Thanks for your reply.
My mechanic is going to replace it tonight, hopefully.
Just to verify, would the bad crankshaft would cause a "no crank" issue? My mech seemed to think that it would turn over, but wouldn't start. I guess all cars have their little issues but I wish I would have known all these Intrigue problems before I bought it. It did run like a champ for 4 years, but I have had to replace the speed sensor and ABS recently.