1999 Dodge Intrepid: sudden loss of power

Filed Aug 2, 2010 · Engine · 69,000 miles · KS

My dodge intrepid was serviced at keystone dodge or bud brown dodge in overland park, ks for every oil change. At just under 70,000 miles the engine blew because of sludge. I was driving and I lost all power. I had the car towed to a dodge dealer and they told me that this is a common issue. Dodge was not responsive to questions about the engine issue.

Filed Jan 10, 2008 · Engine · 00

Chrysler intrepid would lose all power while driving.

Filed Aug 2, 2007 · Engine · 85,717 miles · IL

I was driving to work when all of a sudden the car jerked real hard and the engine light came on and the car completely lost power. I coasted over to the side of the highway and tried restarting the car but it would not restart. Had car towed to dealership where they found my camshaft was not turning and my timing chain had broke and they were pretty certain it had done extensive damage to the engine. They told me it could be well over $5,000 to get fixed and just for them to even start to investigate how bad the damage was it would cost me at least $600.00. I did have to pay them $102 just for a diagnostic test plus two tow bills. My car only had 85,000 miles on it! What a rip-off! The comment section on the receipt from the dealer said no promises--well no kidding they knew what was going on.

Filed Jan 16, 2007 · Engine · 76,000 miles · IL

Tl* - the contact stated that while driving at 20 MPH, she applied the brakes on her 1999 dodge intrepid, the vehicle shuttered right then lost power. The contact was able to restart the vehicle, while driving the vehicle continued to shutter and smoke started coming out of the engine. The contact took the vehicle to jiffy lube and they stated that the engine had seized and needed to be replaced. The contact can provide copies of invoice repair. The failure mileage was 76000. *nm the mechanic showed the consumer where anit-freeze had mixed with the oil. Updated 04/30/07.

Filed Jan 16, 2007 · Engine · 88,000 miles · PA

Engine started making a ticking noise. Lost power and seized up due to oil sludge.

Filed Jan 12, 2007 · Engine · 25,000 miles · NY

Tl* - the contact explained that the check engine light of her 1999 dodge intrepid turned on in 2002, after owning the vehicle for about 3 weeks. The contact was not able to drive over 10 MPH. The contact took the vehicle to northtown dodge. The dealer replaced speed sensors on the vehicle, causing the engine light to turn off. Sometime during 2004 the engine light turned on again, and the vehicle was not able to be driven over 10 MPH. The contact had a personal mechanic contact the dealer and verify the need to replace the speed sensor again. The speed sensors were replaced and the vehicle was operational. In november 2006 the check engine light turned on for a third time. The contact took the vehicle to her personal mechanic, who verified that it was a speed sensor issue and replaced it. On january 10, 2007 the check engine light turned on for a fourth time, but did not loose power. The contact continued to drive to a mechanic who found no problems. The oil light turned on, as well. No loss of power was experienced at this time like in previous failures. The contact explained that once the vehicle was moving the oil light turned off, but turns on when the vehicle is at a stop. The contact took the vehicle to transitown dodge, but they asked for 100.00 to diagnose the vehicle.

Filed Oct 6, 2006 · Engine · 108,000 miles · MN

I was driving down interstate 35 in southern mn and the engine lost power than quit. The engine seized and it had to be towed home. Nothing has been done to correct the failure.

Filed Sep 11, 2006 · Engine · 118,666 miles · PA

Driving down the pa turnpike, 1999 dodge intrepid suddenly lost power then started knocking real bad.

Filed Sep 7, 2006 · Engine · 104,000 miles · NH

While driving down the highway my 1999 dodge intrepid suddenly lost power almost causing an accident. Had the car checked out and the timing chain failed causing damage to the valves and the cylinder. The price to fix this is over $4000.

Filed Aug 24, 2006 · Engine · 40 miles · TN

1999 dodge intrepid 2.7 engine...goes dead while going down the road. I have had the oil changed religiously @ 3k miles, but it just loses power & dies. I am afraid I will get hit one of these times because I am unable to get the thing off the road with no power. Yesterday almost caused a serious incident. The engine died, the car lurched, I lost power but no lights ever came on. The tach needle hit zero and as I was trying to find somewhere to try & pull off while coasting, the stupid thing all of the sudden came back to life & took off. These incidents are getting more & more frequent and have been occurring about a year now. I've already had to have the water pump replaced, but I can deal with repairs...but after doing research today, I have found thousands of incidents like this are happening all over the us! Is this not enough to get someone to pay attention & make dodge recall the engines before some terrible accident occurs??

Filed Aug 23, 2006 · Engine · 64,000 miles · NC

I was driving to work one evening when the car just lost all power and died. I was almost hit by another car. A few young men had to help me push my car on the side of the road. I work third shift and it was late at night so I was very scared. I got a tow truck to tow the car back to the house and the next day I had a mechanic checked it out and he said the engine was no good. The car only had 63,000 miles and it was serviced on time. I got a second mechanic to check it and the result was the same.

Filed Aug 9, 2006 · Engine · 71,264 miles · ID

My pregnant wife was returning home from taking me to work. In the car with her was my five year old son and two year old niece. While traveling along a rural highway 12 in the northwest of idaho with a posted speed of 55 MPH. She felt the car surge or sputter. She became worried and without further warning the car lost power resulting in the lose of power steering and power brakes. She managed to keep the car under control and pulled the car to the shoulder where she tried for several minutes to start the car with out success. Finally, she was able to get the car to start, and continued her trip, not 1 mile down the road this happened again. Luckily she was in front of a house and was able to pull off the highway this time. The property owner was nice enough to let her use the phone were she called me to retrieve the car and get her back home. The car would still not run. This incident upsets me greatly because the safety of my wife son niece and unborn child was put at risk as a direct result of this car which should have plenty of life left. The car is a 1999 intrepid with 72000 miles problems like this should not happen this early.