2000 Chrysler Intrepid ES from North America - Comments

My 2000 Intrepid is a beauty. I've had to put a few minor repairs into it including a ball joint & control arm, driver's side link kit etc.. which is normal wear & tear on a vehicle that is almost 6 yrs. old. But now, I'm getting an annoying ticking coming from what I think is a lifter problem. Have had the car into numerous Chrysler dealerships and they all tell me the same, to expensive of a job to replace a lifter so I'm just gonna have to put up with this ticking or spend about $800 on repairing it.

Watch out! She's gonna blow!

I bought one of these with the 2.7L engine in July 2006. Five weeks later it wouldn't start. A mechanic at a local service company tells me that there is history with these engines and typically they are not repairable. He suspects the timing chain has broken and that with the design of the engine, it is very likely that there is further damage and not likely worth the cost to investigate. Used engines are in excess of $2,000 and there is no guarantee the problem won't repeat itself!

The local Chrysler dealer tells me that the replacement engine would be almost $6,000. More than I paid for the car from a small reseller.

From what I've seen and read in other postings, I believe that Chrysler should bear some of the responsibility for repair. Fat chance!

I've owned a couple of Caravans with good luck, but after reading their transmission horror stories and experiencing this engine with the Intrepid, I doubt that I will ever own another Chrysler and will definitely not recommend them to anyone else.

1999 chrysler intrepid SE. I've had the car 6 years and came away with mixed opinions. As a family vehicle it's right up there in comfort and good value. The problems I experienced was mostly from that infamous 2.7 engine, it burns more oil than your average home furnace. what it lacks in overall engine design it makes up in overall pleasure of driving. I recommend this vehicle without the 2.7 engine.

2.7 liter engine will survive indefinitely if synthetic oil is used. If not, it will die. (Just passed 200,000 kilometers and it still runs like new.)

I bought my 99 Chrysler Intrepid in 2002, it had at the time 110000 kms, ever since the moment I bought it I had to spend between 300 and 600 dls every 3 months. Don't ever buy an intrepid, they are horrible cheap built cars, even when you take good care of them they are a very unreliable vehicle. Power windows broke in different occasions as well as the locking system, the heating systems broke down, and the engine started to leak and burn oil at 130000 kms, I had to put a bottle of oil in the car every week so that I could keep it running. I would never ever buy another intrepid and I don't recommend it to my worst enemy.