1999 DODGE INTREPID Complaints

A FRIEND WAS GETTING ON TO THE HIGHWAY WHEN THE ACCELERATOR STUCK AND REVED THE ENGINE ALL THE WAY. WE HAD JUST PUT A NEW MOTOR IN THE VEHICLE SO HE SHUT THE CAR OFF TO PRESERVE THE MOTOR AND LOST MOST OF THE STEERING. HE HIT A WOOD SIGN POST AND COASTED DOWN THE HILL TO A GAS STATION. THE INSURANCE CO. TOTALED THE CAR WITH ME STILL OWING $2,000.00 ON THE CAR AND $2,000.00 ON THE MOTOR. THE INSURANCE CO. ONLY GAVE US $2,800.00 FOR THE CAR SO WE STILL OWE MONEY FOR A VEHICLE THAT HAD A DEFECT. *JB

I PURCHASED MY 1999 DODGE INTREPID A 1 1/2 AGO WITH 80,000 MILES. ABOUT 3 MONTHS AFTER PURCHASE THE COOLING FANS WENT AND HAD TO REPLACE $400.00. THEN ABOUT 2 MONTHS AGO THE CRANK SHAFT SENSOR WENT. NOW THE ENGINE IS GONE. OIL LIGHT FLICKERING ON AND OFF, CHECK OIL LEVEL IS FINE. WENT FROM A TAPPING NOISE IN ENGINE TO THE ENGINE SOUNDING LIKE ITS GOING TO BLOW UP. CANT DRIVE PIECE OF JUNK AND STILL OWE 7,000.00 ON IT. *JB

I OWN A 1999 DODGE INTREPID WITH A 2.7 LITRE ENGINE. AS I WAS ON MY WAY TO WORK THE CAR BEGAN MAKING SERIOUS NOISE. I PULLED OVER AND HAD IT TOWED HOME. IT HAS NOT RUN SINCE. MY MECHANIC SAYS THERE IS NO COMPRESSION IN THE #5 PISTON. I DO NOT HAVE THE MONEY TO REPLACE IT. *JB

DRIVING HOME FROM WORK @ MIDNIGHT WHEN THE HEATER STARTED TO EMIT COLD AIR. CAR SEEMED TO BE RUNNING FINE. NO NOISES HEARD, TEMP GAUGE WAS LOW. PULLED OVER TO CHECK FOR LEAKS OR ANY OTHER OBVIOUS PROBLEM, NONE APPARENT. CONTINUED TO DRIVE FOR SEVERAL MILES TO GET CLOSE TO HOME, SUDDENLY THE TEMP GAUGE WENT ALL THE WAY UP TO HOT AND THE CAR STARTED TO FILL WITH SMOKE, PULLED TO SIDE OF ROAD IMMEDIATELY AND ENGINE QUIT. ON COUNTRY ROAD, HAD TO WALK TO GET HELP. HAD CAR TOWED TO REPAIR SHOP WHERE I WAS TOLD A BEARING WAS SPUN AND THE ENGINE WAS BLOWN. WHEN I ASKED FOR AN ESTIMATE TO REPAIR THE STATION MANAGER STATED IT WOULD COST OVER $5,000 TO REPAIR AND WOULD BE CHEAPER TO LOOK FOR A USED ENGINE BUT COULD NOT GUARANTEE THAT THE SAME PROBLEM WOULD NOT OCCUR. STILL OWED APPROX. $5,000 ON LOAN. HAD TO TRADE IT IN AND REFINANCE WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE. *JB

HI, I'M SOMEONE WHO ALSO HAS BEEN BEAT UP MY CHRYSLER INTREPID. ON WENESDAY FEB 7, 2007 I WAS AT AN AUCTION AND SAW THIS GREAT LOOKING 1999 CHRYSLER INTREPID WITH ONLY 78,000 MILES ON IT. MY GIRL NEEDED A GOOD DEPENDABLE CAR TO GET TO WORK, MAN I DIDN'T WANT ANOTHER CAR PAYMENT, SO I WAS VERY HAPPY WHEN I WON THE BID. THE CAR RAN VERY WELL, QUITE, 78,000 AND A DODGE, YOU COULD NOT DO BETTER THAN THAT (SMILE). WELL THAT'S NOT TRUE, MY SMILE QUICKLY TURNED INTO RESENTMENT AFTER HAVING THE CAR ONLY 9 DAYS AND THE MOTOR BLEW UP. WHEN I FIRST GOT THE INTERPID, I TOOK IT AND GOT THE OIL CHANGED THE VERY NEXT DAY, WE ROAD GOOD FOR 9 DAYS. AFTER THE MOTOR BLEW I HAD IT TAKEN TO THE DODGE DEALERSHIP NOT KNOWING WHY THE CAR HAD JUST STOPPED AND WOULD NOT START AGAIN. I'M TELLING MYSELF THAT IT COULDN'T BE THE MOTOR, BECAUSE IT ONLY HAD 78,000 MILES ON IT AND EVERYONE KNOWS AN ENGINE LIKE THAT IS IN GREAT SHAPE. WELL I WAS IN FOR A RUDE AWAKENING. AS THE SERVICE DEPT TOOK ME TO MY CAR THE EMPLOYEE TOLD ME THAT I SHOULD LOOK AT GETTING ANOTHER CAR. I SAID WHY IS THAT? HIS ANSWER WAS YOUR ENGINE IS BLOWN AND THE COMPANY WONT LET US WORK ON THEM. WHAT! ISN'T DODGE THE MAKER OF THIS CAR, WHY IS IT THAT YOU CAN'T WORK ON THE CAR THAT YOUR COMPANY MADE. HIS ANSWER WAS THE COMPANY JUST DON'T WANT US TO TOUCH THEM. IF THAT ISN'T A DEAD GIVE AWAY ON A BS ENGINE WHAT IS, CAN SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME ON WHAT MY RIGHTS OR WHAT I CAN DO ABOUT THIS? *JB

WHILE MY COUSIN HAD BORROWED THE CAR, THE CAR STALLED AND HE COULD NOT GET IT STARTED AGAIN. THE CAR WAS TOWED TO A MECHANIC AND THE MECHANIC DID SAY THAT WITH THE HORRENDOUS NOISE THE CAR WAS MAKING, THAT THE ENGINE WOULD NEED TO BE EITHER REBUILT, OR REPLACED, BASED ON WHAT HE CALLED A ROD KNOCK. WHEN I HAD ANOTHER MECHANIC LOOK AT THE CAR, HE PROCEEDED TO SAY THE SAME THING. THIS IS A CAR THAT IN 7 YEARS OF ME OWING IT, I PUT ON LESS THAN 70,000 ON THE CAR IN THAT TIME. I HAVE ALWAYS DONE OIL CHANGES REGULARLY AND TOOK GOOD CARE OF THE CAR, TO NOW HAVE IT SITTING IN A DRIVEWAY, UNABLE TO START ! *JB

I BOUGHT THIS CAR USED IN 2002. AFTER A MINOR ACCIDENT AND REPAIR AT THE BODY SHOP, THE ENGINE FAILED ON A BUSY FOUR LANE ROAD WITH THREE OF US IN THE VEHICLE, ONE OF WHICH WAS OUR TWO YEAR OLD SON. AFTER CALLING MECHANICS AND DODGE SERVICE SHOPS, WE WERE TOLD THAT THE TIMING CHAIN NEEDED REPLACED, AND THE COST WOULD BE ANYWHERE FROM 1500 TO 2500 DOLLARS. WE PAID FOR AND MY HUSBAND REPLACED ALMOST THE ENTIRE TOP HALF OF THEN ENGINE. THIS HAS TAKEN A VERY LONG TIME, AS PARTS ARE EXPENSIVE, AND TIME TO WORK ON THE CAR IS LIMITED. AFTER FINALLY GETTING THE ENGINE RUNNING, THE ENGINE AGAIN FAILED. THIS TIME IT WAS ON A MAJOR INTERSTATE HIGHWAY WHILE WE WERE IN THE LEFT LANE. WE ONLY BARELY MANAGED TO PULL THE CAR OFF THE ROAD BEFORE BEING HIT BY THE SEMI'S ON THE ROAD. AFTER HAVING IT TOWED HOME, NOW THE ENGINE IS SHOT AGAIN, AND THE ESTIMATED DIY COST FOR US IS MORE THAN $2000. WE STILL OWE THAT MUCH ON THE CAR. *NM

MY 1999 DODGE INTREPID'S 2.7 MOTOR FAILED AFTER HEARING A LOUD TICKING FROM THE MOTOR. IT WAS LATER DIAGNOSED AS A TIMING CHAIN FAILURE FROM OIL SLUDGE BUIIDUP. THE MOTOR WAS REBUILT AT A COST OF $3,000.00 CANADIAN. I HAVE SINCE HAD INTERMITTENT OIL LIGHT FLASHING AT IDLE ROUGHLY 20,000 KM'S AFTER THE REBUILD WITHOUT INCIDENT. CURRENTLY THE CAR IS STILL IN OPERATION AND OIL LIGHT DOESN'T COME ON. THE CAR HAD 130,000KM'S AT THE TIME OF THE MOTOR FAILURE AND CURRENTLY HAS 184,000 KM'S ON IT. IT WAS CONSIDERED OUT OF WARRANTY AND NO HELP WAS OFFERED THROUGH CALLS AND LETTERS TO CHRYSLER CUSTOMER SERVICE AND THE CANADIAN PRESIDENT ODF DAIMLER CHRYSLER AT THE TIME ED BRUST. I AM A CHRYSLER EMPLOYEE AND GOT THIS WEBSITE FROM [email protected], A 2.7 CHRYSLER MOTOR COMPLAINT SITE. THANKS FOR ANY HELP, JIM KAINZ. *NM

I WAS EXITING THE HIGHWAY ON THE WAY TO MY RESIDENCE. AS I WAS EXITING THE HIGHWAY THE ENGINE BEGAN TO KNOCK LOUDLY AND IN THE MATTER SECONDS IT SEIZED AND STOPPED RUNNING. NEARLY CAUSING A COLLISION ON THE EXIT RAMP. FORTUNATELY MYSELF, MY GIRLFRIEND AND NEWBORN SON WERE NOT INJURED. *NM

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT A SPEED OF 55-70 MPH, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON THE 99 DODGE INTREPID. WHILE GETTING OFF THE HIGHWAY CONTACTS VEHICLE BEGAN TO STALL SHUTTING OFF COMPLETELY ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WHILE HEARING A CLICKING SOUND ON THE ENGINE. CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART VEHICLE AND DROVE FOR A QUARTER OF A MILE BEFORE CAR SHUT OF COMPLETELY. AT THAT POINT CONTACT HAD VEHICLE TOWED INTO DEALERSHIP. JRB