1999 Dodge Intrepid complaints

ACCORDING TO THE MECHANIC WORKING ON MY 1999 DODGE INTREPID, THE POWER BRAKE BOOSTER IS DEFECTIVE. CURRENTLY, WHEN THE CAR SITS IN TEMPATURES BELOW 32 DEGREES FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS, THERE IS ALMOST COMPLETE LOSS OF BRAKE PRESSURE DUE TO AIR BEING ALLOWED INTO THE SYSTEM BECAUSE OF A HAIRLINE CRACK IN THE UNIT. WHEN THE CAR HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO WARM UP (15-20 MINUTES) AND/OR THE TEMPATURE IS ABOVE 32 DEGREES, THE BRAKE PRESSURE IS FINE AS NO AIR IS BEING ALLOWED INTO THE SYSTEM BECAUSE OF THE EXPANSION OF A SEAL IN THE UNIT. WHEN THE MECHANIC CALLED HIS AUTO-PARTS DEALER FOR A PART, HE WAS TOLD IT WAS ONLY AVAILABLE FROM DODGE DIRECTLY. WHEN HE CALLED DODGE, HE WAS TOLD THE PART WAS ON NATIONAL BACKORDER AND COULD NOT EVEN BE GIVEN AN ESTIMATED DATE OF WHEN THE PART WOULD BECOME AVAILABLE. IF THERE IS THIS BIG OF A DEMAND FOR THE PART, OBVIOUSLY THIS IS A MAJOR PROBLEM. I NOTICED ONLINE THAT THERE WAS A RECALL OF 2000 AND 2001 NEONS FOR BRAKE BOOSTER PROBLEMS, WHY NOT FOR THE OTHER DODGE CARS?

JANUARY 24, 2003 TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, I OWN A 1999DODGE INTREPID ES WITH 40,244 MILES ON THE ODOMETER. I AM AN ''AVERAGE'' CAR USER AND HAVE FOLLOWED THE MANUFACTURERS RECOMMENDED MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE. ON THURSDAY 1/16/03 AS I WAS GETTING OUT OF THE DRIVERS SEAT OF MY VEHICLE I FELT SOMETHING ''SNAP''. I SAT BACK DOWN IN THE SEAT AND THE ELECTRONIC POSITIONING SYSTEM WOULD NO LONGER ADJUST THE SEATBACK AND THE BACK ITSELF SEEMED TO REST AT A BIT OF AN ANGLE FROM LEFT TO RIGHT AS WELL AS LEANING BACK FARTHER THAN IT SHOULD. ON MONDAY 1/20/03 I TOOK MY CAR TO DON MILLER DODGE WEST, A SERVICE GARAGE AND DODGE DEALERSHIP IN MADISON WISCONSIN FOR AN INSPECTION OF THE SEAT. I WAS TOLD THAT ONE OF THE BOLTS ON THE SEAT BASE HAD BROKEN OFF THEREFORE PUTTING ALL OF THE FORCE ON THE REMAINING BOLT ON OTHER SIDE OF THE SEAT BASE. I ASKED IF THIS WAS A SAFETY RISK AND IF IT MIGHT BE POSSIBLE, IF NOT REPAIRED, FOR THE SEAT BACK TO BREAK EVEN FURTHER AND LITERALLY FALL INTO THE BACK SEAT. I WAS TOLD THAT THIS IS A POSSIBILITY. THE REPAIR IS GOING TO COST ME MORE THAN $1000 FOR PARTS AND LABOR. I BELIEVE THAT THE BOLT WAS DEFECTIVE AND I AM WRITING TO YOU BECAUSE I''M CONCERNED THAT THE POSSIBILITY OF OTHER DEFECTIVE BOLTS IN IDENTICAL OR SIMILAR VEHICLES COULD BE A SAFETY ISSUE FOR THE OWNERS. I WAS LUCKY THAT THE BOLT BROKE WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF AND PARKED IN MY GARAGE. I AM WORRIED THAT OTHER OWNERS OF INTREPIDS OR SIMILARLY MANUFACTURED VEHICLES (CONCORDES) MAY EXPERIENCE

AFTER CONSUMER PUT KEYS IN THE IGNITION, IT WOULDN'T TURN. CONSUMER HAS TO WIGGLE KEYS FOR 20-30 MINUTES BEFORE IT TURNS. THE DEALERSHIP CANNOT LOCATED THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. PH

I ENTERED MY DODGE INTREPID AT APPROXIMATELY 5:50 AM AND AFTER STARTING THE IGNITION I NOTICED THAT THE BRAKE PEDAL DEPRESSED ITSELF DOWN THE FLOOR. AFTER A COUPLE OF MINUTES THE PEDAL DID NOT COME UP AND I TURNED OFF THE IGNITION. WHEN I TURNED OFF THE IGNITION PEDAL THEN RAISED ITSELF SLOWLY WITH A HISSING SOUND. WHEN I PROCEEDED TO START THE CAR AGAIN THE PEDAL AGAIN DEPRESSED ITSELF MAKING ME UNABLE TO DRIVE MY VEHICLE

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE ENGINE HAS BLOWN IN HER AUTO RIGHT AT 70,000 MILES AND 4 YEARS OLD. SHE ALSO STATES THAT BEFORE THIS HAPPENED HER AUTO WAS MAKING A RATTLING NOISE AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, SHE TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT THEY NEEDED TO CHANGE THE OIL. SHE STATES THAT HER HUSBAND HAD THE OIL CHANGE, THEN ATTEMPTED TO DRIVE THE AUTO WHEN IT JUST CUT OFF AND WOULD NOT START. THEN A MECHANIC , AFTER CHECKING THE AUTO, TOLD HER THAT HER ENGINE WAS BLOWN.

1999 DODGE INTREPID - APPROX. 45,000 MILES TRANSMISSION FAILURE

1999 INTREPID STARTED MAKING LOUD KNOCKING NOISE IN ENGINE. TOOK TO DEALER AND NOW DEALER SAYS THAT I AM LUCKY I DID NOT DENOTATE THE ENGINE. NEEDS WHOLE NEW ENGINE TO THE TUNE OF $8000.00. HAVE ALWAYS MAINTAINED ENGINE OIL CHANGE. NOT DUE TO THAT, DUE TO THE FACT THAT CHRYSLER PUT ALUMINUM RODS IN ENGINE.

CAR BLEW THE ENGINE ON DECEMBER 13TH. WAS TOLD BACK IN JUNE I HAD MAJOR ENGINE PROBLEM DUE TO OIL SLUDGE IN THE ENGINE. WHEN I PRODUCED ALL MY OIL CHANGES I WAS TOLD I SHOULD HAVE BOUGHT THE EXTENDED WARRANTY. CHRYSLER OFFERED 50/50 WHICH STILL HAS COST ME $3600+ TO REPLACE MY ENGINE. I HAD TAKEN MY CAR IN WHEN IT WAS UNDER WARRANTY FOR "TICKING NOISES UNDER THE HOODS". THEY RECENTERED THE TRANSMISSION AND MOTOR MOUNTS, REPLACED THE IDLER PULLEY, BUT IT STILL EXISTED. THEY CLAIM I COULD NOT HAVE DRIVEN MY CAR FOR 3 YEARS WITH THIS PROBLEM. THE #6 BERING FINALLY BLEW OUT. VERY UPSETTING. I WAS DRIVING THE CAR WHEN IT HAPPENED.

ON DEC 20 2002, THE VEHICLE ENGINE STARTED RAPPING WHILE TRAVELING APX 60 MPH ON INTERSTATE. IT THEN STOPPED WITHIN 30 SECONDS WITH NO RESTART. DEALER HAS REPLACED ENGINE 20,000 MILES PRIOR FOR SAME THING. DEALER HAS HAD THE VEHICLE FOR 5 BUSINESS DAYS AND HAS NOT FIXED IT. ALSO, HISTORY OF MULTIPLE WINDOW FAILURES, MULTIPLE FUEL GAUGE FAILURES, MULTIPLE A/C FAILURES. TS

CONSUMER STATED THE ENGINE FAILED DUE TO SLUDGE BUILD UP.TS *JB

WE BOUGHT OUR CAR NEW FROM GLADSTONE DODGE, AND NOTICED RIGHT OFF THAT THERE WAS AN HESITATION AND LUNGING IN THE TRANSMISSION. THIS PROBLEM WAS RANDOM, YOU NEVER KNEW WHEN IT WOULD HAPPEN.WHEN WE TOOK IT IN ANYWAYS TO BE CHECKED THE WROTE IT UP AS THEY "COULD NOT VERIFY" AND NEXT TIME "COULD NOT DUPLICATE" . WE KEPT CALLING AND INSISITING THERE WAS SOMETHING. WE WERE TOLD TO BRING IT IN WHEN IT WAS DOING IT.THEY REPLACED THE CAM SENSORS AND SAID THAT WAS PROBLEM, NOT THE TRANSMISSION ITSELF. THEN WARRANTY EXPIRED WE PAID FOR THE NEXT SENSOR. THEY SAID STILL NOT THE TRANSMISSION. NOW AT 60,000MILES THE TRANSMISSION IS COMPLETELY GONE. DAIMLERCHRYSLER REFUSES TO PAY SAYING THAT THE TECH COULD NOT VERIFY OR DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. EVEN THOUGH WE TRIED TO TELL THEM ON SEVERAL TIMES, THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING WRONG FROM THE BEGINNING. 2 MONTHS AGO WE WERE SHOWN THICK SLUDGE IN THE OIL ON A ROUTINE OIL CHANGE, NOW AFTER RESEARCH I SEE IN A COMPLAINT SITE FOR DODGE INTREPIDS THAT THERE ARE 1,000 THAT HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM WITH TECHS "UNABLE TO VERIFY OR DUPLICATE" AND CUSTOMER KEEP INSISTING THERE IS A PROBLEM, SENSORS REPLACED AND ONLY TO FOLLOW WITH TRANSMISSION TOTALLY GOING OUT. AND WITH THE SLUDGE THE ENGINE ENDS UP BLOWN. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE!!!

AT JUST 53,000 MILES IT IS DISCOVERED THAT THE RACK AND PINION STEERING ASSEMBLY ON MY THREE-YEAR OLD VEHICLE NEEDS TO BE COMPLETELY OVERHAULED. THIS IS GOING TO COST NEARLY $1,000.00 AND IS ABSOLUTELY NOT A ROUTINE ISSUE IN A VEHICLE THIS NEW AND LIGHTLY DRIVEN. AFTER RESEARCHING THE MATTER FURTHER ON THE WWW IT IS OBVIOUSLY THAT STEERING ISSUES ARE A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM IN DODGE INTREPIDS AND THEY POSE SERIOUS SAFETY RISKS. I IMPLORE YOU TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS! DO NOT WAIT UNTIL SOMEONE GETS KILLED IN AN ACCIDENT BEFORE YOU DO. FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT: HTTP://INTREPID.CLAN-510.ORG/ACCIDENT.HTM

CONSUMER STATES WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT 55MPH THE ENGINE STALL. PULLING OUT OF THE ROAD, VEHICLE WAS TOOK TO THE DEALER THEY TOLL THE CONSUMER ENGINE BLEW OUT. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. TS

NO SUMMARY. DT

ENGINE COMPLETELY BLOWN DUE TO OIL SLUDGE BUILD UP. DT

THE ENGINE WAS REPLACED AT A VERY LOW MILEAGE. TS *JB

I AM IN SALES AND DRIVE EXTENSIVELY. BECAUSE OF THIS I AM VERY CAREFULL TO CHANGE MY OIL EVERY 3000 MILES. I CURRENTLY HAVE 91000 MILES ON MY CAR, IT IS DUE FOR AN OIL CHANGE IN ROUGHLY 700 MILES. WHILE DRIVING I NOTICED A FAINT TICKING SOUND AND ABOUT TWO MINUTES LATER T GOT VERY LOUD. I PULLED THE CAR OVER AND IT SHUT OFF. THE CAR DID NOT OVERHEAT, THE OIL LIGHT NEVER CAME ON. I HAD A RECOMENDATION TO A GOOD MECHANIC WHO TOWED IT AND FOUND THAT THE ENGINE HAD LESS THAN A QUART OF OIL IN IT. THERE WERE NO LEAKS, AND IT HAS NEVER SMOKED. IT HAS ALSO NEVER HEATED UP. MY ENGINE IS OUT OF WARRANTY, BUT I HAVE BEEN TOLD BY MY OIL CHANGE GUY, WHO HAS ALSO INSPECTED THE VEHICLE, THAT DODGE IS HAVING A LOT OF PROBLEMS WITH THE 2.7L MOTOR. A LOCAL DEALER TOLD HIM THIS. AT ANY RATE, I HAVE A BLOWN MOTOR ON A CAR THAT IS 3 YEARS OLD, AND APPARENTLY NO RECOURSE. PLEASE HELP ME IF YOU CAN. DT

CONSUMER STATED THAT WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES THEY WOULD HEAR A LOUD POPPING NOISE CAUSING A DISTRACTION TO THE CONSUMER. DEALER NOTIFIED. MR

NO SUMMARY. DT

WHILE DRIVING AT 70 MPH THE VEHICLES OIL INDICATOR LIGHT FLASHED ON AND OFF THEN THE VEHICLES ENGINE WOULD CUT OFF. THE CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER WHO INDICATED THAT THEY HAD REPLACED ALOT OF 2.7 ENGINES. *TS *NLM

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING BEARINGS SEIZED UP RESULTING IN BROKEN RODS AND BENT VALVES IN ENGINE. MR

THIS IS A DESIGN DEFECT. CONTACT [email protected] TO START A CLASS ACTION SUIT. THIS IS A $1500 REPAIR. CAN THERE BE ANY OTHER REASON FOR THIS AT 65,000 MILES OTHER THAN FOR CHYRSLER TO LINE THEIR POCKETS RATHER THAN CORRECT. MR

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND NO WARNING THE VEHICLE WILL SHUT OFF CAUSING CONSUMER TO PULL OVER AND IT WILL BE HARD TO GET THE VEHICLE BACK STARTED. DEALER NOTIFIED. MR

THE FRONT SUSPENSION MAKES CREAKING/GROANING NOISE WHEN TURNING THE WHEEL, THE STEERING ALSO BINDS JUST OFF CENTER AND ALSO ON RETURN AFTER A LEFT TURN IT WILL STICK, DEALER DETERMINED THAT A STEERING RACK AND BOTH INNER TIE RODS WERE WORN. *SCC

CONSUMER STATES THERE A RECALL 01 V 119 000, FOR THE SEATBELT. CONSUMER STATES PARTS ARE NEVER AVAILABLE TO COMPLETE RECALL REPAIRS. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *MR

AIR CONDITIONING STOPPED EMITTING COLD AIR. HAD SYSTEM CHECKED FOR LEAKS AND FOUND THAT THE EVAPORATOR COIL UNDER THE DASH HAD A LEAK. MR

WHILE DRIVING MY CAR CAUGHT FIRE UNDER THE HOOD. THE BRAKES WOULD NOT WORK. ME AND MY PASSANGER HAD TO JUMP FROM THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE CAR. CAR STOPPED DOWN ROAD ON ITS OWN. IT WAS A TOTAL LOSS. THE CAR IS TO BE DETERMINED ELECTRICAL FIRE, BUT IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION. MR

STARTED VEHICLE IN PARK WITH RIGHT FOOT ON BRAKE PEDAL. SOON AS PUT IN REVERSE ENCOUNTERED A "SUDDEN UNINTENDED ACCELERATION" (SUA). THROUGH NORMAL REFLEX ALSO HAD PORTION OF MY LEFT FOOT ON BRAKE PEDAL AS THE MOTOR RACED BEING PUSHED IN A BACKWARDS CIRCULAR MOTION BY AN UNKNOWN COMPONENT MALFUNCTION. A 180 DEGREE CIRCLE WAS MADE UNTIL STOPPED BY THE REAR BUMPER OF AN UNOCCUPIED WINDSTAR VAN. THEN I WAS ABLE TO TURN OFF THE IGINITION TO STOP THE STILL RACING MOTOR. THAT WINDSTAR DRIVER HAD JUST DESCENDED FROM HER VEHICLE. THE POLICE HAD MY VEHICLE TOWED BECAUSE OF A VEHICULAR DEFECT. MY VEHICLE MISSED AN OCCUPIED STATION WAGON BY APPROXIMATELY TWO INCHES JUDGING BY SKIDMARKS. THE DRIVER CONFIRMED THAT SOON AS BACK UP LIGHTS CAME ON MY VEHICLE JUST "SHOT OUT" OF THE POST OFFICE PARKING SPACE. MR

WHILE DRIVING AT NORMAL SPEED VEHICLE STARTED TO JERK, CONSUMER TOOK TO A MECHANIC AND THE MECHANIC STATED TRANSMISSION WAS BURNED. NEEDED REPLACING. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. NLM

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE DRIVER SIDE WINDOW FELL OFF THE TRACK AND WILL NO LONGER GO BACK UP. CONTACTED DEALER AND THE DEALER IS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING. NLM

WHEN ATTEMPTING TO CHANGE TIRE ON THE RIGHT FRONT WITH THE JACK, THE JACK COLLAPSED, FAILING HITTING THE GROUND DAMAGING THE FRONT RIGHT ROTOR, ETC. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS

CONSUMER IS REPORTING SLUDGE BUILD UP IN A 2.7L ENGINE. CAUSES ENGINE TO SEIZE WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH. DEALER NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE ENGINE SEIZED UP WHILE DRIVING. VEHICLE WAS CHECKED BY DLR WHO ADVISED THAT THE OIL PUMP FAILED TO PROVIDE PROPER OIL LUBRICANT TO THE ENGINE, CAUSING IT TO SEIZE. NLM

MY TRANSMISSION BEGAN MAKING MY CAR DRIVE ERRATIC. AS WITH OTHER OWNERS OF THIS SAME VEHICLE, WHILE DRIVING NORMALLY IT ALL OF A SUDDEN BEGAN JERKING ABRUPTLY AND THEN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. THE CAR WOULD NO LONGER GO ABOVE 50MPH AS THE TRANSMISSION COULD NOT SHIFT INTO HIGHER GEARS. IF I WAS ON THE FREEWAY THIS COULD HAVE BEEN VERY DANGEROUS. I'VE HAD THE TRANSMISSION SOLENOID PACK REPLACED, THE SPEED SENSOR REPLACED PREVIOUSLY, AND NOW I'M BEING TOLD IT IS THE SPEED SENSOR AGAIN. THIS IS PROBABLY THE WORST EXPERIENCE I HAVE EVER HAD WITH A NEWER VEHICLE AND I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER CHRYSLER PRODUCT AGAIN.*AK

THE SEAT BELT BUCKLE ISSUE WE MENTIONED TO THE DEALERSHIP WHEN WE HAD THE CAR IN TO REPAIR THE OUTPUT SPEED SENSOR. EVEN THOUGH WE DISCOVERED THERE IS A RECALL ON SEAT BELTS FOR THE VERY PROBLEM WE HAVE HAD WITH THE SEAT BUCKLES COMING LOOSE THAT HOLD OUR CHILD SEATS IN, THE DEALERSHIP TOLD US THAT THEY WOULD NOT REPAIR OURS. THE OUTPUT SPEED SENSOR ISSUE ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT AS IT INSTANTLY DOWNSHIFTED THE CAR TO 2ND GEAR. IT CAUSED A TERRIBLE JOLT TO US AND WE WERE ALMOST REAR ENDED...TAILLIGHTS DIDN'T FLASH TO WARN OTHER CARS. AIR CONDITIONER ISSUE, WELL, THAT JUST NEVER WORKED PROPERLY. THE TEMPERATURE SELECTOR OFTEN DOESN'T CHANGE THE TEMPERATURE. COLD COMES OUT LUKE WARM.*AK

I PURCHASED MY 1999 DODGE INTREPID W/28,840 MILES. FROM THERE IT HAD UNREASONABLY BEEN A LEMON AND INTO THE "FIVE STAR" CHRYSLER DEALER AT LEAST 8 TIMES. THE VEHICLE HAD PERSISTANT STEERING ISSUES AND ABNORMALITIES, WANDERING, PLAY, ABNORMAL CHANGE IN SENSITIVITY WHILE DRIVING, NOISE, TIRE WEAR. DEALER COULD NEVER "DUPLICATE THE PROBLEMS'. THE ENGINE BLEW UP AT 33,000 MILES, HAD TO HAVE REPLACED. TRANSMISSION FAILED SHORTLY AFTER, HAD TO BE REBUILT. INPUT/OUTPUT SPEED SENSORS FAILED TWICE. ABS ALLOWED BRAKES TO LOCK UP TWICE. TCM AND PCM NEEDED UPDATING DUE TO FLAWED PREVIOUS REVISIONS. POWER WINDOW FAILED, FRONT BUMPER, GRILL PAINT WEARING. OBVIOUSLY THIS VEHICLE WAS A LEMON. THE VEHICLE WAS FINALLY WRECKED AFTER SUDDEN POOR STEERING CONTROL AFTER TRYING TO GET THE DEALER TO DO SOMETHING MANY TIMES. DAIMLERCHRYSLER DENIES ANY MANUFACTURING RESPONSIBILITY. I DO NOT SEE HOW THEY CAN GET AWAY WITH THIS. THERE ARE MANY OTHERS EXPERIENCING SIMILAR PREMATURE PROBLEMS THAT SHOULD NOT BE OCCURING AS SUCH. I HAVE STARTED A WEBSITE AGAINST DAIMLERCHRYSLER - [XXX] - EMAIL ADDRESS IS [XXX] - ADDRESS: [XXX] SAN LEANDRO, CA [XXX] PARTS OF THIS DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN REDACTED TO PROTECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).

CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE REGARDING THE FRONT SEAT BELT RETRACTOR. WHEN CALLING THE MANAGER AT THE LOCAL DEALER, IT WAS TOLD TO CONSUMER THE PARTS NEEDED TO BE ORDERED OR LOOKED INTO. NO ONE FOLLOWED UP AND CONSUMER AGAIN CALLED INQUIRING ABOUT THE RECALL. TO DATE THE MANAGER HAS NOT GOTTEN BACK TO CONSUMER. *JG

VEHICLE STALLED AT 30 MPH. PRIOR TO THIS, THERE WAS A TICKING NOISE COMING FROM ENGINE FOR A PERIOD OF 4 WEEKS. DEALER DETERMINED THAT ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO OIL SLUDGE. OIL HAD TURNED TO HARD SLUDGE THAT HAD TO BE HAMMERED OFF THE ENGINE.*AK

VEHICLE LOST STEERING WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED OF 55 MPH. VEHICLE TAKEN TO THE DEALER, AND THEY INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THE RACK AND PINION STEERING WAS BROKEN. *AK CONSUMER STATED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL STICKS HALFWAY WHILE TURNING RIGHT. *YH

UNABLE TO PULL DRIVER SIDE POWER WINDOW. IT WILL NOT GO BACK, AND PASSENGER'S SIDE WINDOW WILL NOT GO DOWN.*AK

CONSUMER WAS PREPARING TO BACK OUT OF PARKING LOT AND DRIVER'S SEAT COLLAPSED BACKWARDS. VEHICLE THEN HIT A BUS. VEHICLE CHECKED BY DEALER,WHO ADVISED CONSUMER THAT BOLTS AND SCREWS WERE CRACKED AND BROKEN.*AK

TRANSMISSION SENSOR LIGHT ILLUMINATED. SPEEDOMETER STAYS AT ZERO. CAUSE IS UNKNOWN. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

I WAS TRAVELING HOME FROM WORK AT 60 MPH, WHEN THE BACK OF MY SEAT COLLAPSED AND I LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE MOMENTARILLY. UPON EXAMINING THE SEAT AT HOME I FOUND THE BOLT WHICH HOLDS THE SEAT UPRIGHT HAD SHEARED OFF. THE BOLT APPEARS TO BE A COMPOSITE MATERIAL AND NOT A STRONG METAL. NO WAY THIS SHOULD HAVE FAILED. I SEE TWO MORE REPORTED CASES, WHICH LEADS ME TO BELIEVE THERE ARE HUNDREDS MORE OUT THERE, BUT ARE BEING REPAIRED UNDER WARRANTY AND NOT BEING REPORTED.*AK

WHEN LOCKING DOORS THERE'S A LOUD DISTRACTING NOISE THAT COULD POSSIBLY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

I DROVE MY CAR TO WORK WITHOUT INCIDENT. CAR WAS PARKED AT WORK OVERNIGHT. LEFT WORK THE NEXT MORNING, WHILE ACCELERATING UP TO SPEED I NOTICED THAT THE CAR WAS JERKING HARD AS IT SHIFTED THROUGH THE GEARS (AUTOMATIC). BEFORE I GOT HOME (3 MILES FROM WORK) THE ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON. WHEN I ARRIVED AT HOME I CYCLED THE SHIFTER FROM PARK TO DRIVE (WHILE CAR WAS PARKED IN GARAGE). WHILE DOING THIS THE TRANSMISSION WOULD HESITATE AND THEN SHIFT VERY HARD INTO DRIVE WHICH MADE THE CAR LURCH FORWARD (PARK AND FOOT BRAKE WERE APPLIED). I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP WHERE THEY REPLACED THE INPUT SPEED SENSOR, THIS WAS COVERED UNDER THE ORIGINAL MANUFACTURER'S WARRANTY, NO COST TO ME. THE NEXT INCIDENT OCCURRED IN A SIMILAR FASHION, THE CAR WAS PARKED AT WORK. WHEN I LEFT THE NEXT MORNING I NOTICED THAT THE SPEEDOMETER WAS NOT WORKING (INDICATED "0" EVEN THOUGH THE CAR WAS MOVING). THE SHIFT SELECTOR ON THE DASH WAS IN [2] EVEN THOUGH I HAD THE SHIFTER IN THE AUTO-STICK MODE WHICH SHOULD START OUT IN [1]. I TOOK THE SHIFTER OUT OF AUTOSTICK AND PLACED IT IN AUTO-SHIFT, THE ACCELERATION WAS VERY SLUGGISH, IT WAS OBVIOUS THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS STUCK IN [2]. AS I WAS DRIVING HOME THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. WHILE PARKED IN THE GARAGE I CYCLED THE SHIFTER FROM PARK TO DRIVE, ONCE AGAIN THE TRANSMISSION HESITATED, THEN SHIFTED VERY HARD INTO DRIVE, CAUSING THE CAR TO LURCH FORWARD. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP WHERE THEY REPLACED THE OUTPUT SPEED SE

THERE WAS RATTLING IN FRONT END AND STEERING FELT LOOSE. DEALER DETERMINED GEAR BOX NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.*AK

SWAY BAR HAD BROKEN AND WAS REPLACED. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.*AK

BOTH SPEED CONTROL MODULES AND TCM HAVE FAILED IN THE LAST 2 MONTHS; LOCKING ME INTO GEAR AND CAUSING ENGINE TO STALL IN INTERSECTIONS BOTH TIMES. *AK

STEERING: I STARTED TO FEEL A SLIGHT BINDING IN THE STEERING WHEN TRYING TO RETURN WHEEL TO CENTER FROM A TURN. IT GOT PROGRESSIVELY WORSE TO THE POINT WHERE I OCCASIONALLY HAD TO "WRESTLE" THE STEERING WHEEL BACK TO CENTER POSITION. IT ALSO FEELS LOOSE, SUSPENSION RATTLES AND I'VE GOT 4 INCHES OF PLAY AT CENTER. TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND WAS INFORMED IT WOULD COST $1200 TO FIX. SERVICE REP TRIED TO EXPLAIN THAT THIS WAS PRETTY COMMON NOWADAYS WITH THE SEALED RACKS AND NOT JUST DODGE. I'VE NEVER EXPERIENCED THIS TYPE OF FAILURE IN ALL OF THE YEARS I'VE OWNED CARS AND THINK THIS IS JUST A POOR DESIGN THAT DODGE IS KEEPING MUM ABOUT. THE VEHICLE IS ONLY 3 YEARS OLD WITH MOSTLY HIGHWAY DRIVING. I'M PURCHASING A USED RACK FROM A SALVAGE YARD AND HAVING DODGE INSTALL IT FOR $380 AND THEN I'M SELLING IT. THIS CAR IS QUICKLY FALLING APART. AIR CONDITIONING: STARTED HEARING A HISSING TYPE SOUND FROM BEHIND THE DASH. SOON AFTER A/C DID NOT BLOW COLD AIR. CONTROL MODULE DISPLAY ALSO STOPPED WORKING. DODGE SAID IN ORDER TO FIX THE A/C THEY HAD TO REPAIR THE MODULE. COST: ABOUT $600. I BOUGH A MODULE FROM A SALVAGE YARD AND DID IT MYSELF, SAVED $500. THEN DODGE RECHARGED THE SYSTEM ONLY TO HAVE IT LEAK OUT OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. BROUGHT IT BACK TO DODGE WHERE THEY FOUND A CRACK IN THE EVAPORATOR. REPLACEMENT COST: $500. POWER WINDOW MOTOR: RIGHT FRONT POWER WINDOW STARTED FAILING INTERMITTENTLY, THEN STOPPED WORKING ALTOGETHER. DEALER SAID THAT THE WINDOW SOMETIMES GETS STUCK IN THE

INTERMITTENTLY GEAR SHIFT WOULD HAVE TO BE SHIFTED BACK AND FOURTH TO GET VEHICLE TO START. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE BOTH NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK