Faults:

Purchased the car from dealer used for $5000 in October 2003, I drove the car for roughly 5/6000 miles before the engine gave up. Had many many problems with misc. things in the two months I drove it including, but not limited to: Power windows off track, Power mirror switch failure, starter failure (340 dollars later).

Late November a light knock was detected and immediately taken in for service to dealer. Dealer stated that it was normal for a car with that many miles to develop something like that, and that they would charge me to inspect it... only a MONTH after I bought it!

Christmas Day is when it died... and now I'm stuck with a 5000 loan, and required to keep full coverage insurance on it $150/mo. when it's just sitting. A re-manufactured engine will run me between 4/5000 dollars, and a used one not much cheaper.

General Comments:

Just a recommendation, do not buy this car... unless you like spending money..

General Comments:

I think most cars are the responsibility of the owner. I still own my car, and I would not buy any other car.

I have had some parts go bad, but I change my oil, and I clean the inside of my motor every 4 oil changes.

Yes, I have had 3 starters to go bad, all in one year, but the ground wire was loose, and that fixed the problem.

I also had 9 sets of brake pads and 4 rotors in the first year, but I found out that it was wrecked on the one side, and they fixed it.

All I hear are the bad things, but never the good. Every car and every company has problems, and that's the risk you take with anything you buy.

This was the first car I bought new, and I was scared to drive it, because I didn't want to blow the motor, since it wasn't broken in.

Yes, I take extra precautions to take care of my car, but it's well worth it.

Faults:

I can't believe all the problems everybody has had with their Intrepids. Mine was as close to perfect as I've ever had. The One and ONLY problem I ever had was the rear view mirror came off the windshield.

Awesome acceleration, great brakes, (especially with the carbon fiber pads), very comfortable, handles like it's on rails. My girlfriend at the time had a 98 mustang 3.8 and the Intrepid would eat it for lunch in all catagories.

I didn't baby this car either, I drove it over 100mph on a semi-daily basis. The ECM did shut the engine down at 119mph, which was annoying, but if I needed to get there faster I'd drive my work car (crown vic interceptor) Actually the Intrepid out-accelerated the vic, but the top end is better in the cruiser.

General Comments:

Great car, best I ever owned.

One thing I did notice on this site, everybody with an ES was perfectly happy with theirs. Maybe it's the base model that had some problems. The base has the 2.7 liter and mine has the 3.2.