1999 DODGE INTREPID Complaints

THE CAR WOULD NOT START AFTER A BRIEF DRIVE WITH NO PREVIOS INDICATIONS OF ANY PROBLEM. HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALER WHO GAVE ME AN ESTIMATE FOR $8100.00 TO REPLACE THE ENGINE.TECH SAID THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM IN THE INTREPIDS WITH 2.7L ENGINES, BUT IT IS USUALLY DUE TO POOR MAINTAINANCE WHICH LEADS TO SLUDGE BUILD-UP, BUT THAT HE COULD TELL MY CAR WAS WELL MAINTAINED AND CLEAN. HE SIAD IT WAS CAUSED BY A WATER-PUMP FAILURE, WHICH THREW OFF THE TIMING AND TOTALLED THE ENGINE. THE CAR HAD 59,000 MILES AND 2 PAYMENTS LEFT AND WAS NOW BASICALLY WORTHLESS. THE DEALERSHIP GOT CHRYSLER TO REDUCE THE BILL BY ABOUT 50% AND I HAD TO PAY $4000 FOR A NEW ENGINE. AFTER PICKING IT UP, THE A/C DOES NOT WORK. DEALERSHIP SAYS IT IS 'UNRELATED" AND WILL COST $1100. TO REPAIR. SOMEONE SHOULD INVESTIGATE THIS CAR AS WE ARE PAYING $20,000+ IN GOOD FAITH FOR CARS THAT SEEM TO SELF DESTRUCT BEFORE THEY ARE EVEN PAID FOR AND WE ARE LEFT WITH NOTHING TO SHOW FOR 5 YEARS OF PAYMENTS!!! THANK YOU. *AK

ENGINE BLOWN AT 70,000 MILES AND DEALER WON,T EVEN CONSIDER LOOKING AT IT UNLESS I PAY THEM $2000. TO DIS-ASSEBLE MOTOR FOR EVALUATION . DEALES SAYS IT IS NOT COVERED BY DODGE.*AK

ENGINE WAS REBUILT BY 5 STAR DEALER AT 51,000. NOW AT 91,000 MILE ENGINE HAD TO BE REPLACED AS TIMEING CHAIN BROKE AND DESTORY THE LEFT BANK OF VALUES. THIS IS A 2.7 LITER V-6. AFTER TALKING TO SEVERAL MECHANICS AND WAS TOLD BASICLY THIS IS A THROUGH AWAY ENGINE MEANING IT IS NOT A GOOD ENGINE SO BASICLY I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THIS ENGINE TWICE IN 91,000 MILES I CHANGED THE OIL EVERY 3000 MILES AND HAD ALL MANTAINCE DONE ON SCHEDULE. I BOUGHT THE CAR A 1999 INTERPID AT ARBURN BERWER IN WASHINGTON. I THINK THAT DODGE SHOULD RECALL ALL THESE ENGINES AND REPLACE THEM WITH SOMETHING GOOD.*AK

WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER HEARD LOUD NOISE. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE MECHANIC, WHO DETERMINED THAT ENGINE WAS DEFECTIVE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH ENGINE BLEWOUT. CONSUMER MANAGED TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

ENGINE IS FAILING DUE TO SLUDGE IN THE MOTOR. IS EMITTING WHITE SMOKE FROM TAIL PIPE AND IS DESTINED FOR COMPLETE FAILURE ANYTIME. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT BLINKS FROM TIME TO TIME AND IS ROUGH STARTING SOMETIMES. I FEEL THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL ON THIS MOTOR TO RESTORE IT BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED. I WILL NEVER OWN ANOTHER DODGE PRODUCT AND HAVE LOST ALL FAITH IN THIS COMPANY. THEY ARE JUST OUT FOR THE MONEY AND COULD CARE LESS ABOUT THE SAFETY OF THEIR CUSTOMERS!!! I AM WILLING TO JOIN IN A LAWSUIT! JUST CONTACT ME. *JB

HAD BEGUN TO NOTICE SLIGHT PINGING SOUND IN ENGINE. ENGINE SEIZED UP ON ME WHILE DRIVING HOME AT NIGHT FROM APPOINTMENT - APPROX 20 MILES AWAY FROM HOME. WAS ABLE TO CONTACT MY HUSBAND AND HE HAULED CAR HOME. CALLED SEVERAL LOCATIONS TO GET INFO ON REBUILDING ENGINE FOR 1999 DODGE INTREPID. WAS TOLD BY SEVERAL MECHANICS THAT THIS PARTICULAR ENGINE IS NONE FOR SEIZING UP AND NOT TO WASTE MY MONEY ON BUYING A NEW 2.7 ENGINE. NEW ENGINE PRICE AROUND $5,000. NOT ONLY AM I STUCK WITH 9 MORE PAYMENTS, BUT I ALSO HAVE TO CARRY FULL COVERAGE INSURANCE SINCE THE CAR IS FINANCED. CALLED DODGE CUSTOMER SERVICE AND THEY WOULD NOT EVEN OPEN A COMPLAINT FILE.*AK

COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE ON DODGE INTREPID 2.7L ENGINE. NO WARNING ENGINE JUST STOPPED, DEALER CLAIMS MANY SIMULAR REPORTS, $9000 TO FIX. *AK

ENGINE STARTED KNOCKING AND WEEKS LATER THE ENGINE DIED WHILE ON A BUSY STREET. NO ACTION HAS BEEN TAKEN TO CORRECT THE FAILURE DUE TO THE HIGH COST. *JB

PROBLEMS WITH TRANSMISSION ON 1999 DODGE INTREPID. *MR DURING AN INSPECTION, IT WAS NOTICED THAT THERE WAS A TRANSMISSION LEAK. THE CAUSE OF THE LEAK WAS DUE TO AN INSUFFICIENT TIGHTENING OF THE CLAMP ON THE TRANSMISSION LINES THAT HAD SUPPOSEDLY BEEN FIXED. THERE WAS ANOTHER INCIDENT WHERE THE VEHICLE STARTED TO LOSE ACCELERATION. THE CONSUMER CONTINUED TO PRESS THE GAS PEDAL BUT THE VEHICLE STARTED TO GO SLOWER THAN FASTER. THE CONSUMER ALSO VIEWED SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. THE SERVICE DEALER TOLD THE CONSUMER THAT NOTHING HAPPENED AND TO REFILL THE TRANSMISSION FLUID. THE CONSUMER REQUESTED A REFUND OF ALL EXPENSES INCURRED. *SC *JB