1999 DODGE INTREPID Complaints

I WAS DRIVING AT 45 MPH AND THE ENGINE STARTED KNOCKING AND SMOKING. IT CAUSED ME TO BE WITHOUT MY CAR FOR 6 MONTHS AND PAY OVER $6,000 TO FIX IT. I NEEDED A NEW ENGINE ALONG WITH OIL FILTER AND ALL FLUIDS. *NM

2.7 LITER ENGINE FAILED DUE TO OIL SLUDGE, NEEDS NEW ENGINE OR REBUILT ONE WITH OIL SLUDGE PROBLEM CORRECTED TO STOP FROM OCCURRING AGAIN. *JB

I WAS DRIVING AND ALL OF A SUDDEN SOMETHING STARTED BONGING AND I LOOKED DOWN TO NOTICE THAT THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS LIGHT UP AND THEN THE CHECK OIL LIGHT CAME ON. I WAS TRYING TO PULL OVER SO THAT I COULD GET OUT OF TRAFFIC BUT THE STEERING WHEEL FROZE UP AND MADE IT EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO STEER SO THAT I COULD GET OUT OF TRAFFIC. FINALLY, AFTER TRYING TO STEER THE DEAD CAR OUT OF TRAFFIC I CALLED AAA AND THEY TOWED IT TO THE MECHANIC WHO HAS COME TO THE CONCLUSION IT IS THE ENGINE. IT HAS BEEN SITTING THERE EVER SINCE DUE TO THE AMOUNT OF MONEY IT WILL COST ME TO FIX. AFTER DOING RESEARCH REGARDING ISSUES WITH THE DODGE INTREPID I HAVE COME TO SEE THAT I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE HAVING THIS PROBLEM. DODGE HAS KNOWN ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND REFUSES TO SEND OUT A RECALL. I FIND THAT THIS COULD BE EXTREMELY FATAL DEPENDING ON WHERE A PERSON IS. *JB

VIOLENT SHAKING OF THE VEHICLE. LOUD METAL CLANGING TYPE NOISE. SUDDEN LACK OF ACCELERATION. STALLING AND FAILURE OF POWER STEERING AT 45 MPH. I WAS RETURNING HOME FROM MY SON'S SCHOOL IN HEAVY TRAFFIC AND WE ALMOST CRASHED INTO A BRICK WALL. FORTUNATELY I WAS STRONG ENOUGH TO MAINTAIN ENOUGH CONTROL OF THE STEERING WHEEL TO SOMEWHAT SAFELY STOP THE VEHICLE ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. *NM

WHILE MY WIFE WAS DRIVING HER CAR TO WORK THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THEN THE ENGINE JUST SEIZED UP ON HER LEAVING HER IN THE MIDDLE OF A TWO LANE HIGHWAY. AFTER WE GOT THE CAR HOME I TRIED TO TURN THE ENGINE OVER BY HAND AND IT WOULDN'T ROTATE. I DID ALL THE MAINTENANCE ON THE VEHICLE SINCE NEW AND USED SYNTHETIC OIL THE ENTIRE LIFE OF THE ENGINE. JUST PURCHASED ANOTHER ENGINE AND I AM WORRIED THE SAME THING WILL HAPPEN AFTER READING ALL THE HORROR STORIES ON THE NET. *NM

I AM ONE OF HUNDREDS WHO HAVE HAD THIS 2.7 DOHC GIVE OUT. DAILMER CHRYSLER SAYS THAT IT IS DUE TO NEGLECT BUT I WOULD SAY WITH ALL THE COMPLAINTS I SEE ON THE INTERNET THAT THEIR IS A SEVERE ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE LOOKED INTO. IT IS NOT JUST THE 1999 2.7 ENGINE THEIR IS A FEW YEARS AFTER 1999 AND BEFORE 1999 THAT I HAVE SEEN COMPLAINTS ABOUT. WE NEED YOUR HELP IN FORCING THEM TO DO A RECALL ON THEM. YES I PURCHASED THE CAR USED BUT STILL 98000 MILES AND MOTOR GIVES OUT. *NM

I PURCHASED MY 1999 DODGE INTREPID FROM A REPUTABLE FIREFIGHTERS IN MY AREA IN 2004, THIS PERSON REASSURED ME THAT THIS CAR WOULD BE A RELIABLE SOURCE OF TRANSPORTATION FOR MY FAMILY BECAUSE HE'D JUST PUT AN ENGINE AND DID OTHER MINOR WORK, AND SHOWED AND PROVIDED ME WITH DOCUMENTATION. A YEAR AND A HALF LATER THE CAR STARTED RUNNING REAL CRAPPY AND EVENTUALLY DIED. I'VE TAKEN IT TO SEVERAL REPUTABLE MECHANICS WHO GAVE ME THE SAME BAD NEWS THAT I WAS GOING TO HAVE TO PURCHASE ANOTHER ENGINE FOR MY VEHICLE. NOT ONLY HAVE I BEEN UNABLE TO FIND THIS ENGINE FOR A REASONABLE PRICE BUT IT SEEMS AS THOUGH NO ONE WANTS TO DO THE WORK ON MY CAR BECAUSE THEY FEEL THAT IT'S A WAIST OF THEIR TIME AND MY MONEY BECAUSE "THESE ENGINES ARE JUNK". HOW COULD THIS MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR COMPANY DO THIS US? PLEASE HELP. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. IT WAS MANEUVERED OFF THE ROAD AND TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. UPDATED 10/6/2006 - *NM

DRIVING DOWN THE PA TURNPIKE, 1999 DODGE INTREPID SUDDENLY LOST POWER THEN STARTED KNOCKING REAL BAD. *NM

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY MY 1999 DODGE INTREPID SUDDENLY LOST POWER ALMOST CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. HAD THE CAR CHECKED OUT AND THE TIMING CHAIN FAILED CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE VALVES AND THE CYLINDER. THE PRICE TO FIX THIS IS OVER $4000. *JB