1999 DODGE INTREPID Complaints

WAS JUST DRIVING AND THE CAR STARTED ACTING SLUGGISH AND JUST COULD NOT GO OVER 10 MILES PER HOUR. NO INDICATIONS WERE CAME ON. THE ENGINE WAS BLOWN. *AK

ENGINE STRATED KNOCKING AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON ALL AT ONCE AND QUIT. TOWED TO SHOP, CHECK ENGINE AND FOUND THAT NUMBER THREE ROD BEARING HAD FAILED. AD BLOCK MILL AND PUT IN ROD BEARING, RODS,CRANK KIT,AND GASKETS.*AK

SEVERAL TIMES WHILE DRIVING THE CAR HAS STALLED ON THE SKELLY BYPASS IN TULSA, WE HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED 3 TIMES FOR SERVICE. THE READING ON THE AUTOMOBILE KEPT SAYING IT WAS THE SENSORS WE HAD THE TEMP SENSORS, OXYGEN SENSORS, AND 2 OTHER SENSORS REPLACED WITHING WEEKS OF EACH OTHER EACH TIME THE CAR WOULD STALL AND NOT START FOR 20 OR 30 MINUTES. THE LAST TIME THE CAR STALLED WAS ON 7-16-2004 , THE TEMPERATURE GAGE DID NOT READ HOT BUT THERE WAS SMOKE COMING FROM THE ENGINE. WE LET IT SET FOR 45 MINUTES AND DROVE IT TO CLAREMORE WHERE IT STOPPED AT THE INTERSECTION AND HAD TO BE PUSHED OUT OF THE ROAD. WE HAVE HAD IT LOOKED AT THE MECHANIC SAYS IT EITHER NEEDS HEAD GASKETS, OR HAS A CRACKED HEAD. AT THIS TIME THE COST IF IT IS THE HEAD GASKETS IT ABOUT $1000.00. WE HAVE ALREADY SPEND APROX THAT MUCH REPLACING SENSORS. WE HAVE PRICED A REBUILT OR USED MOTOR IF THE ENGINE IS BLOWN AND THAT IS ANYWHERE FROM 2000.00 TO 3500.00 NOT INCLUDING LABOR. THE ENGINE AT THIS TIME IS STILL IN THE VEHICLE. THE OLD SENSORS I ASSUME WERE DISCARDED BY THE REPAIR SHOP. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH THE TRANSMISSION MALFUNCTIONED. AS A RESULT THE VEHICLE DECELERATED DOWN TO 30 MPH WITHOUT WARNING. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *JB

WE PURCHASED A USED 1999 DODGE INTREPID. AFTER BRINGING IT HOME WE NOTICED KNOCKING IN THE ENGINE. AFTER THAT IT WOULDN'T START ANY MORE. WE ENDED UP SPENDING OER $1500 ON A NEW ENGINE FOR THE CAR. *JB

WHILE DRIVING THE AT 30 MPH, SMOKE STARTED TO COME OUT FROM THE EXHAUST PIPE. FOLLOWING THIS THE VEHICLE STARTED HESITATING TO ACCELERATE, JERKING FORWARD, THEN STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN ENGINE SPECIALIST, WHO INDICATED THAT A ROD HAD BEEN THROWN AND THE ENGINE WAS DESTROYED. THIS MAY OF BEEN CAUSED BY A MISFIRING OF A SENSOR. PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT THE ENGINE WAS REPLACED AT 65000 MILES. *LA

MY 1999 DODGE INTREPID DEVELOPED AN ENGINE KNOCK. UPON TAKING IT TO THE LOCAL DODGE SERVICE GARAGE I WAS TOLD THAT THE ROD BEARINGS WERE SHOT AND THE ENGINE HAD OIL SLUDGE BUILD-UP. THE ONLY REMEDY IS A NEW ENGINE AT A COST OF $6700.00

DRIVING MY 1999 DODGE INTREPID FROM CLARION, PA, TO BLOOMSBURG, PA, ON ROUTE 80, THE ENGINE STARTED BANGING AND DIED WHILE I WAS IN HEAVY HIGHWAY TRAFFIC. DEALER TELLS ME ENGINE IS DEAD, NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING, THE ENGINE SUDDENLY STARTED TO MAKE A BANGING NOISE, THEN THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE ENGINE HAD SEIZED UP, BUT THE CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO COAST THE VEHICLE OFF THE ROAD. THE CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THEIR DRIVEWAY. A MECHANIC INSPECTED THE ENGINE AND STATED IT FAILED. THE ENGINE CONTAINED SLUDGE BUILD UP. *JB

WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH VEHICLE SURGED FORWARD. CONSUMER PULLED OVER, AND HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK