1999 DODGE INTREPID Complaints

WHILE DRIVING AT 35-40 MPH ENGINE FAILED. THERE WAS NO WARNING. CONTACTED THE DEALER, BUT PROBLEM RECURRED. *AK *TC

WHILE DRIVING MY DODGE INTREPID HOME THE ENGINE QUIT CAUSING ME TO PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WITH NO STEERING AND VERY LITTLE BRAKING. I WAS ABLE TO JUMP START THE ENGINE AND BEGIN MY TRIP HOME AGAIN. THE ENGINE QUIT AGAIN AND HAD TROUBLE STEERING CAR OFF THE ROAD WITH ALSO NO BRAKES. NOW THE ENGINE WILL NOT START DUE TO BEING LOCKED UP. I HAVE CHANGED THE OIL REGULARLY AND MAINTAINED THE CAR IN GOOD CONDITION. I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION SENSORS AT 50,000 MILES DUE TO FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER SERVICE MECHANICS KNEW EXACTLY WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS WHEN DESCRIBED OVER THE PHONE ABOUT THE TRANSMISSION AND THE ENGINE. THE TRANSMISSION HAD A FAILURE AGAIN AT 100,000 MILES. THIS IS TERRIBLE FOR A 99 MODEL CAR THAT HAS ONLY A 100,000 MILES. THE ENGINE IS LOCKED UP AND NOW I HAVE NO TRANSPORTATION TO TRAVEL BACK AND FORTH TO WORK. I HAVE MORE PROBLEMS WITH THIS CAR SINCE I BOUGHT IT. *NM

WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 45-50 MPH, SUDDENLY THERE WAS A CLICKING/TAPPING NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE, FOLLOWED BY THE VEHICLE STARTING TO LOSE POWER. THE CONSUMER IMMEDIATELY PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP. THE ENGINE BLEW BECAUSE IT THREW A ROD BEARING. *JB

1.) THERE WERE NO REAL "EVENTS" THAT HAPPENED. THE ENGINE ON MY WIFE'S DODGE INTREPID SIMPLY SEIZED (AFTER AN OIL CHANGE). 2.) ENGINE SEIZURE ON A DODGE INTREPID...MOTOR LOCKED UP. 3.) CHRYSLER BLAMED IT ON US NOT CHANGING THE OIL REGULARLY AND WE HAD TO ROLL THE BALANCE OF THE CAR INTO A NEW CAR. *JB

2.7 LITER ENGINE IN DODGE INTREPID, FAILING. HAVE MAINTAINED VEHICLE, VEHICLE PRESENTLY IN GARAGE AWAITING SERVICE. I AM EXPECTING THE DEALERSHIP TO DENY WARRANTY CLAIM DUE TO ENGINE SLUDGE WHICH IS COMMON WITH THIS ENGINE. WILL NO LONGER ALLOW WIFE AND KIDS TO BE IN VEHICLE, FEAR OF VEHICLE ACCIDENT DUE TO PREMATURE ENGINE FAILURE.CAR TAKEN IN FOR REPAIR OCT. 2004, DEALER REPLACED ROD BEARINGS. KNOCKING NOISE STILL PRESENT, CAR CURRENTLY AT DIFFERENT DEALERSHIP.*AK

I WAS DRIVING ON AN ERRAND TO TUCSON ARIZONA WHICH IS 65 MILES FROM MY HOME. I STOPPED AT A STOP LIGHT AND THE CAR ENGINE DIED ON ME IN THE MIDDLE OF A BUSY INTERSECTION WITHOUT EVEN A WARNING LIGHT COMING ON. I DO REGULAR MAINTANENCE ON THE VEHICLE, AND DO PREDRIVE CHECKS ON THE VEHICLE BEFORE I GO ON LONG DISTANCE TRIPS. THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE USED FROM TOLD ME IT WOULD COST $6300 TO REPLACE THE ENGINE. I DO NOT HAVE $6300 TO REPLACE AN ENGINE IN A VEHICLE WORTH ABOUT $7000. *AK

WHILE DRIVING TO THE HOSPITAL THE ENGINE (2.7)OF MY DODGE INTREPID SEIZED. THERE WAS NO WARNING SIGNS, THIS CAR WAS ALWAYS IN FOR OIL CHANGES. I HAVE NOT HAD ANY LUCK REPLACING THE ENGINE SINCE THE COST IS JUST REDICULOUS FOR WHAT THE CAR IS WORTH. I STILL HAVE THE CAR WHICH HAS BEEN SITTING IN MY GARAGE FOR THE PAST YEAR.*AK

I ALSO OWN A 1999 DODGE INTREPID WITH THE NOTORIOUS 2.7 ALMOST BLOWN ENGINE, DUE TO OIL SLUDGE. THE WAS WELL MAINTAINED WITH REGULAR OIL CHANGES. THE CAR HAS ONLY 76K MILES. FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS THE CAR WOULD SOUND LIKE A DIESEL FOR A VERY SHORT TIME AND DISAPPEAR. I CALLED THE DEALER AND INQUIRED IF THERE HAD BEEN ANY SIMILAR COMPLAINTS OR PROBLEMS. THEY REPLIED THEY KNEW OF NONE. I EVEN HAD THE CAR IN ANOTHER REPAIR SHOP ONE DAY AND THEY DID NOT KNOW WHAT COULD HAVE CAUSED THE SOUND I COMPLAINED ABOUT, BECAUSE IT DISAPPEARED BEFORE I GOT THERE. JUST A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO THE SOUND REAPPEARED SUDDENLY AFTER 4 MONTHS OF NOTHING. THE SHOP OWNER COULD NOT BELIEVE HIS EARS WHEN I DROVE UP LEFT THE CAR RUNNING AND WENT IN TO GET HIM. HE FOUND THAT THE HYDRAULIC TENSIONER THAT HOLDS THE TIMING CHAINS IN PLACE NEEDED REPLACED, BUT WHEN HE TOOK THE FRONT COVER OFF THE MOTOR HE FOUND IT FILLED WITH SLUDGE. I WAS LUCKY THAT THE MOTOR HAD NOT BLOWN YET, BUT I FACE THE EXPENSE OF HAVING IT REBUILT OR REPLACED. I STILL HAVE THE CAR, BUT I HAD TO GO REPLACE IT WITH ANOTHER CAR. THIS WAS AN ADDED EXPENSE I WAS NOT PLANNING ON. R MILLER, DELAWARE. *JB

VEHICLE SHUT DOWN WHILE CONSUMER WAS SITTING AT A STOP LIGHT. VEHICLE WAS TOWED, AND THE ENGINE WAS FOUND TO BE DEFECTIVE.*AK

THE ENGINE IN MY CAR NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. CYLINDER 3 AND 6 HAVE RODS THAT WILL EVENTUALLY GO THROUGH THE ENGINE. IT IS A 2.7 LITER 6 CYLINDER DODGE INTREPID. I HAVE CONTACTED THE COMPANY AND THEY WILL NOT RESPOND TO MY INQUIRIES. I HAVE DONE SOME RESEARCH ON THIS ENGINE AND THERE SEEMS TO BE QUITE A FEW OWNERS WHO HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. I TOOK IT TO FERRIS STATE UNIVERSITY'S AUTOMOTIVE PROGRAM AND THE INSTRUCTOR TOLD US THAT THOSE ENGINES ARE NOTORIOUS FOR DOING THAT. HE EXPLAINED THAT IT IS A MANUFACTURER DEFECT BECAUSE THE HOLE THAT ALLOWS THE OIL TO FLOW THROUGH TO THE CYLINDERS IS NOT LARGE ENOUGH SO THE ENGINE STARVES FOR OIL WHICH CAUSES ROD BEARINGS TO GO BAD. CHRYSLER NEEDS TO RECALL ALL VEHICLES WITH THIS TYPE OF ENGINE BECAUSE IT IS NOT RIGHT THAT THEY CONTINUE TO LET THEM STAY ON THE ROAD WHEN THEY KNOW THERE IS A PROBLEM. I HAVE A 3 YEAR OLD TO TAKE CARE OF AND I STILL OWE ALMOST 4000$ FOR THE CAR AND TO HAVE THE ENGINE REBUILT WILL COST 4700$. *AK