1999 Dodge Intrepid complaints

CONSUMER COMPLAINED THAT ENGINE LIGHT KEPT COMING ON. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, AND WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. ALSO, CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER, AND THEY SAID THE SAME THING. NO ONE WANTED TO HELP. *AK

PROBLEMS WITH TRANSMISSION ON 1999 DODGE INTREPID. *MR DURING AN INSPECTION, IT WAS NOTICED THAT THERE WAS A TRANSMISSION LEAK. THE CAUSE OF THE LEAK WAS DUE TO AN INSUFFICIENT TIGHTENING OF THE CLAMP ON THE TRANSMISSION LINES THAT HAD SUPPOSEDLY BEEN FIXED. THERE WAS ANOTHER INCIDENT WHERE THE VEHICLE STARTED TO LOSE ACCELERATION. THE CONSUMER CONTINUED TO PRESS THE GAS PEDAL BUT THE VEHICLE STARTED TO GO SLOWER THAN FASTER. THE CONSUMER ALSO VIEWED SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. THE SERVICE DEALER TOLD THE CONSUMER THAT NOTHING HAPPENED AND TO REFILL THE TRANSMISSION FLUID. THE CONSUMER REQUESTED A REFUND OF ALL EXPENSES INCURRED. *SC *JB

WE BOUGHT THE CAR WHEN IT WAS TWO YEARS OLD WITH 21,000 MILES ON IT. FROM THE MINUTE WE DROVE IT HOME, THE AIR WOULDN'T COOL IN THE SUMMER AND THE HEAT WOULD GO OUT IN THE WINTER. EVERY TIME WE BROUGHT IT IN TO BE LOOKED AT, THE DEALER COULD NOT IDENTIFY A PROBLEM WITH IT. WE'VE NOW OWNED THE VEHICLE SINCE FECURARY 2002 AND THE IDLE WAS ALWAYS A BIT ROUGH. WE WERE TOLD THAT, THAT WAS THE WAY THE ENGINE WAS SUPPOSED TO SOUND. A FEW WEEKS AGO THE VALVES STARTED CLATTERING. WE CHANGED THE OIL TWICE AFTER BEING TOLD THAT, THAT WOULD RECTIFY THE ISSUE AND IT DIDN'T. ON 8/7/2004 WE WERE ON THE ROAD THE ENGINE STARTED CLATTERING REALLY LOUD, WE PULLED OFF AND HAD OUR OIL CHANGED PROFESSIONALLY THIS TIME. AFTER GETTING BACK ON THE ROAD THE IDLE SEEMED BETTER BUT THE CLATTERING GOT WORSE AND WAS FOLLOWED BY AN ADDITIONAL NOISE. SHORTLY AFTER THE ENGINE MADE A LOUD NOISE AND SEIZED. THE CAR IS A 1999 WITH 72,000 MILES ON IT AND THE ENGINE IS BLOWN, THERE IS SOMETHING SERIOUSLY WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE!*AK

PROBLEMS WITH HEADLIGHTS ON 1999 DODGE INTREPID. *MR THE HEADLIGHTS WERE DAMAGED DUE TO NORMAL OPERATION ON GOOD ROADS. THE DAMAGE WAS LIKE THE HEADLIGHTS HAD BEEN SANDBLASTED BY A NORMAL SAND AND ROCKS ON THE ROAD, HITTING THE HEADLIGHTS WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION. (PLASTIC HEADLIGHTS) *SC *JB

IN THE SUMMER OF 2003, A/C FAILED TO BLOW COLD AIR. DEALERSHIP TESTED THE SYSTEM AND FOUND NO LEAK, BUT FOR A FEE, WOULD FURTHER TEST THE SYSTEM. NO REPAIRS WERE DONE DUE TO PRICE OF SERVICE. IN THE SUMMER OF 2004, STILL HAD NO A/C, AND DEALERSHIP HAS TOLD ME THE EVAPORATOR COIL HAS FAILED TO OPERATE. THEY WANT APPROXIMATELY $1300 TO FIX THE PROBLEM. I WILL NOT GO TO THEIR SERVICE AS I HAVE FOUND AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO WILL FIX THE PROBLEM FOR APPROXIMATELY $800. I HAVE HAD THE TRANSMISSION RECALL FIXED, THE DRIVER'S SEAT BOLT RECALL FIXED, AND THE RIGHT FRONT WINDOW MOTOR REPLACED. ALL OF THESE THINGS HAVE BEEN FOUND DEFECTIVE BY MANY CUSTOMERS AS FOUND ON THIS WEB SITE. ARE REFUNDS AVAILABLE FOR THESE COMMON COMPLAINTS? I'M TIRED OF SPENDING HARD EARNED MONEY TO FIX WHAT APPARENTLY SEEMS LIKE MANUFACTURER FLAWS.*AK

DRIVING 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE WOULD STALL. THIS CAUSED THE DRIVER TO DRIFT TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER WILL CONTACT THE DEALERSHIP ABOUT THIS ISSUE. *LA THE DEALER INDICATED THAT THE ENGINE WAS THE PROBLEM AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONSUMER INDICATED THAT THE CHECK ENGINE NEVER CAME ON. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED BUT PROVIDED NO FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE. *NM

CONSUMER STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING ENGINE BLEW. CONSUMER PULLED OVER AND RESTARTED THE VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

ON JUN 27, 04 LUSTINE DODGE OF WOODBRIDGE, VIRGINIA INFORMED ME THAT MY ENGINE STARTING PROBLEMS IN MY DODGE INTREPID WAS A DIRECT RESULT OF A RECALL PERTAINING TO PART# C45. I WAS ALSO INFORMED THAT THE PARTS ARE NOT AVAILABLE AND THERE IS NO ANTICIPATED SHIPPING DATE. I CONTACTED THE RECALL DIVISION AT DAIMLERCHRYSLER AND THE RECALL HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED, BUT THEY COULD NOT GIVER ME A SHIPPING DATE TO THE LUSTINE DOGE. THE PROBLEM CAN RESULT IN THE CAR COMING OUT OF PARK AND POSSIBLY MOVING. I ALSO HAVE AN ADDITIONAL PROBLEM WITH INTERMITTING STARTING THAT IS A DIRECT RESULT OF THE RECALL. I HAVE NEVER BEEN NOTIFIED OF THE RECALL BY DAIMLERCHRYSLER PRIOR TO MY INITIAL CONTACT WITH LUSTINE. I AM CONCERNED THAT THERE MORE CUSTOMERS THAT ARE UNAWARE OF THE POTENTIAL SAFETY PROBLEM. I HAVE ALSO CONTACTED TWO OTHER DODGE DEALS IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA AND THEY ARE ALSO UNABLE TO OBTAIN THE PARTS.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED, THE VEHICLE UNEXPECTEDLY SHUT OFF. THE CONSUMER HAD TO COAST DOWN THE RAMP TO A SAFE STOP. *AK THE ENGINE WAS REBUILT. THE ENGINE EXPERIENCED OIL SLUDGE. THE DRIVER SIDE WINDOW NEED TO BE FIXED BECAUSE IT WAS OFF TRACK, THE FAN IN THE RADIATOR HAD GONE OUT, THE SENSORS HAD GONE OUT, THE INSIDE LIGHTS DID NOT WORK, THE ALARM DID NOT WORK, AND THE DOOR LIGHTS DID NOT WORK. *SC THE TRANSMISSION HAD PROBLEMS HAS WELL. *JB

THE HEADLIGHTS ON MY 1999 DODGE INTREPID ARE CLOUDY AND CAN OT BE CLEANED. IT'S LIKE THEY HAVE BEEN SANDBLASTED BY THE SAND AND ROCK ON THE ROADS. THIS IS A PROBLEM WITH VISIBILITY AT NIGHT AND IN THE RAIN. IN ADDITIONAL IT HAS FAILED THE VA STATE INSPECTION. EACH HEADLIGHT COST $350.00 IN TOTAL $700.00 WE HAVE TO PAY TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM THAT IS DUE TO NO FAULT OF THE OWNER OF THE VEHILE. THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL ISSUE BY DODGE TO REPLACE THE HEADLIGHT WITH GLASS INSTEAD OF PLASTIC AGAIN FOR THE SAME PROBLEM TO HAPPEN.*AK

NIGHT DRIVING BECOME DIFFICULT. HEADLIGHT LENSES WERE CLOUDED WITH CONDENSATION BUILD UP. CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER, AND WAS TOLD BY THE MANUFACTURER TO GO TO THE DEALER. *AK

WAS JUST DRIVING AND THE CAR STARTED ACTING SLUGGISH AND JUST COULD NOT GO OVER 10 MILES PER HOUR. NO INDICATIONS WERE CAME ON. THE ENGINE WAS BLOWN. *AK

ENGINE STRATED KNOCKING AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON ALL AT ONCE AND QUIT. TOWED TO SHOP, CHECK ENGINE AND FOUND THAT NUMBER THREE ROD BEARING HAD FAILED. AD BLOCK MILL AND PUT IN ROD BEARING, RODS,CRANK KIT,AND GASKETS.*AK

SEVERAL TIMES WHILE DRIVING THE CAR HAS STALLED ON THE SKELLY BYPASS IN TULSA, WE HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED 3 TIMES FOR SERVICE. THE READING ON THE AUTOMOBILE KEPT SAYING IT WAS THE SENSORS WE HAD THE TEMP SENSORS, OXYGEN SENSORS, AND 2 OTHER SENSORS REPLACED WITHING WEEKS OF EACH OTHER EACH TIME THE CAR WOULD STALL AND NOT START FOR 20 OR 30 MINUTES. THE LAST TIME THE CAR STALLED WAS ON 7-16-2004 , THE TEMPERATURE GAGE DID NOT READ HOT BUT THERE WAS SMOKE COMING FROM THE ENGINE. WE LET IT SET FOR 45 MINUTES AND DROVE IT TO CLAREMORE WHERE IT STOPPED AT THE INTERSECTION AND HAD TO BE PUSHED OUT OF THE ROAD. WE HAVE HAD IT LOOKED AT THE MECHANIC SAYS IT EITHER NEEDS HEAD GASKETS, OR HAS A CRACKED HEAD. AT THIS TIME THE COST IF IT IS THE HEAD GASKETS IT ABOUT $1000.00. WE HAVE ALREADY SPEND APROX THAT MUCH REPLACING SENSORS. WE HAVE PRICED A REBUILT OR USED MOTOR IF THE ENGINE IS BLOWN AND THAT IS ANYWHERE FROM 2000.00 TO 3500.00 NOT INCLUDING LABOR. THE ENGINE AT THIS TIME IS STILL IN THE VEHICLE. THE OLD SENSORS I ASSUME WERE DISCARDED BY THE REPAIR SHOP. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH THE TRANSMISSION MALFUNCTIONED. AS A RESULT THE VEHICLE DECELERATED DOWN TO 30 MPH WITHOUT WARNING. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *JB

WE PURCHASED A USED 1999 DODGE INTREPID. AFTER BRINGING IT HOME WE NOTICED KNOCKING IN THE ENGINE. AFTER THAT IT WOULDN'T START ANY MORE. WE ENDED UP SPENDING OER $1500 ON A NEW ENGINE FOR THE CAR. *JB

WHILE DRIVING THE AT 30 MPH, SMOKE STARTED TO COME OUT FROM THE EXHAUST PIPE. FOLLOWING THIS THE VEHICLE STARTED HESITATING TO ACCELERATE, JERKING FORWARD, THEN STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN ENGINE SPECIALIST, WHO INDICATED THAT A ROD HAD BEEN THROWN AND THE ENGINE WAS DESTROYED. THIS MAY OF BEEN CAUSED BY A MISFIRING OF A SENSOR. PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT THE ENGINE WAS REPLACED AT 65000 MILES. *LA

MY 1999 DODGE INTREPID DEVELOPED AN ENGINE KNOCK. UPON TAKING IT TO THE LOCAL DODGE SERVICE GARAGE I WAS TOLD THAT THE ROD BEARINGS WERE SHOT AND THE ENGINE HAD OIL SLUDGE BUILD-UP. THE ONLY REMEDY IS A NEW ENGINE AT A COST OF $6700.00

DRIVING MY 1999 DODGE INTREPID FROM CLARION, PA, TO BLOOMSBURG, PA, ON ROUTE 80, THE ENGINE STARTED BANGING AND DIED WHILE I WAS IN HEAVY HIGHWAY TRAFFIC. DEALER TELLS ME ENGINE IS DEAD, NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING, THE ENGINE SUDDENLY STARTED TO MAKE A BANGING NOISE, THEN THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE ENGINE HAD SEIZED UP, BUT THE CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO COAST THE VEHICLE OFF THE ROAD. THE CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THEIR DRIVEWAY. A MECHANIC INSPECTED THE ENGINE AND STATED IT FAILED. THE ENGINE CONTAINED SLUDGE BUILD UP. *JB

WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH VEHICLE SURGED FORWARD. CONSUMER PULLED OVER, AND HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

ON OUR WAY BACK FROM A SMALL VACATION ON JUNE 6, 2004 THE OIL LIGHT OF MY 1999 DODGE INTREPID CAME ON. WE (MY HUSBAND ,MYSELF AND OUR 2 SMALL CHILDREN) PULLED OFF THE HIGHWAY TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND OUR CAR QUIT. WE CHECKED THE OIL (WHICH WAS FULL) AND WE TRIED TO START THE ENGINE BUT IT WOULD NOT START. WE THEN PROCEEDED TO CALL OUR AAA NUMBER AND WAITED FOR A TOWTRUCK. WHEN WE CONTACTED THE GARAGE THE NEXT DAY TO SEE WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS, THEY TOLD US THAT OUR OIL PUMP MALFUNCTIONED WHICH IN TURN LED TO THE ENGINE FAILURE. WE WERE TOLD THAT OUR ENGINE WAS NOT SALVAGEABLE AND THAT WE WOULD NEED TO REPLACE IT. UP UNTIL THIS POINT WE THOUGHT WE HAD JUST HAD SOME INCREDIBLY BAD LUCK, BUT THEN WE STARTED LOOKING AROUND FOR A USED ENGINE AND FOUND IT EXTREMELY DIFFICULT. WE TALKED TO SEVERAL MECHANICS THAT WERE VERY AWARE OF A COMMON PROBLEM OF THE DODGE 1999, 2.7 OIL PUMPS FAILURE. WE FOUND THIS VERY INTERESTING. WE FOUND IT EVEN MORE INTERESTING WHEN WE CALLED THE DODGE COMPANY AND WERE TOLD THAT THEY WERE UNAWARE OF ANY PROBLEMS WITH OIL PUMP FAILURE IN THE SLIGHTLY OLDER MODELS BUT YET WE HAVE HAD NO LUCK FINDING A REPLACEMENT ENGINE . WE WERE TOLD THAT WE MAY HAVE A NEWER STRATUS ENGINE ON THE WAY BUT ARE STILL UNSURE OF THAT. SO BASICALLY WE NOW HAVE A CAR THAT HAS A $4000 PROBLEM THAT WE ARE HAVING A TERRIBLE TIME FINDING A CURE FOR. GRANTED MY CAR HAD 71,000 MILES ON IT BUT IN THIS DAY IN AGE I WOULD EXPECT A CAR TO LAST A LITTLE LONGER THAN THAT. AND EVEN IT IT DIDN'

THIS IS A VEHICLE THAT WAS LEASED FROM THE TIME IT WAS NEW BY A COLLEAGUE AND THEN WAS SOLD TO ME. IT WAS IMPECCABLY MAINTAINED. WITH NO WARNING VEHICLE WOULD NOT SHIFT AND ENGINE RAN UNDER STRAIN. CAR HAS LESS THAN 74,000 MILES ON IT BUT TWO INDEPENDENT MECHANICS HAVE DECLARED THE ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION UNUSABLE. NO REPAIRS UNDERTAKEN TO DATE BECAUSE OF VALUE ANALYSIS. *LA

MY HUSBAND BOUGHT ME A 1999 DODGE INTREPID IN NOVEMBER OF 2003 WITH A 2.7 ENGINE AND THE OIL SLUDGES UP IN THE MOTOR NO MATTER HOW OFTEN IT IS CHANGED CAUSING PROBLEM. IN MARCH OF THIS YEAR PROBLEMS BEGAN TO BECOME APPARENT BECAUSE OF THE SLUDGING. THE TIMING CHAIN GUIDES WERE CHEWED UP INSIDE OF THE ENGINE CAUSING DAMAGE AND COSTING $450.00 THE MECHANIC SAID THAT, BECAUSE OF THE OIL SLUDGE, THIS IS A COMMON OCCURRENCE IN THE 2.7 ENGINES. THREE MONTHS, THIS JUNE, LATER THE ENGINE BEGINS MAKING MORE NOISE NOW THE ROD BEARINGS ARE SHOT BECAUSE OF THE SLUDGING PROBLEM, THE MECHANIC HAS TO REBUILD THE ENGINE COST AN APPROXIMATELY $1200.00. I AM WITHOUT A CAR AND A CLUE OF HOW TO PAY FOR THE ENGINE REPAIR AND STILL MAKING PAYMENTS ON THE CAR. I HAVE DONE RESEARCH SINCE THESE PROBLEMS AND HAVE READ MANY STORIES ABOUT PEOPLE LIKE ME IN THE SAME SITUATION. I HAVE CONTACTED CHRYSLER ABOUT MY PROBLEMS AND RECEIVED NOT COMPENSATION FOR MY TROUBLES. THEY HAVE A FILE ON ME AND STATED THAT THERE IS NOTHING THEY WILL DO. *LA

MY 1999 DODGE INTREPID'S ENGINE SLUDGED UP AT 80,000 MILES. I HAVE ALL THE RECORDS OF OIL CHANGES, MAINTENANCE ON THIS VEHICLE. CHRYSLER CORPORATION SAID IT COULDN'T HELP ME BECAUSE OF THE WARRANTY EXPIRATION. CLAIMED IT WASN'T THERE PROBLEM. NOW, I'M STUCK PAYING THE BALANCE ON THIS CAR AND THE OTHER VEHICLE THAT I HAD TO PURCHASE TO GET TO WORK! SOMEONE ONE NEEDS TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM.*AK

LOUD NOISE COMING FROM ENGINE THEN STALLED. DEALER SAID NEW ENGINE WAS NEEDED AT A COST OF $8,000. NO WORK WAS DONE DUE TO THE COST. *NM

WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH VEHICLE STALLED. CONSUMER RESTARTED VEHICLE, AND IT WAS TOWED TO A GARAGE FOR INSPECTION. MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE ENGINE WAS DEFECTIVE, AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH VEHICLE COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN. THERE WERE NO BRAKES, NOR POWER STEERING, AND VEHICLE COASTED TO A STOP. CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, AND WAS TOLD THAT THE VEHICLE NEEDED A NEW ENGINE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER NOTICED A LARGE AMOUNT OF SMOKE COMING FROM REAR OF VEHICLE. DEALER SERVICED ENGINE TWO MONTHS LATER. UPON ATTEMPTING TO START VEHICLE IT DID NOT START. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO DEALERSHIP, AND TECHNICIAN DETERMINED THAT THERE WAS SLUDGE INSIDE ENGINE. *AK

WELL, I HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS WITH THIS CAR SINCE I HAVE HAD IT. FIRST IT WAS LITTLE THINGS LIKE THE WINDOW ONLY GOING UP OR DOWN WHEN IT FELT LIKE IT, THE OIL LIGHT FLASHING ON AND OFF FOR NO REASON, THE DRIVER SEAT RECLINING FOR NO REASON, ALL THE WEATHER STRIPPING COMING OFF OF THE DOORS. NOW MY WHOLE ENGINE IS SHOT AND I BELIEVE IT IS BECAUSE OF DEFECTIVE PARTS. I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY THE OTHER DAY WHEN ALL OF THE SUDDEN MY CAR WAS MAKING A NOISE ANY TIME I TRIED TO ACCELERATE. I CHECKED ALL MY GAGES AND EVERYTHING LOOKED OK, SO I TURNED OFF MY CRUISE CONTROL THINKING MAYBE THAT WAS THE PROBLEM. SOMEONE DROVE PAST ME AND MOTIONED THERE WAS A PROBLEM, SO I STOPPED AND MY WHOLE CAR FILLED WITH SMOKE. I LIFTED MY HOOD AND THERE WAS A PIECE THAT GOES ON TOP OF MY RADIATOR THAT WAS OFF AND STEAM AND WATER AND COOLANT WAS EVERYWHERE. I HAD JUST CHECKED THE WATER BEFORE I HAD LEFT, AND MY TEMPERATURE GAUGE NEVER MOVED FROM ITS USUAL SPOT SO IT WAS ODD THAT MY CAR WOULD OVERHEAT. THE TOW TRUCK CAME AND SAID THAT 2 DAYS BEFORE HE HAD THE SAME EXACT CAR SAME EXACT THING HAPPENED. THE PIECE THAT IS ON TOP OF THE RADIATOR IS SOMETHING THAT PROBABLY SHOULD BE BOLTED DOWN, BUT IS ACTUALLY GLUED ON WITH A RUBBER SEALANT. ONCE THAT RUBBER GOT SO HOT, IT SEEMS THAT IT MELTED AND CAME OFF AND WITH ALL THE PRESSURE THE RADIATOR BLEW AND NOW I HAVE A BLOWN HEAD GASGET AMONG OTHER ENGIN DAMAGE. THE 1ST ESTIMATE I HAVE GOTTEN IS 2,500 WHICH IS OUTRAGEOUS, ESPECIALLY SINCE IT COUL

WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH CONSUMER HEARD A NOISE COMING FROM UNDER VEHICLE, AND VEHICLE STALLED. CONSUMER PULLED VEHICLE OVER TO INSPECT UNDER HOOD, AND FOUND THAT TIMING CHAIN CRACKED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING IN TRAFFIC VEHICLE STALLED. PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT THE ENGINE LIGHT APPEARED. DEALERSHIP SERVICED VEHICLE 5 TIMES, AND PROVIDED A TEMPORARY SOLUTION. A REPAIR SHOP PERFORMED A DIAGNOSTIC TEST, AND THE FAILURE CODES WERE 700 AND 701. THIS INDICATED A MALFUNCTION IN THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FIRST GEAR DUE TO A FACTORY DEFECT. *AK

AFTER PARKING THE VEHICLE, THE CONSUMER HEARD A CLANKING NOISE WHILE THE ENGINE WAS STILL RUNNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A MECHANIC FOR INSPECTION. THE MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REBUILT. *AK SLUDGE BUILD UP PROBLEM. *SC *JB

OUR 1999 DODGE INTREPID 2.7L LASTED US 17 DAYS! WE BOUGHT IT USED WITH 64,000 MILES ON MAY 24, 2004. AFTER 1,000 MILES, IT WAS 2 QUARTS LOW OF OIL. WE CHANGED THE OIL TO SEE IF THAT WOULD HELP. AFTER 300 MORE MILES IT WAS ANOTHER QUART LOW. WE ADDED A QUART. AFTER 2 DAYS, IT WAS,AGAIN, A QUART LOW... SO WE ADDED A QUART. ON MY HUSBAND'S WAY TO WORK THAT DAY,JUNE 9, 2004, THE ENGINE BLEW. HE LOST HIS JOB BECAUSE HE WAS LATE TO WORK. WE HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED HOME. WE HAD NOT EVEN MADE THE FIRST PAYMENT. NOW WE HAVE A CAR THAT WON'T RUN, AND NO JOB TO PAY THE PAYMENTS. IT WILL COST US $5,000 TO FIX IT. WE DIDN'T PAY THAT MUCH FOR THE CAR IN THE FIRST PLACE. *AK

DRIVING HOME ONE NIGHT AND THE MY 1999 DODGE ITREPID 2.7L V6 JUST STALLED ON ME. IT WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO AT FIRST BAFFLED WHAT WAS WORN. AFTER DOING SOME REASEARCH ON THE ENGINE HE REALIZED WHAT A PROBLEM THESE ENGINES ARE AND HOW CHRYSLER CARES NOTHING ABOUT FIXING THEM. JUST SOME MINOR CHECKING WAS DONE AND THE MECHANIC FOUND THERE WAS NO COMPRESSION IN THE NUMBER5 CYLINDER AND THE AIR WAS GOING STRAIGHT THROUGH TO THE EXHAUST. NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE SINCE THEN AND I STILL DECIDING WHAT TO DO WITH MY VEHICLE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STALLED. CONSUMER TRIED TO RESTART VEHICLE BUT WAS UNABLE TO DO SO. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE TIMING BELT BROKE DUE TO SLUDGE BUILD UP INSIDE OF THE ENGINE,AND THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH ENGINE BLEW OUT. CONSUMER MANAGED TO PULL OVER, AND HAD VEHICLE TOWED. THE DEALERSHIP WILL BE NOTIFIED. *AK

WITHOUT WARNING OUR 1999 CHRYSLER INTREPID WAS RENDERED UNDRIVEABLE DUE TO WHAT WAS LATER "DIAGNOSED" AS TIMIING CHAIN FAILURE". REPAIR TO COST APPROXIMATELY 2000.00. *NM

AFTER STARTING THE VEHICLE, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CAUSE WAS NOT DETERMINED. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION. *JB

1999 DODGE INTREPID ENGINE FAILURE AT 52000 MILES .CHRYSLER WILL NOT BACK ITS 2.7 ENGINE.*AK

FAILS TO GO INTO OVERDRIVE. SAFETY FACTOR, WAS ON A 600 MILE TRIP, GOT ONTO THE INTERSTATE, AND WOULD NOT SHIFT OUT OF 3RD INTO OVERDRIVE. WAS ALMOST REAR ENDED BY SEMI TRUCK, AS WAS ONLY DOING 45 MPH, AS RPM WERE GETTING VERY HIGH.*AK

WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH ENGINE BLEW OUT. DEALERSHIP INFORMED THE CONSUMER OF THE PROBLEM, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

99 DODGE INTREPID ENGINE FAILURE DUE TO OIL SLUGE. DEALER SAID MY FAULT DUE TO NO OIL CHANGES.

WHEN DRIVING 25 MPH CONSUMER HEARD A KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE, THEN VEHICLE STALLED. CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED BACK HOME. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH VEHICLE STALLED. THIS CAUSED THE DRIVER TO DRIFT TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE ENGINE FAILED. *AK

IN JULY 2002 THE ENGINE DIED ON MY WIFE WHILE GOING TO WORK. WE WERE TOLD TO TOW IT TO THE DEALER. THEY TOLD US IT WAS ENGINE BURNED UP DUE TO LACK OF MAINTENANCE. I DISAGREED FROM THE START. I DID MY OWN WORK TO SAVE MONEY. THE CAR SAT FOR SEVERAL MONTHS FOR US TO COME UP WITH THE MONEY TO FIX IT. WE STILL OWED 9000 ON IT AS WELL. WE FINALLY GOT A LOAN ADDED TO OUR EXISTING CAR LOAN TO GET IT REPLACED. WHICH WAS 6500$.THE ENGINE REPLACEMENT WAS MODIFIED BY THE SALVAGE YARD TO ELIMINATE THE "SLUDGE " PROBLEM THAT APPARENTLY ATTRIBUTED TO THIS 2.7 LITER CHRYSLER ENGINE. WE HAVE SINCE FOUND OUT THAT WE ARE ONLY ONE OF MANY TO HAVE THIS PROBLEM AND CHRYSLER IS NOT ADMITTING TO THE FACT THAT THEIR OIL CIRCULATION IS TERRIBLE AND IT FRIES ENGINES BIG TIME. WE WROTE AND CALLED CHRYSLER AND THE OHIO ATTORNEY GENERAL WITH ALL THE INFO AND HAVE HAD NO SATISFACTION WHATSOEVER. NOW WE HAVE A FRIEND THAT HAS THE SAME PROBLEM AND THEY PURCHASED AN EXTENDED WARRANTY AND THEY WILL NOT HONOR IT AT ALL. WHAT IS GOING ON WITH CHRYSLER THAT THEY WILL NOT ADMIT TO THE PROBLEM THAT ALL GARAGES AND ENGINE REPLACEMENT SHOPS KNOW ABOUT, THAT THE AVERAGE CONSUMER DOES NOT AND GETTING DEEPER INTO DEBT DUE TO THESE CARS. *LA

WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH VEHICLE STALLED. CONSUMER MANAGED TO PULL OVER, AND HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING BACK FROM THE STORE WHEN THE ENGINE JUST STOP AND LOCKED UP RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY, SHE WAS ABLE TO COAST THE CAR OF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. WE HAD A MECHANIC LOOK AT IT, THE REASON FOR THE FAILURE WAS THE ENGINE RAN OUT OF OIL. THE OIL LIGHT NEVER CAME ON, NOT ONCE, THE MECHANIC COULD NOT FIND OUT WHERE IT WENT TO, BUT COULDN'T. I HAD THIS CAR FOR ABOUT 11 MONTHS BEFORE THIS AND CHECKED THE OIL ON A WEEKLY BASIS. HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN. HOW COULD A DODGE DEALER SELL THIS CAR. NOW I'M STUCK WITH AN $11,000 PAPER WEIGHT IN MY DRIVE WAY. I THINK DODGE SHOULD REPLACE MY ENGINE AND FIGURE OUT WHY SOMETHING WENT WRONG.*AK

WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH VEHICLE STALLED. CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. IT WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC COULD NOT DUPLICATE OR RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH ENGINE BLEW OUT. CONSUMER MANAGED TO PULL OVER, AND HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM.