1999 Dodge Intrepid

ENGINE BLEW FOR "NO APPARENT REASON". WARRANTY WILL NOT COVER A REPLACEMENT DUE TO THE MYSTERIOUS APPEARANCE OF SLUDGE. I HAD MY OIL CHANGED REGULARLY AND MAINTAINED MY VEHICLE PROPERLY. I HAVE ALREADY REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION, VARIOUS SENSORS AND VISITED THE DEALER 3 TIMES TO CORRECT AN OIL LEAK. I WAS NEVER DIAGNOSED WITH AN ENGINE PROBLEM UNTIL IT FINALLY SHUT DOWN. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY, THE ENGINE STARTED TO MAKE A LOUD NOISE AND RATTLED CONTINUOUSLY. THIS WAS VERY SURPRISING, CONSIDERING THE VEHICLE WAS NORMALLY A QUIET RIDE. THE SHOP TOLD ME MY ENGINE WAS BLOWN AND THE WARRANTY COMPANY DENIED MY CLAIM. I AM STILL FINANCING THIS VEHICLE AND DO NOT HAVE THE 6,500.00 TO REPLACE THIS ENGINE. I SEE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ON THIS SITE AND OTHERS ABOUT THE 2.7 LITER ENGINES. THERE SHOULD DEFINITELY BE A RECALL. *JB

I WAS THE OWNER OF A 1999 DODGE INTREPID, THAT WAS COMPLETELY WRECKED AT 36,000 MILES AFTER EXPERIENCING SUDDEN LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL PRIOR TO THE WRECK, MY DEALER ASSURED ME OVER AND OVER THAT THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE ALTHOUGH I WAS VERY CONCERNED AND PRETENDED TO KNOW NOTHING ABOUT STEERING PROBLEMS WITH THESE VEHICLES. PRIOR TO THE TOTAL VEHICLE LOSS, THE ENGINE BLEW UP WITH A ROD KNOCK AT ABOUT 33,000 MILES AND HAD TO BE REPLACED, THE TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE OVERHAULED AFTER IT FAILED, THE INPUT AND OUTPUT SPEED SENSORS BOTH FAILED AND MUCH MORE. THIS IS JUST 1 OF 2 DEFECTIVE DAIMLER CHRYSLER VEHICLES I HAVE OWNED AND DAIMLER CHRYSLER ACCEPTS NO RESPONSIBILITY. MANY OF THESE VEHICLES ARE DEFECTIVE AND DO NOT HOLD UP REASONABLY. I HAVE NEVER HAD ANY OF THESE PROBLEMS WITH A 15 YEAR OLD VEHICLE WITH OVER 220,000 MILES ON IT. I WOULD LIKE TO INFORM CONSUMERS THAT MY WEBSITE AGAINST CHRYSLER FOR ONGOING PREMATURE DODGE, CHRYSLER ENGINE, STEERING, TRANSMISSION FAILURES AND MORE IS NOW WWW.DAIMLERCHRYSLERVEHICLEPROBLEMS.COM. WE HAVE REFERRED MANY TO THE NHTSA AND WE HOPE THAT THE NHTSA WILL POST THIS TO REFER OTHERS TO OUR SITE WHO HAVE NOT YET SEEN OUR SITE. AT THIS WEBSITE YOU WILL SEE ACCIDENT PICTURES AND COMPLAINTS FROM CONSUMERS AFTER SUDDEN LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL. WE ALSO HAVE PICTURES OF THE COMMON CHRYSLER ENGINE INTERNAL OIL SLUDGE BUILDUP AND DAMAGE FROM TIMING CHAINS THAT HAVE BROKE THROUGH THESE ENGINES AFTER TENSIONER FAILURES. WE ALSO HAVE MANY PREMATURE TRANSMISSION FAILURE COMPLAINTS. IF YOU HAVE EVIDENCE OF THESE PROBLEMS, PICTURES OR A COMPLAINT TO BE POSTED PLEASE ALSO VISIT WWW.DAIMLERCHRYSLERVEHICLEPROBLEMS.COM AND FIND OUT WHAT DAIMLERCHRYSLER DOES NOT WANT YOU TO KNOW. *JB

I OWN A 1999 DODGE INTREPID WITH 26,400 MILES ON IT. IT HAS NEVER BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT OF ANY TYPE AND USUALLY DRIVEN 10 MILES PER DAY. AFTER 26,000 MILES THE ENGINE DEVELOPED A KNOCKING NOISE. I WAS INFORMED THE ROLLER BEARING ON THE TIMING CHANGE HAD FAILED. AFTER PAYING MORE THAN $1,400 FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF THE ROLLER BEARING AND A NEW TIMING CHAIN, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE TIMING CHAIN PROBLEM HAD DAMAGED ONE OR MORE OF THE VALVES, WHICH REQUIRED THE ENGINE TO BE TORN DOWN AND A VALVE JOB TO BE REQUIRED FOR AN ADDITIONAL COST OF $900.00. ALL OF THIS TO A CAR WITH ONLY 26,000 MILES. 2 WEEKS AFTER THE ENGINE REPAIRS WERE MADE THE TRANSMISSION STOPPED SHIFTING GEARS.*JB

WE BOUGHT OUR CAR NEW FROM GLADSTONE DODGE, AND NOTICED RIGHT OFF THAT THERE WAS AN HESITATION AND LUNGING IN THE TRANSMISSION. THIS PROBLEM WAS RANDOM, YOU NEVER KNEW WHEN IT WOULD HAPPEN.WHEN WE TOOK IT IN ANYWAYS TO BE CHECKED THE WROTE IT UP AS THEY "COULD NOT VERIFY" AND NEXT TIME "COULD NOT DUPLICATE" . WE KEPT CALLING AND INSISITING THERE WAS SOMETHING. WE WERE TOLD TO BRING IT IN WHEN IT WAS DOING IT.THEY REPLACED THE CAM SENSORS AND SAID THAT WAS PROBLEM, NOT THE TRANSMISSION ITSELF. THEN WARRANTY EXPIRED WE PAID FOR THE NEXT SENSOR. THEY SAID STILL NOT THE TRANSMISSION. NOW AT 60,000MILES THE TRANSMISSION IS COMPLETELY GONE. DAIMLERCHRYSLER REFUSES TO PAY SAYING THAT THE TECH COULD NOT VERIFY OR DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. EVEN THOUGH WE TRIED TO TELL THEM ON SEVERAL TIMES, THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING WRONG FROM THE BEGINNING. 2 MONTHS AGO WE WERE SHOWN THICK SLUDGE IN THE OIL ON A ROUTINE OIL CHANGE, NOW AFTER RESEARCH I SEE IN A COMPLAINT SITE FOR DODGE INTREPIDS THAT THERE ARE 1,000 THAT HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM WITH TECHS "UNABLE TO VERIFY OR DUPLICATE" AND CUSTOMER KEEP INSISTING THERE IS A PROBLEM, SENSORS REPLACED AND ONLY TO FOLLOW WITH TRANSMISSION TOTALLY GOING OUT. AND WITH THE SLUDGE THE ENGINE ENDS UP BLOWN. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE!!!

STARTED VEHICLE IN PARK WITH RIGHT FOOT ON BRAKE PEDAL. SOON AS PUT IN REVERSE ENCOUNTERED A "SUDDEN UNINTENDED ACCELERATION" (SUA). THROUGH NORMAL REFLEX ALSO HAD PORTION OF MY LEFT FOOT ON BRAKE PEDAL AS THE MOTOR RACED BEING PUSHED IN A BACKWARDS CIRCULAR MOTION BY AN UNKNOWN COMPONENT MALFUNCTION. A 180 DEGREE CIRCLE WAS MADE UNTIL STOPPED BY THE REAR BUMPER OF AN UNOCCUPIED WINDSTAR VAN. THEN I WAS ABLE TO TURN OFF THE IGINITION TO STOP THE STILL RACING MOTOR. THAT WINDSTAR DRIVER HAD JUST DESCENDED FROM HER VEHICLE. THE POLICE HAD MY VEHICLE TOWED BECAUSE OF A VEHICULAR DEFECT. MY VEHICLE MISSED AN OCCUPIED STATION WAGON BY APPROXIMATELY TWO INCHES JUDGING BY SKIDMARKS. THE DRIVER CONFIRMED THAT SOON AS BACK UP LIGHTS CAME ON MY VEHICLE JUST "SHOT OUT" OF THE POST OFFICE PARKING SPACE. MR

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

THE SEAT BELT BUCKLE ISSUE WE MENTIONED TO THE DEALERSHIP WHEN WE HAD THE CAR IN TO REPAIR THE OUTPUT SPEED SENSOR. EVEN THOUGH WE DISCOVERED THERE IS A RECALL ON SEAT BELTS FOR THE VERY PROBLEM WE HAVE HAD WITH THE SEAT BUCKLES COMING LOOSE THAT HOLD OUR CHILD SEATS IN, THE DEALERSHIP TOLD US THAT THEY WOULD NOT REPAIR OURS. THE OUTPUT SPEED SENSOR ISSUE ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT AS IT INSTANTLY DOWNSHIFTED THE CAR TO 2ND GEAR. IT CAUSED A TERRIBLE JOLT TO US AND WE WERE ALMOST REAR ENDED...TAILLIGHTS DIDN'T FLASH TO WARN OTHER CARS. AIR CONDITIONER ISSUE, WELL, THAT JUST NEVER WORKED PROPERLY. THE TEMPERATURE SELECTOR OFTEN DOESN'T CHANGE THE TEMPERATURE. COLD COMES OUT LUKE WARM.*AK

I PURCHASED MY 1999 DODGE INTREPID W/28,840 MILES. FROM THERE IT HAD UNREASONABLY BEEN A LEMON AND INTO THE "FIVE STAR" CHRYSLER DEALER AT LEAST 8 TIMES. THE VEHICLE HAD PERSISTANT STEERING ISSUES AND ABNORMALITIES, WANDERING, PLAY, ABNORMAL CHANGE IN SENSITIVITY WHILE DRIVING, NOISE, TIRE WEAR. DEALER COULD NEVER "DUPLICATE THE PROBLEMS'. THE ENGINE BLEW UP AT 33,000 MILES, HAD TO HAVE REPLACED. TRANSMISSION FAILED SHORTLY AFTER, HAD TO BE REBUILT. INPUT/OUTPUT SPEED SENSORS FAILED TWICE. ABS ALLOWED BRAKES TO LOCK UP TWICE. TCM AND PCM NEEDED UPDATING DUE TO FLAWED PREVIOUS REVISIONS. POWER WINDOW FAILED, FRONT BUMPER, GRILL PAINT WEARING. OBVIOUSLY THIS VEHICLE WAS A LEMON. THE VEHICLE WAS FINALLY WRECKED AFTER SUDDEN POOR STEERING CONTROL AFTER TRYING TO GET THE DEALER TO DO SOMETHING MANY TIMES. DAIMLERCHRYSLER DENIES ANY MANUFACTURING RESPONSIBILITY. I DO NOT SEE HOW THEY CAN GET AWAY WITH THIS. THERE ARE MANY OTHERS EXPERIENCING SIMILAR PREMATURE PROBLEMS THAT SHOULD NOT BE OCCURING AS SUCH. I HAVE STARTED A WEBSITE AGAINST DAIMLERCHRYSLER - [XXX] - EMAIL ADDRESS IS [XXX] - ADDRESS: [XXX] SAN LEANDRO, CA [XXX] PARTS OF THIS DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN REDACTED TO PROTECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).