Dodge Intrepid Years to Avoid, Problems & Recalls

Which Dodge Intrepid years should you avoid?

Going by 6,225 owner complaints filed with NHTSA, the Dodge Intrepid years to avoid are 2000, 1998 and 1999.

20001,065 complaints, 2.3× a typical Intrepid year, most often about the engine.
19982.2× the usual share of fires, crashes and deaths for a car of its age (12 fires, 30 crashes, 5 deaths).
1999997 complaints, 2.2× a typical Intrepid year, most often about the engine.

How this is worked out: each year is compared with a typical year of the same model, which takes most of the difference in sales out of it, and its share of serious failures is compared with every other car of the same model year, because older cars were complained about differently. A year needs 25 complaints to be judged at all. Complaints are unverified owner reports. Full method →

Year	Complaints	Recalls	Fires	Crashes	Most reported	Status
2004	129	2	5	9	Engine and Engine Cooling	Routine
2003	106	2	10	4	Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine	Fatalities reported
2002	329	3	9	11	Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine	Fatalities reported
2001	656	5	22	22	Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine	High concern
2000Avoid	1,065	9	22	35	Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine	High concern
1999Avoid	997	6	13	40	Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine	Fatalities reported
1998Avoid	377	5	12	30	Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine	Fatalities reported
1997	344	2	26	25	Fuel System, Gasoline › Fuel Injection System	Fatalities reported
1996	505	2	22	32	Steering › Rack and Pinion	High concern
1995	589	3	27	48	Power Train › Automatic Transmission	Fatalities reported
1994	718	4	23	47	Power Train › Automatic Transmission	High concern
1993	408	5	10	24	Fuel System, Gasoline › Fuel Injection System	Above average
1992	2	0	—	1	Air Bags › Frontal	Routine

Year

Complaints

Relative volume

Recalls

Fires

Crashes

Most reported

Status

2004

129

Engine and Engine Cooling

Routine