1999 DODGE INTREPID Complaints

WHILE DRIVING IN TRAFFIC VEHICLE STALLED. PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT THE ENGINE LIGHT APPEARED. DEALERSHIP SERVICED VEHICLE 5 TIMES, AND PROVIDED A TEMPORARY SOLUTION. A REPAIR SHOP PERFORMED A DIAGNOSTIC TEST, AND THE FAILURE CODES WERE 700 AND 701. THIS INDICATED A MALFUNCTION IN THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FIRST GEAR DUE TO A FACTORY DEFECT. *AK

OUR 1999 DODGE INTREPID 2.7L LASTED US 17 DAYS! WE BOUGHT IT USED WITH 64,000 MILES ON MAY 24, 2004. AFTER 1,000 MILES, IT WAS 2 QUARTS LOW OF OIL. WE CHANGED THE OIL TO SEE IF THAT WOULD HELP. AFTER 300 MORE MILES IT WAS ANOTHER QUART LOW. WE ADDED A QUART. AFTER 2 DAYS, IT WAS,AGAIN, A QUART LOW... SO WE ADDED A QUART. ON MY HUSBAND'S WAY TO WORK THAT DAY,JUNE 9, 2004, THE ENGINE BLEW. HE LOST HIS JOB BECAUSE HE WAS LATE TO WORK. WE HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED HOME. WE HAD NOT EVEN MADE THE FIRST PAYMENT. NOW WE HAVE A CAR THAT WON'T RUN, AND NO JOB TO PAY THE PAYMENTS. IT WILL COST US $5,000 TO FIX IT. WE DIDN'T PAY THAT MUCH FOR THE CAR IN THE FIRST PLACE. *AK

AFTER PARKING THE VEHICLE, THE CONSUMER HEARD A CLANKING NOISE WHILE THE ENGINE WAS STILL RUNNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A MECHANIC FOR INSPECTION. THE MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REBUILT. *AK SLUDGE BUILD UP PROBLEM. *SC *JB

DRIVING HOME ONE NIGHT AND THE MY 1999 DODGE ITREPID 2.7L V6 JUST STALLED ON ME. IT WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO AT FIRST BAFFLED WHAT WAS WORN. AFTER DOING SOME REASEARCH ON THE ENGINE HE REALIZED WHAT A PROBLEM THESE ENGINES ARE AND HOW CHRYSLER CARES NOTHING ABOUT FIXING THEM. JUST SOME MINOR CHECKING WAS DONE AND THE MECHANIC FOUND THERE WAS NO COMPRESSION IN THE NUMBER5 CYLINDER AND THE AIR WAS GOING STRAIGHT THROUGH TO THE EXHAUST. NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE SINCE THEN AND I STILL DECIDING WHAT TO DO WITH MY VEHICLE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STALLED. CONSUMER TRIED TO RESTART VEHICLE BUT WAS UNABLE TO DO SO. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE TIMING BELT BROKE DUE TO SLUDGE BUILD UP INSIDE OF THE ENGINE,AND THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH ENGINE BLEW OUT. CONSUMER MANAGED TO PULL OVER, AND HAD VEHICLE TOWED. THE DEALERSHIP WILL BE NOTIFIED. *AK

WITHOUT WARNING OUR 1999 CHRYSLER INTREPID WAS RENDERED UNDRIVEABLE DUE TO WHAT WAS LATER "DIAGNOSED" AS TIMIING CHAIN FAILURE". REPAIR TO COST APPROXIMATELY 2000.00. *NM

AFTER STARTING THE VEHICLE, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CAUSE WAS NOT DETERMINED. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION. *JB

1999 DODGE INTREPID ENGINE FAILURE AT 52000 MILES .CHRYSLER WILL NOT BACK ITS 2.7 ENGINE.*AK

FAILS TO GO INTO OVERDRIVE. SAFETY FACTOR, WAS ON A 600 MILE TRIP, GOT ONTO THE INTERSTATE, AND WOULD NOT SHIFT OUT OF 3RD INTO OVERDRIVE. WAS ALMOST REAR ENDED BY SEMI TRUCK, AS WAS ONLY DOING 45 MPH, AS RPM WERE GETTING VERY HIGH.*AK