1999 DODGE INTREPID Complaints

CONSUMER COMPLAINED THAT ENGINE LIGHT KEPT COMING ON. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, AND WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. ALSO, CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER, AND THEY SAID THE SAME THING. NO ONE WANTED TO HELP. *AK

WE BOUGHT THE CAR WHEN IT WAS TWO YEARS OLD WITH 21,000 MILES ON IT. FROM THE MINUTE WE DROVE IT HOME, THE AIR WOULDN'T COOL IN THE SUMMER AND THE HEAT WOULD GO OUT IN THE WINTER. EVERY TIME WE BROUGHT IT IN TO BE LOOKED AT, THE DEALER COULD NOT IDENTIFY A PROBLEM WITH IT. WE'VE NOW OWNED THE VEHICLE SINCE FECURARY 2002 AND THE IDLE WAS ALWAYS A BIT ROUGH. WE WERE TOLD THAT, THAT WAS THE WAY THE ENGINE WAS SUPPOSED TO SOUND. A FEW WEEKS AGO THE VALVES STARTED CLATTERING. WE CHANGED THE OIL TWICE AFTER BEING TOLD THAT, THAT WOULD RECTIFY THE ISSUE AND IT DIDN'T. ON 8/7/2004 WE WERE ON THE ROAD THE ENGINE STARTED CLATTERING REALLY LOUD, WE PULLED OFF AND HAD OUR OIL CHANGED PROFESSIONALLY THIS TIME. AFTER GETTING BACK ON THE ROAD THE IDLE SEEMED BETTER BUT THE CLATTERING GOT WORSE AND WAS FOLLOWED BY AN ADDITIONAL NOISE. SHORTLY AFTER THE ENGINE MADE A LOUD NOISE AND SEIZED. THE CAR IS A 1999 WITH 72,000 MILES ON IT AND THE ENGINE IS BLOWN, THERE IS SOMETHING SERIOUSLY WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE!*AK

PROBLEMS WITH HEADLIGHTS ON 1999 DODGE INTREPID. *MR THE HEADLIGHTS WERE DAMAGED DUE TO NORMAL OPERATION ON GOOD ROADS. THE DAMAGE WAS LIKE THE HEADLIGHTS HAD BEEN SANDBLASTED BY A NORMAL SAND AND ROCKS ON THE ROAD, HITTING THE HEADLIGHTS WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION. (PLASTIC HEADLIGHTS) *SC *JB

IN THE SUMMER OF 2003, A/C FAILED TO BLOW COLD AIR. DEALERSHIP TESTED THE SYSTEM AND FOUND NO LEAK, BUT FOR A FEE, WOULD FURTHER TEST THE SYSTEM. NO REPAIRS WERE DONE DUE TO PRICE OF SERVICE. IN THE SUMMER OF 2004, STILL HAD NO A/C, AND DEALERSHIP HAS TOLD ME THE EVAPORATOR COIL HAS FAILED TO OPERATE. THEY WANT APPROXIMATELY $1300 TO FIX THE PROBLEM. I WILL NOT GO TO THEIR SERVICE AS I HAVE FOUND AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO WILL FIX THE PROBLEM FOR APPROXIMATELY $800. I HAVE HAD THE TRANSMISSION RECALL FIXED, THE DRIVER'S SEAT BOLT RECALL FIXED, AND THE RIGHT FRONT WINDOW MOTOR REPLACED. ALL OF THESE THINGS HAVE BEEN FOUND DEFECTIVE BY MANY CUSTOMERS AS FOUND ON THIS WEB SITE. ARE REFUNDS AVAILABLE FOR THESE COMMON COMPLAINTS? I'M TIRED OF SPENDING HARD EARNED MONEY TO FIX WHAT APPARENTLY SEEMS LIKE MANUFACTURER FLAWS.*AK

CONSUMER STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING ENGINE BLEW. CONSUMER PULLED OVER AND RESTARTED THE VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

ON JUN 27, 04 LUSTINE DODGE OF WOODBRIDGE, VIRGINIA INFORMED ME THAT MY ENGINE STARTING PROBLEMS IN MY DODGE INTREPID WAS A DIRECT RESULT OF A RECALL PERTAINING TO PART# C45. I WAS ALSO INFORMED THAT THE PARTS ARE NOT AVAILABLE AND THERE IS NO ANTICIPATED SHIPPING DATE. I CONTACTED THE RECALL DIVISION AT DAIMLERCHRYSLER AND THE RECALL HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED, BUT THEY COULD NOT GIVER ME A SHIPPING DATE TO THE LUSTINE DOGE. THE PROBLEM CAN RESULT IN THE CAR COMING OUT OF PARK AND POSSIBLY MOVING. I ALSO HAVE AN ADDITIONAL PROBLEM WITH INTERMITTING STARTING THAT IS A DIRECT RESULT OF THE RECALL. I HAVE NEVER BEEN NOTIFIED OF THE RECALL BY DAIMLERCHRYSLER PRIOR TO MY INITIAL CONTACT WITH LUSTINE. I AM CONCERNED THAT THERE MORE CUSTOMERS THAT ARE UNAWARE OF THE POTENTIAL SAFETY PROBLEM. I HAVE ALSO CONTACTED TWO OTHER DODGE DEALS IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA AND THEY ARE ALSO UNABLE TO OBTAIN THE PARTS.*AK

DRIVING 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE WOULD STALL. THIS CAUSED THE DRIVER TO DRIFT TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER WILL CONTACT THE DEALERSHIP ABOUT THIS ISSUE. *LA THE DEALER INDICATED THAT THE ENGINE WAS THE PROBLEM AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONSUMER INDICATED THAT THE CHECK ENGINE NEVER CAME ON. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED BUT PROVIDED NO FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE. *NM

THE HEADLIGHTS ON MY 1999 DODGE INTREPID ARE CLOUDY AND CAN OT BE CLEANED. IT'S LIKE THEY HAVE BEEN SANDBLASTED BY THE SAND AND ROCK ON THE ROADS. THIS IS A PROBLEM WITH VISIBILITY AT NIGHT AND IN THE RAIN. IN ADDITIONAL IT HAS FAILED THE VA STATE INSPECTION. EACH HEADLIGHT COST $350.00 IN TOTAL $700.00 WE HAVE TO PAY TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM THAT IS DUE TO NO FAULT OF THE OWNER OF THE VEHILE. THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL ISSUE BY DODGE TO REPLACE THE HEADLIGHT WITH GLASS INSTEAD OF PLASTIC AGAIN FOR THE SAME PROBLEM TO HAPPEN.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED, THE VEHICLE UNEXPECTEDLY SHUT OFF. THE CONSUMER HAD TO COAST DOWN THE RAMP TO A SAFE STOP. *AK THE ENGINE WAS REBUILT. THE ENGINE EXPERIENCED OIL SLUDGE. THE DRIVER SIDE WINDOW NEED TO BE FIXED BECAUSE IT WAS OFF TRACK, THE FAN IN THE RADIATOR HAD GONE OUT, THE SENSORS HAD GONE OUT, THE INSIDE LIGHTS DID NOT WORK, THE ALARM DID NOT WORK, AND THE DOOR LIGHTS DID NOT WORK. *SC THE TRANSMISSION HAD PROBLEMS HAS WELL. *JB

NIGHT DRIVING BECOME DIFFICULT. HEADLIGHT LENSES WERE CLOUDED WITH CONDENSATION BUILD UP. CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER, AND WAS TOLD BY THE MANUFACTURER TO GO TO THE DEALER. *AK