1999 Dodge Intrepid complaints

I WAS DRIVING AT 45 MPH AND THE ENGINE STARTED KNOCKING AND SMOKING. IT CAUSED ME TO BE WITHOUT MY CAR FOR 6 MONTHS AND PAY OVER $6,000 TO FIX IT. I NEEDED A NEW ENGINE ALONG WITH OIL FILTER AND ALL FLUIDS. *NM

2.7 LITER ENGINE FAILED DUE TO OIL SLUDGE, NEEDS NEW ENGINE OR REBUILT ONE WITH OIL SLUDGE PROBLEM CORRECTED TO STOP FROM OCCURRING AGAIN. *JB

I WAS DRIVING AND ALL OF A SUDDEN SOMETHING STARTED BONGING AND I LOOKED DOWN TO NOTICE THAT THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS LIGHT UP AND THEN THE CHECK OIL LIGHT CAME ON. I WAS TRYING TO PULL OVER SO THAT I COULD GET OUT OF TRAFFIC BUT THE STEERING WHEEL FROZE UP AND MADE IT EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO STEER SO THAT I COULD GET OUT OF TRAFFIC. FINALLY, AFTER TRYING TO STEER THE DEAD CAR OUT OF TRAFFIC I CALLED AAA AND THEY TOWED IT TO THE MECHANIC WHO HAS COME TO THE CONCLUSION IT IS THE ENGINE. IT HAS BEEN SITTING THERE EVER SINCE DUE TO THE AMOUNT OF MONEY IT WILL COST ME TO FIX. AFTER DOING RESEARCH REGARDING ISSUES WITH THE DODGE INTREPID I HAVE COME TO SEE THAT I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE HAVING THIS PROBLEM. DODGE HAS KNOWN ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND REFUSES TO SEND OUT A RECALL. I FIND THAT THIS COULD BE EXTREMELY FATAL DEPENDING ON WHERE A PERSON IS. *JB

VIOLENT SHAKING OF THE VEHICLE. LOUD METAL CLANGING TYPE NOISE. SUDDEN LACK OF ACCELERATION. STALLING AND FAILURE OF POWER STEERING AT 45 MPH. I WAS RETURNING HOME FROM MY SON'S SCHOOL IN HEAVY TRAFFIC AND WE ALMOST CRASHED INTO A BRICK WALL. FORTUNATELY I WAS STRONG ENOUGH TO MAINTAIN ENOUGH CONTROL OF THE STEERING WHEEL TO SOMEWHAT SAFELY STOP THE VEHICLE ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. *NM

1999 DODGE INTREPID ENGINE FAILURE. *NM

WHILE MY WIFE WAS DRIVING HER CAR TO WORK THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THEN THE ENGINE JUST SEIZED UP ON HER LEAVING HER IN THE MIDDLE OF A TWO LANE HIGHWAY. AFTER WE GOT THE CAR HOME I TRIED TO TURN THE ENGINE OVER BY HAND AND IT WOULDN'T ROTATE. I DID ALL THE MAINTENANCE ON THE VEHICLE SINCE NEW AND USED SYNTHETIC OIL THE ENTIRE LIFE OF THE ENGINE. JUST PURCHASED ANOTHER ENGINE AND I AM WORRIED THE SAME THING WILL HAPPEN AFTER READING ALL THE HORROR STORIES ON THE NET. *NM

2.7 ENGINE. *NM

I AM ONE OF HUNDREDS WHO HAVE HAD THIS 2.7 DOHC GIVE OUT. DAILMER CHRYSLER SAYS THAT IT IS DUE TO NEGLECT BUT I WOULD SAY WITH ALL THE COMPLAINTS I SEE ON THE INTERNET THAT THEIR IS A SEVERE ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE LOOKED INTO. IT IS NOT JUST THE 1999 2.7 ENGINE THEIR IS A FEW YEARS AFTER 1999 AND BEFORE 1999 THAT I HAVE SEEN COMPLAINTS ABOUT. WE NEED YOUR HELP IN FORCING THEM TO DO A RECALL ON THEM. YES I PURCHASED THE CAR USED BUT STILL 98000 MILES AND MOTOR GIVES OUT. *NM

I PURCHASED MY 1999 DODGE INTREPID FROM A REPUTABLE FIREFIGHTERS IN MY AREA IN 2004, THIS PERSON REASSURED ME THAT THIS CAR WOULD BE A RELIABLE SOURCE OF TRANSPORTATION FOR MY FAMILY BECAUSE HE'D JUST PUT AN ENGINE AND DID OTHER MINOR WORK, AND SHOWED AND PROVIDED ME WITH DOCUMENTATION. A YEAR AND A HALF LATER THE CAR STARTED RUNNING REAL CRAPPY AND EVENTUALLY DIED. I'VE TAKEN IT TO SEVERAL REPUTABLE MECHANICS WHO GAVE ME THE SAME BAD NEWS THAT I WAS GOING TO HAVE TO PURCHASE ANOTHER ENGINE FOR MY VEHICLE. NOT ONLY HAVE I BEEN UNABLE TO FIND THIS ENGINE FOR A REASONABLE PRICE BUT IT SEEMS AS THOUGH NO ONE WANTS TO DO THE WORK ON MY CAR BECAUSE THEY FEEL THAT IT'S A WAIST OF THEIR TIME AND MY MONEY BECAUSE "THESE ENGINES ARE JUNK". HOW COULD THIS MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR COMPANY DO THIS US? PLEASE HELP. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. IT WAS MANEUVERED OFF THE ROAD AND TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. UPDATED 10/6/2006 - *NM

DRIVING DOWN THE PA TURNPIKE, 1999 DODGE INTREPID SUDDENLY LOST POWER THEN STARTED KNOCKING REAL BAD. *NM

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY MY 1999 DODGE INTREPID SUDDENLY LOST POWER ALMOST CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. HAD THE CAR CHECKED OUT AND THE TIMING CHAIN FAILED CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE VALVES AND THE CYLINDER. THE PRICE TO FIX THIS IS OVER $4000. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING ON THE TOLL WAY AT 55-60 MPH THE VEHICLE STARTED SMOKING. THE ENGINE SUDDENLY STOPPED WITHOUT WARNING. A PUDDLE OF OIL WAS NOTICED ON THE PAVEMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THERE WAS A CRACK IN THE OIL PAN. AFTER REMOVING THE OIL PAN THE MECHANIC OBSERVED A ROD HAD BECOME DETACHED AND SMASHED THE INTERNAL PARTS OF THE ENGINE CAUSING A CRACK IN THE OIL PAN. THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.

DODGE INTREPID 2.7L MOTOR FAILED IN OILING SYSTEM. WHILE DRIVING ON FREEWAY, OIL LIGHT CAME ON. PULLED OVER AND THERE WAS TAPPING SOUND. MOTOR HAS EST 65,000 MILES ON IT. TOWING TO DEALER, THE DEALER REPORTED THE MOTOR IS TOTALED AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. THIS WAS DURING OUR VACATION, AND THE CAR IS NOW OVER 1,500 MILES FROM HOME. WE HAVE NOT RESOLVED WITH THE DEALER HOW TO DISPOSE OF THE CAR. *JB

ON AUGUST 18, 2006 I WAS DRIVING MY 1999 DODGE INTREPID WITH THE 2.7 ENGINE AND IT MADE A KNOCKING SOUND UNDER THE HOOD AND THEN THE ENGINE CUT OUT. MY HUSBAND TOWED IT HOME AND REPLACED SENSORS, PLUGS, AIR FILTER, AND OTHER THINGS. THE CAR STILL WULDN'T START. TALKING TO A FRIEND WHO IS A MECHANIC HE INFORMED US THAT MORE THAN LIKELY OUR ENGINE WAS BLOWN. HE SAID IT IS QUITE COMMON IN THE 1999 INTREPID'S WITH THE 2.7 ENGINES. HE SAID CHRYSLER KNOWS THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM BUT CHOOSES TO DO NOTHING ABOUT IT. HE ALSO SAID THAT OIL SHOPS HAVE DISCLAIMERS UP STATING THAT THEY ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR OIL SLUDGE BUILD-UP IN THE 1999 INTREPID'S WITH THE 2.7 ENGINE. WE WERE TOLD THAT "IF" WE COULD GET AN ENGINE IT WOULD BE OVER $4500.00 AND THAT THEY WERE FAR AND FEW BETWEEN. YOU CAN'T GET A REBUILT ENGINE BECAUSE YOU WILL END UP THE SAME PROBLEM. I HAVE NOTIFIED CHRYSLER AND THEY ARE "RESEARCHING" THE PROBLEM. I DON'T EXPECT ANY HELP FROM THEM AS I BOUGHT THE CAR USED BUT IT IS SAD THAT THIS IS THE SECOND DODGE PRODUCT THAT I HAVE HAD WITH PROBLEMS. I PREVIOUSLY OWNED AN 89 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN WITH THE "LEMON TRANSMISSION." NEEDLESS TO SAY MY NEXT CAR WILL NOT BE A CHRYSLER PRODUCT. *JB

WITHOUT WARNING MY 2.7L ENGINE SEIZED UP WHILE I WAS DRIVING CAUSING A COMPLETE LOSS OF CONTROL I HIT A CONCRETE POST. HIGHWAY PATROL CAME BUT DID NOT PRESS CHARGES AGAINST ME FOR PROPERTY DAMAGE. THIS IS A DANGEROUS BUT WELL DOCUMENTED DESIGN FLAW OF THIS PARTICULAR ENGINE AND I HOPE I CAN RECOVER ENOUGH MONEY FROM THE TEXAS BASED IMPARTIAL SERVICES GROUP TO BUY A NEW ENGINE BECAUSE I LOVE MY DODGE INTREPID. I'M ONLY 18 YEARS OLD AND CAN'T AFFORD ANOTHER VEHICLE. JUST TWO DAYS AFTER I BOUGHT THIS INTREPID - WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY ALL THE GAUGES INCLUDING THE SPEEDOMETER FAILED AND I HAD TO PAY $1414.32 TO HAVE A NEW COMPUTER INSTALLED AT MY LOCAL DODGE DEALERSHIP. *JB

I OWN A 1999 DODGE INTREPID CAR. IT HAS ABOUT 100K MILES. THE ENGINE, WITHOUT WARNING, BEGAN MAKING A GRINDING NOISE. AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT LEFT ME STRANDED. I HAVE TALKED TO SEVERAL DODGE DEALERSHIPS, AND THEY REFUSE TO WORK ON THE ENGINE. *JB

1999 DODGE INTREPID 2.7 ENGINE...GOES DEAD WHILE GOING DOWN THE ROAD. I HAVE HAD THE OIL CHANGED RELIGIOUSLY @ 3K MILES, BUT IT JUST LOSES POWER & DIES. I AM AFRAID I WILL GET HIT ONE OF THESE TIMES BECAUSE I AM UNABLE TO GET THE THING OFF THE ROAD WITH NO POWER. YESTERDAY ALMOST CAUSED A SERIOUS INCIDENT. THE ENGINE DIED, THE CAR LURCHED, I LOST POWER BUT NO LIGHTS EVER CAME ON. THE TACH NEEDLE HIT ZERO AND AS I WAS TRYING TO FIND SOMEWHERE TO TRY & PULL OFF WHILE COASTING, THE STUPID THING ALL OF THE SUDDEN CAME BACK TO LIFE & TOOK OFF. THESE INCIDENTS ARE GETTING MORE & MORE FREQUENT AND HAVE BEEN OCCURRING ABOUT A YEAR NOW. I'VE ALREADY HAD TO HAVE THE WATER PUMP REPLACED, BUT I CAN DEAL WITH REPAIRS...BUT AFTER DOING RESEARCH TODAY, I HAVE FOUND THOUSANDS OF INCIDENTS LIKE THIS ARE HAPPENING ALL OVER THE US! IS THIS NOT ENOUGH TO GET SOMEONE TO PAY ATTENTION & MAKE DODGE RECALL THE ENGINES BEFORE SOME TERRIBLE ACCIDENT OCCURS?? *JB

I WAS DRIVING TO WORK ONE EVENING WHEN THE CAR JUST LOST ALL POWER AND DIED. I WAS ALMOST HIT BY ANOTHER CAR. A FEW YOUNG MEN HAD TO HELP ME PUSH MY CAR ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. I WORK THIRD SHIFT AND IT WAS LATE AT NIGHT SO I WAS VERY SCARED. I GOT A TOW TRUCK TO TOW THE CAR BACK TO THE HOUSE AND THE NEXT DAY I HAD A MECHANIC CHECKED IT OUT AND HE SAID THE ENGINE WAS NO GOOD. THE CAR ONLY HAD 63,000 MILES AND IT WAS SERVICED ON TIME. I GOT A SECOND MECHANIC TO CHECK IT AND THE RESULT WAS THE SAME. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH DOWN A STREET, THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE ENGINE DID NOT RESTART AND WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP WHO DETERMINED THE TIMING CHAIN NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. AFTER THE REPAIR, THE ENGINE STALLED AGAIN WITHOUT WARNING. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION, THE ENGINE WAS FILLED WITH SLUDGE. THE ENGINE WAS REBUILT WHICH CORRECTED THE PROBLEM. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT ALERTED.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE'S ENGINE ABRUPTLY STOPPED WORKING AFTER HEARING CLUNKING NOISES WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH ON A NORMAL ROAD CONDITION. AFTER A FEW MINUTES OF DRIVING, THE ENGINE STALLED AND COULD NOT BE RESTARTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIR WHO DETERMINED THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE ENGINE FAILED WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH. THE VEHICLE DID NOT HAVE ANY PROBLEMS PRIOR TO THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP WHO DETERMINED THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO OIL SLUDGE IN THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE HAD AN OIL CHANGE TWO WEEKS PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT.

MY PREGNANT WIFE WAS RETURNING HOME FROM TAKING ME TO WORK. IN THE CAR WITH HER WAS MY FIVE YEAR OLD SON AND TWO YEAR OLD NIECE. WHILE TRAVELING ALONG A RURAL HIGHWAY 12 IN THE NORTHWEST OF IDAHO WITH A POSTED SPEED OF 55 MPH. SHE FELT THE CAR SURGE OR SPUTTER. SHE BECAME WORRIED AND WITHOUT FURTHER WARNING THE CAR LOST POWER RESULTING IN THE LOSE OF POWER STEERING AND POWER BRAKES. SHE MANAGED TO KEEP THE CAR UNDER CONTROL AND PULLED THE CAR TO THE SHOULDER WHERE SHE TRIED FOR SEVERAL MINUTES TO START THE CAR WITH OUT SUCCESS. FINALLY, SHE WAS ABLE TO GET THE CAR TO START, AND CONTINUED HER TRIP, NOT 1 MILE DOWN THE ROAD THIS HAPPENED AGAIN. LUCKILY SHE WAS IN FRONT OF A HOUSE AND WAS ABLE TO PULL OFF THE HIGHWAY THIS TIME. THE PROPERTY OWNER WAS NICE ENOUGH TO LET HER USE THE PHONE WERE SHE CALLED ME TO RETRIEVE THE CAR AND GET HER BACK HOME. THE CAR WOULD STILL NOT RUN. THIS INCIDENT UPSETS ME GREATLY BECAUSE THE SAFETY OF MY WIFE SON NIECE AND UNBORN CHILD WAS PUT AT RISK AS A DIRECT RESULT OF THIS CAR WHICH SHOULD HAVE PLENTY OF LIFE LEFT. THE CAR IS A 1999 INTREPID WITH 72000 MILES PROBLEMS LIKE THIS SHOULD NOT HAPPEN THIS EARLY. *JB

PURCHASED A 1999 DODGE INTREPID. THE MOTOR BLEW AT ONLY 80,000 MILES. THIS IS A VEHICLE THAT WE DEPEND HEAVILY ON AS A FAMILY VEHICLE. THE CAR COULD NOT BE FIXED. A NEW MOTOR WAS HARD TO FIND AND THE COST OF THE REPAIRS WOULD BE MORE THAN THE CAR WAS WORTH. WE SIMPLY COULD NOT AFFORD TO PAY $5,000 TO REPLACE A MOTOR. A USED MOTOR WAS NOT MUCH LESS EXPENSIVE BECAUSE SO MANY OWNERS OF THE DODGE INTREPID WERE IN THE SAME SITUATION. BECAUSE OF ALL THIS, WE WERE FORCED TO BUY ANOTHER VEHICLE AND WE STILL OWED 2 MORE YEARS ON THE INTREPID. THIS EXPERIENCE HAS DEFINITELY MADE ME LOSE MY FAITH IN THE DODGE NAME. AS OF YET, THERE HAS BEEN NO EFFORT ON THE PART OF DODGE TO RECTIFY THIS SITUATION. OUR FAMILY HAS BEEN DEEPLY HURT FINANCIALLY BECAUSE OF THIS. *NM

MY 1999 DODGE INTREPID JUST QUIT RUNNING IN TRAFFIC ON THE FREEWAY. THE ENGINE APPARENTLY HAS FAILED AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. THIS IS AFTER OVER $1,000 IN REPAIRS AND ROUTINE MAINTENANCE ON IT SINCE JUNE 1, 2006. THE ENGINE HAD APPROX 80,000 MILES. *JB

BOUGHT 3 YEARS AGO USED, IT HAD EMISSIONS ISSUES WITH THE ORIGINAL ENGINE. AT ABOUT 74,000 MILES THE ENGINE BLOCK CRACKED. ENGINE DESIGN DOES NOT ALLOW FOR IT TO COOL ITSELF PROPERLY WHILE RUNNING AND RESULTS IN THE OIL BURNING WITHIN BEFORE THE ENGINE CAN CIRCULATE IT WHICH FINALLY RESULTS IN THE "SLUDGE" THAT SO MANY OWNERS HAVE A PROBLEM WITH AND ONLY PERSEVERANT THE HIGH HEAT ISSUE AS LESS OIL IS CIRCULATED TO COOL THE ENGINE. MY ENGINE'S BLOCK CRACKED PROVIDING EVIDENCE OF THE ENGINE GETTING TOO HOT WITH NO GAUGE WARNING OF OVERHEATING BECAUSE IT IS "OVERHEATING" WITHIN THE SYSTEM BEFORE IT GETS TO THE SENSOR ETC, THEREFORE IT IS NOT A POOR MAINTENANCE ISSUE BUT POOR DESIGN AND MANUFACTURING. WITH A "REBUILT" ENGINE IT SHAKES, HESITATES AND EMITS SMOKE WITH CLEAN OIL AND FILTER AND NO EVIDENCE OF SLUDGE WITHIN!! NOW AT UNDER 96000 ORIGINAL MILES AND 22000 REBUILT ENGINE THE A/C COIL HAS BUSTED UNDER THE HIGH PRESSURE CAUSED BY THE HIGH ENGINE TEMPERATURE. THE A/C PRESSURE VARIES WITH ENGINE PRESSURE WHICH VARIES WITH ENGINE HEAT (STILL NO OVERHEATING WARNING ON THE GAUGES). IT IS ONLY ADDRESSED NOW THAT IT IS SUMMER AND TOO HOT TO DRIVE WITHOUT A/C. UNFORTUNATELY BECAUSE OF THE DESIGN IT WILL COST AROUND $850 TO REPLACE A $80-120 PART BECAUSE THE ENTIRE DASH/FIREWALL MUST COME OUT ALONG WITH MANY OTHER COMPONENTS TO GET TO IT (AND THEN THOSE REINSTALLED AFTERWARD). THE BATTERY WAS SUCKED OF POWER AROUND THIS TIME AND THE MOTORS CONTROLLING THE WINDOWS & MIRRORS HAVE BROK

1999 DODGE INTREPID 2.7 L ENGINE FAILURE AT 130,000 MILES. *NM

1999 2.7 LITER ENGINES USED BY DODGE FAIL WITHOUT WARNING. THIS LEAVES PEOPLE EXPOSED TO HIGH SPEED TRAFFIC ON FREEWAYS. IT ALSO LEAVES THE DISABLED VEHICLE ON THE ROADSIDE UNTIL IT'S TOWED. THIS MAKES THE VEHICLE A DANGER TO ALL THAT PASS BY IT. THE FAILURE RATE OF THESE SPECIFIC ENGINES IS EXCESSIVE. THE NTSB SHOULD INSIST THAT DODGE MAKE AN EFFORT TO REMEDY THE PROBLEM. DODGE HAS IGNORED THE ISSUE AND BLAMED THEIR CUSTOMERS. DODGE HAS DECREASED THE MARGIN OF SAFETY ON OUR ROADWAYS BY PRODUCING VEHICLES PRONE TO FAILURE. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN GEAR, THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF. ON THREE DIFFERENT OCCASIONS, THE STEERING RACK BOLTS CAME OUT FOR THE STEERING WHEEL. THE FUSES HAVE BLOWN FIVE TIMES AND THE BRAKE AND INTERIOR LIGHTS ARE NOT WORKING.

'99 DODGE INTREPID WITH 2.7 LITER ENGINE. (3 YEARS AGO) SOUNDED LIKE A DIESEL TRUCK, MECHANIC DIAGNOSED ENGINE PROBLEMS, REPLACED TIMING BELT. TODAY CAR IS NOW SPEWING BLACK SMOKE - RELATED AGAIN TO ENGINE PROBLEMS. CHANGING BELT 3 YEARS AGO BOUGHT TIME, NOW I AM FACED WITH REPLACING AN ENGINE BEFORE IT SEIZES UP WHILE I AM DRIVING! CHRYSLER TAKES NO RESPONSIBILITY, STATES IT IS A USER ISSUE. DOCUMENTED PROBLEM WITH CHRYSLER TECHNICIANS, YET CHRYSLER WILL NOT WARRANTY THEIR PRODUCT. *JB

2.7 L V-6 DODGE INTREPID: THIS ENGINE IS BEYOND WORDS TO DESCRIBE A HORRIBLE DESIGN FLAW. THE ENGINE'S OIL LIGHT FLICKERS AND NOW THE MOTOR PRODUCES A NOISE LIKE THE LIFTERS ARE NOT GETTING OIL. THE HIGH BRASS OF D/C WILL BLAME EVERY CUSTOMER OF NEGLECT AND OIL SLUDGE RATHER THAN NOTICE A HUGE PATTERN OF THESE 2.7 V6 CARS BEING BASHED BY NUMEROUS PEOPLE ALL HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. THE 2.7 V6 IS JUNK AND @ 56+ MILES IT SHOULD NOT HAVE THIS PROBLEM. I GUESS I'LL POST IT ON EBAY LIKE ALL THE OTHER DODGE INTREPIDS WITH A BLOWN 2.7 LITER ENGINE. I SUGGEST A GOOGLE SEARCH AND JUST READ WHAT OTHERS HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THIS CRAPPY BUILT MOTOR. I HAVE ACTUALLY THOUGHT ABOUT PAINTING A LEMON ON EACH SIDE OF THIS CAR MENTIONING MY ENGINE TROUBLES WITHIN EACH LEMON. I WILL NEVER OWN A DODGE AGAIN! *NM

ENGINE HAS BEEN BURNING OIL AT THE RATE OF 1 QUART EVERY THREE WEEKS. WHILE DRIVING, TOTAL ENGINE FAILURE OCCURRED UNEXPECTEDLY, MAKING IT VERY DIFFICULT TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE. *JB

WENT TO CRANK VEHICLE AND THE TIMING CHAIN BROKE AND WARPED THE VALVES,THEREFORE NEEDING A NEW ENGINE. HAVE NOT DONE ANY REPAIRS THE CAR HAD AN EXTENDED WARRANTY WITH FIDELITY WARRANTY THEY WOULD NOT COVER BECAUSE THE ENGINE HAD SLUDGE BUILD UP, BUT NOT DUE TO POOR MAINTENANCE. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH THE CAR STALLED SUDDENLY AND THE ENGINE STARTED SMOKING. THERE WAS OIL SLUDGE NOTED ON THE OIL CAP AND ON THE MOTOR. THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN MAINTAINED REGULARLY, INCLUDING ROUTINE OIL CHANGES. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED HOME AND AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC DETERMINED THE ENGINE FAILED. THERE WERE NO PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT.

1999 DODGE INTREPID, ENGINE FAILURE. *NM

1999 DODGE INTREPID. TIMING CHAIN BROKE WITH NO WARNING AT IDLE. TOWED TO GARAGE WHERE THEY CHARGED ME 900.00 FOR NEW CHAIN AND THEN IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE ENGINE WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED OR REBUILT DUE TO BENT VALVES. I ENDED UP TOWING THE CAR HOME AND IT SITS IN MY DRIVEWAY WITH 72000 MILES ON IT-JUNK. *NM

ENGINE BLOWN UP, DUE TO WATER PUMP FAILURE. *JB

MOTOR ON MY 1999 DODGE INTREPID STOPPED RUNNING WITH ONLY 95,000 MILES ON IT. *NM

THIS VEHICLE HAD BEEN SERVICED DURING THE MONTH OF DECEMBER FOR A RECALL PROBLEM THAT OCCURRED BEFORE. MY WIFE WAS IN A ACCIDENT AND THE FRONT AIR BAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY. THE FRONT END WAS BADLY DAMAGED. MY WIFE ALSO WAS JERKED BEFORE THE SEAT BELT GRABBED HER. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE TRAVELING 45 MPH, THE ENGINE BEGAN TO MAKE A CLANKING NOISE AND THEN STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS PULLED OVER AND TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE MECHANIC DETERMINED THE TIMING CHAIN FRACTURED BECAUSE OF OIL SLUDGE IN THE ENGINE. THE ENGINE WAS REBUILT.

AECM MEMORY DID NOT REGISTER UPON IMPACT IN ACCIDENT. THE AIRBAG "DID NOT DEPLOY" AT "IMPACT". MAJOR DAMAGE TO THE MAIN FRAME IN FRONT OF THE CAR. THE MAIN BAR IS PUSHED BACK INTO THE RADIATOR, IN WHICH THE RADIATOR IS PUSHED BACK CLOSE TO THE MOTOR. THE FRONT END WAS DESTROYED, HEADLIGHTS WERE POINTED IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS. I JUST RECENTLY (DEC 05) HAD MY SEAT REPAIRED AGAIN, IN WHICH IT WAS UNDER RECALL, FOR THE RECLINER BOLT THAT KEPT BREAKING. *NM

I OWN A 1999 DODGE INTREPID AND NEED TWO WINDOWS FIXED REGULATORS IN THE DOOR. THE GARAGE I BROUGHT MY CAR TO SAID HE HAS REPLACED A LOT OF THESE REGULATORS IN THE 1999 DODGE INTREPID. I FEEL THAT IF IT NEEDS TO BE FIXED FOR INSPECTION THEN THERE MUST BE SOME SAFETY REASON. EVERY TIME I AM ON THE TURNPIKE I HAVE TO OPEN MY DOOR TO HAND OUT THE MONEY. I FEEL THAT THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL ON THIS PROBLEM. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT 10-20 MPH THERE WAS A CLANKING NOISE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT PULLED OFF OF THE ROAD. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALERSHIP, WHERE THEY DETERMINED THE ENGINE HAD FAILED DUE TO OIL SLUDGE, AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT NOTICED NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ON THE INTERNET CONCERNING THE 2.7 ENGINE ON THESE VEHICLES. UPDATED 06/05/2006. *AK *TS

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE TRAVELING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE CRUISE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE TACHOMETER DROPPED THEN THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND AFTER 15 MINUTES WOULD RESTART. THE DEALERSHIP DETERMINED THE CRANK SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. AFTER THIS WAS REPLACED, THE ENGINE MADE A CLUNKING NOISE, AND THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN DRIVEN OFF OF THE LOT.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE ENGINE SUDDENLY FAILED WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH. WHILE RESTARTING THE VEHICLE THERE WAS A VERY LOUD KNOCKING NOISE HEARD COMING FROM THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE RESTARTED, BUT QUICKLY STALLED AGAIN. THERE WERE NO PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT OR ANY WARNING INDICATORS OF A PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE OF OIL SLUDGE BUILDUP.

WAS DRIVING 1999 CHRYSLER INTREPID, THAT I PURCHASED FIVES MONTHS AGO, STARTED TO HEAR TICKING NOISE. I PULLED OVER, CHECKED THE OIL - NO WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON - THE OIL LEVEL WAS FINE. SHUT THE CAR DOWN A HAD IT TOWED TO MECHANIC WHERE HE SAID I HAD A BLOWN ENGINE. SAID THE 2.7 L ENGINES WERE PRONE TO PROBLEMS AND MY ENGINE WAS "ALL SLUDGED UP". I HAVE NO RUNNING CAR, OWE THE BANK AND AM LOOKING AND $4,000-6,000 FOR REPAIRS. NO I UNDERSTAND THAT I AM ONE OF HUNDREDS THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS TRAGEDY. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE ENGINE STALLED WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH. THERE WERE NO PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A SERVICE DEALER WHO DETERMINED THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THERE WAS BUILDUP IN THE OIL-PAN WHICH CAUSED THE RODS TO KNOCK AND THE ENGINE TO FAIL.

ENGINE SEIZED WITHOUT WARNING AT 89,000 MILES, AND NOT KNOWING WHAT HAD HAPPENED I TOOK IT TO A LOCAL DODGE DEALERSHIP TO HAVE THEM LOOK AT IT TO FIND OUT WHAT WAS WRONG, AND THEY DIDN'T EVEN HAVE TO LOOK AT IT, THEY TOLD ME EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED AND WHY WITHOUT EVEN LOOKING. I HAD THE LOOK AT IT ANYWAY, AND THEY CAME BACK WITH THERE ORIGINAL RESPONSE "THE ENGINE SEIZED TO OIL SLUDGE, A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS ENGINE". *JB

DRIVING N ON 59 S WHEN VEHICLE MADE AWFUL NOISE-PULLED OVER AND CAME TO STOP-CALLED WRECKER AND TOOK TO DEALER FROM WHOM CAR WAS PURCHASED-ENGINE HAD BLOWN EVEN THOUGH OIL CHANGE HAD BEEN DONE DAY BEFORE AND ON REGULAR BASIS-HAD CAR LESS THAN 2 YEARS-CAR NEEDS NEW ENGINE-WOULD COST MORE THAN CAR IS WORTH IF I COULD EVEN FIND A DECENT ENGINE-COMPANY WON'T FIX EVEN THOUGH THIS IS AN APPARENT PROBLEM WITH THIS CAR- *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED AT AN INTERSECTION, THE CHECK ENGINE OIL LIGHT ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY. THEN WHILE TRAVELING 35 MPH THE ENGINE MADE A KNOCKING NOISE AND STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE AND HAS NOT BEEN INSPECTED BY A MECHANIC.