Faults:

Absolutely nothing until 125,000 miles and I am now putting in new tie rods in the front end.

General Comments:

For the year of the intrepid and the low price I paid I find this car to be great. It is sporty looking and still roomy enough for me and my four children. I drive 200 miles daily with this car and I feel it is already paid me back and than some.

One thing I love about my intrepid is its pick up and get!it is extremely fast and I love to be able to move fast!!I plan on keeping mine and possibly getting another, but I will stick to the older models as I don't particularly care for the looks of the newer models.

Faults:

My car has had almost everything go wrong with it. My multifunction switch had to be replaced and my trunk wouldn't unlatch. About every 3 weeks I have to replace my spark plugs and my oxygen sensor has been replaced since I have had it. Currently speaking my car runs like poop. I have an exhaust leak, it reeks or gas inside, my strut's are broken, and I have no pick up speed. It takes along time to get up to 40mph and I don't even attempt to hop on the highway any more. I am a female, I know nothing bout cars and I am a student 1400miles from home with a pile of junk to rely on.

Faults:

The day after we bought it the plastic portion of the dipstick fell off. We were able to retrieve it ourselves by heating a nail, inserting it in the plastic part remaining in the oil tube, creating a hole and using a pair of manicure scissors to pull it out. ($9 for new dipstick)

More recently we have been having problems with the injectors. There was a ticking noise that started at 65000 miles. Over the next month (1000 miles) it continued to get worse until it was a ticking noise combined with a high pitch squealing. We took it to a mechanic that suggested we do a mechanical or chemical clean. We did the chemical clean (cheaper) and changed to synthetic oil. We were assuming that there was not enough oil getting to the lifters. The noise quieted for awhile, but now at 70000 miles we took it to the Dodge dealer for a factory recall on the floor shifter, and had them look at the lifters. It cost $150 just for them to open the valve covers to determine if oil was getting to the lifters. Their diagnosis was that there was a spun cam barring. It is supposedly easier and cheaper to have the entire engine replaced than to fix the cam barring. ($3400 to replace engine if done by Dodge, we bought a salvage engine and had a small mechanic shop drop it in for total of $1000). The most frustrating part of this is that we have only had the car for 4 months and have put on 10000 miles (which yes, is a lot), and already need a new engine.

Safety recall on a pin in the floor shifter. - free.

Bought it with hydraulic hood opener that was broken- never fixed it.

General Comments:

The car's interior was in excellent condition when we bought it and has still held up with frequently transporting a dog.

It is a comfortable ride for long distances and we have gotten up to 40 mpg on our long distance drives to Canada.