1999 DODGE INTREPID Unknown Or Other Problems

I PURCHASED MY 1999 DODGE INTREPID A 1 1/2 AGO WITH 80,000 MILES. ABOUT 3 MONTHS AFTER PURCHASE THE COOLING FANS WENT AND HAD TO REPLACE $400.00. THEN ABOUT 2 MONTHS AGO THE CRANK SHAFT SENSOR WENT. NOW THE ENGINE IS GONE. OIL LIGHT FLICKERING ON AND OFF, CHECK OIL LEVEL IS FINE. WENT FROM A TAPPING NOISE IN ENGINE TO THE ENGINE SOUNDING LIKE ITS GOING TO BLOW UP. CANT DRIVE PIECE OF JUNK AND STILL OWE 7,000.00 ON IT. *JB

1999 DODGE INTREPEID--2.7L ENGINE I WAS DRIVING TO WORK GOING 70 MILES AN HOUR WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE CAR JERKED AND THEN THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND I COASTED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. ONCE OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, I TRIED TO RESTART CAR AND IT WAS COMPLETELY DEAD. UPON HAVING MY CAR TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP I WAS TOLD THE TIMING CHAIN HAD BROKE AND THEY WERE PRETTY SURE THAT IT HAD DONE EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE, WHICH IF I WANTED TO GET IT FIX WOULD COST ME WELL OVER $5,000.00. I'VE ALSO HEARD THEY HAVE THE WORST A/C IN THE INDUSTRY IN THEIR VEHICLES WHICH MY EVAPORATOR CONDENSOR WENT OUT AND I HAD JUST PAID $1,200.00 TO GET FIXED.

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...

VARIOUS SENSOR PROBLEMS. HAVE REPLACED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. MOTOR HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE, AND GOING ON IT'S THIRD REPAIR. HAVE YET TO REPLACE ANY POWER WINDOW/DOOR/SEAT.

I BOUGHT A 99 DODGE INTREPID FROM FREEDOM FORD IN CENTRE, ALABAMA FOR A LITTLE OVER $14,000 ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO. I WENT BACK LAST SUMMER TO TRADE IN AND WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS NOT EVEN BLACK BOOKED FOR HALF THAT. SINCE THEN I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE COOLING SYSTEM (THE ENTIRE SYSTEM), ALL THE FUSES, THE SENSORY MODULE, THE TIE RODS ARE SHOT AND NOW THE MOTOR HAS LOCKED UP. SEVERAL MECHANICS HAVE LOOKED FOR A MOTOR AND FOUND THAT THE MOTOR FOR THIS PARTICULAR YEAR OF INTREPID RUNS $1,500 TO $2000 MORE THAN ALL OTHER MOTORS, EVEN THE 2001 AND NEWER MODELS RUN $1000 TO $1200 AT THE MOST. THEIR REJECTION TO HELP ME IS DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE 99 MODEL WAS AN EXPERIMENTAL MOTOR AND VERY FEW WERE MADE. I TEACH SCHOOL AND HAVE FOUND A CO-WORKER WHOSE SISTER HAS...

PURCHASED IN MARCH OF 1999: 6/02/99-REAR WINDOW LEAK-REPAIRED FREE OF CHARGE, 6/07/01-TIRES-$211.14 1/24/02-CAMSHAFT POSITION SENSOR-49,550 MILES-$170.80, 7/12/02-A/C SYSTEM BLOWING WARM. FREON&A/C DYE-55,771 MILES-$71.77, 7/16/02-INSTALL NEW COOLANT TUBE, INSTALL NEW AIR BOX(A/C/WATER OUTLET TUBE, ANTIFREEZE)-55,956 MILES-$294.68, 7/18/02-REPLACE ENGINE WITH NEW-56,783 MILES-$4,396.00. 7/18/03-RENTAL CAR AND MOTEL CHARGES FOR ENGINE REPAIR-$125.00 11/29/02-BRAKE INSPECTION-70,000 MILES-$14.03, 4/29/03-WINDOW REGULATOR AND WINDOW(DRIVER WINDOW)-62,072 MILES-$424.82, 5/02/03-PARTS FOR BRAKES-$163.37(PERSONALLY INSTALLED), 6/13/03-BATTERY REPLACEMENT-63,772 MILES-$145.57, 7/23/03-INSTALL SOP VACUUM HOSE FOR PCV,REPLACED VACUUM TUBE FROM PCV VALVE TO VALVE COVER-67,753 MILES-$65.20, 10/29/03-TRANSMISSION & STARTER-APPROX.70,000 MILES-HAVE NOT HAD IT FIXED DUE TO FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES-STILL AT CORTESE DODGE IN HENRIETTA, NY. (QUOTE ABOUT $3,400.00-WILL NOT KNOW UNTIL THEY TEAR THE TRANSMISSION APART) THE ABOVE ARE THE PROBLEMS THAT WE HAVE HAD WITH THIS CAR THAT WE PURCHASED BRAND NEW IN 99. WE STILL OWE THE BANK APPROX. $7,000.00. THE APPROX. TOTAL OF REPAIRS(OUT OF OUR POCKETS)$9,700.00. NEW CAR COST $22,930.64+$6,420.98(FINANCE CHARGES)=$29,351.62. WE DID HAVE...

ENGINE FAILURE ON 2.7 LITRE MOTOR ON 1999 DODGE INTREPID DUE TO OIL SLUDGE.

HISTORY INCLUDES BLOWN TRANSMISSION SENSOR, FAILURE ON THE VERY FIRST YEAR INSPECTION FOR BRAKE ROTORS, DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW STICKS IN UP POSITION, INTERMITTENT HEAT CONTROL BUTTON NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY, NOISY WHEN TURNING IN FRONT STRUT AREA, KEYLESS REMOTE DOES NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY AND NOW THE WORST OF IT. ONE MONTH AGO, TOOK CAR IN WITH OIL AND ENGINE LIGHTS FLASHING, TICKING NOISE FROM ENGINE, STALLING OUT. DEALER DID ELECTRONIC SENSORS REPAIRS AND TUNE UP COSTING $500. ONE MONTH LATER, CAR HAD TO BE TOWED BACK TO DEALER WITH LOUD BANGING IN ENGINE. REPAIR BILL OF OVER $6,000 TO FIX A CAR I'VE OWNED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AND 60,000 MILES. 2.7 L ENGINES ARE BLOWING IN THESE CARS ALL THE TIME MAKING IT NEXT TO IMPOSSIBLE TO PURCHASE A USED ONE TO DO REPAIRS MYSELF. ONE USED CAR PARTS PLACE SAID THEY HAVE A WAITING LIST. RECALL ANYONE???!! *NLM

EVER SINCE I PURCHASED MY 1999 DODGE INTREPID AT THE DODGE DOWNTOWN LA, MANY PROBLEMS HAVE OCCURRED. THE FIRST PROBLEM WAS THAT SENSORS IN THE CAR KEPT BLOWING OUT, HEATER/AC WENT OUT AND WINDOW MOTOR BLEW OUT. ALL OF THESE PROBLEMS OCCURRED MORE THEN ONCE.DODGE DOWNTOWN LA COULD NEVER DETERMINE WHAT WAS WRONG WITH THE VECHICLE. A COUPLE OF WEEKS LATER, THE ENGINE BLEW OUT. ALL TOGETHER I HAVE SPENT $3000 FOR MY CAR. I WISH I WOULD HAVE KNEW WHAT WAS WRONG WITH MY CAR BEFORE THE PROBLEM GOT WORSE.DODGE DOWNTOWN OF LA WAS NOT HELPFUL TO ME IN MY SITUATION.

NO SUMMARY. DT

MY TRANSMISSION BEGAN MAKING MY CAR DRIVE ERRATIC. AS WITH OTHER OWNERS OF THIS SAME VEHICLE, WHILE DRIVING NORMALLY IT ALL OF A SUDDEN BEGAN JERKING ABRUPTLY AND THEN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. THE CAR WOULD NO LONGER GO ABOVE 50MPH AS THE TRANSMISSION COULD NOT SHIFT INTO HIGHER GEARS. IF I WAS ON THE FREEWAY THIS COULD HAVE BEEN VERY DANGEROUS. I'VE HAD THE TRANSMISSION SOLENOID PACK REPLACED, THE SPEED SENSOR REPLACED PREVIOUSLY, AND NOW I'M BEING TOLD IT IS THE SPEED SENSOR AGAIN. THIS IS PROBABLY THE WORST EXPERIENCE I HAVE EVER HAD WITH A NEWER VEHICLE AND I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER CHRYSLER PRODUCT AGAIN.*AK

I DROVE MY CAR TO WORK WITHOUT INCIDENT. CAR WAS PARKED AT WORK OVERNIGHT. LEFT WORK THE NEXT MORNING, WHILE ACCELERATING UP TO SPEED I NOTICED THAT THE CAR WAS JERKING HARD AS IT SHIFTED THROUGH THE GEARS (AUTOMATIC). BEFORE I GOT HOME (3 MILES FROM WORK) THE ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON. WHEN I ARRIVED AT HOME I CYCLED THE SHIFTER FROM PARK TO DRIVE (WHILE CAR WAS PARKED IN GARAGE). WHILE DOING THIS THE TRANSMISSION WOULD HESITATE AND THEN SHIFT VERY HARD INTO DRIVE WHICH MADE THE CAR LURCH FORWARD (PARK AND FOOT BRAKE WERE APPLIED). I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP WHERE THEY REPLACED THE INPUT SPEED SENSOR, THIS WAS COVERED UNDER THE ORIGINAL MANUFACTURER'S WARRANTY, NO COST TO ME. THE NEXT INCIDENT OCCURRED IN A SIMILAR FASHION, THE CAR WAS PARKED AT WORK. WHEN I LEFT THE NEXT MORNING I NOTICED THAT THE...

WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY, HEARD AN UNUSAL NOISE, VEHICLE SHUTOFF, CAUSING SLUG IN OIL PAN AND ENGINE BLOWING OUT. WARNING LIGHT NEVER CAME ON.*AK ENGINE WAS REPLACED. *TT

VEHICLE WAS USING A LOT OF OIL. VEHICLE BURNED 1 QUART OF OIL PER 1000 MILES.CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS BURNING 2 QUARTS OF OIL PER 1000 MILES. OIL LIGHT DIDN'T TELL WHEN VEHICLE WAS LOW IN OIL .IF ENGINE WAS OUT OF OIL VEHICLE WOULD SOMETIMES STALL. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER HAD TO TEAR ENGINE DOWN TO FIND CAUSE. *AK

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND TRANSMISSION LOCKED INTO 2ND GEAR. NO SPEED DISPLAYED ON SPEEDOMETER.*AK

ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON THEN VEHICLE RUNS ROUGH AND WON"T RUN ABOVE 40 M.P.H. CAR HAS BEEN TO DEALER ON FIVE OCCASIONS WITH MULTIPLE PARTS REPLACED BUT IT HASN"T SOLVED THE PROBLEM.*AK

SMALL LEDGE ON THE DASHBOARD IS INVITING TO PLACE COINS THERE. COINS CAN SLIDE OUT AND GO INTO THE STEERING COLUMN SHROUD AND LOCK THE STEERING WHEEL UNEXPECTEDLY.