2004 Dodge Intrepid from North America - Comments

I bought a 2004 Intrepid SE and similarly experienced complete engine failure when applying the brake during normal daily driving (at 63,000 miles).

Replaced the CAM Sensor and experienced complete engine lockup and powerloss while driving 70 mph on the interstate (at 75,000 miles), which cost another CAM Sensor.

Additionally at about 70,000 miles, I replaced another component in the engine because it would fail to start unless the car was completely cold.

Add a catalytic converter at 78,000 miles and for the cost of maintaining this car in marginal running shape, I should have bought an Audi.

I can say with all certainty that the 2004 Dodge Intrepid is the worst car ever built. The people who work for Daimler/Dodge/Chrysler should be ashamed to have their names attached to this "product". I purchased a used 2004 Intrepid that had about 17K miles on it. At about the 40K mile mark everything went down hill. Oil light coming on, power steering outages, etc, etc. And then at the 85K mile mark total engine failure. I had too much into the car and there was too much negative equity on the loan to trade the car in. I had another engine put in and now I have had four cooling systems failures in the last week. P.O.S.

I bought a 2003 intrepid 3 weeks ago, had it 6 days, and noticed loud ticking noise when I started it, so I took it to a mechanic who said it needed new engine. Car dealer gave me another car a 2004 intrepid (beautiful car), but now I am terrified to drive this car very far, I noticed that sometimes when turn the car off, there is a bubbeling sound, so we replaced the radiator cap, and flushed everything, and now this morning we checked the oil, and it says 2 quarts low, I am about to give up. But paid over 4500.00 for the car.

I just purchased a 2004 Dodge Intrepid ES on March 21st, it is now the 23rd.

It has a 2.7 engine, I checked my oil level and it says it's full, however the oil light keeps coming on while I'm driving. I have now done some research and am very uncertain that I've made the right decision. The car is in great condition otherwise (or so it seems). Am I bound to this purchase or is there something I can do? It hasn't been 46 hours yet. I don't know if I'm just panicking, but I should be happy about buying a car right?!

Please Help!

My wife and I have a 2004 Dodge Intrepid, and we have the same exact problem. Engine failure, check engine light, and engine shut off while driving. The car have been park in our drive for at least 1-year. Also we did not know so many people had the same problem.

Antonio and Rachel Lockett

Wheaton Illinois

This is my story about infamous Intrepid 2001 2.7L and how I fixed the problem with the oil pressure light:

At around 110k mileage oil pressure light started flickering while the engine was hot and idle, and I got really scared at first, but then after doing some research, came to the conclusion that this is a known problem, and since I've been taking really good care of the car (oil changes every less than 3000 miles with Mobil 5000), I will leave it as it is and keep driving.

For the past few months I've seeing the light coming on and staying solid on while at stops, and I have really started worrying about what if the oil pressure is really low to the point that I could seize the engine. I got really scared today and decided to go to the Dodge dealer to measure the oil pressure and if all good, ask them to install part (05017800AA Wire Terminal/Vent) as per TSB NO: 08-36-99. When I arrived at the dealer service, I was told that oil pressure check would cost me 98.75 (what a rip off!) and then I asked if they had that part in stock. The guy behind the counter asked one of the mechanics to find that part for him, and after going through all the shelves and mechanic telling me "I swear that I've seen that wire somewhere yesterday" they couldn't find it.

Then (to my surprise) Dodge mechanic took me to the side and told me: "why would you want to spend $22 on the wire or even more on checking the oil pressure. You don't need that wire, instead of spending money this is what you should do: unplug the connector that connects to the oil switch sensor and you will see that there are two holes in the connector. On the back of that connector there is a wire that goes into first hole. The other hole has no wire but it has a square brownish plug. Grab a pair of players and remove that plug. Once that's done, connect the connector back to the switch and you should be good. Removing the plug will be equivalent to installing 05017800AA Wire Terminal/Vent and will serve the same purpose which is to vent..."

I took the car to my mechanic today, lifted the car up, removed the plug (remember it is on back of the connector where a wire goes in) and reconnected connector back to the switch.

I COULDN'T BELIEVE THAT IT FIXED MY PROBLEM!!! I drove around town for an hour and the light did not light up even once, whereas I had it ON and solid at every stop while driving to the dealer!!!

One thing worth mentioning: while removing the plug we've noticed that I have at least 3 leaks (transmission, oil switch (even thought I had it replaced 3 months ago!!!) and coolant). My mechanic's comment was: "don't even bother spending any more money on this car..."

Final Conclusion: even though that I've been taking REALLY good care of my dodge, it is simply a piece of crap and I recommend people to stay away from this car. BUYERS BEWARE!

I too have a 2004 Dodge Intrepid. It is the third Intrepid I have owned, and the first two were wonderful, and the first problems I had were after 80,000 miles. Both had the 2.7 L engine.

Since they stopped making Intrepids, I bought a used 2004 with a 3.5 L engine. The "check engine" light went on and the dealer replaced the cam shaft sensor. Later it went on again and they replaced the catalytic converter and sensors. Later, the light went on again and again they replaced the catalytic converter sensors.

This past week, the light went on again and a different dealer tightened the gas cap and the light went out. It makes one wonder!

""I COULDN'T BELIEVE THAT IT FIXED MY PROBLEM!!!""

Don't you just LOVE those days! Love your day EVEN MORE! Get RID of that Dodge 2.7 liter car before the Gremlins sneak out of your 2.7 and makes a nasty bite!