1999 DODGE INTREPID Complaints

WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH VEHICLE STALLED DUE TO ENGINE SLUDGE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED. DEALERSHIP REPAIRED THE PROBLEM. *AK THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE ENGINE WAS DAMAGED AT 50000 MILES. ENGINE WAS REBUILT. *TC

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE WAS MAKING AN UNEXPECTED LOUD NOISE FROM THE ENGINE. TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR CHECKUP BECAUSE IT WAS UNABLE TO START. RESULTS SHOWED THAT THE VEHICLE NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION. *AK OIL LIGHT KEPT COMING ON. OIL SENDING UNIT WAS REPLACED TWICE. *TC

WAS DRIVING 1999 DODGE INTREPID WITH 66,000 MILES ON !-4 IN FLORIDA ABOUT 65 MPH. THE ENGINE, A 2.7, WITHOUT WARNING BLEW UP. I LOST POWER STEERING AND THE BRAKES WERE HARD TO USE. THERE WAS NO DODGE DEALER IN THE NEAREST TOWN. I HAD TO WALK TO THE NEAREST EXIT. A CHEVROLET DEALER REPLACED THE MOTOR FOR $7100. AFTER RESEARCHING. I HAVE FOUND THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE 2.7 ENGINE. THE CAR HAS HAD REGULAR MAINTENACE. I WAS LUCKY THAT THERE WAS A SHOULDER TO PULL OFF THE ROAD AND HAVE ROOM TO COAST TO A STOP. OLD ENGINE WAS USED AS A CORE.THERE WAS NO SLUDGE IN OIL CAP. THERE WAS NO OIL LIGHT WARNING. *AK

VEHICLE WAS GOING AT 70 MPH WHEN UNEXPECTEDLY THE DRIVER HEARD A CLICKING NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE. RESULTS SHOWED THERE WAS METAL INSIDE WHICH CAUSED IT TO BLOW, AND NO LONGER OPERATE.*AK

I HAVE A 1999 DODGE INTREPID, WHICH WAS PURCHASED NEW BY MYSELF. SINCE I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER I KNOW HOW MY CAR WAS TREATED. BASICALLY, MY CAR HAS 120,000 MILES ON IT AND HAS RUN PRETTY WELL ALL ITS LIFE. THE CAR STARTED TO JERK WHILE ACCELERATING ON MY WAY HOME. I TOOK IT TO OUR DODGE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT THE ENGINE WAS GOING TO FAIL DUE TO SLUDGE IN THE ENGINE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THIS WAS A KNOWN PROBLEM AND THAT CHRYLER WOULDNT DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. THEY HAD GOTTEN MANY COMPLAINTS ON THESE ENGINES.*AK

DODGE INTREPID 1999, NUMEROUS PROBLEMS WITH REGARD TO IT'S ENGINE. *BF THE CONSUMER EXPERIENCED A KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE. THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONSUMER THE ENGINE WAS NO LONGER ANY GOOD AND IT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *JB

THE ENGINE WOULD NOT START. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE FOR AN INSPECTION, HOWEVER THE PROBLEM COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. *JB

WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE HAD A LOUD KNOCK. THE CONSUMER DROVE TO THE DEALER THE FOLLOWING DAY AND ON THE WAY HOME THE VEHICLE STOPPED. THE ENGINE WAS DEFECTIVE. *JB

LIKE SOOOO MANY OTHERS MY DODGE INTREPID 2.7L ENGINE STARTING KNOCKING, THEN WHILE DRIVING TO WORK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD STOPPED! MY HUSBAND HAD TO PUSH THE VEHICLLE OFF THE ROAD BUT WAS UNABLE TO COMPLETELY GET IT OUT OF AN INTERSECTION ALONE! WE HAD IT TOWED TO A DODGE DEALERSHIP WHERE THEY INFORMED US THAT WE NEEDED A NEW ENGINE. AFTER I DID SOME RESEARCH AND FOUND THAT THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF US OUT THERE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM (SLUDGE BUILD UP IN THE ENGINE) THAT CASUES THE ENGINE TO BLOW WITH NO WARNING. NO ONLY A SAFTEY HAZARD BUT IT IS VERY COSLTY TO REPAIR.THE DEALERSHIP WANTS 6500 TO REPAIR IT AND THE CAR IS NOT EVEN WORTH THAT. SO WE ARE STILL PAYING ON A CAR THAT DOSEN'T RUN...BECAUSE THE ENGINE IS DEFECTIVE!*AK

COMER WAS DRIVING 50 MPH AND HEARD A CLICKING SOUND, AND THE MOTOR STALLED, VEHICLE LOST POWER STEERING, AND ALL THE LIGHTS IN THE DASHBOARD JUST LIT UP. CONSUMER CALLED A TOW TRUCK AND HAD THE VEHICLE TAKEN TO A SERVICE CENTER. MECHANIC INDICATED THAT THE ENGINE LOCKED UP. THERE WAS PLENTY OF OIL IN THE ENGINE. CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK THE SERVICE ENGINE SOON (SES) LIGHT DID NOT ILLUMINATE TO WARN THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE ENGINE. *TT