1999 DODGE INTREPID Complaints

THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. *JB VEHICLE STUCK IN SECOND GEAR. SPEED SENSOR REPLACED. TIMING BELT FAILED AND THERE WAS SLUDGE IN THE ENGINE. ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. WINDOW, RADIO AND SPEAKER INOPERATIVE. *TT *MR

HISTORY INCLUDES BLOWN TRANSMISSION SENSOR, FAILURE ON THE VERY FIRST YEAR INSPECTION FOR BRAKE ROTORS, DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW STICKS IN UP POSITION, INTERMITTENT HEAT CONTROL BUTTON NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY, NOISY WHEN TURNING IN FRONT STRUT AREA, KEYLESS REMOTE DOES NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY AND NOW THE WORST OF IT. ONE MONTH AGO, TOOK CAR IN WITH OIL AND ENGINE LIGHTS FLASHING, TICKING NOISE FROM ENGINE, STALLING OUT. DEALER DID ELECTRONIC SENSORS REPAIRS AND TUNE UP COSTING $500. ONE MONTH LATER, CAR HAD TO BE TOWED BACK TO DEALER WITH LOUD BANGING IN ENGINE. REPAIR BILL OF OVER $6,000 TO FIX A CAR I'VE OWNED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AND 60,000 MILES. 2.7 L ENGINES ARE BLOWING IN THESE CARS ALL THE TIME MAKING IT NEXT TO IMPOSSIBLE TO PURCHASE A USED ONE TO DO REPAIRS MYSELF. ONE USED CAR PARTS PLACE SAID THEY HAVE A WAITING LIST. RECALL ANYONE???!! *NLM

3/6/03 - ENGINE NOISE, OIL & ENGINE LIGHTS ON, STALLING. DEALER REPLACED SENSORS, DID TUNE UP. 4/7/04 - CAR TOWED TO DEALER - TOLD ENGINE REPLACEMENT REQUIRED AT COST OF OVER $6,000 - $7,000. CAR 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS OLD WITH 60,000 MILES. *NLM

I HAVE A 1999 DODGE INTREPID, 2.7 LITER ENGINE, 65000 MILES ON VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN PROPERLY MAINTAINED. TIMING BELT BROKE ON VEHICLE AND IT WAS TOWED TO A CHRYSLER/DODGE DEALER FOR REPAIRS. MECHANIC BEGAN TO DISASSEMBLE MOTOR AND FOUND A BLACK SLUDGE INSIDE ENGINE - SAID IT LOOKED AS IF THE MOTOR OIL HAD NEVER BEEN CHANGED. THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN PROPERLY MAINTAINED. I WAS THEN INFORMED THE MOTOR WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. I HAVE CONTACTED SEVERAL MECHANICS FOR REPAIR ESTIMATES - WHICH RANGE FROM $4500.00-$7000.00. ONE PERSON I SPOKE WITH SAID THAT A "JASPER" REPLACEMENT MOTOR WAS AVAILABLE THAT HAS FIXED THE DESIGN PROBLEM WITH THE OIL. I AM TRYING TO FIND INFORMATION REGARDING THIS MOTOR. FROM THE WEBSITE I WAS REVIEWING, INTREPID.CLAN-510.ORG THIS SLUDGE IS A PROBLEM NOT TYPICALLY ENCOUNTERED, BUT IT SEEMS TO BE MORE COMMON WITH THE INTREPID. ANOTHER MOTOR REPLACEMENT BUSINESS, I CONTACTED, SAID THEY WERE GETTING REQUESTS FOR THE 2.7 LITER MOTOR EVERY DAY AND SAID REPAIRS WOULD BE $7000.00. DO YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION ON PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS MOTOR? CAN YOU PROVIDE ME WITH CONTACT INFORMATION? *JB

1999 DODGE INTREPID 2.7 L TOTAL ENGINE FAILURE. THE ENGINE STARTED CLICKING THEN LOSS POWER AND SEIZED WHILE ON A HIGHWAY. DEALER SAID THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, EVEN THOUGH ENGINE WAS CLEAN. CHRYSLER DENIED CLAIM. KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THE 2.7 LITER ENGINES. *JB

I WAS DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE AS CAR STARTED A RATTLING NOISE AND LOST POWER,AND WOULD NOT START AGAIN. THE CAR WAS TOWED TO DEALER, AND I WAS TOLD THAT THE ENGINE WAS BLOWN AT 88,000 MILES. THERE WERE NO WORKING DASH LIGHTS TO ALERT OF ANY PROBLEM. THE DEALER COULD NOT GIVE EXPLANATION. THE CAR IS UNDER FULL WARRANTY AND OIL HAS BEEN CHANGED REGULARLY. ESTIMATED COST 5,000 DOLLARS. *NLM

COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE AT 75000 MILES, OIL LIGHT BEGAN TO FLASH ON AND OFF ENGINE STARTED TO KNOCK LOUDLY VEHICLE LOST ALL SPEED AND STALLED ON EXPRESSWAY ENTRANCE RAMP. THIS VEHICLE'S OIL AND FILTER WAS CHANGED EVERY 3000 MILES YET WHEN THE ENGINE WAS DISASSEMBLED THERE WAS LARGE AMOUNTS OF SLUDGE THROUGH OUT THE IT'S INSIDE ,AND I WAS TOLD THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REBUILT BUT THIS IS A VERY EXPENSIVE THING TO DO WHICH THE DEALER TOLD ME WOULD COST ABOUT $4000.00 THIS WAS THE CHEAPEST FIX. WHICH I DO NOT HAVE THE MONEY TO REPAIR RIGHT NOW SO NOW I AM PAY FOR A CAR I CAN NOT DRIVE. AND FROM ALL THE INFORMATION THAT I HAVE READ THERE SEEMS TO BE A PROBLEM WITH A GREAT MANY OF THE 2.7 LITER V6 ENGINES INSTALLED IN THIS VEHICLE. THE REPAIRS ARE VERY COSTLY AND TIME CONSUMING. *NLM

FROM WHAT THEY SAY, MY TIMING BELT CAME OFF AND TOOK OUT THE ENGINE. I ALSO HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE POWER LOCKS GOING OUT AT THE SAME TIME, THE STEERING WAS STARTING TO GO OUT AND THE CAM SENSOR WENT OUT. *NLM

THE DASH LIGHTS WENT OUT INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER 10 TIMES. A SWITCH WAS REPLACED TWICE, HOWEVER THE DEALER DID NOT SPECIFY WHICH SWITCH. THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTED. *JB

PREMATURE ENGINE FAILURE DUE TO SLUDGE BUILD UP ON A 1999 DODGE INTREPID WITH 72000 MI. ENGINE OIL WAS CHANGED EVERY 3000 MI OR LESS. CAR IS NOT CURRENTLY UNDER WARRANTY AND DODGE SAYS IT WILL COST APPROXIMATELY. $3500 TO $6500 TO FIX DEPENDING ON WHAT IS BROKEN. *JB