engine problem
9.3
really awfulTypical Repair Cost:
no data
Average Mileage:
97,020 miles
Number of complaints:
6 complaints
Most common solutions:
- not sure (4 reports)
- get rid of the Intrepid (2 reports)
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2007May 29
(reported on)Intrepid 2.7L
- Automatic transmission
- 102,000 miles
This raggedy piece of junk car randomly shuts off if I'm going 20 miles per hour or 45 miles per hour. It normally starts back up within 3 minutes.. I don't have to stress how dangerous this is or how much trouble this is causing... i can't wait to get rid of this piece of crap.... And to DODGE....."What goes around comes around" you bunch of rip-offs... You deserve to lose every customer you have.
2007Oct 29
(reported on)Intrepid ES 2.7L
- Automatic transmission
- 130,000 miles
damm intrepid,always stalling
2007Feb 24
(reported on)Intrepid ES 2.7L V6
- Automatic transmission
- 86,500 miles
Car had been fine until 85,000 miles. Several electric window motors were replaced under warranty. Then the engine started chugging and the check engine light came on. Had it checked out and nothing definitive was found. It happened again and then would not start for a few days after I got it home. Had it towed from my house. My mechanic replaced the cam and crank sensors. Ran like a champ for week before it died in traffic while doing 45mph. It sat for 36 hours in a strange neighborhood. Went back and tried to start it before having it towed again. It started. No check engine light and it ran fine all the way to the shop. My guy checked it again and everything was "normal". Drove it for another few days before it shut off while driving again. Luckily it was me and not my daughter or wife driving the car and I was able to push it to safety. Just got a ride home from a friendly cop. If I can get it to run long enough to trade it in, it is gone tomorrow. Only blessing is that it is paid off.
Give me 1/2 of what is worth. I want it gone!
2007Jan 30
(reported on)Intrepid ES 2.7L V6
- Automatic transmission
- 54,000 miles
Like so many others - While driving engine shuts off. If I can safely get over and wait a minute or 3 it will start again. No codes in computer, Dealer says nothing is wrong but I fear I will die some day. $1000 so far in sensors, diags, and sh*t that didn't help. I shouldn't have to pay if they can't fix it... Christ at least give me the diag money back it didn't help. You people suck, yours cars suck, your support sucks, I'll buy Honda and Toyota from now own. American made don't' only means you're gonna get screwed these days. What a shame. Hope you all use your profits on medical bills!
2007Jan 30
(reported on)Intrepid ES 2.7L V6
- Automatic transmission
- 52,000 miles
Dealers all say "bring it it" then they can't find anything but charge me for diags. Someone WILL get killed if it is used. You never know when it will just stop. I can't sell it as is. I purchased it new for $20K, has 54K miles and I have to junk it? Come on Chrysler, you want Toyota and Honda to rule? Help fix this problem, give me something back, or you'll just keep losing ground.
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2008Jan 07
Intrepid 2.7L V6
This car is great when it runs. The problem is, it hardly ever does (run, that is). The car just started acting stoooopid. My wife and I were at a stop sign here in town, and as we were about to turn, she said to me, "Hey, is the car running?" I glanced at the RPM gauge and saw it was on 0. I tried to restart the car, but it wouldn't. We had to walk about four blocks to my wife's grandmother's house to get a ride home. I took it to a mechanic (it restarted after a three hour wait), who told me later that the computer didn't send any error codes. That means, in modern mechanic-ese, we can't do jack for you except replace a bunch of expensive parts that may or may not be the problem to begin with.
Luckily, we had a mechanic we've known forever, or that might have happened to us. As it was, we had to pay a small fee ($102.00) to be told that it wasn't going to be fixed easily and to have a new Oxygen sensor put on. Then the next day, Sunday, we went to church, and when we got out of Sunday School, the car would not crank again!
Embarrassed, we had to beg a ride home. Then, about two hours later, we went back and it cranked right up. We went to church again that night, only to have it again not crank when we got out of church. My brother and I were going to check the battery (which is also a pain in the royal patootie to get to), but before we did, I breathed a silent prayer and tried to crank it. It started right up again. But we went to McD's to get the kids something to eat, and as we pulled out into heavy traffic, it died again, this time putting my whole family in danger!!! I put a new Battery in the car right there in the parking lot of McD's (a HUGE PAIN, ESPECIALLY IN THE DARK). But much to my dismay, it did absolutely no good, as the car didn't start again. Finally, after my Mother-In-Law came to get my wife and kids to take them home, it started and I was able to get home.
I had removed the after-market stereo today (1-8-08) to see if maybe I had gotten it in wrong. Just as I removed the last of the wiring and sat the radio in the floorboard (unhooked TOTALLY), the car died again. I WAS SOOOO MAD! Now it is knocking just a little way down deep inside, it sounds like, and the radiator fans won't come on, even after reaching operating temperatures. The yellow check engine light has gone off, but I think it's just because I unhooked the old battery and put on the new one. If these were the only problems, I might not be SO worked up, but this is just a few of many.
Simon Y.
Tyler, TX, USA
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