1999 DODGE INTREPID Complaints

ENGINE FAILURE WITH 1999 DODGE INTREPID WITH 98,000 MILES AND OIL CHANGED REGUARLY. ENGINE IS 2.7 LITER WHICH IS A COMMON PROBLEM FOR THOUSANDS. VEHICLE IS NOT PAID OFF AND IS ONLY WAY OF TRANSPORTATION FOR MY WIFE. *AK ENGINE FAILED WITHOUT WARNING WHILE I WAS COMING THRU AND INTERSECTION.

WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH MOTOR BLEW. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO DEALERSHIP, BUT DEALERSHIP DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

MY 2.7 L CHRYSLER ENGINE IN MY 1999 DODGE INTREPID FAILED A TIMING CHAIN DUE TO ENGINE SLUDGE. THIS DESTROYED THE ENGINE AND CHRYSLER WILL NOT TAKE ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR IT. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 70 MPH VEHICLE STOPPED. CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED, AND IT WAS DISCOVERED THE ENGINE WAS DEFECTIVE. *AK

1999 DODGE INTREPID 2.7L ENGINE FAILURE. NO INDICATION ANYTHING WAS WRONG PRIOR TO THAT NIGHT. ENGINE STARTED MAKING NOISE - NO LIGHTS. ENGINE FAILED WHILE DRIVING DOWN INTERSTATE 70 WITH MY 1 YEAR OLD, 5 YEAR OLD AND 6 YEAR OLD IN THE CAR. IT COSTS $6000 TO REPLACE THE ENGINE AND I HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO COME WITH THAT TO GET IT FIXED. SINGLE MOTHER OF 3. *JB

OOIL PRESSURE LIGHT COMES ON WHEN STOPPING AND CAR AT IDLE. IT GOES OUT WHEN ACELL ERATING. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR THREE MONTHS. HAVE NOTICED SLUDGE BUILDUP INSIDE OIL FILLER CAP AND OIL JUST SEEMS TO DISAPPEAR AT TIMES. *AK

DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY WHEN THE CAR DIED AT 65 MPH LEAVING ME TO CONTROL THE CAR AT NIGHT . ENGINE SEIZED, RESULTING A LONG WALK AT NIGHT WHILE TEMPERATURE WAS BELOW 45 DEGREES. NOTHING YET TRYING TO FIND AN ENGINE AT A REASONABLE PRICE.*AK

ENGINE STARTED "KNOCKING" AT 45,000 MILES. ALWAYS HAD OIL CHANGES IN TIMELY FASHIO (3,000 MILES/3 MONTHS). COST $3,200 TO REPAIR ENGINE.*AK

DURING AN OIL CHANGE LAST FRIDAY AT SAM LEMAN'S DODGE IN PEORIA, IL I WAS TOLD THAT THE OIL PLUG RETENTION THREADS IN THE OIL PAN ARE STRIPPING AND I WAS TOLD THAT I HAVE TO GET A NEW OIL PAN DURING MY NEXT OIL CHANGE FOR MY 1999 DODGE INTREPID. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE. I DON'T KNOW ALL THE INTRICATE DETAILS ABOUT THE DESIGNS AND MANUFACTURING OF DODGE, BUT I WOULD TEND TO THINK THAT THE THREADS SHOULD LAST FOR LONGER THAN 30 TIMES OF SCREWING AND UNSCREWING OF THE OIL PLUG. SO, FAR THIS VEHICLE HAD LESS THAN 30 OIL CHANGES. HENCE, THIS PROBLEM IS UNACCEPTABLE. I WAS TOLD THAT ITWOULD COST ME CLOSE TO $300 TO GET THIS FIXED. THANKS !*AK

WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, A LOUD NOISE WAS HEARD COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. THE OIL LIGHT FLASHED ON THE DASHBOARD AND REMAINED ON. THE CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER AND THEN THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE DRIVER TRIED TO RESTART THE VEHICLE BUT WAS UNABLE TO DO SO. THE CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED. THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE DRIVER THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED REPLACEMENT. PLEASE FILL IN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *JB