Safety Score
66
Average
Recalls
1
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
—
Recalls (1)
| Date | NHTSA ID | Component | Units | Completion | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998-03-09 | 98V049000 |
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | 54 | — | Details |
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-01-12 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 DODGE INTREPID. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH, THE BRAKES FAILED TO… |
| 2012-03-19 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 DODGE INTREPID. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WA… |
| 2011-09-03 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | ENGINE FAILURE CLICKING NOISE POSSIBLE VALVE TRAIN. CONSUMING LARGE AMOUNTS OF OIL BUT NO PROPERLY LUBRICATING ENGINE P… |
| 2010-11-14 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 DODGE INTREPID. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH WHEN THE ENGINE … |
| 2010-08-01 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 DODGE INTREPID. THE CONTACT STATED GASOLINE FUEL WAS LEAKING FROM THE FUEL LINE THAT CONNEC… |
| 2009-04-02 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | IN 2007 I BOUGHT A 1998 DODGE INTREPID 2.7 L ENGINE....NONETHELESS THE ENGINE BLEW. THE CAR HAD REGULAR OIL CHANGES AN… |
| 2009-01-18 | STEERING | No | 0 | POWER STEERING FEELS LIKE THERE IS NO POWER STEERING ,NO POWER STEERING LEAKS BELTS OK AND NO NOISE UNDER HOOD. *TR |
| 2008-12-08 | STEERING | No | 0 | SEVERE STEERING PROBLEMS. WHEEL LOCKS WHEN TURNED COMPLETELY TO RIGHT OR LEFT. WANDERS ON DRY PAVEMENT, ALMOST IMPOSSIB… |
| 2008-10-13 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | THE ENGINE IN MY 1998 DODGE INTREPID WITH 56K MILES N IT IS KNOCKING. SEVERAL MECHANICS HAVE TOLD ME THE ENGINE NEEDS … |
| 2008-10-10 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | I BOUGHT A DODGE INTREPID IN APRIL 08. IT HAD 53,000 MILES, IN GREAT CONDITION AND SPOTLESS CARFAX. THE CAR STARTED MAK… |
| 2008-06-13 | STEERING | Yes | 0 | I WAS DRIVING AROUND 40MPH, CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP IN ORDER TO MAKE A RIGHT TURN ON TO ANOTHER STREET. ONCE MAKING THI… |
| 2008-04-24 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | I HAVE A 98 DODGE INTREPID WITH A 2.7L ENGINE. I BOUGHT CAR IN JULY 06, CAME WITH 90 DAY WARRANTY. HAD IT TO DEALER WIT… |
| 2007-12-08 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | I BOUGHT THIS CAR USED WITH ABOUT 100,000 MILES FOR $2,000. IT'S A BEAUTIFUL CAR IN AND OUT FOR THE PRICE GREAT CONDITI… |
| 2007-11-21 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM | No | 0 | ENGINE PROBLEMS W/SLUDGE DODGE INTREPID W/2.7 ENGINE. *TR |
| 2007-10-28 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | VERY LOUD KNOCKING FROM THE ENGINE OCCURRED THEN THE ENGINE DIED LIFTERS WERE REPLACED BECAUSE THEY WERE COLLAPSED AND… |
| 2007-10-04 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 DODGE INTREPID. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE ENGINE FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEAL… |
| 2007-10-01 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | ENGINE KEEPS TURNING OFF , OIL LIGHT KEEPS FLICKERING WHEN STOP. *TR |
| 2007-07-30 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE DUE TO OIL SLUDGE BUILD UP. MECHANIC STATED THAT THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE 2.7L ENGINE… |
| 2007-07-09 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | I WAS ON VACATION FOR THE WEEKEND IN CANADA, ON THE WAY BACK, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN HEARD A LOUD KNOCKING SOUND. I PULLED… |
| 2007-06-12 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM | No | 0 | ENGINE WAS RUNNING HOT TOWED INTO REPAIR SHOP SAID THAT THE VALVES WERE BURNT AND BLOCK WAS CRACKED. *TR |
| 2007-04-19 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 DODGE INTREPID. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH THE CONTACT SMELLED GAS AND SAW SMOKE EXITING FROM THE… |
| 2007-04-07 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | THE CAR STARTING SMOKING AND THEN CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON...CANT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT...CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ST… |
| 2007-03-27 | STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 DODGE INTREPID. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH,THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO HESITATE AND THE CHECK ENGINE IND… |
| 2006-12-10 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | I HAVE A 1998 CHRYSLER INTREPID WITH A 2.7 ENGINE. THE ENGINE OIL LIGHT HAS REPEATEDLY COME ON AT AN IDLE. THE ENGINE W… |
| 2006-11-22 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP | No | 0 | DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO TH… |
| 2006-11-05 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH UNDER NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN … |
| 2006-09-12 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE HAVING THE VEHICLE SERVICED, A LEAK WAS NOTICED UNDER THE ENGINE. THE DEALER REPLACED A … |
| 2006-09-11 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE ENGINE FAILED SUDDENLY WITHOUT WARNING ON A HIGHWAY. THE CHECK ENGIN… |
| 2006-09-04 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS | No | 0 | HEADLIGHTS WILL TURN ON AND OFF INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING , OR WILL TURN ON BY THEMSELVES WITHOUT THE KEY IN IGNITIO… |
| 2006-08-25 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 DODGE INTREPID. WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 65-70 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO JERK, RATTLE, MAKE NO… |
| 2006-08-14 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS | No | 0 | DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE BRAKE LINES RUSTED CAUSING BRAKE FLUID TO LEAK OUT AROUND THE MUFFLER CREATING A FIRE HAZAR… |
| 2006-07-31 | WHEELS:LUGS/NUTS/BOLTS/STUDS | No | 0 | 1998 DODGE INTREPID'S RIGHT FRONT TIRE SEPARATED FROM VEHICLE. *KB WHEN THE TIRE SHEARED OFF IT SCRATCHED THE REAR DOO… |
| 2006-07-26 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING THE ENGINE MALFUNCTIONED AND THE VEHICLE STOPPED , LEAVING THE CONSUMER STRANDED… |
| 2006-07-20 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS | No | 0 | DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE INSIDE OF THE HEADLIGHTS BECAME PROGRESSIVELY CLOUDY, TO THE POINT THAT THE LIGHT WAS OBSC… |
| 2006-07-19 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | CAR WAS PURCHASED IN 5/06 FROM PRIVATE DEALER. FUILD AND OIL LEVELS WHERE INSPECTED BY OWNER (AT JIFFY LUBE WITH DOCUMA… |
| 2006-07-01 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM | No | 0 | MY CAR WAS TOWED TO DEALER ON A WEDNESDAY AND RADIATOR WAS REPLACED, AFTER GETTING THE CAR BACK ON FRIDAY EVENING, SAT.… |
| 2006-06-18 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED WHILE TRAVELING AT 50 MPH AND IT WENT COMPLETELY FLOOR. THE BRAK… |
| 2006-06-13 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TRANSMISSION FAILURE FOR 1998 DODGE INTREPID ES AT 103,000 MILES. REBUILT ONE PUT IN AND LASTED 30,000 MILES. PUT IN RE… |
| 2006-06-09 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | DT*: THE CONTACT STATED ENGINE TERMINATED INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. THIS OCCURRED THREE TIMES. … |
| 2006-05-24 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | VEHICLE'S ENGINE STARTED KNOCKING VERY LOUD THEN AND IT MADE A LOUD POP AND SEIZED, I WAS ON A ONE LANE HIGHWAY AROUND … |
| 2006-05-16 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | 1998 INTREPID ENGINE COMPARTMENT CAUGHT ON FIRE. *TS THE CONSUMER OBSERVED SMOKE COMING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT P… |
| 2006-03-09 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM | No | 0 | DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALERSHIP, WHERE IT WA… |
| 2006-01-03 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | 1998 INTREPID WAS PURCHASED WITH 102,00 MILES. AT 104,500 MILES OIL LIGHT STARTED TO FLICKER AT STOP LIGHTS. ONE DAY, E… |
| 2005-12-20 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | DT: WHILE THE CONTACT'S SON WAS DRIVING THE ENGINE LOCKED. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP. THEY FO… |
| 2005-12-01 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | I HAVE A 98 DODGE INTREPID READY TO BE RE-POSSESSED. I BOUGHT THE CAR IN 2001 WITH 53000 MILES ON IT. 2 YEARS LATER THE… |
| 2005-11-30 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | DT: THE CONTACT STATES ENGINE MADE A LOUD CLANKING SOUND. THE ENGINE WOULD NOT RESTART; THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO REPAIR… |
| 2005-11-10 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD | No | 0 | DT: THE CONTACT TOOK VEHICLE TO A MECHANIC TO HAVE A COIL PACK REPLACED. THE MECHANIC SAID HE LET THE VEHICLE RUN FOR … |
| 2005-11-07 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | DT: THE CONTACT STATED THE ENGINE FAILED WHILE DRIVING. SHE HEARD AN ODD NOISE IN THE ENGINE. SHE PULLED OVER TO CHECK … |
| 2005-11-01 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | LTR FM (MO) RE THE DEFECTIVE ENGINE IN HIS 1998 CHRYSLER VEHICLE, WANTS CHRYSLER TO BE HELD RESPOSIBLE FOR PUTTING FAUL… |
| 2005-11-01 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING THE ENGINE STARTED OVER HEATING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP TO BE … |