1994 DODGE INTREPID Engine And Engine Coolingengine Problems

1994 INTREPID STALLS WHEN DRIVING OR AT STOP LIGHT. *TS THE VEHICLE WOULD STALL WHILE SITTING AT STOP LIGHTS, SLOWING DOWN TO STOP OR WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE. WHEN THE VEHICLE STALLED THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. ON ONE OCCASION THE VEHICLE COULDN'T EVEN BE STARTED AND IT HAD TO BE TOWED TOT HE DEALER. THE PROBLEM WAS THE COATING AROUND THE WIRING. *NM

1994 DODGE INTREPID SHUTS OFF FOR NO APPARENT REASON.*MR *NM

WHEN MAKING A HARD LEFT HAND TURN ENGINE SHUTS OFF. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

ENGINE TIMING BELT HAD CAUSED VEHICLE TO SLOW DOWN. SOMETIMES IT EVEN LOST POWER ON THE ROAD. DEALER HAD TO REPLACE ENGINE TIMING BELT. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.*AK

CONSUMER STATED ANTIFREEZE STARTED LEAKING, TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER AND THEY REPLACED THERMOSTAT, CURRENTLY VEHICLE HAS A BLOWN HEAD GASKET AND ANTIFEEZE IS STILL LEAKING, DEALER HAD TO REPLACE HEAD GASKETS.*AK CONSUMER QUESTIONS WHY THE THE HEAD GASKET FAILED AFTER THE THERMOSTAT WAS REPLACEMENT. *SLC CONSUMER STATED THERE WAS NEVER ANY INDICATION THAT THE VEHICLE WAS OVERHEATING THE TEMPERATURE ALWAYS REMAINED NORMAL.*JG

WHILE RIDING ALONG THE HIGHWAY HE SMELLED AND SAW SMOKE. AFTER OPENING THE HOOD, THERE WAS FIRE ON THE TOP OF THE ENGINE BLOCK.*AK

VEHICLE WOULD STALL OUT WHILE DRIVING. WOULD HAVE NO PRIOR WARNING. HAS BEEN STALLING OUT EVERY DAY. A PROBLEM WITH DRIVING VEHICLE. *AK

FRONT END OF VEHICLE WOULD SHAKE WHEN APPLYING BRAKES, RATTLING NOISE UNDER HOOD, ALL FOUR DOOR HINGES WOULD SQEAK AND DROP WHEN OPENING THE DOORS THIS WAS RETURNED SEVERAL TIMES TO DEALER,AND STILL BACK DOORS DO NOT WORK PROPERLY. ENGINE MOUNTS WENT OUT, RUBBER MOULDING AROUND INSIDE OF DRIVERS DOOR FELL OFF 3 TIMES FINALLY THEY GLUED IT ON AGAIN. ENGINE CHECK LIGHT KEPT COMING ON THEY REPLACED THE SENSOR EVEN THOUGH THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS WRONG, THE BRAKES AND ROTORS GAVE OUT CHRYSLER WAS CONTACTED AND THEY REFUSED TO REPLACE ROTORS BECAUSE IT WAS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. TRANSMISSION STILL SLIPS WHEN APPLYING GAS TO PEDAL.VEHICLE SITS AND THEN SURGES.VEHICLE IS IN SHOP AGAIN FOR LOUD THUMPING NOISE IN FRONT END OF VEHICLE POSSIBLY ENGINE CRADLE . CONTACTED CHRYSLER ABOUT LEMMON LAW AT BEGINNING OF OWNERSHIP OF VEH AND THEY SAID IT DID NOT APPLY.

WATER PUMP AND COOLING SYSTEM FAILED, CAUSING EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO ENGINE, POWER STEERING, AND TIMING BELT. NO WARNING FROM INSTRUMENT PANEL, NO INDICATION THAT ENGINE WAS HOT. NOW IN NEED OF NEW ENGINE.

CONSUMER PULLED UP TO THE LIGHT TO MAKE A RIGHT TURN, AND VEHICLE LOST POWER. BRAKES WERE NOT WORKING. DRIVER SHIFTED TO RIGHT WHERE ANOTHER VEHICLE WAS PRESENT, AND SHE HIT THE OTHER VEHICLE. *AK

OIL LEAK, CAUSING FUMES TO COME INTO THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT. ALSO, ENGINE HEAD GASKET HAS BLOWN OUT. DEAELR HAS REPAIRED HEAD GASKET A YEAR AGO. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

THE ENGINE BLOCK WAS CHIPPED IN THE BACK ON THE LEFT SIDE WHERE THE CYLINDER HEAD MEETS THE ENGINE BLOCK. THIS RESULTED IN ANTIFREEZE POURING OUT THE BACK OF THE ENGINE. *AK

STEERING / FRONT SUSPENSION/ ENGINE CRADLE IS LOOSE AND NOISY POBLEMS STARTED APPEARING AROUND. *AK

AIR CONDITIONING BLOWING HOT AIR. NEEDED TO REPLACE FREON. AIR CONDITIONER WORKS FOR 2 MONTHS AND NOW IS BLOWING HOT AIR AGAIN! TRANSMISSION IS JERKING WHEN COMING TO A STOP AND THEN QUICKLY ACCELERATING. I REPLACED THE HEAD GASKETS AT A COST OF $700 ON A CAR THAT HAD ONLY 48,000 MILES ON IT. THE GASKETS WERE COMPLETELY ROTTED.

ENGINE MOUNTS FAILED. THEY RIPPED THE LOWER CONTROL ARM OUT FROM THE ENGINE CRADLE. CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER AND MANUFACTURER. *ML

TIMING BELT TENSIONER PULLEY FAILED, CAUSING TIMING BELT TO BE WORN DOWN AND SLIP CAUSING CAR TO BE UNSTARTABLE. IF THIS WOULD HAVE HAPPENED AT HIGHWAY SPEED ENGINE WOULD HAVE DIED AND WOULD HAVE BEEN UNSTARTABLE. *AK

OIL PAN GASKET FAILED.

ENGINE MOUNTS FAILED.

WHILE DRIVING THERE IS A GAS SMELL DETECTED. MOST NOTICEABLE WHEN HEAT OR AIR CONDITIONING IS USED. DEALERS REPLACED NUMEROUS GASKETS, BUT PROBLEM REMAINS. *AK

LEFT REAR HEAD GASKET FAILED. *AK

OIL PAN FAILURE.

VALVE COVER GASKET FAILED.

TIMING BELT MELTED, CAUSING ENGINE TO LOSE POWER. ALSO WATER PUMP SEIZED. *AK

GASKET FAILED.

OIL FILTER FAILED.

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING VEHICLE ABOUT 50 MPH WHEN CAR LOST POWER,STRONG SHAKING OF ENTIRE CAR, GAS ODOR/WHITE SMOKE WAS COMING FROM BACK OF CAR. CONSUMER TOOK CAR TO DEALERSHIP SEVERAL TIME, REPLACED ENGINE HEADS/VAVLES/PISTON. RINGS/FUEL RAIL INJECTORS. DUE TO IMPROPER SERVICE, THIS INCIDENT REOCCURRED WITHIN 2-3 MILES FROM DEALERSHIP AFTER IT WAS SUPPOSE TO BE FIXED.AK