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Search Results   Report Date : November 21, 2009 at 10:18 AM Search Type : VEHICLE Year : 2000 Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID  Results : 224 | All records displayed   Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10286102 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: November 23, 2007 VIN : 2B3HD46R2YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 DODGE INTREPID. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH THE VEHICLE BEGAN LOOSING POWER AND SLOWING DOWN. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO SAFELY MANEUVER THE VEHICLE TO THE EMERGENCY LANE. NO WARNINGS LIGHTS ILLUMINATED WHEN THE FAILURE OCCURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE MOTOR FAILED AND THE REPAIR COST WOULD BE $7,000. NO REPAIRS HAVE BEEN MADE. THE MANUFACTURER INFORMED THE CONTACT TO TAKE THE VEHICLE A DIFFERENT DEALER TO BE INSPECTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 78,000. 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 : 10281129 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: June 27, 2009 VIN : Not Available   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: DRIVING ALONG ROADWAY CAR MADE LOUD NOISE AND STALLED COULD NOT RESTART CAR HAD TOWED TO GARAGE AND WAS TOLD ENGINE HAD SEIZED NEEDS TO BE REPLACED HAD NO WARNING WILL COST BETWEEN 2000AND 3500 TO REPLACE 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 : 10274248 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: July 15, 2006 VIN : 2B38D46R0Y8...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 DODGE INTREPID. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A PINGING NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THEY FOUND SLUDGE BUILD-UP IN THE ENGINE. THE DIAGNOSTIC COST $235. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP AND INSPECTED BY A TECHNICIAN, WHO DETERMINED THAT THE ENGINE FAILED. THE ENGINE WAS REPLACED WITH A REBUILT ENGINE AT THE COST OF $4,210. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER AND WAS ADVISED TO SEND THE ROUTINE MAINTENANCE RECEIPTS TO THE CHRYSLER DEALER TO DETERMINE IF SHE WOULD RECEIVE REIMBURSEMENT. THE CONTACT HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY COMPENSATION OR A FOLLOW UP CALL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 82,532 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 110,000. UPDATED 08/04/09 *BF UPDATED 08/05/09.*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 : 10273679 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: January 9, 2009 VIN : 2B3HD46R4YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: I OWN A 2000 DODGE INTREPID. EARLIER THIS YEAR IT JUST FAILED, ENGINE SEIZED. COME TO FIND OUT THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE 2.7L ENGINE SEIZING BECAUSE OF OIL SLUDGE. I WAS DIRECTED BY A WEB SITE TO FILE A COMPLAINT HERE BECAUSE YOU WERE VERY INTERESTED IN THIS SPECIFIC ITEM. *TR 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 : 10273097 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: June 7, 2009 VIN : 2B3HD46R4YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 DODGE INTREPID. WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 68-69 MPH WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL ACTIVATED, THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE WENT HIGH AND THE OIL WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE CONTACT PULLED THE VEHICLE OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND NOTICED A SMALL FIRE UNDER THE HOOD. THE FUSE BOX AND SEVERAL WIRES WERE MELTED. THE CONTACT EXTINGUISHED THE FLAMES. THE POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS ARRIVED AT THE SCENE AND BOTH FILED REPORTS. IT WAS UNKNOWN IF THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED AT THAT TIME. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 114,000. UPDATED 07/17/09 *BF UPDATED 07/20/09.*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 : 10267784 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: March 5, 2009 VIN : 2B3HD46R3YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 DODGE INTREPID. WHEN THE CONTACT MERGED INTO TRAFFIC AT 40 MPH, SHE HEARD A CLICKING SOUND AND THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STOPPED. SHE WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE AND DRIVE HOME. THE FOLLOWING DAY, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START AND WAS TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP. THE DIAGNOSTIC INDICATED THAT OIL SLUDGE DAMAGED THE ENGINE. THE REPAIR COST WAS ESTIMATED AT $5,000. THE MANUFACTURER WILL BE NOTIFIED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 135,646. 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 : 10267050 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: January 17, 2009 VIN : 2B3HD46R5YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 DODGE INTREPID. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLS WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER AND THEY REPLACED THE ECM. IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE REPAIR, THE FAILURE RESURFACED. SHE HAD THE VEHICLE RE-INSPECTED AND IT WAS FOUND THAT THE CAM SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AT THE COST OF $429. THE COMPONENT WAS REPLACED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 156,000. 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 : 10264761 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: June 15, 2006 VIN : 2B3HD46R9YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: IN JUNE OF 2006 MY 200 DODGE INTREPID I TOOK MY CAR IN FOR ROUTINE SERVICE AND FOUND THAT MY CAR HAD OILSLUDGE AND HAVE NOT HAD IT RUNNING SINCE, DUE TO THE FACT THAT I DON'T WANT TO HAVE ENGINE FAILURE. I HAVE BEEN INVESTIGATING THE POSSIBILITIES OF RECOMPENSE FROM THE MOTOR COMPANY BUT HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIND OUT MUCH AS OF YET EXCEPT THAT IT IS STILL IN PROCESS. I FEEL THAT I AM ENTITLED TO HAVING MY ENGINE REPLACED, SINCE I STILL PAID OFF THE CAR AND HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO DRIVE. *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 : 10263671 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: January 17, 2009 VIN : 2B3HD46R6XH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: 2000 DODGE INTREPID ENGINE FAILURE WHILE DRIVING. LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND BRAKES. THE ENGINE STARTED KNOCKING AND QUIT RUNNING. COST TO REPLACE THE ENGINE IS $2200.00 FOR USED ENGINE WHICH DOES NOT INCLUDE LABOR. AUTOMOBILE IS PARKED AT HOME. THIS VEHICLE WAS ALSO TAKEN TO DEALER WHO ALSO STATED COST FOR NEW ENGINE AND LABOR WOULD BE $5000.00. *TR Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10262868 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: February 27, 2009 VIN : 2B3HD46R0YH...   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: 2000 DODGE INTREPID MOTOR FAILURE DUE TO OIL SLUDGE BUILDUP DESPITE REGULAR OIL CHANGES. *TR Check to Request Research. Submit below. Make : DODGE Model : INTREPID Year : 2000 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC   Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0 ODI ID Number : 10260290 Number of Deaths: 0 Date of Failure: February 10, 2009 VIN : Not Available   Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Summary: MY WATER PUMP BLEW UNEXPECTEDLY WHILE DRIVING TO THE GAS STATION WITHOUT ANY PREVIOUS PROBLEMS OR INDICATIONS OF A PROBLEM WHATSOEVER. I THANKFULLY WAS TURNING INTO A GAS STATION WHEN MY CAR SUDDENLY STALLED AND WAS ABLE TO CONTINUE ROLLING IN THE PARKING LOT AND JUST MADE IT BEFORE AN ONCOMING CAR ALMOST HIT ME. I TOOK THE CAR TO A LOCAL REPAIR WHERE IT COST 834$ 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.