# 2004 Dodge Intrepid Belts

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2004-dodge-intrepid-belts/56308>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** belts, intrepid, dodge\
**Created:** [October 13, 2010, 12:17am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2004-dodge-intrepid-belts/56308 "2010-10-13T00:17:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![tarquynn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5e925/32.png) [@tarquynn](https://community.cartalk.com/u/tarquynn)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2010, 12:17am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2004-dodge-intrepid-belts/56308/1 "2010-10-13T00:17:16Z")

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I have a 2004 Intrepid… and I’m broke. I have an intermediate knowledge of repair. This car has 2 serpentine belts that both go around the crankshaft pulley for power, one in front of the other. Today, the smaller belt shredded off, probly due to a bad tensioner pulley. The smaller belt only goes around the crankshaft pulley, tensioner pulley, and A/C. Long story short, is it ok to drive back and forth to work for 3 more days without the secondary A/C belt before I replace it?

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**Author:** ![tarquynn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5e925/32.png) [@tarquynn](https://community.cartalk.com/u/tarquynn)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2010, 12:18am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2004-dodge-intrepid-belts/56308/2 "2010-10-13T00:18:25Z")

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BTW it has the 2.7L.

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**Author:** ![StrongDreamsWaitHere](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/strongdreamswaithere/32/2014_2.png) [@StrongDreamsWaitHere](https://community.cartalk.com/u/StrongDreamsWaitHere)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2010, 12:24am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2004-dodge-intrepid-belts/56308/3 "2010-10-13T00:24:12Z")

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Should be fine, assuming you’ve correctly ID’d the A/C the only thing powered by that belt.

However, the pulley on the A/C should have been freewheeling unless you were using the A/C at the time. If you were not using the A/C, that belt would only be under tension if the A/C clutch was also bad, so you probably should have that checked before slapping on a new belt.

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**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2010, 12:25am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2004-dodge-intrepid-belts/56308/4 "2010-10-13T00:25:11Z")

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If the belt only drives the AC compressor, you can drive it forever without the belt. But you won’t have AC.

Tester

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**Author:** ![tarquynn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5e925/32.png) [@tarquynn](https://community.cartalk.com/u/tarquynn)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2010, 1:10am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2004-dodge-intrepid-belts/56308/5 "2010-10-13T01:10:23Z")

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Thats what I was thinking. I’m mainly concerned about the crankshaft getting pulled out of place with only the one belt.

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**Author:** ![common-sense-answer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/common-sense-answer/32/716_2.png) [@common-sense-answer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/common-sense-answer)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2010, 1:50pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2004-dodge-intrepid-belts/56308/6 "2010-10-13T13:50:50Z")

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I Believe The Car Has Only 1 Serpentine Belt. The Broken A-C Belt Is A V-Belt.

Renew both belts if the serpentine belt has not been replaced in recent history.

CSA