2000 Dodge Intrepid Base from North America - Comments

21st Jul 2004, 19:10

"A lemon"

What things have gone wrong with the car?

The door locks started buzzing at around 10,000 km, I brought my vehicle to the Chrysler/Dodge dealership, and the employee told me that it was not in my warranty. I got angry at the man, and I went to my mechanic (he is a family friend) he told me straight forward that Chrysler are not reliable cars. He told me to watch out about the 2.7 liter engine. 1 WEEK LATER MY ENGINE BLEW AT 18,000 KM! I went to the dealership once again, and the same employee told me that I did not take proper care of this car. I knew for a fact that this was about to happen, because my mechanic told me. The employee told me it is going to cost me around 4000$ just to replace the engine. Because I use my car often for my job, I told him to fix it, and also to fix the buzzing on the door locks. In total it came out to 8500$ For curiosity, I went to a used car dealership, and asked for a price quote, after about 20 minutes, he comes out with a paper and tels me if I want to sell it, it will be sold for 13,000$ I was in shock! I purchased this automobile 2 months before for 24,000$ I had to continue making payments on this car, and after 43,000 km, MY ENGINE BLEW AGAIN! I put a used engine in my car, and now I have it at 56,000 km, and I'm planning to sell it, but they probably won't give me more than 5,000$ for this piece of junk.

General comments?

Big and spacious, very big trunk. Smooth ride at the beginning 10,000 km.


1st Aug 2004, 20:11

I kind of believe you, my engine blew at 21,000 km, and the doors (I'm not sure if it's the doors, or the door locks) started buzzing at 20,000 km. The Dodge/Chrysler dealership said I did not take care of my automobile also. If anybody knows where I can sign a petition for a class action suit, please tell me.

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