2000 Dodge Intrepid latches/locks/linkages problems

“TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 DODGE INTREPID. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH INTO A PARKING SPACE, THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. UPON RESTARTING, THE VEHICLE RESUMED NORMAL FUNCTION. THE FAILURE RECURRED TWELVE TIMES. IN ADDITION, WHENEVER ACCESSING THE EXTERIOR FRONT AND REAR PASSENGER LOCKED POWER DOORS, THEY FAILED TO RELEASE OPEN WITH THE KEY FOB. THE FAILURE RECURRED TWELVE TIMES. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 42,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.”

“HAD MILD TAPPING SOUND FROM ENGINE A FEW MONTHS AGO, TOOK VEHICLE TO THE MECHANIC AND THAT IS WHERE I LEARNED THE REPUTATION OF THE 2.7 LITER ENGINE. HE ADVISED THAT WE SHOULD LOOK FOR ANOTHER VEHICLE BEFORE WE BECAME THE LATEST VICTIM. UNFORTUNATELY, ON THE WAY HOME FROM WORK ONE AFTERNOON THE ENGINE STARTED DEVELOPING AN EVEN MORE PRONOUNCED CLATTERING, KNOCK AND VIBRATION; AS IF IT WERE ABOUT TO TEAR ITSELF APART. PULLED OVER TO AVOID SUBJECTING ENGINE TO EVEN MORE DAMAGE. HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED HOME. WILL NOT SPEND ANOTHER DOLLAR ON THIS VEHICLE UNTIL CHRYSLER HANDS ME A CHECK FROM A LAWSUIT SETTLEMENT. *TR”

“THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL PROBLEMS WITH MY 2000 INTREPID 2.7L. I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE ALL THE DOOR LOCK MOTORS AT DIFFERENT TIMES, STARTING ALL THE WAY BACK FROM 1/8/04 AND THE FINAL ONE WAS JUST THIS MONTH (FEBRUARY.) I WAS HAVING AN ISSUE WITH THE CAR STALLING OUT WHILE I WAS DRIVING IT. SOME TIMES IT WOULD START BACK UP WHILE IT WAS STILL COASTING, OTHER TIMES IT WOULD TAKE A LONG TIME BEFORE IT WOULD START AGAIN, LEAVING ME SITTING ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. WHEN HOOKED UP TO A DIAGNOSTIC MACHINE IT WOULD NOT SHOW WHAT CAUSED THE MALFUNCTION. MY MECHANIC HAD TO CHANGE RANDOM CENSORS UNTIL WE FOUND THE CORRECT ONE. WHICH TURNED OUT TO BE THE CRANK SENSOR. THIS PROBLEM WAS OCCURRING AROUND FEBRUARY/MARCH OF 2007, WITH ONLY 60,121 MILEAGE WHEN THE FIRST ONE WAS REPLACED. THEN THIS PAST WEDNESDAY, 2/27/08, THE ENGINE STARTED TO MAKE A KNOCKING SOUND. WE THOUGHT MAYBE IT WAS DUE TO THE EXTREMELY COLD WEATHER WE WERE HAVING. IT DID NOT DUE IT AFTER THE CAR WAS HEATED UP. WHEN I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM PICKING UP MY KIDS TODAY, FRIDAY 2/29/08, THE ENGINE STARTED KNOCKING VERY LOUDLY AND LOST POWER. I DID MAKE IT TO MY DRIVEWAY BUT JUST BARELY. I STILL OWE QUITE A BIT FOR…”

“CAR IS A WELL MAINTAINED (ALL RECOMMENDED SERVICE DONE AT DEALERSHIP). DRIVER SIDE DOOR FAILED TO OPEN USING THE INSIDE DOOR HANDLE. HAD TO ROLL DOWN WINDOW AND REACH TO THE OUTSIDE DOOR HANDLE IN ORDER TO OPEN DOOR. FEELS LIKE HANDLE IS NO LONGER ENGAGING THE DOOR LOCK. EXPERIENCED INITIAL PANIC WHEN I THOUGHT I WAS TRAPPED IN THE CAR. *JB”

“TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 DODGE INTREPID. WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH THE DOOR LOCK MECHANISM FAILED THREE TIMES AND THE LOCKS WERE REPLACED. THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR REQUIREED HIM TO APPLY PRESSURE TO OPEN AND CLOSE THE DOOR. THE ELECTRIC LOCKS WERE NOT WORKING. THE LOCKS MADE A GRINDING NOISE EVERY TIME TRYING TO OPEN AND CLOSE THEM. THE PASSENGERS REAR LOCK ALSO FAILED. THE FIRST TWO FAILURES OCCURRED WITHIN TWO WEEKS. WHEN HE WOULD PULL THE HANDLE AND ROLL THE WINDOW DOWN, NOTHING WOULD ALLOW HIM TO OPEN THE LOCKS. THE FAILURE OCCURRED IN NOVEMBER ON THE FIRST TWO DOORS. WHEN DRIVING OVER 50 MPH THE AUTOMATIC LOCK MADE A GRINDING NOISE. THE FRONT DRIVER DOOR LOCKED, AND THEREWAS NO WAY YOU COULD GET OUT. SOMETIMES THE NOISES WOULD ALLOW HIM TO EXIT. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER TO HAVE THE DOOR FAILURE DIAGNOSED, AND IT WAS REPAIRED IT FOR $600. THEY DID NOT OFFER ANY EXPLANATION AS TO WHY THE LOCKS FAILED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 65,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 73000. *AK”

“DT*: THE CONSUMER STATED THE DOOR LOCKS WILL NOT LOCK. IT WAS TAKEN TO A DEALERSHIP WHERE THEY REPLACED THE DEFECTIVE SOLENOID IN THE POWER DOOR LOCKS. THIS DEFECT HAS HAPPENED TO ALL DOORS IN THE VEHICLE ON DIFFERENT OCCASIONS. THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *JB”