Engine Oil Leaking problems of the 2002 Dodge Intrepid

Noticed antifreeze leaking from under center area of car, attempted to pit in antifreeze, leaked out right away. I checked the oil and it was full of antifreeze. The motor is shot. There was no warning no service lights the car has not been over heated, it was very well maintained by a local dealer.

The contact owns a 2002 Dodge Intrepid. While exiting a highway at 65 mph, the vehicle stalled. He was able to safely shift the vehicle into neutral and coast to the side of the road. After one day of being parked, he noticed oil leakage under the vehicle. The vehicle has not been inspected or repaired by a technician. The current and failure mileages were 110,000.

2002 Dodge Intrepid with oil leak. Consumer states that the vehicles engine has a design flaw which produces high levels of engine oil sludge. After the oil leak was repaired, the check engine light illuminated two months later, the consumer was told the vehicle had a transmission leak.

I own a 2002 Intrepid and the engine lock up 100,000 miles . Check engine light came on check came up gas cap. Was driving and low oil light came on had just check oil it was full. Drove about 10 miles stop check again still full . Checked for leaks none. Went about 2 miles and start knock and locked up. Talked to mechanic said he has rebuilt over `100 of them that have done same thing. Chrysler knew engine was not going to last. Only hold 4. 5 qaurts of oil and oil port holes not big enough for that motor a 2. 7 thanks lyman underwood.

It all started with what I thought was just a broken water connector on the top of the Chrysler 2. 7 liter engine in our 2002 Dodge Intrepid. I replaced the part myself and thought that it was just a simple issue. But the very next day my wife went to work and got stranded when the car overheated again but there was leak this time just an extremely hot engine. After the engine cooled down and I was able to start it again it was clear to me that the engine had cratered and that it was all due to an internal oil problem from the beginning. As I have researched this issue it has become very clear that this is an ongoing problem with this engine and when we took it to a Dodge dealer they were not aware of the problem until I told them about it. After tearing the engine down the dealership said the problem was the same as them others described in the websites, oil sludge causing the internal lubrication to fail. The dealer gave us $800. 00 trade in for a car worth $4000. 00 which we had work very had to pay off early. The only other recourse was to have a used or rebuild installed at a cost of $5500 to $8500. 00 with no guarantee that it would not happen again. So now we have a new used car and a monthly payment again for something that Chrysler knows is a problem but refuses to do anything about.