1999 DODGE INTREPID Complaints

WHILE DRIVING HOME MY 1999 DODGE INTREPID WITH 80,000 MILE ON A 2.7 STARTED MAKING A RATTLEING NOISE IN THE ENGINE. ENGINE QUIT IN TRAFFIC SHORTLY AFTER AND I BARELY AVOIDED AN ACCIDENT. HAD CAR TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP WHERE MECHANIC DIAGNOSED TIMING CHAIN TENSIONER FAILURE WHICH RESULTED IN BENT VALVES AND MAJOR INTERNAL DAMAGE TO ENGINE. STATED ENGINE WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED AT AN ESTIMATE OF $4,800. STATED THAT SO MANY 2.7 DODGE ENGINES ARE FAULTY AND BREAKING DOWN THAT IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND A USED 2.7 ENGINE IN A SCRAP YARD.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED CONSUMER HEARD A TICKING AND KNOCKING SOUND COMING FROM THE ENGINE. DEALER CLAIMED THAT THE PROBLEM WAS THE PISTONS AND A NEW ENGINE WAS NEEDED.*AK *JB

THE CONSUMER PULLED INTO A FUELING STATION AND WITHOUT WARNING THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE DEALER EXAMINED THE VEHICLE, AND FOUND THAT A NEW ENGINE WAS NEEDED. THE DEALER NEVER EXPLAINED TO THE CONSUMER WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS. *AK *SC *JB

I HAVE A 1999 DODGE INTREPID 2.7 LITER. WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE THE ENGINE LOCKED UP. I LOST ALL POWER AND THE POWER STEERING FAILED. IT WAS ALL I COULD DO TO GET THE CAR SAFELY OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME MY ENGINE HAS DIED. THIS CAR IS A SAFETY HAZARD AND SHOULD BE REMOVED FROM THE ROAD! *JB

THERE IS A HARD KNOCKING SOUND COMING FROM THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. *AK

1999 DODGE INTREPID WITH 91200 MILES HAS LOW OIL PRESSURE. DEALER ADVISES ME THE ENGINE IS WORN OUT AND SHOULD BE REPLACED AT A COST OF $7000. THIS 2.7L ENGINE IS APPARENTLY FLAWED IN DESIGN AND MANUFACTURER. *JB

WHILE TRAVELING AT NORMAL SPEED CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED, AND ENGINE DIED. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER, WHO REPLACED THE TIMING CHAIN ,AND SOME ENGINE PARTS. *AK

ENGINE SEIZED WITHOUT WARNING. *PH CONSUMER FELT THAT DAIMLER CHRYSLER SHOULD TAKE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE DEFECT. ALSO, CONSUMER FOUND OUT COMPLAINTS FROM OTHER CONSUMER ABOUT ENGINE PROBLEMS ON CERTAIN DODGE MODELS. *LA

WHILE DRIVING, VEHICLE STOPPED DEAD AT A INTERSECTION DUE TO THE TIMING CHAIN SNAPPING WHICH WIPED OUT THE ENTIRE ENGINE. (NAR) *PH *CB

OIL LIGHT ILLUMINATED. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER THE NEXT DAY FOR OIL CHANGE. A COUPLE OF DAYS LATER, CONSUMER HEARD SOMETHING THAT SOUNDED LIKE METAL SCRAPPING AGAINST METAL. DEALER STATED MOTOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO LACK OF OIL CHANGES. *AK