1995 Dodge Intrepid complaints

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED RECALL COMPONENT FAILURE ON LEAKING FUEL OUT OF THE FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM. HOWEVER DENIED REPAIR AND WAS NOT INFORMED OF RECALL. YH

CONSUMER HAD TO REPLACE TRANSMISSION WITH ONLY 74,0000 MILES ON IT. WHEN CAR WAS PURCHASE IT HAD ONLY 30,000 MILES. DEALER SAID THAT THEY COULD DO NOTHING ABOUT IT BECAUSE IT WAS NOT UNDER WARRANTY. CAR HAS HAD MULTIPLE PROBLEMS. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK

AT VARIOUS SPEEDS VEHICLE WILL PULL TO THE RIGHT. AT A STOP/ ON DRY ROADS , AN DUNDER ACCELERATION, VEHICLE WILL PULL EITHER TO LEFT OR RIGHT.VEHICLE HAS BEEN ALIGNED TWICE, AND TIE ROD REPLACED, BUT DEFECT STILL OCCURS. *AK

POWER STEERING RACK COMPLETLY FAILED WHILE PARKING. NLM

WON'T ALWAYS SHIFT OUT OF 1ST GEAR, WOULD OCCASIONALLY ENGAGE, THEN DISENGAE AFTER STOPS. *AK

RECALL # 98V184000 CHRYSLER/FUEL LEAKAGE; SINCE HAVING RECALL WORK PERFORMED CONSUMER HAS EXPERIENCED NUMEROUS TYPES OF PROBLEM WITH VEHICLE. OWNER HAD NO TROUBLE WITH THE VEHICLE PRIOR TO HAVING RECALL WORK PERFORMED. TRANSMISSION WAS REBUILT/SPARK PLUGS/ ENGINEMANIFOLD AND FUEL RAIL GASKET REPLACED. SO FAR REPAIRS HAVE TOTALED OVER $700.00. *AK

THERE WERE 3 PROBLEMS RELATING TO AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION; 1) WHILE STOPPING AT AN INTERSECTION AND THEN PROCEDING TO CROSS, THE CAR WOULDN'T GO FORWARD. THE TRANSMISSION LINE HAD COME OFF AND ALL THE TRANSMISSION FLUID HAD SPRAYED ACROSS THE DRIVER'S SIDE OF THE CAR. THE TRANSMISSION LINE WAS FIXED AT A DODGE DEALERSHIP. 2) TWO WEEKS LATER, WHILE DRIVING 65MPH ON A HIGHWAY, THE CAR STARTED TO SHAKE AND THE ENGINE WAS RACING OUT OF CONTROL. THE TRANSMISSION KEPT SURGING IN AND OUT OF GEAR AND WE PULLED THE CAR OFF THE SHOULDER RIGHT BEFORE THE CAR WOULDN'T SHIFT AT ALL. AGAIN THE TRANSMISSION LINE HAD COME OFF AND ALL THE TRANSMISSION FLUID HAD SPILLED OUT. WE HAD ANOTHER DODGE DEALERSHIP INSTALL A NEW TRANSMISSION LINE. 3) A WEEK LATER, THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO REVERSE UNLESS THE CAR WAS SHIFTED INTO DRIVE THEN BACK TO REVERSE SEVERAL TIMES. WHILE DRIVING THE CAR, IT WOULD SHUG ALONG IN AND OUT OF GEAR UNTIL IT DECIDED TO SHIFT INTO THE CORRECT GEAR. WE ENDED UP GETTING THE TRANSMISSION REBUILT. SEVERAL TRANSMISSION SHOPS THAT WE WENT TO FOR ESTIMATES SAID THAT THEY SEE AN UNUSUALLY HIGH NUMBER OF CHRYSLER PRODUCTS (EVEN 1998 MODELS) THAT REQUIRED THE TRANSMISSION TO BE REBUILT. WE SPENT $1,500 IN HAVING THE TRANSMISSION REBUILT AND IN TIME AND $ LOST TO FIXING THE FIRST TWO TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. WE HAVE TAKEN EXCELLENT CARE OF THIS CAR AND BELIEVE THAT THE TRANSMISSION SHOULD LAST THE LIFE OF THE CAR . THIS PROBLEM SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED, AS THERE ARE DESIGN EN

AFTER STARTING CAR ON THE MORNING DECEMBER 8,1999 I COULD SMELL GAS FUMES. I IMMEDIATELY SHUT CAR OFF AND EXAMINED THE ENGINE. I NOTICED FUEL LEAKAGE NEAR THE FUEL INJECTOR RAIL. I PROCEEDED TO DEALERSHIP (CENTRAL DODGE IN RAYNHAM) AND PURCHASED 6 NEW FUEL INJECTORS, ASSUMING THAT WAS THE PROBLEM AND THE LEAST EXPENSIVE. I REPLACED INJECTORS THAT EVENING AND STILL HAD FUEL LEAKING. I HAD MY WIFE COME OUT AND ASSIST ME BY TURNING THE KEY SO I COULD SEE WHERE LEAK WAS COMING FROM. ALMOST IMMEDIATELY AFTER STARITING THE CAR I SAW FUEL STREAMING FROM THE LEFT SIDE OF THE FUEL RAIL. A FIRE STARTED AND I IMMEDIATELY PUT IT OUT. AFTER GOING TO SAME DEALERSHIP TO PURCHASE FUEL RAIL I WAS TOLD ABOUT THE RECALL. THEY TOWED THE VEHICLE INTO THEIR DEALERSHIP AND REPLACED ENTIRE FUEL RAIL ASSEMBLY AT NO COST TO ME. THEN CAME THE BAD NEWS; THEY CONTACTED ME AND TOLD ME THE ENGINE WAS GONE AND THEY ARE CLAIMING NO RESPONSIBILITY BECAUSE THEY SAID I CANNOT PROVE THE FUEL RAIL LEAK WAS THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE. SO I AM CURRENTLY PAYING SOMEONE $3800. TO REPLACE THE ENGINE AND I WAS HOPING FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE IN THIS MATTER. WHERE DOES THE MANUFACTURERS RESPONSIBILITY END WHEN IT COMES TO A LIFE SAFETY ISSUE SUCH AS THIS ONE? *AK

WHILE DRIVING THE STEERING ARM BROKE CAUSING THE ENTIRE WHEEL ASSEMBLY TO COME OFF AND LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, RESULTING IN SERIOUS ACCIDENT WITH SEVERE INJURIES (BLIND IN LEFT EYE, BROKEN RIBS,MASSIVE FACIAL BREAKS AND MANY OTHERS) TO THE DRIVER AND TWO PASSENGERS. NLM

ORIGINAL TRANSMISSION FAILED AT 70,000. REPLACEMENT ($2,400.00) FAILED AFTER 31,000 MILES. *AK

MY DODGE INTREPID'S STEERING WAS VERY LOOSE AND THE CAR WAS HARD TO CONTROL. THE CAR HAD LESS THAN 35000 MILES ON IT, BOUGHT NEW, CAREFULLY MAINTAINED, AND NEVER IN A CRASH.. THE STEERING SEEMED TO DETERIORATE NOTICEABLY OVER A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. THE S

TIE ROD BENT, REPAIRS NOT COMPLETED PROPERLY BY DEALERSHIP. MJS

TRANSMISSION SHUDDERED (FELT LIKE CAR WAS GOING OVER ALOT OF LITTLE BUMPS). THE SYMTOMS WERE INTERMITTENT DURING THE WEEKEND OF THE 15TH. ALSO NOTICED THAT TRANSMISSION WAS LEAKING FLUID . TOOK CAR TO DEALER AND THEY SAID TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REBUILT AT A COST OF APPROXIMATELY 1500 DOLLARS. I CONTACTED DIAMLER CHRYSLER AFTER VIEWING YOUR WEBSITE AND TOLD THEM OF ALL THE OTHER TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS DOCUMENTED ON THE SITE AND DIAMLER OFFERED TO SPLIT THE BILL WITH US. I STILL THINK THAT TEY ARE GETTING AWAY WITH MURDER BECAUSE IT IS CHEAPER TO SETTLE INDIVIDUAL CASES THAN TO ADMIT WRONG AND RECALL ALL THE CHRYSLER VEHICLES WITH THESE TRANSMISSIONS. ALSO IT IS DOCUMENTED IN CONSUMERS REPORT THAT A COUPLE FROM PUTTSTOWN PA. PROVED CHRYSLERS KNOWLEDGE OF THIS PROBLEM, AND GOT THEM TO PUT IN A NEW TRANSMISSION AND THE COUPLE ONLY PAID 371 DOLLARS IN LABOR. I REALLY THINK CHRYSLER SHOULD BE MADE TO RECALL THESE CARS. HOW MUCH IS ENOUGH. *AK

WHILE DRIVING HEARD GRINDING NOISE IN FRONT SUSPENSION. *AK

TRANSMISSION WILL NOT ENGAGE IN REVERSE, JERKS WHEN YOU SLOW DOWN.

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK( DOT NUMBER: 3-1999 TIRE SIZE: 15 )

RECALL 98V184000, THE OWNER WAS NEVER NOTIFIED OF THE RECALL, (ORIGNAL OWNER) BUTMANUFACTURER STATED THATT HIS VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE IN THE FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE SEVERELY PULLED TO THE RIGHT WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO SPIN, RESULTING IN A COLLISION. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

CAR IS A PIECE OF JUNK WATER PUMP TIMING BELT AIR CONDITION RACK AND PINION ENGINE FAILURE.

TRANSMISSION WILL NOT MOVE WHEN PUTTING INTO REVERSE, AND WHEN DRIVING FORWARD IT HESITATES. THEN RPMS WILL GO WAY UP, THEN IT WILL FINALLY SHIFT, BUT HARD. SAMETHING WILL HAPPEN WHEN YOU ARE STOPPING. CONTACT DEALER AND MANUFACTURER. *AK

ABS BRAKE LIGHT IS ON, AND THE CONSUMER HAD THE ABS SYSTEM REPAIRED, AND THE ABS BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN AND WON'T GO OFF. *AK

IN THE ACCIDENT, THE IMPACT RESULTED IN FIRE IN THE ENTIRE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT DUE TO POSSIBLE FUEL SYSTEM FAILURE. YH

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE SEVERELY PULLED TO THE RIGHT WHICH CAUSED VEHICLE TO SPIN, RESULTING IN A COLLISION. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

NO SUMMARY

AFTER OWNING THIS CAR FOR ONLY 9 MONTHES , IT HAS BEEN A NIGHTMARE. AFTER I BOUGHT THE CAR I STARTED TO HEAR ALL KINDS OF COMMENTS FROM PREVIOUS INTREPID OWNERS AS TO HOW UNSAFE AND WHAT A LEMON THESE CARS WERE. THIS CAR WAS CONSTANTLY FAILING. ON THE ROAD, ON THE INTERSTATE, ON MY WAY HOME LATE AT NIGHT. ALL THE PROBLEMS STARTED JUST ONE MONTH AFTER I PURCHASED THE CAR. IT WAS ON GOING, NEVER STOPPPED. UNFORTUNANTLY THERE HAD TO BE AN END TO THE TROUBLE AND AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WAS DUMPED INTO THIS PEICE OF JUNK CAR. THE ONLY RESPONSE I HAVE GOTTEN FROM CHRYSLER WAS, SORRY. I ALLOWED CHRYSLER TO REPO IT ONLY BECAUSE I HAD MY BACK AGAINST THE WALL. I ONLY HOPE TO GRAB SOMEBODYS ATTENTION SO THAT FUTHER INVESTIGATION WILL FOLLOW INTO THESE CARS. INTERPIDS ARE POORLY DESIGNED CARS AND ARE NOT SAFE TO BE OUT ON THE ROAD!

PE99040, WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE RACK AND PINION BOLTS SJEARED OFF WHICH CAUSED THE RACK AND PINION TO DROP, AND TO HAD NO STEERING ABILITY AT ALL . *AK

TRANS AXLE IS LOOSE, AND VEHICLE IS SHAKING WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED. ALSO TRANSMISSION DOWNSHIFTS AT HIGH SPEEDS CAUSING DRIVER TO STOP CAR. *AK.ET.

ELECTRICAL WIRING FOR TRANSMISSION CAME LOOSE, CAUSING LOSS OF CONNECTION, AND RESULTING IN VEHICLE STALLING.TSB HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR DEFECT.

WIRING HARNESS IN THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SHORT CIRCUITED WHICH MAY HAVE CAUSED LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. COMMON PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 35-40MPH VEHICLE FELT LIKE RAIL ROAD TRACKS WERE IN THE FRONT STEERING ROD RACK LEAKED ON TIE ROD BUSHING, CAUSING THE FRONT END TO BE RUINED. THE EVAPORATOR CORE HAD ALSO LEAKED FROM THE AIR CONDITIONER. THE STEERING WOULD LOCK UP & WOULD LOSE CONTROL IF NOT REPAIRED. *AK

CHILD WAS ABLE TO MOVE AUTOMATIC SHIFTER FROM PARK TO NEUTRAL OR ANY OTHER GEAR , WITHOUT KEY IN THE IGNITION. *AK

WHEN DRIVING AT ANY TYPE OF SPEED VEHICLE IS STALLING, NOT GETTING ENOUGH GAS. VEHICLE IDLES AND WON'T MOVE. DEALER CAN'T DETERMINE THE CAUSE. *AK

AIR CONDITIONER FREEZES UP, HAS BEEN A PROBLEM SINCE 1997, CAN'R GET FIXED

WHILE DRIVING IN THE RAIN VEHICLE HYDROPLANED ALL THE TIME , CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

IN YOUR DATABASE, I SAW APPROXIMATELY 40 ODI IDS RELATING TO AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILURES IN THE DODGE INTREPID, AND SOME VEHICLES HAVE BEEN REPAIRED MORE THAN ONCE. IF I HAD SCANNED THE RECORDS FOR THE CHRYSLER CONCORDE AND THE EAGLE VISION (WHICH ARE THE SAME AS THE DODGE INTREPID), I AM SURE THAT I WOULD HAVE SEEN SIMILAR NUMBERS OF RELATED ODI IDS. MY TRANSMISSION WAS JUST COMPLETELY REBUILT AT A COST OF $1,700 DUE TO AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION TORQUE CONVERTER FAILURE. CONSUMERS UNION HAS NOTED THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION AS A SERIOUS SORE SPOT IN THEIR CONSUMER REPORTS PUBLICATIONS ON THIS VEHICLE. THE DEALER HAD THE COMPLETE TRANSMISSION REBUILD KITS IN STOCK - INDICATING FREQUENT NEED FOR THESE PARTS. I RECOMMEND THAT THE NHTSA FINALLY ACT ON THIS ISSUE TO THE EXTENT THAT CHRYSLER CORPORATION BE DIRECTED TO ISSUE A FORMAL RECALL, AND ALSO REIMBURSE CUSTOMERS FOR PREVIOUS REPAIRS.

NO SUMMARY.

I WAS ABOUT TO GET ON A MAJOR INTERSTATE WHEN MY LEFT WHEEL AND RIGHT WHEEL WENT INTO DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS. HOW IS IT POSSIBLE THAT I HAD NO STEERING CAPABILITY AT ALL. SHOULDN'T SOME STEERING ABILITY EXIST ALWAYS EXCEPT IN THE CASE OF NO POWER. HAD I GOTTEN ON I-95 I WOULD HAVE CRASHED HAVING ABSOLUTELY NO ABILITY TO CONTROL DIRECTION EVEN AN EIGHT OF AN INCH.

FUEL LEAKAGE FROM THE FUEL RAIL LEAKED ONTO THE ENGINE, RESULTING IN VEHICLE FIRE. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. MAUFACTURER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

I THINK THAT IS ENOUGH TO TELL YOU THIS MODEL HAS DEFECTS TOO MANY TO MENTION. I THINK DODGE SHOULD ALLOW SOME SORT OF RENUMERATION ON REPAIRS OR A NICE REASONABLE DISCOUNT ON FUTURE PURCHASES SINCE THIS IS MY SECOND DODGE.

ON INTERMITTENT OCCASIONS AND AT VARIOUS BRAKING SPEEDS, THE BRAKE PEDAL LOSES PRESSURE AND VIBRATES LOUDLY. THE BRAKES FAIL IN EACH INSTANCE AND DO NOT STOP THE CAR. ALSO, THE ABS LIGHT COMES ON AND STAYS ON. MY MECHANIC (NON-DEALER) TESTED THE ABS SYSTEM FOR FAULT CODES AND FOUND FAULT CODE 32. HE CLEANED THE LEFT REAR WHEEL SPEED SENSOR AND THE CAR WAS FINE FOR 3-1/2 MONTHS, BUT THE SAME PROBLEM HAS BEGUN AGAIN.

WHEN PUTTTING IN TO GEAR THE CAR JUMPS OUT OF GEAR. HAS TROUBLE GETTING INTO GEAR.THIS HAPPENS WHILE ON FLAT GROUD AND WHILE ACCELERATING. *AK

INTERLOCK SHIFT CABLE FAILED ALLOWING DRIVE TO REMOVE KEY FROM IGNITION WHEN VEHICLE WAS NOT IN PARK CAUSING IT TO ROLL BACKWARD AND HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE. NLM

DEALER INDICATES REBUILD REQUIRED AT ONLY 45K MI. $2,000 TO REPAIR. PROPER MAINTENANCE WAS PERFORMED. DEALER INDICATES IT'S NOT POLICY TO GIVE CHRYLER CUSTOMER SERVICE NUMBER.

I HAD A FRONTAL COLLISION WITH A TELEPHONE POLE AT 40 MPH WITH NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIRBAGS. NECK AND BACK INJURIES. ALSO, THERE ARE APPARENTLY TWO RECALLS ON MY VEHICLE THAT I HAVE NEVER RECEIVED NOTIFICATION ON.

THE KEY WAS REMOVED FROMT VEHICLE , ASSUMING IT WAS IN PARK, AND THE VEHICLE ROLLED, CAUSING A MINOR COLLISION. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

STEERING IS VERY ERRATIC. THE FASTER YOU GO THE WORSE IT GETS. TOOK IT TO MY MECHANIC AND HE TOLD ME HE HAS SEEN SEVERAL SIMILAR PROBLEMS WITH THIS TYPE OF VEHICLE. BUSHINGS FOR THE STEERING HAVE SEPARATED CREATING TOO MUCH PLAY.

STOPPED AT LIGHT UPON PUSHING GAS PEDDLE IT WENT TO THE FLOOR, TO AVOID HITTING OTHER CARS IN FRONT OF ME SWERVERD INTO A PARKING LOT ,HIT CURB BLEW OUT BOTH LH TIRES . SHUT CAR OFF THROTTLE RELEASED AND WOULD NOT REPEAT PROBLEM . I HAD THE THROTTLE BOBY CLEANED AND THE LINKEAGED CHECKED BY A INDEPENDENT GARAGE. THEY COULD FIND NO PROBLEMS

WHEN USING THE RIGHT OR LEFT TURN SIGNAL A BUZZING NOISE WAS HEARD. SHORTLY AFTERWARDS THE TURN SIGNAL WOULD NOT FUNCTION AT ALL. NOW THE BUZZING SOUND IS HEARD WHEN USING THE EMERGENCY FLASHERS. THE DEALER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

TRANSMISSION ALSO BEHAVES STRANGELY EVEN WHEN IT'S NOT COLD, SUCH AS EARLY OR LATE SHIFTS