1999 DODGE INTREPID Complaints

WHILE DRIVING AT 30 MPH CONSUMER HEARD A NOISE,IT SOUNDED LIKE IT WAS COMING THROUGH THE ENGINE. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, AND TECHNICIAN DETERMINED THAT ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

THE ENGINE ON OUR 1999 DODGE INTREPID LOCKED UP WITH 90000 MILES ON IT. IT APPEARS ALOT OF THESE CARS WITH THE 2.7 ENGINE ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS.*AK

WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH VEHICLE STALLED. CONSUMER MANAGED TO PULL OVER, AND HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALER. *AK

2.7L ENGINE STARTED TO MAKE LOUD NOISE. TOOK ENGINE APART AND FOUND THAT TIMING CHAIN GUIDES HAD DISINTEGRATED. REPLACED GUIDES, ROD BEARINGS AND OIL PUMP. CLEANED ALL SLUDGE FROM ENGINE. CHECK ENGINE STARTED TO FLASH. CAR LOST POWER. HAD CAR TOWED TO DEALERSHIP. THEY COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE CAR. CAR STARTED UP FOR THEM. DIDN'T FIND ANY CODES IN COMPUTER. DROVE CAR FOR ABOUT 2 MONTHS BEFORE PROBLEMS STARTED AGAIN. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STAYED ON. TOOK TO INDEPENDENT SHOP AND GOT AN ASD RELAY PROBLEM AND TCM RELAY PROBLEM. REPLACED RELAYS. CAR RAN FINE FOR ABOUT 3 MONTHS. PROBLEMS STARTED AGAIN. WHEN THIS HAPPENED THE FIRST TIME THE CAR HAD BEEN DRIVEN ABOUT 70 MILES. AFTER THE LAST TIME IT WAS DRIVEN 20 MILES. TOWED TO DEALER. STATED THAT THERE IS A TIMING PROBLEM AND ALOT OF SLUDGE IN THE MOTOR. ESTIMATE OF $1200 TO TRY TO FIND OUT WHAT IS WRONG. ALSO HAD TO REPLACE A/C PRIOR TO ALL OF THESE PROBLEMS. I HAVE HAD THE CAR FOR 3.5 YEARS AND HAVE NOT DRIVEN IT FOR ALMOST 2 OF THEM. SENDING IN THE PAYOFF SO I CAN GET RID OF THE PIECE OF JUNK. HAVE HEARD THAT THE 2.7 IS NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS. *JB

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED THERE WAS VIBRATION IN THE FRONT OF VEHICLE. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, AND MECHANIC INDICATED THE PROBLEM WAS RACK AND PINION. *AK THE REPLACEMENT OF PRESSURE HOSE AND PUMP DID NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM. *LA

WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER HEARD A CLICKING NOISE. CONSUMER BELIEVED IT WAS THE ENGINE. ALSO, OIL LIGHT ILLUMINATED. *AK

DODGE INTREPID 1999 ENGINE SEIZES UP WITHOUT WARNING AT 84,000 MILES DUE TO SLUDGE IN EVEN THOUGH OIL WAS CHANGED REGULARLY. *AK

VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT ANY WARNING WHILE PULLING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY. THE WAS CAUSED BY TRANSMISSION FAILURE. ALSO, AT 71,000 AND WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH VEHICLE STALLED. THIS WAS CAUSED BY THE ENGINE LOCKED . TWO DAYS EARLIER, VEHICLE OVERHEATED. MECHANIC INSPECTED THE VEHICLE BUT FOUND NO PROBLEM. TOLD THE CONSUMER TO ADD SOME MORE ANTI FREEZE. WHEN ENGINE LOCKED DEALERSHIP INDICATED THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THESE MODEL ENGINES. *AK

I HAVE A 1999 DODGE INTREPID AND WITHOUT WARNING THE ENGINE FAILED. I SEARCHED THE INTERNET AND WAS SHOCKED TO FIND THAT THE TYPE OF ENGINE I HAVE IS NOTORIOUS FOR DOING WHAT IT DID. IT HAS HAPPENED TO MANY PEOPLE WITH THE SAME TYPE OF ENGINE. THEIR SAFETY IS BEING JEOPARDIZED DUE TO THE EXTREMELY POOR QUALITY OF THIS ENGINE. *JB

THE CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN INDICATED THE ENGINE WAS NO GOOD AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACE. THE ENGINE WAS MAINTAINED POORLY AND THAT WAS THE REASON THE ENGINE LOCKED UP. *JB