1995 Dodge Intrepid complaints

TRANSMISSION LEAKING FLUID. CHANGED OIL&FILTER. FIXED LEAKY HOSE. WHEN COLD, SHUDDERS AND DOESN'T SHIFT INTO GEAR PROPERLY. SOMETIMES HAS WHAT DODGE DEALERSHIP CALLS A "GLITCH" WHERE IT WON'T SHIFT PAST 2ND GEAR. SHUT OFF ENGINE TO RESET. CHANGED OIL & FILTER A SECOND TIME. SAME PROBLEMS.*AK

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION OF 30 MPH ,AND NEITHER AIR BAG DEPLOYED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

WHEN TURNING INTO A PARKING SPACE THERE A WAS POPPING SOUND. DRIVER WAS ABLE TO TURN STEERING WHEEL, BUT TIRES WOULD NOT MOVE WITH STEERING. DEALR SAID TIE RODS AND RACK AND PINION HAD BROKEN. *AK

HEADLIGHT LENS COVER HAS TURNED YELLOW AND BECAME VERY DIM. THIS CAUSES POOR VISIBILITY FOR DRIVER. *AK

HAVE SEEN ARTICLES IN NEWSPAPERS REGARDING SEAT GUIDE PROBLEMS, BUT NO TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETINS OR RECALLS TO DATE. PLASTIC MOUNTING TABS ON BOTH HEADLAMPS HAVE FAILED AND HEADLAMPS ARE LOOSE. RIGHT HEADLAMP HOUSING ALSO LEAKED AND HEADLAMPS YELLOW WITH AGE AND COATING WEARS OFF.

WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55MPH WOULD HEAR A KNOCKING NOISE FROM RIGHT FRONT WHEEL. HAD TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP, AND MECHANIC REPLACED THE BEARINGS/ STABILIZER BAR, AND HAD BRAKES CLEANED. PROBLEM WAS RESOLVED FOR AWHILE, BUT REAPPEARED.AK

RECALL 98 V 184 000/FUEL LEAKAGE: AFTER RECALL REPAIRS WERE DONE ON THREE OCCASIONS FUEL INJECTOR FAILED, AND CAUSES FUEL LEAKAGE ONTO ENGINE. DEALER NOTIFIED. INFORMED CONSUMER THAT PART OF FAILURE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER RECALL. SEEKING NHTSA ASSISTANCE ON THIS MATTER. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STOPPED WHILE DRIVING DUE TO A DEFECTIVE WATER PUMP WHICH LOCKED UP, THE GEARS THAT DROVE THE PUMP BROKE OFF WHICH CAUSED THE TIMING BELT TO FAIL. NLM

WHEN TO START THE CAR TURNED ON IGNITION AND HEARD A LOUD EXPLOSION. LIFTED UP THE HOOD OF THE CAR AND SAW THAT THE BATTERY EXPLODED.

HEADLIGHTS FAIL TO PROPERLY LIGHT THE ROAD. *AK

HEADLIGHT LENS COVER FOGS UP EVERY DAY. IT DOES NOT MATTER IF IT'S HOT OR COLD LENS STILL FOGS UP. *AK

THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BACK SUPPORT BROKE WHILE DRIVING PLACING THE DRIVER IN A COMPLETE HORIZONTAL POSITION AND CAUSING TEMPORARY LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE CAR UNTIL THE DRIVER PULLED HIMSELF UPRIGHT USING THE STEERING WHEEL.. THE CAR WAS TAKEN TO A DODGE DEALERSHIP WHERE THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT RAIL SYSTEM WAS REPLACED BECAUSE A SUPPORTING METAL FLANGE AND BOLTS SNAPPED OFF. I RETAINED THE DEFECTIVE PART FOR FURTHER ANALYSIS.*AK

VEHICLE SEEMED TO BE MAINTAINED WELL AND IN GOOD CONDITION. AFTER PURCHASING VEHICLE AND NORMAL DRIVING STARTED EXPERIENCING BURING RUBBER SMELL FROM ENGINE. PROBLEM WAS OIL LEAKING FROM VALVE COVER GASKETS ONTO ENGINE. HAD VALVE COVER GASKETS REPLACED. SMELT BURNING RUBBER SMELL AGAIN, BAD GASKET FOR OIL FILLER CAP TOO. REPLACED, PROBLEM CORRECTED. CAR WOULD SOMETIMES PERFORM WELL WITH GOOD ACCELERATION, SOMETIMES TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT SEEM TO DOWNSHIFT, ACCELERATOR PEDAL WOULD BE TO FLOOR AND VEHICLE WOULD BARELY MOVE. WOULD HAPPEN UNEXPECTEDLY, EXTREMELY DANGEROUS WHEN ENTERING FREEWAY, PASSING OR MERGING. VEHICLE WOULD SOMETIMES SHIFT ROUGH, THEN SOMETIMES WOULD SHIFT QUICKLY AND SMOOTHLY. FLUID OK MOPAR. TOOK VEHICLE TO FIVE STAR SERVICE CENTER, HAD TECHNICIAN DRIVE VEHICLE, I DROVE VEHICLE AND CLEARLY DUPLICATED PROBLEM. I HAD THE PEDAL TO THE FLOOR AND VEHICLE WOULD ONLY ACCELERATE VERY VERY SLOWLY, TECHNICIAN STATED THIS WAS NORMAL BECAUSE VEHICLE IS IN 3RD GEAR. SOMETIMES VEHICLE WOULD EVEN DOWNSHIFT AND HAD GREAT ACCELERATION AS FAST AS 50MPH AND THEN SOMETIMES WOULD NOT DOWNSHIFT OR BARELY MOVE AT SPEEDS AS SLOW AS 35MPH. IT IS NOT NORMAL TO HAVE THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL TO THE FLOOR WITH A 170HP VEHICLE WITH THE VEHICLE BARELY ACCELERATING OR EXTREMELY POOR RESPONSE. I BELEIVE THAT THESE CHRYSLER TRANSMISSIONS OR THEIR CONTROL MODULES HAVE SERIOUS ISSUES. WELL I TRIED TO USE THE VEHICLE ANYWAY, IT SEEMED TO WORK OK OTHERWISE. WHILE DRIVING WITH FRIENDS SMELT BAD SHA

PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAG IS CONCAVED IN AND THE COVER IS COMING LOOSE, AIR BAG LIGHT IS ILLUMINATED ON DASH. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED A MECHANIC. MECHANIC STATED THAT ENTIRE AIR BAG UNIT ON PASSENGER'S SIDE NEEDED REPLACING. *AK CONSUMER STATES THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG WILL NOT DEPLOY, THE LIGHT ON THE DASH IS FROM THE SENSORS IN THE BUMPER, CONSUMER FEELS THE ENTIRE REPAIR COST SHOULD BE COVERED, DEALER REPLACED SENSOR. *SLC

STEERING WHEEL IS OUT OF LINE INSTEAD IN DRIVER'S HANDS AT A 10:00 TO 2 ANGLE WHILE HANDS ARE AT 12 AND 8 ANGLES. IN ORDER FOR VEHICLE TO GO STRAIT HAS TO TURN STEERING WHEEL TO LEFT. CONSUMER HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALER, AND THEY STATED THAT STEERING RACK AND TIE RODS WENT OUT. STEERING HAS BEEN ON BACK ORDER FOR ABOUT TWO WEEKS OR MORE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

CONSUMER NOTICED OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, THE HEADLIGHTS GROWING DIMMER, ONE OF THE HEAD LIGHT LENSES BROKE AND WAS REPLACED AND CONSUMER NOTICED A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN LIGHT FROM THE NEW LENS, THE MATERIAL THAT REFLECTS THE LIGHT IN THE OLD LENS HAD TARNISHED AND WAS NOT REFLECTING THE LIGHT. *YH

FUEL INJECTION " O"-RINGS WERE LEAKING . CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER REPAIRED PROBLEM. *AK

TRANSMISSION FAILED TWICE, THE LAST TIME IT FAILED WAS ONLY 30000 MILES AFTER THE FIRST WAS REPLACED. *YH

BOTH INNER AND OUTER TIRE RODS BROKE WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING, CAUSING LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

WAS AT A STOP. HAD STARTED TO MAKE A TURN WHEN STEERING SUDDENLY WAS FREE WHEELING. WAS NO WARNING. HAD TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP, AND WAS INFORMED BY MECHANIC THAT RACK AND PINION BOLTS HAD SNAPPED IN HALF.*AK

WAS TRAVELING 25-30MPH, REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE. BUMPER WAS PUSHED DOWNWARD. UPON IMPACT, DUAL AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. *AK *JB

THE FAILURE I HAVE IS COVERED UNDER A RECALL FOR 1993-1994 MODELS, RECALL #883. DODGE STATED THAT MY CAR IS NOT COVERED, ALTHOUGH THE RECLINER PIVOT BRACKET INDICATED IN THE RECALL NOTICE FAILED EXACTLY AS THE RECALL NOTICE STATED FOR THE VEHICLES COVERED UNDER THAT DOCUMENT. I FEEL THE 1995 INTREPID SHOULD BE INCLUDED TOO. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED WITHIN SUMMARY. *AK

CONSUMER STATES TRASMISSION HAS FAILED TWICE, HE WAS ADVISED BY MECHANIC THAT TRASMISSION IS INFERIOR. *JB

THERE WAS A HUMMING NOISE COMING FROM BACK OF VEHICLE. LEFT AND RIGHT DOORS DO NOT LOCK. CONSUMER HAS SMALL KIDS THAT SIT IN BACK SEATS. *AK

VEHICLE WILL IDLE ROUGHLY. DEALERSHIP INFORMED CONSUMER THAT RIGHT FUEL RAIL IS LEAKING, CAUSING THIS DEFECT. LEFT FUEL RAIL WAS REPLACED ALONG WITH O-RING WHEN RECALL 98V184000 WAS REPAIRED. DEALERSHIP SAYS THAT CURRENT DEFECT IS NOT RELATED TO ANY PREVIOUS DEFECT. CONSUMER COMPLAINT IS THAT BOTH FUEL RAILS SHOULD HAVE BEEN REPLACED WHEN RECALL WAS PERFORMED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS. *AK

HEADLIGHT SEALS WERE LEAKING AND ALLOWING CONDENSATION TO BUILD UP IN HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY. DEALERSHIP REPLACED BOTH HEADLIGHTS, AND RESEALED THEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION COOLER LINES WERE LEAKING TRANSMISSION FLUID ONTO LOWER RADIATOR HOSE OF VEHICLE. LOWER RADIATOR HOSE WAS DISINTEGRATING DUE TO THIS LEAK. DEALERSHIP REPLACED BOTH COMPONENTS, TRANSMISSION COOLER LINES AND LOWER RADIATOR HOSE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK

CONSUMER COMPLAINED THAT AFTER OPERATING VEHICLE SHE WOULD ATTEMPT TO REMOVE IGNITION KEY FROM IGNITION. KEY WOULD STICK AND BECOME UNREMOVABLE. DEALERSHIP REMOVED CENTER CONSOLE AND CLEANED/LUBRICATED SHIFTER ROD TO CORRECT THIS DEFECT. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK

SMOKE/STEAM WAS COMING FROM UNDERNEATH VEHICLE AFTER NORMAL OPERATION. DEALERSHIP INFORMED CONSUMER THAT WATER PUMP WAS LEAKING COOLANT ONTO EXHAUST SYSTEM. DEALERSHIP REPLACED WATER PUMP DUE TO THIS DEFECT, AS WELL AS TIMING BELT, WHICH WAS SATURATED WITH COOLANT. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.

CONSUMER NOTICED A FLUID BUILD UP UNDER VEHICLE AFTER VEHICLE HAD BEEN PARKED. DEALERSHIP INFORMED CONSUMER THAT AN UNKNOWN CLAMP, WHICH WAS TIGHTENED TO ELIMINATE LEAKING PROBLEM, WAS CAUSING TRANSMISSION FLUID TO LEAK. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK

WHEN VEHICLE WENT TO MAKE A TURN IN EITHER DIRECTION AT ANY SPEED UNDER NORMAL WEATHER CONDITIONS, A 'CRUNCHING' NOISE WOULD COME FROM FRONT RIGHT SIDE OF VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP REPLACED TIE RODS IN AN ATTEMPT TO CORRECT THIS DEFECT, AND NOISE REMAINED. DEALERSHIP THEN LUBRICATED AN UNKNOWN PART OF SUSPENSION, WHICH DID ELIMINATE NOISE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS. *AK

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A MINOR FENDER BENDER AT ABOUT 3 MPH NO DAMAGE WAS DONE TO THE FRONT OFVEHICLE, BUT PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY.*AK

WHILE SWITCHING LANES LOST CONTROL OF STEERING MOMENTARILY. CONSUMER HAD TO USE FORCE TO GET VEHICLE UNDER CONTROL. TOOK VEHICLE TO TWO MECHANICS, AND THEY SAID THAT RACK AND PINION STEERING HAD MANUFACTURING DESIGN FLAW. *AK 2 INDEPENDENT MECHANICS STATED THAT THE BUSHINGS ON THE STEERING RACK WERE WORN AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, ALSO STATED THAT THERE WAS TOO MUCH PLAY OR MOVEMENT IN THE ENTIRE STEERING MECHANISM, HOWEVER REPLACEMENT OF THE BUSHINGS WOULD NOT FIX THE PROBLEM SINCE THE PLAY OR MOVEMENT IN THE STEERING BOX WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSING WEAR ON THE BUSHING, THIS PROBLEM OCCURS WHENEVER STOPPING AND TURNING IN OR OUT OF A DRIVEWAY, PARKING LOT, ETC, OR ACCELERATING AFTER A STOP, CONSUMER CAN HEAR SOUNDS AND IT FEELS LIKE SOMETHING IS KICKED OUT OR SLIPS FROM UNDER VEHICLE'S FRONT END, CONSUMER HAS COMPLAINED TO DEALER ON 4 OCCASIONS. TRANSMISSION HESITATES WHEN MAKING SHIFT FROM 2ND TO 3RD, DEALER STATED OPERATING AS DESIGNED. LEFT FRONT SPLASH SHIELD RUBBING ON TIRE MAKING A NOISE, DEALER REPOSITIONED SPLASH SHIELD. *SLC

THE VEHICLE HAS AHD MULTIPLE ALIGNMENT AND TIE-ROD PROBLEMS. IT DISPLAYS WOBBLING AT VERY LOW AND INTERSTATE SPEEDS. CONSIDERING THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS RELATED TO THE STEERING RACK & PINION AND TIE RODS, I BELIEVE THAT A RECALL IS WARRANTED.

THE TRANSMISSION FAILED CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO HESITATE AND JERK UPON ACCELERATION , THE CONSUMER REQUESTED FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE BUT WAS DENIED, TRANSMISSION HAD BEEN REPLACED BEFORE, THE NEW ONE FAILED AFTER ONLY 30000 MILES. NLM

VEHICLE IS MAKING RATTLING NOISES FROM FRONT END. CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL LETTER A YEAR AGO, AND DEALER KEPT TELLING HER THAT THEY DO NOT HAVE TOOL TO DO REPAIRS. *AK

WATER PUMP FAILED ON THREE OCCASIONS AND THE TIMING BELT FAILED. NLM

WHILE DRIVING COULD TRY TO SLOW DOWN AND VEHICLE WILL START FEELING LIKE ANOTHER VEHICLE WAS PUSHING FROM REAR. MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED. *AK THE MANUFACUTURER WAS AWARE OF THE TRANSMISSION PROBLEM AND WAS WILLING TO ACCEPT PART OF THE RESPONSIBILITY. *YH

HAD RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE 98V184000/UEL INJECTION "O" RINGS LEAKING. CONTACTED DEALER. TOOK VEHICLE TO HAVE FUEL PROBLEM REPAIRED. "O" RINGS WERE REPAIRED IN APRIL 1999. CURRENTLY, FUEL LEAKAGE PROBLEM HAS REAPPEARED. REMEDY FOR "O" RINGS LEAKAGE OF FUEL HAS FAILED.*AK

CONSUMER HAD REPLACED STEERING UNIT TWICE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE WILL NOT CHANGE GEARS.*AK

CONTROLLER CAUSES ALL DASH GAUGES TO FAIL. AIR BAG LIGHT COMES ON AND OFF. WITH AIR BAG LIGHT ON NO WAY OF KNOWING IF IT WILL GO OFF. THIS PROBLEM COULD CASE AIR BAG RELEASE WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH. COULD CAUSE ACCIDENTS/DEATHS IF DEPLOYED. ALSO WIRING HARNES HAS SHORT IN IT.*AK

THE FRONT PARKING BRAKE CABLE BROKE, DEALER REPLACED THE FRONT CABLE AND PARKING BRAKE PEDALS, CONSUMER FEELS THAT THE FAILURE WAS CAUSED BY METAL FATIGUE IN THE CABLE, THE DESIGN DOES NOT FOLLOW ACCEPTED ENGINEERING PRACTICES FOR CABLE DIAMETER AND MINIMUM BENDING RADIUS OF THE CABLE. *SLC

WHILE DRIVING COULD HEAR NOISE COMING UNDER VEHICLE AND CONSUMER DID THINK THAT NOISE WAS COMING FROM SHOCK ABSORBER, BUT A TECHNICIAN SAID THAT NOISE WAS COMING FROM BUSHINGS, AND THA TTHIS VEHICLE SHOULD NOT BE DRIVEN ON A COUNTY ROAD. *AK

WHILE DRIVING WITH CRUSIE CONTROL ACTIVATED VEHICLE COMPLETELY SHUTDOWN WITHOUT WARNING, CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AND COMING TO A STOP VEHICLE WILL NOT GO, SEEMS THAT VEHICLE IS NOT GOING INTO GEAR, WHICH MAY CAUSE A CRASH. IN SOME INSTANCES, DRIVER MUST PULL OVER AND RESTART VEHICLE. WILL BE TAKING VEHICLE TO DEALER. *AK THE CONSUMER'S SEARCH ON INTERNET SHOWED THAT THE CAUSE FOR STALLING OF THE VEHICLE WAS DUE TO DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSION. *YH

TRANSMISSION POPS OUT OF GEAR WHENEVER CONSUMER STOPS. *AK

THE HOOD SOMETIMES OPENS FOR A BRIEF PERIOD AND THEN FALLS UNEXPECTEDLY. *SLC

WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH ON HIGHWAY ENGINE SUDDENLY DIED DUE TO TIMING BELT BROKEN, CAUSING A LOSS OF ALL POWER. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK