1999 DODGE INTREPID Complaints

WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH ENGINE BLEW OUT. DEALERSHIP INFORMED THE CONSUMER OF THE PROBLEM, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

WHEN DRIVING 25 MPH CONSUMER HEARD A KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE, THEN VEHICLE STALLED. CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED BACK HOME. *AK

99 DODGE INTREPID ENGINE FAILURE DUE TO OIL SLUGE. DEALER SAID MY FAULT DUE TO NO OIL CHANGES.

WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH VEHICLE STALLED. THIS CAUSED THE DRIVER TO DRIFT TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE ENGINE FAILED. *AK

IN JULY 2002 THE ENGINE DIED ON MY WIFE WHILE GOING TO WORK. WE WERE TOLD TO TOW IT TO THE DEALER. THEY TOLD US IT WAS ENGINE BURNED UP DUE TO LACK OF MAINTENANCE. I DISAGREED FROM THE START. I DID MY OWN WORK TO SAVE MONEY. THE CAR SAT FOR SEVERAL MONTHS FOR US TO COME UP WITH THE MONEY TO FIX IT. WE STILL OWED 9000 ON IT AS WELL. WE FINALLY GOT A LOAN ADDED TO OUR EXISTING CAR LOAN TO GET IT REPLACED. WHICH WAS 6500$.THE ENGINE REPLACEMENT WAS MODIFIED BY THE SALVAGE YARD TO ELIMINATE THE "SLUDGE " PROBLEM THAT APPARENTLY ATTRIBUTED TO THIS 2.7 LITER CHRYSLER ENGINE. WE HAVE SINCE FOUND OUT THAT WE ARE ONLY ONE OF MANY TO HAVE THIS PROBLEM AND CHRYSLER IS NOT ADMITTING TO THE FACT THAT THEIR OIL CIRCULATION IS TERRIBLE AND IT FRIES ENGINES BIG TIME. WE WROTE AND CALLED CHRYSLER AND THE OHIO ATTORNEY GENERAL WITH ALL THE INFO AND HAVE HAD NO SATISFACTION WHATSOEVER. NOW WE HAVE A FRIEND THAT HAS THE SAME PROBLEM AND THEY PURCHASED AN EXTENDED WARRANTY AND THEY WILL NOT HONOR IT AT ALL. WHAT IS GOING ON WITH CHRYSLER THAT THEY WILL NOT ADMIT TO THE PROBLEM THAT ALL GARAGES AND ENGINE REPLACEMENT SHOPS KNOW ABOUT, THAT THE AVERAGE CONSUMER DOES NOT AND GETTING DEEPER INTO DEBT DUE TO THESE CARS. *LA

WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH VEHICLE STALLED. CONSUMER MANAGED TO PULL OVER, AND HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING BACK FROM THE STORE WHEN THE ENGINE JUST STOP AND LOCKED UP RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY, SHE WAS ABLE TO COAST THE CAR OF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. WE HAD A MECHANIC LOOK AT IT, THE REASON FOR THE FAILURE WAS THE ENGINE RAN OUT OF OIL. THE OIL LIGHT NEVER CAME ON, NOT ONCE, THE MECHANIC COULD NOT FIND OUT WHERE IT WENT TO, BUT COULDN'T. I HAD THIS CAR FOR ABOUT 11 MONTHS BEFORE THIS AND CHECKED THE OIL ON A WEEKLY BASIS. HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN. HOW COULD A DODGE DEALER SELL THIS CAR. NOW I'M STUCK WITH AN $11,000 PAPER WEIGHT IN MY DRIVE WAY. I THINK DODGE SHOULD REPLACE MY ENGINE AND FIGURE OUT WHY SOMETHING WENT WRONG.*AK

WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH VEHICLE STALLED. CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. IT WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC COULD NOT DUPLICATE OR RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH ENGINE BLEW OUT. CONSUMER MANAGED TO PULL OVER, AND HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM.

MY 1999 DODGE INTREPID WITH THE 2.7 LITER V6 ENGINE LOCKED UP AND SIEZED ON ME WITHOUT WARNING WHILE TRAVELING AT 70 MPH ON THE INTERSTATE. I WAS IN THE FAR LEFT HAND LANE ON A 4 LANE STRETCH OF THE HIGHWAY AND HAD TO MANUEVER MY DEAD VEHICLE TO THE RIGHT HAND SHOULDER WITHOUT THE ASSISTANCE OF POWER STEERING OR POWER BRAKES, SINCE THE CAR DIED COMPLETELY AND UNEXPECTEDLY. I WAS VERY LUCKY THAT NO ACCIDENT TOOK PLACE UNDER THESE CIRCUMSTANCES.*AK