1999 DODGE INTREPID Complaints

DRIVING 30 MPH AT APPROXIMATELY 6:30 PM AND THE CAR JUST DIED IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC HAD TO PUSH TO A SIDE STREET AND IT WOULD NOT RESTART, AFTER RESEARCHING I HAVE FOUND THIS IS COMMON TO THIS MODEL AND SO FAR HAVE FOUND NO SOLUTIONS BUT IT IS VERY DANGEROUS AS YOU LOOSE YOUR POWER STEERING AND BRAKES THIS ISSUE NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED BY DODGE AS OTHER REPORTS HAVE BEEN REPORTED ON THE FREEWAY AT HIGHER SPEEDS. THE REPORTS I HAVE READ THUS FAR HAVE FOUND NO FIX FOR THIS PROBLEM AND IS VERY EXPENSIVE TO FIND AS YOU JUST GUESS AT WHICH PART TO CHANGE OR WHERE TO LOOK, WE NEED HELP. *TR

PURCHASED VEHICLE 01/30/12,TEST DROVE,CHECKED FLUIDS,MADE SURE EVERYTHING WAS WORKING FINE. SELLER SAID HE JUST HAD OIL CHANGE AND SMOG 1 MONTH PRIOR, HE PROVIDED ME DOCUMENTS CONFIRMING. HAD NO ISSUES WITH VEHICLE, UNTIL ABOUT 03/20/12,THE OIL LIGHT CAME ON, WHICH WAS ODD. I CHECKED THE OIL,FOUND IT WAS COMPLETELY EMPTY, PUT 2 QUARTS IN IMMEDIATELY,LIGHT WENT OFF. I STARTED CHECKING DRIVEWAY DAILY FOR SIGNS OF OIL LEAKING EVEN THOUGH THE CAR DROVE FINE.03/28/12, CAR STALLED,WENT COMPLETELY DEAD, AS I EXITED FREEWAY, LEAVING MYSELF AND MY 3YR. OLD STUCK IN LANE ON OFF RAMP FOR ABOUT 30 MINUTES.A PASSERBY ATTEMPTED TO JUMP IT,THAT DIDN'T WORK,CAR HAD NO POWER AT ALL,WE PUSHED IT TO A SAFER SPOT. I WALKED 2 BLOCKS HOME. CAME BACK NEXT DAY,JUMPED IT,IT STARTED BUT NOW THERE WAS A KNOCKING SOUND COMING FROM ENGINE AND OIL LIGHT WAS BACK ON. I CHECKED THE OIL IT READ FULL,I DROVE CAR HOME IT STALLED 3 TIMES IN THE 2 BLOCKS HOME. KNOCKING SOUND CONTINUED I PARKED THE CAR. THE NEXT DAY I TOOK THE CAR TO MY MECHANIC THE OIL LIGHT WAS STILL ON THE ENGINE WAS STILL KNOCKING. HE CHECKED OIL AGAIN AND CONFIRMED THE CAR DID HAVE OIL,AND DETECTED NO SIGNS OF LEAKING. HE RAN A DIAGNOSTIC ON ENGINE, IT DETECTED NO ISSUES,HE RAN IT AGAIN,AND THE RESULTS WHERE THE SAME. HE DROVE THE CAR,ME IN THE PASSENGERS SEAT SO HE COULD GET A HEAR THE KNOCKING SOUND WHEN CAR WAS MOVING.BACKED OUT OF LOT DRIVING ABOUT 10 TO 12 MPH, WE GOT MAYBE HALF A BLOCK AND THE CAR WENT DEAD. HE WAS ABLE TO GUIDE CAR TO SIDE OF ROAD,WHEN HE PRESSED THE BRAKE TO PUT THE CAR IN PARK, THERE WAS A BARELY AUDIBLE BURSTING SOUND.WE GOT OUT AND FOUND A THICK BLACK MUDDY TYPE SUBSTANCE GUSHING OUT OF THE BOTTOM FROM THE FRONT END, LEAVING A PUDDLE THE LENGTH AND WIDTH OF CAR. HE IMMEDIATELY IDENTIFIED IT AS OIL SLUDGE, AND SAID MY ENGINE HAD BLOWN. WE DISCUSSED MY OPTIONS AND ULTIMATELY I HAD TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED HOME IT HASN'T STARTED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE INTREPID. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, SMOKE EMITTED FROM UNDER THE HOOD. THE CONTACT DROVE TO AN INDEPENDENT AUTO SHOP AND NOTICED THAT THE ENGINE HAD OVERHEATED AND IMMEDIATELY DISPENSED WATER INTO THE RADIATOR RESERVOIR. IN ADDITION, THE RADIATOR HOSE FRACTURED. THERE WERE NO PRIOR WARNINGS. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 172,533.

MY SISTER BOUGHT THE CAR BRAND NEW AT A DEALER IN COLUMBUS OHIO..TOOK THE CAR TO SAME DEALER FOR ALL MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS...LAST MONTH THE ENGINE LIGHT KEPT GOING ON ...THEY DID SEVERAL REPAIRS TO FIX IT THE LAST BEING PUTTING IN A NEW CATALYTIC CONVERTER TO THE TUNE OF 2500. THE BLUE BOOK IS 3000....THE NEXT DAY THE ENGINE BLEW...THE DEALER WANTED TO PUT IN A NEW ENGINE...CHRYSLER IS NOT TAKING RESPONSIBILITY. THEY CLAIM TO KNOW NOTHING ABOUT A SLUDGE PROBLEM...BUT IF YOU GOOGLE THE CAR YOU WILL FIND PAGE AFTER PAGE OF COMPLAINTS VERY SIMILAR TO MY SISTER'S PROBLEM...AND NEITHER IS THE DEALER TAKING ANY RESPONSIBILITY...MY SISTER IS ALMOST 70 AND HAS A HUSBAND WHO IS A STROKE VICTIM...HER HANDS ARE FULL.......MY SISTER WAS RIPPED OFF AND SO HAVE A LOT OF OTHER AMERICANS....I WOULD LOVE TO TALK TO SOMEONE WHO CAN HELP FIND SOME JUSTICE... *JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE INTREPID. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND THE HOOD WAS RAISED WHILE SHE WAS CHECKING THE OIL. DURING THE PROCESS, THE HYDRAULIC SYSTEM THAT HELD THE HOOD UP FAILED AND THE HOOD COLLAPSED ON HER HEAD. THE CONTACT SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES AS A RESULT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO HAVE THE FAILURE DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 84,000. UPDATED 01/24/12*LJ THE CONSUMER ALSO STATED SHE HAD THE HYDRAULIC LIFT REPLACED ON THE TRUNK SEVERAL YEARS AGO. UPDATED 01/27/12

WHILE DRIVING ON AN INTERSTATE HIGHWAY, A LARGE AMOUNT OF SMOKE WAS OBSERVED IN THE REAR VIEW MIRROR. AFTER FINDING A SAFE PLACE TO QUICKLY PULL OVER, IT WAS FOUND THAT THE RIGHT REAR STRUT HAD FAILED COMPLETELY AND WAS RESTING ON A BRAND NEW TIRE. THE TIRE WAS SMOKING AND DESTROYED. IT HAD ONLY MILLIMETERS OF TREAD LEFT BEFORE THE STRUT WOULD HAVE PUNCTURED AND EXPLODED THE TIRE. LATER AT A GARAGE, THE STRUT WAS SHOWN TO HAVE BROKEN COMPLETELY. ALTHOUGH I SURVIVED THIS NEAR DISASTROUS INCIDENT, IT COULD HAVE EASILY BEEN MUCH WORSE FOR ME AND OTHER INTERSTATE USERS NEARBY. *TR

I PURCHASED A 1999 DODGE INTREPID. I HAVE COMPLETE SERVICE RECORDS FOR THE VEHICLE SHOWING THAT ON AVG. THE OIL WAS CHANGED EVERY 3000 TO 3600 MILES. WHEN DRIVING AT NIGHT DURING ONE OF THE SNOWFALLS, THE ENGINE STARTED TO PUTTER AND EVENTUALLY FAIL. I HAVE MY RECEIPTS SHOWING THAT THE OIL WAS CHANGED JUST THREE WEEKS PRIOR AND THERE WAS NO WARNING OF ANY ISSUES. I HAD THEE CAR TAKEN TO THE DEALER BY TOW THE NEXT MORNING TO ONLY BE TOLD A FEW DAYS LATER THAT IT IS GOING TO COST ME $6400 TO HAVE IT REPAIRED? *TR

EXCESSIVE STEERING PLAY. AT TIMES VEHICLE WILL GO ON ITS OWN IN THE DIRECTION THAT I PREVIOULSY TURNED. IT WONDERS ALL OVER THE ROAD AND IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO STEER SAFELY THEN IT TAKES AN EXTRA SECOND FOR STEERING TO RESPOND. IT STEERS LIKE A BOAT. NO INJURIES VECHILE PARKED IN DRIVEWAY AFRAID TO DRIVE. *TR

1999 DODGE INTREPID - 2.7 LITRE ENGINE. RPM'S PERIODICALLY DROPPED (LIKE THE ENGINE WAS GOING TO CUT OUT), BLACK SMOKE FROM TAILPIPE (SIGNIFYING BURNING OIL) WHILE IDLING OR UPON TAKEOFF FROM A DEAD STOP. ENGINE SEIZED 08/19/10 - NO WARNINGS WHATSOEVER. TOTAL FAILURE - MUST REPLACE IT AT A COST OF $6000. *TR

MY DODGE INTREPID WAS SERVICED AT KEYSTONE DODGE OR BUD BROWN DODGE IN OVERLAND PARK, KS FOR EVERY OIL CHANGE. AT JUST UNDER 70,000 MILES THE ENGINE BLEW BECAUSE OF SLUDGE. I WAS DRIVING AND I LOST ALL POWER. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO A DODGE DEALER AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE. DODGE WAS NOT RESPONSIVE TO QUESTIONS ABOUT THE ENGINE ISSUE. *TR