1995 Dodge Intrepid complaints

VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY WHEN THE HORN STARTED GOING OFF. CONSUMER WENT OUTSIDE TO INVESTIGATE THE VEHICLE, AND NOTICED THAT THE DASHBOARD WAS ON FIRE. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO PUT THE FLAMES OUT WITH A WATER HOSE. *AK

THE DEALERSHIP DID NOT HAVE ANYONE ON STAFF TO PERFORM THE FUEL LEAKAGE RECALL 98V184000 FOR OVER A MONTH. THE VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY LEAKING FUEL AND THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD NOT TO DRIVE IT. *JB

WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH THE VEHICLE INTERMITTENTLY STALLED. AFTER A FEW MINUTES OF SITTING IDLE THE VEHICLE COULD BE RESTARTED. THERE WAS ALSO A HEATING PROBLEM. *AK

CAR STALLS ON LEFT HAND TURNS, IN REVERSE. CRUISE CONTROL ENGAGES BY IT SELF AT WILL. GETS STUCK IN FOURTH GEAR. HAVE REPLACED POWER TRAIN CONTROL MODULE AND CAM SENSOR. MECHANIC SAID COMPUTER NO LONGER PUTS OUT ERROR CODES. PAID 1000. SO FAR AND MECHANIC STILL HAS NO IDEA WHAT'S WRONG WITH IT. *LA

WHILE TRAVELING, THE ENGINE INDICATOR LIGHT BEGAN ILLUMINATING AND FLASHING. ONCE THE VEHICLE WAS SERVICED, THE TECHNICIAN NOTICED THE ENGINE O-RING HAD CAUGHT FIRE. THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE HAS YET TO BE DETERMINED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *PH

THE TRUNK OF VEHICLE DID NOT STAY UP ON ITS OWN. THE TRUNK HAD TO HAVE SOMETHING PROPPED UNDER IT IN ORDER FOR IT TO STAY UP. THE MANUFACTURER AND THE DEALER HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. *JB

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY DRIVER SMELLED A STRONG ODOR COMING FROM THE VENTILATION AREA. DRIVER TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER. MECHANIC INDICATED THAT EXHAUST SYSTEM NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

CONSUMER STATES WHILE DRIVING ON LOS ANGELES FREEWAY AT 55 MPH AND WITH NO WARNING VEHICLE GOT SHUT OFF, CAUSING CONSUMER TO PULL OFF THE ROAD. DEALER AND INDEPENDENT SHOP COULD NOT DUPLICATE OR CORRECT PROBLEM. *AK *TS *NLM

WHILE DRIVING AT 40 MPH RACK AND PINION STEERING BROKE. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

ROCKER ARM AND ROCKER ARM SUPPORT FAILURE ON 26 SEPT '03 WHILE DRIVING TO WORK MY 1995 INTREPID (3.3 LITER) BEGAN MAKING A "TICKING" OR "CLACKING" NOISE. AFTTER DISCUSSION AT WORK,THE NOISE WAS DIAGNOSED AS A MISSING CYLINDER, THE IGNITION SYSTEMS SHOULD BE LOOKED AT. I BROUGHT IT HOME AND REPLACED THE PLUGS AND WIRES AND CHECKED THE SPARK. ALL NORMAL, STILL THE CLACKING NOISE. AFTER DROPPING THE CAR AT MY NEIGHBORHOOD MECHANIC WHO PULLED THE VALVE COVER AND NOTIFIED ME THAT THE TOWER SUPPORTING THE AFT END OF THE DRIVERS SIDE ROCKER ARM AXIS HAD SHEARED OFF AND THAT THE LIFTING ROD AND ROCKER ARM WERE DAMAGED BEYOND REPAIR. REQUIRING REPLACEMENT OF THE HEAD AND ANCILLARY COMPONENTS. FURTHER THE MECHANIC SAID THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH DODGE 3.3 MOTORS AND THAT THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL. I ALSO CONTACTED SEVERAL PEOPLE WHO HAVE OR HAVE OWNED THE SAME CAR (1995 INTREPID) AND AT LEAST TWO REPORTED THE SAME PROBLEM AT A SMILAR MILAGE.

THE PAINT IS COMING OFF THE CAR. *NLM

WHILE TRAVELING THROUGH AN INTERSECTION ANOTHER VEHICLE HIT CONSUMER'S VEHICLE FROM THE SIDE, CAUSING A COLLISION. DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK

WHILE DRIVING THE TIE ROD BOLT BROKE WITHOUT WARNING AND CAUSED THE WHEELS TO COLLAPSE INWARD. *AK *PH *NLM

CONSUMER STATED THAT WHEN TURNING AND WITHOUT WARNING RACK AND PINION STEERING SNAPPED. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A TRANSMISSION LINE LEAK AT THE COOLER LINE, AND ALSO THE POWER MIRROR WAS REPLACED. *PH *CB *JB

VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE IN FROM THE IGNITION SWITCH WITHOUT WARNING. *TT

PAINT WASHING OFF CAR. THE FACTORY PAINT IS PEELING OFF THE CAR. I TOOK IT TO THE BODY SHOP AND THEY SAID IT WAS BAD PRIMER FROM THE FACTORY. THAT THE CAR HAD TO BE COMPLETELY STRIPPED DOWN AND REPAINTED. *JB

THE TRUNK LIGHT BULB CAME IN CONTACT WITH A SUITCASE IN THE TRUNK AND RESULTED IN A FIRE. THE LIGHT HAD NO COVER ON IT. *NLM THE VEHICLE WAS DIAGNOSED AS TOTALED DUE TO THE SMOKE DAMAGE. SCC

THE FUEL TANK HOLDING STRAP RUSTED COMPLETELY THROUGH, WHICH CAUSED THE TANK TO BECOME DETACHED FROM THE BODY OF THE VEHICLE. *JB NEW TANK STRAP REPLACED. *TT

THE MAIN SUPPORT BRACKET FOR THE SEAT BACK CRACKED AND BROKE IN TWO. MR. *AK *JB *TS

MY 1995 DODGE INTREPID ES IS IN NEED OF ITS THIRD WATER PUMP. THE CAR HAS JUST UNDER 60,000 MILES. THE FIRST ONE WAS UNDER WARRANTY, THE SECOND AND NOW THE THIRD WILL BE ON US. I AM NOT DRIVING DEMOLITION DERBY, THREE WATER PUMPS IS MIND BOGGLING.

THE VEHICLES AIR BAG WAS CLICKING AND RISING. THE CONSUMER HAS BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS GETTING THE DEALER TO REPAIR THE VEHICLES AIR BAG ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH IT, BUT THE CONSUMER IS AFRAID IT IS GOING TO DEPLOY. *NLM

I HAVE HAD TO PUT 4 TRANSMISSIONS IN MY EAGLE VISION. THERE HAS GOT TO BE A PROBLEM. I BOUGHT TWO FROM A JUNK YARD WITH LITTLE MILEAGE, AND THEY BOTH WERE BAD. *NLM

THE VEHICLE VIOLENTLY JERKED, AND THEN STALLED. *JB

THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM AS STATED IN RECALL 99 V 215 000, HOWEVER THE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. *JB

THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT A FUEL PROBLEM WAS THE CAUSE.*JB

THE TIE ROD BROKE, WHICH CAUSED THE STEERING WHEEL TO ONLY GO IN ONE DIRECTION.*JB

THE CONSUMER WAS IN A COLLISION AND THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. SCC PH

I WAS DRIVING ALONG WITH MY FAMILY, IN MEDIUM TRAFFIC FLOW, WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN WITHOUT WARNING, THE TRANSMISSION DROPPED INTO 2ND GEAR, AND WOULD NOT SHIFT OUT OF 2ND GEAR. SCC ***DIMSII IVOQ ENTRY POSTED AFTER 12/12/02 CUT-OVER TO ARTEMIS****770802****

IN 1998 A RECALL WAS ISSUED FOR THE FUEL RAIL AND O-RINGS WHICH WE HAD REPLACED AFTER THE RECALL WAS ISSUED. THE SAME SYMPTOMS OF FUEL SMELL ARE AGAIN ENTERING THE INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE AT VARIOUS TIMES WHICH LEADS ME TO BELIEVE THE REPLACED RECALL PARTS IS FAILING AGAIN. DT

CONSUMER STATES HAD VEHICLE CHECKED BY DLR DUE TO SMELLING GAS FUMES. DLR DETERMINED THAT FUEL IS LEAKING FROM LOWER INTAKE MANIFOLD AND THE FUEL INJECTOR O-RINGS. TS

MFR# 790 & NHTSA# 860/433--5888: FUEL LEAKAGE: CONSUMER PROBLEMS WITH FUEL LEAKAGE. VEHICLE AT THE DEALER. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *MR

FUEL LINE CORRODED THROUGH NEAR ENGINE. ACCORDING TO DEALER THIS FAILURE IS UNREASONABLE ON VEHICLES OF THIS AGE AS THE PART SUPPOSED TO BE CORROSION RESISTANT. VEHICLE POSED GREAT FIRE HAZARD AS THE LEAK DEVELOPED RIGHT BY THE ENGINE. OTHER FUEL LINE ALSO SHOWS SIGNS OF CORROSION ALTHOUGH IT HAS NOT LEAKED. CHANCE OF PART FAILURE IS IMPOSSIBLE TO PREDICT AND FAILURE OCCURS AT ANY SPEED OR WITHOUT THE VEHICLE BEING USED. FUEL LINES ARE EXPENSIVE PARTS AND REPLACEMENT IS LABOR INTENSIVE. OWNER'S COST IN THIS CASE WAS $614. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN CONTACTED WITH A COPY OF THE REPAIR INVOICE FROM DEALER. TS

THE VEHICLE WAS RECALLED FOR FAULTY O-RING AND WERE REPLACED UNDER RECALL 98V-184. AFTER REPAIR THE CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO PERSONAL MECHANIC FOR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE WHERE THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED A FUEL LEAK FROM THE O-RING SEALS. THE CONSUMER FEELS THE RECALL WORK WAS EITHER NOT DONE OR THE O-RING WERE REPLACED WITH THE SAME RECALLED O-RINGS. *MR *NLM

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE TIE THAT HOOKS TO RACK AND PINION KEEPS COMING LOOSE. THIS IS CAUSING THE STEERING WHEEL TO BE INOPERATIVE. NLM *SCC

TIRE HAD MAJOR TREAD SEPARATION, I HAD READ ABOUT THIS PROBLEM IN THE LOCAL NEWSPAPER, BUT ASSUME NO ACTION WAS TAKEN. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION AND COULD HAVE LEAD TO A BAD ACCIDENT HAD IT NOT BEEN DESCOVERED IN TIME

WHILE DRIVING AND WITH NO WARNING AIR CONDITIONER EVAPORATOR MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING IT TO INTERMITTENTLY WORK, AND BLOW OUT COLD AIR. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK

WHILE DRIVING THERE IS SOME DIFFICULTY WHEN THE VEHICLE IS TRYING TO SWITCH INTO GEAR. CONTACTED DEALER. *AK

VEHICLE GAVE NO WARNING THAT WHEEL BEARING WAS WORN OUT. IT COULD HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK

WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING POWER STEERING FAILED. *AK

HAD TO REPLACE THE AXEL AND CV JOINT . NOW I HAVE SOME PROBLEMS WITH ALLIGNMENT AND IT IS MAKING A CLICKING NOISE WHEN I GO FROM REVERSE TO DRIVE. *AK

THREE YEAR OLD CHILD SHIFTED THE CAR FROM PARK WITHOUT KEYS IN THE IGNITION, WITHOUT BRAKING, AND WITHOUT PRESSING RELEASE BUTTON ON GEAR SHIFT. THE CAR BEGAN ROLLING DOWN A SLIGHT HILL WITH A TWO YEAR OLD GIRL HANGING FROM THE CAR NEAR THE FRONT TIRE. MOTHER RUNNING TO THE CAR, WAS RUN OVER BY THE ROLLING CAR WHILE TRYING TO PROTECT HER CHILDREN. CAR CRASHED INTO A FIRE HYDRANT HALTING RUN AWAY VEHICLE. AFTER THE INCIDENT WAS OVER, OWNERS CONFIRMED THAT CAR SHIFTS FROM PARK WITH THE SLIGHTEST TOUCH OF THE GEAR SHIFT (WITHOUT DEPRESSING BUTTON).*AK

TRANSMISSION WILL SLIP, AND AT TIMES VEHICLE SHUT OFF. CONSUMER HAS HAD TRANSMISSION REPLACED, BUT PROBLEM STILL OCCURS.*AK

VEHICLE WILL INTREMITTENTLY STALL OUT WHILE CONSUMER IS DRIVING VEHICLE. WILL HAPPEN AT ANY SPEED. CONTACTED DEALER, WHO IS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING.*AK

I CALLED AND REPORTED THE PROBLEMS WITH THE TIRE ROD ENDS, I JUST ADDED MORE TO THE LIST OF PROBLEMS WITH THIS CAR. I AM TRYING TO OTHER OWNERS OF DODGE INTREPIDS WITH IDENTICAL PROBLEMS TO ALSO CALL AND REPORT THESE PROBLEMS SO SOMETHING WILL BE DONE.*AK

SINCE PURCHASE IN 2000, FRONT SUSPENSION PROBLEMS, DEALER ONLY OFFERED BOOT, NOT REPLACEMENT OF WHOLE AXLE. MECHANIC SAID BOOT WOULD NOT FIX PROBLEM. AIR CONDITIONER WENT OUT IN 2001, WHILE TRAVELING, COST $500 TO REPLACE PLUS RENTAL. IGNITION SWITCH WAS REPLACED IN 2002, DUE TO NOT OPERATING PROPERLY. COULD NOT REMOVE KEY. COST AROUND $150 TO REPAIR. NOW, THERE IS A STRONG SMELL OF GAS IN THE CAR, WHILE IN USE. MPG SEEMS TO BE LOWER THAN SHOULD BE. THIS IS MY 3RD INTREPID AND THE ONLY ONE I HAVE HAD EXCESSIVE PROBLEMS WITH.*AK

VEHICLE WILL BOUNCE, THIS IS CAUSED BY TIE ROD: INNER WEARING OUT.*AK

THE HEADLIGHTS IN THE CAR ARE ONE COMPONENT, WHICH THERE IS NO WAY OF CLEANING THE INSIDE OF THE LENSES. OVER TIME THEY GET A CLOUDY EFFECT WHICH DULLS THE BRIGHTNESS OF THE HEADLIGHTS. THE CAR I HAVE JUST PURCHASE HAS THIS PROBLEM WITH THE HEADLIGHTS, WHICH IS A 1995 INTREPID. IF THESE HEADLIGHTS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE AIRTIGHT WHICH NO MOISTURE IS TO GET IN THEN I THINK IT IS THE MAKER OF THIS PRODUCT OR OF THE CAR MANUFACTURES TO REPLACE THESE HEADLIGHTS.THE COST OF THESE LIGHTS IS A OUTRAGES PRICE AND SHOULD NOT HAVE TO BE PAID BY THE CONSUMER. YOU WILL PROBABLY SAY IT IS BECAUSE OF THE YEAR OF THE CAR AND THAT PARTS WEAR OUT . THE PRICE OF SOME PARTS IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN A CAR IS RETARDED , BUT THAT COMES WITH OWNING A VEHICLE. I DO NOT THINK THAT THIS PART SHOULD FALL UNDER THE SAME CATEGORY . WITH THE WAY THE HEADLIGHTS ARE I THINK IT IS A SAFETY PROBLEM, IT INPAIRS YOUR VISION BECAUSE OF THE DULLNESS OF THE LIGHTS. I JUST SOLD A 1989 CULTLASS CIERA WHICH HAD BRIGHTER HEADLIGHTS THEN THIS CAR.*AK

WHILE REVERSING VEHICLE TURNING STEERING WHEEL HARD A NOISE, CAUSING STEERING WHEEL TO BE INOPERABLE.*AK

DRIVERS SEATBACK LOOSE FOUND THE SEAT CUSHION PAN SPLIT APART.CHRYSLER IS AWARE OF PROBLEM THEY HAVE A SERVICE BULLETIN ON IT #23-046-00.I DO NOT FEEL I SHOULD HAVE TO PAY 700.00 TO FIX A PROBLEM THAT IS A KNOWN DEFECT. *AK T