1999 DODGE INTREPID Complaints

1999 DODGE INTREPID STALL ON A DAILY BASES SOMETIMES IT WILL RESTART OTHER TIMES YOU HAVE TO WAIT 30 TO 60 MINS. IT WILL START AND DRIVE THEN YOU SHUT IT OFF IT WILL NOT RESTART FOR 30 TO 60 MINS SOMETIMES LONGER. ENGINE ALSO HAS SLUDGE BUILD UP. VEHICLE HAS 108000 MILES ON IT. IT IS THE 2.7 LITER ENGINE. AFTER READING SOME OF THE OTHER COMPLAINTS I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY THERE HAS NOT BEEN A RECALL ISSUED. THIS IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM THAT CAN GET SOMEONE INJURED OR WORSE. THERE IS NO NEED IN TRYING TO FIX THIS PROBLEM BECAUSE YOU FIX ONE THING AND SOMETHING ELSE IS GOING TO GO WRONG. CHRYSLER NEEDS TO STEP UP AND FIX THIS PROBLEM. *TR

1999 DODGE INTREPID 2.7 LITER 4 DOOR 200,000 MILES CLEAN CAR WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO IT'S PARKING GEAR AFTER A SHORT TRIP. AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS I WAS ABLE TO SHIFT THE CAR INTO PARK. THE NEXT MORNING THE CAR WOULD NOT SHIFT OUT OF PARK. I TRIED WITH CONSIDERABLE FORCE AND THE SHIFT CABLE BROKE..I REMOVED THE CENTER CONSOLE AND REPAIRED THE SHIFT CABLE ARM WHICH HAD BENT AND TWISTED IN A FORWARD DIRECTION ALLOWING THE CABLE TO FALL OFF. I WAS ABLE TO RESHAPE THE DAMAGED ARM AND RE ATTACH THE CABLE..THE CAR STILL WOULD NOT SHIFT. THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING SO I KNOW IT IS NOT A SHIFT CABLE INTER-LOCK PROBLEM...I HAVE KNOW IDEA AS TO WHAT CREATED THE PROBLEM. I HAVE HAD REGULAR OIL CHANGES AND INSPECTION MADE TO THE TRANSMISSION, THERE WAS NOT ANY SLIPPAGE..THE PARKING PAW WOULD NOT ENGAGE AND THEN NOT RELEASE...I ALLOWED THE CAR TO WARN TO A NORMAL OPERATING TEMPERATURE..I THEN TRIED TO SHIFT THE CAR FROM PARK AND IT DID WITHOUT ANY RESISTANCE. I STILL NEED TO HAVE THE SHIFT CABLE ADJUSTED, THE CAR IS OPERATING IN PARK/REVERSE/NEUTRAL AND DRIVE ONLY... I AM WORRIED THAT THIS CONDITION COULD HAPPEN AGAIN...HAVE YOU ANY FURTHER REPORTS OF THIS OCCURRENCE? *TR

THE BRAKE BOOSTER IS GETTING WATER IN TO IT AND FREEZING I REPLACED THE BOOSTER 4 YEARS AGO. SAME COMPLAINT HEN I HAD IT INTO A GARAGE THEY SAY THAT IT IS WATER A GAIN IT FROZE A GAIN EACH TIME IT DOES THIS THEIR IS NO WAY TO PUSH IN THE BRAKE PEDAL MEANING YOU HAVE NO BRAKES THIS CONDITION COULD CAUSE A FATAL ACCIDENT AS YOU HAVE NO BRAKES. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE INTREPID. EVER SINCE THE CONTACT HAS OWNED THE VEHICLE, BOTH THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE WINDOWS HAVE MALFUNCTIONED. SHE CANNOT ROLL THE WINDOWS DOWN AFTER THEY HAVE BEEN ROLLED UP. THE DEALER STATED THAT THIS TYPE OF FAILURE WAS A NORMAL OCCURRENCE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 100,133 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 20,000.

FOR THE PAST 3 OR 4 YEARS NOW I HAVE BEEN HAVING ENGINE RELATED PROBLEMS WITH MY CAR. RECENTLY THINGS GOT WORSE. MY HEAT WILL NOT WORK UNLESS THE CAR IS MOVING, GRAYISH SPOKE COMING FROM THE EXHAUST PIPE AND OVERHEATING. I WENT TO A WEBSITE THAT WAS TALKING ABOUT MY TYPE OF CAR AND THE MANY ENGINE TROUBLES OTHER PEOPLE ARE HAVING. THE WEBSITE CLAIMED THAT I COULD RECEIVE HELP WITH GETTING MY CAR FIX DUE TO THE MANY DEFECTS WITH THE ENGINES OF THESE CARS. THE WEBSITE DESCRIBED EVERYTHING MY CAR IS DOING NOW. *TR

I OWN A 1999 DODGE INTREPID ES AND WHILE DRIVING, THE CAR JUST QUITS AND I HAVE TO COAST TO A SAFE AREA OFF THE ROAD. THE ENGINE JUST KILLS. ONCE STOPPED, I TRY STARTING THE ENGINE. IT JUST TURNS OVER AND WON'T START. AFTER WAITING ABOUT 3 TO 5 MINUTE, IT WILL START UP AS IF NO PROBLEM. MECHANIC CAN NOT DIAGNOSE THE ISSUE THROUGH COMPUTER, BECAUSE IT WON'T STORE THE FAULT CODE. IT HAPPENS ON A MONTHLY BASIS, APPROXIMATELY. I HAVE REPLACED CAM SENSOR, CRANK SENSOR, TIMING BELTS, AND NO FIX. IT'S ALMOST AS IF THERE IS A BAD GROUND TO A ELECTRICAL SENSOR OR EXPOSED WIRE. PLUGS AND WIRES WERE REPLACED, BUT NO SOLUTION. I'M JUST LOOKING FOR SOMEONE WHO HAS EVENTUALLY SOLVED THIS ISSUE. THE CAR ISN'T THAT BAD, REPLACED A LOT OF ELECTRICAL SENSOR COMPONENTS, BUT WOULD JUST LIKE TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM PERMANENTLY. ANY ADVICE OR SOLUTIONS ARE MORE THAN WELCOME PLEASE. IT'S SOMEWHAT NERVE RACKING TO DRIVE, NOT KNOWING WHEN THE NEXT PROBLEM WILL OCCUR. PLEASE HELP. *TR

1999 DODGE INTREPID 2.7 MOTOR. AFTER REPLACING THE MOTOR IN 2006 35 DAYS AFTER BUYING IT LASTED TILL ABOUT SEPT OF 2008. HAD TO PUT IN ALL NEW TIMING CHAIN KIT. CAR RAN FOR ABOUT A WEEK AND THEN BROKE DOWN AGAIN. HAD A MECHANIC LOOK AT IT AND NOW THE RIGHT REAR ROD IS SHOT. WITH ALL THE MONEY I HAVE PUT INTO THIS CAR I THINK I SHOULD OF JUST PARKED IT AT DAIMLER CHRYSLER AND PUT A SIGN ON IT SAYING WHAT A PIECE OF '!@#$%. CANNOT GET ANYTHING FOR IT TRADING IT IN ALL DEALERS KNOW ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND WANT NOTING TO DO WITH IT. *TR

I HAVE CHANGED THE OIL IN THE VEHICLE REGULARLY EVERY 3-4 THOUSAND MILES, THEN ON SUNDAY THE TIMING BELT TENSIONER WENT OUT AND NOW THE REPAIR SHOP TELLS ME I NEED A NEW ENGINE AND IT'S DUE TO THE TENSIONER FAILING FROM A SLUDGE BUILD UP. I HAVE SINCE FOUND THIS IS VERY COMMON TO THE 2.7L ENGINE. NOW THE REPAIR ESTIMATE IS BETWEEN FIVE AND SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE INTREPID. THE CONTACT NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM THE EXHAUST. THE DEALER REBUILT THE TRANSMISSION AND REPLACED THE AIR CONDITIONER PUMP. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 89,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 104,000.

IN 2001 I BOUGHT A DODGE INTREPID 2.7L. IT WAS SERVICE REGULARLY AT KEYSTONE CHRYSLER IN MISSION, KANSAS. IN SEPTEMBER OF 2004 I BEGAN TO NOTICE THAT IT WAS RUNNING STRANGE SO I TOOK IT TO BUD BROWN DODGE IN OVERLAND PARK, KS. I WAS TOLD THAT THE BELT HAD SLIPPED AND IT WAS NOT POSSIBLE TO TELL THE EXTENT OF THE DAMAGE UNLESS I ALLOWED THEM TO PUT A NEW ONE ON AND CHECK THE ENGINE PRESSURE. THEY SERVICE MANAGER TOLD ME THAT THE CHANCES OF THE ENGINE BEING RUINED WERE 50/50. HE CALLED THE NEXT DAY TO TELL ME THAT THE ENGINE WAS RUINED AND I OWED $1,400. I CALL ANOTHER DODGE DEALERSHIP AND EXPLAINED THE ENGINE SYMPTOMS AND ASKED WHAT MY NEXT MOVE SHOULD BE. THE SUNFLOWER DODGE TECH TOLD ME THAT THE 2.7 WAS A TERRIBLE ENGINE AND IT WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. I ASKED HIM IF THERE WAS ANY CHANCE THAT THE ENGINE WAS SALVAGEABLE AND HE SAID NO. HE WAS WILLING TO LOOK AT IT BUT TOLD ME HE HAD SEEN THIS OVER AND OVER WITH THIS CAR. I CAME CLEAN AND TOLD HIM WHAT HAD HAPPENED WITH THE OTHER DEALERSHIP AND HE ASSURED ME THAT THEY WERE WRONG. HE SUGGESTED THAT THE TECH COULD BE NEW SO I SHOULDN'T ASSUME FRAUD. HE ALSO TOLD ME THAT DODGE WAS NOT RECALLING AN ENGINE THAT THEY MUST HAVE KNOWN BY THAT TIME TO BE DEFECTIVE. I HAVE LOOKED ON THE INTERNET AND HE APPEARS TO BE CORRECT. *TR