The right rear door lock makes a weird noise, and will not unlock after it has been locked.
My engine blew at 79, 000 miles. I had to replace it for close to $6000.
When I first bought this car in late July of 2004, I had no idea that the 2.7 liter engine has a bad reputation.
One afternoon in October of 2004, the car started to make a weird and loud tapping noise from the engine I checked the oil, but it was full. I went out the very next morning to see if it still made the noise. It sure did, and even louder than the day before. I decided to go ahead and change the oil myself (even thou I still had 1,500 miles left to go). I noticed that the oil was very dark and even had a milky look to it, which is a good indication that something is wrong with the engine. I did an engine flush, but that seemed to do no good. Later that week I was going down the road when all of a sudden, the oil light started to flash off and on very rapidly. The engine failed. I managed to restart it and get it home without any problems, but right when I got home it stalled again and could not get it restarted. I had it towed to the dealership. They said just about the same thing to me as they said to all the people who have had this problem, the engine had a lot of oil sludge in it, and that the previous owners did not take care of it. But even worse, the oil pump was malfunctioning, the oil filter was clogged (just changed it), and the rod bearings and pistons broke. The price to fix the car was more than what it is worth. I had the engine replaced by another automotive shop using a re-manufactured engine.
Dodge needs to take responsibility for this, and admit to what they have done.
Another Dodge 2.7 sludge death. Someone wasn't changing the oil when they should have been, me thinks.
Your oil light came on yet you still tried to get home regardless? That $6000 ride home had better have been a good one :)
In all seriousness, if you changed the oil and noticed some sludge, that would have been the appropriate time to have the engine looked at, not after it seized up. Yes, the 2.7 is prone to this problem, but if you search the web and even the reviews on this site, there are some good preventative maintenance tips for this engine. You'll spend some extra time and money changing your oil, but if it saves you a blown engine...
If you had performed simple basic maintenance, your problems could have been avoided.
2001 dodge intrepid 2.7 liter maintaince was properly performed. engine oil passages plugged up at 57000 miles. I had to take a $9000 loss to get out of this car. chrysler should be ashamed. I will never own any of there products again.
Hi, have a 99...dodge held my car for 13months finally a rebuilt engine the cost on me...2900.00 later in dec of 2004 I got her back... last sunday...not even 4months on the road had to have her towed to dodge, I blew a rod they said and had no oil in it... so here I sit broken hearted... walking or taking a cab! let me know anything
immaryj@aol.com.
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