CarComplaints.com Notes: The Dodge Stratus, Intrepid & 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. Also the 2.4L engine doesn't have the oil sludge problem.
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.
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Please tell me if there is an recall for the control that turns on the heat and the air? I had mine replaced and the knob that turns on keeps on breaking, now it only works on high, I also had the lights looked at on the inside of the car, the over head and the dash board, mileage I can't see because it said door is ajar. All this has been looked at by an Dodge dealer and claimed to be fixed by them. But it's not, when I put a new fuse in it works for about ten minutes, then it goes out. There must be an short some where I don't know. Can't you please check into to this for me.
- Bethel, OH, USA
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- Bethel, OH, USA