1999 DODGE INTREPID Complaints

MY TIMING CHAIN IN MY 1999 DODGE INTREPID IS ABOUT TO BREAK, I ALREADY REPLACED THE OIL SENDING UNIT AND CONNECTOR, ALL THESE PROBLEMS INDICATE ENGINE FAILURE WHICH COULD LEAD TO INJURY OR DEATH. THERE ARE MULTIPLE ENGINE PARTS THAT ARE ABOUT TO FAIL IN MY 2.7 ENGINE, THIS PROBLEM NEEDS TO BE SERIOUSLY DEALT WITH BY THE MANUFACTURER. *JB

DT: THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 1999 DODGE INTREPID WHEN THE CAR LOCKED, INCLUDING THE STEERING AND THE ENGINE. THE CAR CAME TO A STOP ON THE HIGHWAY. THIS WAS THE FIRST INCIDENT OF THIS KIND WITH THIS CAR. ALSO, THE CONTACT HAS A 2000 DODGE INTREPID AND THE SAME THING HAPPENED. HE REPORTED OF HAVING NO PROBLEMS WITH THE CAR PRIOR TO THIS. NO LIGHTS CAME ON, AND THERE WERE NO NOISES OR ANY WARNING. THE DEALER SAID THEY COULD NOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT BECAUSE THE WARRANTY ON THE ENGINE EXPIRED. *AK

THE CAR HAS HAD A/C PROBLEMS. ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. WINDOW PROBLEMS. TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. AND THE 2.7 MOTOR HAS BEEN OUT OF SERVICE SINCE 2003! I NEED HELP. I STILL OWE $8000.00 PLUS ON THIS THING AND I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO USE IT SINCE THE FALL OF 2003. THANK YOU. *JB

I HAD A 99 DODGE INTREPID. MY CAR WAS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE OIL AND WE BELIEVED THERE TO BE A LEAK BECAUSE IT WOULD NEVER HOLD OIL VERY LONG BEFORE THE TANK WOULD BE BONE DRY. BUT EVEN AFTER TAKING IT TO A MECHANIC WE COULD NOT FIND A LEAK. IN MARCH WAS DRIVING BACK INTO TOWN WHEN MY CAR BROKE DOWN. IT STARTED MAKING A REALLY LOUD CLUNKING NOISE LIKE THE ENGINE WAS ABOUT TO FALL OUT. AFTER HAVING IT TOWED HOME A MECHANIC LOOKED AT IT AND SAID THAT THE ENGINE HAD GONE OUT AND I NEEDED A NEW ONE. I ENDED UP HAVING TO FILE BANKRUPTCY DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE CAR WAS ONLY WORTH $3000 OR SO AND IT WOULD HAVE COST MORE THAN THAT TO FIX IT AND THAT I WAS ALREADY $4000 UPSIDE DOWN. HOWEVER, I AM ABOUT TO BE SUED BY THE CREDIT UNION THAT I HAD THE LOAN FOR MY CAR ON DUE TO THEM LOSING SO MUCH MONEY ON IT. *JB

DT: CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE INTREPID. THE CONTACT STATED THE TIMING CHAIN BROKE. THE CONTACT HAD TWO DIFFERENT REPAIR SHOPS INSPECT THE VEHICLE, AND THEY STATED THAT THE ENGINE WAS NOT WORTH A DIME. THE MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT CHRYSLER SHOULD HAVE NEVER PUT THIS TYPE OF MOTOR INTO A VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER, AND THEY ADVISED THE CONTACT TO PURCHASE A NEW VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE ONLY HAD 57,000 MILES ON IT. *AK

AT ABOUT 60,000 MILES I NOTICE A TICKING SOUND IN THE ENGINE I TOOK IT IN TO THE LOCAL DODGE DEALERSHIP AND IT WAS DETERMINED TO BE A LOWER BEARING NOISE THAT WOULD ULTIMATELY RUIN THE ENGINES. AS THE NOISE GOT WORSE I FEARED DRIVING IT ANYMORE . MY MAINTENANCE CONTRACT DID NOT COVER ENGINE COST BUT ONLY AFFECTED BEARINGS AND THIS WOULD NOT BE COVERED BY ANY DEALER OR MANUFACTURE WARRANTY. I SUBSEQUENTLY REPLACED THE ENGINE WITH A USED ENGINE WHICH LASTED ONE YEAR AND LEFT ME STRANDED BESIDE THE ROAD REQUIRING A TOW AND MY VEHICLE HAS SAT FOR 2 YEARS WITH THE COST OF ENGINE REPLACEMENT ALMOST DOUBLING. I THINK AN ENGINE RECALL IS IN ORDER AS I HAVE EXPERIENCED SEVERAL; PEOPLE STOPPING TO ASK IF THE INTREPID IS FOR SALE BECAUSE THEY HAVE ONE WITH A BAD ENGINE. *NM

1999 INTREPID ES, 114,000 MILES. A/C STOPPED WORKING. A/C FUSE WAS INTACT, AND A DIAGNOSIS OF THE COMPRESSOR SHOWED IT WAS OKAY AND FULL OF FREON. FURTHER EXAMINATION SHOWED THAT THE RADIATOR FAN/HIGH FUSE WAS BLOWN, WHICH WAS KEEPING THE A/C COMPRESSOR FROM COMING ON. FUSE WAS REPLACED, BUT BLEW AGAIN LATER. RADIATOR FAN ASSEMBLY WAS REPLACED WHICH FIXED BOTH PROBLEMS. *JB

THE ENGINE IN MY 1999 DODGE INTREPID FAILED IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC WITH NO WARNINGS WHATSOEVER. I WAS TOLD BY THE DEALERSHIP THAT IT NOT A DEFAULT, BUT IT WAS THE FACT THAT THE OIL NEEDS TO BE CHANGED EVERY 3000 MILES ON POINT AND USE 5W 30 OIL. IF THIS IS TRUE, WHY WAS THIS INFORMATION NOT INCLUDED IN THE MANUAL OR EVEN RELAYED TO US BEFORE WE BOUGHT THE CAR. IF YOU KNOW THAT OIL HAS TO BE CHANGED EVERY 3000 MILES EXACTLY, SHOULDN'T THERE BE A SENSOR THAT LETS YOU KNOW THAT. WHO WOULD BUY A CAR IF THEY WERE TOLD THAT YOUR ENGINE WOULD MALFUNCTION IF YOU GO OVER 3000 MILES WITHOUT AN OIL CHANGE . IN MY OPINION , THIS IS A DEFECT. *JB

DT: THE CALLER SAID TIMING CHAIN BROKE WHILE TRAVELING AT 30 MPH. THIS HAPPENED WITHOUT WARNING. THERE WERE NOISES, BUT HE DID NOT KNOW WHAT THEY WERE. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CALLER'S HOME. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE NOT BEEN CONTACTED YET.*AK

DT: THE CONTACT BOUGHT A 1999 DODGE INTREPID. HE HAD IT FOR 6 MONTHS AND STARTED HEARING A KNOCKING NOISE ABOUT 2 WEEKS AGO. HE TOOK IT TO THE MECHANIC. THE MECHANIC SAID THERE WAS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE MOTOR, AND IT WAS A MANUFACTURING DEFECT. HE HAD BOUGHT AN EXTENDED WARRANTY, BUT THE MANUFACTURER WILL NOT COVER THE EXPENSE OF PUTTING A USED MOTOR IN IF THERE WAS SLUDGE BUILDUP BECAUSE IT WAS A DEFECT IN THE MOTOR. IF THERE WAS NO SLUDGE BUILDUP THEY WILL COVER THE COST.*AK