10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
0 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 5
Average Mileage:
60,233 miles

About These NHTSA Complaints:

This data is from the NHTSA — the US gov't agency tasked with vehicle safety. Complaints are spread across multiple & redundant categories, & are not organized by problem.

So how do you find out what problems are occurring? For this NHTSA complaint data, the only way is to read through the comments below. Any duplicates or errors? It's not us.

1998 Dodge Intrepid exhaust system problems

exhaust system problem

Find something helpful? Spread the word.
Get notified about new defects, investigations, recalls & lawsuits for the 1998 Dodge Intrepid:

Unsubscribe any time. We don't sell/share your email.

1998 Dodge Intrepid Owner Comments

problem #3

Dec 032003

Intrepid 6-cyl

  • Automatic transmission
  • 12,200 miles

A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

I purchased a 1998 Dodge Intrepid in order to go to medic school in 2004 from jd byrider in cleveland, Ohio on December 3,2003. In January the car started to have a rough idle after I would drive it around the city to do things. (e.g. banking pick up children and other stuff.) I took the car back then and kept to run some test but they said it would not do what I said it would. So after this went on for about 3 more times the service manager sent the car to deacon's Chrysler to have them work on it. Deacons did about $1000 worth of work on it and I got the car back. Once spring arrived in cleveland I began to notice white smoke coming out of my tail pipe whenever I would drive off from a light or stop sign or anything else after sitting there idle for a brief period. Around my tail pipe was black oil sludge building up, and the car was burning up 1 quart of oil every 5000 miles. By now there is a new service manager at jd byrider and he put me on a oil consumption test to see how much oil it would burn over 3000 miles. Meanwhile I was heavy into school I worked full time for cleveland ems on a 12 hour shift, had school 2 days out of the week and make all my clinical time. From January to November I put in over 18,000 miles, so in October when I had my third oil consumption test and the mileage was to high I was told that there was nothing that jd byrider or best extended could do for the car. (I recorded the conversation also) I asked for the records of my vehicle for when it was serviced by jd byrider and they "lost, misplaced the file. So I went to Chrysler and had them print me a copy of the work and they still would not do the work on the car. In February of 2005 after leaving a medical seminar on strokes my 1998 Dodge had a major breakdown. I was traveling at 65 mph when I lost power and a large rattling noise started banging under the hood. The car was towed to deacons the next day I was told the engine was no good and it would cost me $6500.

- Cleveland, OH, USA

problem #2

Apr 052004

Intrepid 6-cyl

  • Automatic transmission
  • 78,999 miles
Engine failure at est. 79,000 miles. Transmission died at 76,847 miles. Tensioner arm pulley sheared off while driving----October, 2002.

- Buffalo, NY, USA

problem #1

Mar 092003

Intrepid 6-cyl

  • Automatic transmission
  • 89,500 miles
91000 miles had to replace camshaft and crankshaft sensors/ cooling motor blowed, thermostat housing had to be replaced. And car shakes when brakes are applied.

- Blackstone, VA, USA

Not what you are looking for?