1999 DODGE INTREPID Complaints

I WAS DRIVING ON THE I -5 NORTHBOUND TO OCEANSIDE, WHEN I STARTED HEARING A CLACKING/CLUNKING NOISE FROM THE ENGINE. I PULLED IN TOWARDS THE NEAREST GAS STATION AND CHECKED THE OIL LEVELS FOR THE CAR, WHICH WERE FINE. I DROVE ANOTHER 2 MILES AND STARTED TO EXIT THE FREEWAY WHEN A TOTAL POWER LOSS TO THE ENGINE OCCURRED. I MANAGED TO RECOVER CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, AND PARKED IT IN A PARKING LOT WHERE IT WAS TOWED TO MY PLACE OF RESIDENCE. THE NEXT DAY I HAD IT TOWED TO A MECHANIC AND WAS TOLD THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. I HAD JUST REPLACED THE OIL 2,000 MILES AGO, AND WAS PERPLEXED. THE OIL LIGHT HAD BEEN ON INTERMITTENTLY, BUT OIL LEVELS WERE FINE, I WAS TOLD THIS WAS PROBABLY DUE TO A FAILED SENSOR. I AM YOUNG AND HAVE JUST STARTED A FAMILY, WITH A NEWLY BORN INFANT WHO COULD HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT. FROM FURTHER RESEARCH, I HAVE FOUND 1000S OF INCIDENTS SIMILAR TO MY OWN CONCERNING THE 2.7 LITER ENGINE, AND IMPLORE CHRYSLER TO RECALL THIS ENGINE. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH THE VEHICLE ENGINE SPUTTER, THE LOW OIL PRESSURE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE ENGINE SEIZED. THE VEHICLE WAS PULLED OFF THE ROAD WITHOUT INCIDENT AND THEN TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP. PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT THE TIMING CHAIN TENSIONER WAS REPLACED, THE MECHANIC DETERMINED THIS REPLACEMENT DID NOT CAUSE THIS ENGINE FAILURE. HOWEVER UPON INSPECTION OF THE ENGINE THERE WAS A LARGE AMOUNT OF OIL SLUDGE IN THE ENGINE BLOCK AND THE ENGINE NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. UPDATED 04/17/06. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE ENGINE BEGAN TO MAKE A GRINDING AND RATTLING NOISE, THE VEHICLE THEN STOPPED. IT WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP WHICH DETERMINED THERE WAS SLUDGE IN THE OIL AND THE ENGINE NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. DODGE STATED A ROD HAD SNAPPED, AND CONTACT HAD TO REPLACE ENTIRE ENGINE AT $8500. *AK

PURCHASED THE 1999 DODGE INTREPID ON SEP 16, 2005 THE CAR HAD 77,823 MILES . BEFORE PURCHASING THE CAR I DID RUN A CAR FAX ON THE VEHICLE AND TOOK IT TO GOODYEAR AND HAD AN 11 POINT CHECK BEFORE PURCHASING THE VEHICLE. THE CAR CAME WITH A WARRANTY. NOV 26, 05 WHEN THE CAR STARTED A LOUD KNOCKING NOISE AND IMMEDIATELY SHUT DOWN. ALL THE OIL RAN ON THE GROUND. IT WAS 10:30 P.M. . WE, MY DAUGHTER AND TWO GRANDCHILDREN WERE ON A DARK PARKWAY THE WRECKER SERVICE TOOK US TO A HOTEL. 1:10 A.M. (CST) WHEN WE GOT TO THE HOTEL IN ELIZABETHTOWN. I HAD TO PAY SOMEONE TO COME FROM FRANKFORT TO ELIZABETHTOWN. IT ONLY HAD APPROXIMATELY 3000 MILES ON IT FROM THE TIME OF PURCHASE. I THEN HAD IT TOWED BACK TO FRANKFORT (93.03) THE WARRANTY COMPANY SENT THE ENGINE BUT I WAS STILL OUT OF $412.00 WHICH WAS THE DIFFERENCE OF THE CLAIMS ABOUT FOR LABOR OF $450.00. DURING THE TIME I WAS WAITING FOR MY VEHICLE TO BE FIXED I SEARCH THE INTERNET AND FOUND OUT THERE WAS ONE THING I DID NOT CHECK AT THE TIME OF PURCHASE AND THAT WAS THE ENGINE. I FOUND A LOT OF ARTICLES POSTED THAT CLAIMED THE 2.7 LITER ENGINE TO BE ONE OF THE WORST CHRYSLER HAD MADE. THEY HAD THE CAR FROM NOVEMBER 30 UNTIL JANUARY 25TH. . I DID HAVE TO PURCHASE AN ADDITIONAL EXTENDED WARRANTY (150.00) SO THAT I COULD MAKE SURE I WAS STILL COVERED WHILE THE CAR WAS BEING FIXED. THE ORIGINAL WARRANTY AT THE TIME OF PURCHASE WAS 4500 MILES OR 90 DAYS WHICH EVER COMES FIRST. THAT WARRANTY EXPIRED ON 12/21/05. THIS MOTOR ONLY LASTED 81,000 MILES. THE CURRENT ENGINE NOW IS A REBUILT I PRAY THAT I GET MORE THAN 81,000 MILES ON IT. *JB

ENGINE FAILURE IN OUR 99 DODGE INTREPID AT 93,720 MILES WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY WITH HUSBAND & OUR BABY IN THE CAR. CAR TOWED & DIAGNOSED AS ENGINE FAILURE, ADVISED WOULD NEED TO REPLACE ENGINE AT COST OF $4,500. ENGINE NOT REPLACED, HAD TO PURCHASE A NEW CAR, CREATING FINANCIAL HARDSHIP. *JB

DRIVING ILLINOIS HIGHWAY 55 SOUTHBOUND WHEN 1999 DODGE INTREPID STARTED KNOCKING AND BUCKING DOWN THE HIGHWAY. GOT A CHANCE TO PULL OFF THE HIGHWAY AND CAR STOPPED. TRIED TO START CAR BACK UP AND IT STARTED KNOCKING LOUDER AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. BEFORE THE KNOCKING THERE WAS NO OTHER EVIDENCE, LIKE TEMPERATURE RISING, OR CHECK ENGINE, THE CARE JUST BEGAN KNOCKING. POLICE CAME ON SCENE AND CALLED TOWING COMPANY TO TOW CAR BACK TO NEAREST CITY. WHEN ARRIVED IN THE CITY OF SPRINGFIELD, IL AND WENT TO A CAR REPAIR SHOP, THEY ADVISED THAT THERE WAS SERIOUS INTERNAL ENGINE PROBLEMS. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH THE VEHICLE SHUTTERED AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE LOST ALL POWER AND STALLED. THE CONTACT MANAGED TO PULL THE VEHICLE OFF THE ROAD AND IT WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. UPON INSPECTION THE DEALER FOUND THE TIMING CHAIN WAS BROKEN AND NEEDED REPLACED. NO REPAIRS HAVE BEEN MADE.

1999 DODGE INTREPID (C. 52.218) ORIGINAL MILES. DRIVING HOME FROM LOCAL MALL, ABOUT 10 MINUTES INTO TRAVEL, ENGINE BEGAN TO MAKE A TAPPING NOISE. ARRIVED HOME ABOUT 5 MINUTES LATER AND SHUT CAR OFF. CONTACTED A FRIEND WHO IS RETIRED MECHANIC. HE TRIED TO START ENGINE WITHOUT SUCCESS, HE SAID THE ENGINE HAD COMPLETE LOSS OF COMPRESSION. HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO AN ENGINE SPECIALIST WHO CHECKED ENGINE THOROUGHLY. HE SAID THAT DUE TO LACK OF OIL PRESSURE, THE CAM WAS NOT RECEIVING SUFFICIENT OIL TO LUBRICATE THE TIMING CHAIN THUS CAUSING IT TO BREAK AND COMPLETELY RUIN THE VALVES AND HEADS IN THE ENGINE. COST TO REPAIR WOULD EITHER BE A COMPLETE TEAR DOWN AND MACHINING OF THE INTERNAL PARTS, $3,400.00 OR PUTTING IN A 2002 2.7 LITER INTREPID ENGINE AT A COST OF $4,500.00 PARTS AND LABOR INCLUDED. SINCE I STILL OWE $3,300.00 ON THIS VEHICLE I COULD NOT AFFORD EITHER OF THESE OPTIONS. *NM

1999 DODGE INTREPID ES. ORIGINAL ENGINE STARTED KNOCKING AND WAS REPLACED WITH SHORT BLOCK AT 50,162 MILES. THIS ENGINE STARTED KNOCKING AND WAS REPLACED WITH ANOTHER SHORT BLOCK AT 60,310 MILES. NOW THIS ENGINE IS KNOCKING AT 90,413 MILES AND CHRYSLER WILL NOT STAND BEHIND IT WITH ANY WARRANTY. THEY HAVE QUOTED ME A PRICE OF BETWEEN $5,200 AND $5,700 TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. EACH OF THESE TIMES CAR WAS NOT DRIVABLE AND HAD TO BE TOWED IN TO BE FIXED. THIS FINAL TIME THE CAR HAD TO BE TOWED HOME BECAUSE CHRYSLER WOULD NOT STAND BEHIND THE PROBLEM. *JB

WHEN I LEFT THE HOUSE THE CAR WAS OK, I DROVE TO MY FRIEND HOUSE THE CAR STARTED MAKING A REAL LOUD NOISE. I SHUT THE CAR OFF. IT WOULDN'T START UP AGAIN, I HAD TO HAVE IT TOW TO SHOP WHERE I BOUGHT IT. I WAS TOLD THE TIMING CHAIN WAS OUT AND IT WOULD BE CHEAPER TO GET ANOTHER ENGINE. NOW THIS IS WHERE THE FUN BEING. WE HAD A DIFFICULT TIME FINDING A ENGINE. ONCE WE DID AND HAD IT PUT IN THE CAR, IT DIDN'T WORK. WE BROUGHT THE ENGINE FROM T&M AUTO SALVAGE IN CANTON. THEY PUT ANOTHER ENGINE IN THE CAR. I DROVE THE CAR ABOUT 3 MONTHS WHEN IT STARTING MAKING A STRANGE NOISE THE WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED. THEREFORE, WE TOOK THE CAR TO THE DODGE DEALERSHIP. THEY HAD THE CAR A MONTH OR TWO. THEY TOLD ME THEY STEAMED CLEAN THE ENGINE BECAUSE IT WAS SLUDGE BUILD UP AND THEY HAD TO TAKE THE ENGINE APART TO REPLACE THE TIMING CHAIN. NOW THE CAR STILL ISN'T WORKING CORRECTLY FOR WHATEVER REASON WE CAN NOT AFFORD TO FIND OUT. *JB