Coolant Leaking problems of the 2000 Dodge Intrepid

Two problems related to coolant leaking have been reported for the 2000 Dodge Intrepid. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2000 Dodge Intrepid based on all problems reported for the 2000 Intrepid.

1 Coolant Leaking problem

Failure Date: 05/01/2008

2000 Intrepid 2. 7l engine started with frequent oil loss starting at 1. 5l between oil changes and ending at nearly 6l between oil changes. No signs of burning, or leaking, and no oil was found in the coolant. Then a noise could be heard in the engine a, rattling noise, engine quit before noise could be diagnosed. A few weeks later it was discovered that the cam sensor was out, replaced it car run. The noise persisted and was diagnosed as the crank bearing was shot. The engine failed critically shortly after. 1998 concord, purchased to replace Intrepid, engine already failed and was replaced with a new engine from Chrysler by the time I bought it the new engine had roughly 85 000 km on it. This concord has a complete service history through our local mechanic since day of purchase in 1998. The previous owner kept up to date on all oil changes up and until I received the vehicle. I have been driving the vehicle for about 1 or 2 months and recently had its oil changed at the 6000km mark. Only a day or 2 ago the car on start up has been making a rattle noise for about 2 sec then stops. That means I have between 2 cars seen 2 2. 7l catastrophic failures and am probably going to see a third. One I could admit to maybe being my fault in some way, 2 is defiantly stretching it, 3. . . . There is a problem and its not the fault of the consumer, something needs to be done. Chrysler needs to resolve this issue for all impacted customers.

2 Coolant Leaking problem

Failure Date: 10/05/2003

Engine light comes on during a road trip with my daughter to woodfield,OH from columbus. Mechanic says I'm lucky the engine didn't blew up before I got there. Mechanic says there was only a pint of oil in my car yet I saw no signs of oil burning or leaking and an oil change had been done earlier in the year. Mechanic puts new oil in, scans and resets the car so the engine light doesn't stay on. After that, I started my trip back home and everything seems fine, then 10-15 minutes in the trip the engine light comes back on so I turn around and head back to the mechanic. On the way back I could feel the engine kicks back and almost stall out. Again, I was lucky to make it back to the mechanic. While car is parked and engine is running, you could hear the engine revving up and then it would idle back down. It would do this a few times and then stall out. Mechanic does another evaluation and determines that a new engine is needed and the car cannot be driven. A week later I got my car towed back to columbus (the car broke down in woodsfield, OH) and had it checked again by a mechanic in columbus. They told me the same thing that the engine needs replaced because the water pump housing is damaged and there is no coolant in the overflow and felt that I could not have prevented this. So I called around to get estimates on replacing the engine and every place I called, they said that they've had lots of complaints about the Dodge Intrepid's 2. 7 liter engine. They say that the oil is not getting to the top of the engine. One place told me they replaced this engine almost once a week. So now I'm stuck with having to come up with several thousand dollars to replace a faulty engine. The fact that the safety of my daughter and I was jeopardized because this is becoming a common problem, and that there isn't even an investigation going on, leaves me very upset. I hope something will be done about this soon.




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