1999 DODGE INTREPID Engine And Engine Coolingengine Problems

POWER STEERING WENT OUT THEN THE ENGINE SEIZED.*AK

RE:1999 DODGE INTREPID 2.7 LITER ENGINE BLOW OUT. I WAS ENCOURAGED BY MY MECHANIC AFTER WORKING ON MY CAR A NUMBER OF TIMES TO GET RID OF IT, BECAUSE OF THE ENGINE TROUBLE. THE CAR IS COMPLETELY INCAPACITATED AND IT WILL TAKE OVER $3,000.00 TO FIX. I STILL HAVE PAYMENTS ON THE CAR AND THE AMOUNT TO REPAIR THE CAR IS MORE THAN THE CAR IS WORTH. *JB

ENGINE SEIZED WITHOUT WARNING. *PH CONSUMER FELT THAT DAIMLER CHRYSLER SHOULD TAKE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE DEFECT. ALSO, CONSUMER FOUND OUT COMPLAINTS FROM OTHER CONSUMER ABOUT ENGINE PROBLEMS ON CERTAIN DODGE MODELS. *LA

WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH MOTOR FAILED. CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

ENGINE GIVES OUT EVEN AFTER PROPER MAINTENANCE OF THE VEHICLE. *JB

I WAS DRIVING MY 1999 2.7 INTREPID TO THE STORE JANUARY 2004 IN THE MORNING. MY CAR STALLED GOING 45 MPH I WAS ABLE TO BOUNCE IT OFF A CURB AND BRING IT TO A STOP WITH OUT ANY MISHAPS, BUT I HAD MY 7 AND 5 YEAR OLD DAUGHTERS IN THE CAR WITH ME AND IT SHOOK THEM UP PRETTY GOOD. HAD IT TOWED TO A GARAGE AND THEY TOLD ME THE ENGINE SEIZED AND IT WAS GOING TO COST ME 6800.00 TO FIX IT. IM LAID OFF FROM WORK WITH LITTLE INCOME COMING IN ALONG WITH A 300.00 A MONTH CAR PAYMENT ON A CAR THAT DOESNT EVEN RUN. WHY? THE THING ONLY HAS 64000 MILE ON IT CHRYSLER IS A JOKE I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER PRODUCT FROM THEM.

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE HESITATED BEFORE ACCELERATION. THIS RESULTED IN A BLOWN MOTOR. DEALERSHIP INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT THE PROBLEM PERTAINED TO SLUDGE ACCUMULATING INSIDE THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. *AK THE MANUFACTURER REFUSED TO PROVIDE ANY ASSISTANCE. *NM

I HAVE A 1999 DODGE INTREPID 2.7 LITER. WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE THE ENGINE LOCKED UP. I LOST ALL POWER AND THE POWER STEERING FAILED. IT WAS ALL I COULD DO TO GET THE CAR SAFELY OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME MY ENGINE HAS DIED. THIS CAR IS A SAFETY HAZARD AND SHOULD BE REMOVED FROM THE ROAD! *JB

1999 DODGE INTREPID WITH 91200 MILES HAS LOW OIL PRESSURE. DEALER ADVISES ME THE ENGINE IS WORN OUT AND SHOULD BE REPLACED AT A COST OF $7000. THIS 2.7L ENGINE IS APPARENTLY FLAWED IN DESIGN AND MANUFACTURER. *JB

OIL LIGHT ILLUMINATED. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER THE NEXT DAY FOR OIL CHANGE. A COUPLE OF DAYS LATER, CONSUMER HEARD SOMETHING THAT SOUNDED LIKE METAL SCRAPPING AGAINST METAL. DEALER STATED MOTOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO LACK OF OIL CHANGES. *AK

99 DODGE INTREPRID WITH BLOWN ENGINE. *AK

I HAVE A 1999 2.7L DODGE INTREPID THAT IS CURRENTLY BEING INVESTIGATED FOR POSSIBLE WARRANTY DENIAL ON AN ENGINE FAILURE. WE HAD A SENSOR REPLACED IN NOVEMBER 18 2003 ALONG WITH AN OIL CHANGE AND A TRANSMISSION CHANGE. AFTER THIS SERVICE THROUGH THE DODGE DEALERSHIP IN OUR AREA WE NOTED THAT THE OIL LIGHT WAS FLICKERING WHILST IDLING AND WHEN THE ENGINE WAS WARM. WE WERE ASSURED THAT IT WAS JUST A SENSOR ISSUE AND THEY PROMPTLY CHECKED THE OIL LEVEL A MONTH AGO TO ASSURE US THE OIL WAS STILL IN THE ENGINE. THE ENGINE BEGAN TICKING AT HIGH SPEEDS AND HAD CONTINUED TO GET WORSE. THE ENGINE HAS A LOUD KNOCKING NOISE THAT IS PREDOMINENT AS SOON AS I TURN ON THE ENGINE. IN ORDER TO NOT RISK THE SAFETY OF MY TWO YOUNG CHILDREN WE HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. THEY HAVE NOW CONCLUDED THAT...

WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH VEHICLE STALLED. THIS CAUSED LOSS OF STEERING AND BRAKES. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP, AND MECHANIC REPLACED THE ENGINE IN FEBRUARY 2003 AT CONSUMER'S EXPENSE. ONE YEAR LATER, SAME ENGINE PROBLEM OCCURRED. *AK

MY 1999 DODGE INTREPID 2.7L BLEW AN ENGINE AT NORMAL EXPRESSWAY SPEEDS ON JULY 29, 2003, CAUSING AN IMMEDIATE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS LOSS OF POWER IN MID-TRAFFIC. IT ALSO RESULTED IN AN ENORMOUS REPAIR ESTIMATE OF BETWEEN $5,000 AND $7,500. A DESIGN FLAW IN THIS PARTICULAR ENGINE CAUSES AN EXCESS BUILD-UP OF ENGINE SLUDGE, WHICH RESULTS IN PREMATURE ENGINE FAILURE AT ANYWHERE BETWEEN 35,000 AND 70,000 NO MATTER HOW RELIGIOUSLY YOU CHANGE THE OIL. I HAVE SINCE DISCOVERED AN ASTOUNDING NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS ON THE INTERNET REGARDING THIS EXACT ISSUE, AND ANY CALL TO ANY AUTO SALVAGE YARD IN AMERICA WILL CONFIRM WHAT I'M SAYING. EVERYBODY IN THE AUTO REPAIR INDUSTRY IS AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM. CHRYSLER HAS BEEN MADE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM BY THOUSANDS OF COMPLAINTS REGARDING THIS ISSUE, BUT THEY HAVE REFUSED TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. NO RECALL, NO ASSISTANCE WITH REPAIR COSTS. NOTHING.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH AND WITHOUT ANY WARNING AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILED. TOWED VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, TECHNICIAN INDICATED THE NEED FOR A NEW TRANSMISSION, ALSO HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE ENGINE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED CONSUMER HEARD A TICKING AND KNOCKING SOUND COMING FROM THE ENGINE. DEALER CLAIMED THAT THE PROBLEM WAS THE PISTONS AND A NEW ENGINE WAS NEEDED.*AK *JB

ENGINE FAILURE. *AK

THE CONSUMER PULLED INTO A FUELING STATION AND WITHOUT WARNING THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE DEALER EXAMINED THE VEHICLE, AND FOUND THAT A NEW ENGINE WAS NEEDED. THE DEALER NEVER EXPLAINED TO THE CONSUMER WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS. *AK *SC *JB

MY ENGINE FAILED ON THE FREEWAY IN TRAFFIC. THIS WAS WITNESSED BY THE STORE OWNER WHERE I MANAGED TO COAST TO HIS PARKING LOT. I WAS ALMOST INJURED BY ONCOMING TRAFFIC. *JB

I HAVE A 1999 DODGE INTREPID. IT HAS A 2.7 LITER MOTOR IN IT. THE MOTOR HAS FAILED. THE WARRENTY IS OUT, BUT FROM THE FEED BACK I HAVE BEEN GETTING FOR THE LAST YEAR. THE 2.7 LITER MOTORS ARE NO GOOD. I'M LOOKING AT AROUND $5000.00 TO PUT ANOTHER MOTOR IN IT. THIS PRICE IS A QUOTE I GOT FROM A SHOP IN SKIATOOK,OK I CONTACTED CRYSLER DODGE IN 2003 AFTER THE MOTOR FAILED. I WAS TOLD I HAD NO WARRENTY WHICH I WAS AWARE OF AND THAT THEY HAD NO PLANS OF TAKING CARE OF THE FAULTY 2.7 LITER MOTOR. I FILED A COMPLAINT AT THAT TIME. I HAVE FILED OTHER COMPLAINTS TO THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, COSUMMER AFFAIRS, I SPOKE TO THE ATTORNEY GENERALS OFFICE IN OKLAHOMA CITY, OK THEY REFERRED ME TO THIS SITE. THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION REFERRED ME TO CONTACT CRYSLER DODGE AGAIN. ON...

1999 DODGE INTREPID WITH 2.7L MITSUBISHI ENGINE. OIL LAMP BEGAN FLICKERING AT LOW IDLE. DEALER SAID THE ENGINE MAY BE ABOUT TO FAIL AND REPAIR WOULD BE $5000. THIS LED ME TO WWW.AIRLINE-COMPLAINTS.COM, WHERE, IF YOU LOOK UP AUTOMOBILE COMPLAINTS, THEN CHRYSLER, YOU WILL FIND PAGES AND PAGES OF NOTES REGARDING THIS VEHICLE AND ENGINE, DESCRIBING SUDDEN CATASTROPHIC FAILURE WITHOUT WARNING. IF THIS SHOULD HAPPEN ON THE HIGHWAY, THE OPERATOR COULD LOSE CONTROL AS THE POWER ASSIST IS LOST TO BOTH STEERING AND BRAKES. WHILE MY ENGINE HAS NOT FAILED YET, THE WARNING SIGN IS THERE, AND I NOW CONSIDER IT UNRELIABLE AND OF DIMINISHED VALUE, AS I CANNOT SELL IT WITH A CLEAR CONSCIENCE. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE DAIMLER CHRYSLER MAKE GOOD ON PREMATURE ENGINE FAILURE.*AK

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 35 MPH MOTOR SHUT DOWN AND NEVER TURNED OVER AGAIN. CONSUMER HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALER. *AK

CONSUMER HEARD A CLICKING NOISE WHILE DRIVING. THE NEXT DAY, AFTER PARKING THE VEHICLE, IT WOULD NOT START. TOOK VEHICLE TO A MECHANIC, AND THE MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT ENGINE BLEW OUT. *AK *LA

WHILE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AT AN UNDETERMINED SPEED VEHICLE STALLED, CAUSING THE DRIVER TO HAVE THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER. MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE ENGINE FAILED. *AK

THE ENGINE ON OUR 1999 DODGE INTREPID LOCKED UP WITH 90000 MILES ON IT. IT APPEARS ALOT OF THESE CARS WITH THE 2.7 ENGINE ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 30 MPH CONSUMER HEARD A NOISE,IT SOUNDED LIKE IT WAS COMING THROUGH THE ENGINE. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, AND TECHNICIAN DETERMINED THAT ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

TOTAL ENGINE FAILURE, DUE TO SLUDGE BUILDUP. *AK

2.7L ENGINE STARTED TO MAKE LOUD NOISE. TOOK ENGINE APART AND FOUND THAT TIMING CHAIN GUIDES HAD DISINTEGRATED. REPLACED GUIDES, ROD BEARINGS AND OIL PUMP. CLEANED ALL SLUDGE FROM ENGINE. CHECK ENGINE STARTED TO FLASH. CAR LOST POWER. HAD CAR TOWED TO DEALERSHIP. THEY COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE CAR. CAR STARTED UP FOR THEM. DIDN'T FIND ANY CODES IN COMPUTER. DROVE CAR FOR ABOUT 2 MONTHS BEFORE PROBLEMS STARTED AGAIN. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STAYED ON. TOOK TO INDEPENDENT SHOP AND GOT AN ASD RELAY PROBLEM AND TCM RELAY PROBLEM. REPLACED RELAYS. CAR RAN FINE FOR ABOUT 3 MONTHS. PROBLEMS STARTED AGAIN. WHEN THIS HAPPENED THE FIRST TIME THE CAR HAD BEEN DRIVEN ABOUT 70 MILES. AFTER THE LAST TIME IT WAS DRIVEN 20 MILES. TOWED TO DEALER. STATED THAT THERE IS A TIMING PROBLEM AND ALOT OF SLUDGE IN THE MOTOR. ESTIMATE OF $1200 TO TRY TO FIND...

I HAVE A 1999 DODGE INTREPID AND WITHOUT WARNING THE ENGINE FAILED. I SEARCHED THE INTERNET AND WAS SHOCKED TO FIND THAT THE TYPE OF ENGINE I HAVE IS NOTORIOUS FOR DOING WHAT IT DID. IT HAS HAPPENED TO MANY PEOPLE WITH THE SAME TYPE OF ENGINE. THEIR SAFETY IS BEING JEOPARDIZED DUE TO THE EXTREMELY POOR QUALITY OF THIS ENGINE. *JB

THE CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN INDICATED THE ENGINE WAS NO GOOD AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACE. THE ENGINE WAS MAINTAINED POORLY AND THAT WAS THE REASON THE ENGINE LOCKED UP. *JB

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED CONSUMER HEARD A KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHO CHECKED THE MOTOR, AND INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT A NEW MOTOR WAS NEEDED. *AK

ON BUSY INTERSTATE, ENGINE SUFFERED TOTAL FAILURE WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. VEHICLE WAS TOWED AND ENGINE REPLACED. CAUSE DETERMINED TO BE SLUDGE DEPOSITS DESPITE FREQUENT OIL CHANGES WITHIN MANUFACTURER'S SPECIFICATION.*AK

THE ENGINE FAILED AT 15,000 MILES. *AK THE TIMING BELT "JUMPED," AND THE ENGINE WAS REPLACED. THE COOLER LINES LEAKED AS WELL. *SC *JB

ENGINE CHECK LIGHT LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. DEALER MECHANIC REPLACED THE SENDING UNIT, AND USED A THICKER OIL. *AK

CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT AN ENGINE PROBLEM. HEARD A HORRIBLE SQUEALING/KNOCKING NOISE AND VEHICLE CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP.*AK

THE VEHICLE'S ENGINE THREW A ROD. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *NM

WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH THE DRIVER SUDDENLY HEARD A LOUD NOISE WHICH CAME FROM THE ENGINE. IT WAS LATER DETERMINED THAT THE ENGINE SEIZED AND BLEW A ROD. THE VEHICLE RECEIVED REGULAR OIL CHANGES AND THE ENGINE WAS FLUSHED SEVERAL TIMES PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *NM

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE'S ENGINE FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CAUSE HAS YET TO BE DETERMINED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *NM

MOTOR SMOKED AND SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING. CONSUMER INDICATED MOTOR WAS DEFECTIVE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH ENGINE FAILED AT 73,000 MILES.*AK THE CONSUMER CONTACTED HER INSURANCE ABOUT THE DEFECTIVE ENGINE BUT THE REFUSED ANY ASSISTANCE. THE INSUERNCE REPRESENTATIVE ALSO STATED THAT THEY DO NOT INSURE AND PROBLEMS RELATED TO THIS TYPE OF ENGINE. THE MANUFACTURER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. *NM

TOTAL ENGINE OF OUR 2.7L DOHC ENGINE IN OUR 1999 DODGE INTREPID WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AT A SPEED OF 45MPH RESULTING IN COSTLY BILLS THAT WERE MADE AT THE OWNER'S EXPENSE.*AK

ON OCTOBER 31, 2003 MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING MY INTREPID ON THE FREEWAY NEAR CANTON, MICHIGAN. UPON PRESSING THE ACCELORATOR THE ENGINE HESITATED, THEN THE OIL LIGHT FLASHED ON FOR ONE SECOND JUST BEFORE SHE HEARD A POPPING SOUND. THEN SHE LOST ALL POWER. SHE COULD NOT STEER OR BRAKE THE CAR VERY WELL AT ALL. SHE WAS GOING 65 MILES PER HOUR AND NEARLY GOT INTO A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. SHE GOT THE CAR ONTO THE SHOULDER BUT COULD NOT START THE ENGINE. WE HAD IT TOWED TO A SERVICE STATION WHERE THEY TOLD ME THE ENGINE WAS SEIZED AND IT WOULD COST $5,000 TO $6500 TO REPAIR. IT HAS BEEN ONLY 3000 MILES SINCE MY LAST OIL CHANGE.

1999 DODGE INTREPID ENGINE FAILED AT 92,000. ENGINE WAS STARVING FOR OIL, AND BROKE DOWN WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING (SLUDGE BUILD-UP). I HAVE BEEN QUOTED 6500.00 TO FIX BY AUTO PLACE. TOOK TO DEALER, THEY COULD ONLY OFFER APPROXIMATELY 1- 2 GRAND, AND USE 4000.00 INCENTIVE TO HELP COVER COST, BUT STILL OUT 4 GRAND ON LOAN. CALLED CHRYSLER, AND THEY SAID THEY COULD NOT HELP ME, BECAUSE I AM WAY PAST THE 56000 MARK. THIS SEEMS TO BE A FARCE, BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME MANY PEOPLE REPORTING ENGINE FAILURES ON THE DODGE 2.7L ENGINE - SAME REASONS.. SLUDGE. OFTEN FAIL WITHOUT ENOUGH WARNING TO PREVENT MAJOR FAILURE. *AK

OIL LIGHT FLASHED ON THE DASHBOARD. THIS CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO SHUT DOWN. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR ANALYSIS, AND MECHANIC NOTICED THAT THERE WAS SLUDGE IN THE ENGINE. *AK

PURCHASED THIS 1999 DODGE INTREPID (2.7 L ENGINE) FOR SON 2 MONTHS AGO WITH 98,000 MILES. RAN PERFECTLY FOR 4000 MILES THEN IT WOULDN'T START. ONCE WE GOT THE TOP END TORN DOWN FOUND THAT ONE OF THE TIMING CHAIN GUIDES HAD DISINTEGRATED, CAUSED THE TIMING CHAIN TO JUMP, AND WOUND UP BENDING ALL OF THE INTAKE VALVES. INSPECTION OF THE INSIDE OF THE ENGINE REVEALED AN EXTREME SLUDGE PROBLEM, ALMOST LIKE IT WAS FULL OF TAR! AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH ON THE WEB IT APPEARS THAT THIS APPEARS TO BE A PROBLEMATIC ENGINE. THE PARTS GUY AT DODGE DEALER INDICATED (OFF THE RECORD) THAT THESE 2.7 ENGINES HAD PROBLEMS IN HOT SOUTHERN CLIMATES DUE TO RUNNING HOT INTERNALLY AND BURNING THE OIL. *LA

WHILE DRIVING HOME ENGINE SEIZED. ALSO, REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION. THE ELECTRIC WINDOWS WORKED SPORADICALLY EXCEPT FOR THE DRIVER'S WINDOW THAT DID NOT WORK AT ALL, AND THE AIR CONDITIONER HEATER FAN ONLY WORKED ON HIGH.*AK

I WAS DRIVING AND ALL OF A SUDDEN MY 1999 DODGE INTREPID LOST ALL POWER. I COULD NOT STEER OR BRAKE. LUCKILY I CAME TO A STOP ON A CURB. *LA

1999 DODGE INTREPID 2.7L ENGINE. VEHICLE HAD EXHIBITED OIL CONSUMPTION PROBLEMS, RETURNED TO DEALER SEVERAL TIMES FOR REPAIRS TOTALING OVER $1000. LAST TRIP TO DODGE DEALER WAS IN OCT FOR OIL LEAK PROBLEM. IN LESS THAN ONE MONTH, CAR BEGAN TO EXHIBIT LOUD TICKING/KNOCKING SOUND. ENGINE IS BLOWN AT 49,000 MILES. DEALER AND CHRYSLER BOTH WILL NOT REPLACE ENGINE AS RECALL TO WHICH THERE IS CLEARLY A MASSIVE PROBLEM WITH THESE ENGINES.*JB

IMMEDIATE ENGINE FAILURE. ENGINE SERVICED EVERY 3,000 MILES BY DODGE. MILEAGE WAS 130,000 MOSTLY HIGHWAY. *NLM

WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *PH