HAVE KNOW THIS BEFORE I BOUGHT THE CAR BECAUSE I NEVER WOULD HAVE BOUGHT IT. *TR Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10223657 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: April 5, 2008 VIN : 2B3HD46R3YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: PURCHASED CAR LAST WEEK (APRIL OF 08'). ON MY WAY HOME ( 100MI DRIVE) FROM PICKING UP CAR THE MOTOR STARTED KNOCKING THEN LOCKED UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSTATE. HAD TO HAVE CAR TOWED BACK TO MY DADS HOUSE AND ARE NOW TRYING TO SALE THE CAR WE JUST BOUGHT. IT WILL BE HARD TO SALE A CAR WITH A LOCKED UP MOTOR. *TR Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10222364 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: April 15, 2005 VIN : 2B3HD46R2Y4...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 DODGE INTREPID. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE TOTALLY LOST POWER. THE CONTACT WAS NEARLY STRUCK BY A LARGE TRUCK. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A CHRYSLER DEALER AND THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE ENGINE HAD A LOT OF OIL SLUDGE. THE ENTIRE ENGINE HAD TO BE REPLACED AT THE COST OF $7,400. THE MANUFACTURER ONLY OFFERED TO PAY $1,000 OF THE REPAIR COST. THE CONTACT FEELS THAT THE MANUFACTURER SHOULD COVER THE ENTIRE COST BECAUSE THIS WAS A COMMON FAILURE AMONG MANY CONSUMERS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 106,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE IS 106,000. UPDATED 04/21/08 *BF Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10222340 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: March 21, 2008 VIN : 2C3HH46R5YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 DODGE INTREPID. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE ENGINE FAILED AND THE CONTACT PULLED THE VEHICLE OFF THE ROAD. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO HIS RESIDENCE. THE CONTACT EXPERIENCED ISSUES WITH THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT PRIOR TO THE FAILURE. A MECHANIC STATED THAT A NEW ENGINE WAS NEEDED, WHICH WOULD COST APPROXIMATELY $2,000. THE PURCHASE DATE WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 100,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000. Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10222335 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: March 12, 2008 VIN : 2B3HD46R7YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: DODGE INTREPID OIL SLUDGE AND TIMING CHAIN. *TR Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10218769 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: October 5, 2007 VIN : Not Available   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: WE BOUGHT A 2000 DODGE INTREPID, USED, HAS 112K MILES ON IT. ENGINE IS TICKING, ABOUT TO BLOW A ROD. MY HUSBAND IS A MECHANIC, HE DID SOME RESEARCH ON THE ENGINE AND FOUND THE PROBLEM TO BE SLUDGE BUILD UP. JUMPED ONLINE AND FOUND TONS OF ISSUES WITH THESE 2.7L ENGINES. I'VE EMAILED, CALLED, WRITTEN LETTERS TO CHRYSLER / DODGE AND HAVE HAD NO LUCK OBTAINING A RESPONSE BACK FROM THEM. I THINK IT'S RIDICULOUS THAT THEY CREATED A DISPOSABLE CAR. ACCORDING TO THE PREVIOUS OWNERS, THE ENGINE BEGAN HAVING HEATING PROBLEMS, THEN THE NOISE BEGAN AROUND 95K, THE PARKED THE CAR AND PUT IT UP FOR SALE. THAT'S WHEN WE BOUGHT IT. WE HAD PLANNED ON FIXING IT AND THEN HAVING ANOTHER FAMILY VEHICLE. NOW THAT WE REALIZE WE'LL HAVE TO SINK ABOUT $2,000 OR MORE INTO IT, WE'RE NOT HAPPY. *TR Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10214857 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: October 12, 2007 VIN : 2B3HD46R8YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: ENGINE BLEW UP. *TR Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10212522 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: December 13, 2007 VIN : 2B3HD46R5YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: "SLUDGE" ENGINE FAILURE. *TR Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10211337 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: January 13, 2007 VIN : Not Available   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: CAR EXHIBITING ALL SYMPTOMS THAT ENGINE WILL FAIL--OIL LIGHT COMES ON AT STOP LIGHTS, AC BROKEN, RADIATOR FILLED WITH SLUDGE. I HAVE A SIX YEAR OLD DAUGHTER AND WILL NOT OUR LIVES AT STAKE DRIVING A CAR THAT COULD POTENTIALLY LEAVE US STRANDED IN THE MIDDLE OF RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC. DODGE REFUSES TO EVEN ACKNOWLEDGE THESE CARS HAVE OIL SLUDGE PROBLEMS. *TR Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10211006 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: September 5, 2007 VIN : 2B3HD46R2YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: I GOT A LOAN ON A 2000 DODGE INTREPID. IT HAS BEEN NOTHING BUT EXPENSE AFTER EXPENSE. IT DIDN'T WANT TO START, SO I TOOK TO A DODGE SERVICE PLACE. THEY SAID IT WAS A CRANK SHAFT POSITIONING SENSOR, WHICH COST ME $582.00 TO HAVE IT FIXED. TWO WEEKS LATER IT DIDN'T WANT TO START AGAIN. THEY SAID IT WAS THE CAM SHAFT SENSOR, WHICH COST ME ANOTHER $284.00 TO HAVE IT FIXED. EACH TIME THAT THE DODGE SERVICE DEPARTMENT HAD THE CAR, THEY SUPPOSEDLY DID A 24 POINT INSPECTION AFTER FIXING IT, AND IT PASSED THE INSPECTION BOTH TIMES. SO, A WEEK AND A HALF LATER, THERE WAS SOME REALLY LOUD KNOCKING SOUNDS COMING FROM THE MOTOR. THE DODGE SERVICE PLACE SAID THAT THE WHOLE LOWER UNIT ON THE ENGINE IS SHOT, SO IT NEEDS EITHER AN OVERHAUL OR A NEW MOTOR. I GOT SOME QUOTES OVER THE PHONE TO EITHER FIX THE MOTOR OR REPLACE THE MOTOR WITH A NEW MOTOR. FOR OVERHAULING THE MOTOR, WHICH INCLUDES PARTS AND LABOR, THEY WANT AT LEAST $4300.00. TO PUT A NEW MOTOR IN THEY WANT $4600.00. I BOUGHT THE CAR USED FOR OVER $7000.00, NOT INCLUDING THE FINANCE AND INTEREST CHARGES. NOW IN ORDER TO FIX THE CAR, I WOULD HAVE TO PAY OUT A WHOLE LOT MORE THAN HALF OF WHAT THE CAR COST TO BEGIN WITH. THE DODGE SERVICE PLACES SAY THAT THE 2.7 MOTORS ARE NOT MADE WELL, BECAUSE THEY HAVE TOO SMALL OF AN OPENING FOR THE OIL TO BE DISPERSED CORRECTLY THROUGHOUT THE ENGINE. MY INTREPID ONLY HAS 102,000 MILES ON IT. SO I AM STUCK PAYING FOR A CAR THAT CANNOT BE DRIVEN, UNLESS I WANT TO BE STRANDED SOMEWHERE. I STILL OWE ON THE CAR, SO I AM PAYING PAYMENTS AND KEEPING INSURANCE ON A CAR I CANNOT AFFORD TO FIX. SHOULDN'T THERE BE A WARNING SOMEWHERE ON THESE VEHICLES, ABOUT THE CHANCES OF SLUDGE BUILD UP CAUSING THE ENGINE TO FAIL? SHOULDN'T DODGE STAND BEHIND THEIR VEHICLES, AND PUT SOME KIND OF RECALL ON THESE MOTORS? WHAT ARE PEOPLE LIKE ME TO DO? AM I JUST SUPPOSE TO PAY AND PAY ON A CAR THAT I WOULD HAVE TO DRIVE AT MY OWN RISK, OF THE ENGINE FAILING AT ANY GIVEN MOMENT? *TR Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10209621 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: November 1, 2007 VIN : 2B3HD46R3YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 DODGE INTREPID. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE ENGINE SPUTTERED. THE CONTACT DROVE TO A GAS STATION AND TURNED OFF THE VEHICLE. WHEN SHE ATTEMPTED TO RESTART IT, THERE WAS NO POWER. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DODGE DEALER. THE DEALER WOULD NOT PROVIDE HER WITH A RENTAL VEHICLE TO DRIVE WHILE THEY HAD HER VEHICLE. THE TRANSMISSION TYPE WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 73,000. Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10208196 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: October 3, 2006 VIN : 2B3HD46R9YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: I BOUGHT MY 2000 DODGE INTREPID WITH 75K MILES ON IT AND 1 1/2 YEARS LATER THE ENGINE BLEW. THE DODGE DEALERSHIP SAYS IT WAS DUE TO SLUDGE BUILD UP DUE TO ME NOT DOING ROUTINE OIL CHANGES BUT, MY MECHANIC BEGS TO DIFFER. HE PERFORMED THE PROPER OIL CHANGES ON THE CAR EVERY THREE MONTHS. I STILL HAVE THIS CAR SITTING IN MY DRIVEWAY FROM A YEAR AGO. IT WILL COST ME $4,000 FOR A NEW ENGINE AND SOMEONE TO DUE THE WORK. *TR Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10206262 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: October 1, 2007 VIN : 2B3HD46R0YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: WHILE DRIVING MY 2000 DODGE INTREPID, I FELT THAT MY LIFE WAS JEOPARDIZED ON 3 OCCASIONS. ONCE WITH MY TWO CHILDREN ONBOARD. WHILE I WAS DRIVING, THE OIL LIGHT BEGAN TO FLICKER AND THE ENGINE SHUT OFF. I LOST COMPLETE POWER. I WAS LUCKY THE FIRST TIME WHEN I RUN OFF THE ROAD AND WENT UNTO THE SIDE WALK WHERE I LUCKILY DID NOT INJURE ANYONE. THE 2ND AND 3RD TIME,I WAS ON THE HIGHWAY, I KNEW I WAS ABOUT THE LOSS POWER BECAUSE I NOTICE THE OIL LIGHT FLICKERING, AS A PRECAUTION , I SLOWED DOWN AND WAS ABOUT TO PULL UP TO THE SERVICE LANE WHEN THE ENGINE TOTALLY SHUT OFF. I HAD NOT CONTROL THE STEERING NOR BRAKES; NOTHING WORKED. I DON'T KNOW HOW I GOT THE CAR TO STOP. AFTER THAT NIGHT,I CALLED MY HUSBAND CRYING, I WAS SHAKING,TREMBLING AND SCARED TO DEATH. AFTER THAT I BECAME SO SCARED THAT I VOWED NEVER TO DRIVE THE CAR AGAIN BECAUSE I FELT THAT ONE DAY I MAY BE KILLED OR KILL MY CHILDREN OR SOME INNOCENT PERSON DUE TO NO FAULT OF MY OWN. I HAD MY MECHANIC PICKUP THE CAR. NOW HE TELLS ME THAT THE ENGINE DIED. *TR Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10202870 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: August 27, 2007 VIN : 2B3HD46R1YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: AFTER STARTING THE CAR THE ENGINE, IT BEGAN TO MAKE A "RATTLE" NOISE THAT WENT AWAY AFTER A FEW SECONDS. TOOK IT INTO A SHOP AND THEY SAID NOTHING WAS WRONG. 9 MONTHS LATER, THE CAR WOULD NOT START -> THE DEALERSHIP SAID THE ENGINE WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED (THE CAR HAS ~72,000 MILES). I NOW NEED TO EITHER BUY A NEW ENGINE, OR SELL IT FOR PARTS (THE COST OF THE REPAIR WILL NEARLY EQUAL THE VALUE OF THE VEHICLE. I WOULD NOT HAVE EXPECTED TO REPLACE A 2000 DODGE INTREPID ENGINE SO EARLY. FROM WHAT I CAN TELL, MANY OTHER PEOPLE HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THIS CHRYSLER ENGINE: WHAT ARE MY OPTIONS? *TR Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10197952 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: July 27, 2007 VIN : 2B3HD46R8YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 DODGE INTREPID. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ENGINE LIGHT REMAINS ILLUMINATED WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH. THE DEALER ADVISED HIM NOT TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE BECAUSE AT ANY GIVEN MOMENT, THE ENGINE COULD SHUT OFF. CHRYSLER ADVISED THE CONTACT TO FILE A COMPLAINT AND STATED THAT NO RECALLS WERE AVAILABLE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 56,050 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 56,000. UPDATED 09/10/07. *JB Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10197194 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: July 6, 2007 VIN : 2B3HD46R0YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: OUR VEHICLE IS A 2000 DODGE INTREPID WHICH WILL NEED THE ENTIRE ENGINE REPLACED DUE TO "OIL SLUDGE" BUILD-UP IN THE 2.7 LITER ENGINE. THE COST TO REPLACE THIS ENGINE WITH ANOTHER USED ENGINE (WHICH MAY DEVELOP THE SAME PROBLEM) HAS BEEN ESTIMATED AT APPROXIMATELY $4,000 AT THE LOCAL DODGE DEALER. TO REPLACE THIS WITH A NEW ENGINE WOULD COST AN ADDITIONAL $1000-$1500. THE DEALER INDICATES HE MAY NOT EVEN BE ABLE TO FIND A REPLACEMENT ENGINE. WE CANNOT AFFORD TO HAVE THIS WORK DONE, BUT HAVE NO CHOICE AND THE COST WILL TOTALLY DEPLETE OUR SAVINGS ACCOUNT. THIS VEHICLE HAS ABOUT 76,000 MILES ON IT. I HAVE LEARNED FROM SOME INVESTIGATION THAT THIS IS AN EXTREMELY WIDE-SPREAD PROBLEM THAT CHRYSLER HAS REFUSED TO ACKNOWLEDGE. I HAVE CONTACTED DAIMLER-CHRYSLER DIRECTLY AND THEY HAVE EXPRESSED THEIR "SINCERE APOLOGY", BUT NOTE THAT THERE IS NOTHING THEY WILL BE ABLE TO DO ABOUT IT. I HAVE READ COMPLAINTS FROM OTHER OWNERS ON CARCOMPLAINTS.COM AS WELL AS OTHER WEBSITES. THIS IS A PROBLEM WITH THE 2.7 LITER ENGINES ON MANY CHRYSLER VEHICLES (INTREPID, SEBRING, ETC.). CONSUMERS SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY THE COST OF A DESIGN FLAW. MANY OF THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD THIS HAPPEN TO THEM ARE STILL MAKING PAYMENTS AND CANNOT EVEN AFFORD TO HAVE THE REPAIRS MADE! SOME HAVE HAD THEIR VEHICLES STOP ON THEM IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY. WE ARE LUCKY TO HAVE IDENTIFIED A PROBLEM (VIA AN ENGINE "NOISE") BEFORE SOMETHING MORE SERIOUS OCCURRED. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD FOR ANYONE WHO HAS A VEHICLE WITH THIS ENGINE AND IT INVOLVES 1999-2003 VEHICLES. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS PROBLEM. IT IS EXTREMELY WIDESPREAD AND DAIMLER-CHRYSLER SHOULD ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR SELLING A DEFECTIVE PRODUCT. *TR Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10196823 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: June 19, 2007 VIN : 2B3HD46R8YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: OWN A 2000 DODGE INTREPID 2.7L ENGINE THAT FAILED DUE TO OIL SLUDGE AT 59K MILES. THE CAR IS NOW WORTHLESS AND IS SITTING IN MY DRIVEWAY. I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER AND CHANGE THE OIL ARRODING TO THE REQUIREMENTS IN THE OWNER'S MANUAL. *TR Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10194928 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: November 1, 2006 VIN : 2B3HD46R1YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: I PICKED UP THE CAR AFTER PURCHASING IT AND NEVER MADE IT HOME. THE CAR STOPPED ON THE HIGHWAY. I HAD JUST PULLED OFF BECAUSE I HEARD A SOUND AND THE CAR BECAME SLUGGISH. I TRIED TO START THE CAR UP TO NO AVAIL. I HAD IT TOWED TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP, WHICH STATED THAT THE WATER PUMP FAILED AND FLOODED THE ENGINE. AS A RESULT, I WAS WITHOUT A CAR FOR AWHILE. THE CAR HAS BEEN SITTING BECAUSE I COULD NOT AFFORD TO MAKE THE REPAIRS AT THIS TIME. I WAS UNSURE WHAT TO DO UNTIL A NEW COWORKER MENTIONED THAT SHE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AND WAS ABLE TO GIVE THE APPROPRIATE STEPS TO TAKE. THE CAR WILL BE SITTING UNTIL I CAN SAVE THE MONEY TO FIX IT.*AK Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10194172 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: June 24, 2007 VIN : 2B3HD46R5YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 DODGE INTREPID. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE CONTACT NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE AND STEAM UNDERNEATH THE HOOD. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO HER RESIDENCE. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE COOLANT AIR BLEEDER FOR THE RADIATOR BECAME DETACHED. A MECHANIC AT DODGE INSPECTED THE PART AND STATED THAT IT WAS DEFECTIVE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 101,000. Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10191982 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: May 29, 2007 VIN : 2B3HD46R0YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: MY CAR SHUTS OFF AT RANDOM WHILE I'M DRIVING. IT DOESN'T MATTER IF I'M GOING 20 MILES PER HOUR OR 45 MILES PER HOUR.. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR ABOUT THIS PAST YEAR. IN MARCH 2007 I HAD IT TOWED TO THE DODGE DEALERSHIP AND PAID APPROX $1300 DOLLARS TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. A WEEK LATER THE SAME THING HAPPENED AND HAS BEEN EVER SINCE..HERE LATELY IT HAS BEEN SHUTTING OFF 1-2 TIMES PER DAY AND I ONLY DRIVE IT TO AND FROM WORK. *TR Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10190501 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: May 5, 2007 VIN : Not Available   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: COMPLAINED ABOUT DODGE INTREPID 2000 2.7 ENGINE. PROBLEM BEGAN WITH LIFTER NOISE AND OIL LIGHT CAME ON. IMEDIATELY STOPPED AND SHUT ENGINE DOWN. CHECKED OIL LEVEL WHICH WAS OKAY. RESTARTED ENGINE AND DROVE 2 MILES WHEN PROBLEM RECURRED. DISCUSSED WITH MECHANIC. PROBLEM WAS SLUDGE BUILDUP IN OIL AND BLOCKING OF OIL LINE. SLUDGE APPARENTLY DRAINED WHEN ENGINE SHUT OFF. LIFTER NOISE AND OIL WARNING LIGHT STAYED OFF UNTIL SLUDGE AGAIN BLOCKED OIL SCREEN AND LINE. REGULAR CHANGING OF OIL SEEMED NOT TO BE AN ANSWER. THE MECHANIC STATED SHE IS AWARE OF NUMEROUS ENGINE FAILURES. ALSO NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ON THE INTERNET OF ENGINE FAILURE BECAUSE OF SLUDGE BUILDUP IN THE 2.7 DODGE ENGINE.*AK Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10189282 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: April 27, 2007 VIN : Not Available   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 DODGE INTREPID. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS THE VEHICLE STARTED SHAKING AND MAKING A KNOCKING SOUND, AND AFTER DRIVING ANOTHER 15 MILES, THE ENGINE SHUT OFF WHILE SITTING AT A LIGHT. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED ,BUT COULD NOT DIAGNOSE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE IS UNKNOWN, AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 100,000. *AK Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10189214 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: February 10, 2007 VIN : 2B3HD46R8YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: MAJOR ENGINE FAILURE DUE TO OIL SLUDGING: THE CAR IS A 2000 DODGE INTREPID WITH A 2.7 LITER ENGINE. WE REPLACED THE BAD ENGINE WITH ANOTHER THAT IS ALSO NOW FAILING FROM THE SAME PROBLEM. *TR Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10188256 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: March 9, 2005 VIN : Not Available   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: TL* - THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 DODGE INTREPID. WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH THE ENGINE STALLED. PRIOR TO THE VEHICLE FAILING THERE WERE NO WARNINGS OR INDICATOR LIGHTS PRESENT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED AND A NEW ENGINE WAS INSTALLED. THE VEHICLE FAILURE OCCURRED AT 91,000 MILES. THE OWNER DOESN¿T KNOW THE CURRENT MILEAGE, AND DID NOT HAVE THE VEHICLE¿S VIN. Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10187740 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: December 1, 2001 VIN : Not Available   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: VEHICLE GAVE NO WARNING, WAS DRIVING AND ENGINE CUT OUT FOR A FEW SECONDS AND THEN DIED.*AK Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10186973 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: January 3, 2007 VIN : 2B3HD46R0YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: ENGINE MALFUNCTIONED. NO WARNING ,AND WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWY AT ABOUT 60 MPH AND THE ENGINE JUST QUIT RUNNING.*AK Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10185808 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: January 24, 2004 VIN : 2B3HD46R8YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: THE TIMING CHAIN BROKE ON MY 2000 DODGE INTREPID AS I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. AS A RESULT, THE TIMING CHAIN AND GUIDE AND ALL THE VALVES HAD TO BE REPLACED RESULTING IN A BILL OF OVER 6,000 DOLLARS. THIS HAPPENED WITHIN 100 MILES OF THE FACTORY WARRANTY EXPIRING. THE MANUFACTURER NOR THE RETAILER WOULD DO ANYTHING WHATSOEVER TO ASSIST IN THE REPAIRS.*AK Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10185112 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: January 15, 2007 VIN : 2B3HD46R5YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: ENGINE FAILURE OF 2000 DODGE INTREPID. 8JB Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10184718 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: February 21, 2007 VIN : Not Available   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: 2000 INTREPID 2.7 L MOTOR SEIZED WITH ONLY 115,000 MILES, GOOD MAINTENANCE. WITH NO WARNING, NOISES OR FANFARE THE MOTOR SIMPLY SEIZED UP. WE HAD JUST GOTTEN IT OUT OF THE BODY SHOP FROM A FENDER BENDER (TO THE TUNE OF $2500) AND NOW I HAVE A WORTHLESS HUSK OF A CAR - IT COSTS MORE TO REPLACE THE MOTOR THAN THE CAR IS WORTH..... GUESS THAT IS WHAT WE CALL A DISPOSABLE SOCIETY... THE LAST MOPAR I WILL EVER BUY.......*JB Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10184102 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: May 1, 2005 VIN : 2B3HD46R9YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: THE ENGINE SEIZED DUE TO PROBLEM WITH OIL SLUDGE BUILD UP THEN IT BLEW. *B Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10183693 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: February 8, 2007 VIN : Not Available   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: I HAVE A 2000 DODGE INTREPID WITH A 2.7 ENGINE. I BOUGHT THE CAR BRAND NEW AND HAVE BEEN THE PRIMARY DRIVER EVER SINCE. I HAVE MAINTAINED THE VEHICLE AND THERE ARE ONLY 60,000 MILES ON IT. THE CAR HAD BEEN DRIVING FINE, TIL ONE DAY ALL OF A SUDDEN IT STARTED TO MAKE A TERRIBLE TAPPING SOUND FROM THE ENGINE. I MANAGED TO GET HOME AND AFTER HAVING A MECHANIC INSPECT IT, HE SAID THE ENGINE NEED TO BE REBUILT THAT THE TIMING CHAIN GUIDE LET GO AND THAT ALL THE GUIDES, GASKETS, TIMING CHAIN, GEARS, AND CRANKSHAFT WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT A NEW ENGINE OR A REBUILT ONE WOULD NEED TO BE DONE ON A CAR OF THIS AGE AND SUCH LOW MILEAGE. I'VE HAD A CONCERN WITH THE OIL LIGHT COMING ON PERIODICALLY, BUT EVERYTIME WE'VE HAD IT CHECKED, THE OIL WAS FULL AND NO PROBLEM FOUND, THOUGHT TO BE AN ELECTRICAL CONCERN. NOW, I FIND OUT AFTER SOME RESEARCH THAT THIS YEAR VEHICLE HAD A DEFECTIVE ENGINE THAT CAUSED SLUDGE TO BUILD UP AND CAUSE THIS LIGHT TO GO ON AND CAUSE ENGINE FAILURE. SHAME ON CHRYSLER FOR MAKING THIS ENGINE. I THINK SOMEONE AT CHRYSLER SHOULD CONTACT ME AND ASSIST WITH THIS REPAIR. I HAVE BEEN BUYING CHRYSLER FOR THE LAST 12 YEARS. MY HUSBAND AND I HAD A NEON, JEEP CHEROKEE, AND CURRENTLY A GRAND MINIVAN. MY FATHER IN LAW IS A PROUD RETIRED CHRYSLER AUTOMAKER. IF CHRYSLER KNOWS THERE WERE PROBLEMS WITH THESE ENGINES, THEN I SHOULD BE GIVEN SOME CONSIDERATION. I HAVE ALWAYS INTENDED TO BUY CHRYSLER PRODUCTS, BUT AFTER THIS, I DON'T KNOW IF I WILL EVER BUY ONE AGAIN, AND I WILL TELL EVERYONE I KNOW OF THIS DEFECTIVE PRODUCT. *NM Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10182763 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: February 5, 2007 VIN : 2B3HD46R3YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: TL*- THE CONTACT STATED THAT ON 02/05/07 THE 2000 DODGE INTREPID HAD ENGINE FAILURE. WHILE DRIVING AT 20 MPH AND PULLING INTO A PARKING LOT THE VEHICLE LOST POWER AND SMOKED STARTED COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATOR LIGHTS, THE ENGINE DID NOT HAVE ANY PERCEPTIBLE FAILURES. THE CONTACT HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO A DODGE DEALERSHIP, AND THE SERVICE MECHANIC INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THERE WAS OIL LEAKING ALL OVER, BUT HE COULDN'T FIND THE SOURCE OF THE LEAK. THEN, THEY CALLED AND INFORMED HIM THAT THE HEAD GASKET NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER THE REPAIR WAS COMPLETED HE WAS INFORMED BY THE SERVICE MECHANIC THAT THE CAUSE OF THE ENGINE FREEZING UP WAS DUE TO A SLUDGE BUILDUP. *AK Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10176175 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: November 30, 2006 VIN : 2B3HD46R3YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: 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. Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10175860 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: December 11, 2006 VIN : 2B3HD46R7YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS AT AN IDLE, THE OIL LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY A DEALER WHO WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT ALERTED. Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10174470 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: February 10, 2005 VIN : Not Available   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: REPLACED TIMING BELT AT 80,000 MILES. 13,000 MILES LATER THE TIMING BELT WENT AGAIN AND TOOK OUT THE ENTIRE ENGINE. DAIMLER/CHRYSLER REFUSES TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT AND WAS ONLY WILLING TO GIVE A 2% REDUCTION IN THE COST OF A NEW VEHICLE. CAR HAS LESS THAN 100,000 MILES AND IS A BOAT ANCHOR THAT I AM STILL PAYING ON. *JB Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : Yes Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10174139 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: February 10, 2006 VIN : 2B3HD46R0YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: ENGINE FIRE DUE TO PLUGGED PCV VALVE. WAS NOT PROPERLY OR FULLY INSPECTED BY VAN DYN HOVEN PRIOR TO SALE. ALSO IN SIX MONTHS AFTER PURCHASE, REPLACED MODE DOOR ACTUATOR, IGNITION TUMBLER, OIL SENSOR AND THEN THE THEN THE AIR CONDITIONING COMPRESSOR FAILED. TOTAL COST OF REPAIRS FOR 1 YEAR $1047. THIS CAR IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF WHY MOST PEOPLE BUY JAPANESE CARS. *JB Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10173975 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: November 10, 2006 VIN : 2B3HD46R8YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE STOPPED TO GET GAS, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESTART. IT WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP WHO DETERMINED THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. UPDATED 12/28/06. *JB Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : Yes Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10172462 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: October 16, 2006 VIN : 2B3HD46R4YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THERE WAS A KNOCKING NOISE IN THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY THE OIL LIGHT ILLUMINATING INTERMITTENTLY, AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATING CONSTANTLY. THE VEHICLE THEN SPUTTERED AND NEARLY STALLED. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE TIMING CHAIN HAD PUNCHED A HOLE THROUGH THE TOP OF THE VALVE COVER, WHICH LEAKED OIL OVER THE ENGINE AND ONTO THE EXHAUST, STARTING A SMALL FIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN IN FOR SERVICE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10171762 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: October 22, 2006 VIN : 2B3HD46R1YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE'S ENGINE DIED DUE TO ENGINE SLUDGE. THE SERVICE DEALER STATED THE VEHICLE DID NOT RECEIVE REGULAR MAINTENANCE, HOWEVER THE CONTACT DISPUTED THIS ASSESSMENT AND HAD RECEIPTS FOR THE MAINTENANCE. THE SERVICE DEALER DETERMINED THE VEHICLE NEEDED A NEW ENGINE. Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10171667 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: March 1, 2005 VIN : 2B3HD56U2YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE ENGINE HAD AN OIL FLOW PROBLEM THAT CAUSED THE ENGINE TO DIE. THE SERVICE DEALER PREVIOUSLY REPLACED THE OIL FLOW SENSOR AND NOW THE VEHICLE NEEDED A NEW ENGINE. Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10168106 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: September 9, 2006 VIN : 2B3HD46R8YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: 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 Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10166847 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: August 29, 2006 VIN : 2B3HD56UXYH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: 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. Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10166538 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: August 25, 2006 VIN : 2B3HD46R2YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: 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. Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10165650 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: June 11, 2006 VIN : 2B3HD56UXYH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: 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. Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10164362 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: August 3, 2004 VIN : 2B3HD46R8YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: 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. Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10163286 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: May 24, 2006 VIN : 2B3HD46RXYH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: 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. Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10161848 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: May 10, 2005 VIN : 2B3HD46R5YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: ENGINE FAILED DURING OPERATION DUE TO POOR ENGINEERING. *JB Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10156500 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: May 1, 2006 VIN : 2B3HD46R4YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE ACCELERATING FROM A STOP SIGN, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. AFTERWARDS, THE ENGINE WAS RESTARTED, BUT THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO STALL AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP. THE MECHANIC WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE ENGINE STALLING. Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10153719 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: March 24, 2006 VIN : Not Available   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: 2.7 LITER ENGINES IN 2000 DODGE INTREPID WITHOUT WARNING STARTS KNOCKING THEN THE ENGINE LETS GO. THIS COULD HAPPEN AT ANYTIME OR ANYWHERE. REPLACE MOTOR BECAUSE THE ENGINE BUILDS UP SLUDGE DUE TO THE OILIER BEING TO SMALL . *JB Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10150705 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: November 4, 2005 VIN : 2B3HD46R9YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: I BOUGHT MY 2000 DODGE INTREPID IN VERY GOOD CONDITION. HAD ALL FLUIDS CHANGED ON A REGULAR BASIS. STARTED NOTICING BLUISH/GRAY SMOKE. TOOK VEHICLE TO REPAIR SHOP FOR DIAGNOSIS. WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE CAUSE OF PROBLEMS. WAS DRIVING THE CAR AND HAD COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE. GOOD THING I LIVE IN A SMALL TOWN, SOME ONE COULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY HURT! I HAD NO IDEA THIS MOTOR WAS THIS POORLY ENGINEERED. ALSO KNOW FIRST HAND OF THREE OTHER CASES WITH THIS MOTOR RIGHT HERE IN MY HOMETOWN. SADLY, I AM UNABLE TO MAKE THE ENGINE REPLACEMENT AT THIS TIME BECAUSE I AM STILL MAKING PAYMENTS ON THE VEHICLE. *JB Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10150554 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: December 24, 2005 VIN : 2B3GD46R5YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: I BROUGHT THE VEHICLE ON 9/14/2004. THE VEHICLE STOP FUNCTIONING ON DECEMBER 21. THE CAR WASN'T FUNCTIONING UNTIL JUNE OF 2005. TO REPAIR THE CAR IT COST $4,500, WE HAD TO CHANGE THE MOTOR. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP, TEXAS STAR MOTORS IN JUNE. ON DECEMBER I LEFT THE CAR ON MARYLAND MALL, AND THE KEYS AT THE DEALERSHIP SO THAT THEY COULD GO GET THE CAR. THEY KNEW THAT WE WERE GOING TO INTERCHANGE CARS. ON DECEMBER I WENT OUT OF TOWN AND NO ONE STAYED IN CHARGE OF THE CAR. ON THE FIRST WEEK OF JANUARY THEY SAID THE CAR WAS READY BUT THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHERE TO LOCATE ME. WHEN I SHOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP THEY WERE ALREADY SELLING THE CAR TO SOME OTHER PEOPLE. I TALKED TO A SALESPERSON AT THE DEALERSHIP, BUT SHE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WHAT CAR I HAD EXCHANGE. THE CAR WAS INSURED UNTIL JANUARY. I COULDN'T INTERCHANGE THE CAR UNLESS SHE PAID TWO MORE YEARS OF INSURANCE WHICH I HAD ALREADY AGREED TO PAY ONLY ONE YEAR. BY THE DEALERSHIP THE CAR COST $1,785. I WANTED TO INTERCHANGE THE CAR AND GIVE AN DOWN PAYMENT OF $1000. THE OWNER WANTED ME TO GIVE THE $1000 AND GO EXCHANGE THE CAR IN A DIFFERENT DEALERSHIP. IF I WAITED THE TWO YEARS TO MAKE THE INTERCHANGE IT WOULD HAD BEEN TOO LONG. I STOP PAYING ON DECEMBER 29, 2005. THE NEXT PAYMENT WAS DUE ON JANUARY 15 AND THEY SEND A LETTER OF LATE PAYMENT ON JANUARY 14, WHICH MADE NO SENSE BECAUSE THE PAYMENT WAS NOT EVEN DUE ON THAT DATE YET. *NM Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : Yes Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10149063 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: January 9, 2006 VIN : 2C3HH46R7YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: I DRIVE A 2000 DODGE INTREPID. MY CAR HAS 80,000 MILES ON IT AND HAS ALWAYS BEEN IN GOOD CONDITION. I HAVE A MAINTENANCE TRACK RECORD PROVING THAT I KEEP MY OIL CHANGES AND TUNEUPS, ETC UP TO DATE. ON DECEMBER 20TH MY CAR WAS HIT AND THE PERSONS AT FAULTS INSURANCE COMPANY (PROGRESSIVE) AGREED TO FIX IT. ON JANUARY 9TH I WAS TOLD THAT MY CAR WAS REPAIRED AND READY FOR PICKUP. AS I WAS DRIVING HOME MY CAR MADE THIS LOUD SOUND SO I IMMEDIATELY CALLED PROGRESSIVE TO HAVE THEM TOW IT BECAUSE I DIDNT FEEL SAFE DRIVING IT AND IT NEVER DONE ANYTHING LIKE THAT BEFORE. PROGRESSIVE TOOK IT TO CHAMPION CHRYSLER TO ASSESS IT I WAS TOLD THAT MY CARS ENGINE LOCKED UP WHILE BEING TESTED BY CHAMPION CHRYSLER. SO THIS MEANS THAT PROGRESSIVE HAD MY CAR IN THEIR POCESSION FOR OVER A MONTH AND NOW MY ENGINES LOCKED UP AND STUCK AT CHAMPION. PROGRESSIVE SAYS I DID NOT MAINTAIN MY CAR AND THEY WILL NOT FIX IT BECAUSE IT WAS NOT THEIR FAULT. I SINCE THEN WENT TO JIFFY LUBE AND GOT A PRINT OUT AND IT SHOWS I DID KEEP MY OILS CHANGES REGULARLY AND THE CAR WAS IN GOOD SHAPE. I HAVE REPLACED THE BRAKES, TIRES, POWER STEERING SYSTEM. OVER ALL IT WAS CONSIDERED TO BE IN GOOD CONDITION. NOW I AM STUCK CHAMPION WANTS $6,000 THAT I DO NOT HAVE AND I DO NOT FEEL I AM LIABLE FOR. MY CARS NOT FIXED AND I HAVE NO CAR TO DRIVE. I HAVE A JOB, CHILDREN THAT HAVE TO GET TO SCHOOL AND THIS HAS BEEN A HUGE IN CONVENIENCE. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO. IS THIS A CAR MALFUNCTION OR WHO SHOULD BE FIXING MY CAR? Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10148432 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: April 15, 2005 VIN : 2B3HD46R4YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: I PURCHASED A USED 2000 DODGE INTREPID IN MAY 2003. IN APRIL OF 2005 WHILE TURNING A CORNER AT A BUSY INTERSECTION CAR STALLED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO MECHANIC. I WAS TOLD BY MY MECHANIC THAT I NEEDED A NEW ENGINE. HE ADVISED ME TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED TO A JUNK YARD BECAUSE ALL DODGE ENGINES WERE JUNK. I STILL OWE $5000 FOR THIS CAR, AND STILL REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN CAR INSURANCE. IT IS SITTING IN STORAGE. I COULD NOT AFFORD TO PURCHASE A USED OR NEW ENGINE. AS A RESULT, I HAVE BEEN WITHOUT TRANSPORTATION FOR ALMOST A YEAR. I AM A SINGLE PARENT ON A FIXED INCOME. I NOW CAR POOL AND SOMETIMES RENT VEHICLES FOR TRANSPORTATION.*AK Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10148305 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: January 18, 2006 VIN : 2B3HD56U4YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: I HAVE A 2000 DODGE INTREPID WITH A 2.7 LITER V6 ENGINE THAT JUST TURNED 73,000 MILES LAST WEEK. ON 1/18/06 WAS RUNNING ERRANDS WHEN THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND APPROXIMATELY 20 SECONDS LATER THE CAR SHUT DOWN. IT WOULD NOT RESTART. I CALLED AAA TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP AND I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP TO LET THEM KNOW IT WAS ON ITS WAY IN. THE SERVICE REP. AT THE DEALERSHIP CALLED ON THURSDAY MORNING FOR APPROVAL TO REPLACE (2) SENSORS IN THE ENGINE (ONE DEALING WITH THE CRANK SHAFT) BEFORE THEY COULD EVEN GET THE CAR STARTED TO DETERMINE WHAT THE ENGINE NOISE WAS. I GAVE THE OKAY FOR THE $322.00 SENSORS TO BE INSTALLED AND WAS TOLD THEY WOULD GET BACK TO ME LATER. THE SERVICE REP. DID CALL A SHORT WHILE LATER AND SAID THAT I NEEDED A NEW ENGINE AND THAT THE COST WOULD BE $5,300.00 PLUS TAX (THIS INCLUDES THE TWO SENSORS)! I ASKED THE REP. THAT IF I HAD GOTTEN THE CAR IN SOONER IF I COULD HAVE AVOIDED THIS PROBLEM. I WAS TOLD THAT THE TIMING CHAIN OR TOOTH OR SOMETHING COULD HAVE SHIFTED OR BROKEN INSIDE THE ENGINE AND THAT THE SMALL PIECES OF METAL CIRCULATING INSIDE WOULD HAVE CAUSED IRREVERSIBLE DAMAGE IN 12-15 MILES SO THAT THERE WAS NOTHING I COULD HAVE DONE. WHEN ASKED IF THIS WAS NORMAL FOR A CAR WELL MAINTAINED AND WITH 73,000 MILES ON IT, THE SERVICE REP. TOLD ME NO. MY HUSBAND CALLED THE OWNER OF THE DEALERSHIP ON THURSDAY AND ASKED IF ANYTHING COULD BE DONE ABOUT THE PRICE. THE OWNER TOLD MY HUSBAND THAT HE WOULD LOOK INTO IT AND GET BACK TO HIM. ON FRIDAY THE OWNER CALLED AND INFORMED MY HUSBAND THAT THERE WAS NOTHING HE COULD DO LOCALLY (AFTER 50,000 MILES THE WARRANTY IS EXPIRED) AND GAVE HIM A 1-800 NUMBER TO CALL THE DAIMLER CHRYSLER CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE CENTER. I HAVE RECORDS OF EVERY SERVICE PERFORMED ON THIS CAR. THE OIL HAS BEEN CHANGED EVERY 3,000 MILES AND ALL MAINTENANCE, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF NEW TIRE INSTALLATION) HAS BEEN PERFORMED AT THE DEALERSHIP. *JB Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10147756 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: October 21, 2005 VIN : 2B3HD46R3YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: 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 Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10146092 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: December 21, 2005 VIN : Not Available   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: ON 3/17/04 WE HAD OUR 2000 DODGE INTREPID (MILEAGE 45700 )2.7 LITER ENGINE REPAIRED AT IRON RIVER CHRYSLER, INC.. THEY REMOVED & REPLACED THE TIMING CHAIN TENSIONER REINSTALLED INTAKE MANIFOLD & VALVE COVER. I PAID $703.91 FOR REPAIRS. ON 10/31/04 ( WITH 55260 MILES) THE CHAIN TENSIONER FAILED AGAIN. IRON RIVER CHRYSLER FIXED IT AND THIS TIME IT WAS COVERED UNDER WARRANTY . ON 12/21/05 THE CAR WOULD NOT START AND WAS TOWED TO A DIFFERENT STATION. THEY TOLD US IT WAS THE TIMING CHAIN AGAIN. THEY CALLED US A DAY LATER AND TOLD US THE BOLT THAT HELD THE TIMING CHAIN BACKED OUT AND THERE WAS NO LOCTITE ON THE THREADS. WHEN THE BOLT BACKED OUT THE TIMING CHAIN LET LOOSE AND CAUSED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE VALVES AND HEADS. WE THEN WENT BACK TO IRON RIVER CHRYSLER AND TOLD THEM ABOUT THE CAR. THEY TOLD US THERE ARE ISSUES ABOUT THE 2.7 LITER ENGINE WHICH IS IN OUR CAR AND THAT THE TIMING CHAIN WAS NO LONGER UNDER THE 12,000 - 12 MONTH WARRANTY. I FEEL THAT THIS PROBLEM WAS DUE TO THE CAUSE OF NEGLIGENCE OF IRON RIVER CHRYSLER GARAGE. *JB Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10145790 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: December 11, 2005 VIN : 2B3HD46RXYH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: DT: THE CONTACT STATED ENGINE LOCKED WHILE DRIVING. HE HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. THEY DROPPED THE OIL PAN AND FOUND THE OIL WAS SLUDGE, AND THERE WERE METAL SHAVINGS FROM THE BEARINGS. THEY STATED THE PROBLEM WAS DUE TO IMPROPER MAINTENANCE, ALTHOUGH THEY WERE AT THE SERVICE CENTER, WHERE MAINTENANCE WAS PERFORMED. THE VEHICLE NEEDED A NEW ENGINE, AND NO REPAIRS WERE MADE DUE TO THE EXPENSE. *AK Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10144349 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: November 18, 2005 VIN : 2B3HD46R0YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: I WAS ON MY WAY HOME, AFTER WORK 6:30PM WHEN MY ENGINE STAR SOUNDING FUNNY (TAPPING NOISE) THEN A LOUD NOISE, AND THE CAR STOP, I'M NOT A MECHANIC SO ALL I DID WAS CALL A TOLL TRUCK, AND BRING THE CAR TO THE SHOP, THE NEXT DAY I GOT A CALL FROM THE SHOP, THEY TOLD ME THAT THE TIMING CHAIN WAS BROKEN AND THE VALVES BEND, (I NEED A NEW ENGINE) I WAS TOLD THAT WITH LABOR AND PARTS IT'LL BE AROUND $4500.00 DLS. I PULL THE CAR OUT OF THE SHOP AND BRING THIS TO MY GARAGE, WHERE IS BEEN SITTING FOR THE LAST 2 WEEKS. *NM Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10144343 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: November 30, 2005 VIN : 2B3HD56J8YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: DT: THE CONTACT STATED THE ENGINE STALLED INTERMITTENTLY. THIS WAS AN ONGOING PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN INTO THE DEALERSHIP MULTIPLE TIMES. THEY HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10140422 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: October 14, 2005 VIN : 2B3HD46R0YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: I WAS DRIVING THE CAR ON A BUSY HIGHWAY WHEN THE ENGINE STARTED TO MAKE A KNOCKING NOISE. IT STALLED 2 TIMES AND THEN JUST DIED. I AM DISABLED, A SINGLE MOTHER OF 2 AND THE CAR BECAME UNCONTROLLABLE FOR ME TO GET IT OFF TO THE SIDE. WE DRIFTED DOWN THE ROAD TILL WE STOPPED AT A BETTER LOCATION. I CALLED FOR A TOW TRUCK AND HELP TO GET ME AND MY 2 SONS HOME. THE CAR WAS TOWED TO BROWN DAUB DODGE WHERE IT WAS PURCHASED NEW. THEY SAID THE ENGINE FAILED AND IT WOULD COST ANYWHERE FROM 5,000 TO 8,000 TO REPAIR. THEY BLAMED IT ON MAINTENANCE. THE CAR HAD BEEN VERY WELL MAINTAINED. THE SERVICE MANAGER TOLD ME YOU HAD TO USE A SPECIAL OIL (5W30) INSTEAD OF 10W30 BECAUSE OF PROBLEMS WITH THE 2.7L ENGINES. I CHECKED MY RECORDS AND DURING THE WARRANTY PERIOD I TOOK THE CAR TO THEM EVERY 3,000 MILES AND THEY WERE USING 10W30 . THE REPAIR SHOP WHERE I TOOK MY CAR TO AFTER THE WARRANTY WAS OVER WAS USING 5W30 THE CORRECT OIL. I AM LIVING ON SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY BENEFITS TO SUPPORT MYSELF AND MY 2 SONS. I HAVE NO MEANS OF COMING UP WITH THIS MONEY AND SHOULD NOT HAVE TOO. CHRYSLER SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE NOTORIOUS ENGINE/TRANSMISSION FAILURES IN THESE CARS. I HAVE A FRIEND WHO USE TO WORK FOR CHRYSLER AND SAID HE COULDN'T WORK FOR A COMPANY WHERE THE WERE TOLD TO "SAY NOTHING" BUT WHAT THE TOLD HIM TO TELL PEOPLE IN THESE SITUATIONS. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A POTENTIALLY DEADLY ACCIDENT FOR US. BROWN DAUB WILL ACCEPT NO LIABILITY FOR USING THE WRONG OIL AND I CONTACTED CHRYSLER AND THEY WON'T DO ANYTHING EITHER. I AM KNOW UNDER THE EMOTIONAL STRESS OF BEING STRANDED WITHOUT A CAR AND HAVE TO RELY ON WHATEVER HELP I CAN FIND TO GET MYSELF TO MY DOCTOR APPTS. TO FOLLOW UP ON MY DISABILITY AND GET MY CHILDREN WHERE THEY NEED TO BE. *NM Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10121978 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: May 1, 2005 VIN : 2B3HD46R8YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: DT: CAR WAS RUNNING FINE UNTIL A FAILURE OCCURRED. NO LIGHTS OR WARNINGS PRIOR TO FAILURE. AT THE INTERSECTION, DRIVER STOPPED AND VEHICLE SHUT OFF, AND WOULDN'T START. NO TURN OVER OF ENGINE. ELECTRIC SYSTEM WAS STILL WORKING, BUT THERE WERE NO LIGHTS OR CODES TO INDICATE TO DRIVER WHAT COULD BE WRONG. VEHICLE WAS REGULARLY MAINTAINED WITH SERVICE RECORDS AVAILABLE.*AK *JB Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10139365 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: October 11, 2005 VIN : 2B3HD46R3YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: TRAVELING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT 55 MPH AND CAR STARTED MISSING AND JUST DIED AS WE WERE GOING DOWN THE ROAD. WE BARELY MANAGED TO GET IT OFF OF THE HIGHWAY. *JB Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10137416 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: September 23, 2004 VIN : Not Available   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: DT: THE CONTACT WAS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE ENGINE ABOUT ONE YEAR AND HALF AGO. IT WAS MAKING A SLIGHT CLICKING NOISE. IT MADE LOUD BOOM NOISE AND IT HAD NO POWER .IT QUIT RUNNING ABOUT ONE YEAR AGO. THE CONTACT TOWED IT BACK TO THE HOUSE, AND THE DEALERSHIP TOLD HIM THAT ENGINE MALFUNCTIONED. THE CONTACT MAINTAINED OIL CHANGES AS RECOMMENDED. THE ENGINE HAD 90,000 MILES ON IT. HE REPORTED NOT HAVING ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE ENGINE PRIOR TO HEARING THE CLICKING NOISE.*AK Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10135489 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: July 23, 2005 VIN : 2B3HD46RXYH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: 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 Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10135422 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: August 27, 2005 VIN : 2B3HD46R1YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: ENGINE SLUDGE, COOLING SYSTEM PROBLEMS. WAS DRIVING AND WITHOUT WARNING INTREPID SHUT DOWN. I WAS TOLD THIS WAS THE TIMING CHAIN. *JB Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10131757 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: August 4, 2005 VIN : 2B3HD46R3YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: WHILE MY HUSBAND WAS ON HIS WAY TO WORK FROM OUR HOME IN YACOLT WA. HEADING TO SALEM OR., THE ENGINE IN OUR 2000 DODGE INTREPID QUIT WITHOUT WARNING, HE WAS ON I-205 AT 5:00 AM IN THE DARK HE EASILY COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED AS WELL AS ENDANGERED OTHERS ON THE HIGHWAY. THIS VEHICLE HAD BEEN MAINTAINED VERY WELL AND WE HAVE OWNED SINCE 17,00 MILES. I NOW AM AWARE THAT THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED TO AND YET THE DAIMLER-CHRYSLER CORP. HAS NOT ACTED TO INFORM THE CONSUMERS THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM OR A SAFETY ISSUE. WE HAVE THREE CHILDREN WHO UP UNTIL TWO MONTHS AGO WERE ALWAYS IN THIS VEHICLE WITH ME BECAUSE IT WAS MY DAILY DRIVER. IT COULD HAVE HAPPENED QUITE EASILY WHILE MY CHILDREN WERE IN THE CAR ON A MAJOR ROADWAY. *NM Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10131094 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: October 13, 2003 VIN : 2B3HD46R3YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: DT: 2000 DODGE INTREPID. CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT ENGINE PROBLEMS ABOUT A YEAR AFTER PURCHASING THE CAR. THE ENGINE OVERHEATED AND CAUSED THE CAR TO STALL. TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP 4 TIMES AND THEY SAID IT WAS A SENSOR WHICH THEY REPLACED THE FIRST THREE TIMES FREE OF CHARGE. THE LAST TIME TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND THEY SAID ENGINE BLEW OUT. AND IT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. CONSUMER DID NOT HAVE THE ENGINE REPLACED BECAUSE COULD NOT FIND A REPLACEMENT. THE ONLY PLACE THAT COULD GET AN ENGINE WAS FROM CHRYSLER, AND THAT WOULD COST MORE THAT WHAT THE CAR WAS WORTH. *AK Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10130764 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: July 31, 2005 VIN : 2B3HD46R3YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: DT: CONTACT OWNED A 2000 DODGE INTREPID AND THE ENGINE SEIZED WHILE DRIVING ON 7-31-05. IT JUST STOPPED. IT HAD BEEN MAKING INTERMITTENT NOISES FOR ABOUT 1 WEEK PRIOR, BUT NOTHING CONSTANT. IT SPUTTERED BEFORE QUITTING. CONTACT HAS NOT TALKED TO THE DEALER BUT SHE PLANNED ON DOING SO. *AK Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10130656 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: July 27, 2005 VIN : Not Available   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: HAD CAR 8 MONTHS WITH THREE OIL CHANGES DROVE 9,000 MILES TOTAL, HEARD CLICKING NOISE WHEN ENGINE STARTED THAT MORNING, TWO HOURS LATER CAR STALLED AND HEARD LOUD KNOCK FROM ENGINE, HAD CAR TOWED AND INSPECTED BY ASE CERTIFIED MECHANIC, WAS TOLD CAR NEED NEW ENGINE COULDN'T BE FIXED, DUE TO SLUDGE IN ENGINE. *JB Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10130104 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: July 8, 2005 VIN : 2C3HH56U7YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: I OWN A 2000 DODGE INTREPID ES WITH THE 2.7 LITER ENGINE. THE VIN ON THE VEHICLE IS: 2C3HH56U7YH176851. I SAY THAT I OWN IT, BUT THERE ARE STILL 13 PAYMENTS REMAINING ON IT. THE CAR WAS PURCHASED FROM WELLS FARGO FINANCE COMPANY IN EARLY 2001 FOR MY WIFE. AT THAT TIME, THE VEHICLE HAD ABOUT 12,000 TO 15,000 MILES ON IT. MY WIFE PASSED AWAY IN MAY OF 2002 AND SINCE THEN THE CAR HAS NOT BEEN DRIVEN ON A DAILY BASIS. HENCE, THE VEHICLE HAS ABOUT 37,000 - 39,000 MILES ON IT. WHILE RUNNING AN ERRAND WITH MY GRANDDAUGHTER ON JULY 8, 2005, THE ENGINE STARTED TO SPUTTER AND I HAD TO MANIPULATE THE GAS PEDAL TO GET THE VEHICLE THE FEW MILES TO HOME. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START AFTER THAT. I CALLED TO HAVE THE VEHICLE TOWED TO A NEARBY MECHANIC AND HE MENTIONED THAT THEY FOUND ABOUT A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF SLUDGE AFTER REMOVING THE VALVE COVER. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE ONLY THING THAT COULD BE DONE IS AN ENGINE REPLACEMENT. HE ENSURED ME THAT TRYING TO CLEAN THE SLUDGE MAY CAUSE FURTHER DAMAGE. I STARTED INVESTIGATING THIS VIA THE INTERNET AND FOUND YOUR WEB SITE. I CALLED CHRYSLER AND OPENED A CASE NUMBER WITH THEM. CASE # 13842278. AFTER ABOUT AN HOUR ON HOLD, A PERSON CAME BACK TO ME AND STATED THAT THE CAR CAME TO THE U.S. FROM CANADA VIA A LEASING COMPANY AND THAT THE WARRANTY DID NOT TRANSFER, THEREFORE THERE WAS NOTHING HE OR CHRYSLER COULD DO. HE ALSO STATED THAT BECAUSE IT CAME FROM A LEASING COMPANY, THERE WAS THE POSSIBILITY THAT THE ENGINE MAINTENANCE RECORDS COULD NOT BE VERIFIED. SO, THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT I STILL AM MAKING PAYMENTS ON A 2000 DODGE INTREPID, THAT I CAN'T DRIVE, THAT I CAN'T AFFORD TO HAVE FIXED, AND THAT NO ONE WILL ASSIST. CAN YOU PROVIDE THE PHONE NUMBER OF THE "ZONE REP" FOR MY AREA (SEE BELOW). Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10128978 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: May 1, 2005 VIN : 2B3HD46R4YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: I HAVE A 2000 DODGE INTREPID WITH 2.7 LITER ENGINE THAT IS JUNK. ALSO A/C HAS NOT WORKED IN 2 YEARS AS WELL AS DOOR LOCKS AND WINDOWS. Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10128926 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: November 1, 2004 VIN : 2B3HD46R5YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: AT LESS THAN 100,000 MILES THE ENGINE BLEW. SEVERAL REPAIR SHOPS ADVISED US THAT THEY ARE SEEING A RASH OF THE SAME EXACT PROBLEM WITH THE DODGE INTREPID. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH ON LINE, WE FOUND OVER 100 PEOPLE THAT LOGGED THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THEIR INTREPID. EVEN THE JUNK YARDS HAVE TOLD US THEY'VE HAD A RASH OF CALL ABOUT THE ENGINES GOING BAD AFTER 100,000 MILES. Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10128242 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: July 6, 2004 VIN : 2B3HD46R9YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: 2000 DODGE INTREPID 2.7 ENGINE FAILURE. I BELIEVE THAT I HAVE A DEFECTIVE 2.7 LITER ENGINE THAT OTHERS ARE ALSO COMPLAINING ABOUT. I OPENED A CASE # WITH CHRYSLER AND THEY REFUSE TO FIX THE VEHICLE WHICH I PURCHASED USED AND HAVE DRIVEN LESS THAN 20,000 MILES. I MAINTAINED THE VEHICLE AND THE ENGINE FAILED AT 78,000 MILES. I STILL OWE $4000 ON THE VEHICLE. I AM STUCK WITH NO WHERE TO TURN. I WAS QUOTED A PRICE OF $6,900 TO REPLACE THE ENGINE AT THE DODGE DEALER. Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10127619 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: June 20, 2005 VIN : 2B3HD46R5YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: MY ENGINE FAILED ON MY 2000 DODGE INTREPID. THE PROBLEM STARTED WITH MY TIMING CHAIN COMING APART IN THE ENGINE WITH THE ENGINE SINCE QUITTING COMPLETELY. THIS IS THE SAME TYPE OF PROBLEM MANY OTHERS HAVE LISTED ON THE INTERNET WITH THE TIMING CHAIN AND A HUGE ENGINE REPAIR COST. I DO NOT HAVE THE MONEY TO FIX A CAR THAT IS SO OLD, AND I'M LEFT PAYING FOR A CAR THAT DOESN'T RUN. PLEASE ADD MY NAME AND INFORMATION TO THE OTHER LISTS OF COMPLAINTS FOR THIS DODGE INTREPID PROBLEM. Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10127217 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: July 14, 2004 VIN : 2B3HD46R1YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: I OWN A 2000 DODGE INTREPID. I STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE ENGINE STALLING. PLUS WHITE SMOKE WOULD COME OUT OF THE EXHAUST. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY STATED IT WAS A FUEL SENSOR. THEY REPLACED THE SENSOR, HOWEVER THE PROBLEM CONTINUED. IN FACT, IT GOT WORST. I TOOK THE CAR TO A DIFFERENT DODGE DEALERSHIP AND THEY ADVISED ME THAT THE ENGINE WAS BAD DUE TO SLUDGE BUILD UP DUE TO THE OIL NOT BEING CHANGED. I FOUND THIS VERY HARD TO BELIEVE. I CHANGED THE OIL AND FILTER EVERY 3000 MILES. THE GUY AT THE DEALERSHIP WANTED ME TO PROVIDE RECEIPTS OF THE OIL CHANGES. I ADVISED HIM I DID THE OIL CHANGES MYSELF. I DO NOT KEEP RECEIPTS FOR OIL AND OIL FILTERS. EVEN THOUGH THE CAR WAS STILL UNDER AN EXTENDED WARRANTY, THE DEALERSHIP REFUSED TO FIX THE ENGINE. THEY ADVISED THE REPAIR WOULD COST OVER $7000.00. DAIMLER CHRYSLER SHOULD RECALL THIS ENGINE. Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10126605 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: June 16, 2005 VIN : 2B3HD46R4YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: I OWN A 2000 DODGE INTREPID WITH A 2.7 LETTER ENGINE. ON JUNE 16 2005 WHEN RETURNING FROM VACATION MY CAR WHILE I WAS IN TRANSIT DEVELOPED A CRACKLING NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE WHICH THEN LED TO THE INSTANTANEOUS FAILURE OF THE ENGINE. BEFORE I EVEN HAD THE CHANCE TO PULL OFF THE ROAD THE ENGINE WAS DEAD AND THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP WHILE THE CAR WAS STILL IN MOTION. THE FOLLOWING WEEK MY DODGE INTREPID WAS TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DODGE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. SIMPLY LOCATING THE PROBLEM ENTAILED DISASSEMBLING THE ENGINE WHICH COST $700 ALONE. I WAS THEN INFORMED THAT A ROD BEARING HAD COME DISLODGED CAUSING IT TO FALL IN THE OIL PAN. THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM I WAS TOLD WAS THE RESULT OF OIL SLUDGE BUILD UP WHICH CAUSED A LACK OF OIL FLOW IN THE ENGINE. THE REPAIRS WERE QUOTED AT COSTING $6,900 FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF THE ENGINE. MY CAR HAS RECEIVED OIL CHANGES AT THE RECOMMENDED INTERVALS WHICH I HAVE RETAINED DOCUMENTATION OF AND AT THE TIME OF THE ENGINE FAILURE WAS JUST DUE FOR AN OIL CHANGE. Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10121997 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: May 13, 2005 VIN : 2C3HH46R9YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: 2.7L LONG BLOCK FAILURE IN 2000 DODGE INTEPID. HAVE DONE ALL OIL CHANGES AND OTHER MAINTENANCE AT PROPER SCHEDULE. WITHOUT WARNING ENGINE STARTED KNOCKING TERRIBLY. NOTICED SLUDGE UPON CHECKING OIL. TOOK TO WESTGATE DODGE DEALERSHIP IN PLAINFIELD, IN AND THEY SAID IT NEEDED A NEW LONG BLOCK. I HAVE NOT YET REPLACED AND VEHICLE REMAINS AT MY HOME. VARIOUS QUOTES FOR REPAIR FROM $4000 TO $6600 DEPENDING UPON USED OR NEW PARTS. Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10121968 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: April 9, 2005 VIN : 2B3HD46R6YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: I HAVE A 2000 DODGE INTREPID THAT I BOUGHT IN OCTOBER OF 2003, IN SEPTEMBER OF 2004 THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND WOULDN'T GO OFF. AFTER SPENDING $900.00 AND 2 TOWING BILLS THE DODGE DEALER FINALLY GOT THE LIGHT TO STAY OFF BY REPLACING THE CAM AND CRANK SENSORS. APPROX 6 1/2 MONTHS LATER IN APRIL OF 2005 WHILE DRIVING AT 20 MILES PER HOUR THE ENGINE STARTED MAKING A LOUD CLICKING NOISE. I TOOK IT TO MY REGULAR MECHANIC THAT TOLD ME A ROD HAD BLOWN IN THE ENGINE.HE TOLD ME IT WOULD PROBABLY RUN ME AROUND $5000.00 TO REPAIR. HE ALSO SAID HE'S HEARD ABOUT ALOT OF PROBLEMS WITH THESE ENGINES. I THINK DODGE SHOULD BE DOING SOMETHING ABOUT THIS ESPECIALLY AFTER I SEE BY YOUR COMPLAINT LIST I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE. I STILL OWE ALMOST AS MUCH AS THEY SAY IT WILL COST ME TO REPAIR IT. Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10120697 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: May 4, 2005 VIN : 2B3HD46R4YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: MY 2002 DODGE INTREPID STARTED TO MAKE A KNOCKING SOUND. MADE AN APPOINTMENT FOR SERVICE/REPAIR WIYH MY LOCAL MECHANIC. APPT WAS FOR MAY 5, 2002. MY CAR NEVER MADE IT TO THE APPOINTMENT. ON MAY 4, 2002, I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM A DR. APPT @ ABOUT 4:30 P.M. & MY CAR LITERALLY SHUT OFF WITH NO WARNING. I WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC IN A NO PASSING ZONE APPROACHING A METAL GRATE BRIDGE WIDE ENOUGH FOR TWO CARS TO PASS IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS. I WAS ABLE TO COAST OVER THE BRIDGE SAFELY & HAD TO PULL OVER ONTO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD (RT#322 HEADING WEST-FROM WEST CHESTER, PA. APPROX. 1 MILE OUTSIDE OF DOWINGTOWN, PA.) & WALK ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD (NO SIDEWALKS) FOR APPROX. 1/4 MILE WITH CARS WHIZZING BY ME, TO NEARBY WAWA STORE. HAD THE CAR TOWED ($45.00 PAID BY ME) TO MY MECHANIC WHO PROMPLTY TOLD ME THAT THE TIMING BELT HAD SNAPPED & GONE THROUGH THE TOP OF MY ENGINGE. UNFIXABLE! CONTACTED THE DEALER WHO SOLD ME THE CAR - "CARSENSE" LOCATED AT 21 POTTSTOWN PIKE, UWCHLAND, PA 19480. THEY SAID TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED UP TO THEM ($85.00 PAID BY ME AGAIN). FINALLY THE NEXT DAY THE SERVICE REP TOLD US THE CAR WOULD NEED TO HAVE THE ENGINE REPLACED TO THE TUNE OF $5,600. THIS CAR ONLY HAS 42,000 MILES ON IT! I HAVEN'T EVEN HAD THE CAR FOR 3 YEARS YET. I STILL OWE $7,000 ON THE CAR. CAR SENSE WILL NOT BEAR THE FINANCIAL RESPONSIBLITY FOR THE REPAIRS. DID SOME RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET BY TYPING IN THE SEARCH WORDS: DODGE INTREPID ENGINE PROBLEMS & LOCATED MANY SITES DESCRIBING THE SAME THING THAT HAPPENED TO ME. CAR QUITS WITH BARELY A WARNING & DEALER WILL NOT PAY FOR REPAIRS, BUT INSTEAD, BLAMES THE "LACK OF PROPER MAINTAINANCE" ON THE OWNER. WEBSITES SHOW ME OTHERWISE. ALSO KNOW OF 2 PEOPLE PERSONALLY, WHO HAVE EXPERIENCE THE SAME SCENARIO. THESE CARS ARE ALL OVER THE PLACE & I CAN'T IMAGINE HOW MANY PEOPLE THIS HAS HAPPENED TO. THIS PROVES A REAL SAFETY HAZZARD FOR MANY DRIVERS OF THIS CAR & OTHER DRIVERS NEAR THIS CAR WHEN IT QUITS. Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10120132 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: March 15, 2001 VIN : 302227...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: PREMATURE ENGINE PROBLEM. ENGINE FAIL AND CAR WAS A WELL MAINTAINED VEHICHLE.CAR ENGINE FAIL WITHOUT ANY WARNING AND MECHANICS SAY THAT THE ENGINE FAIL DUE TO OIL SLUDGE. Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10120082 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: December 25, 2004 VIN : 2B3AD46R31H...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: DT: ENGINE HAS LOCKED UP BECAUSE OF SLUDGE BUILD UP. AS A RESULT, THERE IS A BLOCKAGE TO THE ENGINE .HE HAS CHANGED THE OIL 4 TIMES. OWNER WAS TURNING AND THE ENGINE LOCKED UP. *AK Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10119586 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: May 1, 2005 VIN : 2B3HD46R5YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: WHILE DRIVING MY DODGE INTERPID (THAT HAS A 2.7 LITER ENGINE) THE ENGINE STARTED MAKING A HORRIBLE NOISE. WE COULD NOT ACCELERATE OVER 25 MPH AND THE ENGINE WOULDN'T STAY RUNNING IF YOU HIT THE BRAKE AT ALL. WHILE TURNING A CORNER INTO TRAFFIC, THE ENGINE DIED. AFTER ABOUT 15 MINUTES OF THE NOISE BEGINNING, THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. THERE WAS NO WARNING SIGN THAT ANYTHING WAS WRONG PRIOR TO IT HAPPENING. WE HAD IT TOWED TO A MECHANIC'S GARAGE AND WERE TOLD IT NEEDS A WHOLE NEW ENGINE AND IT WOULD COST 5,800.00. THE MECHANIC SAID THIS IS A KNOWN MAJOR PROBLEM WITH THIS ENGINE AND THE PROBLEM USUALLY STARTS BETWEEN 50-60K MILES. (MINE HAD APPROXIMATELY 56,000 MILES ON IT AT THE TIME THE PROBLEM STARTED. I ALSO CALLED A CHRYSLER MECHANIC AND WAS TOLD THE SAME EXACT THING ABOUT THE PROBLEM WITH THIS ENGINE. Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10119603 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: December 30, 2004 VIN : 2B3HD46R0YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: WAS DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE ABOUT 65 MPH ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON AND WITHIN 5 SECOND THE CAR LOST ALL POWER. ALMOST CAUSING A MAJOR WRECK ON THE HIGHWAY. TOOK CAR TO DEALER, AND WAS TOLD TO REPLACE THE ENGINE BECAUSE OF A ROD. ANOTHER MECHANIC TOLD CALLER THAT THERE WAS A MAJOR OIL SLUDGE IN THE ENGINE. *AK Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10119113 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: April 21, 2005 VIN : 2B3HD46R9YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH ENGINE SEIZED. THERE WERE NO LIGHTS OR ANY INDICATIONS OF A MALFUNCTION. *AK Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10115507 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: March 2, 2005 VIN : 2B3HD46R3YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: VEHICLE EXPERIENCED SUDDEN STALLING AT 60 MPH, AND IS NO LONGER WAS ABLE TO START. MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED BY THE CONSUMER, AND WAS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. *AK *BF Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10118236 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: February 22, 2005 VIN : Not Available   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: I WAS DRIVING DOWN I-75 IN OHIO WHEN SUDDENLY THE ENGINE MADE A CLANGING NOISE AND DIED. IT HAPPENED 400 HUNDRED MILES FROM HOME. I HAD TO PAY TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED HOME. IT HAPPENED ON FEBRUARY 22 2005. THE CAR IS STILL BROKE AS I CANNOT AFFORD THE 4500 TO 7000 REPAIR BILL. *NM Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10117684 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: April 7, 2005 VIN : Not Available   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING AT ABOUT 65 MPH WHEN ALL OF SUDDEN IT STALLED UNEXPECTEDLY. AS A RESULT THE DRIVER HAD TO PULL OVER TO THE RIGHT. THEN, VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO SHOP FOR CHECKUP, BUT THE CAUSE WAS UNDETERMINED.*AK Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10117494 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: April 5, 2005 VIN : 2C3HH46R9YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STALLED. DRIVER WAS UNABLE TO RESTART VEHICLE, AND HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALER. HOWEVER, MECHANIC STATED THAT THE PROBLEM COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. *AK Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10117245 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: March 21, 2005 VIN : 2B3HD46R3YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH MOTOR BLEW OUT. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO DRIVE TO THE DEALERSHIP. THE PROBLEM WAS NOT RESOLVED.*AK Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10114345 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: December 23, 2004 VIN : 2B3HD56U6YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: I WAS DRIVING ALONG WHEN SUDDELNY THEN CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. THEN THE CAR STARTED SCREECHING AS I ACCELERATED. WHEN I GOT TO A GAS STATION, I CUT THE ENGINE OFF, AND THE CAR DID NOT WANT TO START AGAIN. I HAD A MECHANIC LOOK AT IT AND HE SAID THAT ONE OF THE RODS HAD BROKE AND THAT I EITHER HAD TO GET THE ENGINE REBUILT OR BUY A NEW ENGINE.*AK Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10115115 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: March 14, 2005 VIN : Not Available   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: VEHICLE STALLED ON THE HIGHWAY WHILE TRAVELING 65 MPH. DRIVER WAS PULLED OVER AND TRIED TO RESTART VEHICLE, BUT WAS ABLE TO RESTART IT FIFTEEN MINUTES LATER. THEN, TOOK IT TO DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10113862 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: December 26, 2004 VIN : 2B3H046R3YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: WAS ON VACATION DROVE ABOUT 300 MILES DODGE INTERPID MADE NOISE AND MY CAR STALLED. WAS TOLD BY MECHANIC MOTOR BLOWN. TOOK WAL-MART TO COURT BECAUSE THE CHANGE MY OIL REGLIOUSLY. IT WAS FOUND THEY WAS AT NO FALUT. I HAD MY CAR WAS REPAIRED COST ME OVER $7000. I STLL OWE , $5000. ON VEHICLE. *AK Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10112750 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: March 8, 2005 VIN : 2B3HD46R6YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: WHILE DRIVING TO WORK,I NOTICED THE ENGINE WAS MAKING RATTLING NOISE. THERE WAS NO OIL INDICATOR LIGHT ON OR ENGINE LIGHT ON. I TOOK THE CAR IN TO 3 SEPARATE MECHANICS AND WAS INFORMED BY ALL 3 THAT THE CAR NEEDED A NEW ENGINE. THEY ALL SAID THAT THERE WAS SLUDGE IN THE ENGINE. I TOOK THIS CAR IN AS RECOMMENDED EVERY 3000 MILES FOR AN OIL CHANGE. THIS CAR IS BARELY AT 62000 MILES AND THERE IS NO WAY THIS SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED. I WAS INFORMED IT WOULD COST ME A BARE MINIMUM OF $4000.00 TO GET THE CAR RUNNING. I CALLED THE CORPORATE OFFICE OF DAIMLER CHRYSLER AND THEY INSISTED THEY HAD NOT HEARD OF A PROBLEM WITH THESE ENGINES. *AK Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10113581 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: March 1, 2005 VIN : 2B3HD56U7YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO JERK AND THE EXHAUST SMOKE WAS VERY BLACK. THE TIMING CHAIN BECAME DEFECTIVE AND THE ENGINE STALLED COMPLETELY. THE OWNER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER AND WAS INFORMED THAT A NEW ENGINE WAS NEEDED . PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *JB Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10113326 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: January 4, 2005 VIN : Not Available   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH VEHICLE STALLED, AND WAS TOWED ONCE. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO RESTART VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10113245 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: October 17, 2003 VIN : 2B3HD46R5YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH ENGINE SEIZED THEN STALLED. VEHICLE WAS TOWED. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10111084 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: January 29, 2005 VIN : 2B3HD46R6YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: VEHICLE 2.7L ENGINE SEIZED WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO COAST THE VEHICLE OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONSUMER HOME. THE TOW TRUCK MECHANIC INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TOP REPLACED. THE DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME.*AK *TC Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10113164 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: November 15, 2004 VIN : 2B3HD56UXYH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: WHILE DRIVING HOME CONSUMER HEARD A NOISE. THEN, TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A MECHANIC, WHO DETERMINED THAT ENGINE WAS DEFECTIVE, AND URGED CONSUMER NOT TO CONTINUE DRIVING THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER TRIED TO MAKE IT HOME, AND THE VEHICLE STOPPED. IT HAD TO BE TOWED. *AK Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10112055 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: June 26, 2004 VIN : 2B3HD46R8YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: I HAVE A 2000 MODEL DODGE INTREPID WITH 35,000 ORIGINAL MILES ON IT AND A BLOWN ENGINE. I HAVE SINCE FOUND OUT THAT THIS IS QUITE NORMAL FOR THE 2.7 LITRE V6 ENGINE. THEY ARE VERY EXPENSIVE AND VERY HARD TO FIND USED BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY INCIDENTS. YOU CAN LOOK ON EBAY MOTORS RIGHT NOW AT THE DODGE INTREPIDS AND THERE ARE THREE WITH BAD MOTORS. PLEASE HELP ME.*AK Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10112872 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: January 1, 2005 VIN : 2B3HD46R1YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 55 MPH ENGINE BLEW OUT. CONTACTED THE DEALER, AND WAS TO TOLD TO CONTACT NHTSA.*AK Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10111427 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: February 7, 2005 VIN : 2C38846R2YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: THE CHECK LIGHT REMAINED ON WHILE THE ENGINE TENDED TO FREEZE UP, COULD NOT START THE VEHICLE. MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED BY CONSUMER, AND WAS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM.*AK Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10110469 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: February 12, 2005 VIN : 2B3HD46R1YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: THE MOTOR IS MAKING EXTREME NOISES AND I AM SURE IT IS READY TO FAIL. I HAVE ALWAYS CHANGED THE OIL IN THE RECOMMENDED MILEAGES. I AM AFRAID IT WILL LOCK UP ON ME, AND THE MAJORITY OF MY DRIVING IS HIGHWAY. *JB Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10111356 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: February 5, 2005 VIN : 2B3HD46R5YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: THE VEHICLE STALLED UNEXPECTEDLY ON THE ROAD AND THE CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO RESTART IT. THE CAUSE WAS UNDETERMINED AT THIS TIME AND MANUFACTURER WILL BE NOTIFIED BY CONSUMER. *JB Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10111340 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: January 27, 2005 VIN : Not Available   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: THE VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN WHEN ALL OF SUDDEN THE WATER PUMP BEARINGS SHOT INTO THE OIL PAN CAUSING THE ENGINE NOT TO OPERATE. OWNER WILL NOTIFY MANUFACTURER. *JB Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10111320 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: February 10, 2005 VIN : 2B3HD46R0YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: WHILE SITTING AT AN INTERSECTION VEHICLE STALLED. DRIVER WAS ABLE TO RESTART VEHICLE, AND DROVE IT TO A MECHANIC, WHO DETERMINED THAT THE PROBLEM COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. LATER THAT DAY THE PROBLEM RECURRED AND MECHANIC INDICATED THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10111256 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: February 9, 2005 VIN : 2B3HD46R5YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: THE VEHICLE STOPPED ON ITS OWN. DRIVER TRIED TO RESTART VEHICLE, BUT WAS UNABLE TO DO SO. HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10110965 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: December 13, 2004 VIN : Not Available   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: WHILE DRIVING AT LOW SPEED ENGINE LOCKED UP. CONSUMER PULLED OVER AND RESTARTED THE VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10109011 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: January 11, 2005 VIN : 2B3HD46R4YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: COMPLAINT RECEIVED VIA E-MAIL. THE ENGINE FAILED WHILE DRIVING. THE OIL LIGHT CAME ON, AND THE MOTOR LOCKED UP BEFORE I COULD GET OF THE ROAD. I CHANGED THE OIL BETWEEN 2500/3000 MILES ALL THE TIME SINCE I HAVE HAD THE CAR. *AK Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10108045 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: January 24, 2005 VIN : 2B3HD46R5YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: I WAS DRIVING ALONG WHEN THE ENGINE OIL LIGHT CAME ON, I CHECKED THE OILL ,IT WAS FULL. HAD THE THE CAR TOWED TO DON JORDAN CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD BY THE MAN IN THE SERVICE DEPT THAT I WOULD NEED TO REPLACE THE ENGINE AT A COST OF 7.000 PLUS TAX. I STILL OWE 11.000 ON A CAR THAT IS NOW SITTING IN MY DRIVEWAY, WHILE I HAVE TO RENT A CAR TO TAKE MY SON TO AND FROM SCHOOL AND SHOPPING.*AK Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10108582 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: January 16, 2005 VIN : 2B3HD46R5YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH THE ENGINE FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. THE DEALER STATES THE ENGINE NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. THE CAUSE HAS YET TO BE DETERMINED. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *NM Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10108532 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: February 10, 2003 VIN : 2B3HD46R7YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: THE ENGINE MADE A LOUD NOISE WHILE BEING DRIVEN EVENTUALLY CAUSING THE ENGINE NOT TO OPERATE. *JB Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10101611 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: November 20, 2004 VIN : 2B3HD46R1YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: THE ENGINE STALLED WHEN THE CHECK OIL LIGHT ILLUMINATED. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED THERE WAS A GRINDING NOISE WHICH CAME FROM THE ENGINE. *NM *NM Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10105671 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: December 30, 2004 VIN : 2B3HD46R9YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: WHILE DRIVING TO WORK I HEARD A KNOCKING SOUND IN THE VEHICLE. I DROVE THE VEHCILE HOME ON MY LUNCH HOUR FOR MY HUSBAND TO LOOK AT IT. I TURNED THE CAR OFF AND IT WOULD NOT RESTART. WE HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THE MECHANIC INITIALLY STATED THAT IT MAY HAVE BEEN THE TIMING CHAIN. AFTER HE FURTHER INSPECTED THE VEHICLE, WE WERE TOLD THAT THERE WAS SLUDGE IN THE ENGINE. THIS VEHICLE HAS REGULAR OIL CHANGES SO THIS DIDN'T MAKE SENSE TO US. ALSO, THERE WERE NO OIL LIGHTS OR ENGINE PROBLEM WARNING LIGHTS TO INDICATE A PROBLEM. THE MANUFACTURER REFUSED ANY ASSISTANCE WITH THE REPAIR THAT WAS TO COST $6700.00.*AK Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10105346 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: November 10, 2004 VIN : 2B3HD46R4Y8...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH CONSUMER HEARD A KNOCKING NOISES COMING FROM THE ENGINE. THEN, VEHICLE STALLED. CONSUMER PULLED OVER, AND HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10104578 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: November 1, 2004 VIN : Not Available   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: ENGINE BEGAN MAKING A CLICKING SOUND WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 55MPH. ASE CERTIFIED MASTER TECHNICIAN LOOKED AT THE VEHICLE AND SAID THAT I NEED A NEW ENGINE AS IT IS ABOUT TO CEASE UP DUE TO OIL SLUDGE BUILD-UP WHICH IS COMMON IN THIS PARTICULAR ENGINE. I MAITAINED MY VEHICLE WITH ROUTINE OIL CHANGES AND SERVICES THROUGH MY FATHER, WHO IS AN ASE CERTIFIED MASTER TECHNICIAN FOR OVER 35 YEARS. I FEEL THAT DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THESE DEFFECTIVE ENGINES.*AK Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10109409 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: December 1, 2004 VIN : Not Available   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: THE ENGINE LIGHT WOULD COME ON, THERE WAS STALLING AND REVVING WHILE AT IDLE. *BF *SC Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10102464 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: November 15, 2004 VIN : 2B3HD46RXYH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: I OWN A 2000 DODGE INTREPID .I JUST GOT IT BACK AFTER HAVING THE "SLUDGE" CLEANED FROM THE MOTOR.MY DEALER DID COVER THIS UNDER MY EXTENDED WARRENTY BUT HOW LONG UNTIL IT HAPPENS AGAIN?? THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL ON THIE ENGINE. *AK Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10102409 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: March 31, 2003 VIN : 2B3HD46R7YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: MY 2000 DODGE INTREPID ENGINE FAILED WITH NO WARNING. I HAD THE CAR 6 MONTHS PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT. THE WARRANTY COMPANY STATES THAT IT WAS DUE TO LACK OF LUBRICATION AND THERE WAS ENGINE SLUDGE. I HAVE HAD 2 OIL CHANGES PRIOR TO THE ENGINE FAILURE. I PAID $4428 TO HAVE MY CAR REPAIRED. *AK Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10101968 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: December 1, 2004 VIN : Not Available   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD AND REMAINED ON. A RATTLING NOISE WAS HEARD COMING FROM THE REAR. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE A ROD SHEARED OFF THE ENGINE, AND POOR LUBRICATION. *AK Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10100127 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: August 1, 2004 VIN : 2B3HD46R1YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: MY DODGE INTREPID WITH A 2.7L ENGINE STARTED KNOCKING THEN LOCKED UP WHILE DRIVING SO I TOOK TO DEALER AND THEY SAID IT WAS NEGLECT AND I TOLD THEM I FOLLOW MAINTENCE SCEDULE TO A T WITH 3000 MILE OIL CHANGES AND ALL THEY TOLD ME IT WAS SLUDGED UP AND WILL NOT FIX THIS . THIS IS A DEFECTIVE DESIGN WHEN A WELL MAINTAINED CAR DIES AT 60,000 MILES . *AK Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10099876 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: September 5, 2004 VIN : 2C3HH46R3YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH VEHICLE STALLED. IT WAS TOWED TO DEALERSHIP, WHO DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM.*AK Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10098562 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: November 9, 2004 VIN : Not Available   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: SECOND ENGINE REPLACEMENT DUE TO THE WELL KNOWN 2.7 L ENGINE PROBLEMS "OIL SLUDGE" ---- HOW CAN THIS CONTINUE TO HAPPEN TO SO MANY WITH NO CLASS ACTION SUIT TAKING PLACE???*AK Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10099592 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: June 9, 2004 VIN : Not Available   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED CONSUMER HEARD A KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFED, BUT DID NOT SEE A PROBLEM. *AK Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10083654 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: July 16, 2004 VIN : 2B3HD46R8YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH VEHICLE STALLED AND WAS STUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION. *AK THERE WAS NO WARNING. THE LONG BLOCK WAS REPLACED. THE CONSUMER REQUESTED REIMBURSEMENT. *SC THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD A NEW ENGINE WAS DUE TO OIL SLUDGE. *JB Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10093249 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: September 13, 2004 VIN : Not Available   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: DRIVING TO WORK ABOUT 35 MPH, ENGINE JUST STOPPED, NO WARNING, WAS TOLD BY MECHANIC ROD/PISTON SIEZED UP. NEED TO REPLACE MOTOR. HAD 85000 MILES AND EXTENDED WARRANTY DID NOT COVER.*AK Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10094119 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: July 16, 2003 VIN : 2B3HD46R1YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: VEHICLE LOST SPEED WHILE EXITING THE FREEWAY. AFTER TOWING ENGINE HAD TO BE REPLACED. *AK Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10091261 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: July 15, 2004 VIN : 2B3HD46R1YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: 2.7L DODGE INTREPID. WENT TO START CAR ONE MORNING, CAR DID'NT START, HAD CAR TOWED TO DEALER AND WAS TOLD MOTOR BLOWN BECAUSE WE DID'NT FLOW THE OIL CHANGE TIME FRAME IN BOOK. I ADVISED THEM WE CHANGED OIL MORE OFTEN THEN BOOK SAID. THEY WANTED $6000.00 TO FIX CAR. I STILL OWE $368.00 PER MONTH AND TOTAL OF $9100.00 ON CAR FOR THE NEXT 3 YEARS. I DON'T HAVE, AND SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PUT OUT 6000.00 ON A 2000 DODGE INTREPID. I HAD THE CAR TOWED HOME WITH ALL THE PARTS IN TRUNK. THEN ON THURSDAY I SAW ON ABC7CHICAGO.COM NEWS REPORT CALLED "THE SLUDGE REPORT" AND IT WAS MY SAME CAR WITH THE SAME MOTOR. I AM NOW FACED WITH THE TOUGHT FOR (1) LETTING THEM TAKE THE CAR AND RUINNING OUR CREDIT (2) LEAVING IT IN MY GARAGE UNTIL I CAN COME UP WITH 6000.00 TO FIX IT. SINCE I HAVE HAD TO BUY A USED CAR + INSURE THIS CAR + INSURE THE INTREPID ALONG WITH MAKING MONTHLY PAYMENT ON A CAR THAT DOESNT RUN ALONG WITH TOWING, MACHANIC FEES, IT HAS CAUSED MY FAMILY SO MUCH STRESS AND FINANCAL PROBLEMS IT IS NOT FUNNY! CAN ANYTHING BE DONE ABOUT IT? DO YOU KNOW IF THERE IS A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT AND IF SO, HOW CAN WE BE A PART OF THAT? IS THERE A MESSAGE BOARD WE CAN GO TO AND SEE POSTINGS OF OTHER PEOPLE WITH THIS SAME PROBLEM? THE REPORT ON THE NEWS SAID THERE ARE MANY, MANY CONSUMERS OUT THERE WITH THIS SAME PROBLEM WITH THIS KIND OF MOTOR. WHAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT THIS FAULTY MOTOR?*AK Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10092606 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: July 1, 2004 VIN : 2B3HD46R9YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: WHILE DRIVING CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND VEHCILE JERKED. ALSO, MADE A KNOCKING NOISE IN THE ENGINE. POWER AUTOMATICALLY SHUT DOWN WHILE DRIVING. RADIO AND LIGHTS STAYED ON. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR REPAIR. DEALER CONTINUOUSLY REPLACED THE SENSORS. CONSUMER STATED THAT IT WAS ALWAYS A DIFFERENT SENSOR THAT FAILED. *AK Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10088989 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: August 21, 2004 VIN : Not Available   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: BOUGHT AUTO USED WITH 104,000 MILES. OIL WAS NEW AT TIME OF PURCHASE. FIVE DAYS LATER AS SON WAS DRIVING HOME, ENGINE DIED. TOWED TO SHOP WHERE MECHANICS SAID ENGINE OIL TURNED TO SLUDGE AND MOTOR WAS SHOT. NEW MOTORS RUN $3000-$4000 TO INSTALL. THANK YOU DODGE FOR SUCH A PLEASANT EXPERIENCE.*AK Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10088385 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: August 11, 2004 VIN : Not Available   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: 2000 DODGE INTREPID 2.7 LITER ENGINE. DRIVING VEHICLE AT 65 MPH WHEN ENGINE MADE A LOUD "CLANKING" SOUND. IMMEDIATELY PULL CAR OVER, ENGINE STALLED. HAD IT TOWED TO A GARAGE THAT STATED THAT THE ENGINE MUST BE REPLACED. MOTOR IS VERY HARD TO FIND AND IF YOU DO FIND ONE, THERE IS NO WARRANTY ASSOCIATED WITH IT. RECALL!!!!! *AK Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10087591 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: July 9, 2004 VIN : 2B3HD46R3YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH ENGINE FAILED. *AK Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10087485 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: June 22, 2004 VIN : 2B3HD46R5YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH VEHICLE STALLED. CONSUMER MANAGED TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10080204 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: June 17, 2004 VIN : 2C3HH46R6YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH THE ENGINE LOCKED UP. THE DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK *NM Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10082505 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: December 1, 2003 VIN : 2B3HD46R3YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: NO REAL EVENTS LEADING. IT JUST STOPPED. FINE AT RED LIGHT. THEN WHEN PULLED OUT I HEARD TICKING NOICE. I PULLED INTO VERY NEXT OFF ROAD APPROX 1 BLOCK. VHENEVER RAN AGAIN. MECH ADVISED OIL PUMP. ENGINE BLEW UP. $7000 TO REPAIR. MECH ADVISED CHRYSLER HAS KNOWN THIS PROBLEM SINCE DAY ONE. CHRYSLER REFUSED TO HELP. I AM NOW PAYING THE BALANCE OF A $8000 LOAN ON A CAR I CAN NOT DRIVE AND HAD TO BUY ANOTHER ONE. I WORK AND DRIVE THE ATLANTA ROADS. WHEN YOUR VEHICLE STOPS IN THESE ROADS. YOU ARE RISKING YOUR LIFE. *AK Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10082312 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: July 18, 2004 VIN : 2B3HD46R7YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: DOWNSHIFFTED DURING COURSE OF DRIVING. RPMS WENT TO 3500. UPON SLOWING DOWN, MOTOR SHUT OFF. ALL ACCESSORIES TURNED OFF. NO WARNING. *JB RE-STARTED VEHICLE TO DRIVE OFF THE STREET. ALL SYSTEMS SHUTDOWN AGAIN. FINALLY RESTARTED MOTOR LONG ENOUGH TO PULL INTO A NEARBY PARKING LOT. HAD TOW TRUCK DELIVER VEHICLE TO HOME. *JB Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10081224 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: March 9, 2002 VIN : Not Available   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: 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 Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10081734 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: June 2, 2004 VIN : Not Available   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: 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 Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10081607 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: July 9, 2004 VIN : Not Available   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: 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 Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10081590 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: July 8, 2004 VIN : 2B3HD46R0YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: 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 Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10081535 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: April 17, 2004 VIN : Not Available   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: 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 Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10081488 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: June 29, 2004 VIN : 2B3MD46R3YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: 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 Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10078703 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: April 11, 2002 VIN : 2B3HD46R31H...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: 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 Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10073018 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: May 20, 2004 VIN : 2B3HD46R9YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: 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 Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10073860 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: May 18, 2004 VIN : Not Available   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: 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 Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10072759 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: April 10, 2004 VIN : 2B3HD46R6YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: 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 Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10063267 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: May 1, 2002 VIN : 2B3HD46R41Y...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: 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 Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10067430 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: March 22, 2004 VIN : 2B3HD46R3YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER HEARD A LOUD KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE. CONSUMER MANAGED TO PULL OVER, AND HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10066655 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: March 31, 2004 VIN : 2C3HH56U8YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: AFTER STARTING THE VEHICLE THE CONSUMER WOULD HEAR A LOUD KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE. THE DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. THE CAUSE WAS NOT DETERMINED. *MR Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10059531 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: January 19, 2004 VIN : 2B3HD46R5YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. IT HAD TO BE TOWED TO DEALER, AND DEALER STATED THAT O-RINGS FAILED, CAUSING LOSS OF PRESSURE. THIS, IN TURN, CAUSED THE TIMING CHAIN TO JUMP. MOTOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO BENT VALVES.*AK *MR Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10063879 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: December 13, 2003 VIN : Not Available   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: SLUDGE BUILD UP IN ENGINE. I ALSO HAVE A CRACKED PISTON. CAR STARTED SMOKING FROM TAIL PIPE SO I TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC AND HE SAID I WOULD NEED A NEW ENGINE ($5,000). CAR HAS BEEN SITTING IN DRIVE WAY FOR 3 MONTHS NOW. HAVE CONTACTED LAWYER TO FILE CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT. Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10064633 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: March 22, 2004 VIN : Not Available   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: CONSUMER PURCHASED A 2000 DODGE INTREPID, A BUY BACK VEHICLE. HE STATES THAT VEHICLE RUNS FINE AS LONG AS IT IS COLD, BUT WHEN THE VEHICLE GETS WARM OR HOT, IT BEGINS TO BANG. CONSUMER COMPLAINED TO DEALER AND MANUFACTURER, BUT THEY WILL NOT HELP. IT WILL COST CONSUMER APPROXIMATELY $1500.00 TO REPAIR VEHICLE . *AK Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10062517 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: March 5, 2004 VIN : 2B3HD46R8YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: 2000 DODGE INTREPID 2.7 LITRE DEALER REPLACED TIMING BELT 67000($1130.00) ENGINE SEIZED AT 71000 MILES CAR IS SITTING AT DEALERSHIP & I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH IT.THE VEIL OF SILENCE WHEN SPEAKING TO ANYONE FROM CHRYSLER.THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE DRIVING THESE CARS & HAVE NO CLUE THE ENGINE IS GOING TO FAIL. SHAMEFULL BEHAVIOR BY DAIMLER CHRYSLER. *AK Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10062254 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: October 30, 2001 VIN : 2B3HD46R0YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: I OWN A 2000 DODGE INTREPID WITH A 2.7 LITER DOHC THAT THE ENGINE HAD SIEZED AT 87,000 MILES ,MAINTENANCE WAS KEPT AS REQUIRED,THIS SEEMS TO BE A MAJOR PROBLEM AMONG OTHER OWNERS WITH THE SAME ENGINE TYPE,WHEN WE TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER AND SHOWED HIM THE RECIEPTS FOR THE OIL CHANGES,THE MECHANIC STATED THAT BECAUSE THE CAR WAS 500 MILES OVER THE LIMIT FOR THE CURRENT OIL CHANGETHE ENGINE HAD TOO MUCH SLUDGE CAUSING THE ENGINE TO SIEZE.PRICE QUOTED FOR A NEW ENGINE $8,000.00. *AK Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10062176 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: January 16, 2004 VIN : Not Available   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: I PURCHASED A USED 2000 INTREPID IN MAY OF 2001 AT ABOUT 28000 MILES. IN JANUARY OF 2004 THE ENGINE DIED. THERE WAS OIL SLUDGE BUILD-UP, AND THE TIMING BELT FELL CAUSING GREAT DAMAGE TO THE CAR. I CALLED THE DEALER THAT SOLD THE CAR TO ME AND HE BASICALLY SAID "TOO BAD, COME IN AND TRADE IT IN AND BUY A NEW DODGE." I HAVE BEEN ON 3 OTHER SITES WITH HUNDREDS CONSUMERS WITH THE SAME COMPLAINT. *AK Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10061114 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: VIN : Not Available   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED ENGINE BEGAN TICKING. AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED REPLACEMENT.*AK Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10060129 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: February 19, 2004 VIN : 2C3HH46R7YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: ENGINE OIL SLUDGE DUE TO MALFUNCTIONING OF OIL PUMP (AND THUS LOW OIL PRESSURE) COMBINED WITH AN OVERHEATING MANIFOLD. ENGINE RENDERED USELESS. CAR WAS JUST 3 YEARS OLD, 64,000 MILES AND PROPERLY MAINTAINED. NO CURRENT RECALL IN EFFECT ON THE PART THOUGH THERE OUGHT TO BE.*AK Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10059740 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: February 9, 2004 VIN : Not Available   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: WHILE DRIVING AT 45MPH ENGINE LOCKED UP, CAUSING THE DRIVER TO PULL OFF THE ROAD. *AK Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10058584 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: June 14, 2003 VIN : 2B3HD46R7YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: AUTO PURCHASED IN 2/2003. IN 6/2003, ENGINE STARTED MAKING HORRIBLE NOISE. CONTACTED A MECHANIC. HE TOLD US NOT TO DRIVE CAR; HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED 300 MILES HOME. SEVERAL MECHANICS HAVE LOOKED AT THE VEHICLE AND TRIED TO SOLVE PROBLEM UNSUCCESSFULLY. BETWEEN JUNE AND FIRST OF NOVEMBER, WE HAD THE CAR IN FOR REPAIRS ABOUT 11 TIMES. WERE FINALLY TOLD IN 11/2003 THAT CAR NEEDED NEW ENGINE (AT A COST OF $8000) BECAUSE OF DESIGN FLAW. THIS IS A 2.7 LITRE ENGINE IN A 2000 DODGE INTREPID. ENGINE DOES NOT MAINTAIN OIL PRESSURE CAUSING DAMAGE TO BELTS, PULLEYS, AND TENSIONER. THIS ALSO CAUSES THE CAR TO STALL, WHICH COULD RESULT IN SERIOUS ACCIDENTS. SERVICE MANAGER AT ONE LOCAL DEALERSHIP HAS 4 CARS WITH SAME PROBLEM, ALL NEEDING NEW ENINGES, SITTING IN HIS LOT. HE HAS TRIED TO GET CHRYSLER TO RESOLVE THIS; THEY REFUSE. IF THERE ARE 5 CARS JUST IN THIS AREA NEEDING NEW ENGINES FOR THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM, HOW MANY ARE THERE NATIONWIDE? CAR ONLY HAS 60,000 MILES ON IT, SO THERE MUST BE SOMETHING THAT CHRYSLER CAN DO TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. ANY ASSISTANCE YOU CAN PROVIDE IS APPRECIATED.*AK Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10053352 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: December 23, 2003 VIN : 2C3HH46R1YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: WHILE DRIVING AT 40 MPH CONSUMER HEARD A NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE. THEN, STALLED ON THE HIGHWAY. DEALER THOUGHT THE PROBLEM WAS THE TIMING CHAIN. *AK THE HYDRAULIC TENSIONER FAILED DUE TO OIL SLUDGE IN THE ENGINE ACCORDING TO THE DEALER. THE ENGINE WAS REPLACED. THE DRIVER DOOR LATCH WAS NOISY AND INOPERATIVE. THE DOOR LATCH WAS REPLACED. *SC Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10058424 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: February 1, 2004 VIN : 2B3HD46R6YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: 2000 DODGE INTREPID BLEW AN ENGINE AT 49,000 MILES AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. CLEARLY THE ENGINE IS FAULTY. THE DEALERSHIP WHO SOLD ME THE CAR WILL NOT OFFER MUCH ASSISTENCE, NOR WILL DAIMLER/CHRYSLER. Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10057091 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: December 30, 2004 VIN : Not Available   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: ENIGINE BLEW DUE TO SUPPOSED SLUDGE BUILD UP. $6500 REPAIR ON 3 YEAR OLD CAR. ALL HIGHWAY MILES AND REGULAR OIL CHANGES. LOOKS LIKE I AM ANOTHER ON THE LONG LIST. WHEN SHOP CALLED TO GIVE ME AN ESTIMATE HE SAID ANOTHER INTREPIP JUST CAME IN WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10054675 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: January 11, 2004 VIN : 2B3HD56U2YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: ENGINE OIL SLUDGE PROBLEM CAUSED ENINGE FAILUER AND MANUFACTURE REFUSES TO HONOR WARRANTY. ONLY HAD CAR FOR 10 MONTHS AND ONLY HAS 48000 MILE ON IT. I PURCASHED THE EXTEND PLUS WARRANTY ALONG WITH THE CAR. Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10055461 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: January 19, 2004 VIN : Not Available   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNDETERMINED SPEED ENGINE CHECK LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASH, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO STALL. CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS, BUT THE PROBLEM STILL OCCURS. *AK Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10055376 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: January 9, 2004 VIN : Not Available   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: WHILE PULLING INTO A PARKING AREA CONSUMER HEARD A LOUD GRINDING NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. A FEW SECONDS LATER THE ENGINE STALLED. DEALER FOUND THAT THE PISTONS AND RODS WERE BENT IN THE ENGINE. *AK Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10071392 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: July 15, 2003 VIN : 2C3HH46RXYH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: ENGINE IN 2000 CHRYSLER INTREPID STARTED TAPPING NOISE AT 58017KM BROUGHT TO DEALER WITH COMPLAINT, TOLD THEY WOULD NOT TAKE ENGINE APART TO CHECK NOISE. I TOLD THEM I HAD BEEN TOLD THAT THE 2.7 ENGINE HAD PROBLEMS WITH SLUDGE THAT PREVENTED THE OIL FROM CIRCULATING PROPERLY. THEY STILL REFUSED TO CHECK ENGINE. AT JUST OVER 62000 KM ENGINE BECAME NOISY. BROUGHT IT BACK TO DEALER WHO KEPT THE CAR FOR TWO WEEKS, THEN TOLD ME ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF $6500.00 AND THERE WOULD BE NO WARRANTY COVERAGE OR GOODWILL. I GAVE THEM A COMPLETE HISTORY OF MAINTENANCE RECORDS SHOWING THAT PROPER MAINTENANCE WAS DONE WITH IN THE REQUIRED MILEAGE AND TIME. THEY HAVE TOLD ME THAT THE INVOICES DO NOT CLEARLY IDENTIFY MY 2000 BLACK INTREPID AND THAT IT COULD OF BEEN ANOTHER CAR. I ONLY OWN ONE 2000 INTREPID. THE INVOICE SHOWS THE WORK THE MILEAGE AND MY NAME AND DATE. NEXT ME THEY TOLD ME THE INVOICE NUMBERS WERE TOO CLOSE TOGETHER. THE WORK WAS DONE AT FOUR DIFFERENT GARAGES. THEN THEY TOLD ME THERE WAS SLUDGE THAT SHOWED THE VEHICLE WAS NOT PROPERLY MAINTAINED. THEN THEY ASKED ME THE BRAND OF OIL THE GARAGES USED AS IT MAY HAVE BEEN FAULTY. END RESULT IS THAT THEY REFUSE TO CHANGE THEIR POSITION IN REGARDS TO WARRANTY COVERAGE OR GOODWILL REPAIRS AND I WILL HAVE TO REPLACE AN ENGINE THAT WAS BOUGHT BRAND NEW IN MAY 2001. I AM FRUSTRATED AND DO NOT KNOW WHERE TO TURN. ANY ASSISTANCE WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10071035 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: October 15, 2003 VIN : 2B3HD46R3YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: SINCE I BOUGHT THIS CAR ON OCTOBER OF 1999, I HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALER 31 TIMES TO FIX THINGS. I HAVE BEEN WITHOUT A CAR 100 DAYS. I HAVE PAID OUT OF POCKET $3,137.64. I AM NOW ON AN EXTENDED WARRANTY. I STILL OWE $8,000.00 ON MY CAR. IT HAS 60,000 MILES. I HAVE MAINTAINED IT EVERY 3,000 MILES AS SUGGESTED IN THE OWNERS MANUAL. I ONLY USE 97 OCTANE GAS. I AM A VERY CAUTIOUS DRIVER. I TAKE CARE OF THE CAR BUT THE CAR HAS LEFT ME STRANDED IN THE MIDDLE OF HIGHWAYS PUTTING MY LIFE AND THE LIVES OF MY PASSENGERS IN DANGER. I NEVER KNOW WHEN THE CAR IS GOING TO BREAK DOWN AGAIN AND WHERE SO I AM ALWAYS UNDER TERRIBLE STRESS. I PRAY AS I DRIVE THAT I MAKE IT TO MY DESTINATION. THIS CAR HAS BEEN A LEMON SINCE I BOUGHT IT. THE BIGGEST PROBLEM IS THE ENGINE BLOWING. MY BROTHER IN LAW WAS DRIVING AND I WAS THE PASSENGER ON SOUTH DIXIE HIGHWAY (US1) IN SOUTH MIAMI WHEN WE WERE AT A RED LIGHT AND THEN STARTED TO GO WHEN THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN AND WITHOUT ANY WARNING LIGHTS, NOISES, OR ANYTHING THE CAR STOPPED RUNNING. IT DIED IN THE MIDDLE LANE. WE HAD TO PUSH IT TO THE SIDE. IT WAS RUSH HOUR AND THIS HIGHWAY IS FILLED WITH VERY AGGRESSIVE DRIVERS. THEY WERE ALL CURSING, BEEPING, SIGNALING, AND DRIVING SO CLOSE TO US AS TO ALMOST TOUCH US. I WAS PETRIFIED. I THOUGHT A CAR WAS GOING TO HIT US. I PAID FOR THE ENGINE REPAIR OUT OF MY POCKET, BECAUSE THE EXTENDED WARRANTY COMPANY TOLD THE DEALER THEY COULD NOT COVER IT BECAUSE THERE WAS SLUDGE BUILD UP. THEY SEND AN ADJUSTOR WHO REPORTED IT TO THEM. THE DEALER TOLD US TO FIGHT IT BECAUSE THE SLUDGE WAS NORMAL FOR THAT TYPE OF ENGINE. WE PROVIDED THE EXTENDED WARRANTY ALL THE RECEIPTS FOR THE MAINTENANCE THAT WE RELIGIOUSLY DID ABOUT EVERY 3000 MILES. WE ALSO HAD ANOTHER MECHANIC GO IN AND LOOK AT THE CAR. THE OTHER MECHANIC SAID THAT THESE TYPES OF ENGINES ALWAYS HAD THE PROBLEM OF SLUDGE BUILD UP AND THAT IT WAS NORMAL FOR THE ENGINE AND THAT THE EXTENDED WARRANTY SHOULD COVER IT. Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10071008 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: August 15, 2003 VIN : 2B3HD56U3YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: NOVEMBER 2002 TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP TO REPLACE CAM POSITION SENSOR. JUNE 2003 TAKEN TO DEALER FOR CAM POSITION SENSOR. COMPLAINED TO DEALER OF TICKING NOISE. DEALER TOLD ME THAT IT WAS THE TIMING BELT AND THAT THE VEHICLE WAS IN PERFECT RUNNING CONDITION. AUGUST 2003 LOUD NOISE FROM ENGINE. TOWED TO DEALER. DEALER CLAIMS VEHICLE NEEDS NEW ENGINE IF THEY ARE AVAILABLE FOR A COST OF $7000. Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10071001 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: June 15, 2003 VIN : 2B3HD46R3YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: THIS CAR HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP MORE THAN THE ROAD, AND NOW WE ARE TOLD THAT THE ENGINE IS BEYOND REPAIR, THAT WE WILL HAVE TO PURCHASE A NEW OR REBUILT ENGINE. CONSIDERING THAT I OWE $9000, TO SPEND $4000 TO REPAIR IS BEYOND MY MEANS. WE ORIGINALLY STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS IN 2002 WHEN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WOULD COME ON, AND ACCORDING TO THE DODGE DEALER IN OUR AREA, THE CODE WAS FOR THE LEAK DETECTION SENSOR. THIS LIGHT WOULD COME ON AND STAY ON FOR A WHILE, AND WE WERE TOLD NOT TO WORRY UNTIL IT STARTED FLASHING. MYSTERIOUSLY, THE LIGHT WOULD THEN GO OFF. WE HAD SEVERAL OTHER REPAIRS AFTER THAT FOR THE SAME CODE AND SENSORS/MODULES REPLACED, THEN WE WOULD HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. WE WERE ULTIMATELY TOLD IT WAS A BROKEN WIRE UNDER THE SEAT?. EVENTUALLY, IN JUNE 2003, MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WHEN THE ENGINE JUST SEIZURE, ALMOST CAUSING A REAR-END COLLISION AND HIM SWERVING TO AVOID ONCOMING CARS AND ULTIMATELY ALMOST GOING IN THE DITCH IN FRONT OF A BUSY GAS STATION. THE CAR HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP SINCE, ENGINE SENT TO MACHINE SHOP, AND WE ARE TOLD IT CANNOT BE REPAIRED, AND IF THEY ATTEMPT TO, THEY CANNOT GUARANTEE FOR EVEN A DAY. THE VALVES ALL HAVE TO BE REPLACED, AND THERE ARE LARGE INDENTATIONS IN THE CYLINDER HEADS. EVERY TIME THAT SOMETHING WENT WRONG WITH THIS CAR, IT WOULD DIE IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC. IT IS A HAZARD AND A LEMON! Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10070656 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: August 15, 2003 VIN : Not Available   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: I HAVE ONLY HAD THE CAR LESS THAN A YEAR. REGULAR OIL CHANGES. NEVER ANY PROBLEMS. IT IS A 2.7 ENGINE. WITH 80,000 MILES. WE WERE DRIVING DOWN THE HIWAY AND THE ENGINE SEIZED. NO LIGHTS CAME ON. NO WARNING. MECHANIC SAID THAT THE ENGINE WAS BLOWN THE PISTONS PUSHED UP THROUGH THE HEADS. WE CHANGED OUR OIL AT A SERVICE CENTER REGULARLY. THE MECHANIC SAID IT HAS HAPPENED TO PEOPLE ALL OVER WITH INTREPIDS. Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10069385 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: November 15, 2003 VIN : 2B3HD46ROYH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: STEERING DEVELOPED 'PLAY' IN LATE 10/03. BY 11/12/03 IT WAS CLUNKING, WHEEL WAS COCKED TO THE RIGHT. STEERING WHEEL WOULD STICK/LOCK UP. CONTACTED DEALER IN SANTA ROSA, CA. WAS QUOTED $175 ESTIMATE. LATER, SAME DAY LEARNED THAT RACK WAS BROKEN AND PUMP WAS LEAKING AND COST WOULD BE A MINIMUM $2000 TO REPAIR. I OPTED TO GO TO ANOTHER MECHANIC AND HAD THE CAR TOWED AWAY FROM THE DEALER SHOP. Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10068795 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: June 15, 2003 VIN : 2B3HD46RXYH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: I HAVE ALSO REPLACED FRONT PASSENGER SIDE DOOR LOCK ACTUATOR. NOW THE DRIVER SIDE BACK LOCK ACTUATOR IS GOING OUT. I HAVE NOT FIXED THE RADIO, DASH LIGHTS OR DOME LIGHTS. I AM OUT OF MONEY FOR THE TIME BEING. I HAD TO REFINANCE AND ADD $4900. TO GET MOST OF THE REPAIRS DONE. MY ENGINE BLEW DUE TO SLUDGE AND I NOW HAVE A USED REBUILT ONE THAT WILL PROBABLY DO THE SAME THING. Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10053125 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: January 6, 2004 VIN : 2B3HD46R9YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: 2000 DODGE INTRPID WITH A BLOWN ENGINIE. Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10053517 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: December 20, 2003 VIN : Not Available   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: ENGINE FAILED AT 56,000 MILES. *AK Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10051519 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: August 27, 2003 VIN : 2B3HD46R7YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: CAR WOULD NOT RESTART AFTER STOPPING FOR GAS. I HAD THE CAR WAS TOWED TO A SHOP.I WAS TOLD THAT THE FUEL INJECTOR WAS BAD. HAD IT CHANGED--CAR STILL WOULD NOT START. TWO WEEKS LATER, I WAS TOLD THAT HE COULD NOT FIX IT AND I SHOULD TAKE IT TO THE DEALER. HE CHARGED ME $200 FOR THE FUEL INJECTOR & TOWING. THE DEALER IMMEDIATELY SAID IT WAS THE CRANK SENSOR AND CHANGED IT. THE DEALER THEN CALLED AND SAID THEY CHANGED THE SENSOR AND IT STILL WON'T RUN. HE TOLD ME "YOU HAVE A BIGGER PROBLEM. YOUR ENGINE IS SLUGGED UP." I ASKED HOW THAT COULD BE AND WAS TOLD THAT I MUST NOT HAVE CHANGED THE OIL OFTEN ENOUGH OR USED THE CORRECT OIL. THAT IS TOTALLY WRONG! I TOOK VERY GOOD CARE OF THE CAR AND ALWAYS HAD THE OIL CHANGED REGULARLY. TO REPAIR THE CAR WILL COST $1100 JUST TO ALLOW THEM TO TAKE THE ENGINE APART AND FURTHER DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM (NO CLUE HOW MUCH MONEY AFTER THAT) OR $6000 FOR A NEW ENGINE. I DO NOT HAVE THE MONEY FOR A NEW ENGINE--NOR CAN I AFFORD TO MAKE PAYMENTS ON A CAR THAT WILL NOT GET ME TO WORK. THIS WAS THE LAST PROBLEM IN A LONG LIST OF PROBLEMS IN THE TWO YEARS I HAVE OWNED THE CAR. THE DRIVER WINDOW FELL OFF TRACK, THE PULLEYS AND BELTS WERE REPAIRED OR REPLACED REPEATEDLY, SEVERAL SENSORS HAD TO BE REPLACED. THIS CAR IS A TOTAL LEMON! *AK Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10050308 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: November 19, 2003 VIN : Not Available   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH VEHICLE STALLED AND WOULD NOT RESTART. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER, WHO INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT THERE WAS A BUILD UP OF SLUDGE IN THE ENGINE. DEALER BLAMED THE SLUDGE BUILD UP ON THE CONSUMER, AND WOULD NOT REPAIR THE VEHICLE FREE OF CHARGE.*AK Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10041627 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: August 3, 2003 VIN : 2B3HD56U3YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER IN NOVEMBER OF 2002, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON. TOLD ME THEY NEEDED TO PUT ON COMPUTER TO DIAGNOSE PROBLEM. REPLACED CAM POSITION SENSOR FOR $ 100.00 JUNE 2003, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, VEHICLE KEPT STALLING. I TOLD DEALER THOUGHT IT MAY BE CAM POSITION SENSOR. WAS TOLD NO DIAGNOSIS COULD BE MADE WITHOUT PUTTING IN ON COMPUTER. TOLD BY DEALER CAM POSITION SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. REMINDED DEALER IT WAS REPLACED PREVIOUSLY. TOLD DEALER THERE WAS A TICK NOISE IN ENGINE, WAS TOLD IT WAS THE TIMING BELT AND "WOULD SETTLE DOWN." AUGUST 2003, VEHICLE MAKING LOUD NOISE, TOWED TO DEALER. WAS TOLD VEHICLE IS OUT OF WARRANTY AND ENGINE NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. CONTACTED DODGE CUSTOMER SERVICE AND WAS TOLD THAT A FACTORY REPRESENTATIVE WOULD NOT INVESTIGATE AND THAT DEALER INDICATED VEHICLE WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. DEALER NOR MANUFACTURER WOULD NOT EVEN LOOK IN TO REASON FOR FAILURE UNLESS I WAS WILLING TO PAY FOR ADDITIONAL COSTS. *LA Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10041350 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: July 23, 2003 VIN : 2B3HD46R1YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: ENGINE FAILURE. WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE SHUT DOWN. CAME TO ROLLING STOP. WIFE HAD TO PUSH OUT OF STREET. PULLED CODES HAD A CODE FOR CAM SENSOR. TROUBLE SHOT FOUND CAM NOT TURNING. PULLED VALVE COVER RIGHT BANK. TIMING CHAIN SHATTERED. GUIDES BROKEN, PIECES EVERYWHERE. PULLED LEFT BANK FOUND 4 VALVES BENT. OBSERVED NOMINAL VARNISH COATING ON UPPER HEAD VALVE TRAIN. ENGINE BEING REBUILT AT THIS TIME. VEHICLE HAS 52334 MILES WAS RECENTLY BOUGHT. THANK YOU. *JB Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10041044 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: April 12, 2000 VIN : 2B3HD46R3YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: PURCHASED A 2000 DODGE INTREPID FROM DADELAND DODGE IN MIAMI, FL. THE CAR IS QUALIFIED FOR THE LEMON LAW 3 MONTHS AFTER PURCHASE, BUT UNAWARE OF SUCH A LAW AND NEVER FILED. NOW IT IS TOO LATE. IT IS NOW I DECIDED TO TAKE ACTION SINCE THE ENGINE BLEW ON 04/12/03. MY BROTHER IN LAW WAS DRIVING AND THE ENGINE JUST STOPPED WITHOUT WARNING. I CALLED FOR A TOW TRUCK TO BE TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE CAR HAS ABOUT 65,000 MILES, AND THE EXTENDED WARRANTY SHOULD HAVE COVERED THE REPAIRS; HOWEVER, THE DEALER DECLINED. I ENDED UP PAYING $2,714.87 TO GET THE ENGINE REBUILT. IN ADDITION, I ALSO DON'T HAVE A CAR FOR 2 MONTHS, AND DISPUTED WITH THE DEALER AND EXTENDED WARRANTY COMPANY DURING THAT SPAN. *LA Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10039501 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: September 5, 2003 VIN : 2B3HD46R0YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: EARLY ENGINE FAILURE - TIMING CHAIN TENSIONER FAILURE IN A 2000 DODGE INTREPID 2.7 WITH 56000 WELL MAINTAINED MILES. CAR JUST UPPED AND DIED WITH NO WARNING. INITIAL PROBLEM WAS REPAIRED AT GREAT EXPENSE AND MORE PERIFERAL PROBLEMS ARE SURFACING/ Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10038650 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: September 4, 2003 VIN : 2B3HD46R1YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: SERVICED AT 66000 MILES FOR RUNNING HOT AND ROUGH. MECHANIC FOUND BUILDUP OF SLUDGE ON TOP OF HEAD OVER 1 IN THICK. TIMING CHAIN WORN FROM LACK OF OIL. SUGGESTED NEW ENGINE. MECANICS HAD REPLACED SIMILER ENGINE PREVIOUSLY ON ANOTHER CAR. THEY SAID THIS WAS RECURRING PROBLEM WITH THE 2.7 LITER DUE TO POOR HEAD AND OILING DESIGN. REPLACEMENT ENGINE WAS MODIFIED TO CORRECT THIS. INTERNET SEARCH RETURNED MANY SIMILAR PROBLEMS.*AK Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10030862 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: July 31, 2003 VIN : 2B3HD46R5YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: I HAVE A 2000 DODGE INTREPID, HEARD NOISE WHILE DRIVING AND TOOK INTO DEALER. DEALER SAYS "ENGINE IS SHOT" AND THAT EXTENDED WARRANTY WILL NOT COVER DUE TO SLUDGE. I HAVE ALWAYS HAD MY OIL CHANGED ON TIME AND THEY THE DEALER IS SAYING WE NEVER HAD OIL CHANGED AND IF WE DID THE PLACE WE TOOK IT TO WERE CHARGING US BUT NOT CHANGING OIL. I HAVE SEEN POSTINGS ALL OVER THE INTERNET OF OTHER CONSUMERS WITH THIS SAME PROBLEM FOR THE SAME MAKE, MODEL AND YEAR OF CAR. I STILL OWE ON THIS CAR AND IT WILL BE A GREAT HARDSHIP TO COME UP WITH THE MONEY TO GET A NEW ENGINE. *AK Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10020627 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: May 20, 2003 VIN : 2B3HD46R7YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: I HAVE A 2000 DODGE INTREPID 2.7 LITER ENGINE THAT FAILED WILL I WAS DRIVING IT. IT HAS 80000 MILES ON IT BUT ABSOLUTELY NO SLUDGE. I THE OIL WAS CHANGED EVERY 3000-4000 MILES AND THE MILES ARE ALL FREEWAY MILES. MY MECHANIC HAS STATED THAT THE REAR PISTON AND ROD FAILED. THE PISTON BROKE APART AND DAMAGED THE CYLINDER, HEAD AND VALVES BEYOND REASONABLE REPAIR. I AM FACING THE FACT THAT I NEED TO BUY A REBUILT ENGINE FOR ABOUT $4000 AND NEED IT INSTALLED. I SPOKE TO THE DODGE DEALER WHERE I LEASED THE VEHICLE AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. I SPOKE TO CHRYSLER'S CUSTOMER SERVICE AND THEY TOLD ME IT WAS PAST THE WARRANTY AND THEY COULD DO NOTHING. Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10020617 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: May 27, 2003 VIN : 2B3HD46R3YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: I HAVE A 2000 DODGE INTREPID WITH 72K MILES. EVEN THOUGH IT HAS BEEN PROPERLY MAINTAINED, I NOW HAVE COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE DUE TO POOR DESIGN OF THE OIL SUPPLY PICKUP TUBE. Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : Yes Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10018523 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: December 20, 2001 VIN : 2B3HD46R92H...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: I HAVE FOUND AN EXCELLENT AND INFORMATIVE WEBSITE AGAINST DAIMLER CHRYSLER AT WWW.DAIMLERCHRYSLERVEHICLEPROBLEMS.COM FOR ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE MORE INFORMATION MAINLY IN REGARD TO INTREPID, 300M, CONCORDE, LHS PREMATURE ENGINE, STEERING, TRANSMISSION AND OTHER COMMON FAILURES. I HAVE EXPERIENCED MANY OF THESE PROBLEMS MYSELF AND DAIMLER CHRYSLER SIMPLY DOES NOT CARE, I COULD HAVE EVEN BEEN KILLED IN ONE INSTANCE. AFTER OWN ANOTHER VEHICLE AND PUTTING NEARLY 30,000 MILES ON IT I HAVE NOT HAD ANY OF THE RIDICULOUS PROBLEMS EXPERIENCED WITH CHRYSLER'S DODGE BRAND OF VEHICLES. THERE IS A LOT OF INFORMATION CONSUMERS NEED TO KNOW THAT DAIMLER CHRYSLER DOES NOT WANT YOU TO KNOW ABOUT THESE VEHICLES AND THEIR COMMON PROBLEMS CHRYSLER IGNORES, SOME OF WHICH ARE POTENTIAL SAFETY CONCERNS SUCH AS THE DEFECTIVE SEAT BELT DESIGN CHRYSLER CONTINUES TO USE AND DEFECTIVE STEERING DESIGN AND OR COMPONENTS THAT CAN CAUSE SUDDEN LOOSENESS OR CHANGE OF RESPONSE IN STEERING, WHICH CAN LEAD TO A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. THESE GUYS HAVE BEEN RECEIVING COMPLAINTS DAILY ABOUT THESE PROBLEMS AND HAVE BEEN REFERRING CONSUMERS TO THE NHTSA, I HOPE THAT IN TURN THE NHTSA WILL ADD THIS TO THE LIST OF THEIR COMPLAINTS SO OTHERS WILL ALSO KNOW ABOUT THIS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. *NLM Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10003589 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: December 15, 2002 VIN : 2B3HD46R4YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: DEDEMBER 2002 STARTED CAR AND ENGINE MAKING TERRIBLE NOISE. TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THE ENGINE HAD WENT OUT. THEY HAD TO RE-DO THE ENGINE THAT COST ME $1350.00. I HAD BEEN HEARING A KNOCKING FROM THE FRONT OF THE CAR AND THE STEERING WAS LOOSE. WHEN I TYRNED THE WHEEL LEFT OR RIGHT IT WOULD STICK AND I HAD LOUD POPPING FROM THE STEERING. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND IT WAS THE RACK AND PINION. THAT WAS ON JANUARY 21, 2003. IN THE SAME WEEK I NOTICED OIL LEAKING. THE OIL LIGHT WAS BLINKING ON AND OFF. THE DEALER SAID IT WAS LEAKING DUE TO THE OIL SWITCH. TO FIX THE RACK AND OIL LEAK IT COST ME ANOTHER $1300.00. I AM TRYING TO GET THE DODGE COMPANY TO FESS UP AND PAY FOR THE REPAIRS. THE CAR HAS BEEN WELL MAINTANENCED AND ONLY 51,000 MILES. Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10003789 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: VIN : 2B3HD46R0YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: WHILE SLOWING DOWN TO MAKE A TURN, CONSUMER STATES THE VEHICLE ENGINE DIED, AND CONSUMER HIT A CURVE AS A RESULT. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. TS Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10001633 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: November 14, 2002 VIN : 2B3HD46R5YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: WHILE DRIVING THE VEHILCES OIL LIGHT CAME ON, THEN THERE WAS A LOUD KNOCKING NOISE FROM THE ENGINE, THEN THE VEHICLE DIED OUT. CONSUMER HAD VEHICLE SERVICED BY THE DEALERSHIP WHO INDICATED THAT THE 2.05 ENGINE HAD BLOWN AS A RESULT OF AN OIL LEAK. THEY ALSO INDICATED THAT THE PART IS HARD TO GET DUE TO THIS BEING A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS MAKE/MODEL VEHICLE. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE DETAILS. Check to Request Research. Submit below.