32k-mile 2004 Dodge Intrepid SE 2.7L - A "normal" car that's not so normal! || Review/Tour
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- čas přidán 20. 08. 2020
- In today's video, we're taking a very in depth look at my recently acquired 2004 Dodge Intrepid, and it may be a little more strange than you originally expected... but still feels normal? Enjoy!
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My sis drove a 2001 Chrysler version of this car. 220,000 miles and the interior was still in great condition. So comfortable. Absolutely great on the road. Great find. Take good care of it and it shall be a great cruiser for years to come
Alviniscute mine is the same way! Nice to hear there are still some that exist!
I miss my 2001 Intrepid, best car I ever had!
My dad had one of these when I was little. It didn’t last very long but this took me down memory lane
Same
This must be the cleanest one of these in the country!
Always loved how the Chrysler sedans of this era looked and their spaciousness, just never felt like putting money towards one because of the infamous Chrysler reliability (particularly the transmissions).
Practical Car Guy haha! Mine would be right on it’s tail! Mine has 112,000 miles and looks just as good!
Regular oil changes at 3000 miles are important with this engine to prevent sludge build-up. I have had 2 Chryslers with this engine and they proved quite reliable with proper maintenance. Good luck!
You are 100% correct.
The synthetic oil only for the 2.7 engine in this car
I go 7,500 miles on synthetic oil without any issues.@@tryronecopper6906
At 16:44 you are showing a perfectly well lit view of the engine that I am reassembling. I'm particularly thankful that I can see the hose connections.
Thanks for your video.
The layout of the drivetrain was influenced by the AMC/Renault Eagle Premier project, and the this layout also would make an all wheel drive option possible, which never happened, but it did make the replacement cars easy to switch to rear wheel drive. The styling for the LH platform was heavily inspired on the Portofino Concept created with Lamborghini. Both AMC and Lamborghini were owned by Chrysler at the time.
I've had two 1999 Intrepids and still drive one with almost 200K miles. I've not had any sludging issues, but I did catch the 2.7 water pump gasket just before it failed. Chrysler redesigned the water pump gasket, so I was able to upgrade to the new design. I did replace the valve-stem-seals on both of my 2.7 Liter cars, and I recently upgraded the failure prone plastic coolant outlet connector with Dorman's aftermarket aluminum one. I've also replaced my share of plastic thermostat housings as well. I would like to find a Dodge Magnum station wagon (with a 2.7 Liter engine), but they are getting hard to find in good condition.
Very good bro. I just bought me a 2000 dodge intrepid and I love it. It's silver with gray int. IV
Got it for 180.00 and been putting parts on it. Already spent 800.00 on it. Bit going to put in car shows and do some more changes to it. Fixen one thing at a time. This car was way before it's time. It was designed with the help of so.e NASA Engineers along with the car company. One day I would love to put a hellcat v8 and change the computer just to have one fast enough. Thanks again.
Love the insane cost cutting measures, wonder how much they actually saved per car
The Real Emile mate there’s more! I have one of these and the reflectors in the doors were originally lights, the black plastic on the back of the rear doors used to have the trim level of the car there, they removed the power outlet from the center council, and removed the back lights from the crude control buttons. All hope isn’t lost though because there was a 6 disk cd changer available as an option.
The Real Emile I have one of these in nearly the same spec as this except mine has the tuope interior color. If you have any spasmodic questions on this car, I’m a pretty reliable source to answer them for you!
Maybe not printing the lock label on the door meant one less assembly line to pay for
I bought a 2004 Intrepid new. It served well until it didn't. I never did the timing chain replacement until it rattled and died. I've been doing that myself now. It is almost ready to run again. It is the light blue color. I have a photo of my wife posing with it new at White Sands National Park. It's an awesome photo.
Funny that you mention the "3" gear at 8:27 being an engine brake. My RSX has the same gear and I can confirm it does just that.
dafonz I think it’s just a kick down fear for passing on the motorway
Awe I miss my 2001 intrepid! Thanks for making this video
I have the 2.7l... I use full synthetic oil with 3000 mile oil changes. No problems yet at 177k miles.
That's what I did with mine a lot of people did not know that. That car using synthetic oil only for the 2.7 if not it will get a lot of oil glob on the oil screen causing low oil pressure causing engine failure
Wonderful video, on the last generation intrepid. Comments from owner were absolutely 100% true and accurate. These were wonderful cars and given proper care could exceed 200 thousand miles with good maintenance. I have a 2004 ES gold, fully loaded all original beautiful condition love the car.
Thank you for your marvelous positive video.
I love old American cars. Especially from that era. They were so much more advanced than the rest of the world. Germans were still making boxes.
JagFan Hilton I love these cars bc replaying the ac compresser in one of these is about $600 while the equivalent Mercedes or bmw would cost over $2000!
I have an E46 and I gotta say BMW was lightyears ahead of GM/Chrysler around this time in terms of quality, performance, and safety... But if you wanna talk design, the cab forward design was pretty revolutionary
That thang clean.....I always lite the style of the second gen intrepid.
I had a 2001 SE. Mine was a Chrysler because it was a Canadian version. Had DRL's and battery and engine oil heater. Cost cutting measures after 2002 were no rear sway bar, no fabric on upper door panel. No carpet on lower (kick) door panel. Pop out cup holder in armrest replaced by one piece cup holder. A couple more I can't remember off the top of my head. For the 2.7L, 0-60 mph in 10 seconds. Top speed was electronically limited to 116 mph. The car hits it's stride at about 60mph. Plenty of power at highway speeds. I drove from NY to Texas and got about 31 mpg on the interstate. Very comfortable car. The Intrepid is pretty front heavy. Makes it great in light snow with just all season tires. But also makes front brakes wear about every 35k. Front/rear balance about 65/35. I used full synthetic oil changed every 3k miles and never had any sludge issues. Drove mostly highway miles. If you just drive short drives and don't let engine heat up, may have issues, but that is true of any car. I had my Intrepid from 17k (bought it as a lease return) to 107k. The one major issue I had was that the water pump started leaking at about 90k. I caught it right away so water in my oil was minimal and caused no damage. But a lot of labor to get to the water pump as the radiator as well as other components has to be removed because of the engine layout. The engine is positioned like that because originally I believe, it was going to be rear wheel drive or all wheel drive. If you have the water pump removed you may as well have the timing chain replaced as well so as not to have to remove all that stuff (radiator, etc) later on. And if you haven't changed the transmission fluid I recommend you do that because of the age of the car. Also, if you haven't tried already, coolant flushes are difficult to do by yourself. Something about the way the hoses are routed and such, air can get trapped in your coolant system if you try to do it yourself. Better to have it done at the dealer or an auto shop. Think they have to use a pressurized flush to keep air out of the system. All in all, one of my favorite cars I've owned. Other than the water pump issue, about all I replaced was a front wheel bearing and the usual brakes and tires. Was still running excellent when I traded it in. I liked it so much that tried to trade it in for a 2002 R/T fully loaded.
By far my favourite 04 car, would love to mod one someday
I know a retired guy who had one of these he got in 2000, he got all the required oil changes etc... it lasted him 15 years before he got a new Chrysler 300.
These actually have a tiny hint of power if you literally floor it between 20-40mph, but yeah I agree with you. If you drive it casually it really doesn’t have any power to it
It looks like it was just driven off the showroom floor!
I have my 2.7 2000 concorde to my mom who still uses it. Lots of miles on it. Runs good at high rpm, not much off the line though
Back in 2011, my mom got a 1999 Intrepid Base with the 2.7L V6. The rear seat was huge, and I loved running my hands across the cloth door panels. The car was very sparsely equipped , there was no rear armrest, or even rear cupholders that I can remember. Unfortunately, the 2.7 didn't last long, and within a couple months, mom got a 2003 Hyundai XG that we had for 5 years.
Is she wasn't using synthetic oil the engine will actually blow
Very nice car
2024 and it still looks modern.
I always thought this car had great design. I had it's lil brother the Sebring and loved that car. It was an 04 as well.
I think that gm may have been cheaping out in the early 2000s too because they made anti lock brakes optional on some of their cars that used to have them standard.
It's fwd yet the engine is set up like a pickup truck. My aunt let me detail hers. I drove myself crazy trying to find the rear axle when I saw that engine position.
this thing drives nice & look cool but if u hit literally anything it’s over. my dad rear ended someone while driving one of these cars and it was completely totaled. the front end is made of plastic
It's a good car!
Back when Detroit actually designed sedans with usable trunks. Nowadays the few remaining sedans with decent size trunks aren't that great due to the fact that the trunk lids are WAY to short because every car maker is looking for the "fastback" slope.
These cars disappeared so quickly, used to see so many of them on the road and now you may see one a year 😢😢
It was easy to destroy with cheap oil. The engine would accumulate sludge, which would deprive it of proper oil circulation. Using full synthetic oil, I use 5000 mile intervals, you won't have sludge.
It was easy to destroy with cheap oil. The engine would accumulate sludge, which would deprive it of proper oil circulation. Using full synthetic oil, I use 5000 mile intervals, you won't have sludge.
My neighbour had one... Remember it was always at the shop lol
17:00 the dreaded 2.7 V6.
The engine is known for having Oil sludge issues, which is why they were dumped
You still have the repair manual?
the 2.7 engine you have to use synthetic oil only in this car
Whoa, it's the only running 2.7L left!
Mines still going! Lmao
Of any Chrysler product wouldn't own any Dodge Intrepid, my cousin went through three transmissions in three years, never mind known issues with the 2.7 liter engine with slugging and prone to fail internal water pump!
It doesn’t have traction control??
Я на таком по Калининградской области катаюсь и кайфую супер машина!!!
А что за мотор и как она в плане обслуживания? Вообще стоит ли всерьез рассматривать как ежедневное авто?
water pump issues and sludge with the 2.7. beware
the shape reminds me of a lamborghini, idk why
portofino. the quad scissor door potato that chrysler helped lamborghini design. many years later, some of that design went into these 2nd gen intrepids.
Why did anyone buy these? Deep discounts?
The origin of the notorious sludge issues all comes down to the water pump. They tend to start leaking around 100k mi, which is a big problem on the 2.7L because it's driven off the timing chain, meaning coolant mixes with the oil. The 3.2L and 3.5L used an identical pump, but because they used timing belts, sludge was never an issue.
Whether a 2.7L, 3.2L, or 3.5L, it's crucial to replace your water pump every 80k or 8 years (as a rule of thumb). It's advisable on the belt engines because you should be changing the belt at that time anyways, but also the pumps eventually had a tendency to seize (usually beyond 180k miles), which would be catastrophic on a belt car.
The pumps really are the only major fault of these engines. They're otherwise very stout and known to regularly go well over 300k miles as long as they're maintained properly.
As for the rest of the LH cars, they're known for premature inner tie rod bushing wear (cheap and easy replacement every 100k or so), but beyond that, they also hold up pretty well with any reasonable degree of care. As with most mainstream Chrysler cars, however, no one cares to properly maintain them, so they're quickly becoming a rare sight. I'd hang on to this one.
On the 2.7, the water pump seal has a vent hole (next to the block mounted thermostat housing), so a leaky seal does not put coolant into the oil. It was the water pump gasket on the 2.7 that often leaked coolant into the oil, and Chrysler (and the aftermarket) developed an improved gasket. The fix requires a new coolant pump that accommodates the redesigned (and thicker) gasket.
How much this cost you in 2020?
This thing is probably worth like $2,500 with that low mileage
@@ShamuAquatics this particular one would be more near 4k. mint ones are still pretty pricy. the price you offered was a more moderately used, age is definitely showing, kind of car.
I’m sorry I gotta say this but fuck this engine gets so much shit reason being the sludge issue hey guess what if you change the oil regularly you won’t have this problem wow how easy could that possibly be
That's right! The 2.7's demise wasn't an engineering failure.
It was totally because people are so lazy. They skip oil changes, they never look under the hood, pull a dipstick once in a while, etc.
Which should be routine on any car after 75,000 miles.
That has the SHITTY 2.7L V6 engine.
Ik my auntie had one that gave out and my mom had one when I was 2 my mom and auntie both say stay away from these