1995 Dodge Intrepid complaints

ALL 4 WEATHER STRIP SEALS FOR ALL 4 DOORS ARE TOO SMALL. THEY DID NOT SHRINK. THEY HAVE BEEN DEFECTIVE SINCE THE CAR WAS PURCHASED AND THE DEALERSHIP REFUSES TO REPLACE THEM. THEY ARE ASKING FOR OVER $300.00 AND ARE STATING THAT THE WEATHER STRIP SEALS SHRUNK. THE SEALS DID NOT SHRINK. THEY WERE TOO SMALL TO BEGIN WITH. *AK

WAS SMELLING FUMES INSIDE VEHICLE. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER. INFORMED FUEL INJECTORS WERE LEAKING FLUID. VEHICLE NOT UNDER RECALL (#98V184000), BUT HAD SAME PROBLEM. *AK

WHEN COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP AND BEFORE VEHICLE WAS WARMED UP IN REVERSE GEAR , TRANSMISSION JUMPED OUT OF GEAR, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO MOVE FORWARD UNEXPECTEDLY, WHICH COULD HAVE RESULTED IN A COLLISION. *AK

DUE TO LOCATION OF THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG AND A MIXTURE OF THE TURNNING THE WHEEL, THE HORN DOES NOT WORK BECAUSE THE CLOCK SPRING HAS OPENED. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

DRIVER OF VEHICLE LOST CONTROL AND STRUCK A CULVERT ON ICY ROADWAY. EXTENSIVE FRONT DAMAGE TO ENTIRE FRONT OF CAR. DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK

TRANSMISSION SLIPS OUT OF REVERSE AND FORWARD GEARS. DOES NOT WANT TO SHIFT INTO 4TH GEAR (OVERDRIVE) AT 45 MPH, CAUSING VEHICLE TO SHUDDER. INCORRECT ECM INSTALLED AT FACTORY.

TRANSMISSION FAILED.

TRANSMISSION HAS BROKEN TWICE IN MY 1 1/2 YEARS OWNING A DODGE INTREPID. ON THE FIRST OCCASION, IN THE SUMMER OF 1998, CAR BEGAN TO IDLE VERY HIGH BUT MOVED EXTREMELY SLOWLY WHEN PUSHING THE ACCELERATOR. ON THE SECOND OCCASION, JAN. 1999, THE CAR WOULD BEGIN TO MOVE EXTREMELY SLOW WHEN PUSHING THE ACCELERATOR. HOWEVER, IT DID NOT IDLE HIGH. AFTER A FEW SECONDS, THERE WOULD BE A FORCEFUL KICK FROM THE BACK. THE CAR WOULD THEN ACCELERATE NORMALLY. ALSO, THE CAR WOULD SOMETIMES SLIP OUT FROM THE DRIVE GEAR INTO THE REVERSE GEAR WITHOUT NOTICE. FURTHERMORE, HEADLIGHT SWITCH BECAME STUCK AND UNABLE TO TURN INTO THE ON POSITION. *AK

FUEL LEAKING ON ENGINE FROM TUBING LINKING THE FUEL RAILS. DEALER SAID THEY COULD NOT HELP ONLY RECALL WAS ON THE 93 MODEL 3.3 LITER...REPAIRED BY LOCAL MECHANIC. *AK

WINDSHIELD WASHER DESIGN IS POOR, THE NOZZLES ARE LOCATED ON THE WIPER BLADES AND DURING COLD WEATHER FREEZE NOT ALLOWING FOR WASHER FLUID TO PASS, CREATING POOR VISIBILITY DUE TO INOPERABLE WASHER.

THE TRANSMISSIONS IN THESE CARS ARE CRAP. THE SEALS BEING USED ARE UNDERSIZED CAUSING THE TRANSMISSIONS TO FAIL. AT FIRST YOU DONT EVEN NOTICE THE PROBLEM BUT AT ABOUT 50,000 MILES THE TRANSMISSIONS START TO HAVE TROUBLE SHIFTING INTO GEAR, UP SHIFTING AND DOWN SHIFTING WHEN COLD. CHRYSLER IS AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM PROVEN BY THE WELL WRITTEN TECH. BULLITENS. CARS SHOULDN'T HAVE TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS AT SUCH LOW MILES. IF IT WAS AN ISOLATED INCCIDENT I COULD ACCEPT IT BUT ITS NOT AND I'M HAVING TROUBLR BELIEVING THAT I'M EXPECTED TO PAY FOR SHODDY WORK.

MY FUEL INJECTORS BEGAN LEAKING IN NOVEMBER. THE SMELL OF GAS IS SO BAD THAT THE CAR CAN ONLY BE DRIVEN WITH THE WINDOWS DOWN. IT IS A FIRE WAITING TO HAPPEN. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALER TWICE WITH NO SATISFACTION. I WAS TOLD LAST WEEK AND AGAIN THIS WEEK THAT THE PROBLEM WILL BE FIXED UNDER RECALL. THE PROBLEM IS THAT THE DEALERS ARE UNABLE TO ORDER THE ENTIRE FUEL RAIL TO FIX THE PROBLEM. INSTEAD THEY ARE TO WAIT ON A KIT THAT CAN BE USED TO FIX FUEL INJECTORS. THIS KIT IS UNDOUBTEDLY FAR CHEAPER FOR CHRYSLER. TWO DEALERS TOLD ME TODAY THAT IF THEY EVEN ORDER THE FUEL RAIL, THE ODER WILL BE DENIED. THEY HAVE NO IDEA WHEN THE KIT WILL BE AVAILABLE. SO, I'M STUCK WITH A POTENTIAL BOMB AND NO WAY TO GET IT FIXED. I REALIZE THAT NHTSA IS NOT AN ARBITRATION BOARD, BUT THOUGHT YOU SHOULD BE AWARE AT HOW POORLY CHRYSLER IS RESPONDING TO THE RECALL. AS YOU CAN TELL FROM THE MILEAGE ON MY CAR, I RELY ON IT FOR WORK. I AM STUCK WITH RENTAL CAR CHARGES UNTIL CHRYSLER DECIDES TO SEND THE PARTS TO THE DEALER.

TRANSMISSION FAILED.

FUEL RAIL O RINGS CRACKED, CAUSING A FUEL LEAK WHICH COULD CAUSE A FIRE. RECALL #98V1840000 CPNCERNS A 3.5 LITER ENGINE. WHEREAS THIS VEHICLE IS A 3.3 LITER ENGINE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

I HAVE READ OF MANY 4 SPEED CC TRANSMISSION FAILURES AND THAT FACT HAS ALSO BEEN CONFIRMED WITH MY DEALERSHIP. MY UNIT IS NO LONGER UNDER FACTORY WARRANTY. MY UNIT HAS METICULOUSLY BEEN MAINTAINED IN HOPES OF AVOIDING PROBLEMS..TO NO AVAIL. THERE IS A REAL PROBLEM WITH THESE 4SPD TRANSMISSION UNITS.THEY SHOULD BE RECALLED! AS WELL AS THE TRANS COOLING LINES AND SEALS LEAKING! $1370.00 OUT THE WINDOW!

WHILE DRIVING ON STATE HIGHWAY WATER PUMP FAILED AND LEAKED ALL OVER INSIDE, DESTROYING THE DRIVE TRAIN BELT.

REPLACEMENT PART UNAVAILABLE FROM DEALER ( PART PULLED FROM SHELF ? ). DEALER INDICATED "NATIONAL BACK-ORDER" ON FUEL RAIL. DEALER REFUSED TO ADDRESS PROBLEM UNTIL "OFFICIALLY NOTIFIED BY CHRYSLER".

WHILE BACKING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE OF THE THE BUMPER HIT A SNOWBANK AND CRACKED. VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN AT ABOUT 5MPH. THE DEALER REPLACED THE BUMPER. OWNER SAYS IT ONLY HAPPENS DURING COLD WEATHER. *AK

STRONG SMELL OF FUEL INSIDE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT AND ON OUTSIDE OF VEHICLE. NEXT DAY 12-30-98, WE STARTED CAR AND LOOKED UNDER FRONT END. IT WAS POURING FUEL ONTO GROUND. DEALERSHIP HAS SAID THAT IT WILL BE SEVERAL WEEKS TO GET PARTS. HOWEVER WE ARE NOT GOING TO DRIVE THIS VEHICLE UNTIL FIXED BECAUSE OF EXTREME FEAR OF FIRE. DEALERSHIP REFUSES TO PROVIDE ANOTHER VEHICLE TO USE IN THE MEANTIME. VERY DISAPPOINTED IN SERVICE! *AK

FUEL INJECTION RAIL "O" RINGS FAILED, CAUSING FUEL TO LEAK ON ENGINE. NOTIFIED DEALER. HE TOLD ME THEY WOULD NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. WE SPENT 997.00 ON REPAIRS AND WERE AMASED THIS WAS NOT RECALLED AS A SAFETY DEFECT. ALSO, RACK AND PINION STEERING MALFUNCTIONED. *AK

ON THE MORNING OF DECEMBER 2, 1997 WHEN MY FAMILY AND I WERE IN THE CAR IN THE DRIVEWAY OF OUR HOME, AS I STARTED THE CAR A FLAME SHOOT OUT FROM UNDER THE HOOD. MY FAMILY JUMPED OUT OF THE CAR AS I POPPED THE HOOD AND THE ENGINE WAS ABLAZE. WE QUICKLY CALLED THE ANTELOPE FIRE DEPARTMENT, WHICH CAME AND PUT THE FIRE OUT. AUTOWEST DODGE SITE THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE TO BE A BROKEN FUEL RAIL AND WORN IGNITION PARTS.

NO SUMMARY. *AK

TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT ENGAGE RIGHT AWAY ON COLD MORNINGS. TOOK THE CAR TO A DEALERSHIP AND WAS ADVISED THAT THE CAR NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION. CONTACTED DODGE CONSUMER AFFAIRS TO COMPLAIN ABOUT THE INFANT FAILURE OF THE TRANSMISSION BUT THEY DID NOT CARE AND WOULD NOT WORK WITH ME. AS A RESULT OF THIS I WILL NO LONGER BUY CHRYSLER PRODUCTS AND WILL ADVISE ANYONE I KNOW LOOKING FOR A NEW CAR TO AVOID CHRYSLER.

FUEL INJECTION DELIVERY SYSTEM IS LEAKING FUEL WHICH HAS RESULTED IN THE VEHICLE BECOMING INOPERABLE. CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

AIR BAG COVER IS SEPARATING FROM THE DASH AREA, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

THIS IS A FIRE SFAETY RECALL, AND I WANT THIS TAKEN CARE OF RIGHT AWAY, BEFORE IT CATCHES FIRE. IT WAS ANNOUNCED AS A RECALL. THIS IS AN EMERGENCY TO ME. PLEASE HELP.

98V184000/790; FUEL IS COMING OUT OF THE MIDDLE OF THE CAR, VERY STRONG SMELL COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. DEALER CONTACTED AND STATED THE FUEL RAIL IS DEFECTIVE. THIS VEHICLE DID NOT COMPLY TO THE RECALL. PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

VEHICLE EXPERIENCING SAME PROBLEM AS INDICATED IN NHTSA RECALL #98V-184 000, CHRYSLER/ FUEL LEAKAGE. DEALER/ MFR. NOTIFIED AND INFORMED CONSUMER VEHICLE WAS NOT UNDER THAT RECALL. *AK

WHEN GETTING INTO THE VEHICLE AND PUTTING THE KEY INTO THE INGITION, THE KEY KEEPS GETTING STUCK, AND THE CONSUMER HAS TO PLAY WITH KEY UNTIL IT COMES OUT. ALSO, OIL LIGHT STAYS ON UNTIL THE KEY GET'S OUT, TRANMISSION IS SLIPPING. VEHICLE IS LOSING POWER. *AK

THE CONSUMER HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH TRUNK LID ASSEMBLY. WHILE TRUNK WAS IN THE AIR, IT CAME DOWN AND HIT CONSUMER IN THE HEAD ON TWO OCCASIONS. THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

TRANSMISSION DOES NOT SHIFT OUT OF 2ND GEAR WHEN TRANSMISSION FLUID IS HOT, WAS TAKEN TO DEALER, DEALER DID NOT CHECK THE CAR PROPERLY. TRANSMISSION ALSO SHUDDERS WHEN GOING INTO GEAR.

THE TRANS ONLY WORKS WHEN AT LOW SPEEDS, TOO MUCH GAS AND THEN IT STARTS TO SLIP OR HAS NO GEAR AT ALL. THIS HAS CAUSED PROBLEMS WHEN TRYING TO CROSS AN INTERCETION AND THE TRANS, WILL KICK OUT WHEN I'M IN THE MIDDLE WITH ONCOMEING TRAFFIC. THE AIR ONLY WORKED FOR A LITTLE WHILE AFTER I GOT THE CAR. NOW IT JUST BLOWS HOT AIR, AND HAS A FUNNY SMELL TO IT. IT ALSO EVERY NOW AND THEN WILL LOOK LIKE FROST OR FOG IS COMING OUT THE VENTS, HAD TO REPLACE AN 02 SENSER, WAS TOLD THERE IS ALSO ONE MORE IN THE CAR, AND ITS PROBLEY BAD HAVE BAD GAS MILIAGE AND SMELLS OF GAS IN THE MAIN CAB.

HOOD LATCH FAILED TO OPEN WHEN PULLED DUE TO POOR ASSEMBLY. THE HOOD ON THIS VEHICLE NEEDS TO BE DROPPED IN ORDER TO ENGAGE THE HOOD LOCK. NEVERTHELESS, THE DEALER FELT THAT THE HOOD LATCH MECHANISM BROKE "DUE TO LACK OF MAINTENANCE" AND NOT POOR MANUFACTURING PRACTICES. IT IS INHERENTLY DANGEROUS TO HAVE AN UNRELIABLE HOOD LATCH MECHANISM BECAUSE IT MAKES IT NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIX ANY EMERGENCY ENGINE PROBLEMS. THIS PART SHOULD BE FAIL-PROOF THROUGHOUT THE LIFE OF THE VEHICLE AS LONG AS THE HOOD HAS NOT BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT.

DEFCTIVE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION GEAR SHIFT DUE TO RATIO ERRORS IN 2ND AND FOURTH GEARS. VEHICLE WENT INTO LIMP MODE.

CONSUMER EXPERIENCING FUEL LEAKAGES FROM THE SEALING O-RING/ NHTSA RECALL # 98V-184000. DEALER NOTIFED AND INFOMED VEHICLE WAS NOT UNDER MFR. RECALL. *AK

STOPPED AT MCDONALDS, SAW SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER HOOD. A MAN GOT OUT OF HIS CAR AND SAID MY CAR WAS ON FIRE. HE WENT INTO MCDONALDS AND GOT A FIRE EXSINGUISHER AND PUT IT OUT. THE FIREMEN SAID IT LOOKED LIKE IT STARTED AT THE TROTTLE BODY AND INJECTOR. ALSO THE MECHANIC SAID IT LOOKED LIKE IT STARTED AT THE FUEL RAIL. I NOTICED THE RECALL ON HERE AND HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT CHRSYLER HAS NOT DETERMINED WHICH CARS ARE AFFECTED. MY EXTENDED WARRANTY WILL NOT COVER THIS BECAUSE FIRE WAS INVOLVED, AND CHRSYLER WILL NOT COVER IT BECAUSE THEY SAY THEY ARE NOT AWARE OF ANY RECALLS ON MY CAR. MY AUTO INSURANCE WILL HAVE PICK THIS UP AND I DO NOT THINK THIS IS RIGHT.

FUEL LEAKAGES FROM THE FUEL INJECTOR AREA, CAUSING GAS FUMES TO COME INTO THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER WAS TOLD BY HER INDEPENDENT REPAIRMAN THAT THE DEALER DOES HAVE A REPAIR KIT FOR THAT PROBLEM, BUT THEY ARE ON BACK ORDER. *AK

THE FUEL RISER ON MY 1995 INTREPID LEAKS GASOLINE ONTO THE ENGINE. CONSUMER CHECKED THE INTERNET AND FOUND OTHER OWNERS AS FAR BACK AS 1993 HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. IT IS DEFINITELY A DESIGN DEFECT AND A SAFETY HAZARD. YET, THE MANUFACTURER IS NOT DOING A RECALL AND IS CHARGING 300-400 TO REPAIR THE PROBLEM. A FIRE IS INEVIDBLE SO YOU DON'T HAVE AN OPTION BUT TO GET IT REPAIRED OR STOP DRIVING THE CAR UNTIL YOU DO SO. I THINK THE MANUFACTURER NEEDS TO DO A RECALL ON THIS PART AND REPAIR IT FOR FREE BEFORE SOMEONE DIES IF IT HASN'T HAPPENED ALREADY.

NOTICED FUEL SMELL IN CAR COMPARTMENT AREA, TOOK CAR TO DEALER. FOUND OUT THERE WAS A NATIONAL BACK ORDER ON THE FUEL RAIL ASSEMBLY WHICH WAS NOTED AS LEAKING. VERY WORRIED ABOUT SAFETY OF VEHICLE WITH A VERIFIED FUEL LEAK.

THE CONSUMER HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH VEHICLE. VEHICLE HAS STALLED SIX OR SEVEN TIMES. THE MECHANICS CANNOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE OR THE REMEDY. THE MANUFACTURER HAS YET TO BE CONTACTED. *AK

WHEN CONSUMER GOT INSIDE OF VEHICLE SHE SMELLED FUEL INSIDE ,AND THE SMELL HAS NOT STOPPED SINCE THEN. CONSUMER HAD CONTACTED DEALER, BUT NO HELP FROM THEM. MANUFACTURER HAD TOLD CONSUMER THAT THERE WAS A RECALL, BUT NOT ON HER PARTICULAR VEHICLE. *AK

WHEN CONSUMER GOT INSIDE OF VEHICLE SHE SMELLED FUEL INSIDE, AND THAT SMELL HAS NOT STOPPED SINCE THEN. CONSUMER HAD CONTACTED DEALER, BUT NO HELP FROM THEM MANUFACTURER HAD TOLD HER THAT THERE WAS A RECALL, BUT NOT ON HER VEHICLE. PART NEEDED, THE FUEL RAIL, IS CURRENTLY ON BACK ORDER. *AK *ML

NO SUMMARY PROVIDED BY CONSUMER

FUEL IS LEAEKING OUT FROM THE O-RINGS AND THE FUEL INJECTION RAIL ONTO THE ENGINE. DEALER HAS REPAIRED. *AK

I AM UNDER FIVE FEET TALL AND READ ABOUT THE DANGERS OF THE AIR BAGS. I WOULD LIKE MINE TO BE DISCONNECTED AND THE DODGE DEALERSHIP SAYS THEY CAN'T DO IT. WHERE DO I GO TO HAVE THIS DONE? I HAVE TO HAVE THE SEAT PUSHED REAL CLOSE TO THE DASHBOARD IN ORDER TO REACH THE PEDALS. IT WOULD NOT BE FEASIBLE TO HAVE A PEDAL EXTENDER INSTALLED AS MY HUSBAND DRIVES THE CAR ALSO AND IS SIX FEET TALL.WHAT CAN I DO? I DONT WEAR MY SEATBELT BECAUSE I AM AFRAID I CANT GET OUT FROM UNDER THE AIRBAG IF I WAS TO WRECK! I CANNOT TRADE IN MY CAR BUT I WAS NOT TOLD ABOUT THE DANGERS! PLEASE HELP ME. CONCERN OF SAFETY OF SHORT PERSON AND AIR BAG; AND CONCERN ABOUT AIR BAG SAFETY (OTHER THAN SHORT PERSON) ADDED ON 09-07-1999. *AK

THE A/C SYSTEM HAS FAILED SEVERAL TIMES, DIFFERENT DEALERSHIPS HAVE PERFORMED MX WORK ON THE SYSTEM UP TO AND INCLUDING FULL REPLACEMENT YET THE SYSTEM STILL FAILS ON A REGULAR BASIS. THE SYSTEM HAS AGAIN FAILED THIS WEEK AND THE VEHICLE IS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTEE. I HAD TO ALSO PAY FOR SYSTEM ANALYSIS AND RECHARGE AT A A/C SPECIALITY REPAIR FACILITY THIS PAST SUMMER DUE TO THE VEHICLE BEING OUT OF WARRANTEE. WHAT OPTIONS ARE AVAILABLE TO ME?

FAULTY FUEL RAIL SYSTEM HAS LEAKED GASOLINE ONTO ENGINE ON TWO SEPERATE OCCASIONS. THIS COULD HAVE EASILY CAUSED A FIRE RESULTING IN POSSIBLE INJURY OR DEATH TO OCCUPANTS.

THE RUBBER AT TIE ROD END HAS COMPLETELY WORN OUT, CREATING AN PROBLEM. WHEN CONSUMER HITS A BUMP THE TRUCK JUMPS OUT OF CONTROL. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING FUEL LINE: HOSE POPPED OUT. DEALER HAS ALREADY REPLACED THE FUEL LINE RAILS TWICE. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE, THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SLOW DOWN WHICH MAY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. ALSO WHILE AT A STOP AND APPLYING THE GAS PEDAL, THE VEHICLE MOVES TO REVERSE, ALMOST CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS.