Dt: the contact owns a 1998 dodge intrepid. The engine stalled while driving on the freeway at a steady speed at 40 MPH. The engine did restart at about 30-40 minutes later. This happened 8 times since this began 3 weeks ago. Today the dealer replaced a crank sensor, but as of yet she has not driven the vehicle to see if it was repaired.
1998 Dodge Intrepid acceleration problems
14 complaints (4% of all complaints for this car). 6 crashes reported.
- owner complaints
- 14
- of this car's complaints
- 4%
- crashes
- 6
- recalls
- 0
Which part fails
- Cruise control3
- Accelerator pedal2
At what mileage
Complaints by mileage at the time of the problem.
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Dodge Intrepid acceleration problems in other years
Specific symptoms reported on the 1998 Dodge Intrepid acceleration
Phrases found in the owners' own descriptions, so one complaint can mention several symptoms.
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
Related investigations
Throttle control failure
Based on the low failure rate, the absence of failures over the past year, the absence of injuries, and odi's field investigation of incident vehicles, a safety-related defect trend has not been identified at this time.accordingly, this investigation is closed.the closing of this investigation does not constitute a finding by the federal safety agency that no safety-related defect exists.the agency will take further action if warranted by the circumstances. See attached report for additional information.
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What 1998 Dodge Intrepid owners say
Most recent owner complaints, unedited.
My 1998 dodge intrepid 2.7l 6 cyl. Has a problem with the idle speed. It almost acts like the car is out of timing but this only occures after the car is at running temperature. Many other things have gone wrong but would take me the rest of the night to explain them all. I have had to replace the wire to the oil pressure sending unit. I had to fix the clip on my driver side window. My rotors allways feel like they are warped and shake when I slow down. I'm stuck on what to do about this engine failure thing because my wife and I still have around $4000 to pay on the car. It is very frustrating.
Car stalls at speeds in excess of 60 MPH. Check engine light flashes about 5 times and vehicle experiences an immediate loss of acceleration ability. Car coasts to a near stop and stalls completely locking the steering wheel. While engine is hot vehicle will not start. Cruise control light and oil light remain on longer than any other dashboard lights. Vehicle starts again only after sitting for hours. Vehicle will only start when it is cold. At highway speeds this has happened twice in the last two weeks. Vehicle stores no codes for mechanic to diagnose problem.
While driving at 60 MPH on cruise control the vehicle shifted down. The vehicle was taken to an independent repair shop which could not determine the problem. The vehicle will be taken to the dealer on 7/1/2003.
Wife backed out of a parking space in a mall parking lot. When she put the car in drive, car accelerated out of control. The car jumped two (2) mall parking medians before she was able to put the car in neutral. Tires were blown out on the left side from impacts with the medians. The left side wheels were damaged as was the body on the left side. On starting the car later, the engine began to race. The dealer and chrysler acknowledge that there was a part failure in the cruise control. They both denied any responsibility for the failure.
The accelerator pedal became stuck, consumer was unable to stop the vehicle.
Cruise control disengages intermittently while driving. Need to shut off engine and restart to re-engage cruise control. Have been to the dealer 3 times previously. First two times dealer could not duplicate problem. Dealer replaced coast switch on third visit. Problem reoccured after this part was replaced.
No summary listed for above vehicle.
Consumer was hit on front driver side of vehicle and started to push the vehicle back. Then gas pedal got stuck. Contacted dealer, who was not willing to do anything.*ak *mj the vehicle was hit on front passenger side. The impact pushed the front of the vehicle towards the driver side. The engine, the cruise control and the fuel throttle were damaged. The consumer stated that the accelerator cable was stuck in full throttle.
While driving throttle stuck, driver lost control of vehicle, and hit two other vehicles before stalling out. Please provide further information.
Questions about the 1998 Dodge Intrepid acceleration
Does the 1998 Dodge Intrepid have acceleration problems?
Owners have filed 14 complaints about the acceleration of the 1998 Dodge Intrepid, 4% of all its complaints.
At what mileage do 1998 Dodge Intrepid acceleration problems start?
Not enough complaints include the mileage to tell.
Was there a recall on the 1998 Dodge Intrepid acceleration?
There is no recall for this problem on this model year.
What year does the Dodge Intrepid have the most acceleration problems?
The Dodge Intrepid model years with the most acceleration complaints are 1999 (29 complaints), 1994 (28 complaints) and 1995 (25 complaints).
Other 1998 Dodge Intrepid problems
Engine 198Brakes 40Transmission 35Electrical 33Steering 29Visibility 28Airbags 22Suspension 10Body 9Lights 9Seats 8Fuel system 5Wheels 4Seat belts 3Locks 2Tires 1
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