1995 Dodge Intrepid complaints

RECEIVED RECALL 99V215000 IN MAIL. CONTACTED DEALERSHIP. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER & MECHANIC REPAIRED CRADLE BOLTS. WHEN DRIVING MORE THAN 60MPH, VEHICLE WOULD SHAKE. THIS WAS 2ND DAY AFTER RECALL WAS DONE. REMEDY HAD FAILED.*AK

THE AIR BAG DIAGNOSTIC MODULE FAILED CAUSING ALL THE INSTRUMENT PANEL GAUGES AND DISPLAYS TO GO DEAD, THE AIR BAG LIGHT COMES ON AND PROBLEMS WITH THE CLIMATE CONTROL SYSTEM. *MJS

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE WOULD MAKE CLUNKING NOISE UNDER HOOD. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP & WAS INFORMED BY THE MECHANIC THAT PROBLEM WAS TRANSMISSION. WHEN MECHANIC DROVE VEHICLE, NOTHING HAPPENED. WAS INFORMED TO DRIVE VEHICLE UNTIL NOISE APPEARED & BRING IT BACK IN. HAD DRIVEN VEHICLE OUT OF TOWN WHEN IT STALLED OUT SUDDENLY. AFTERWARDS WAS ABLE TO GO 10MPH. TOOK VEHICLE BACK TO DEALER AND TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED.*AK AT PRESENT TIME, THE VEHICLE MAKES CLUNKING NOISE IN THE FRONT AREA, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE FRONT WHEEL IS TURNED. LOWER CONTROL ARM OR TRANSMISSION FAILURES ARE POSSIBLE CAUSES. *YH

WHEN I TOOK MY INTREPID TO BENSON DODGE AND SPOKE WITH THE SERVICE MANAGER ON 12/4/2000, I FELT AS THOUGH HE WAS BRUSHING ME OFF. HE SAID HE HAD NO KNOWLEDGE OF ANY INVESTIGATION OR ANY RECALL ON THIS VEHICLE. I SHOWED HIM THE INFORMATION ON THE INVESTIGATION THAT I PRINTED FROM YOUR WEBSITE ON 12/2/2000. I INFORMED HIM THAT THIS WAS AN EXTREMELY COSTLY REPAIR AND I COULD NOT AFFORD TO HAVE THEM REPAIR IT. HE ALL BUT TOLD ME THAT THE REPAIRS WERE SOLELY UP TO ME AND SINCE I COULD NOT AFFORD THEM, I WOULD EVENTUALLY WRECK THE CAR. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT HOW THINGS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE DONE, BUT I WOULD THINK THAT THE FIRST PRIORITY OF ANY DEALER SHOULD BE THE SAFETY OF THE PEOPLE DRIVING THEIR CARS. I HAVE AN 18 MO OLD THAT I TRANSPORT IN THIS VEHICLE AND THIS MANAGER DID NOT SEEM TO CARE THAT THE LIFE OF A BABY COULD BE AT STAKE. I GUESS SINCE IT WASN'T HIS WIFE AND CHILD IN THAT VEHICLE IT WOULDN'T BE! I JUST WANTED TO LET THE PEOPLE CONDUCTING THE INVESTIGATION INTO THE RACK AND PINION STEERING ON THE 95 INTREPID KNOW ABOUT THIS IN CASE I DO HAVE AN ACCIDENT RESULTING IN INJURIES OR DEATH OF EITHER MYSELF OR MY PASSENGERS. IF YOU CAN HELP ME IN ANY WAY, PLEASE LET ME KNOW. I SEEM TO BE GETTING ABSOLUTELY NOWHERE WITH THE DODGE DEALERSHIP THAT I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE FROM. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED IN SUMMARY. *AK

VEHICLE EXPERIENCING MOMENTARY / INTERMITTENT STEERING LOCK UP DUE TO RACK AND PINION. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT VEHICLE WAS NO LONGER COVERED UNDER WARRANTY, AND NOTHING COULD BE DONE. *AK *SLC

WHILE DRIVING IN A PARKING LOT CONSUMER WAS MAKING A SLIGHT TURN AND HEARD A POP. THEN, STEERING WAS GONE. DRIVER COULD TURN STEERING WHEEL AROUND AND AROUND. *AK DEALER REPLACED THE STEERING LINKAGE BECAUSE IT WAS BROKEN. DEALER ALSO REPLACED HOOD STRUTS. *SLC

NO DEPLOYMENT OF BOTH FRONTAL AIR BAGS DURING FRONT END COLLISION WITH EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE. *MJS

RECALL 98V184000. VEHICLE HAS BEEN REPAIRED UNDER ABOVE RECALL. HOWEVER, FUEL RAIL HAD A HAIRLINE CRACK AND " O" RINGS DISINTIGRATED. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.*AK

3 MONTHS AGO IT NEEDED BOTH INNER AND OUTER TIE ROD ENDS REPLACED. TODAY WE WENT AROUND A CORNER AND THE RACK AND PINION FAILED. NO STEERING AND ALMOST HIT A PARKED CAR. VECHILE TOWED TO REPAIR SHOP AND I AM WAITING TO GET A ESTIMATE. FRONT END PROBLEMS AND STEERING PROBLEMS SINCE WE BOUGHT IT. TRANSMISSION IS STARTING TO GO AND WE HAVE HAD THE AIR CONDITIONER WORKED ON 3 YEARS IN A ROW. WE ARE GOING TO TRADE IT IN ASAP.

99V215000/ENGINE CRADLE: RECALL NOTICE RECEIVED SINCE THE ABOVE INCIDENT DATE, AND STILL ABLE TO GET DEALER, K & M NORTHFIELD DODGE, GRAND RAPIDS, MI. PHONE #616/363-9011, TO HONOR RECALL. KEPT INFORMING OF NO PART OR TOOL. SEEKING NHTSA HELP IN THIS MATTER. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER. *AK

TRANSMISSION PROBLEM DESCRIBED IN RECALL NOTICE (99V-215) DID OCCUR PRIOR TO RECALL NOTIFICATION, OWNER IS SEEKING REIMBURSEMENT. *CJ

TRANSMISSION FAILED AND WAS REPLACED. WATER PUMP HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE. SWAY BAR LINKS WERE REPLACED AT 24,000 MILES.*AK

REAR PASSENGER RESTRAINT DOES NOT RETRACT BACK INTO POSITION. DEALER HAS INSPECTED VEHICLE.*AK TRANSMISSION FAILED THREE TIMES. FRONT SEERING RACK FAILED LEFT FRONT BALL JOINT FAILED. DRIVE BELT FAILED AT 28000 MILES. WATER PUMP FAILED. RADIO FAILED. RIGHT FRONT STRUTS FAILED THREE TIMES. BRAKE FAILED THREE TIMES BEFORE 50000 MILES. HYDRAULIC CYLINDERS THAT HOLD HOOD UP FELL OFF. HEAT/AC DUCT SYSTEM FELL DOWN. *YH

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, BRAKES ACTIVATED WITHOUT DRIVER INTERVENTION CAUSING SUDDEN LOSS OF CONTROL. THIS OCCURRED THREE TIMES IN 60 MILE PERIOD. DEALER CANNOT LOCATE CAUSE. ALSO, STEERING VERY LOOSE AND REQUIRING REPLACEMENT TOO SOON.*AK

WHILE DRIVING A BOLT BROKE OFF THE WATER PUMP CAUSING THE WATER PUMP TO SHIFT POSITIONS WHICH CAUSED THE TIMING BELT TO JUMP TIMING AND THE BELT TO BE SHREDDED. NLM

TOP OF DIPSTICK FELL OFF OF THE BOTTOM. NEEDED TO PROFESSIONALLY REMOVE. OIL CHANGE PLACE SAYS THAT THIS HAPPENS FREQUENTLY WITH THIS CAR. *AK

I WAS DRIVING AT SLOW SPEED WHEN I HEARD A POP AND IMMEDIATELY LOST ALL STEERING CONTROL.*AK

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN ACCIDENT, AIRBAGS EXPERIENCED NO DEPLOYMENT RESULTING IN INJURY. *SLC

EXPERIENCING PROBLEM WHEN APPLYING BRAKES IN A SUDDEN STOP/EMERGENCY SITUATION, IT CAUSES BRAKE PEDAL TO GO TO FLOOR, AND VEHICLE WOULD CONTINUE WITHOUT STOPPING. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND MADE VARIOUS REPAIRS. HOWEVER, PROBLEM STILL OCCURRING. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

WHILE DRIVING, RADIO CAME ON FULL BLAST ALMOST CAUSING CONSUMER TO LOSE CONTROL OF VEHICLE, CONSUMER'S HAD PROBLEMS WITH RADIO NOT WORKING. *SLC

CUTS OUT WHILE DRIVING. LURCHES WHEN IT DOES START WORKING, ALMOST HIT ANOTHER CAR.

TIRE BLEW (TREAD PEELED OFF). AIR PRESSURE HAD BEEN CHECKED THE PREVIOUS EVENING AND WAS FINE. CAR WAS BOUNCING LIKE THE AIR WAS LOW SO I PULLED OFF THE FREEWAY TO MAKE A VISIBLE INSPECTION. NO VISIBLE PROBLEMS, BUT I CONTINUED THROUGH TOWN. ABOUT 10 MINUTES LATER, THE LEFT FRONT TIRE BLEW. I WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL BECAUSE I WAS IN A 35 MPH ZONE. IF I HAD BEEN ON THE FREEWAY WHEN IT BLEW, I DON'T THINK I WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL. I CONTACTED THE DEALER WHERE I BOUGHT THE CAR THE NEXT MORNING AND LEFT A MESSAGE FOR THE SERVICE MANAGER. HE HAS YET TO RETURN THE CALL. I WILL ALSO ISSUE A COMPLAINT WITH FIRESTONE. (DOT NUMBER: EJA6CLH068 TIRESIZE: P225/60R16)

I BOUGHT THIS CAR IN 1995.......IT HAS BEEN IN THE GARAGE FOR MAJOR REPAIRS SO MANY TIMES I CAN'T COUNT THEM...BUT I DO HAVE DOCUMENTATION....I CALLED THE NYS LEMON LAW NUMBER BUT WAS 2 WEEKS PAST THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS...THEY TOLD ME TO GET A LAWYER......SINCE THE STATUTE HAS RUN OUT....FOX CHRYSLER HAS HAD THE CAR FOR AT LEAST 3 WEEKS IN THE LAST YEAR & HAS GIVEN ME A RENTAL CAR (UNDER MY EXTENDED WARRANTY) ...I FEEL FORCED TO SELL THIS CAR BECAUSE THE WARRANTY WILL RUN OUT MAY 31, 2001....IT HAS HAD THE TRANSMISSION REBUILT, THE A/C REPLACED, THE ROTORS WERE REPLACED AT 13982 MILES & THE REPLACEMENTS ARE BAD AGAIN....THEY WERE JUST TURNED AT 30000 MILES...THE TURN SIGNALS, DOOR LOCKS, HEADLAMPS (HAD MOISTURE IN THEM), AIRBAG COVER ON PASSENGER SIDE WAS RAISED & CURLED FROM DAY 1...THE TIE RODS WERE REPLACED IN 1999 AT MY COST BECAUSE FOX SAID THAT THEY WERE NOT COVERED UNDER MY WARRANTY .....I AM LOOKING FOR AN ATTORNEY TO GET THIS VECHILE REPLACED UNDER THE NY LEMON LAW....AND WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THERE IS ANY OTHER RECOURCE I CAN TAKE....THIS IS A PARTIAL LIST OF THE PROBLEMS WITH THIS CAR THAT I PURCHASED NEW . *AK

CLAMPS THAT HOLD THE RACK AND PINON ASSEMBLE WORK LOOSE AND CAUSE STEERING TO FAIL

SERIOUS ELECTRICAL FAILURE PROBLEM. NO ONE CAN SEEM TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS CAUSING THIS AND HOW TO FIX IT. KEEP GETTING THE RUN AROUND FROM DEALERS AS HOW TO FIX IT.

LEAKING GAS ONTO ENGINE; RECALL RELATED; DODGE REFUSING TO WORK ON VEHICLE UNTIL 9/22; THIS IS A FIRE/SAFETY/LIFE THREATENING HAZARD; CONTACTED DODGE CUSTOMER SVC AND THEY ARE NO HELP EITHER. PLEASE CALL ME FOR FURTHER INFO.

THE REAR SEAT OF MY CAR WAS SMOLDERING AND GIVING OFF A LOT OF SMOKE AND FUMES WITH THE EXHAUST PROBLEM. I WAS VERY ALARMED SINCE THE BACK SEAT IS VERY CLOSE TO THE GAS TANK. ON THE TRANSMISSION AND AIR CONDITIONER BOTH SYSTEMS HAVE HAD TO BE REPLCED 3 OR 4 TIMES AND USUALLY ABOUT EVERY 50K.

DEALERSHIP INFORMED ME THAT CHRYSLER'S WARRANTY DID NOT COVER THIS DEFECT AND IF NOT REPAIRED IT COULD LEAD TO AN ACCIDENT AND NON FUNCTION OF THE VEHICLE THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL ITEM IT DANGEROUS WHEN YOU HAVE LIMITED CONTROL OF STEERING AND THE ENGINE SOUND LIKE IT WAS GOING TO FALL OUT WHEN YOU STOPPED.

THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH ODOMETER/ SPEEDOMETER. ODOMETER WORKS INTERMITTENTLY. CONSUMER HAD TO DRIVE ALMOST 40 MILES BEFORE IT KICKED IN TO LET CONSUMER KNOW HOW FAST HE WAS GOING ALSO, A/C STOPPED WORKING AT THE SAME TIME. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER AND THEY COULD NOT FIND A REMEDY.*AK

TRANSMISSION FELT LIKE IT WAS SLIPPING, VEHICLE WOULD TAKE OFF IN THIRD GEAR, AND WHEN STOPPING FAST IT WOULD BE IN NEUTRAL. *AK

ON A ON RAMP, DURING RUSH HOUR THE TRANSMISSION FAILED WITHOUT ANY WARNING THIS WAS VERY, VERY DANGEROUS, HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP ,THEY TOLD US THAT THEY WORK ON ALOT OF THE DODGE INTREPID 'S TRANSMISSIONS , AND THEY SAID IT WAS A CATASTROPHE FAILURE ON DODGE'S BEHALF .

LEFT HEAD LIGHT HAS DEVELOPED AN INTERIOR COATING CUTTING ILLUMINATION;ASSEMBLY HAS VIBRATED LOOSE. RIGHT HEADLIGHT SOCKET MELTED THROUGH THE BACK OF THE HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY. TRANSMISSION HESSITATES SHIFTING ESP WHEN COLD.

NO SUMMARY

UNKNOWN EXACT DATES/MILEAGE; DO NOT HAVE INFORMATION ACCESSIBLE AT THIS TIME; PURCHASED VEHICLE W/56,XXX MILES...DO NOT HAVE SERVICE INFO PRIOR TO MY PURCHASE. HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS AND MORE MINOR PROBLEMS SINCE PURCHASE. VEHICLE HAS HAD ALL WORK DONE UNDER WARRANTY WITH EXCEPTION TO WORK PERFORMED AT CENTRAL DODGE THAT WAS ADVISED WAS COVERED BY WARRANTY AND THEN PICKED VEHICLE UP AND SERVICE AND RENTAL CHARGES NOT COVERED AS ADVISED. ALL OTHER WORK PERFORMED BY OZARK CHRYSLER PLYMOUTH DODGE, HWY 65 & CC, OZARK MO 65721 (417) 581-2776. DO NOT KNOW WHAT ACTION CAN BE TAKEN AT THIS POINT...ANOTHER REMAN TRANSMISSION JUST PUT IN THIS WEEK!

SUSPENSION; INNER TIE ROD AND BUSHINGS HAD TO BE REPLACED. SUSPENSION WAS DEFECTIVE, AND VEHICLE WOULD BOUNCE UP AND DOWN INTERMITTENTLY. *AK

I WOULD LIKE TO FIND OUT WHY MY AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY IN THE WRECK....THE MANUFACTUAR SAID THEY WOULD DEPLOY AT 15MPH AND ABOVE..NO AORBAG SWITCH ON THE CAR SHOWED UP EVER. *AK

CONSUMER WAS NEVER NOTIFIED OF RECALL 99V215 OF THE LOWER CONTROL ARM BRACKET, COMPONENT FAILED. NLM

CLUTCH FAILED. *MJS

WITH COMPLETE SUDDEN FAILURE ..COULD CAUSE A LOSS OF STEERING..WITH A PARTICAL LOSS ..IT WILL CAUSE YOUR CAR TO STEER RIGHT WHEN GAS IS GIVEN AND STEER LEFT WHEN LETTING OFF GAS..WILL ALMOST CHANGE LANES FROM GAS TO LET OFF. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

RECALL 99V215000/ENGINE CRADLE: UNABLE TO GET DEALER TO HONOR RECALL NOTICE BECAUSE HE WAS STILL WAITING ON THE TOOLS NEEDED TO DO THE REPAIRS. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

CONSUMER DRIVING DOWN HIGHWAY WHEN SLOWED NOISE CAME FROM FRONT OF CAR AND THEN TOTALLY STOPPED RUNNING,HAD CAR TOWED.UPON INVESTIGATION CONSUMER FOUND THAT THE BOLTS THAT HOLDS THE TENSIONER IN PLACE WERE SHEARED OFF,TENSIONER MISSING. *ET

CALLED CHRYSLER (AFTER DEALER DECLINED) DESPITE TRANSMISSION FLUID & FILTER CHANGE EVERY 20,000 MILES. THEY TOLD ME THEY CANNOT HELP DESPITE 76 SIMILAR COMPLAINTS ON THIS SITE ALONE. CANCELED MY ORDER FOR THE GRAND CARAVAN!! NO MORE CHRYSLER PRODUCTS FOR MY FRIENDS & FAMILY & OUR CHILDREN!!!*AK

THE FRONT DISC BRAKES BECAME PITTED, CAUSING CORROSION. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. BOTH FRONT DISKS REQUIRED RESURFACING, PADS WERE REPLACED. *AK *ML

VEHICLE WOULD STALL FOR NO REASON WHEN DRIVING. WOULD HAVE NO PRIOR WARNING. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP WHERE MECHANIC COULD NOT LOCATE THE CAUSE OF STALLING. *AK

INNER TIE ROD RUBBER BUSHING WORE OUT, CAUSING METAL TO METAL CONTACT, AND RESULTING IN EXTREME STEERING PROBLEMS. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

99V215000: LOWER CONTROL ARM. LOWER CONTROL ARM ATTACHING BRACKETS CAN CRACK DUE TO FATIGUE AND SEPARATE FROM ENGINE CRADLE. *AK

VEHICLE WAS EXPERIENCING THE EXACT SAME PROBLEMS AS INDICATED IN MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 9424. MANFACTURER ADVISED CONSUMER THAT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO VIN. MANUFACTURER'S RECALL STATED THAT LOWER CONTROL ARM ATTACHING BRACKETS COULD CRACK DUE TO FATIGUE, AND SEPARATE FROM THE ENGINE CRADLE. CONSUMER'S VEHICLE LOWER CONTROL ARM ATTACHING BRACKETS HAVE ALREADY STARTED TO CRACK. *AK

I WOULD LIKE TO RECEIVE AS MUCH INFORMATION AS YOU HAVE ON THE EMISSIONS FAILURES OF THIS VEHICLE. I NEED THE INFORMATION FOR A CASE FILED AGAINST ME. ANY OTHER STATISICAL DATA WOULD ALSO BE A GREAT HELP. MY VEHICLE NEVER PASSED EMISSION AND I HAD TO GET A TWO YEAR WAVIER FROM THE STATE OF MARYLAND.*AK