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CarComplaints.com Notes: The Dodge Intrepid, Stratus & other Chrysler sedans are infamous for oil sludge problems with the 2.7L V6 engine. If someone offers to sell you a 2.7L V6 model, it's only worth the price of the scrap metal it's going to shortly turn into.
NOTE: Only the 2.7L V6 has the oil sludge problem. Our "Avoid like the Plague" designation is ONLY for models with the 2.7L V6 engine. All other available engines are very reliable with no major problems.
Even with regular maintenance, the oil sludge defect eventually destroys the 2.7L engine typically around 80,000-100,000 miles. The only true fix we know about is to put in the larger 3.2L engine, which has a great reputation.
This issue was never deemed a safety defect by the Feds, so there was no recall. In the end, Chrysler got away with FOUR YEARS worth of defective 2.7L V6 engines in their sedans.
9.5
really awful- Typical Repair Cost:
- $2,500
- Average Mileage:
- 102,750 miles
- Total Complaints:
- 4 complaints
Most Common Solutions:
- not sure (4 reports)
electrical problem
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A D V E R T I S E M E N T S
I own a 1999 dodge intrepid and at first everyone told me it was a piece of sh*t car. But me, with my hope and my past of taking the bus everywhere, I didn't car what people said, I just thought these cars needed tlc!! ya riggghhhhtttt!!!!! first the car over heated! changed the water pump, the sensors, the relays and finally the damn thing stopped over heating. Now the battery light kept turning on and turned off in front of my house!!!!! so we changed the battery. 90 bucks we didn't have to spare but with sacrifice did so, and the damn light still turned on ughhh! So then we figured the fuse was blown! which it was! We bought a box of fuses, replaced the blown ones and guess what?!!! the light still f*cking came on!!!!!!! finally my bf said oh don't worry it won't shut down it has a new battery! So, I'm cleaning and he says take me to work and I do so, he begins to notice that the radio started cutting off and then shut down!!!! We made it to his job with no problems! And then when he took his key out to put my key in so he could take his keys to work. The damn sh*t wouldn't restart!!!!! jump started and he assured me I would make it home! noooot!!!! I made it 5 minutes from where he works and it started jerking and then everything electrical turned off!!!! SCARED OUT OF MY MIND (no brake signals, no turning signals, no mph, no gears nothing!!! ) I turned into a gas station and then got stranded!!!!!! no one could pick me up finalllllly one of my friends came and now my car is stuck at a mobil gas station!!! and me at home with fear it will get towed!!!! :(
- afloresflorida, Davie, FL, US