1999 DODGE INTREPID Complaints

I WAS DRIVING TO WORK WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE CAR JERKED REAL HARD AND THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE CAR COMPLETELY LOST POWER. I COASTED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY AND TRIED RESTARTING THE CAR BUT IT WOULD NOT RESTART. HAD CAR TOWED TO DEALERSHIP WHERE THEY FOUND MY CAMSHAFT WAS NOT TURNING AND MY TIMING CHAIN HAD BROKE AND THEY WERE PRETTY CERTAIN IT HAD DONE EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE. THEY TOLD ME IT COULD BE WELL OVER $5,000 TO GET FIXED AND JUST FOR THEM TO EVEN START TO INVESTIGATE HOW BAD THE DAMAGE WAS IT WOULD COST ME AT LEAST $600.00. I DID HAVE TO PAY THEM $102 JUST FOR A DIAGNOSTIC TEST PLUS TWO TOW BILLS. MY CAR ONLY HAD 85,000 MILES ON IT! WHAT A RIP-OFF! THE COMMENT SECTION ON THE RECEIPT FROM THE DEALER SAID NO PROMISES--WELL NO KIDDING THEY KNEW WHAT WAS GOING ON. *TR

I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AND JUST AS I WAS GETTING ON THE BRIDGE, THE ENGINE ON MY DODGE INTREPID MALFUNCTIONED. MY HUSBAND IS A CERTIFIED MECHANIC AND HE KEPT THE MAINTENANCE UP ON MY VEHICLE. WE WERE TOLD BY THE DEALERSHIP THAT THE SLUDGE BUILDUP WAS DUE TO US NOT CHANGING THE OIL AT EVERY 3000 MILES. WE WERE TOLD THAT THE COST TO REPAIR THIS PROBLEM WOULD START AT ABOUT $4500. *JB

IN NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS BOTH THE WINDOW REGULATOR AND THE CABLE FOR THE CRUISE CONTROL FAILED CAUSING THE GLASS TO ENTER THE WINDOW FRAME AND THE CAR TO LOSE SPEED. I HAD THE WINDOW REPAIRED ONLY TO HAVE IT FAIL AGAIN AND HAVE NOT YET REPAIRED THE CRUISE CONTROL FOR FEAR OF ANOTHER FAILURE.

I WAS DRIVING MY 99 DODGE INTREPID TO WORK AND I WAS MAKING IN THE LEFT TURN LANE AS THE TRAFFIC CLEARED I BEGAN TO MAKE MY LEFT TURN. THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, I HEAR THE ENGINE MAKE A TERRIBLE SOUND AND THE CAR STOPPED. I SHIFTED IT INTO NEUTRAL AND TRIED TO RESTART TO NO AVAIL. AT THAT POINT I HAD TO GET OUT OF MY CAR IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION AND PUSH IT OUT OF THE INTERSECTION. A COUPLE OF GUYS HELPED ME PUSH IT INTO A 7-11 WHERE I CALLED A TOW TRUCK. MY MECHANIC SAID THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO SLUDGE. I ONLY PURCHASED THIS CAR 3 DAYS PRIOR WITH THE INSURANCE MONEY FROM WHEN MY FAMILY WAS INVOLVED IN A ROLLOVER ACCIDENT. (WE WERE STRUCK FROM BEHIND BY A AN UNCONSCIOUS DRIVER TRAVELING OVER 100 MPH. CAUSING OUR AEROSTAR TO ROLL AND FLIP WITH 5 OF US IN THE CAR INCLUDING OUR 18 MONTH OLD) I GOT QUOTES ON A NEW ENGINE AND REALIZED THAT I AM NOT IN THE FINANCIAL SITUATION TO FIX IT. SO IT'S BEEN SITTING IN MY GARAGE UNTIL I FOUND AN ARTICLE ON AOL WHICH LED ME TO THIS SITE. THE ENGINE MANUFACTURER THAT I SPOKE WITH SAID THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE STANDARD CHRYSLER MOTOR AND THAT THEY MADE THE OIL RETURN LARGER TO ELIMINATE THE SLUDGE PROBLEM. I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW A CAR ENGINE THAT DIES WHILE DRIVING IS ALLOWED TO GO UNRESOLVED. I COULD'VE BEEN SERIOUSLY INJURED SITTING IN ONCOMING TRAFFIC. I WAS LUCKY BUT SINCE THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM (I DIDN'T KNOW PRIOR TO BUYING THE CAR OTHERWISE I WOULDN'T HAVE RISKED MY LIFE DRIVING IT).*JB

THE 2.7 V-6 EXPLODED/SEIZED IN MY 1999 INTREPID FOR THE SECOND TIME IN 112K SO THATS 56K PER ENGINE??? CHRYSLER IS OF NO HELP AND WILL NOT COVER FAULTY ENGINE! THEY SAY SLUDGE CAUSE IT-BUT I CHANGED OIL EVERY 3K! THIS IS RIDICULOUS A RECALL SHOULD BE MANDATORY!!!!!! *TR

I WOULD LIKE TO FILE A COMPLAINT ABOUT THE 1999 DODGE INTREPID. THE ENGINE BLEW OUT AT 110000, IN PERFECT CONDITION, I HAD THE OIL CHANGED EVERY 300 MILES, AND HAD RECENTLY JUST FLUSHED THE TRANSMISSION FLUID. I KEPT IT IN PEAK CONDITION. ONE DAY WHILE DRIVING TO WORK IT MADE LOUD NOISES. I WAS CLOSE TO MY MECHANICS SHOP AND JUST DROVE IT THERE. AS I PULLED IN I HEARD A LOUD POP AND THE MECHANICS CONFIRMED THAT THE ENGINE BLEW OUT, AND HOW HORRIBLE THIS ENGINE WAS. WOULD LIKE TO RECEIVE SOME TYPE OF REIMBURSEMENT FOR THIS. I HEARD THERE WAS A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT, WHICH I WOULD SURELY LIKE TO SIGN UP FOR, ANY INSIGHT WOULD BE HELPFUL. *AK

COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE, ENGINE SEIZED WITHOUT WARNING; ABLE TO CONTROL VEHICLE AND PARK ON SIDE OF ROAD WITHOUT POWER STEERING OR BRAKES; VEHICLE TOWED TO REPAIR SHOP, DECIDED NOT TO HAVE ENGINE REPLACED, VEHICLE SITTING AT HOME DECIDING ON ACTION TO TAKE

WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AT 75 MPH FELT LOOSE PLAY IN STEERING AND BEGAN MOVING OVER TO THE SLOW LANE AND AS I DID THE STEERING COMPLETELY FAILED. AFTER I STOPPED AND IN THE PRESENCE OF A HIGHWAY PATROL I TURNED THE WHEEL AND YOU COULD SEE THAT THE WHEELS DID NOT TURN AT ALL. COMPLETE FAILURE. LUCKILY SINCE I WAS MOVING RIGHT PRIOR TO THE FAILURE MY CAR WAS POINTED TOWARD THE SHOULDER AND I WAS ABLE TO STOP THE CAR SAFELY ON THE SHOULDER. CAR WAS TOWED TO DODGE DEALER WHERE I WAS TOLD THE RACK AND PINION HAD SHEARED OFF. COST OF REPAIR WAS $1600. *AK

I HAVE A DODGE INTREPID THAT NOW HAS A BLOWN ENGINE WHEN IT SHOULD HAVE LASTED MUCH LONGER. IN TAKING IT TO THE MECHANIC, I FOUND THAT THE 2.7 ENGINE WAS THE WORST ONE CHRYSLER HAS MADE AND WAS A "DISPOSIBLE" ENGINE. MY WINDOWS DO NOT WORK, AND MY FAN (AIR/HEAT) ONLY WORKS ON HIGH. CALLS TO CHRYSLER AND ANY CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP HAVE REMAINED UNANSWERED AND NOW I LOOK TO GET MAYBE $500.00 FOR THE CAR, IF I'M LUCKY, AND NOW HAVE TO GET A LOAN FOR ANOTHER CAR. THANKS CHRYSLER.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 DODGE INTREPID. WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE AT 55-60 MILES PER HOUR, THE ENGINE SHUT OFF. THE MANUFACTURER IS FAMILIAR WITH THE 2.7L ENGINE FAILURE. HE FILED A CLAIM WITH THE MANUFACTURER, IT WAS DENIED AND THEY DID NOT GIVE HIM AN EXPLANATION FOR THE DENIAL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 154,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 167,000.