1999 Dodge Intrepid

These are unverified consumer reports filed with NHTSA, shown as submitted.

• 12/30/2005· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  DT: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE IT LOST POWER AND STALLED. SHE HEARD A CLINGING" SOUND PRIOR TO THE VEHICLE STALLING, BUT NO OTHER SIGNS INDICATED A PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START BACK AFTER SHE HEARD THE SOUND. A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP DETERMINED THE TIMING CHAIN BROKE CAUSING AN ENGINE FAILURE. THE REPAIR SHOP SAID THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT'S UNCLE INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND SAID SLUDGE WAS BUILT UP IN THE ENGINE. ROUTINE MAINTENANCE WAS PERFORMED ON THE VEHICLE AND SHE HAD RECENTLY HAD THE OIL CHANGED. *AK

• 12/30/2003· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE'S ENGINE FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CAUSE HAS YET TO BE DETERMINED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *NM

• 12/30/2003· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH THE DRIVER SUDDENLY HEARD A LOUD NOISE WHICH CAME FROM THE ENGINE. IT WAS LATER DETERMINED THAT THE ENGINE SEIZED AND BLEW A ROD. THE VEHICLE RECEIVED REGULAR OIL CHANGES AND THE ENGINE WAS FLUSHED SEVERAL TIMES PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *NM

• 12/30/2003· POWER TRAIN,VISIBILITY

  MY WIFE BOUGHT A 99 INTREPID WITH 3.2L ENGINE BRAND NEW. THE CAR CURRENTLY HAS 79K MILES, BUT WE HAVE REPLACED THE WINDOW MOTOR (ALL UNDER WARRANTY) BY THE DEALER 6 TIMES (SOMETIMES TWICE IN THE SAME WINDOWS). WE HAVE ALSO BEEN EXPERIENCING ISSUES WITH THE TRANSMISSION SUCH AS ROUGH CHANGING OF GEARS. WE REPLACED THE SPEED SENSOR ONCE, AND NOW THE TRANSMISSION IS STUCK IN 2ND GEAR. WE WERE TOLD BY THE DEALER THE TRANSMISSION WILL NEED AN OVERHAUL AT $2,300.

• 12/30/2003· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE WOULD MAKE A LOUD KNOCKING SOUND. THE DEALERSHIP WAS UNABLE TO DETECT THE CAUSE OF THE SOUND. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *NM

• 12/30/2003· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  THE VEHICLE'S ENGINE THREW A ROD. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *NM

• 12/30/2002· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  CAR BLEW THE ENGINE ON DECEMBER 13TH. WAS TOLD BACK IN JUNE I HAD MAJOR ENGINE PROBLEM DUE TO OIL SLUDGE IN THE ENGINE. WHEN I PRODUCED ALL MY OIL CHANGES I WAS TOLD I SHOULD HAVE BOUGHT THE EXTENDED WARRANTY. CHRYSLER OFFERED 50/50 WHICH STILL HAS COST ME $3600+ TO REPLACE MY ENGINE. I HAD TAKEN MY CAR IN WHEN IT WAS UNDER WARRANTY FOR "TICKING NOISES UNDER THE HOODS". THEY RECENTERED THE TRANSMISSION AND MOTOR MOUNTS, REPLACED THE IDLER PULLEY, BUT IT STILL EXISTED. THEY CLAIM I COULD NOT HAVE DRIVEN MY CAR FOR 3 YEARS WITH THIS PROBLEM. THE #6 BERING FINALLY BLEW OUT. VERY UPSETTING. I WAS DRIVING THE CAR WHEN IT HAPPENED.

• 12/29/2005· STEERING,ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,POWER TRAIN

  SEVERAL PROBLEMS WITH MY 1999 2.7 LITER INTREPID. FIRST, PROBLEMS WITH TRANSMISSION SHIFTING HARD. SENT TO DEALER AND DIAGNOSTICS CAME BACK 'WITHIN PARAMETERS'. TOLD IT MUST BE HOW WE DRIVE IT. SINCE THEN, TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT SHIFT BETWEEN 2/3 GEARS. LEFT ME STRANDED OUT OF TOWN. HAD TO REPLACE THE CONTROL MODULE TWICE ($35.00 PART). KEEP A SPARE IN THE GLOVE BOX JUST IN CASE. SECOND PROBLEM, A CLUNKING SOUND AND TICKING NOISE WHEN TURNING STEERING WHEEL IN EITHER DIRECTION. TOOK TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP, THEY WOULDN'T TOUCH IT. HAVE NOT HAD THIS PROBLEM CORRECTED OR SEEN BY DEALER. HOWEVER, I HAVE SEEN MANY TSB'S ON YOUR WEBSITE CONCERNING THIS ISSUE. THIRD, ENGINE STARTING MAKING A BANGING SOUND AT ABOUT 126K. HAD TO HAVE THE ENGINE REPLACED (BOUGHT A REMANUFACTURED ENGINE) AT A COST OF $5000.00, WAS TOLD SOMETHING IN THE BOTTOM END WENT. COULDN'T AFFORD TO BUY NEW CAR AND HAVE CAR PAYMENT. ONLY HAD 6 MORE PAYMENTS TO GO. WAS ALSO TOLD THAT THIS WAS COMMON WITH THESE ENGINES. WHY IS THIS ENGINE STILL ON THE MARKET IF IT HAS SOOOO MANY PROBLEMS? *JB

• 12/29/2004· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  WHILE DRIVING MY DODGE INTREPID HOME THE ENGINE QUIT CAUSING ME TO PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WITH NO STEERING AND VERY LITTLE BRAKING. I WAS ABLE TO JUMP START THE ENGINE AND BEGIN MY TRIP HOME AGAIN. THE ENGINE QUIT AGAIN AND HAD TROUBLE STEERING CAR OFF THE ROAD WITH ALSO NO BRAKES. NOW THE ENGINE WILL NOT START DUE TO BEING LOCKED UP. I HAVE CHANGED THE OIL REGULARLY AND MAINTAINED THE CAR IN GOOD CONDITION. I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION SENSORS AT 50,000 MILES DUE TO FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER SERVICE MECHANICS KNEW EXACTLY WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS WHEN DESCRIBED OVER THE PHONE ABOUT THE TRANSMISSION AND THE ENGINE. THE TRANSMISSION HAD A FAILURE AGAIN AT 100,000 MILES. THIS IS TERRIBLE FOR A 99 MODEL CAR THAT HAS ONLY A 100,000 MILES. THE ENGINE IS LOCKED UP AND NOW I HAVE NO TRANSPORTATION TO TRAVEL BACK AND FORTH TO WORK. I HAVE MORE PROBLEMS WITH THIS CAR SINCE I BOUGHT IT. *NM

• 12/29/2003· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  MOTOR SMOKED AND SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING. CONSUMER INDICATED MOTOR WAS DEFECTIVE. *AK

• 12/28/2005· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  99 DODGE INTREPID SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING. ALMOST, CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. HANDLE BAR BECAME HARD TO TURN. NOW I'M BEEN TOLD I NEED A NEW MOTOR. THE MOTOR ON THE CAR IS A 2.7 L WITH 83,000 MILES ON IT. OIL CHANGE HAS BEEN DONE EVERY 3,000 MILES. PLEASE HELP DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS DEFAULT ON THESE MODELS. THANK YOU. *NM

• 12/28/2004· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  1.) THERE WERE NO REAL "EVENTS" THAT HAPPENED. THE ENGINE ON MY WIFE'S DODGE INTREPID SIMPLY SEIZED (AFTER AN OIL CHANGE). 2.) ENGINE SEIZURE ON A DODGE INTREPID...MOTOR LOCKED UP. 3.) CHRYSLER BLAMED IT ON US NOT CHANGING THE OIL REGULARLY AND WE HAD TO ROLL THE BALANCE OF THE CAR INTO A NEW CAR. *JB

• 12/28/2004· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 45-50 MPH, SUDDENLY THERE WAS A CLICKING/TAPPING NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE, FOLLOWED BY THE VEHICLE STARTING TO LOSE POWER. THE CONSUMER IMMEDIATELY PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP. THE ENGINE BLEW BECAUSE IT THREW A ROD BEARING. *JB

• 12/28/2002· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  ON DEC 20 2002, THE VEHICLE ENGINE STARTED RAPPING WHILE TRAVELING APX 60 MPH ON INTERSTATE. IT THEN STOPPED WITHIN 30 SECONDS WITH NO RESTART. DEALER HAS REPLACED ENGINE 20,000 MILES PRIOR FOR SAME THING. DEALER HAS HAD THE VEHICLE FOR 5 BUSINESS DAYS AND HAS NOT FIXED IT. ALSO, HISTORY OF MULTIPLE WINDOW FAILURES, MULTIPLE FUEL GAUGE FAILURES, MULTIPLE A/C FAILURES. TS

• 12/27/2006· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  MY 1999 DODGE INTREPID STOPPED ON ME ON THE HIGHWAY. THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF A PROBLEM. I WAS IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC AND REACHED OVER TO TURN ON MORE HEAT. THE CAR JUST DIED. I COULD NOT GET IT RESTARTED. I HAD IT TOWED TO MY HOME AND HAD A MECHANIC COME TO THE HOUSE TO LOOK THE CAR OVER. HIS FINDINGS WAS THE WATER PUMP WAS GONE AND THE TIMING CHAIN WAS GONE. I HAVE A 2.7 ENGINE IN MY CAR. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP TO ASK THE PRICE OF REPAIR. THE PERSON ON THE PHONE KNEW BEFORE I SAID WHAT TYPE OF ENGINE, TYPE CAR AND YEAR OF MY CAR. I TOLD HER IT WAS A PIECE OF JUNK. I HAVE READ MANY COMPLAINTS ON THE INTERNET ABOUT THIS ENGINE. I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER DODGE PRODUCT. IN FACT I WILL BE BUYING FOREIGN CARS. I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN ANY TYPE OF CLASS ACTION SUIT THAT HAS BEEN FILED OR WILL BE FILED. *JB

• 12/27/2003· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  MY 1999 DODGE INTREPID 2.7 LITER ENGINE SEIZED AT 62000. *AK

• 12/27/2002· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  CONSUMER STATED THE ENGINE FAILED DUE TO SLUDGE BUILD UP.TS *JB

• 12/26/2004· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  2.7 LITER ENGINE IN DODGE INTREPID, FAILING. HAVE MAINTAINED VEHICLE, VEHICLE PRESENTLY IN GARAGE AWAITING SERVICE. I AM EXPECTING THE DEALERSHIP TO DENY WARRANTY CLAIM DUE TO ENGINE SLUDGE WHICH IS COMMON WITH THIS ENGINE. WILL NO LONGER ALLOW WIFE AND KIDS TO BE IN VEHICLE, FEAR OF VEHICLE ACCIDENT DUE TO PREMATURE ENGINE FAILURE.CAR TAKEN IN FOR REPAIR OCT. 2004, DEALER REPLACED ROD BEARINGS. KNOCKING NOISE STILL PRESENT, CAR CURRENTLY AT DIFFERENT DEALERSHIP.*AK

• 12/26/2003· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  ENGINE FAILURE. ENGINE SEIZED WHILE ON HIGHWAY. VEHICLE IS A 1999 (2.7) DODGE INTREPID. HAVE HAD MANY PROBLEMS SINCE OWNING VEHICLE.*AK

• 12/24/2003· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,POWER TRAIN

  THE VEHICLE STALLED WHILE DRIVING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER, WHO DETERMINED THAT CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS DUE TO SLUDGE IN THE ENGINE, AND INSTALLED A NEW ENGINE. *AK *PH THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT SHIFT DUE TO A FAULTY TRANSMISSION OUTPUT SPEED SENSOR. *NM

• 12/23/2004· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  I WAS DRIVING ON AN ERRAND TO TUCSON ARIZONA WHICH IS 65 MILES FROM MY HOME. I STOPPED AT A STOP LIGHT AND THE CAR ENGINE DIED ON ME IN THE MIDDLE OF A BUSY INTERSECTION WITHOUT EVEN A WARNING LIGHT COMING ON. I DO REGULAR MAINTANENCE ON THE VEHICLE, AND DO PREDRIVE CHECKS ON THE VEHICLE BEFORE I GO ON LONG DISTANCE TRIPS. THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE USED FROM TOLD ME IT WOULD COST $6300 TO REPLACE THE ENGINE. I DO NOT HAVE $6300 TO REPLACE AN ENGINE IN A VEHICLE WORTH ABOUT $7000. *AK

• 12/22/2009· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 CHRYSLER INTREPID. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH SHE HEARD A CLICKING NOISE. SHE PARKED THE VEHICLE FOR INSPECTION. UPON INSPECTION SHE NOTICED THAT THE TIMING CHAIN HAD FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, AND HE CONCLUDED THAT THE TIMING CHAIN AND POSSIBLY THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE TIMING CHAIN WAS PREVIOUSLY REPLACED. NO REPAIRS WERE MADE.. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 103,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 123,000.

• 12/22/2001· SUSPENSIONCrash

  I WAS DRIVING ABOUT 40-45MPH ON SAN LEANDRO BLVD. AROUND A SLIGHT BEND, SPEED LIMIT WAS 40MPH, IT WAS A SLIGHTLY WET FROM PREVIOUS RAIN BUT TRACTION WAS FINE. ALL OF A SUDDEN SOMETHING HAPPENED WITH THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT WHEEL AND IT FELT LIKE SOMETHING BROKE, CAME LOOSE, FAILED OR DIDN'T PERFORM AS NORMAL. I DIDN'T HEAR ANY NOISE AS IF SOMETHING BROKE HOWEVER. THE FRONT RIGHT PIVOTED FUNNY THEN THE FRONT END BEGAN TO WOBBLE, THEN I STARTED TO SPIN OUT I STARTED TO SPIN AIMING AND GOING TOWARD ONCOMMING TRAFFIC, I FOUGHT TO GAIN CONTROL. I LET OFF THE BRAKES TRYING NOT TO MAKE IT WORSE. I HIT THE MEDIAN, SMASHED THROUGH A SMALL TREE, THEN BOUNCED BACK INTO MY LANE SLIDDING ABOUT 70 FEET THEN SPINNING AND EVENTUALLY SMASHING INTO A FENCE WITH BOTH AIRBAGS DEPLOYING. I HAVE HAD A BAD COUGH SINCE PROBABLY DUE TO THE AIRBAGS. I HAVE BEEN SOAR AND HAVE MISSED WORK BUT I AM OK. I AM EXTREMELY UPSET BECAUSE I HAVE TAKEN MY VEHICLE INTO THE DEALERSHIP SEVERAL TIMES COMPLAINING OF STEERING PROBLEMS. I WAS ACTUALLY ON THE WAY TO THE DEALERSHIP TO BRING MY VEHICLE IN FOR SERVICE. MY VEHICLE IS TOTALLED, I HAVE PICTURES IF NECESSARY. I HAVE COPIES OF INVOICES PROVING I HAVE COMPLAINED OF STEERING ISSUES.*AK

• 12/21/2007· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  TL-CONTACT OWNS A 1999/DODGE/INTREPID.CONTACT STATED SHE WAS DRIVING AT 20 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY AND THE CAR JUST DIED ON HER. NO WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON. THEY HAVE A 1000 MILES TO DRIVE BEFORE ANOTHER OIL CHANGE. WEATHER WAS NOT A FACTOR. THEY WERE DRIVING NORMALLY BEFORE IT DIED. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A MECHANIC ABOUT A BLOCK AWAY. THE MECHANIC INFORMED THEM THERE IS WATER IN THE OIL AND THEY WOULD HAVE TO JUNK THE CAR. THE CAP FOR THE OIL WAS BLOWN OFF BECAUSE WATER WAS GOING IN THE OIL. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE IS 140,000.CONTACT DOES NOT KNOW HER VIN NUMBER....MW

• 12/21/2004· STEERING,SUSPENSION

  A ROUTINE TRIP TO HAVE NEW TIRES PUT ON MY 1999 DURANGO LEAD TO MAJOR REPAIRS TO THE VEHICLE. THEY COULD NOT DO THE ALIGNMENT DUE TO BAD UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS. WHEN TAKING IT IN FOR FURTHER INSPECTION ANDSERVICE, THEY HAD TO REPLACE "SLOPPY" UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS AS WELL AS ADJUST THE LOOSE STEERING GEAR. (THE STEERING HAS ALWAYS BEEN LOSE BUT THEY'VE NEVER DONE ANYTHING ABOUT IT UNTIL NOW). THE ITEMIZED WORK SHEET DOES NOT INDICATE UPPER BALL JOINTS WERE REPLACED, YET STATED THEY WERE. AND BAD UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS WAS NOT THE FULL EXTENT OF WHAT WAS WRONG. WE ALSO HAD TO REPLACE THE TIE RODS AND SWAY BUSHINGS. ON A VEHICLE THAT IS 5 YEARS OLD, HAD 55K MILES AND DRIVEN CONSERVATIVELY, THESE MAJOR REPAIRS SHOULD NOT BE NEEDED. THANKFULLY THERE WERE NO ACCIDENTS BECAUSE OF THIS.*AK

• 12/21/2004· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  WHILE DRIVING TO THE HOSPITAL THE ENGINE (2.7)OF MY DODGE INTREPID SEIZED. THERE WAS NO WARNING SIGNS, THIS CAR WAS ALWAYS IN FOR OIL CHANGES. I HAVE NOT HAD ANY LUCK REPLACING THE ENGINE SINCE THE COST IS JUST REDICULOUS FOR WHAT THE CAR IS WORTH. I STILL HAVE THE CAR WHICH HAS BEEN SITTING IN MY GARAGE FOR THE PAST YEAR.*AK

• 12/20/2004· SUSPENSION,EQUIPMENTCrashFire

  L999 DODGE DURANGO UPPER AND OR LOWER BALL JOINT FAILURES ON FOUR DIFFERENT OCCASIONS OVER A FOUR YEAR PERIOD. UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS USED AS ORIGINAL MANUFACTURER INSTALLED AND REPLACEMENT PARTS ARE KNOWN TO BE DEFICIENT ACCORDING TO NHTSA, AND ACCIDENTS AS WELL AS EXPENSIVE REPLACEMENT COSTS HAVE OCCURED. I AM NOW IN MY FOURTH REPLACEMENT CYCLE, WITH UPPER BALL JOINTS HAVING BEEN REPLACED THREE TIMES AND THE LOWERS NOW IN THEIR SECOND TIME. NHTSA HAS FAILED TO INCLUDE L998 AND L999 MODEL YEARS, ALLOWING DAIMLER CHRYSLER TO SLIP THE NOOSE REGARDING RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE SAME DEFECTIVE PARTS USED IN 2000-2004 MY VEHICLES. NHTSA SHOULD REQUIRE DODGE TO INCLUDE L998, L999 MODEL YEARS IN ITS RECALL INVESTIGATION. DODGE CUSTOMER SERVICE REJECTED MY TWO SEPARATE APPEALS FOR REPLACEMENT OR REIMBURSEMENT, ONE IN 2003 AND THE OTHER IN 2004 PARTS FAILURE DATES WERE 12/27/01, 12/27/03, APRIL '04 AND ON 12/L8/04.*AK

• 12/19/2003· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  WE BOUGHT A '99 DODGE INTREPID 11/22/99 AS A PROGRAM CAR W/ABOUT 30,000 MILES ON IT. WE BOUGHT EXTENDED WARRANTY TO COVER 'SURPRISES'. ON SATURDAY, 7/19/03 THE OIL LIGHT CAME ON. WE TOOK IT IMMEDIATELY TO THE CLOSEST DEALER AND FILLED OUT THE AFTER HOURS PAPERWORK. ON MONDAY 7/21 THEY CALLED & SAID THE ENGINE WAS 'SHOT' AND THE CAUSE WAS SLUDGE. THEY SAID IT WAS CAUSED BY NOT HAVING REGULAR OIL CHANGES SO IT VOIDED OUR WARRANTY. ESTIMATE $8,000 ON A CAR WITH A BLUE BOOK VALUE IS $5,000. MILEAGE ON THIS CAR IS NOW 62,080. *AK MY HUSBAND CALLED AN ENGINE REPAIR PLACE & THEY GAVE AN ESTIMATE OF $4,500. HE SAID HE DID QUITE A LOT OF THESE DODGE/CHRYSLER PRODUCTS BECAUSE THEIR ENGINES FAIL FREQUENTLY. IN FACT THE DEALERSHIP WE HAVE OUR CAR AT HAD JUST CALLED AND GOT THE SAME $4,500 DOLLAR ESTIMATE FROM HIM FOR A '99 DODGE INTREPID. COINCIDENTAL?! AND THEY'RE QUOTING US $8,000. SO THEY'RE MAKING ADDITIONAL PROFIT OFF OUR PROBLEM. UNFORTUNATELY SINCE MY HUSBAND CHANGED THE OIL OR WE WENT TO 'JIFFY LUBE' TYPE PLACES SO WE HAVE VERY FEW RECEIPTS TO PROVE WE CHANGED THE OIL REGULARLY. THE STICKER ON THE WINDSHIELD INDICATES WE HAD THE OIL CHANGED ABOUT 1,000 MILES AGO. SINCE WE ARE LEASING THIS CAR SO IN 15 MONTHS WE EITHER HAVE TO TURN IT IN IN GOOD WORKING ORDER OR BUY IT NOW FOR $8,549.51.

• 12/19/2002· STEERING

  AT JUST 53,000 MILES IT IS DISCOVERED THAT THE RACK AND PINION STEERING ASSEMBLY ON MY THREE-YEAR OLD VEHICLE NEEDS TO BE COMPLETELY OVERHAULED. THIS IS GOING TO COST NEARLY $1,000.00 AND IS ABSOLUTELY NOT A ROUTINE ISSUE IN A VEHICLE THIS NEW AND LIGHTLY DRIVEN. AFTER RESEARCHING THE MATTER FURTHER ON THE WWW IT IS OBVIOUSLY THAT STEERING ISSUES ARE A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM IN DODGE INTREPIDS AND THEY POSE SERIOUS SAFETY RISKS. I IMPLORE YOU TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS! DO NOT WAIT UNTIL SOMEONE GETS KILLED IN AN ACCIDENT BEFORE YOU DO. FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT: HTTP://INTREPID.CLAN-510.ORG/ACCIDENT.HTM

• 12/19/2002· POWER TRAIN

  WE BOUGHT OUR CAR NEW FROM GLADSTONE DODGE, AND NOTICED RIGHT OFF THAT THERE WAS AN HESITATION AND LUNGING IN THE TRANSMISSION. THIS PROBLEM WAS RANDOM, YOU NEVER KNEW WHEN IT WOULD HAPPEN.WHEN WE TOOK IT IN ANYWAYS TO BE CHECKED THE WROTE IT UP AS THEY "COULD NOT VERIFY" AND NEXT TIME "COULD NOT DUPLICATE" . WE KEPT CALLING AND INSISITING THERE WAS SOMETHING. WE WERE TOLD TO BRING IT IN WHEN IT WAS DOING IT.THEY REPLACED THE CAM SENSORS AND SAID THAT WAS PROBLEM, NOT THE TRANSMISSION ITSELF. THEN WARRANTY EXPIRED WE PAID FOR THE NEXT SENSOR. THEY SAID STILL NOT THE TRANSMISSION. NOW AT 60,000MILES THE TRANSMISSION IS COMPLETELY GONE. DAIMLERCHRYSLER REFUSES TO PAY SAYING THAT THE TECH COULD NOT VERIFY OR DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. EVEN THOUGH WE TRIED TO TELL THEM ON SEVERAL TIMES, THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING WRONG FROM THE BEGINNING. 2 MONTHS AGO WE WERE SHOWN THICK SLUDGE IN THE OIL ON A ROUTINE OIL CHANGE, NOW AFTER RESEARCH I SEE IN A COMPLAINT SITE FOR DODGE INTREPIDS THAT THERE ARE 1,000 THAT HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM WITH TECHS "UNABLE TO VERIFY OR DUPLICATE" AND CUSTOMER KEEP INSISTING THERE IS A PROBLEM, SENSORS REPLACED AND ONLY TO FOLLOW WITH TRANSMISSION TOTALLY GOING OUT. AND WITH THE SLUDGE THE ENGINE ENDS UP BLOWN. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE!!!

• 12/18/2002· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  CONSUMER STATES WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT 55MPH THE ENGINE STALL. PULLING OUT OF THE ROAD, VEHICLE WAS TOOK TO THE DEALER THEY TOLL THE CONSUMER ENGINE BLEW OUT. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. TS

• 12/17/2004· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  I ALSO OWN A 1999 DODGE INTREPID WITH THE NOTORIOUS 2.7 ALMOST BLOWN ENGINE, DUE TO OIL SLUDGE. THE WAS WELL MAINTAINED WITH REGULAR OIL CHANGES. THE CAR HAS ONLY 76K MILES. FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS THE CAR WOULD SOUND LIKE A DIESEL FOR A VERY SHORT TIME AND DISAPPEAR. I CALLED THE DEALER AND INQUIRED IF THERE HAD BEEN ANY SIMILAR COMPLAINTS OR PROBLEMS. THEY REPLIED THEY KNEW OF NONE. I EVEN HAD THE CAR IN ANOTHER REPAIR SHOP ONE DAY AND THEY DID NOT KNOW WHAT COULD HAVE CAUSED THE SOUND I COMPLAINED ABOUT, BECAUSE IT DISAPPEARED BEFORE I GOT THERE. JUST A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO THE SOUND REAPPEARED SUDDENLY AFTER 4 MONTHS OF NOTHING. THE SHOP OWNER COULD NOT BELIEVE HIS EARS WHEN I DROVE UP LEFT THE CAR RUNNING AND WENT IN TO GET HIM. HE FOUND THAT THE HYDRAULIC TENSIONER THAT HOLDS THE TIMING CHAINS IN PLACE NEEDED REPLACED, BUT WHEN HE TOOK THE FRONT COVER OFF THE MOTOR HE FOUND IT FILLED WITH SLUDGE. I WAS LUCKY THAT THE MOTOR HAD NOT BLOWN YET, BUT I FACE THE EXPENSE OF HAVING IT REBUILT OR REPLACED. I STILL HAVE THE CAR, BUT I HAD TO GO REPLACE IT WITH ANOTHER CAR. THIS WAS AN ADDED EXPENSE I WAS NOT PLANNING ON. R MILLER, DELAWARE. *JB

• 12/16/2003· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  1999 DODGE INTREPID. CHANGE OIL REGULARLY. WAS ON THE HIGHWAY, WHEN THE OIL LITE CAME ON FOR LESS THAN 5 MIN. THEN THE ENGINE COMPLETELY LOCKED UP. NOW THE DODGE DEALERSHIP IS TELLING ME THEY'RE NOT SURE, BUT IT APPARENTLY LOOKS OUT OF OIL. WHICH IS OBSERD! AND NOW OF COURSE, THEY AREN'T GOING TO DO ANYTHING, BUT CHARGE $4800 FOR A USED ENGINE?! *AK

• 12/15/2004· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  VEHICLE SHUT DOWN WHILE CONSUMER WAS SITTING AT A STOP LIGHT. VEHICLE WAS TOWED, AND THE ENGINE WAS FOUND TO BE DEFECTIVE.*AK

• 12/15/2004· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  THE ENGINE IN MY CAR NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. CYLINDER 3 AND 6 HAVE RODS THAT WILL EVENTUALLY GO THROUGH THE ENGINE. IT IS A 2.7 LITER 6 CYLINDER DODGE INTREPID. I HAVE CONTACTED THE COMPANY AND THEY WILL NOT RESPOND TO MY INQUIRIES. I HAVE DONE SOME RESEARCH ON THIS ENGINE AND THERE SEEMS TO BE QUITE A FEW OWNERS WHO HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. I TOOK IT TO FERRIS STATE UNIVERSITY'S AUTOMOTIVE PROGRAM AND THE INSTRUCTOR TOLD US THAT THOSE ENGINES ARE NOTORIOUS FOR DOING THAT. HE EXPLAINED THAT IT IS A MANUFACTURER DEFECT BECAUSE THE HOLE THAT ALLOWS THE OIL TO FLOW THROUGH TO THE CYLINDERS IS NOT LARGE ENOUGH SO THE ENGINE STARVES FOR OIL WHICH CAUSES ROD BEARINGS TO GO BAD. CHRYSLER NEEDS TO RECALL ALL VEHICLES WITH THIS TYPE OF ENGINE BECAUSE IT IS NOT RIGHT THAT THEY CONTINUE TO LET THEM STAY ON THE ROAD WHEN THEY KNOW THERE IS A PROBLEM. I HAVE A 3 YEAR OLD TO TAKE CARE OF AND I STILL OWE ALMOST 4000$ FOR THE CAR AND TO HAVE THE ENGINE REBUILT WILL COST 4700$. *AK

• 12/15/2003· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  TOTAL ENGINE OF OUR 2.7L DOHC ENGINE IN OUR 1999 DODGE INTREPID WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AT A SPEED OF 45MPH RESULTING IN COSTLY BILLS THAT WERE MADE AT THE OWNER'S EXPENSE.*AK

• 12/15/2003· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  ON OCTOBER 31, 2003 MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING MY INTREPID ON THE FREEWAY NEAR CANTON, MICHIGAN. UPON PRESSING THE ACCELORATOR THE ENGINE HESITATED, THEN THE OIL LIGHT FLASHED ON FOR ONE SECOND JUST BEFORE SHE HEARD A POPPING SOUND. THEN SHE LOST ALL POWER. SHE COULD NOT STEER OR BRAKE THE CAR VERY WELL AT ALL. SHE WAS GOING 65 MILES PER HOUR AND NEARLY GOT INTO A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. SHE GOT THE CAR ONTO THE SHOULDER BUT COULD NOT START THE ENGINE. WE HAD IT TOWED TO A SERVICE STATION WHERE THEY TOLD ME THE ENGINE WAS SEIZED AND IT WOULD COST $5,000 TO $6500 TO REPAIR. IT HAS BEEN ONLY 3000 MILES SINCE MY LAST OIL CHANGE.

• 12/14/2006· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLINGFire

  DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, AN ODOR OF SMOKE WAS NOTICED. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS SLOWED AND PULLED OVER TO THE RIGHT LANE, THE CONTACT SAW SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE FRONT HOOD. THE VEHICLE WAS PULLED OFF THE ROAD AND THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT BURST INTO FLAMES. THE CONTACT EXITED THE VEHICLE, MOVED TO A SAFE DISTANCE AND CALLED 911. THE POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONDED TO THE CALL AND REPORTS WERE TAKEN BY BOTH DEPARTMENTS. ALSO, PHOTOGRAPHS WERE TAKEN AND THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE.

• 12/14/2006· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  THE TIMING BELT HAS BROKEN AND THE CAR WON'T START. *JB

• 12/14/2005· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  AT 1145 AM, 29 NOVEMBER 2005, I WAS DRIVING ON INTERSTATE 675 AT ABOUT @ 65 MPH, WHEN THE ENGINE SUDDENLY, WITHOUT ANY PRIOR WARNING, JUST QUIT. I MADE MY WAY ACROSS ONE LANE OF TRAFFIC TO THE SHOULDER AND CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP. ATTEMPTS TO RESTART WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. INITIALLY, IT WAS THOUGHT THAT THE CAR WAS OUT OF GAS (GUAGE INDICATED 1/4 OF A TANK. I CALLED A TOW TRUCK AND ASK THAT THEY BRING GAS. AFTER PUTTING 1 GAL OF GAS IN THE TANK, REPEATED ATTEMPTS TO START WERE UNSUCCESSFUL. THE CAR WAS TOWED TO DAVE DENNISON DODGE, COL GLEN HIGHWAY, DAYTON, OH. THE AGENT CALL ME AT @ 630PM, 29 NOVEMBER 2005, AND INFORMED ME THAT THEY WERE INVESTIGATING THE PROBLEM. BUT AS OF THAT MOMENT, THERE WERE COMPUTER CODES (CAM: P0340, CRANK: P0320), AND THAT IN ORDER TO START THE CAR, THESE SENSORS WOULD HAVE TO BE CHANGED. I AUTHORIZED THIS SERVICE, AND ON 30 NOVEMBER 2005 @ 200PM, THE AGENT INFORMED ME THAT THEY WERE UNABLE TO START THE ENGINE, AND THAT IT WAS DEFECTIVE, AND NOT A CANDIDATE FOR REBUILD. ESTIMATED COST OF A NEW ENGINE $7,000 DOLLARS. ALSO, THEY HAVE BILLED ME FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF THE SENSORS, $350.00 ESTIMATED. AFTER REVIEW OF ALL AVAILABLE INFO ON THE INTERNET, IT APPEARS THERE IS A HISTORY OF PROBLEMS WITH THIS ENGINE. ON 14 DEC 05, CRYSLER'S AGENT, IMPARTIAL SERVICES, MADE A OFFICE OF $650. TO SETTLE THIS ACCOUNT. IT WAS NOT ACCEPTED. THE COMPLAINT WAS ENTERED INTO THE DATABASE: 01 DECEMBER 2005. *NM

• 12/14/2004· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  THE ENGINE FAILED AT APPROXIMATELY 100,000 MILES ON MY 1999 DODGE INTREPID (2.7L) AND I HAD A COMPLETE OVERHAUL DONE AT A COST OF $4,300. I'VE SINCE FOUND OUT THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS ENGINE. NOW I EXPECT THAT MY ENGINE IS FAILING AGAIN AFTER BEING REPLACED ABOUT 14 MONTHS AND 13,000 MILES AGO.*AK

• 12/14/2004· SUSPENSION

  I HAVE A 1999 DURANGO. IT SEEMED TO BE DRIVING DIFFERENT. MY HUSBAND NOTICED THE FRONT TIRES WERE WORN IN THE INSIDE EDGE. HE TOOK IT TO A GARAGE. HE FOUND OUT THE BALL JOINTS WERE BAD. HE WAS TOLD HE SHOULDN'T DRIVE IT OFF THE LOT. THEY WERE THAT BAD. IT COST OVER $500 TO HAVE IT FIXED. I HAVE THREE CHILDREN. WHAT IF MY TIRES HAD FALLEN OFF? THE 1999 DURANGO'S SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE RECALL.*AK

• 12/13/2004· SUSPENSION

  I HAVE A 1999 DODGE DURANGO WITH FRONT SUSPENSION PROBLEMS. MY MECHANIC TOLD ME I HAVE SOME SERIOUS PROBLEMS WITH MY FRONT BALL JOINTS, HUBS ETC... I UNDERSTAND THERE IS A RECALL FROM DODGE ON THE YEAR 2000 THRU 2003 FOR THIS PROBLEM. I THE MODEL YEAR 1999 COVERED? THE FRONT SUSPENSION IS THE SAME.

• 12/12/2003· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  1999 DODGE INTREPID ENGINE FAILED AT 92,000. ENGINE WAS STARVING FOR OIL, AND BROKE DOWN WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING (SLUDGE BUILD-UP). I HAVE BEEN QUOTED 6500.00 TO FIX BY AUTO PLACE. TOOK TO DEALER, THEY COULD ONLY OFFER APPROXIMATELY 1- 2 GRAND, AND USE 4000.00 INCENTIVE TO HELP COVER COST, BUT STILL OUT 4 GRAND ON LOAN. CALLED CHRYSLER, AND THEY SAID THEY COULD NOT HELP ME, BECAUSE I AM WAY PAST THE 56000 MARK. THIS SEEMS TO BE A FARCE, BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME MANY PEOPLE REPORTING ENGINE FAILURES ON THE DODGE 2.7L ENGINE - SAME REASONS.. SLUDGE. OFTEN FAIL WITHOUT ENOUGH WARNING TO PREVENT MAJOR FAILURE. *AK

• 12/11/2008· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,VISIBILITY,EQUIPMENT

  FOR THE PAST 3 OR 4 YEARS NOW I HAVE BEEN HAVING ENGINE RELATED PROBLEMS WITH MY CAR. RECENTLY THINGS GOT WORSE. MY HEAT WILL NOT WORK UNLESS THE CAR IS MOVING, GRAYISH SPOKE COMING FROM THE EXHAUST PIPE AND OVERHEATING. I WENT TO A WEBSITE THAT WAS TALKING ABOUT MY TYPE OF CAR AND THE MANY ENGINE TROUBLES OTHER PEOPLE ARE HAVING. THE WEBSITE CLAIMED THAT I COULD RECEIVE HELP WITH GETTING MY CAR FIX DUE TO THE MANY DEFECTS WITH THE ENGINES OF THESE CARS. THE WEBSITE DESCRIBED EVERYTHING MY CAR IS DOING NOW. *TR

• 12/11/2004· STEERING,SUSPENSION,SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC,ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,POWER TRAIN

  ANNUAL MA STATE INSPECTION REVEALED RIGHT UPPER BALL JOINT AND BOTH LOWER BALL JOINTS WERE LOOSE SO ALL WERE REPLACED ON 12/3/04 ALONG WITH LEFT FRONT HUB BEARING...ADDITIONAL PROBLEMS PRIOR TO THIS INCLUDE REPLACEMENT OF SERPENTINE BELT 11/17/03...REPLACEMENT OF COOLANT TEMP SENSOR, THERMOSTAT AND THERMOSTAT GASKET, AND BELT TENSIONER 2/23/04...REPLACEMENT OF RIGHT FRONT HUB BEARING 5/04...REPLACEMENT OF FRONT ROTORS, LEFT FRONT CV AXLE, LEFT INNER TIE ROD, REAR SHOCKS, OUTPUT SPEED SENSOR, AND NEW TIRE DUE TO GOUGING OF INNER TIRE WALL BY FRONT END PARTS 8/17/04. CONSUMER HAS PAID FOR ALL REPAIRS DONE BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. CONSUMER WANTS PROBLEMS DOCUMENTED GIVEN RECENT MEDIA REPORTS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS VEHICLE. CONSUMER WANTS TO SEE RECALL ISSUED FOR SEVERAL OF THESE SAFETY FAILURES AND WANTS REIMBURSEMENT FROM MANUFACTURER FOR EXPENSES INCURRED. *JB

• 12/11/2004· SUSPENSION

  I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST THAT THE 1999 DODGE DURANGO ALSO BE INCLUDED IN THE BALL JOINT RECALL. I HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM WITH MY 1999 DURANGO. *JB

• 12/11/2004· SUSPENSION

  CAR USED FOR HIGHWAY USE MOSTLY, CAR SHAKES AT SPEED OF 50 MPH, WOULD VEER TO RIGHT, HAD INSIDE TIRE WEAR, DRIVING WITH KIDS IN CAR STARTED MAKING A REALLY BAD THUD NOISE LIKE A FLAT TIRE, WE PULLED OVER, UPPER BALL JOINT BROKE, IT GOT SO HOT THE SHOCKS STARTED LEAKING. SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED AT $2,000, THE TIRES ARE STILL WEARING ON THE INSIDE, AND THE CAR SHAKES, AND THE CAR IS MAKING A SQUEAKY NOISE WHEN I HIT BUMPS. TOO MANY PROBLEMS!!!!! *JB

• 12/11/2003· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  OIL LIGHT FLASHED ON THE DASHBOARD. THIS CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO SHUT DOWN. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR ANALYSIS, AND MECHANIC NOTICED THAT THERE WAS SLUDGE IN THE ENGINE. *AK

• 12/11/1999· SUSPENSION

  CONTINUED TIRE NOISE WHEN TURNING, DRIVING. 4 TIMES TO DEALER. ADJUSTED TIRE PRESSURE, ROTATED TIRES & CHARGED ME. STILL NOT FIXED. *AK