1999 DODGE INTREPID Complaints

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING ON THE TOLL WAY AT 55-60 MPH THE VEHICLE STARTED SMOKING. THE ENGINE SUDDENLY STOPPED WITHOUT WARNING. A PUDDLE OF OIL WAS NOTICED ON THE PAVEMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THERE WAS A CRACK IN THE OIL PAN. AFTER REMOVING THE OIL PAN THE MECHANIC OBSERVED A ROD HAD BECOME DETACHED AND SMASHED THE INTERNAL PARTS OF THE ENGINE CAUSING A CRACK IN THE OIL PAN. THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.

DODGE INTREPID 2.7L MOTOR FAILED IN OILING SYSTEM. WHILE DRIVING ON FREEWAY, OIL LIGHT CAME ON. PULLED OVER AND THERE WAS TAPPING SOUND. MOTOR HAS EST 65,000 MILES ON IT. TOWING TO DEALER, THE DEALER REPORTED THE MOTOR IS TOTALED AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. THIS WAS DURING OUR VACATION, AND THE CAR IS NOW OVER 1,500 MILES FROM HOME. WE HAVE NOT RESOLVED WITH THE DEALER HOW TO DISPOSE OF THE CAR. *JB

ON AUGUST 18, 2006 I WAS DRIVING MY 1999 DODGE INTREPID WITH THE 2.7 ENGINE AND IT MADE A KNOCKING SOUND UNDER THE HOOD AND THEN THE ENGINE CUT OUT. MY HUSBAND TOWED IT HOME AND REPLACED SENSORS, PLUGS, AIR FILTER, AND OTHER THINGS. THE CAR STILL WULDN'T START. TALKING TO A FRIEND WHO IS A MECHANIC HE INFORMED US THAT MORE THAN LIKELY OUR ENGINE WAS BLOWN. HE SAID IT IS QUITE COMMON IN THE 1999 INTREPID'S WITH THE 2.7 ENGINES. HE SAID CHRYSLER KNOWS THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM BUT CHOOSES TO DO NOTHING ABOUT IT. HE ALSO SAID THAT OIL SHOPS HAVE DISCLAIMERS UP STATING THAT THEY ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR OIL SLUDGE BUILD-UP IN THE 1999 INTREPID'S WITH THE 2.7 ENGINE. WE WERE TOLD THAT "IF" WE COULD GET AN ENGINE IT WOULD BE OVER $4500.00 AND THAT THEY WERE FAR AND FEW BETWEEN. YOU CAN'T GET A REBUILT ENGINE BECAUSE YOU WILL END UP THE SAME PROBLEM. I HAVE NOTIFIED CHRYSLER AND THEY ARE "RESEARCHING" THE PROBLEM. I DON'T EXPECT ANY HELP FROM THEM AS I BOUGHT THE CAR USED BUT IT IS SAD THAT THIS IS THE SECOND DODGE PRODUCT THAT I HAVE HAD WITH PROBLEMS. I PREVIOUSLY OWNED AN 89 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN WITH THE "LEMON TRANSMISSION." NEEDLESS TO SAY MY NEXT CAR WILL NOT BE A CHRYSLER PRODUCT. *JB

I OWN A 1999 DODGE INTREPID CAR. IT HAS ABOUT 100K MILES. THE ENGINE, WITHOUT WARNING, BEGAN MAKING A GRINDING NOISE. AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT LEFT ME STRANDED. I HAVE TALKED TO SEVERAL DODGE DEALERSHIPS, AND THEY REFUSE TO WORK ON THE ENGINE. *JB

WITHOUT WARNING MY 2.7L ENGINE SEIZED UP WHILE I WAS DRIVING CAUSING A COMPLETE LOSS OF CONTROL I HIT A CONCRETE POST. HIGHWAY PATROL CAME BUT DID NOT PRESS CHARGES AGAINST ME FOR PROPERTY DAMAGE. THIS IS A DANGEROUS BUT WELL DOCUMENTED DESIGN FLAW OF THIS PARTICULAR ENGINE AND I HOPE I CAN RECOVER ENOUGH MONEY FROM THE TEXAS BASED IMPARTIAL SERVICES GROUP TO BUY A NEW ENGINE BECAUSE I LOVE MY DODGE INTREPID. I'M ONLY 18 YEARS OLD AND CAN'T AFFORD ANOTHER VEHICLE. JUST TWO DAYS AFTER I BOUGHT THIS INTREPID - WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY ALL THE GAUGES INCLUDING THE SPEEDOMETER FAILED AND I HAD TO PAY $1414.32 TO HAVE A NEW COMPUTER INSTALLED AT MY LOCAL DODGE DEALERSHIP. *JB

1999 DODGE INTREPID 2.7 ENGINE...GOES DEAD WHILE GOING DOWN THE ROAD. I HAVE HAD THE OIL CHANGED RELIGIOUSLY @ 3K MILES, BUT IT JUST LOSES POWER & DIES. I AM AFRAID I WILL GET HIT ONE OF THESE TIMES BECAUSE I AM UNABLE TO GET THE THING OFF THE ROAD WITH NO POWER. YESTERDAY ALMOST CAUSED A SERIOUS INCIDENT. THE ENGINE DIED, THE CAR LURCHED, I LOST POWER BUT NO LIGHTS EVER CAME ON. THE TACH NEEDLE HIT ZERO AND AS I WAS TRYING TO FIND SOMEWHERE TO TRY & PULL OFF WHILE COASTING, THE STUPID THING ALL OF THE SUDDEN CAME BACK TO LIFE & TOOK OFF. THESE INCIDENTS ARE GETTING MORE & MORE FREQUENT AND HAVE BEEN OCCURRING ABOUT A YEAR NOW. I'VE ALREADY HAD TO HAVE THE WATER PUMP REPLACED, BUT I CAN DEAL WITH REPAIRS...BUT AFTER DOING RESEARCH TODAY, I HAVE FOUND THOUSANDS OF INCIDENTS LIKE THIS ARE HAPPENING ALL OVER THE US! IS THIS NOT ENOUGH TO GET SOMEONE TO PAY ATTENTION & MAKE DODGE RECALL THE ENGINES BEFORE SOME TERRIBLE ACCIDENT OCCURS?? *JB

I WAS DRIVING TO WORK ONE EVENING WHEN THE CAR JUST LOST ALL POWER AND DIED. I WAS ALMOST HIT BY ANOTHER CAR. A FEW YOUNG MEN HAD TO HELP ME PUSH MY CAR ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. I WORK THIRD SHIFT AND IT WAS LATE AT NIGHT SO I WAS VERY SCARED. I GOT A TOW TRUCK TO TOW THE CAR BACK TO THE HOUSE AND THE NEXT DAY I HAD A MECHANIC CHECKED IT OUT AND HE SAID THE ENGINE WAS NO GOOD. THE CAR ONLY HAD 63,000 MILES AND IT WAS SERVICED ON TIME. I GOT A SECOND MECHANIC TO CHECK IT AND THE RESULT WAS THE SAME. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH DOWN A STREET, THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE ENGINE DID NOT RESTART AND WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP WHO DETERMINED THE TIMING CHAIN NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. AFTER THE REPAIR, THE ENGINE STALLED AGAIN WITHOUT WARNING. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION, THE ENGINE WAS FILLED WITH SLUDGE. THE ENGINE WAS REBUILT WHICH CORRECTED THE PROBLEM. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT ALERTED.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE'S ENGINE ABRUPTLY STOPPED WORKING AFTER HEARING CLUNKING NOISES WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH ON A NORMAL ROAD CONDITION. AFTER A FEW MINUTES OF DRIVING, THE ENGINE STALLED AND COULD NOT BE RESTARTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIR WHO DETERMINED THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE ENGINE FAILED WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH. THE VEHICLE DID NOT HAVE ANY PROBLEMS PRIOR TO THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP WHO DETERMINED THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO OIL SLUDGE IN THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE HAD AN OIL CHANGE TWO WEEKS PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT.