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Used 1996 Dodge Intrepid Sedan Consumer Reviews

4.1 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars

Wonderful Car

luvmydodge, 11/08/2007
1996 Dodge Intrepid ES 4dr Sedan
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Overall this is a great car. I bought it with 60k miles on it and I finally had to let it go. I sold it because the transmission finally went out but this was after 280k miles. That was the only mechanical problem with this car.

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5 out of 5 stars

Great vehicle and fun to drive

jaeggergs, 11/17/2007
1996 Dodge Intrepid ES 4dr Sedan
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Bought this vehicle as a demo with 5200 miles on it. It has been one of the best reliable, dependable vehicles I've ever owned. Love the performance of the vehicle. Hugs corners with Pirelli's. I have 187,000 miles on the vehicle. Replaced the engine, rebuilt the tranny & it still runs like a dream. Front end now goes about every 2 years. About $800. to repair. Having a hard time letting this vehicle go. Prefer driving it in bad weather over my SUV. Don't like the black "paper" between front & back doors as it peels off. That's the worst I can say about this vehicle. Only stuck once and that's when the engine went with no warning. This vehicle owes me nothing. Would recommend to anyone

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3.75 out of 5 stars

Not a Safe Car!

Marc H, 03/09/2008
1996 Dodge Intrepid 4dr Sedan
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I may have only had this car for a year, but since then I have experienced a broken inner left tie rout and outer right tie rod. The inner left one broke and made it impossible to steer while going around the corner. The transmission is absolute garbage and has a rough 2-1 downshift. The oilpan is almost rusted through. Car has gone though a set of brand new front tires within 25,000km, with no alignment issues. Engine overheats periodically, and there has been a mysterious check engine light for about 3 months now. I'll be honest with you, this car may have been wrecked before I even bought it. But many of these problems are far too serious to be blamed simply on abuse or negligence!

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4.38 out of 5 stars

53000+ miles on dodge intrepid96I have t

intrepidone, 05/21/2003
1996 Dodge Intrepid ES 4dr Sedan
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I have 53000+ miles on this car and I enjoy driving it because, it has very good acceleration, solid rode feel, body seems all together and well built. The only thing I do not like is the road wind noise and tire noise over bumps. You can feel the road , like old pavement that is pitted, versus new pavement. Other than that I think I have had good luck with the car. I am getting a new a/c compressor put in , the first one. I had the a/c charged once in the last 7 years. I had one battery installed, and a water pump. I also had two new tires put on about 10/15000 miles ago, but , the other two are still good.

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4.88 out of 5 stars

Ralph's Intrepid

R.Ralph, 03/13/2002
1996 Dodge Intrepid 4dr Sedan
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Very Good experience

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4.38 out of 5 stars

Unconditional Love

Joe's Intrepid, 03/17/2008
1996 Dodge Intrepid 4dr Sedan
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I bought my Intrepid at the beginning of last summer. $500! It had 142k miles, I thought I'd hang on to it as a backup/work car. I ended up selling my LeSabre instead. This is a great car. My only problem to date is I had to replace the water pump an a belt. But overall, WONDERFUL CAR! She now has over 185k and feels brand new. I just finished installing 2000 watts of subwoofer in the trunk... love the car, you should get one if you have the means.

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4.63 out of 5 stars

it is a good car

msparent, 07/09/2003
1996 Dodge Intrepid ES 4dr Sedan
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I would buy another one

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4.13 out of 5 stars

96 Dodge Intrepid

M E Caulfield, 03/17/2002
1996 Dodge Intrepid 4dr Sedan
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I am lucky to have had the extended warranty on this car because in the last 2 years I have had over 3000 in repairs (transmission/air cond./ control arm/springs/struts). Luckily almost everything was covered under the extended warranty.

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4.25 out of 5 stars

Good Car

JGrigg, 03/30/2002
1996 Dodge Intrepid 4dr Sedan
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Not many problems. The A/C dosen't work but it isn't a problem in CT. The power windows are tempermental. Good car. Lots of road noise from windows

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2.75 out of 5 stars

Won't buy another one

jfreeman, 05/14/2008
1996 Dodge Intrepid 4dr Sedan
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I bought this car used. Plastic parts breaks easily. Engine had a number of problems, the worst was a bent valve. check eng. light stays on. leaked oil from valve covers. and had to replace the EGR valve, $370 at dealer. All of this in a 45 day period.

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2.38 out of 5 stars

More time in shop

hammerdrop64, 05/17/2008
1996 Dodge Intrepid ES 4dr Sedan
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About 15 days after I bought this car, the check engine light came on. I had to replace the EGR valve. Four days after that, I had to change the valve cover gaskets, it was leaking oil on the exhaust manifold. Two weeks after that was the worst problem, a bent valve. It would stick at times. I didn't won't to spend the money to have the heads reworked. Also, Dodge seems to have cheap plastics, especially on interior parts. I had this car about six weeks. I sold it for $800, I won't get another one.

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