1999 DODGE INTREPID Complaints

WE HAVE A 1999 DODGE INTREPID WITH 108,000 ON IT AND IT JUST CUT OFF AND LOCKED UP GOING DOWN INTERSTATE 77 IN N.C. *JB

ENGINE IN 1999 DODGE INTREPID FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. IT BEGAN WITH A KNOCKING SOUND AND THEN DIED AND WOULD NOT START AGAIN. *AK

I HAVE A 1999 2.7L DODGE INTREPID THAT IS CURRENTLY BEING INVESTIGATED FOR POSSIBLE WARRANTY DENIAL ON AN ENGINE FAILURE. WE HAD A SENSOR REPLACED IN NOVEMBER 18 2003 ALONG WITH AN OIL CHANGE AND A TRANSMISSION CHANGE. AFTER THIS SERVICE THROUGH THE DODGE DEALERSHIP IN OUR AREA WE NOTED THAT THE OIL LIGHT WAS FLICKERING WHILST IDLING AND WHEN THE ENGINE WAS WARM. WE WERE ASSURED THAT IT WAS JUST A SENSOR ISSUE AND THEY PROMPTLY CHECKED THE OIL LEVEL A MONTH AGO TO ASSURE US THE OIL WAS STILL IN THE ENGINE. THE ENGINE BEGAN TICKING AT HIGH SPEEDS AND HAD CONTINUED TO GET WORSE. THE ENGINE HAS A LOUD KNOCKING NOISE THAT IS PREDOMINENT AS SOON AS I TURN ON THE ENGINE. IN ORDER TO NOT RISK THE SAFETY OF MY TWO YOUNG CHILDREN WE HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. THEY HAVE NOW CONCLUDED THAT THERE WAS SLUDGE IN THE ENGINE AND THAT AN INSPECTOR WILL NEED TO DETERMINE IF THE EXTENDED WARRANTY OR THE BASIC WARRANTY THAT IS STILL AFFECTIVE WILL COVER THE COSTS. UPON READING SITES ON THIS VEHICLE IT IS ALMOST PREDETERMINED THAT THEY WILL REFUSE TO COVER THE COST UNDER OUR WARRANTY. WHAT RIGHTS DO WE HAVE IF THIS HAPPENS? WE STILL OWE MONEY ON THE VEHICLE AND CANNOT AFFORD THE RENTAL AND THE COST TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. AND IF CHRYSLER IS AWARE OF THIS ISSUE SURELY THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN A PROBLEM THAT THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP COULD HAVE DETERMINED BEFORE OUR ENGINE BECAME DAMAGED?*AK

1999 DODGE INTREPID 2.7L SLUDGE. THE ENGINE IN OUR CAR STOP WHILE MY WIFE WAS DRIVE IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC WITHOUT WARNING. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH VEHICLE STALLED. THIS CAUSED LOSS OF STEERING AND BRAKES. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP, AND MECHANIC REPLACED THE ENGINE IN FEBRUARY 2003 AT CONSUMER'S EXPENSE. ONE YEAR LATER, SAME ENGINE PROBLEM OCCURRED. *AK

MY 1999 DODGE INTREPID 2.7L BLEW AN ENGINE AT NORMAL EXPRESSWAY SPEEDS ON JULY 29, 2003, CAUSING AN IMMEDIATE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS LOSS OF POWER IN MID-TRAFFIC. IT ALSO RESULTED IN AN ENORMOUS REPAIR ESTIMATE OF BETWEEN $5,000 AND $7,500. A DESIGN FLAW IN THIS PARTICULAR ENGINE CAUSES AN EXCESS BUILD-UP OF ENGINE SLUDGE, WHICH RESULTS IN PREMATURE ENGINE FAILURE AT ANYWHERE BETWEEN 35,000 AND 70,000 NO MATTER HOW RELIGIOUSLY YOU CHANGE THE OIL. I HAVE SINCE DISCOVERED AN ASTOUNDING NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS ON THE INTERNET REGARDING THIS EXACT ISSUE, AND ANY CALL TO ANY AUTO SALVAGE YARD IN AMERICA WILL CONFIRM WHAT I'M SAYING. EVERYBODY IN THE AUTO REPAIR INDUSTRY IS AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM. CHRYSLER HAS BEEN MADE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM BY THOUSANDS OF COMPLAINTS REGARDING THIS ISSUE, BUT THEY HAVE REFUSED TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. NO RECALL, NO ASSISTANCE WITH REPAIR COSTS. NOTHING.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH AND WITHOUT ANY WARNING AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILED. TOWED VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, TECHNICIAN INDICATED THE NEED FOR A NEW TRANSMISSION, ALSO HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE ENGINE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 60 MPH ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED ON. VEHICLE LOST POWER AND DECELERATED TO A CRAWL. THEN, VEHICLE STALLED SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE THE CONSUMER COULD GET HOME. EACH TIME THE VEHICLE COULD BE RESTARTED, BUT WOULD STALL AGAIN. DEALER REFUSED TO INSPECT THE VEHICLE, CLAIMING THE PROBLEM WAS NOT HIS. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH ENGINE LIGHT FLICKERED. DRIVER PULLED OVER AND POPPED THE HOOD TO CHECK ENGINE AND FLUID. DRIVER SAW NO INDICATION THAT THERE WAS PROBLEM. CONSUMER PROCEEDED TO DRIVE WHEN THE ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND STAYED ON. THEN, ENGINE DIED, AND VEHICLE WAS TOWED. DEALER DETERMINED THAT OIL WAS NOT FLOWING FAST ENOUGH THROUGH THE ENGINE.*AK

MY 1999 INTREPID DIED IN TRAFFIC, NOT TO START AGAIN. I HAD MY 3 MONTH OLD GRANDDAUGHTER WITH ME. I HAD A VERY HARD TIME CONTROLING THE VEHICLE WITH NO POWER. THANK GOD THEY PEOPLE AROUND ME SLOWED UP AND STAYED BEHIND ME AS I TRIED TO GET IT TO THE CURB.THE MECHANIC SAID THE ENGINE BLEW AT 43,000 MILES. NOTHIN BUT SLUDGE IN IT.*AK