1999 Dodge Intrepid complaints

ENGINE WAS KNOCKING, AND I RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE FOR SHIFTING COLUMN DEFECT. WHILE DRIVING TO DEALERSHIP TO FIX RECALL, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. WHEN AT DEALERSHIP, ASKED THEM TO INVESTIGATE THIS AS WELL. DEALER FIXED RECALL PROBLEM AND STATED THAT THERE WAS SLUDGE IN ENGINE AND THAT ENGINE WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED AT COST OF $6500. I DO HAVE DOCUMENTATION STATING THAT THIS IS WHAT THEY FOUND AT DEALERSHIP. DEALERSHIP SAID CAR WOULD NOT LAST FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS AND THAT I SHOULD GET RID OF IT OR LET THEM FIX IT. I WAS DRIVING CAR TO MY MECHANIC TWO DAYS LATER AND TIMING CHAIN BROKE DUE TO PRESSURE ON ENGINE CAUSED BY SLUDGE.*JB

2.7L DODGE INTREPID ENGINE FAILURE. ENGINE RUNNING SMOOTH WHILE DRIVING,AND SUDDENLY STARTED RUNNING ROUGH. ENGINE STALLEDAND WHEN RESTATED IT BEGAN KNOCKING. OIL CHANGED REGULARLY. HAD TO INSTALL NEW ENGINE. *NM

MY 1999 DODGE INTREPID HAS HAD STEERING PROBLEMS WITH CLUNCKING, STICKING AND PLAY IN THE STEERING. ON 7/22/2005 THE STEERING STUCK SO BAD THAT I COULD NOT TURN THE WHEEL AND ENDED UP IN THE LANE OF ON COMING TRAFFIC. WE HAVE TO REPLACE THE RACK AND PINION STEERING WHICH I HAVE RESEARCH IS A MAJOR FALIURE IN THE DODGE INTREPID AND A MAJOR SAFTEY ISSUE.

1999 DODGE INTREPID W/A 2.7L ENGINE. ENGINE FAILURE AT APPROX. 78,000 MILES. SPUN 2 ROD BEARINGS. I HEARD THE RATTLE FROM THE BOTTOM END AS I PULLED INTO WORK ONE MORNING. PULLED THE OIL PAN BEFORE IT COULD GET WORSE. I HAVE USED MOBIL1 SYNTHETIC 10W30, CHANGED EVERY 5000 MILES. CAR IS DRIVEN ALOT OF THE TIME ON THE HIGHWAY. HAVING BEEN A MECHANIC FOR 18 YRS I REBUILT THE ENGINE MYSELF. I REPLACED THE MAIN AND ROD BEARINGS, RINGS, OIL PUMP, WATER PUMP, TIMING CHAIN TENSIONER AND GASKET SET. ALSO THE CRANK WAS GROUND AND THE RODS RESIZED, ALONG WITH HAVING ALL THE ENGINE PARTS CLEANED. I TOOK NUMEROUS PICTURES AND KEPT THE OFFENDING COMPONENTS. I WAS WITHOUT MY CAR FOR 3 WEEKS AND HAD TO PAY FOR A RENTAL.

DT: THE TIMING CHAIN WAS GETTING READY TO SNAP. TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER BECAUSE THE ENGINE WAS KNOCKING AND MAKING A FUNNY NOISE. DEALER STATED THAT IF CONSUMER HAD TO DRIVE MUCH FURTHER IT WOULD SNAP WHILE DRIVING IT. THERE WAS OIL SLUDGE BUILT UP IN THE ENGINE. THIS HAPPENED ON MARCH 15, 2005.*AK

1999 DODGE INTREPID- ORIGINALLY TAKEN TO THE DEALER WITH A RIGHT-PASSENGER WINDOW DEFECT AS THE WINDOW WOULD NOT GO UP AND DOWN ELECTRONICALLY. NEXT, IT WAS THE AIR-CONDITIONER WHICH WAS REPAIRED BUT DID NOT WORK CORRECTLY. YOU HAD TO TURN THE KNOW TO HEAT AND THEN BACK TO AIR-CONDITIONING. MOST RECENTLY, WHEN YOU TOUCHED THE BRAKE AND THEN TRIED TO ACCERLERATE THE CAR WOULD STALL IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION. I BROUGHT THE CAR TO OUR MECHANIC FOR THIS REPAIR AND WAS TOLD THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE COMPUTER. IT WAS RUNNING HOT AND THEN WOULD DROP. THEY REPLACED A THERMOSTAT, IDLING MOTOR AND THE COMPUTER. THEY HAD TO KEEP THE VEHICLE FOR TWO WEEKS. WE WERE ALSO APPRISED OF A SLUDGE PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE. THE AIR BAG LIGHT DOES NOT GO OFF AND THE MILEAGE NOT LONGER APPEARS AND ONLY THE TRIPOMETER. THIS VEHICLE IS APPROXIMATELY SIX YEARS OLD AND IT HAS HAD CONSISTANT PROBLEMS. IN REVIEWING THE RECALS ON THIS MODEL, THEY HAVE ONLY BEEN RELATED TO SEATBELTS.

DT: THE CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT ENGINE FAILURE ON 1999 DODGE INTREPID. CONSUMER WERE DRIVING THE VEHICLE WHEN THE ENGINE LOCKED AND THEY DID NOT HAVE ANY POWER STEERING OR POWER BRAKES. THE SPEED WAS ABOUT 35 MPH. THIS TOOK PLACE ON JULY 13, 2005. CONSUMER HAD NOT ANY HAD TROUBLE WITH THE CAR BEFORE THIS. TOOK CAR TO A DODGE DEALERSHIP, WHO INFORMED CONSUMER THAT ENGINE REPLACEMENT WOULD COST $6000.00. CONSUMER DID NOT PLAN TO REPLACE THE ENGINE BECAUSE THE CAR WAS ONLY WORTH ABOUT $7,000.00. THE MECHANIC SHOWED CONSUMER THAT THE VALVE SPRING BROKE, AND THE VALVE DROPPED DOWN INTO THE CYLINDER. CONSUMER UNDERSTOOD THAT THESE MOTORS WERE HAVING A LOT OF PROBLEMS. CONSUMER TALKED TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY HAD THE CAR. THE CONSUMER CALLED MANUFACTURER. MECHANIC WANTED TO KNOW WHAT KIND OF OIL AND FILTERS THE CONSUMER WAS USING, THIS WAS THE CLEANEST ENGINE THAT THE MECHANIC HAD SEEN. *AK

1999 DODGE INTREPID VIN [XXX] ENGINE FAILURE. THIS IS A 6 YEAR OLD CAR WITH 80,000 MILES. THE ENGINE FAILED OUT OF NO WHERE! DODGE COULDN'T CARE LESS! WHY? *JS INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH THE DRIVER HEARD A LOUD KNOCKING SOUND AND THE ENGINE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT THERE WAS ENGINE SLUDGE WHICH CAUSED THE ENGINE TO SEIZE. *AK *NM

ENGINE FAILURE WITH THE 2.7 LITER ENGINE. ENGINE WAS PROPERLY MAINTAINED AND IT FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. DODGE SERVICE MANAGER SAID THAT IT WAS A FLAWED ENGINE BUT DODGE WOULD NOT WARRANTY ENGINE. ENGINE MANUFACTURERS AND CONSUMER REPORTS(AUGUST 2005) ADVISE THIS IS A DEFECTIVE ENGINE AND DODGE REFUSES TO FIX OR REPLACE THE ENGINE.

DT: WHILE DRIVING, THE CONSUMER HEARD A TAPPING NOISE AND STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT. THE CONSUMER PROCEED TO DRIVE FOR ABOUT 5 MINUTES OR A MILE IN DISTANCE. THE CONSUMER DROVE TO AN INTERSECTION AND THE ENGINE DIED. THE TAPPING NOISE STOPPED AFTER A LOUD NOISE. THE CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO RESTART VEHICLE. HE HAD TO PUSH THE VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD OUT OF WAY AND CALLED FOR TOW TRUCK. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED HOME. A MECHANIC CAME BY TO CHECK THE VEHICLE AND HE SUGGESTED THE BEARING IN THE BOTTOM OF THE MOTOR BROKE. NO REPAIRS HAVE BEEN MADE AS OF YET. SUGGESTED REPLACEMENT FOR AN ENGINE COSTS $3,500.*AK

DT: THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE IS MAKING A LOUD TICKING NOISE THAT WAS COMING FROM THE ENGINE. THE CONSUMER WAS AFRAID TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE BECAUSE OF THE SAFETY HAZARD OF THE VEHICLE STALLING IN TRAFFIC. TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED ON APRIL 29, 2005. THE BRAKE PADS WERE REPLACED AT LEAST ONCE A MONTH FOR APPROXIMATELY A YEAR AND A HALF. VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN TO A MECHANIC OR A SERVICE DEALER. CONTACT DID NOT HAVE THE ADDRESS OF THE DEALER WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED.*AK

I HAVE 68,000 MILES ON MY 1999 DODGE INTREPID 2.7 LITER ENGINE AND AFTER ONE MONTH SINCE THE LAST SERVICE AND AFTER BEING SERVICED RELIGIOUSLY EVERY 3,000 MILES I AM NOW BEING GIVEN AN ESTIMATE TO REPLACE THE ENGINE IN THE AMOUNT OF $5,000 TO $7,000. I DON'T EVEN THINK THE BLUE BOOK ON THE CAR IS EVEN THAT HIGH NOW. BASICALLY, THE MECHANIC SAID THE COOLANT AND OIL IN THE CAR WERE COMPLETELY GONE AND WITH IT NOW HAVING THE KNOCKING NOISE NEEDS AN ENGINE REPLACEMENT. WENT TO THE DODGE DEALERSHIP LOCALLY AND THEY ADMITTED IT WAS NOT THE BEST OF THEIR ENGINES, BUT NEVERTHELESS THEY INDICATED SINCE IT IS PAST THE WARRANTY PERIOD OF 36,000 THERE WASN'T MUCH THEY COULD DO. THEY TRIED TO SUGGEST THAT THE SERVICING I RECEIVED MAY HAVE BEEN FAULTY AND I POINTED OUT THAT WOULD BE HARD PRESSED TO THINK THAT, BECAUSE THE CAR WAS SERVICED ONE MONTH PRIOR AND TO HAVE ALL COOLANT AND 5 QUARTS OF OIL DISAPPEAR WITHOUT ANY OF THE OBVIOUS SIGNS COULD NOT WARRANT THAT SUGGESTION. I EXPLAINED THAT REGARDLESS OF THE SERVICING THAT IN ONE MONTH THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN SOME INDICATION, SUCH AS OIL SERVICE LIGHT INDICATOR, ENGINE SERVICE LIGHT, SMELLS, OIL LEAKS ON DRIVEWAY, BLUE SMOKE FROM TAIL PIPE, ETC. TO AT LEAST INDICATE A PROBLEM THAT MAY NEED CORRECTION, BUT THERE WAS NEVER AN INDICATION. I EXPLAINED TO THE DEALERSHIP, IF I WEREN'T SERVICING MY CAR THAT I COULD SORT OF SIDE WITH THEM, BUT THE POINT IS I DID WHAT WAS NECESSARY TO PROLONG THE USEFUL LIFE OF THIS CAR AND AT NO FAULT OF MINE THE E

I AM THE OWNER OF 1999 DODGE INTREPID WHICH HAS A 2.7L V6 WHICH RECENTLY BLEW UP DUE TO OIL PROBLEMS.....

DT: CALLER STATED TIMING CHAIN FAILED AFTER 2 MONTHS. DEALER SAID THERE WERE THREE TIMING CHAINS ON THE VEHICLE, AND THAT WHEN ONE FAILED THEY ALL MALFUNCTIONED. CALLER DID NOT FIX VEHICLE F YET. CALLER SAID THIS HAPPENED WITHOUT WARNING. MANUFACTURER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED YET.*AK

DT: CONSUMER DISCOVERED THAT SHE COULD NOT UNLOCK THE BACK PASSENGER DOOR, AND HUSBAND WOULD HAVE TO OPEN REAR RIGHT SIDE DOOR FROM INSIDE FOR ANYBODY TO GET INSIDE. THE VEHICLE HAD 35,000 MILES ON IT. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR REPAIRS, AND DEALER REPLACED LATCH ACTIVATOR FOR $257, AND DIAGNOSED THIS A CIRCULATORY ELECTRICAL PROBLEM. THIS HAPPENED AGAIN TO FRONT PASSENGER DOOR. SPOKE WITH CHRYSLER, WHO ASKED FOR AN ESTIMATE, BUT DID NOT REIMBURSE CONSUMER FOR THIS WORK. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER AND AGAIN REPLACED LATCH ACTIVATOR WITH DIAGNOSIS OF THE SAME PROBLEM. THIS HAPPENED AT 39,000. OWNER'S SON HAS CHRYSLER VEHICLE AS WELL AND HAS EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM. *AK *TT

I WAS DRIVING MY 1999 DODGE INTREPID WITH MY 3Y.O DAUGHTER. WE WERE STOPPED AT A STOP LIGHT. WHEN THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN, I ACCELERATED, AND MY CAR BEGAN JERKING ROUGHLY, BUT THERE WERE NO INTERIOR WARNING LIGHTS ON. I CONTINUED TO TRY TO ACCELERATE, AND EVENTUALLY MY "CHECK ENGINE" LIGHT CAME ON. I PULLED MY CAR INTO A GAS STATION WHERE IT DIED. I HAD TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED TO MY DODGE DEALER WHERE I WAS TOLD THE ENGINE HAD LOCKED UP. THE DEALERSHIP WANTS NEARLY $8000 TO REPLACE MY ENGINE. I HAVE BEEN DOING SOME ON-LINE RESEARCH AND TELEPHONE RESEARCHING TO FIND CHEAPER ENGINES. FROM ALL OF THE PEOPLE I HAVE SPOKEN TO, AND FROM THE ON-LINE RESEARCH I'VE DONE, IT APPEARS THAT THIS IS A DEFECTIVE ENGINE THAT IS FAILING ON THESE CARS. WE HAVE EVEN WEIGHED THE OPTION OF HAVING THE CAR SENT TO THE JUNKYARD FOR SCRAP, BUT OUR LOCAL JUNKYARD WON'T EVEN TAKE IT BECAUSE THEY SAY THEY HAVE TOO MANY OF THESE CARS ALREADY DUE TO THE SAME PROBLEM. SO FAR, THE CHEAPEST ESTIMAT WE'VE HAD TO HAVE THE ENGINE REPLACED IS APPROX $4000 (FOR A REBUILT ENGINE). THIS CAR IS ONLY 6 YEARS OLD, AND HAS BEEN PROPERLY MAINTENANCED. THIS PROBLEM NEEDS TO BE THOROUGHLY INVESTIGATED. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

AM WRITING ABOUT A COMPLAINT ABOUT DAIMLER-CHRYSLER'S 2.7L ENGINE IN MY 1999 DODGE INTREPID. THE TIMING CHANGE BROKE AT 89,000 MILES AND RUINED THE ENGINE. THIS IS AN ALL TO COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS ENGINE - THERE ARE OVER 17,000 WEBSITES ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. DAIMLER-CHRYSLER IS COPPING OUT BY BLAMING THE CONSUMER FOR NOT CHANGING THE OIL REGULARLY AND REFUSING TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT THE ENGINE. THE CUSTOMER SERVICE REP AT DAIMLER-CHRYSLER TOLD ME THEY WERE UNAWARE OF ANY PROBLEM WITH THIS ENGINE. I HAVE SPOKEN TO SEVERAL MECHANICS, EVEN 2 FORMER DAIMLER-CHRYSLER MECHANICS WHO ALL SAY IT IS DUE TO FAULTY ENGINE DESIGN. THANK YOU, [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

THE ENGINE STARTED MAKING A RATTLING NOISE AS I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK. I PULLED THE CAR INTO A PARKING LOT AND THE ENGINE DIED AND WOULD NOT RESTART. I HAD IT TOWED TO A GARAGE WHERE THEY TOLD ME THE TIMING CHAIN HAD GONE OUT BECAUSE OF ENGINE SLUDGE. THEY ALSO TOLD ME THAT THESE 2.7 ENGINES WERE NOTHING BUT JUNK. THE MOTOR BEEDS TO BE REPLACED BUT SINCE I COULDN'T AFFORD THE $6,000 THAT WILL COST, I HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED BACK TO MY HOME.

DT: CONTACT STATES THE ENGINE COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE. THE SERVICE DEALER SAID THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

I OWN A 1999 DODGE INTREPID 2.7 LITER ENGINE. IT HAS ABOUT 95,000 MILES ON IT. I WAS PULLING MY CAR FORWARD WHEN THE ACCELERATOR/THROTTLE STUCK AND PLUNGED MY VEHICLE INTO A JEEP IN MY DRIVEWAY. I ALMOST PUSHED THAT VEHICLE ALMOST INTO THE ROAD WITH ONCOMING TRAFFIC. I PUT MY CAR INTO REVERSE TO PREVENT FURTHER INCIDENCE, AND IT CRASHED INTO A TREE (WITH THE THROTTLE STILL STUCK). THE TREE STOPPED MY VEHICLE AND I WAS ABLE TO SHIFT IT INTO PARK. THERE WAS MINIMAL DAMAGE TO THE JEEP BECAUSE IT HAD A SQUARE METAL BUMPER, BUT I WAS NOT SO FORTUNATE. I HAVE FRONTAL DAMAGE AS WELL AS EXTENSIVE REAR DAMAGE TO MY VEHICLE. THE CAR WAS GOING AT SUCH A FAST RATE OF SPEED THAT THE DRIVEWAY HAD DEEP MARKS IN IT FROM THE ACCELERATION AND ME TRYING TO BRAKE. THE CAR HAD TO TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP BECAUSE I DID NOT WANT TO TAKE THE CHANCE OF FURTHER INJURY/INCIDENCE.

VEHICLE, A 1999 DODGE INTREPID WITH 83000 MILES DIED TWICE WHILE DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY. FIRST INCIDENT ON 12/25/04. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO GARAGE WHERE MY MECHANIC SAID 3 OF THE PLUGS WERE FOULED DUE TO CATALYTIC CONVERTERS BEING BAD. CATS WERE REPLACED IN LATE MAY AFTER VEHICLE WAS OFF THE ROAD FOR 5 MONTHS. SECOND INCIDENT HAPPENED ON 6/7/05. SAME PROBLEM, VEHILE JUST DIED ON HIGHWAY. I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS A HISTORY OF THIS PROBLEM DUE TO ENGIN OIL SLUDGE BUILDUP. IS THIS TRUE? IS IT ALSO TRUE THAT CHRYSTLER IS DOING NOTHING ABOUT THE PROBLEM?

DT: THE CONTACT SAYS THAT HE IS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE VISIBILITY OF HEADLIGHTS BECAUSE IF LOOKING AT THE HEADLIGHT THEY LOOKS LIKE THEY FOGGED UP, AND CONDENSATION WAS RUNNING DOWN THE INSIDE OF THE HEADLIGHTS. THE CONTACT SAYS THAT HE IS AFRAID TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE AT NIGHT BECAUSE HIS VISIBILTY IS REDUCED. HE CONTACTED THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER, THEY TOLD HIM THIS WAS NOT A MANUFACTURER'S DEFECT , AND THAT HE WOULD HAVE TO FIX IT HIMSELF. DEALER WANTED $400.00 OR MORE TO FIX THEM. HE SAID THAT SINCE HE MOVED TO KENTUCKY TWO YEARS AGO HE FIRST STARTED NOTICING THE PROBLEM AND SINCE THEN IT HAS GOTTEN WORSE.*AK *SB *NM

THE CONSUMER STATES THE ENGINE HAS FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. THE DEALER STATES IT'S DUE TO SLUDGE BUILD UP. THE CAUSE HAS YET TO BE DETERMINED. *NM THE ENGINE CURRENTLY DISPLAYED A KNOCKING SOUND AFTER THE REPAIR. THE CONSUMER WAS ADVISED THAT THE MOTOR NEEDS REPLACING. *SC *JB

DT: OWN 1999 DODGE INTREPID WITH 60,000 MILES. THE OIL LIGHT CONTINUED TO ILLUMINATE. HOWEVER, KEPT OIL CHANGED REGULARLY. WIFE WAS DRIVING HOME, AND THE VEHICLE LOCKED UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. WAS ABLE TO RESTART AND MAKE IT TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND WAS TOWED. TOOK VEHICLE TO SERVICE DEALER, AND THEY DIAGNOSED AS THE CRANK SHAFT BEARINGS WERE WORN OUT, AND WERE NOT RECEIVING OIL. THIS HAPPENED ALL THE TIME WITH THESE MOTORS. BUILDS UP SLUDGE WITHIN THE MOTOR. AFTER INSPECTION, RECOMMENDED A NEW MOTOR. THE VALUE OF CAR IS $4,000 AND THE MOTOR COSTS $5,000. AFTER THE NEW MOTOR WAS ORDERED CHANGED MIND, WAS CHARGED $800 FOR RESTOCKING FEE AND CAR IS STILL NOT REPAIRED. *AK

DT: CONTACT STATES WHILE DRIVING HEARD A KNOCKING NOISE WHEN THE ENGINE STOPPED. THE LOCAL SERVICE DEALER COULD NOT FIND WHAT CAUSED THE ENGINE TO BLOW UP. *AK (11/09/05) THE CAM SENSOR WENT OUT. ABOUT A WEEK THE KNOCKING NOISE BEGAN. *SC

WHILE OPERATING MY 1999 DODGE INTREPID W.BOUND ON A CITY STREET IN PHILADELPHIA I WAS MAKING A LEFT TURN WHEN MY STEERING WHEEL STUCK FORCING ME INTO THE NORTH BOUND LANE. I COULD NOT MOVE THE STEERING WHEEL UNTIL I CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP. FORTUNATLEY THERE WAS NO TRAFFIC IN THAT NORTH BOUND LANES OR I AM CERTAIN I WOULD HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT. I CONTACTED THE DEALER I PURCHSED THE VEHICLE FROM, SINCE THE CAR HAS ONLY 37,000 MILES ON IT. I WAS INFORMED THAT MY WARRANTY WAS UP AND THERE IS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. I WOULD HAVE TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED TO THE DEALER. SINCE I AM RETIRED AND COULD NOT YET AFFORD TO GET THE VEHICLE FIXED IT IS STILL IN MY DRIVEWAY. MY WIFE WHO WAS IN THE AUTO AT THE TIME, REFUSES TO GET BACK INTO THE CAR.

DT: THE CONSUMER OWNS A 1999 DODGE INTREPID. CONSUMER STATES THAT HER DOORS WILL LOCK SOMETIMES AND SOMETIMES THEY WILL NOT. THE DOORS WILL ALSO UNLOCK ITSELF. CONSUMER HAS TRIED LOCKING THE DOORS FROM THE INSIDE AND NOT USING THE ELECTRONIC DOOR LOCK ON HER KEY CHAIN AND THIS STILL WILL NOT HELP. THE DOORS WILL UNLOCK ANYWAY. *TT *SB

ENGINE STARTED MAKING RATTLING NOISE WHILE DRIVING, PULLED OFF ROAD AND SHUT OFF ENGINE. I TRIED TO RESTART AND IT WOULDN'T START AGAIN. I HAD IT TOWED TO MY MECHANIC AND WAS TOLD THE ENGINE FAILURE WAS DUE TO SLUDGE IN THE TIMING CHAIN TENSIONER, AND THAT THE ENGINE WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. THIS ENGINE WAS WELL MAINTAINED AND HAD 68000 MILES. NO REPAIRS HAVE BEEN DONE ON IT DUE THE EXPENSE OF A NEW ENGINE.

1999 INTREPID ENGINE BLEW UP DUE TO SLUDGE PROBLEMS.*MR THE ENGINE BLEW UP DUE TO ENGINE OIL STARVATION FROM OIL SLUDGE ( THE TIMING CHAIN BROKE). IT ONLY HAS 78,399 KM AND IN THE MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE THE TIMEING SHOULD BE REPLACED EVERY 160,000KM. *BF *NM

I JUST HAD THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON MY CAR FIXED, OIL LEAK AND TRANSMISSION LEAK FIXED, AND THE WINDOWS FIXED BECAUSE THEY WERE OFF TRACK. MY AIR CONDITIONING UNIT IS BROKE AND I HATE THAT BECAUSE I HAVE A NEWBORN BABY AND ITS HOT! I HAD TO GET A NEW TRANSMISSION AT 95,000 MILES. I WAS UNHAPPY ABOUT THAT. I HATE MY 1999 DODGE INTREPID.

DT: OIL ENGINE LIGHT WAS BLINKING, WHILE CAR WAS TRAVELING THE ENGINE STARTED RATTLING NOISE. WHEN THE HOOD WAS OPENED THE ENGINE WAS SMOKING. THE MECHANIC NOTIFIED THE CONSUMER THAT THE ENGINE WAS BLOWN. THE CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING AT 70 MPH WHEN THIS HAPPENED. THIS HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED BY THE CONSUMER AS OF YET. BEFORE THIS HAPPENED THE OIL LIGHT BLINKED AND THE EXHAUST PIPE SMOKED. *TT *EH

(1) DRIVING NORMALLY WITH REGULAR OIL CHANGES 3000 MILES OR LESS. (2) DRIVING ON INTERSTATE WITH INFANT AND SELF AND CAR SEIZED UP AND CONTROL AND BRAKES WENT OUT!!!!! (3) TOLD WILL NEED NEW 2.7 ENGINE. SEEMS THAT IT'S COMMON KNOWLEDGE THAT THE 2.7L ENGINE IN THE DODGE INTREPID IS NO GOOD BECAUSE OF OIL FLOW PROBLEMS. DODGE HAS SO FAR AVOIDED HAVING TO PAY FOR THE NEGLECT. PLEASE DO SOMETHING!! THISE IS SERIOUSLY DANGEROUS!!!!! I'M A FAIRLY LARGE LADY THANK GOODNESS. IF I HAD BEEN JUST A LITTLE WEAKER THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN NO WAY THAT I COULD HAVE STOPPED THAT BIG BEAST OF AN INTREPID. THE ENGINE JUST QUITE ON ME AND THE POWER TO THE STEERING AND THE BRAKES ALL WERE USLESS. I WAS ON THE INTERSTATE WITH MY NEW BORN SON!! EVEN THE SCDOT GENTLEMAN ON DUTY KNEW EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED, HE ACTUALLY TOLD ME!!! NOW IF EVERY MECHANIC AND EVERYONE FAMILIAR EVEN A LITTLE WITH THE INTREPID KNOWS OF THIS PROBLEM WITH THE 2.7L ENGINE IN THE DODGE INTREPID THEN WHY OH WHY IS DODGE NOT RECALLING THEM??? IS IT ALL ABOUT MONEY AGAIN IT SEEMS TO ME THEY STAND TO LOOSE FAR FAR MORE IN THE LOST SALES OF THE FUTURE FOR NOT OWNING UP TO THEIR ERROR. IT REALLY BOTHERS ME THAT MY LIFE AND ESPECIALLY MY NEW BORN SONS LIFE IS LESS IMPORTANT TO THEM THEN THIS!!! THANK YOU FOR TAKING CARE OF THIS MATTER.

1994 DODGE INTREPID LEFT FRONT CONTROL ARM BROKE WHILE TURNING INTO THE SHOPPING PLAZA DRIVEWAY.*MR THE LEFT CONTROL ARM SEPARATED FROM THE STEERING KNUCKLE AND THE WHEEL ASSEMBLY CAME OUT OF THE WHEEL PULLING THE TRANSMISSION HALF SHAFT OUT OF THE TRANSAXLE. THE CONSUMER THE MANUFACTURER, BUT WAS TOLD THE RECALL HAD ALREADY BEEN PERFORMED ON THE VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD BY HER OWN DEALER THAT THE RECALL DOES NOTHING TO PREVENT THE WHEEL AND DRIVE SHAFT FROM COMING OUT OF THE VEHICLE. *JB

MY WIFE HAD JUST ENTERED THE HIGHWAY WHEN THE ENGINE SUDDENLY STALLED AND OUR CAR HAD TO BE TOWED. THE NEXT DAY A MECHANIC TOLD US THAT THE ENGINE WAS SEIZED. THE CAR ONLY HAS 82,000 MILES ON IT.THE TOTAL COST OF THE REPAIRS WAS $6442.91, THE ENGINE ALONE COST $4300.00 FROM JASPER ENGINES, WHICH SAID THAT THEY HAVE CORRECTED THE DESIGN FLAWS WITHIN THE ENGINE. IF A POPULAR AND REPUTABLE ENGINE REBUILDER CAN FIND AND FIX THE PROBLEM THAN WHY CAN'T CHRYSLER.

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING ALONG WITH MY DIABETIC MOTHER AND OUR 11 MONTH OLD SON TO THE LOUISVILLE AIRPORT *3 HOURS AWAY* TO PICK UP HER FAMILY, WHO WAS FLYING IN FOR A VISIT. WITHOUT WARNING THE MOTOR BLEW. THEY WERE LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE A STATE TROOPER HAPPEN ALONG WHO GAVE THEM A RIDE BACK INTO TOWN, *THEY ONLY MADE IT APPROXIMATELY 25 MILES FROM HOME*. WE ONLY HAD THE CAR FOR 5 MONTHS AND HAD NEVER HAD ANY PROBLEMS WITH IT, NOR ANY INDICATIONS SOMETHING WAS GOING TO HAPPEN. THE CAR HAS APPROXIMATELY 80,000 MILES ON IT, AND I REALIZE IT IS PASSED IT'S "36000 MILE WARRANTY" BUT WITH ALL THE ENGINE FAILURES THIS 2.7 HAS HAD IT IS SHAMEFUL! I AM JUST GRATEFUL THE STATE POLICE CAME BY WHEN HE DID, AS IT WAS A HOT DAY OUT, AND THEY WERE ON THE CUMBERLAND PARKWAY, MEANING NO WHERE TO WALK TO FOR HELP.

OIL LIGHT FLICKERED A COUPLE OF TIME AT AN IDLE. CALLED SERVICE AT DEALERSHIP AND TOOK IT IN FOR POSSIBLE OIL SENSOR REPLACEMENT. FOUND OUT ENGINE WAS DAMAGED AND NEEDS REPLACING. WAS OFFERED 2 ENGINES ONE AT 60,000 MI THE OTHER AT 100,00 MI. REFUESED BOTH FOR FEAR OF THOSE GOING TO. WARRANTY OUT OF DATE AT 100,00 MILES. VEHICLE NOW 114,00 MI AND IS A 1999. OIL WAS ALWAYS CHANGED EVERY 4500 MILES AND MOBILE 1 SYNTHETIC WAS USED. NO WARNING OF SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT EVER COMING ON. OIL WAS ALWAYS UP TO FULL LINE ON DIPSTICK. I FEEL CHRYSLER SHOULD HELP ME WITH THE PROBLEM BY HELPING ME PURCHASE A NEW ENGINE OR APPLYING A DEAL FOR ANOTHER CAR. MY CAR IS NOT THAT OLD AND I FEEL IT WAS NOT OUR FAULT THAT THE ENGINE WENT THIS SOON. MY DEALER SHIP HAS ALWAYS BEEN GREAT AND UP FRONT WITH ME ON EVERYTHING ELSE AND I KNOW THEY ARE DOING THEIR BEST TO HELP. I HAVE A 1999 DODGE INTREPID WITH A 2.7L ENGINE. I SEE OTHERS HAVE HAD SIMILAR PROBLEMS. I THINK THERE SHOULD BE A MASSIVE RECALL ON THESE ENGINES AND ASSISTANCE FOR GETTING THEM FIXED.

FAILURE OF 2.7 LITER DODGE INTREPID ENGINE AT 72,000 MILES

I HAVE A 1999 DODGE INTREPID. THE VEHICLES ARE JUST NO GOOD. THE 2.7 MOTORS IN THOSE CARS ARE BLOWING UP, THE TIMING CHAINS BREAK. YOU CAN'T FIND OTHER MOTORS TO PUT IN THE CARS BECAUSE ALL THE MOTORS ARE JUST NOT GOOD. MOST OF THE PEOPLE I KNOW HAVE JUST SENT THEIR CARS TO THE JUNK YARD FOR SCRAPS.*AK

WE PURCHASED THE INTREPID WITH THE 2.7L ENGINE WITH 29,000 MILES ON IT FOR APPROXIMATELY $13,000. MARCH 18, 2004, WITH 82,000 MILES ON IT, THE ENGINE FAILED. WE PURCHASED AN EXTENDED WARRANTY TO COVER THESE EVENTS, BUT IT EXPIRED AT 75,000 MILES. *JB FOR THE PAST YEAR, WE HAVE BEEN MAKING PAYMENTS AND PAYING FULL COVERAGE INSURANCE FOR THIS VEHICLE AS IT SITS BEHIND OUR HOUSE, NOT BEING DRIVEN. A QUICK SEARCH ON ANY SEARCH ENGINE, BRINGS UP HUNDREDS, IF NOT THOUSANDS, OF CASES OF THIS PARTICULAR CAR AND ENGINE FAILING AT THE 80,000 MILE MARK. DUE TO THE NATURE AND HISTORY OF THESE ENGINES, WE ARE NOT ABLE TO FIND A USED ONE TO REPLACE THE FAILED ENGINE IN OUR CAR. WE HAVE HAD OUR NAMES LISTED WITH DEALERS AND SALVAGE YARDS AROUND THE REGION SINCE IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE ENGINE FAILURE. A NEW ENGINE COSTS $5,000 TO REPLACE PER ESTIMATES. THE CAR IS VALUED, WITH A WORKING ENGINE, AT LESS THAN $4000. REPLACEMENT COSTS AND THE AMOUNT OWING ON THE CAR, PUT US IN A POSITION THAT WE HAVE NO OPTIONS AT THIS POINT OTHER THAN TO LET IT SIT AND PAY IT OFF. *JB

CAR STARTED SHAKING, I WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH MY TIRES, SO I BOUGHT A NEW TIRE. SHAKING CONTINUED, UNTIL THE DAY I TOOK THE CAR IN WHERE I BOUGHT IT AND I DIDN'T SEE IT AGAIN FOR 6 MONTHS. I WAS TOLD BY THE USED CAR DEALERSHIP THAT THERE WAS METAL SHAVINGS IN MY OIL AND THAT I WOULD NEED A NEW ENGINE. AFTER MANY ATTEMPTS TO GET A LOW PRICED ENGINE, NUMEROUS (AND FAILED) ATTEMPTS AT A LOAN TO PAY FOR IT, ONE WAS FOUND BY THE USED CAR DEALERSHIP FROM WHERE THE CAR WAS PURCHASED. THEY QUOTED A PRICE OF $3500 BUT WHEN WE WENT IN TO PAY THE PRICE HAD GONE UP TO $4200. THE SALESMAN SAID THAT HE MUST HAVE TOLD US THE WRONG PRICE. ANYWAY, THE CAR WAS REPAIRED AND BACK IN THE LAND OF THE DRIVING IN MARCH '05. WOULD HAVE HAD THE CAR BACK SOONER BUT THE GARAGE THAT WAS REPAIRING IT DID SOME DAMAGE TO MY CAR. FIRST, THE ORIGINAL MAN WHO TOOK MY ENGINE APART, WHO EITHER QUIT OR WAS FIRED, PUT NUMEROUS ENGINE PARTS IN NUMEROUS BOXES AND PLACED THEM IN NUMEROUS PLACES. THE OWNER COULDN'T FIND ALL OF THE PARTS. SECOND, THEY BROKE MY WINDSHIELD AND HAD TO ORDER A NEW ONE, WAIT FOR IT TO COME IN, AND THEN WAIT FOR IT TO BE INSTALLED. *AK

I OWN A 1999 DODGE INTREPID (2.7L) THAT IS A WELL-MAINTAINED VEHICLE. THE ENGINE OF THE CAR HAS SUDDENLY BROKE DOWN PREMATURELY RIGHT AFTER THE WARRANTY PERIOD. CHRYSLER HAS REFUSED TO HELP.*AK PLEASE MAKE CHRYSLER TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS FAILURE AND HELP ME WITH THE REPAIR. THE VEHICLE WAS MAINTAINED ACCORDING TO THE SPECIFICATION. CHRYSLER IS SCAMMING THE PUBLIC. PLEASE PROTECT THE PUBLIC.

WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. AS A RESULT THE VEHICLE COASTED TO A STOP. THE CAUSE HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED. *JB ENGINE LOCKED, NO OIL TO #2 PISTON, HEADS WARPED. PULLED ENGINE DOWN TO CHECK ENGINE KNOCKING NOISE. ENGINE HAD SPUN BEARING ON ROD BEARING. REPLACED COMPLETE ENGINE ASSEMBLY. *BF *NM

I WAS TRAVELING AT 65 MPH ON THE INTERSTATE. WITHOUT WARNING LIGHTS OR ANY OTHER WARNING, ENGINE BEGAN "TAPPING," THEN LOCKED UP BY THE TIME I COULD SAFELY PARK THE CAR. MECHANIC ADVISES THAT TOTAL ENGINE REPLACEMENT IS NECESSARY.*AK

ROD WAS THROWN IN ENGINE, DUE TO SLUDGE BUILD-UP, IT HAS HAD REGULAR OIL CHANGES. *AK

NORMAL DRIVING WITH REGULAR MAINTENENCE LED UP TO THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE RESULTED IN ENGING REPLACEMENT TO THE TUNE OF $4,000.*AK

THE VEHICLE WAS PULLING OUT AND BEGINNING TO ACCELERATE WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE ENGINE FROZE UP AND STALLED. THE ENGINE WAS NO LONGER OPERABLE. *JB CONSUMER STATED ENGINE BLEW. *TT

WE HAVE A 1999 INTREPID WITH THE 2.7 LITER ENGINE WHICH FAILED AT APPROXIMATELY 72,000 MILES. WE BOUGHT THE VEHICLE USED IN FEBURARY 2002 WITH 22,000 ON IT. WE HAD THE VEHICLE IN SEVERAL TIMES FOR ISSUES WITH THE TRANSMISSION, HEAT AND AIR. WE FOUND OUT TOO LATE THAT ALL THESE PROBLEMS ARE THE FIRST SIGN OF ENGINE FAILURE. WHILE DRIVING WE HEARD A SLIGHT KNOCK IN THE ENGINE AND EVEN THOUGH THE OIL HAD JUST BEEN CHANGED 1500 MILES BEFORE WE PULLED IN AND HAD IT CHANGED AGAIN (NO ONE EVER MENTIONED TOO LITTLE OIL AND THE STATE OF THE OIL BEING REMOVED IN THE TWO YEARS WE OWNED IT). ABOUT 20 MILES AFTER HAVING THE OIL CHANGED THE KNOCKING GOT LOUDER. WE WERE ON A HIGHWAY DOING 60 MPH AND WERE COMING UP TO A PLACE WE COULD PULL OFF BUT THE ENGINE DIED BEFORE WE COULD GET OFF THE ROAD NEARLY KILLING MY HUSBAND, 12 MONTH OLD SON AND MYSELF. THE QUOTES FOR A NEW ENGINE ARE IN THE RANGE OF $4000 TO $5000 AND THE BLUE BOOK ON THE CAR IS ONLY $3500 (WITH A RUNNING ENGINE). WE'VE HAD TO DEFAULT ON THE LOAD SINCE WE HAD TO BUY A NEW CAR AND EVEN THE FINANCE COMPANY WON'T PICK IT UP BECAUSE IT'S NOT WORTH ENOUGH TO TAKE TO AUCTION. WHEN WE CONTACTED CHRYSLER WE WERE SIMPLY TOLD THAT THE VEHICLE WAS OUT OF WARRANTY AND IT WAS OUR PROBLEM NOW.*AK

WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH VEHICLE STALLED. DRIVER WAS NOT ABLE TO RESTART VEHICLE, AND IT WAS TOWED TO A GARAGE FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

ENGIN FAILURE NO WARNING. *JB