1999 DODGE INTREPID Complaints

THE HEADLIGHT HOUSING ASSEMBLIES HAVE THE COATING PEELING, AND THE LENSE HAS A HAZE. THIS IS PRONOUNCED THRUOUT EVERY 1999 AND 2000 INTREPID I HAVE INSPECTED. THIS REDUCES THE VISIBILITY GREATLY I HAVE ALMOST HIT A PEDESTRIAN WHEN TURNING A CORNER DUE TO REDUCED OUTPUT OF THE LIGHTS. THE LENSES ARE NO LONGER A CLEAR PLASTIC, BUT ARE A WHITE FOG. THE HEADLIGHTS ARE EXPERIENCING DELAMINATION. *AK

1999 DODGE INTREPID STOPS ON FREEWAY WITH ALMOST NO WARNING, JUST THE YELLOW CAUTION LIGHT ABOUT 30 SECONDS BEFORE IT STOPS AND A NOISE FROM THE ENGINE. CHECKED THE ENGINGE AND THERE WAS VERY LITTLE OIL. TOLD THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OT 8,000. I HAD THIS CAR SERVICED 6,000 MI. BEFORE AT THE DEALER AND FILLED WITH OIL. HAVE NOT HAD IT FIXED AS THIS IS TO MUCH MONEY FOR ME TO PAY TO HAVE IT FIXED.*AK

THE TIMING CHAIN BROKE, AND THE ENGINE FAILED. THERE WAS NO WARNING. CONSUMER COULD NOT START THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER CONTACTED CHRYSLER. WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. THEN, SHE CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP. *AK

MY PROBLEMS STARTED OUT AT A LITTLE OVER 49,000 MILES. I WAS TAKING MY CHILDREN TO SCHOOL (IN MY PAJAMAS!!!) & THE CAR OVERHEATED. I HAD TO CALL A TOW TRUCK & A FRIEND TO HELP ME OUT WITH THE KIDS & A RIDE. TURNS OUT THE COOLING FAN LOCKED UP. THEY REPLACED IT, I WAS TOLD LATER BY A MECHANIC I SHOULD HAVE BEEN TOLD TO HAVE THE OIL CHANGED (EVEN THOUGH IT WAS NOT TIME) OR THEY SHOULD HAVE CHANGED IT BECAUSE IT OVERHEATED. 3 WEEKS LATER... BOOM FAN BLOWS OUT AGAIN... TOWED AGAIN... FIXED AGAIN...THIS TIME I HAD THE OIL CHANGED!! COUPLE WEEKS LATER, LIGHT TURNS GREEN, I BEGIN TO ACCELERATE, RPM'S GO CRAZY, CAR SHUTS DOWN IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION (THANK GOD I WAS NOT IN MY JAMMIES THAT DAY!). TAKE IT IN TO CARMAX, THEY TEAR IT DOWN, TELL ME SLUDGE IN THE ENGINE RUINED THE BEARINGS, MY $1500 EXTENDED WARRANTY I BOUGHT DID NOT COVER IT, & I NOW OWE THEM $600 FOR THE WORK THEY DID TO DIAGNOSE IT!!! IT WAS ALMOST AN ENTIRE YEAR OF PAYING $522 A MONTH WHILE WATCHING IT SIT IN MY DRIVEWAY. ALL THE TIRES ARE NOW DRY ROTTED... THERE IS RUST ALL OVER MY ROTORS, MY TRIM HAS DRY ROTTED & PEELED OFF FROM MY WINDSHIELD... SO I GET IT FIXED... $5623.93 FOR YET ANOTHER 2.7L ENGINE.... I WILL NEVER BUY A DODGE AGAIN.... NIETHER WILL ANY OF MY FAMILY OR FRIENDS OR CO-WORKERS OR ANY BODY ELSE I CAN TALK TO ABOUT THIS!! CAR - $12,000 CARMAX - $600 WARRANTY - $1500 A YEAR OF USELESS PAYMENTS - $6264 NEW TIRES, TRIM, BATTERY, ETC. - $1000 TOWING - $300 ENGINE REPLACEMENT - $5623.93 CRAPPY CAR SO I COULD GO TO WORK - $2500 THE TRUE COST OF MY 99 INTREPID - $29,787.93 YUP.... I GOT SCREWED!!!!!! THATS ALOT OF MONEY TO A FAMILY OF 7!!!! DODGE NEEDS TO OWN UP & MAKE THIS RIGHT!!!!! TAWNYA MASHBURN [email protected]. *AK

WHILE ACCELERATING ONTO THE INTERSTATE ENGINE BLEW OUT. AS A RESULT, CONSUMER WAS THROWN FORWARD.*AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STALLED. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE, AND DROVE IT TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT COMPUTER AND ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE, AND IT WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, AND REPLACED IT. HOWEVER, THE PROBLEM RECURRED. *AK IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE PROBLEM WAS DUE TO SLUDGE BUILD UP. THERE WERE NO WARNING. *SC *JB

MY 1999 DODGE INTREPID'S ENGINE FAILED IN NOVEMBER 2003 WHILE DRIVING ON INTERSTATE 55. QUOTES GIVEN TO ME TO FIX AND/OR REPLACE THE ENGINE WERE IN THE RANGE OF $5500 - $8500. THIS IS THE 2.7 LITER ENGINE; AT THE TIME OF THE ENGINE FAILURE I OWED OVER $6000 ON THE CAR, AND I AM STILL PAYING ON THE LOAN. THE CAR HAS BEEN SITTING IN MY GARAGE; THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE 2.7 ENGINES, HOWEVER CHRYSLER WILL NOT TAKE RESPONSIBILITY.*AK

THE CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL (04V021000) FOR THE FLOOR SHIFT IGNITION PARK INTERLOCK. THE CONSUMER WAS CONCERNED WHILE PLACING THE KEY INSIDE OF THE IGNITION WHILE THE VEHICLE STILL RUNNING THE KEY CAN BE REMOVED. PLEASE FILL IN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *JB

WHILE DRIVING, THE CONSUMER HEARD A NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION. *JB