9.0
pretty badTypical Repair Cost:
$2,816.00
Average Mileage:
108,021 miles
Total Complaints:
24 complaints
Most common solutions:
- replace engine (11 reports)
- not sure (6 reports)
- dump the car (5 reports)
- replace timing chain (2 reports)
engine problem
Helpful Websites About 2001 Dodge Intrepid knocking noise from engine
2009Aug 24
Intrepid SE 2.7L
- Automatic transmission
- 105,000 miles
Connecting rod bearing went. Had a garage replace the engine with one from the wreckers then that engine let go a week later with the same problem. Lucky the garage honored their warranty and replaced the engine again. The latest engine is running ok but now the tranny started acting up and won't shift out of second gear.
DO NOT BUY A DODGE.
2009Jul 15
Intrepid SE 2.7L
- Automatic transmission
- 92,000 miles
i wish i had known. will not ever by dodge again. please inform me of recall. still owe 5000 on this car and its worth nothing. very depressing situation. there really should be a recall on this engine after all the complaints i have read. all of our complaints are the same. also had multi sensors go out. all of this happened at once.
A D V E R T I S E M E N T S
2009Jun 23
Intrepid ES V6
- Automatic transmission
- 131,000 miles
This car has been hell from day one. We bought from a small dealer. I cant even tell you how many problems we've had. We got some leak fixed in it for $300, THEN a week later, a knock in the engine. We were driving it to a place to have it looked at and it stopped running on the side of the road. We had to pay $100 to get it towed. The thing is f*cking junk and we arnt getting it fixed and never buying a dodge again. We found out it will cost $3,000 to fix it. F*CK THAT!
2009Jun 08
Intrepid SE 2.7L
- Automatic transmission
- 100,000 miles
THIS PIECE OF SH*T LEFT ME ON THE F**king SIDE ROAD YESTERDAY IM READy TO GO PARK THIS SH*T IN THE DEALER AND TELL THEM I DON'T WANT IT AND F*CK THEIR CREDIT
2009Feb 06
Intrepid LS 2.7L V6
- Automatic transmission
- 178,000 miles
well i am a 24 year old single mother of 3 children with no transportation. i got my income tax and went to this guy selling this car..well i had my lipstick on for this one...i purchased it on 2-06-09 and this is 4-28-09 and its still not fixed ..nobody wants to fix it for me much less even work on it..the guy i bought it from told me that it was just the water pump out, so i was like ok ill tow it and have that fixed..he sold me the car for $1400..well guess what the trade in value of this junk is...$100...yeah $100!!! I'm so mad..i got the water pump put in and really the water pump was bad but now there is a terrible knocking in the top of the motor and it is taking power from the car...needless to say its still not drivable...
A D V E R T I S E M E N T S
2009Feb 19
Intrepid 2.7L V6
- Automatic transmission
- 96,500 miles
It was funny, I just bought the vehicle less than a month before the engine problem started. One day while I was driving, I noticed the engine was knocking, and at the same time, a loud noise was coming from the engine. Next, the engine just shut down on me, and that repeated itself several times in the middle of the road, which is really embarrassing since everyone can then see that you car looks like a joke.
2009Feb 17
Intrepid ES 2.7L
- Automatic transmission
- 128,000 miles
TIMING TENSIONER!!!!! KNOCKING NOISE CAME FROM ENGINE, THEN CAR JUST SHUT OFF WHILE I WAS IN THE FAST LANE OF THE FREEWAY!!! TOOK IT TO THE SHOP AND THEY TOLD ME THAT IT WAS BETTER TO JUST GET RID OF THE CAR BECAUSE ONCE THIS HAPPENS THERE'S A DOMINO EFFECT AND SOMETHING IS CONSTANTLY GOING TO HAPPEN.
2007Sep 19
Intrepid SE 2.7L V6
- Automatic transmission
- 117,000 miles
I purchased my car from the Auction as a Run and Drive item. It drove for about 2 hrs then a loud noise came from under the hood as if there were some men with hammers under there. imagine that 2 hrs
2008Jul 16
Intrepid SE 2.7L
- Automatic transmission
- 120,000 miles
I WISH I KNEW ABOUT THIS SITE BEFORE I BOUGHT IT. THIS CAR IS CHEWED UP GRASS THAT EQUALS BULLSHIT.
A D V E R T I S E M E N T S
2008Apr 28
Intrepid SE 2.7L
- Automatic transmission
- 125,000 miles
It hasn't cost anything yet, because we were on our way to my sons wedding and as a result of the cam sensor going out, and the rod going, the engine failed. I will not put another dime in this car.
2008May 14
Intrepid SE 2.7L
- Automatic transmission
- 125,000 miles
My 01 Intrepid is a piece of sh*t. It is now sitting in my parking space at my apt. The oil light came on and i drove 2 blocks with a very LOUD knock, they say i threw a bearing. 6 months ago i had to replace the timing chain. This is all due to oil sludge I believe, Now I am stuck with a car I still owe on. Let me know if there are any law suits for this piece of sh*t car.
2008May 07
Intrepid SE 2.7L
- Automatic transmission
- 151,000 miles
I purchased this car in December 2007 as a replacement for my 1993 Suzuki Swift that got totaled. I thought I was getting a nice, reliable car that would get decent gas mileage. I was also very happy that the car was spacious enough to take my MR/DD clients in if there wasn't a company car available. I needed the car in a hurry, and at only $3000 I figured that I was getting a great deal on a good car. It even had one of those Carfax history reports that didn't have anything negative on it!!
About 3 months in, I noticed a ticking sound when I took my foot off the gas pedal. It sounded similar to a 10-speed bike coasting down a hill. I had a few mechanically inclined friends listen to it, and they assured me that it wasn't a big deal, nothing to worry about, don't waste money on a mechanic. 2 of them were even former Intrepid owners! On May 7, not even 6 months after I got the car, while driving down the interstate, the car began making a VERY LOUD knocking sound. I know that this is very bad, despite my limited knowledge of cars, so I got off the interstate as soon as possible. I made it to a stop sign where all I had to do was get across the street and straight into a park and ride lot. The car died and would not start again. I was forced to get behind the car and push it by myself across the road and into the parking lot. I can only imagine what would have happened if the car had died in the fast lane of the interstate.
I had the car towed to a local shop, and the mechanic was able to tell me within 5 minutes WITHOUT EVEN TEARING THE ENGINE APART that it was so clogged up with oil sludge that the engine was essentially seized. He did confirm this by tearing the engine apart later. My options: replace with a "remanufactured" 2.7 L engine at a cost of $4300. (the company that does the remanufacturing claims that they have corrected the problem with the engine, but I haven't been able to find enough customer input to quell my doubts.) Replace the engine with a 3.2 or 3.5 L engine at a cost of up to $3800, depending on the source for the engine, parts needed, etc. (From forums for dodge intrepid owners, I've found many success stories for this method, and the occasional problems from the switch over are easily solved.) Have my engine reconditioned (cleaned out) at a cost of $6000+. My last option: be stuck with a very nice looking yard ornament that has full auto coverage and a $150 per month car payment and walk or bicycle to work.
I've chosen to do the conversion, I can't be without my car and the bank won't finance me for any more money. I found a family friend to do the work, a conversion manual from ebay (search the motors section for 2.7 to 3.2 conversion manual, seller name daytrepper, only $20), and an engine from a junk yard for about $1000. If I'm lucky, I might be able to get out of this at around $2000. Thank god for the "Economic Stimulus Payment", that's going to pay for parts!
My advice: 1) Avoid purchasing the 2.7 L engine at all costs, no matter how well maintained or low mileage it is. 2) If you have one, use synthetic oil, keep all your receipts, and be on good terms with a mechanic you trust. 3) If you get "sludged" like I did, and have to fix it, don't replace with another 2.7 L engine. Even if you find one it's going to be more expensive than a 3.2 or 3.5, and the slight loss of gas mileage is worth it to have a reliable car.
2008Jan 01
Intrepid SE 2.7L V6
- Automatic transmission
- 160,000 miles
Bought this car from a rental car dealership in Dothan, AL in 2001. Never liked the car when they first came out, but fell in love with the roomy interior and solid, comfortable ride. It had 22,000 miles on it when I bought it, and I continued to put another 150,000 on it. I recently had just got done filling it up with gas, then accelerated on the on ramp to the interstate when it made a real hard shift and then started to make a really soft ticking sound at low torque settings. Checked the oil, and there was none on the dipstick. So, filled it up and took it to get an oil change. I had always run full synthetic oil in it. That didn't make a difference. Still ticking. This progressed for about a month, then the ticking got more prominent and louder. Took to the Dodge dealership in Wheeling, WV, where they proceeded to tell me all about the problems with this engine. After talking with them, I came to the decision to drive it until it quit (I wasn't about to pay $6000 to put an engine in a car that was now worth about $5000). Well, I had a military school to go to that was 1000 miles away, so, like always, I drive my happy self to it. Car makes it with no further problems, but the same one. After about 5 days of being at the school, the ticking progresses into a knocking that can be heard halfway across post. The A/C isn't blowing cold air anymore, and the check engine light is coming on intermittently. Sooo...take it back to the dealer, right? I take off down the road (because it is still driving fine with the exception of the noise) and get about halfway to the dealership when I just can't take the noise anymore. I pull over and decide to call my roadside assist from my insurance to tow it the rest of the way. Before I get to shut the car off, as soon as I slow to idle, it begins to get the dry heaves and almost quits, with the oil pressure light coming on intermittently. So, it gets towed to the dealer. Same answer, except now they tell me that one cylinder is not getting compression (suspected rod breakage). New engine costs close to $8000 installed, so (no brainer) I proceed to look for a new car and find one. Now I am trying to sell the shell of a great car that gave me over 150,000 miles of reliability. Good luck, right?
A D V E R T I S E M E N T S
2008Feb 04
Intrepid 2.7L
- Automatic transmission
- 84,506 miles
I have read other complaints regarding the 2.7 . I purchase a 1999 Intrepid with 130,000 km. on it a year and half ago for my daughter to travel back and forth to school from a local used car dealer. Initially the car ran fine so when my son was looking for a car I went back to the same dealer and you guessed it I bought a 2001 Intrepid. It had problems from the start, oil light, engine light and the ever popular engine knock. It went back to the dealer where he " fixed the problems". To make a long story short I ended up replacing the motor at a cost of $5,000.00 dollars. My daughters car started to experience the same problems so back to the dealer we went. Again he " fixed the problems", changed sensors ect;. There was never any mention of sludge or problems with the 2.7, this is something that I found out about later on sites like this. These cars have left both my kids stranded on the side of the road in the middle of winter. As it stands now I've got one on the road and one in the driveway waiting for a new motor (maybe). It's bad enough that anybody has to be stuck with one of these pieces of s**t, but be thankful you don't have two. Chrysler never again.
2008Feb 20
Intrepid SE 2.7L V6
- Automatic transmission
- 80,000 miles
We got this car from my Father-In-Law who bought it at an auto auction for $3,000 in mid 2006. He drove it daily for a year and a half and then gave it to us. It ran like a top, my wife drove it around town and even took some extended trips in it.
In January she drove 600 miles to visit me where I was working. No problems, she then drove home, no problems. Then, in February, she had a business meeting 325 miles away she drove to. When she arrived there it was running fine. The next morning she started it up and there was a loud tapping noise from the engine. She checked the oil and it didn't have any. She had just checked the oil before leaving home so it had ran out of oil during the 325 miles she'd driven. She filled it with oil and did her daily driving while there on her business trip. No problems. After the week had passed she was ready to come home. She checked the oil, it was still full and started driving home. Her family lives about half way between where she was on business and home so she stopped there to spend a couple of days. There she checked the oil, had to add 1 quart, and then headed on home, she got 100 miles from home and the engine started knocking really loudly, also loosing power. It was about a half a quart low on oil. We had it towed home and that's where it sits now.
I have contacted mechanics and I can't even get one to work on it due to this engines reputation. I had one guy tell me he would put a 3.2L engine in it for $3,000 (that includes changing the wiring harness and cpu). That's what my Father-In-Law paid for the thing in the first place.
I think I'm just gonna call the junk yard and tell them they can have it. Never to buy Chrysler again.
2008Mar 07
Intrepid SE 2.7L V6
- Automatic transmission
- 35,000 miles
I purchased a blown 2001 Dodge intrepid. the engine on this car was already blown I brought it for 1500 dollars because the car was in great physical shape I had some money in the bank to install another engine. I went to American engine Installation over at the Tampa location. they took the old engine out and installed a brand new one( so im told). 17 months later, by the way I kept up with the Oil Changes. the engine started to knock. my mechanic told me that he suspected that their might be a problem with the engine, of course im in denial.. I took the Car back to where they did the engine work. ( American Engine Installations), they tell me that the engine is shot. I need a new one. the rod was pushing up against the head. thats what they are telling me. anyway I need a new engine. my mechanic tells me that the timing chain is bad . however I do not like what i am reading on Autobeef. OH did i mention if i want the car fixed, I need to pay for the Labor of the new engine ($2000). as per contract. the point i am making here is that the complain is NOT against American Engine Installation, but against Chrysler for their crappy engines 2.7v v6 engines, HOW CAN A NEW ENGINE JUST NOT WORK ONE DAY??. Now I see why.
THEY SHOULD MAN UP OR WOMAN UP AND RECALL THE 2.7L V6 engines..
its the right thing to do...
2008Apr 08
Intrepid Gold 2.7L
- Automatic transmission
- 113,000 miles
DON'T BUY THE DODGE INTREPID. JUST CAME FROM MECHANIC AND TOLD ME HE HAD ABOUT 3 IN HIS SHOP IN THE LAST MONTH AND A STEADY FLOW FOR A WHILE NOW. MATTER FACT SAID CANT KEEP ANY OF THE ENGINES IN BECAUSE THEY KEEP HAVING TO GO OUT TO FIX CARS. ALSO SINCE THE ENGINES ARE IN SUCH HIGH DEMAND SINCE THEY KEEP MESSING UP, YOU CAN EXPECT TO PAY TOP DOLLAR. SOUNDS GREAT HUGH. NOT SURE WHICH YEARS HAVE THE DEFECT BUT HEARD THIS WHOLE LINE SUX. I HAVE AN '01. GUESS THATS WHY THEY DID AWAY WITH THEM. IM PISSED JUST GRADUATED FROM COLLEGE AND NOW HAVE TO TAKE OUT ANOTHER LOAN. THANKS DODGE! I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER AMERICAN CAR AGAIN. MY MECHANIC ALSO SAID MOST OF PARTS ARE MADE OVERSEAS ANYWAY. ME TRYING TO SUPPORT THE AMERICAN WORKER. F*&K DODGE! SHOULDA BOUGHT A HONDA OR SOMETHING AT LEAST I WOULDA GOT BETTER GAS MILEAGE. SO AGAIN DON'T DO IT TO YOURSELF SAVE YOURSELF THE HEADACHE. F*&K DODGE! OH YEAH HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY.
2008Jan 14
Intrepid SE 2.7L
- Automatic transmission
- 71,000 miles
Ok, my 2001 Intrepid, which I bought brand new, now has the engine knocking. No one around, except for the DODGE dealer wants to touch it. Frankly, I'm not sure its worth fixing. One guy says to replace the timing chain and the next says its junk and the only way to fix it is to replace the engine. What are we supposed to do?? I can't afford to replace the engine nor can I afford a car payment! And who the hell is going to buy my car, when the engine is junk??? Any advice?
2007Nov 27
Intrepid SE 2.7L V6
- Automatic transmission
- 108,000 miles
Seven hours from home and the engine starts knocking. My wife and I were stranded
along I-71 heading North in Sunbury Ohio. We still owe $2,000.00 on the car and the garage is saying $4,000.00 to fix the problem. After reading the other complaint's
I'm afraid to invest any more money in this car. Thanks Daimler/Chrysler I will be
taking my business elsewhere.
2007Oct 30
(reported on)Intrepid SE 2.7L V6
- Automatic transmission
- 92,500 miles
Bought the car in July, it is now end of October. Had 83000 miles on it when bought. I drove it over 2k miles in one weekend, mostly interstate and mountain driving. No problems at all! The past few weeks it begins this clicking noise, when idling. So I change the oil early, didn't stop. Then I began to hear it whenever it wasn't in overdrive. It was really bad when coming from a stop, or trying to pass!! I just sent it to the shop today, they asked me about how often I changed the oil, and such. i don't have another vehicle, so one of the shop guys brought me home. he told me that he has hear some pretty bad horror stories about the 2.7 liter engines. I haven't heard back from the shop yet, I've got an extended warranty. If they don't stand behind it, there will be court costs, because a college student working part-time at pizza hut, does not have an abundance of cash lying around to pay for a new engine.
2007Oct 23
(reported on)Intrepid SE
- Automatic transmission
- 120,000 miles
I just got my car back from the dealer again 3rd time this year for a knocking noise!! Well this time they told me they can't fix it cause it is not the timing chain anymore it is now the Pistons going out he said it would cost to much to fix and would be a waste of my time and his to fix he said trade it off or drive it till it dies or what ever but I am so tired of my Dodge I wish i could drive it off a CliFF. Everyone I know With any kind of dodge is getting rid of them cause they dont trust dodge if they wont admit to their problem then it is not worth anyones time to own a vehicle with the name dodge on it. My mother in law has the same car and she wont drive it out of town cause she is afraid the same will happen to her as it did to me.
2007Oct 23
(reported on)Intrepid SE 2.7L
- Automatic transmission
- 114,000 miles
I had the worst knocking sound out of my car it really sounded like a diesel truck!! Im like what the hell I just got the oil changed so I talked to 3 other people and said that the oil filter may be out of wack well it was not the first little shop that found out it was not that said it is the timing stuff and cant fix it there was one in the lot already and they cant do it. The next place fixed it for about $1300 which was nice but ok no big deal YEAH RIGHT. A month later I was in again thank God I whent to the dealership I did cause the second time they fixed it for free. But the weird thing is they had another one in but it was a lost cause cause the plastic piece that was giving me grief broke on them and took out the engine. The big thing is that is 3 of the same car in a town of 6,000 people with the same problem. What is wrong with this picture!!
2007Apr 02
(reported on)Intrepid SE 2.7 V6
- Automatic transmission
- 76,000 miles
The car was bought in 2002 at Paramus Dodge dealer in NJ, with 25,000 miles. Problem started with a knocking noise that grew worse during the course of 21/2 years. Was seen numerous times at the dealirship and was informed the noise was normal, then in November 2005 there was a loud bang from engine while crusing down a highway. Car was towed to my home were it has been parked for almost 2 years until it was towed to my mechanic shop were he gave me the "good news", price to "fix" the engine is over 2,500.00. By the way, I already have a law suit against Chrysler and the incompetent dealership, because they knew about the problem did nothing to help resolve the problem.
We have partnered with JustAnswer to offer online auto repair help and advice from expert professional automotive technicians. You describe your engine problem or ask your question and they try to help you figure it out. The fee is typically $9 to $15, but you can offer to pay more for really tough questions. You will usually receive an answer in 10 minutes or less, and you do not have to pay anything unless you accept the answer.
A D V E R T I S E M E N T S
2009Oct 02
Intrepid SE 2.7L V6
I can't see how you can blow up a motor at 70,000 miles when you take care of it.There is something wrong with this year and model.Also the transmission has a problem too.I will never buy a dodge again because the same things happens to them all at about the same time. They should be recalled.
mnsscott
Desoto, MO, USA
SEND A COMMENT »