1999 DODGE INTREPID Complaints

1999 CHRYSLER INTREPID ENGINE FAILURE DUE TO OIL SLUDGE AFTER MAINTAINING REGULARLY SCHEDULED OIL CHANGES. *NLM

ENGINE BLEW FOR "NO APPARENT REASON". WARRANTY WILL NOT COVER A REPLACEMENT DUE TO THE MYSTERIOUS APPEARANCE OF SLUDGE. I HAD MY OIL CHANGED REGULARLY AND MAINTAINED MY VEHICLE PROPERLY. I HAVE ALREADY REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION, VARIOUS SENSORS AND VISITED THE DEALER 3 TIMES TO CORRECT AN OIL LEAK. I WAS NEVER DIAGNOSED WITH AN ENGINE PROBLEM UNTIL IT FINALLY SHUT DOWN. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY, THE ENGINE STARTED TO MAKE A LOUD NOISE AND RATTLED CONTINUOUSLY. THIS WAS VERY SURPRISING, CONSIDERING THE VEHICLE WAS NORMALLY A QUIET RIDE. THE SHOP TOLD ME MY ENGINE WAS BLOWN AND THE WARRANTY COMPANY DENIED MY CLAIM. I AM STILL FINANCING THIS VEHICLE AND DO NOT HAVE THE 6,500.00 TO REPLACE THIS ENGINE. I SEE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ON THIS SITE AND OTHERS ABOUT THE 2.7 LITER ENGINES. THERE SHOULD DEFINITELY BE A RECALL. *JB

I WAS THE OWNER OF A 1999 DODGE INTREPID, THAT WAS COMPLETELY WRECKED AT 36,000 MILES AFTER EXPERIENCING SUDDEN LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL PRIOR TO THE WRECK, MY DEALER ASSURED ME OVER AND OVER THAT THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE ALTHOUGH I WAS VERY CONCERNED AND PRETENDED TO KNOW NOTHING ABOUT STEERING PROBLEMS WITH THESE VEHICLES. PRIOR TO THE TOTAL VEHICLE LOSS, THE ENGINE BLEW UP WITH A ROD KNOCK AT ABOUT 33,000 MILES AND HAD TO BE REPLACED, THE TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE OVERHAULED AFTER IT FAILED, THE INPUT AND OUTPUT SPEED SENSORS BOTH FAILED AND MUCH MORE. THIS IS JUST 1 OF 2 DEFECTIVE DAIMLER CHRYSLER VEHICLES I HAVE OWNED AND DAIMLER CHRYSLER ACCEPTS NO RESPONSIBILITY. MANY OF THESE VEHICLES ARE DEFECTIVE AND DO NOT HOLD UP REASONABLY. I HAVE NEVER HAD ANY OF THESE PROBLEMS WITH A 15 YEAR OLD VEHICLE WITH OVER 220,000 MILES ON IT. I WOULD LIKE TO INFORM CONSUMERS THAT MY WEBSITE AGAINST CHRYSLER FOR ONGOING PREMATURE DODGE, CHRYSLER ENGINE, STEERING, TRANSMISSION FAILURES AND MORE IS NOW WWW.DAIMLERCHRYSLERVEHICLEPROBLEMS.COM. WE HAVE REFERRED MANY TO THE NHTSA AND WE HOPE THAT THE NHTSA WILL POST THIS TO REFER OTHERS TO OUR SITE WHO HAVE NOT YET SEEN OUR SITE. AT THIS WEBSITE YOU WILL SEE ACCIDENT PICTURES AND COMPLAINTS FROM CONSUMERS AFTER SUDDEN LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL. WE ALSO HAVE PICTURES OF THE COMMON CHRYSLER ENGINE INTERNAL OIL SLUDGE BUILDUP AND DAMAGE FROM TIMING CHAINS THAT HAVE BROKE THROUGH THESE ENGINES AFTER TENSIONER FAILURES. WE ALSO HAVE MANY PREMATURE TRANSMISSION FAILURE COMPLAINTS. IF YOU HAVE EVIDENCE OF THESE PROBLEMS, PICTURES OR A COMPLAINT TO BE POSTED PLEASE ALSO VISIT WWW.DAIMLERCHRYSLERVEHICLEPROBLEMS.COM AND FIND OUT WHAT DAIMLERCHRYSLER DOES NOT WANT YOU TO KNOW. *JB

I HAVE HAD TROUBLE WITH MY CAR HEATER IS NOT OPERATING PROPERLY SERIOUS DAMAGE MAY HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED TO MY ENGINE. THE PRIMARY SYMPTOM IS THAT THE CAR HEATER, FOR NO REASON, DOES NOT BLOW HOT AIR - THEN IT STARTS WORKING. LOOKS LIKE MY CAR ENGINE HAS BEEN OVERHEATING AND CAUSING SLUDGE TO BUILD UP IN THE TOP HALF OF THE ENGINE. SOME OTHER SYMPTOMS ARE CAR STARTS TO BURN OIL, VERY LIGHT TRACES OF WHITE SMOKE FROM EXHAUST AND THE ENGINE MAY SEEM TO RUN A LITTLE ROUGH AT IDLE. STILL RUNNING BUT I DON'T KNOW FOR HOW LONG.... *NLM

I OWN A 1999 DODGE INTREPID WITH 26,400 MILES ON IT. IT HAS NEVER BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT OF ANY TYPE AND USUALLY DRIVEN 10 MILES PER DAY. AFTER 26,000 MILES THE ENGINE DEVELOPED A KNOCKING NOISE. I WAS INFORMED THE ROLLER BEARING ON THE TIMING CHANGE HAD FAILED. AFTER PAYING MORE THAN $1,400 FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF THE ROLLER BEARING AND A NEW TIMING CHAIN, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE TIMING CHAIN PROBLEM HAD DAMAGED ONE OR MORE OF THE VALVES, WHICH REQUIRED THE ENGINE TO BE TORN DOWN AND A VALVE JOB TO BE REQUIRED FOR AN ADDITIONAL COST OF $900.00. ALL OF THIS TO A CAR WITH ONLY 26,000 MILES. 2 WEEKS AFTER THE ENGINE REPAIRS WERE MADE THE TRANSMISSION STOPPED SHIFTING GEARS.*JB

AT AROUND 55,000 MILES, A KNOCKING SOUND DEVELOPED. ENGINE PERFORMANCE WAS NOT EFFECTED UNTIL AROUND 65,000 MILES, WHEN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STARTED COMING ON INTERMITTENTLY AND THE ENGINE WOULD DIE. I TOOK IT TO A KNOWLEDGEABLE AND HONEST MECHANIC WHO THROUGH THE COURSE OF TROUBLE SHOOTING THE NOISE DISCOVERED THE TIMING BELT WAS LOOSE AND HAD DAMAGED MANY INTERNAL ENGINE PARTS. HE SAYS THE CHAIN IS PULLING DOUBLE DUTY, WITH A GEAR ON THE INSIDE AS WELL AS THE OUTSIDE OF THE CHAIN. THE INCREASED WEAR CAUSED IT TO STRETCH AND IT BEGAN SLAPPING/RUBBING AND DAMAGING OTHER PARTS. NAMELY VARIOUS SPOTS ON THE CASE AND THE WATER PUMP, WHICH WAS WORN NEARLY ALL THE WAY THROUGH AND SEEPING WATER AND COOLANT INTO THE ENGINE. HE SAYS THIS IS A SERIOUS DESIGN FLAW AND THAT HE HAS HEARD A LOT OF OTHER INTREPID'S ARE REQUIRING NEW ENGINES FOR THIS SAME REASON. I AM HOPING THAT SOMETHING CAN BE DONE TO FORCE CHRYSLER TO BUY NEW ENGINES FOR THOSE OF US WHO HAVE TAKEN CARE OF OUR CARS AND STILL HAVE TO SUFFER THIS GREAT COST. THESE MAY NOT BE THE ONLY PROBLEMS CAUSED BY THIS FLAW, BUT SO FAR I THINK IT'S MORE THAN ENOUGH TO WARRANT A COMPLAINT.

THE TIMING CHAIN ON MY 1999 DODGE INTREPID WENT OUT AND I ONLY HAD 76,000 MILES ON THE CAR. THIS IS A MAJOR PROBLEM FOR OTHER PEOPLE ALSO, AS I HAVE BEEN PUT ON A WAITING LIST FOR ONE OF THE PARTS NEEDED (TENSIONER). THERE ARE 1400 OF THESE PARTS ON BACK ORDER NOW, 02-11-03. THIS INDICATES A MAJOR DEFECT IN THIS PART OF THE ENGINE AND A RECALL IS IN ORDER. *JB

COMPLETE BRAKE FAILURE(LUCKILY IN DRIVEWAY) BRAKE POWER BOOSTER FAILED HAD TO WAIT 2 WEEKS FOR BACK ORDERED PART MECHANIC FOUND WATER HAD LEAKED INTO POWER BOOSTER CAUSING FAILURE(HAD PREVIOUSLY HEARD HISSING SOUND FROM BRAKE PEDAL.*JB

THERE WAS A CLICKING NOISE COMING FROM THE VEHICLE, THE ENGINE STALLED, HOWEVER IT WAS RESTARTED.*JB

THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS HAVE PERIODICALLY STOPPED WORKING UNEXPECTEDLY, CAUSING A COMPLETE LOSS OF VISION IN RAIN AND SALT SPRAY. THEY MOVE AN INCH AND THEN STOP. SOMETIMES THEY CAN BE RESTARTED RIGHT AWAY, SOMETIMES NOT. OCCASIONALLY WIPERS STOP IN FRONT OF DRIVER'S VISION. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. 99 DODGE INTREPID. DEALER "COULD NOT REPRODUCE" PROBLEM.