1996 Dodge Intrepid complaints

THE CAB OF THE CAR THE CAR GOT SMOKY AND THE HEATER QUIT. MY CAR THEN FROZE UP. WE HAD IT CHECKED OUT AND THE WATER PUMP, TIMING BELT AND TRANSITIONING ROD ALL BLEW. I CONTACTED MY DEALER BUT THE CAR WAS PAST WARRANTY SO THEY DIDN'T CARE. I THEN CONTACTED CHRYSLER WHO TOLD ME THEY HAD NEVER HEARD OF SUCH A HAPPENING AND I WAS TOTALLY ON MY OWN.

VEHICLE IN PARKED GEAR AND ROLLED DOWNHILL PINNING CONSUMER UNDER VEHICLE WITH TIRE ROLLING OVER LEG.

FUEL LINE FITTING LEAK AT FRONT OF MANIFOLD SPILLS GASOLINE ONTO HOT MANIFOLD. FIRE HAZARD. WATER PUMP LEAK CAUSED OVERHEAT DUE TO LOW COOANT LEVEL. COOLANT RESERVOIR IS NOT TRANSPARENT ENOUGH TO CHECK COOLANT LEVEL - ALWAYS LOOKS FULL. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH TRANSMISSION GEAR SHIFT JUMPED INTO NEUTRAL ON ITS OWN. *AK

FUEL LINE FAILED CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO STOP WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING.

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VEHICLE HAS GONE THROUGH 3 SETS OF BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS HAVE HAD TO BE TURNED AND DOESN'T DO WELL WITH ANY PADS WE HAVE USED, ALWAYS NOISY, HAVE ONLY HAD CAR FOR 1 1/2 YEARS, FRONT PLASTIC CENTER WHEEL CAPS KEEP FALLING OFF, HAVE LOST 4 ALREADY. ALSO, POWER STEERING PUMP IS LEAKING, AS WELL AS, THE O-RING RECALL PROBLEM. IT ALSO HAS A PROBLEM WITH THE GAS GAUGE, HAVE RUN OUT OF GAS 2 TIMES. THE CAR ALSO HAS A PROBLEM WITH OVERHEATING, DOESN'T MATTER IF TEMPERATURE IS HOT OR COLD OUTSIDE, SITTING IN TRAFFIC OR NOT.

GAS LINE LEAK AT THE TOP OF THE ENGINE.

PREMATURE FAILURE OF BOTH FRONT TIE RODS AT LOW MILAGE. SUSPECTING BAD DESIGN, BASICALLY MATERIALS USED IN BUSHINGS IN TIE ROD ENDS. CONTACT WITH MECHANICS AND OTHER VEHICLE OWNERS INDICATE THIS OCCURRENCE NOT AN ISOLATED CASE. FAILURE CAUSES POOR STEERING RESPONSE AND PULLING OF VEHICLE RIGHT UPON ACCELERATION, AND LEFT UPON DECELERATION. DRIVERS CONTROL OF VEHICLE DEGRADED. ONE OWNER CONTACTED REPORTED ITEM FAILURE WAS NOT COVERED BY WARRANTY DURING WARRANTY PERIOD. *AK

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WENT OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. THE ONLY GEAR THAT WORKED WAS REVERSE. DEALER REBUILT TRANSMISSION. *AK

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BATTERY BLEW UP WHILE ATTEMPTING TO START VEHICLE

FRONT END TIE RODS KEEP LOOSENING AND STEERING WHEEL TENDS TO CREEP TO THE LEFT AND NOT POSITION ITSELF BACK TO CENTER. AFTER MAKING A TURN DRIVER MUST MANUALLY TURN THE STEERING WHEEL. DEALER CONTACTED, AND REPAIR WORK WAS DONE. INCIDENT OCURRED TWO TIMES. PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

THE O RINGS ON SOME OF THE INJECTORS WERE LEAKING FUEL. THERE IS A RECALL FOR THIS DEFECT (98V18400). HOWEVER, I WAS TOLD MY VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. IT WAS MANUFACTURED WITHIN THE TIME FRAME LISTED IN YOUR DATABASE. THE DEALER WOULD NOT PAY FOR THE REPAIR. *AK

WE HAVE CONTACTED LOCAL CHRYSLER, WHO REFUSED TO FIX THE VEHICLE... WE TOLD THEM IT WAS LEAKING FUEL. WE CONTACTED NATIONAL CHRYSLER AND THEY WERE NOT OPEN TODAY. WE THEN CONTACED NHTSA AND THEY SAID WAIT. I WANT THIS ON RECORD IN CASE OF FAILURE SINCE CHYSLER WILL NOT ADDRESS THE PROBLEM ON ANY LEVEL RIGHT NOW

WHILE OPENING UP THE TRUNK THE LATCH BROKE, CAUSING THE TRUNK TO HIT THE CONSUMER ON THE HEAD. *AK

THERE IS A CRACK IN THE FUEL LINE AND IN THE ENGINE MANIFOLD WHICH CAUSES THE GAS TO LEAK OUT OF THE VEHICLE FROM THE FUEL INJECTOR WHICH SPILLED OUT ON THE TOP OF THE ENGINE. *AK DEALER REPLACED THE FUEL RAIL. *SLC

STRONG FUEL SMELL /O-RINGS REPLACED/ONLY VERY SLIGHT FUEL CLOSE TO ENGINE CAN SEE GAS DAMPEN FUEL RAIL

FUEL LINE RAILS ARE CAUSING GAS TO LEAK ON THE MANIFOLD, MAKING THE FUMES FROM THE GAS VERY STRONG INSIDE OF VEHICLE. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

CONSUMER HAD BEEN SMELLING FUEL INSIDE OF VEHICLE FOR ABOUT THREE WEEKS UNTIL TODAY. HE HAD TAKEN VEHICLE TO SHOP SERVICE WHERE THEY TOLD HIM THE PROBLEM WAS WITH THE FUEL RAIL THAT IS LEAKING. DEALER HAD BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

STRONG FUEL ODOR FROM UNDER HOOD

FUEL INJECTION RAIL CAUSING THE FUEL TO LEAK ONTO ENGINE. PARTS ARE ON BACK ORDER. *AK

REAR RIGHT PASSENGER LAP AND SHOULDER BELT IS JAMMED WITHIN THE RETRACTING MECHANISM, CAUSING THE SEAT BELT TO BECOME INOPERABLE ,CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

THE DRIVER SEAT BACK IS BREAKING APART WHERE THE SPRINGS ARE COMING OUT OF THE DRIVER SEAT UPHOLSTERY, AND SEATBACK IS MOVING BACKWARD. IT MAY BREAK UNEXPECTEDLY, CAUSING A LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH AND ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A RIGHT HAND TURN THE WHEEL WENT RIGHT AND THE VEHICLE KEPT GOING STRAIGHT. THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.*AK REPLACED PARKING BRAKE, AND FUEL PUMP. *YD

RECALL 98V184000. WHILE DRIVING THERE WAS A STRONG ODOR OF RAW GASOLINE, GOT STRONGER WHEN IDLING. LIFTED THE HOOD SMELL WAS STRONGER. MECHANIC STATED FUEL LEAK. DEALER IS NOT AWARE OF THE PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE, MANUFACTURER STATES THE VEHICLE DOES NOT COMPLY WITH RECALL. *AK

VEHICLE DID NOT START. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO AN AUTO SHOP. STARTER CAUGHT ON FIRE PER MECHANIC. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

NOTICED THE SMELL OF GAS IN AND AROUND THE CAR. MADE APPOINTMENT FOR NORMAL MAINTENANCE CHECK AND FOUND OUT FUEL RAIL WAS LEAKING GAS. LUCKILY I HAD A WARRENTY CONTRACT FOR WHICH THE PART FOR REPLACEMENT OF FUEL RAIL WAS COVERED. I DO HAVE A $100.00 CO-PAY FOR WHICH I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE REFUNDED. WAS TOLD BY CHRYSLER CORP. THAT THIS WAS NOT POSSIBLE, WITHOUT THE CORRECTION TO FUEL RAIL MY CAR COULD HAVE BEEN ENGULFED IN FLAMES WHILE DRIVING. CHRYSLER COULD AT LEAST REFUND MY CO-PAY. I DON'T THINK I SHOULD PAY FOR THEIR BAD PARTS. I WAS ALSO TOLD BY CHRYSLER THAT THEY WERE NOT GOING TO RECALL THE 1996 DODGE INTREPID. IT HAS THE SAME FUEL RAIL PROBLEM AS THE 1993 WHICH WAS RECALLED THIS YEAR.

THE AIR CONDITIONER BLOWS WARM AIR ONLY WHEN CAR IS JUST OUT OF STANDARD WARRANTY. RESULTING EVAPORATOR REPAIR IS COVERED UNDER EXTENDED WARRANTY. WATER PUMP FAILURE CAUSED OVERHEATING WHICH CAUSED CAR TO STOP. RESULTED IN TIMING BELT PROBLEM & REPAIR. COST $500.00 ROD BEARING PROBLEM OCCURRED 1-1/2 WEEKS AFTER WATER PUMP/TIMING BELT REPAIR. ESTIMATED COST $2000.00.

FUEL IS LEAKING FROM THE FUEL INJECTION DELIVERY SYSTEMS SUCH AS THE O-RING ON THE FUEL RAIL.

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE HAD A FUEL LEAK COMING FROM THE FUEL RAIL WHICH MAY CAUSE A FIRE IF THERE IS A SOURCE OF IGNITION. CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

VEHICLE HAS A FUEL LEAK, AND THERE ARE FUMES COMING FROM THE FUEL RAIL INJECTOR. THE FUMES ARE VERY STRONG. *AK

CONSUMER EXPERIENCING AN ONOING PROBLEM WTH VEHICLE OVERHEATING. VEHICLE BEEN REPAIRED AND INSPECTED BY DEALER, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT NOTHING COULD BE FOUND. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 55MPH THE INSIDE OF THE CAR GOT SMOKY AND OBSTRUCUED THE CONSUMER'S VIEW. CONSUMER PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD TO REALIZE THAT IT WAS AN ELECTRICAL FIRE THAT HAD STARTED BEHIND THE BACK SEAT, CAUSING NONE OF THE LIGHTS TO FUNCTION. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED THE LOWER CONTROL UNIT WOULD BE MAKING A VERY LOUD NOISE. WHEN TURNING THE WHEEL TO THE RIGHT OR TO THE LEFT THERE IS A LOUD NOISE LIKE A KNOCKING NOISE. ALSO, VEHICLE VIBRATES WHEN THE CONSUMER GETS ON THE HIGHWAY. *AK

WHEN DRIVING THE ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON AND THE LIGHT WOULD NOT GO OFF. ALSO, THERE WAS A GAS LEAKAGE COMING THE UNDER THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND WHEN GETTING INTO THE VEHICLE, THE ODOR WAS VERY STRONG. *AK

WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 TO 50 MPH CONSUMER HIT SIDE OF CAR AHEAD, NEITHER AIR BAG DEPLOYED UNTIL VEHICLE CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP. AIRBAG ONLY DEPLOYED HALF WAY. DRIVER SUSTAINED HEAD AND FACIAL INJURIES. *AK THE SEAT BELT FAILED, AND PULLED THE DRIVER THE DOOR AND HIT WINDSHIELD.

WHILE DRIVING AND ATTEMPTING TO MAKE TURNS DRIVER HAS TO HOLD THE STEERING WHEEL WITH BOTH HANDS BECAUSE THE WHEEL IS VERY LOOSE. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

THE BUSHINGS AND THE RACK AND PINION STEERING ARE VERY LOOSE, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO WANDER ALL OVER THE ROAD. THE PROBLEM WAS NOTICED THE FIRST TIME BY THE DEALER. AT THAT TIME, THE BUSHINGS WERE TIGHTENED, WHICH DID NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM. THE BUSHINGS HAVE BEEN LOOSE AGAIN. THE STEERING SYSTEM NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AT THIS TIME. *AK

BRAKE FAILURE.

BRAKES AND ROTORS WARPED. FRONT END ALIGNMENT WAS ALSO REQUIRED AT THE TIME FRONT BRAKES WERE REPLACED. CONCERNED THAT AT SUCH LOW MILEAGE AND AFTER ONLY 2 YEARS OF DRIVING (MOSTLY CITY) THE BRAKES HAD DETERIORATED SO SIGNIFICANTLY.

ENGINE AND WATER PUMP MALFUNCTION.

TRUNK LID COLLAPSES FROM A SLIGHT BREEZE/ON AN INCLINE OR IF YOU BUMP THE REAR OF VEHICLE. QCAW

CONSUMER COMPLAINED THAT FRONT BRAKE ROTORS WERE INSPECTED AND FOUND WARPED/WORN AND UNABLE TO TURN. CONSUMER BELIEVED THIS IS NOT CONSIDERED TO BE A NORMAL WEAR FOR THIS PART AT 31000 MILE. DEALER NOTIFIED AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THIS WAS A NORMAL WEAR. *AK

A/C COMPRESSORS FAILED TWO TIMES.

ON FOUR SEPARATE OCCASIONS OUR VEHICLE HAS SHIFTED INTO 2ND GEAR WHEN RUNNING AND COULD NOT BE UPSHIFTED OR DOWNSHIFTED. THE ONLY GEARS AVAILABLE WERE 2ND OR REVERSE. THE DEALER REPLACED THE SOLENOID TWICE AND THE TC MODULE ONCE. THE FOURTH TIME IT HAPPENED, THE DIAGNOSTICS DID NOT SHOW ANYTHING WRONG AND THE DEALER DID NOT REPLACE ANYTHING. THE DEALER STATED THAT THEY WERE UNABLE TO REPLICATE PROBLEM. EACH TIME THE TRANSMISSION FAILED IF THE CAR WAS SHUT DOW AND ALLOWED TO COOL FOR AN HOUR OR MORE IT APPEARED TO RESET AND OPERATE PROPERLY FOR A WHILE. IF THE CAR WAS DRIVEN FOR A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME AFTER RESET THE PROBLEM CAME BACK.

BRAKES FAILED TWICE ALMOST RESULTING IN VEHICLE COLLISION DUE TO CALIPER'S LEAKING.

DRIVER'S SIDE POWER DOOR LOCKS REMAIN IN THE LOCKED POSITON WHEN OTHER LOCKS UNLOCK. VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY AT DEALERS, A WAITING DIAGNOSTIC. *AK

MULTI-FUNCTION TURN SIGNAL SWITCH MALFUNCTIONED. ALSO, AIR CONDITIONER CONDENSOR IS NOT FUNCTIONING.

ENGINE OVERHEATED; COOLANT WAS ADDED TWICE OVER THREE DAYS. CAR WAS BROUGHT TO MECHANIC; MECHANIC FOUND PINHOLE IN WATER PUMP, WHICH LEAKS UNDER HIGH RPM.