1999 DODGE INTREPID Complaints

DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT WAS COMPLETELY RESTRAINED, BUT TOO MUCH. THE SEAT BELT TIGHTENED, CUTTING INTO THE DRIVER; THERE WAS NO PLAY IN BELT. *AK PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT, THE CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT THE ADJUSTING MOUNTS FOR THE DRIVERS SEAT BELT. THE ADJUSTING MOUNT FAILED TO LOCK INTO PLACE WHEN THE CONSUMER WAS REAR ENDED. THE CONSUMER SUFFERED SERIOUS INJURIES.. *JB

DT: WHILE DRIVING THE ENGINE BLEW OUT. THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING 40 KM WHEN THIS HAPPENED. THE CONSUMER SAID THAT T5 MINUTES BEFORE THIS HAPPENED THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. THE MECHANIC TOLD THE CONSUMER THAT THE TIMING CHAIN SLIPPED DUE TO SLUDGE BUILD UP WHICH CAUSED IT TO HIT A ROD. PREVIOUSLY, A KNOCKING NOISE COME FROM THE ENGINE AREA. THE CONSUMER HAD TAKEN VEHICLE TO THE DEALER TO HAVE AN OIL CHANGE AND THE NOISE WAS NOT AS LOUD. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THERE HAD BEEN NO PREVIOUS PROBLEMS WITH THE ENGINE. NO FIRE CAME FROM THE ENGINE, BUT THERE WAS SMOKE. *AK

DT: THE CALLER'S STATES SON WAS DRIVING A T30 MPH AND VEHICLE STALLED. HE HEARD A RATTLING NOISE AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. DRIVER COULD NOT GET VEHICLE RESTARTED. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO DEALER. DEALER HAS NOT GIVEN A REASON BUT SAID IT NEEDED A NEW ENGINE. MANUFACTURER GAVE HER A REFERENCE NUMBER TO ISSUE A COMPLAINT. VEHICLE IS NOW SITTING DRIVEWAY WITH THE ENGINE PIECES IN THE TRUNK.*AK

1999 DODGE INTREPEID--2.7L ENGINE I WAS DRIVING TO WORK GOING 70 MILES AN HOUR WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE CAR JERKED AND THEN THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND I COASTED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. ONCE OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, I TRIED TO RESTART CAR AND IT WAS COMPLETELY DEAD. UPON HAVING MY CAR TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP I WAS TOLD THE TIMING CHAIN HAD BROKE AND THEY WERE PRETTY SURE THAT IT HAD DONE EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE, WHICH IF I WANTED TO GET IT FIX WOULD COST ME WELL OVER $5,000.00. I'VE ALSO HEARD THEY HAVE THE WORST A/C IN THE INDUSTRY IN THEIR VEHICLES WHICH MY EVAPORATOR CONDENSOR WENT OUT AND I HAD JUST PAID $1,200.00 TO GET FIXED.

MY 99 INTREPED THE COOLING FAN AND AIR CONDITIONER IS NOT WORKING, THIS IS AFTER THE 2.7 MOTER DIED AND WAS REPLACED

DT: ONTACT STATES CAR WAS PULLING TO THE LEFT. THE MECHANIC SAID THE PROBLEM WAS IN THE SUSPENSION. SHE DID NOT GET IT FIXED BECAUSE IT WILL COST $1,000.00.*AK CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO A DIFFERENT MECHANIC AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE NEEDED A FRONT CAMBER ADJUSTER KIT FOR $150.00. *TT

1999 DODGE INTREPID WATER PUMP AND TIMING CHAIN FAILED. *MR THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START WHILE AT THE GAS STATION. THE VEHICLE NEVER RAN HOT OR MADE LOUD NOISES AND THERE WERE NO INDICATIONS OF A PROBLEM. THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED PER SERVICE DEALER THAT THE ENGINES HAD SERIOUS PROBLEMS. THE CONSUMER FELT THAT MAYBE IN WAS NOT NECESSARY TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE ENGINE AT 59,500 MILES. CHRYSLER WAS NOT WILLING TO REFUND THE CONSUMER SOME OR ALL OF THE MONIES SPENT ON REPAIRS. *SC THE A/C EVAORATOR COIL, FAN RESISTOR AND TRUNK LOCK MASTER CYLINDER WHICH WERE ALL IN PERFECT WORKING ORDER PROR TO BEING SERVICED AT THE DEALERSHIP FAILED TO WORK PROPERLY AFTER VEHICLE WAS PICK UP FROM SERVICE. DEALERSHIP CLAIMED PROBLEMS WERE UNRELATED. *TT

DT: THE ENGINE STALLED WHILE THE CONSUMER WAS ON THE FREEWAY. THE CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO PULL OFF ON A SHOULDER OF THE ROAD. THE VEHICLE HAD THE BRAKES AND ROTORS REPLACED, AND REGULAR MAINTENANCE. THE CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY TOLD HER THAT THE ENGINE HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE CONSUMER HAS NOT HAD THE PROBLEM FIXED. *AK

I ATTEMPTED TO START MY VEHICLE AND IT WOULD NOT START. I NOTICED A STRANGE NOISE. I HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP. THE MECHANIC TOLD ME THAT THE TIMING CHAIN HAD BROKEN AND RUINED THE ENGINE. *NM

I HAVE A 99 DODGE INTREPID WITH A 2.7L ENGINE. THE CAR HAS @ 79,000 MILES. THE ENGINE STARTED MAKING A LOUD CLANGING NOISE WHILE I WAS DRIVING IT. THE ENGINE DID NOT MAKE ANY OTHER NOISES PRIOR TO ITS FAILURE. I IMMEDIATELY PULL OVER AND HAD THE CAR TOWED TO A DEALER. THE DEALER TOLD ME I WILL NEED A NEW ENGINE AT A COST OF $6,400. *NM