1998 Dodge Intrepid: excessive oil consumption

6 of the 376 complaints about the 1998 Dodge Intrepid describe excessive oil consumption.

owner complaints: 6
of this car's complaints: 2%
typical mileage: 85,000
recalls: 0

Is there a fix? 24 service bulletins cover this area of the car. See below

Excessive oil consumption by model year

2003
3
2002
5
2001
10
2000
7
1999
7
1998
6
1996
1
1994
1

What owners say

Filed Apr 29, 2005 · Engine · 12,200 miles · OH

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 .

Filed Feb 28, 2005 · Engine · VA

When changing motor oil burned oil stayed inside the motor. When taken vehicle to dealer for inspection the cause could not be determined.

Filed Jan 25, 2005 · Engine · 96,000 miles · PA

The consumer experienced problems with the engine. The engine has been burning oil excessively for the past 20,000 miles. The oil light stayed on and eventually the engine will seize. Provide further details.

Filed Nov 19, 2004 · Engine · 122,000 miles · RI

Consumer stated vehicle burned oil excessively.

Filed Oct 3, 2003 · Engine · 73,000 miles · MI

. Hello. My wife and I own a 1998 chrysler intrepid. I say chrysler instead of dodge because it is canadian built and they are called chryslers. We had 73,000 miles on it when it suddenly failed on us. My wife was on the freeway heading to work. The oil light came on and she pulled over immediately. Well, the engine stopped before she could even come to a complete stop. We had it towed to a chrysler dealership. They told us the engine had no oil and it seized up. Well, I know the engine had oil. We just had it changed 2 weeks prior. The car never burned oil. Nor was there ever any leaking evident underneath it. I have receipts to prove many of the oil changes. We had them done every 3 thousand miles. So I called the corporation. I was treated very rudely. The only thing they had to offer was "engine failure due to lack of maintenance." I was very angry, but I felt I had no other recourse but to just take it and buy a new motor. It cost us well over $2500.00. Now we can't sell the car because we can't break even on it. It is now worth more to us than to anyone else. My name is ronald w. Ault. 4930 beech rd. Hope, mi 48628. My home number is 989 435-9941. I will help in any way I can because my thoughts on this are: chrysler will do everything they can to fight a recall on this because it will cost them multi-millions of dollars to settle all the cases. Please contact me if you need any assistance. Ron .

Filed May 3, 2003 · Electrical, Engine · 85,000 miles · RI

We have a dodge intrepid with the 2.7 motor burning oil a quart a week since we bought the car in 2000 went to the dealer they say it was a leak, low and behold it still burning the oil. Been to dealer several times they say its normal it had 78,000 when we got it, now has over 103,000 still adding oil weekly, also had to replace the entire fan assembly, the thermostat ,also problems with the power window tracks causing the windows not to close properly,tension pulley had to be replaced also the water pump, starter,(note all dealer parts so it isn't cheap to fix)battery cables rotted out dodge should do or offer something to help fix or rectify all these motor problems but are they are to cheap in my mind.