1993 DODGE INTREPID Engine And Engine Cooling Problems

MY CAR HAS HAD NUMEROUS RECALLS AND I BOUGHT IT USED A FEW MONTHS AGO MY CAR IS A 1993 DODGE INTREPID WHAT CAN I DO ABOUT THIS?CAR WILL RUN FOR 20 MINUTES OR UNTIL SHUT OFF AND THEN DIE FOR 20 MINUTES TO 10 HOURS, NO WARNING LIGHTS COME ON DIAGNOSTICS SAY CAR IS FINE EVEN WHEN IT WILL NOT START. I WAS MADE AWARE OF THE RECALLS TODAY AS I SOUGHT TO FIND ANSWERS TO THE PROBLEM I HAVE SPENT MORE THAN 500 DOLLARS TO FIX ONLY TO BEGIN AGAIN WITH NO SOLUTION, DO I HAVE ANY RECOURSE AGAINST DODGE?PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHAT I SHOULD DO I CAN'T AFFORD TO BUY ANOTHER CAR,I SAVED FOR MONTHS TO BUY THIS CAR ONLY TO BE IN WORSE SHAPE THAN BEFORE. *TR

Mileage: 105,000

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING WHICH FORCED THE CONSUMER TO PULL OFF THE ROAD. THE DEALER INSPECTED THE VEHICLE SEVERAL TIMES BUT COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *NLM

I HAVE A 1993 DODGE INTREPID 3.3L V6. THE ENGINE WILL STOP RUNNING AT ANY SPEED USUALLY AFTER A BRIEF WARM UP. SOME TIMES THE ENGINE WILL STOP ONLY FOR A MOMENT (LESS THAN 1 SECOND) THEN COME RIGHT BACK ON. WHEN IT QUITS FOR MORE THAN A SECOND, THE IGNITION SWITCH MUST BE TURNED OFF THEN THE CAR CAN BE RESTARTED. THIS HAS HAPPENED PROBABLY MORE THAN 100 TIMES OVER THE LAST 4 YEARS. I HAVE TAKEN THE AUTO TO A DEALER AND INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP, SPENT SEVERAL HUNDRED DOLLARS AND HAVE YET TO BEEN ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM. ITS VERY UNSETTLING TO BE TRAVELLING AT 65 MPH AND THE ENGINE STOPS!*AK

Mileage: 60,000

I PURCHASED A 1993 DODGE INTREPID FROM A USED CAR LOT. 2 DAYS LATER THE CAR STARTED SMOKING WHEN GOING DOWN A HILL. THEN THE BRAKE LIGHTS BEGAN TO STICK I HAVE TO PULL UP ON THE PEDAL TO GET THEM TO GO OFF AND THE STEERING WHEEL POPS WHEN GOING AROUND A CURVE. NOW THE CAR SITS AT A REPAIR SHOP NEEDING A TRANSMISSION BECAUSE THE DRIVE AND REVERSE GEARS FAILED LEAVING ME WITH A BILL OF 800-2000 TO REPAIR IT. I BELIEVE IF THE MANUFACTURERS WOULD'VE DONE THEIR JOB RIGHT IN THE BEGINNING ALOT MORE PEOPLE WOULD BE PROUD TO OWN A DODGE! *NLM

Mileage: 120,000

VEHICLE FAILED EMISSION CONTROL DUE TO LEAKING EGR VALVE . DEALERSHIP REPAIRED EGR VALVE TWO YEARS AGO. BUT, PROBLEM STILL EXISTS.*AK

ENGINE BLEW UP, REPLACEMENT OVERHEATING DUE TO BAD WATER PUMP, REPLACED IT.

ENGINE BLEW UP, REPLACEMENT OVERHEATING DUE TO BAD WATER PUMP, REPLACED IT.

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE COMPLETELY SHUTSDOWN WITHOUT WARNING. SHORTLY AFTER VEHICLE SITS FOR 25-30 MINUTES IT RESTARTS. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

CAR OVERHEATS CHRONICALLY, SINCE I GOT IT. I HAVE HAD RADIATOR FLUSHED, HOSES REPLACED, FLUID COMPOSITION AND LEVELS REPLACED. CAR IS NOT DRIVEN UNDER DURESS. HAVE BEEN TOLD CHRYSLER HAD DIFFICULTY PROPERLY COOLING THE 3.5 LTR ENGINE. IS THAT TRUE?*AK

WHILE THE CONSUMER WAS CHECKING THE OIL HE ACCIDENTALLY STUCK THE DIP STICK NOT IN THE TUBE BUT ALONG SIDE WHERE THERE IS A GAP OPENING AND CONTACTED AN ELECTRICAL LINE WHICH CAUSED A SPARK, THIS MAYBE A DESIGN PROBLEM WHICH COULD HAVE RESULTED IN FIRE. *MJS

TENSIONER FAILED AND WATER PUMP SEIZED. NLM

TENSIONER FAILED AND WATER PUMP SEIZED. NLM

TIMING BELT BROKE. NLM

ANTI-FREEZE WAS LEAKING. THEN, VEHICLE CUT OFF. HAD TO BE TOWED TO DEALER. ALSO DEALER REPLACED WATER PUMP, AND TIMING BELT. *AK

ANTI-FREEZE WAS LEAKING. THEN, VEHICLE CUT OFF. HAD TO BE TOWED TO DEALER. ALSO DEALER REPLACED WATER PUMP, AND TIMING BELT. *AK

ANTI-FREEZE WAS LEAKING. THEN, VEHICLE CUT OFF. HAD TO BE TOWED TO DEALER. ALSO DEALER REPLACED WATER PUMP, AND TIMING BELT. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING AT ANY SPEED ENGINE WOULD STALL. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

INTERMITTENTLY FAILS TO START OR SUDDENLY DIES WITHOUT ANY WARNING AT ANY SPEED. INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTS FLASH ERRATICALLY/DON'T COME ON. CAN USUALLY START AFTER 3-8 TRIES. OFTEN LEAVES INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTS ON AND FUEL INDICATOR ON EMPTY EVEN WHEN TANK IS FULL.

INTERMITTENT STALLING. *AK

WHILE DRIVING WITH CHILD IN VEHICLE IT JUST STALLED, AND POWER STEERING WENT OUT, MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO STEER. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO CONTROL VEHICLE, AND NOT HIT ANYTHING. DEALER CONTACTED, BUT COULDN'T DO REPAIRS UNTIL 3-3-2000. *AK

WE ALSO EXPERIENCED A TRANSMISSION FAILURE WHICH WAS REBUILT AT 80,000 MILES IN 09/15/1995, THE PAINT IS PEELING, THE BLACK WINDOW PANELS ARE PEALING AND WHEN THE FAN IS STARTED A KNOCKING SOUND COMES FROM THE RIGHT FRONT BLOWER. DO WE HAVE A LEMON? WE HAVE TALKED TO THE MANUFACTURER AND DEALER. ALL OF THESE PROBLEMS SEEM EXTENSIVE. AT THIS POINT, THE CAR IS AT THE DEARLER WITH THE HEAD GASKET PROBLEM (AFTER PAYING $118 WHEN IT FIRST OVERHEATED THE DAY AFTER PICKING THE CAR UP FROM OVERHEATING WHEN THE DEALER SAID THAT A THERMOSTAT WAS THE PROBLEM). DO WE HAVE ANY RECOURSE?

WE ALSO EXPERIENCED A TRANSMISSION FAILURE WHICH WAS REBUILT AT 80,000 MILES IN 09/15/1995, THE PAINT IS PEELING, THE BLACK WINDOW PANELS ARE PEALING AND WHEN THE FAN IS STARTED A KNOCKING SOUND COMES FROM THE RIGHT FRONT BLOWER. DO WE HAVE A LEMON? WE HAVE TALKED TO THE MANUFACTURER AND DEALER. ALL OF THESE PROBLEMS SEEM EXTENSIVE. AT THIS POINT, THE CAR IS AT THE DEARLER WITH THE HEAD GASKET PROBLEM (AFTER PAYING $118 WHEN IT FIRST OVERHEATED THE DAY AFTER PICKING THE CAR UP FROM OVERHEATING WHEN THE DEALER SAID THAT A THERMOSTAT WAS THE PROBLEM). DO WE HAVE ANY RECOURSE?

ENGINE CRADLE HAS CRACKED, CAUSING A LOUD CLUNKING NOISE. DEALER SAID THAT TRANSAXLE/ ENGINE CRADLE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

VEHICLE STALLS WHILE DRIVING. *ET

A FIRE STARTED IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT CAUSING COMPLETE DAMAGE TO VEHICLE WHICH COULD HAVE RESULTED IN INJURY (OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT). *YC

A FIRE STARTED IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT CAUSING COMPLETE DAMAGE TO VEHICLE WHICH COULD HAVE RESULTED IN INJURY (OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT). *YC

THE OIL LIGHT CAME ON, THE ENGINE CUT OFF WHILE IN MOTION. DEALER SAID THAT THE TIMING BELT HAD MELTED AND THE WATER PUMP SEIZED AND IDLER ACTION PULLEY DAMAGED. *AK

THE OIL LIGHT CAME ON, THE ENGINE CUT OFF WHILE IN MOTION. DEALER SAID THAT THE TIMING BELT HAD MELTED AND THE WATER PUMP SEIZED AND IDLER ACTION PULLEY DAMAGED. *AK

GASKETS REPLACED. *YC

WATER PUMP LEAKING INTO OIL PAN, LOWER FRONT BALL JOINTS BAD POSSIBLY CAUSING UNUSUAL TIRE WEAR, WEATHER STRIPPING ON DRIVERS DOOR WON'T STAY ON, SERPENTINE BELT CRACKED. THIS IS JUST A FEW OF THE PROBLEMS SINCE I BOUGHT THE CAR 6 MONTHS AGO. MANY MAJOR PROBLEMS. *AK

WATER PUMP LEAKING INTO OIL PAN, LOWER FRONT BALL JOINTS BAD POSSIBLY CAUSING UNUSUAL TIRE WEAR, WEATHER STRIPPING ON DRIVERS DOOR WON'T STAY ON, SERPENTINE BELT CRACKED. THIS IS JUST A FEW OF THE PROBLEMS SINCE I BOUGHT THE CAR 6 MONTHS AGO. MANY MAJOR PROBLEMS. *AK

WAS DRIVING WHEN ENGINE CHECK LIGHT & CRUISE CONTROL LIGHT CAME ON. VEHICLE THEN STALLED OUT & WOULD NOT START. TRIED 3 TIMES & VEHICLE FILLED WITH GAS FUMES. HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO MECHANIC. THE MECHANIC COULD NOT LOCATE THE STALLING PROBLEM OR THE GAS FUMES PROBLEM. *AK

CAR WAS IN THE EXPRESSWAY IN 55 MILES IN HOUR WATER PUMP FAILED, AND LEAKED ON TIMING BELT CAUSING VEHICLE TO A SUDDEN STOP , CAUSING A MAJOR ENGINE DAMAGE

CAR WAS IN THE EXPRESSWAY IN 55 MILES IN HOUR WATER PUMP FAILED, AND LEAKED ON TIMING BELT CAUSING VEHICLE TO A SUDDEN STOP , CAUSING A MAJOR ENGINE DAMAGE

LOOKING TO FIND OUT ABOUT WHY THE MANUFACTURER BOUGHT BACK THIS CAR AND TO FIND OUT IF THE FUEL O RINGS ARE BAD AND NEED REPLACED AS WELL AS THE FRONT END SUSPENSION

WHEN TRYING TO START VEHICLE IT WON'T START AND ALL THE LIGHTS WERE ON. CONSUMER HAD THE WATER PUMP REPLACED THREE TIMES, AND THE TIMING BELT REPLACED THREE TIMES DUE TO THE WATER PUMP BUSTING. CONSUMER NOTICED A LEAK COMING FROM UNDER THE VEHICLE, AND LEAKED INTO THE GARAGE OF THE CONSUMER'S HOME. *AK

WHEN TRYING TO START VEHICLE IT WON'T START AND ALL THE LIGHTS WERE ON. CONSUMER HAD THE WATER PUMP REPLACED THREE TIMES, AND THE TIMING BELT REPLACED THREE TIMES DUE TO THE WATER PUMP BUSTING. CONSUMER NOTICED A LEAK COMING FROM UNDER THE VEHICLE, AND LEAKED INTO THE GARAGE OF THE CONSUMER'S HOME. *AK

DRAINCOCK LEAKING.

WE HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS WITH THIS CAR SINCE IT WAS PURCHASED. WE HAVE HAD TO PURCHASE A REBUILT TRANSMISSION AND CATALYTIC CONVERTER AND ARE NOW EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH THE EXTERIOR PAINT CORODING, THE CONSTANT SMELL OF GASOLINE INSIDE THE CAR, THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR-BAG IS BUCKLING, THE CUP HOLDERS HAVE BROKEN, AND THE LIST GOES ON!

WHEN GETTING INTO THE VEHICLE AND WHEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE THE CONSUMER CAN SMELL GAS FUMES GETTING INTO THE VEHICLE. DEALER CAN'T FIX THE VEHICLE UNTIL TEN DAYS FROM NOW. CONSUMER STATES IT IS A SAFETY PROBLEM DRIVING AROUND WITH GAS FUMES GETTING INTO THE VEHICLE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 60 MPH THE CONSUMER VEHICLE STARTED TO STALL AND DIDN'T GIVE ANY WARNING AND JUST SHUT DOWN. CONTACTED DEALER, AND THEY SAID THERE WASN'T ANY PROBLEM. *AK

FRONT CROSS MEMBER FAILED. CAUSED THE ENGINE TO SHIFT SUDDENLY, WHICH CAUSED THE RIGHT FRONT AXEL TO SNAP, WHICH, IN TURN DESTROYED THE RIGHT FRONT SUSPENSION - ALL IN APPROX. 1 SECOND. THIS ALL OCCURED WHILE BACKING UP AT APPROX. 1 MPH.

EXHAUST SYSTEM LOUD DUE TO MISSING BOLTS.

WATER PUMP FAILED, TIMING BELT AND TENSIONER FAILED, ALTERNATOR BELT FAILED.

WATER PUMP FAILED, TIMING BELT AND TENSIONER FAILED, ALTERNATOR BELT FAILED.

ENGINE LIGHT CONTINUALLY ON, REPAIRS MADE TO ENGINE AND OTHER COMPONENTS HOWEVER HAVE FAILED TO REMEDY PROBLEM.

ENGINE VALVES FAILED, REDUCING POWER.

CRANKSHAFT SENSOR FAILED ONE DAY AFTER WARRANTY EXPIRED.

ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS ELECTRONIC ENGINE CONTROL FAILED WHILE VEHICLE BEING OPERATED AT 30 MPH, CAUSING STALLING AND BUCKING. ALSO, TIMING BELT PULLEY BROKE WHILE VEHICLE IN OPERATION, SPEED 80 MPH, VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESTART. *AK

VEHICLE ENGINE FIRE.

ENGINE STALLED.

HAD TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALER & INFORMED THAT "O" RING ON AIR CONDITIONER HAD CORRODED & NEEDED REPLACING. THE ENGINE CYLINDER HEAD BROKE WHEN THE ROCKER SHAFT BOLTED & ROCKER SHAFT IS CRACKED. *AK

CATASTROPHIC WATER PUMP LOCK FAILURE, LEADING TO SERPENTINE BELT STOPPING , DESTRUCTING ENGINE AND DAMAGING TRANSMISSION. *AK

WATER PUMP FAILED. MJS

INTERMITTENT STALLING/FAILURE TO START. IN ADDITION, CRUISE CONTROL DISENGAGED ON ITS OWN, CAUSING VEHICLE TO ACCELERATE OUT OF CONTROL, ALMOST HIT A PEDESTRIAN. *AK

VEHICLE CONTINUES TO STALL AFTER SEVERAL REPAIR ATTEMPTS.

WHATEVER SPEED CONSUMER DRIVES THE ENGINE JUST QUITS, CAUSING IT TO LOSE THE POWER STEERING AND BRAKES. ALSO HAS TO COAST TO A STOP BECAUSE HAS NO BRAKES TO STOP THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER ABOUT THE PROBLEM. *AK

VEHICLE EXPERIENCES CONTINUED ENGINE SHUT DOWN, NO CAUSE LOCATED.

AIR CONDITIONER FAILED, ALSO CAUSED CAUSED ENGINE TO STALL.

COOLING FAN FAILED, CAUSING ENGINE TO OVERHEAT/REPLACED SWITCH AND HARNESS. *AK

MUFFLER FAILED.

PISTONS HIT CYLINDER WALLS, PRODUCING ABNORMAL NOISE/CAUSING EXCESSIVE WEAR.

ENGINE STALLED DUE TO CRANK POSITION SENSOR FAILURE, REQUIRING EXCESSIVE FORCE TO STEER CAR TO AVOID ACCIDENT. *DSH

EXPERIENCED ENGINE FIRE. PLEASE GIVE MORE DETAILS. TT

VEHICLE STALLS, CAUSING BRAKE/ELECTRICAL FAILURE.

REPLACED BELTS.