While driving and upon stopping a stop sign vehicle shut down. Consumer got it started again. Vehicle surged forward before it got going again. Upon turning into a parking lot vehicle shut down again. Upon starting the vehicle again, it would not go into gear.
1999 Dodge Intrepid: sudden unintended acceleration
11 of the 997 complaints about the 1999 Dodge Intrepid describe sudden unintended acceleration.
- owner complaints
- 11
- of this car's complaints
- 1%
- recalls
- 0
Is there a fix? No recall or service bulletin covers this area of the car yet.
Sudden unintended acceleration by model year
What owners say
Vehicle experienced sudden acceleration on its own, resulting in a crash through the garage door. Manufacturer has been contacted by consumer.
While driving 50 MPH vehicle surged forward. Consumer pulled over, and had the vehicle towed. Dealership was notified, but did not resolve the problem.
The vehicle experienced sudden acceleration.
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
1999 dodge intrepid es 3.2l: vehicle frequently fails to be consistant with acceleration. Sometimes delayed transmission shift response even when using autostick. Transmission often seems to shift very roughly. Vehicle sometimes seems to downshift properly with proper engine response and has excellent acceleration even at 50mph when in automatic then sometimes has extremely poor and delayed acceleration and does not seem to downshift even at speeds slow as 35mph even when accelerator pedal is floored or stomped, which is dangerous when trying to get onto freeway, merging or passing. It is sometimes difficult to get vehicle to accelerate smoothly with accelerator pedal, lack of throttle action and very slow acceleration sometimes when pressing accelerator pedal sometimes half way down, then when pressed further and almost floored transmission kicks down hard, vehicle jerks forward and over compensates intended acceleration. Once when accelerator pedal was pressed down hard, down about half, not floored vehicle responded, accelerated and shifted much faster than ever before, vehicle had never performed this well or taken off so fast, was completely unexpected, vehicle went from 5-40mph in about 2.5 seconds. The vehicle lunged forward quicker than ever experienced and the engine made more noise than usual. No complaints and actually like this type of vehicle performance but it is dangerous when the vehicle does not usually perform like this then all of a sudden does completely unexpectedly. I had to shift into autostick and downshift in conjuction with the brake to slow the screaming vehicle down. Due to some concern and trying to continually maintain the vehicle properly had five star dealership and service center where purchased replace and refill automatic transmission fluid and filter. Had dealership reset the vehicle's fuel mixture sensor and adaptive learn to factory defaults. This did not help. This issue is very intermittent and I believe dealer will not help.
Started vehicle & was backing it up when it suddenly accelerated backwards. Also, accelerated forward. Jumped a curb. Had no prior warning. Took to dealer & mechanic could find the cause of the sudden acceleration.
Was backing up after starting when vehicle suddenly accelerated backwards. Vehicle had also accelerated forward & jumped a curb. Would have no warningthis will happen. Took to dealer ship & mechanic could not locate cause of engine acceleration.
Consumer was backing out of parking lot and vehicle suddenly accelerated backwards & hit another vehicle. Consumer put vehicle in drive to move it & it accelerated forward, jumped the curb into a dirt pile. Dealer did not have a reason why vehicle accelerated. *ak the driver had foot on brake when the vehicle was accelerating forward.
Vehicle experienced sudden acceleration resulting in collision with fence causing extensive damage.
Vehicle experience sudden acceleration while backing out of a parking space, consumer foot was depressing the brake and the vehicle continue to rev, jerk and accelerate down a 30- foot embankment, the air bag failed to deploy during accident. Yh
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
Questions about the 1999 Dodge Intrepid sudden acceleration
Is sudden unintended acceleration a common problem on the 1999 Dodge Intrepid?
11 of 997 owner complaints about the 1999 Dodge Intrepid (1%) mention sudden unintended acceleration. The model year with the most reports is 1999.
Is there a recall or service bulletin for this on the 1999 Dodge Intrepid?
There is no recall or service bulletin for this area of the car on record.
Other symptoms on the 1999 Dodge Intrepid
Engine failure 281Stalling 130Knocking 127Check engine light 62Loss of power 36Won't start 34Jerking 22Power windows 22Transmission failure 20Headlights 19Fire or smoke 16Power steering loss 15Won't shift 15Harsh shifting 14Overheating 14Brake failure 11Hesitation 11Ball joint 10Grinding brakes 9Seat belt 8No deployment 7Oil consumption 7Adaptive cruise 6Misfire 6Slipping 6Tire blowout 6Fuel pump 5Steering lock-up 5
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