1998 Dodge Intrepid complaints

THE FRONT ROTORS HAVE WARPED 3 TIMES IN 55000 MILES. THE BRAKE PADS HOWEVER HAVE NOT NEEDED REPLACEMENT.*AK

IN TWO SEPARATE HEAD-ON COLLISIONS ON MAY AND NOVEMBER 2000 BOTH FRONTAL AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALERSHIP TO SEE IF VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN RECALL 98V049000, AND WAS INFORMED THAT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL DUE TO VIN. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK

DRIVER'S POWER WINDOW DID NOT GO INTO THE CLOSED POSITION CORRECTLY. TOOK TO DEALER AND FOUND THAT THE PLASTIC CLIP ON THE BOTTOM OF THE WINDOW THAT GOES INTO THE REGULATOR TRACK WAS BROKEN. DEALER SAID THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM BUT NOT COVERED UNDER MY WARRANTY. CAN NOT BE FIXED UNLESS THE WHOLE WINDOW IS REPLACED. SEEMS THAT SOMETHING THAT IS USED AS MUCH AS THE DRIVER'S WINDOW SHOULD NOT BE MADE WITH A PLASTIC COMPONENT!! ALSO IT SHOULD BE REPAIRED BY REPLACING THE COMPONENT NOT THE WHOLE WINDOW. BAD ENGINEERING I WOULD CONCLUDE.*AK

OUR SON GOT IN THE CAR BEFORE HIS MOTHER. HE MOVED THE SHIFTER AND THE CAR STARTED ROLLING. THERE WAS NO KEY IN THE IGNITION AND WE HAVE FOUND THAT THIS SHIFTER MOVES EASILY WITHOUT A KEY. MY SON WAS INSIDE THE CAR AND IT STARTED ROLLING. MY WIFE WAS WALKING TOWARD THE CAR THEN RAN AND OPENED THE DOOR TRYING TO GET INSIDE TO STEP ON THE BRAKE. MY WIFE IS 25 WEEKS PREGNANT AND WAS PULLED FROM THE CAR AND HIT BY THE DOOR AND DRUG APPROXIMATELY 20 FEET. MY SON THEN JUMPED OUT OF THE CAR INTO A DITCH WHILE THE CAR WAS STILL ROLLING AND WENT AND GOT HELP FOR HIS MOTHER. MY SON IS FINE AND SO FAR THERE SEEMS TO BE NO HARM TO THE BABY. MY WIFE HAS MULTIPLE BUMPS AND BRUISES AND A MAJOR ROAD RASH BUT IS DOING OKAY. WE WOULD LIKE TO BE CONTACTED ASAP REGARDING THIS SITUATION. WE HAVE CONTACTED DODGE CORPORATION ALSO. PLEASE CALL US AT 812-282-5740. THANK YOU.*AK

FRONT TIE RODS ARE CORRODED, WHEELS CANNOT BE ALIGNED ANY LONGER.*AK STEERING WHEEL SHAKES WHEN BRAKING. *SLC

ROTORS AND CALIPERS REPLACED 4 TIMES SINCE PURCHASE, THERE WAS A GRINDING NOISE WHEN APPLYING BRAKES. *AK

SERVICE DEALERSHIP CLAIMS WIRES WERE EXPOSED AS A RESULT OF SOME PREVIOUS REPAIR. THIS VEHICLE HAD NO PREVIOUS REPAIR WORK EXCEPT FOR A SENSOR WHICH WAS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. TEREFORE, THE MALFUNCTION HAD TO RESULT FROM FACTORY WORKMANSHIP OR THE DEALER PERFORMING THE WARRANTY SENSOR REPLACEMENT. YET, I'M GETTING NO ASSISTANCE FROM DODGE IN THIS POWER TRAIN CONTROL MODULE REPLACEMENT, WHICH IS COSTING IN EXCESS OF $1,000. THE VEHICLE IS APPROXIMATELY 6,000 MILES PAST WARRANTY COVERAGE. I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT NO ONE PURCHASE A DODGE PRODUCT BECAUSE, OBVIOUSLY, DODGE WILL NOT STAND BEHIND THEIR PRODUCTS.*AK

TRANSMISSION STUCK IN 2ND GEAR. *AK

IDLER PULLEY BROKE FIRST TIME IN AUG 1998, THIS TIME WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH IT BROKE, AND CONSUMER LOST POWER STEERING. *AK

UPON STARTING VEHICLE THERE IS A FUME GAS ODOR IN PASSENGER'S COMPARTMENT. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER, DEALER UNABLE TO DUPLICATE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

VEHICLE WAS HIT HEAD-ON. UPON IMPACT AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, RESULTING IN INJURY. MANUFACTURER WILL BE NOTIFIED.*AK CONSUMER WAS INJURED IN ACCIDENT, THE INJURIES SUSTAINED MAY LAST THE REST OF HER LIFE. *SLC

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A RATTLE IN STEERING; VEHICLE TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT RACK AND PINION STEERING NEEDED REPLACEMENT. MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER A RECALL, AND OUT OF ITS WARRANTY. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEED BATTERY WARNING LIGHT CAME ON, AND CONSUMER LOST ALL ELECTRICAL POWER. CONSUMER SAW SOMETHING FALL OFF, IT WAS THE PULLEY THAT HELD THE TWO DRIVE BELTS. *AK *SLC

AT 20000 MILES BRAKE ROTORS WERE WARPED, ALSO, MOLDINGS AROUND INSIDE OF DOORS DO NOT FIT PROPERLY, DRIVERS SIDE DOOR CAN NO LONGER BE UNLOCKED WITH KEY, KEY WON'T TURN. ADD ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE. *AK

DEALER ALIGNED VEHICLE MOVING RACK AND PINION STEERING OVER LAST YEAR. SINCE THEN THE CAR PULLS LEFT. TOOK IT BACK TWICE TO THE SAME LOCATION, HAD IT ALIGNED AT TWO TIRE SHOPS NUMEROUS TIMES AND AM ALWAYS TOLD IT IS ALIGNED TO MANUFACTURERS SPECIFICATIONS. I HAVE A CONTINOUS PULL TO THE LEFT WHICH GETS WROSE AT HIGWAY SPEEDS. DEALER TOLD ME TIRES AND HAD FOUR DIFFERENT SETS PUTS ON FROM DIFFERENT MANUFACTUERS AND STILL THE SAME PROBLEM AND AM ALWAYS TOLD IT IS FINE. THE CAR IS NOT FINE AND IS UNSAFE AND BUMPY ROADS BESIDES HARD ON MY SUSPENSION AND MADE IT VERY DIFFICULT TO CONTROL ON THE LAST 3 SNOW STORMS WE HAD HERE THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS. I AM SICK OF THE RUN AROUND AND EACH TIME IT COSTS ME BECAUSE IT IS NOT A COVERED ITEM EVEN THOUGH I HAVE A 7 YEAR 70,000 MILES WARRANTY. THE ENGINE HAS LEAKED SINCE I BOUGHT HER AND THERE AGAIN AM TOLD IT IS FINE. SHE HAS BEEN TO 3 DIFFERENT DODGE DEALERSHIPS AND AM ALWAYS TOLD THE SAME THING. THE ENGINE LEAKS AND 2 WEEKS AGO SMELLED SOMETHING BURNING AND FOUND THAT IT WAS ENGINE OIL ALL OVER THE BOTTOM OF THE ENGINE AND EXHAUST BUT TOLD SHE WAS FINE WHEN IT WAS IN THE DAY BEFORE AT THE DEALERSHIP. I AM TIRED OF THIS CAR AND CAN NOT AFFORD TO CONTINOUSLY REPAIR IT KNOWING THEY DID SOMETHING TO HER AND WILL NOT HONOR THE REPAIRS. I NEED YOUR HELP.*AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

CONSUMER WAS ENTERING FREEWAY AT 40MPH AND CONSUMER'S VEHICLE CUT OFF & WAS NOT ABLE TO PULL OVER BECAUSE OF THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC. VEHICLE ALWAYS STALLED IF AIR CONDITIONER WAS ON OVER A PERIOD OF TIME.*AK

COLD START=OK. DRIVE=OK. STOP ENGINE=OK. WON'T RESTART UNTIL IT IS COLD AGAIN. *AK

MY CAR IS ONLY 2 YEARS OLD AND SHOULD NOT BE HAVING STARTER TROUBLE. MY MECHANIC HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER FOR THE PART AND THE GENTLEMAN THAT HER SPOKE WITH TOLD HIM THAT IT WAS A DESIGN FLAW. I DON'T FEEL THAT I SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE TO PAY FOR PRODUCT DEFECTS. MY MECHANIC TOLD ME THAT THE DODGE DEALER TOLD HIM THAT STARTERS FOR DODGE ARE ON NATIONAL BACK-ORDER. OVER 350 ORDERS. THAT MAKES ME VERY UNCOMFORTABLE.PLEASE RESPOND.*AK

VEHICLE HAD VIBRATION IN THE MOTOR AND TRANSMISSION DID NOT SHIFT GEARS CORRECTLY. CONSUMER HAS TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALER 6 TIMES, BUT WAS TOLD BY DEALER THAT VEHICLE WAS FINE, AND THAT IT WAS NORMAL CHARACTERISTIC OF VEHICLE. CAUSE WAS UNKNOWN. *AK RADIATOR FAN MOTOR FAILED. MOTOR WINDOW REGULATOR FAILED. GEARSHIFT CONTROL FAIED. REAR STRUT ASSEMBLY FAILED. WINDSHIELD WIPER BLADE AND WINDSHIELED PIVOT CARRIER ASSEMBLY FAILED. A/C EVAPORATOR COIL FAILED. INSTRUMENT PANEL TRIM FAILED. BATTERY FAILED. DOOR WEATHER STRIP FAILED.

HIT INTO BACK OF ANOTHER CAR GOING 35 MPH BRAKES FALIED AND AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK

WHILE TRYING TO TURN LEFT, CONSUMER HIT ANOTHER DRIVER. UPON IMPACT, NONE OF THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. FORNT OF THE CAR WAS DAMAGED REAL BADLY. *AK

CONTINUED PROBLEMS AND EXPENSE RELATED TO WINDOW ENGINE FAILURES IN FRONT AND BACK

NO SUMMARY

STEERING WHEEL SHAKES BETWEEN 55 AND 65 MPH. RIGHT REAR DOOR PANEL IS LOOSE. INTERIOR LIGHTS GO OFF SPERATICALLY

POWER DRIVER SEAT MOVES BACK AND FORTH ON STOPS AND HAD BEEN REPLACED. NOW AGAIN, I AM HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM BUT WILL NOT TAKE IT TO ORIGINAL DODGE DEALERSHIP WHERE PURCHASED. EVERYTHING DONE THERE IN PAST HAS BEEN PROBLEM AND NEVER CORRECTED. OTHER PROBLEMS EXIST AND WILL HAVE IT DONE OUT OF STATE AT ANOTHER DEALERSHIP THAT WORKED ON IT THAT DID VERY GOOD WORK AND DID NOT TRY TO MAKE ME FEEL AS THOUGH I AM CRAZY. *AK

MY CAR WAS DESTROYED AND BURNED COMPLETELY. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF OTHER 1998 DODGE INTREPIDS HAVE CAUGHT FIRE AS WELL. IT APPEARS SINCE 1993 THAT FUEL LINE PROBLEMS HAVE EXISTED IN DODGE INTREPIDS. THE FIREFIGHTER INFORMED ME THAT THERE IS A HISTORY OF DODGE INTREPIDS CATCHING ON FIRE NATIONWIDE. THANK YOU.*AK

FRONT ROTORS WARPED AT 20000MI.DODGE WILL NOT CORRECT PROB.FAULTY MATERIALS.*AK

HEADLIGHTS WILL TURN ON AND OFF INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING , OR WILL TURN ON BY THEMSELVES WITHOUT THE KEY IN IGNITION. DEALER HAD VEHICLE 3 TIMES, AND COULD NOT DUPLICATE DEFECT.*AK

WHILE DRIVING HEADLIGHTS WILL SPORADICALLY GO OUT FOR ABOUT 15 SECONDS, THEN COME BACK ON. DEALER HAS SEEN VEHICLE, AND COULDN'T FIND THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. *AK

THE FRONT BRAKES ON MY INTREPID STARTED PULSING AT AROUND 20,000 MILES. THE CAR WAS ONLY 18 MONTHS OLD. THE DEALER SAID THIS WAS NORMAL WEAR AND WOULD NOT WARRANTY THE REPAIR. NO AFTER MARKET PARTS WERE YET AVAILABLE, AND I REFUSED TO PUT POOR QUALITY DODGE PARTS BACK ON THE CAR WITH NO GUARANTEE THEY WOULD NOT WARP AGAIN IN ANOTHER YEAR. IN MY 20 YEARS OF DRIVING I HAVE NEVER HAD A CAR NEED ROTORS UNTIL THEY HAD AT LEAST 75,000 MILES. INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH DODGE STRATUS'S WERE RECALLED FOR DEFECTIVE ROTORS, I BET SOME INTREPID ROTORS CAME FROM THE SAME FACTORY. I DROVE THE CAR FOR ANOTHER 10,000 MILES, WITH THE ANNOYING PULSE, UNTIL AUTO PARTS STORE STARED CARRYING REPLACEMENT ROTORS FROM REPUTABLE COMPANIES. I JUST RECENTLY PUT NEW PADS AND ROTORS ON THE CAR AND THE PULSING HAS GONE AWAY. NEEDLESS TO SAY, I WAS NOT HAPPY WITH DODGE AND THEIR LACK OF WILLINGNESS TO STAND BEHIND THEIR PRODUCT. I WILL NOT BUY ANOTHER DODGE UNTIL I AM SATISFIED THEIR CUSTOMER SERVICE MEANS BUINESS AND IS NOT JUST A SERIES OF FLASHY TV ADS. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

VEHICLE FIRE DUE TO ELECTRICAL FAILURE, CONSUMER SUFFERED FROM SMOKE INHALATION. *MJS

EVERY TIME I CLOSE THE CAR DOOR I RECIVE A ELECTRICAL SHOCK.I HAVE CLOTH SEATS I HAVE ASKED MORE THAN 100 OTHER INTREPID OWNERS AND THEY SAY THE SAME THING (I WORK AT A PARKING GARAGE)MY CONCERN IS FOR OWNERS WHO HAVE HEART PACEMAKERS AND DO NOT KNOW WHAT IS HAPPENING. *AK

STEERING WHEEL SHAKES HARD WHILE DRIVING. VEHICLES DRIVES TO THE LEFT. *AK

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES VEHICLE SHAKE EXCESSIVELY. DEALER HAVE REPLACED THE BRAKE ROTORS THREE TIMES WITHIN A 2 YEAR PERIOD. PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK

NO DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG DURING ACCIDENT CAUSED LEFT WRIST INJURIES TO THE PASSENGER OF THE VEHICLE. NLM

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ACCELERATION WHILE PARKED AND PUTTING VEHICLE INTO GEAR, RESULTING IN COLLISION WITH SEVERAL PARKED VEHICLES. (N.C. COLLISION REPORT) *MJS

POWER WINDOW ON THE DOORS SOMETIMES WON'T WORK WHERE DEALER HAD TOLD THE CONSUMER THERE WAS SOME PROBLEMS WITH THE MOTOR. ALSO, VEHICLE PULSATES WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED/ REPLACED FRONT BRAKE ROTORS. *AK

I STARTED FEELING A PULSE IN THE BRAKES PEDAL AT JUST OVER 20,000 MILES. I FELT IT MUST BE A DEFECTIVE ROTOR SO I CONTACTED THE DEALER AND THE DODGE NATIONAL HOTLINE. THEY MADE ME BRING IN THE CAR FOR INSPECTION, WHERE FOR $24 THEY PROCEEDED TO TELL ME AFTER 5 MINUTES THAT I HAVE WARPED AND PITTED BRAKE ROTORS. THEY WILL NOT COVER THEM UNDER THE 3 YEAR 36K WARRANTY. INSTEAD THEY TELL ME THAT THIS IS NORMAL WEAR AND THEY WANT $275 TO REPLACE THE ROTORS. I CHECKED THE NHTSA SITE AND FOUND 4 OUT OF 36 OTHER COMPLAINTS WERE ABOUT THE SAME PULSING ROTORS. I WROTE LETTERS TO DODGE TO NO AVAIL. I REFUSE TO PAY THEM TO PUT THE SAME OEM JUNK PARTS ON THE CAR. BENDIX OR RAYBESTO DO NOT YET SELL ROTORS FOR THIS NEW OF A CAR. THE BRAKE SYSTEM IS NOT 100% SAFE AND I FEEL THAT THE DEALERSHIP AND DODGE ARE GIVING ME THE RUN AROUND. WHAT DO YOU SUGGEST I DO?

COMING OUT OF DRIVEWAY DRIVER MADE A NORMAL STOP AND BRAKES COMPLETELY FAILE/D, VEHICLE LOST CONTROL , RESULTING IN A COLLISION. SEAT BELTS DID NOT TIGHTEN, AND DUAL AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY.VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. *AK

I AM NOT VERY HAPPY WITH THESE PROBLEMS. WHY DO I HAVE TO KEEP MY HORNS WRAPPED IN PLASTIC FOR A YEAR. THEY SAY THEY ARE REDESIGNING THE HORNS BUT NONE HAVE COME OUT YET. WHEN MY WARRANTY IS OUT I WILL BE OUT TOO. I AM WRITING THE MANUFACTOR. TODAY ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. IT STINKS!! ALSO I DO NOT UNDERSTAND HOW MY ROTORS COULD BE WARPED. THE PADS ARE STILL IN GOOD SHAPE. THEY ONLY WANTED TO TURN THE ROTORS. I DO NOT TRUST THESE GUYS. I AM GETTING A SECOND OPINION WED. OCT. 27 ABOUT THE ROTORS. I CAN SEE FROM YOUR SITE THAT THE DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW HAS GIVEN TROUBLE TO OTHER OWNERS. I JUST GOT THE CAR BACK AGAIN THURSDAY AND THE WINDOW THAT THEY HAD TO REMOVE TO PUT IN THE NEW MOTOR IS STILL NOT SET RIGHT. WHEN I CALL THEM BACK IT WILLBE MY 4TH TRY. ALSO THE THEFT ALARM THEY FIXED THIS OCT 21, THURS. WAS JUST RIGGED . I AM TAKING IT BACK AND SHOW THEM THE POOR WORK QUALITY. THE TRUNK HANGS WHILE OPENING BECAUSE THEY WRAPPED A MOUND OF TAPE AROUND THE SO CALLED BREAK IN THE WIRING. WHO IS OUT HERE TO HELP PUT THESE GUYS IN THEIR PLACE. I PAY BIG MONEY FOR A NICE CAR AND I AM PLAGUED WITH PROBLEMS. THEY WON'T LIKE ME FOR SENDING THIS INFO IN. BUT I AM MAD NOW. I AM TIRED OF TAKING THE CAR IN FOR REPEATED REPAIRS. ANY INSIGHT OR INFO YOU COULD GIVE ME WOULD BE APPRECIATED. I AM LOOKING TO SELL BUT THAT WILL BE MY LAST RESORT, BECAUSE I WILL LOSE MONEY. THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO READ THIS MESSAGE. SINCERELY, PAULA T HARRIS

COLD START ENGINE FAILURE. ENGINE REQUIRES 1/2 HOUR WARM-UP BEFORE DRIVING. STALLS DURING DRIVING.

THERE IS A LITTLE SHELF ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF INSTRUMENT PANEL, AND HAD A FEW COINS ON THAT SHELF. WHILE MAKING A RIGHT TURN, THE COINS FELL BEHIND THE STEERING COLUMN AND THE AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON, INDICATING A PROBLEM WITH THE AIRBAG SYSTEM. AN HOUR LATER, THE AIRBAG LIGHT CAME OFF. DEALER SAID IF THE COINS DID FALL BEHIND THE COLUMN, AND ITWAS POSSIBLE THE AIRBAG MAY HAVE DEPLOYED IF THE COINS HIT A SENSOR. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

AT ABOUT 20,000 MILES I NOTICED A PULSING OR SHIMMY WHEN PRESSING THE BRAKES. IT APPEARS THAT THE FRONT ROTORS HAVE ALREADY WARPED, UNDER NORMAL USE. MY TIRES SHOW NO SIGN OF UNNECESSARY WEAR AND HAVE BEEN ROTATED REGULARLY. THE DEALER AND DODGE ARE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND SAY THAT THIS IS NORMAL AND WILL NOT COVER IT UNDER THE WARRANTY. IF IT IS NORMAL FOR ROTARS TO WEAR EVERY 20,000 MILES THAN THIS WILL BE THE LAST DODGE OR CHRYSLER PRODUCT I WILL BUY!.

BOTH FRONT BRAKE ROTORS BECAME WARPED. ENGINE IDLES FAST AT START UP. REAR DOOR TRIM PANELS ARE LOOSE AT UPPER REAR CORNER.

WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES THERE IS EXCESSIVE SHAKING IN THE STEERING WHEEL DUE TO WARPED ROTORS. DEALER HAS SEEN VEHICLE. *AK

GEAR SHIFT CONTROL CABLE-GEAR SELECTOR CABLE.

SPEAKER AND DRIVER'S SIDE POWER WINDOW.