1999 DODGE INTREPID Complaints

THE DRIVER'S SIDE POWER WINDOW DIDN'T GO DOWN, THE PASSENGER'S SIDE POWER WINDOW OPERATES INTERMITTENTLY. THE WINDOW MOTOR MUST BE REPLACED. *AK THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKES WERE INOPERATIVE, AND DODGE NEGLECTED TO REPAIR AN OIL VALVE WHICH CAUSED THE ENGINE TO FAIL. *SC *JB THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FENDER BENDER AFTER THE LEAVING THE DEALERSHIP, THE CONSUMER BELIEVED IT WAS DUE TO THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKES. *JB

WITHOUT WARNING ENGINE FAILED WHILE DRIVING. DEALER DETERMINED THAT THE TIMING BELT BROKE, AND THE ENGINE MUST BE REPLACED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED CONSUMER HEARD A KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHO CHECKED THE MOTOR, AND INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT A NEW MOTOR WAS NEEDED. *AK

CONSUMER PLACED THE KEY INSIDE OF THE IGNITION AND VEHICLE WOULD NOT TURN ON. CONSUMER HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR ANALYSIS, AND MECHANIC REPLACED THE BATTERY.*AK

ON BUSY INTERSTATE, ENGINE SUFFERED TOTAL FAILURE WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. VEHICLE WAS TOWED AND ENGINE REPLACED. CAUSE DETERMINED TO BE SLUDGE DEPOSITS DESPITE FREQUENT OIL CHANGES WITHIN MANUFACTURER'S SPECIFICATION.*AK

ENGINE CHECK LIGHT LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. DEALER MECHANIC REPLACED THE SENDING UNIT, AND USED A THICKER OIL. *AK

PURCHASED IN MARCH OF 1999: 6/02/99-REAR WINDOW LEAK-REPAIRED FREE OF CHARGE, 6/07/01-TIRES-$211.14 1/24/02-CAMSHAFT POSITION SENSOR-49,550 MILES-$170.80, 7/12/02-A/C SYSTEM BLOWING WARM. FREON&A/C DYE-55,771 MILES-$71.77, 7/16/02-INSTALL NEW COOLANT TUBE, INSTALL NEW AIR BOX(A/C/WATER OUTLET TUBE, ANTIFREEZE)-55,956 MILES-$294.68, 7/18/02-REPLACE ENGINE WITH NEW-56,783 MILES-$4,396.00. 7/18/03-RENTAL CAR AND MOTEL CHARGES FOR ENGINE REPAIR-$125.00 11/29/02-BRAKE INSPECTION-70,000 MILES-$14.03, 4/29/03-WINDOW REGULATOR AND WINDOW(DRIVER WINDOW)-62,072 MILES-$424.82, 5/02/03-PARTS FOR BRAKES-$163.37(PERSONALLY INSTALLED), 6/13/03-BATTERY REPLACEMENT-63,772 MILES-$145.57, 7/23/03-INSTALL SOP VACUUM HOSE FOR PCV,REPLACED VACUUM TUBE FROM PCV VALVE TO VALVE COVER-67,753 MILES-$65.20, 10/29/03-TRANSMISSION & STARTER-APPROX.70,000 MILES-HAVE NOT HAD IT FIXED DUE TO FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES-STILL AT CORTESE DODGE IN HENRIETTA, NY. (QUOTE ABOUT $3,400.00-WILL NOT KNOW UNTIL THEY TEAR THE TRANSMISSION APART) THE ABOVE ARE THE PROBLEMS THAT WE HAVE HAD WITH THIS CAR THAT WE PURCHASED BRAND NEW IN 99. WE STILL OWE THE BANK APPROX. $7,000.00. THE APPROX. TOTAL OF REPAIRS(OUT OF OUR POCKETS)$9,700.00. NEW CAR COST $22,930.64+$6,420.98(FINANCE CHARGES)=$29,351.62. WE DID HAVE REGULAR OIL CHANGES THAT WE HAD DONE PROFESSIONALLY AND I DID IT MYSELF.

THIS CAR WAS PURCHASED USED FROM CARMAX IN SEPTEMBER 2002. AFTER 5 MONTHS OF USE, THE ENGINE DIED. THE CAR WAS NOT ABUSED, OIL CHANGES WERE PERFORMED ON A BASIS RECOMMEDED BY THE MANUFACTURER. (RECEIPTS CAN BE PROVIDED.) THE CAR WAS TAKEN TO A DODGE DEALER WHERE THE DIAGNOSIS WAS MADE AND WE WERE ADVISED THE ENGINE HAD TO BE REPLACED. PRICES RANGED FROM OVER 8000.00 FOR A NEW ENGINE, $6000.00 FOR A REBUILT ENGINE AND $4000.00 FOR A USED ENGINE FROM A JUNK CAR. THE CAR IS SITTING UNREPAIRED IN A MECHANIC'S FIELD.

IN THE FALL OF 2001, WE BOUGHT A CERTIFIED USED CAR FROM CONTINENTAL AUTO MALL. IT IS A 1999 DODGE INTREPID. A SERVICE AGREEMENT ON THE CAR WAS ALSO PURCHASED. THE FOLLOWING HAS THEREAFTER TAKEN PLACE: THE TIMING CHAIN IDLER BROKE IN MARCH OF 2002. CONTINENTAL FIXED THE CAR UNDER SERVICE AGREEMENT. 67 MILES LATER, THE CAR DIED WITH MY DAUGHTER AND WIFE 7 MILES FROM HOME. IT HAD TO BE TOWED BACK TO CONTINENTAL AUTO MALL. WE ASKED WHAT HAPPENED AND WERE TOLD THAT THE OIL PUMP SCREEN WAS PLUGGED UP. WE ASKED FROM WHAT AND THEY SAID FROM THE FIBERS FROM THE TIMING CHAIN IDLER. FROM MY FATHER'S LIMITED EXPERIENCE IN MECHANIC WORK, THE OIL PUMP SCREEN BEING CLOGGED FROM FIBERS FROM THE CHAIN IDLER MEANT THAT THE ENGINE WAS NOT FLUSHED. SO FOR 67 MILES AFTER THE TIMING CHAIN WAS REPAIRED, THESE FIBERS WERE GOING THROUGH THE ENGINE EVENTUALLY CLOGGING THE OIL PUMP SCREEN. THE OIL PRESSURE MUST HAVE BECOME SO LOW THAT A SAFETY SWITCH SHUT OFF THE ENGINE. WE WERE TOLD THAT THE SAFETY SWITCH SHUT THE ENGINE OFF SO THAT THE LOW PRESSURE WOULDN?T FURTHER DAMAGE THE ENGINE. REPAIRS WERE AGAIN MADE BY CONTINENTALS SHOP. UNTIL THESE TWO INCIDENTS, WE WERE VERY HAPPY WITH THE CAR. AFTER WE GOT THE CAR BACK AFTER THE ENGINE SHUT OFF, THIS IS WHAT WE NOTICED: 1. THE ENGINE DIDN?T SEEM AS QUIET WHEN RUNNING. 2. IT NEEDED A QUART OF OIL THE FIRST WEEK. 3. BETWEEN OIL CHANGES, WE HAD TO ADD OIL 2-3 TIMES. BEFORE IT HAD NEVER USED ANY OIL. OTHER THAN ADDING OIL, WE DIDN?T HAVE ANY PROBLEMS UNTIL THE POWER STEERING BELT IDLER BROKE THE 2ND WEEK IN AUGUST OF 2003. OUR MECHANIC, JOHN RICKMAN OF JOHN?S AUTO IN GIRARD, SHOWED US THE BRACKET FROM THE IDLER. THE BRACKET IS A FIVE-BOLT BRACKET, WHICH HAD ONLY TWO BOLTS IN IT, AND YOU CAN SEE WHERE THOSE TWO BOLTS HAVE BEEN WORKING. ON AUGUST 20, 2003, I PARKED THE CAR AT A FLOWER SHOP IN GIRARD. I CAME BACK TO THE CAR TO GO HOME AND THE CAR WOULDN?T START.

MY NAME IS [XXX], THE FOUNDER OF THIS WEBSITE AND I HAVE EXPERIENCED RIDICULOUS PREMATURE ENGINE, TRANSMISSION AND STEERING PROBLEMS WITH A LOW MILEAGE '99 DODGE INTREPID AND EXPERIENCED STEERING, TRANSMISSION, ABS PROBLEMS AND OTHER ISSUES WITH A BRAND NEW 2002 DODGE INTREPID. YOU WILL FIND MY PERSONAL STORY OF THE NIGHTMARE I HAD WITH BOTH VEHICLES, PICTURES AND THE STORY OF MY '99 ACCIDENT AFTER SUDDEN POOR STEERING CONTROL AND MORE. SINCERELY, [XXX] EMAIL: [email protected] WEBSITE: WWW.DAIMLERCHRYSLERVEHICLEPROBLEMS.COM ADDRESS: PO BOX 2021, SAN LEANDRO, CA 94577 INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR