1999 Dodge Intrepid complaints

VEHICLE WAS USING A LOT OF OIL. VEHICLE BURNED 1 QUART OF OIL PER 1000 MILES.CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS BURNING 2 QUARTS OF OIL PER 1000 MILES. OIL LIGHT DIDN'T TELL WHEN VEHICLE WAS LOW IN OIL .IF ENGINE WAS OUT OF OIL VEHICLE WOULD SOMETIMES STALL. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER HAD TO TEAR ENGINE DOWN TO FIND CAUSE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE BEGAN TO MAKE LOUD NOISES AND DIED. CONSUMER HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALERSHIP, AND FOUND THAT ENGINE HAD NO OIL. THERE WAS NO WARNING SIGNS ON DASH. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

CRUISE CONTROL COMPONENT OVER TOOK THE BRAKE SYSTEM. CAR ACCELERATED FROM 25 MILES A HOUR IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC TO 40 MILES AN HOUR. THIS HAPPENED IN SPITE OF THE BRAKES BEING COMPRESSED. THIS CAUSE ME AND MY FAMILY TO END UP UNDE THE REAR OF TRUCK. THIS ACTION KAD OCCURRED AGAIN TO ME PERSONALLY AND TO TWO OTHER PERSONS. THIS PROBLEM WAS REPORTED TO THE DEALERSHIP SEVERAL TIMES AND CLAIMED TO HAVE REPAIRED IT , BUT THE SAME THING HAPPENNED AGAIN ON THE WAY HOME FROM THE SHOP. THE FIRST TIOME IT WAS SUPPOSEDLY REPAIRED, THE O2 SENSOR AND CRUISE CONTROL CABLE WERE REPLACED. THIS ACTION HAS NOT STOPPED THIS VEHICLE FROM ACCELERATING ON ITS OWN. AFTER THIS INCIDENT IT ACCELERATED WITH TWO DIFFERENT PEOPLE BEHIND THE WHEEL. MY ATTORNEY HAS LOCATED TWO OTHER 99 INTREPIDS THAT HAVE DONE THIS. ONE ACCELERATED IN REVERSE AND THE OTHER IN DRIVE LIKE MINE. I HAVE CONTACTED CHRYSLER/DAIMLER CUSTOMER SERVICE, BUT TO NO AVAIL. THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN BACK BY THE FINANCE COMPANY BECAUSE WE REFUSED TO PAY ON ANYTHING THAT ALMOST KILLED OUR FAMILY. OF COURSE THEY, HOUSEHOLD FINANCE, COULD CARE LESS AND WERE ONLY INTERESTED IN GETTING THEIR MONEY. I INTEND TO PUT THIS INFORMATION EVERY WHERE I CAN TO HOPEFULLY PREVENT ANYONE FROM PURCHASING THIS VEHICLE. THEY COULD BE KILLED BECAUSE IT HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED AND CONTINUES TO ACCELRATE OB ITS OWN. THIS CAR IS A DEATH TRAP AND SHOULD BE TAKEN OFF OF THE ROAD. IF THERE IS ANYTHING ELSE I CAN DO TO ACCOMPLISH THE FOREGOING, PLEASE CONTACT ME

WHILE CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING AT 55 MPH TRANSMISSION BLEWOUT. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.*AK

BODY PANELS/BUMPER PANELS POP LOOSE OR WORK THEIR WAY LOOSE, BACK PASSENGER SIDE BUMPER PANEL MAINLY. PAINT IS WEARING AND CHIPPING BADLY AT THE FRONT VEHICLE BUMPER PANEL. LATE MODEL VEHICLE, KEPT WELL IN BAY AREA, CALIFORNIA ENVIORNMENT ALREADY NEEDS PAINT JOB. THIS DOES NOT SEEM RIGHT.

1999 DODGE INREPID ES: STEERING IS EXTREMELY LOOSE, FLIMSY FEELING AND OVER SENSITIVE. STEERING SEEMS TO HAVE FAR TOO MUCH PLAY. VEHICLE USUALLY JERKS OR SWAYS WHEN CHANGING LANES BECAUSE OF THIS. STEERING WILL ALSO USUALLY JERK WHEN DRIVING OVER BUMPS, ACCELERATING OR BRAKING. VEHICLE USUALLY STEERS AND PULLS TO THE LOWEST SIDE OF UNEVEN ROADS. STEERING ASSEMBLY FEELS LIKE IT VIOLENTLY JERKS ALL OVER THE PLACE WHEN DRIVING OVER RAILROAD TRACKS OR HEAVILY BUMPY AREAS. VEHICLE IS SOMETIMES DIFFICULT TO CONTROL DUE TO REALLY LOOSE, FLIMSY FEELING STEERING THAT MOVES WAY TOO FREELY. FRONT WHEELS SOMETIMES SEEM TO SLIDE, SLIP OR LOOSE TRACTION AROUND SOME SLIGHT TURNS AT 30+ MPH. THE VEHICLE HAS TRACTION CONTROL, NOT SURE IF PROBLEM IS RELATED. VEHICLE HAS 17" STANDARD ALUMINUM STARBLADE WHEELS AND STANDARD GOODYEAR TIRES. STEERING LOCK FOR WHEN VEHICLE IS PARKED IS DEFECTIVE, NEVER WORKS OR IS NOT PRESENT. I HAD NEVER HAD THESE PROBLEMS WITH MY OLD 1995 DODGE INTREPID AND I DO NOT BELEIVE THAT THEY ARE NORMAL. I TOOK THE 1999 DODGE INTREPID ES INTO THE FIVE STAR DEALERSHIP WHERE I PURCHASED IT, HAD TECHNICIAN DRIVE IT, I WAS TOLD THAT IT HANDLED FINE AND THAT SOME VEHICLES HAVE SENSITIVE STEERING AND THAT IT WAS NORMAL AND NOTHING WAS WRONG. IT HAS BEEN DANGEROUS AT TIMES, I HAVE TO USUALLY KEEP BOTH HANDS TIGHTLY ON THE WHEEL BEING PREPARED TO SLOW DOWN WHEN IT STARTS LOOSING CONTROL OR I FEEL THE FRONT WHEELS SLIPPING OR SLIDING.*AK

1999 DODGE INTREPID ES 3.2L: VEHICLE FREQUENTLY FAILS TO BE CONSISTANT WITH ACCELERATION. SOMETIMES DELAYED TRANSMISSION SHIFT RESPONSE EVEN WHEN USING AUTOSTICK. TRANSMISSION OFTEN SEEMS TO SHIFT VERY ROUGHLY. VEHICLE SOMETIMES SEEMS TO DOWNSHIFT PROPERLY WITH PROPER ENGINE RESPONSE AND HAS EXCELLENT ACCELERATION EVEN AT 50MPH WHEN IN AUTOMATIC THEN SOMETIMES HAS EXTREMELY POOR AND DELAYED ACCELERATION AND DOES NOT SEEM TO DOWNSHIFT EVEN AT SPEEDS SLOW AS 35MPH EVEN WHEN ACCELERATOR PEDAL IS FLOORED OR STOMPED, WHICH IS DANGEROUS WHEN TRYING TO GET ONTO FREEWAY, MERGING OR PASSING. IT IS SOMETIMES DIFFICULT TO GET VEHICLE TO ACCELERATE SMOOTHLY WITH ACCELERATOR PEDAL, LACK OF THROTTLE ACTION AND VERY SLOW ACCELERATION SOMETIMES WHEN PRESSING ACCELERATOR PEDAL SOMETIMES HALF WAY DOWN, THEN WHEN PRESSED FURTHER AND ALMOST FLOORED TRANSMISSION KICKS DOWN HARD, VEHICLE JERKS FORWARD AND OVER COMPENSATES INTENDED ACCELERATION. ONCE WHEN ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS PRESSED DOWN HARD, DOWN ABOUT HALF, NOT FLOORED VEHICLE RESPONDED, ACCELERATED AND SHIFTED MUCH FASTER THAN EVER BEFORE, VEHICLE HAD NEVER PERFORMED THIS WELL OR TAKEN OFF SO FAST, WAS COMPLETELY UNEXPECTED, VEHICLE WENT FROM 5-40MPH IN ABOUT 2.5 SECONDS. THE VEHICLE LUNGED FORWARD QUICKER THAN EVER EXPERIENCED AND THE ENGINE MADE MORE NOISE THAN USUAL. NO COMPLAINTS AND ACTUALLY LIKE THIS TYPE OF VEHICLE PERFORMANCE BUT IT IS DANGEROUS WHEN THE VEHICLE DOES NOT USUALLY PERFORM LIKE THIS THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN DOES COMPLETELY U

1999 DODGE INTREPID ES: KEYS JAMMED IN THE INGITION ON 3 DIFFERENT OCASSIONS, KEYS WOULD BECOME STUCK, KEYS WOULD BECOME JAMMED, HAD TO MOVE KEY BACK AND FOURTH AND WORK IT OUT UNTIL IGNITION WOULD CLICK AND WOULD TURN OR KEYS COULD BE REMOVED. THIS COULD BE DANGEROUS IF SOMEONE NEEDED TO USE CAR IN EMERGENCY OR GET AWAY FROM DANGER.*AK

REAR PASSENGER'S SIDE POWER WINDOW IS DEAD AND HAS FAILED. WHEN ELECTRONIC COOLING FANS FOR ENGINE TURN ON AUTOMATICALLY AS THEY SHOULD DURING CERTAIN ENGINE TEMPERATURES FRONT HEADLIGHTS NOTICEABLY DIM ALMOST LOOKING LIKE THEY ARE BEING FLASHED FOR A SECOND OR WHAT SOMEONE COULD INTEROPERATE AS THE DRIVER FLASHING HIS LIGHTS. HEADLIGHTS ALSO SEEM TO DIM SLIGHTLY WHEN ROLLING DOWN TWO WINDOWS AT THE SAME TIME. I PURCHASED A PROFESSIONAL BATTERY AND ALTERNATOR TESTER HAS SHOWN THAT THE VEHICLES BATTERY AND ALTERNATOR ARE WORKING AS NORMAL. THIS MAKES ME WONDER ABOUT THE VEHICLE'S ELECTRICAL SYSTEM.*AK

WHILE DRIVING ON FREEWAY NEAR TRACY, CA VEHICLE DROVE OVER SMOOTHLY PART IN FREEWAY THAT SLIGHTLY WENT UPWARD THEN SLIGHTLY DOWNWARD CAUSING VEHICLE SPRINGS OR STRUTS TO LIFT UP OR HOP FAR TOO MUCH CREATING VERY POOR VEHICLE TRACTION, TRAFFIC THEN ABRUPTLY HALTED, HAD TO BRAKE HARD TO STOP VEHICLE, VEHICLE HAD POOR TRACTION AND JUST SLID MAKING A LOUD TIRE SCREECHING NOISE, HAD TO VERY QUICKLY RELEASE THE BRAKE SINCE VEHICLE WAS SKIDDING, SHIFTED INTO AUTOSTICK AND DOWNSHIFTED QUICKLY IN CONJUNCTION WITH QUICKLY USING BRAKE GET VEHICLE TO STOP PROPERLY. I AM USING STOCK GOODYEAR TIRES WITH GOOD TREAD, SERVICE CENTER TOLD ME TIRES ARE OK, I AM SUPPOSED TO HAVE ABS (ANTI-LOCK BRAKES) SO THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN. I BELEIVE THAT THE ABS FAILED DUE TO THE SPRINGS OR STRUTS BOUNCING ALLOWING THE VEHICLE TO LIFT UP TOO MUCH THUS LOOSING TRACTION CAUSING ABS TO FAIL. I HAVE NOT HAD ANY OTHER PROBLEMS WITH ABS HOWEVER BRAKES ARE STARTING TO SOMETIMES FEEL FUNNY, ALMOST A LITTLE ROUGH WHEN APPLIED LATELY. I TALKED TO INDEPENDENT MECHANIC THAT TOLD ME THAT MY VEHICLE SHOULD NOT HAVE SKIDDED AS IT DID AND MY SPRINGS COULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE EXCESSIVE UPLIFT THAT OCCURED. VEHICLE DOES SEEM TO HOP OR BOUNCE A LITTLE MUCH ALSO AT TIMES CAUSING THE FRONT WHEELS TO LOOSE TRACTION OR SLIDE ON SLIGHT TURNS. NEW SPRINGS OR WHATEVER WITH ONLY 32,000? I HAVE NEVER HAD THAT HAPPEN IN MY OLD 1995 DODGE INTREPID ALTHOUGH IT HAD IT'S PROBLEMS. THIS SHOULD NOT HAPPEN AND IS DANGEROUS, I ALMOST SMASHED

1999 DODGE INTREPID ES: I HAVE PREVIOUSLY MADE COMMENTS IN REGARD TO MY VEHICLE HANDLING AND IT'S FLIMSY, LOOSE FEELING STEERING AND HOW THE FRONT WHEELS FEEL LIKE THEY SLIP SOMETIMES AROUND SLIGHT TURNS. THE FRONT WHEELS ACTUALLY FEEL LIKE THEY ARE SOMETMES FLUTTERING ESPECIALLY OVER BUMPS OR RAILROAD TRACKS USUALLY AT 35+MPH. I HAVE ACTUALLY ALMOST LOST CONTROL WHEN BEING IN FAR LEFT LANE DRIVING AT AROUND 65MPH AROUND BENDS IN HIGHWAY OR FREEWAY ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT ARE BUMPY. I BROUGHT IN TO FIVE STAR DEALER WHERE PURCHASED. I WASEN'T SURE EXACTLY HOW TO EXPLAIN THE PROBLEM PROPERLY, I DESCRIBED THE BEST I COULD. I HAVE THOUGHT THAT THE LOOSE STEERING IS CAUSING THE FRONT WHEELS TO BOUNCE OR FLUTTER. THE SERVICE CENTER WAS NOT VERY RECEPTIVE. THE TECH THAT DROVE MY CAR STATED THAT THE SENSITIVE STEERING WAS NORMAL. ALSO THERE IS NO STEERING WHEEL LOCK WHEN VEHICLE IS PARKED OR IT IS DEFECTIVE OR NOT PRESENT. DOES THIS HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH IT? I HAVE READ ABOUT 2 OR 3 OTHER ODI'S THAT DESCRIBED SIMULAR PROBLEMS BUT NOT AS IN DETAIL OR WITH INFORMATION OF THE FRONT WHEELS SOMETIMES BOUNCING ALL OVER THE PLACE OR FLUTTERING OVER BUMPS OR FRONT WHEELS SLIDING. WITH THIS PROBLEM I FEEL UNCOMFORTIBLE DRIVING IN WET OR RAINY CONDITIONS. IT ALMOST FEELS THAT AROUND SOME FREEWAY OR ROAD BENDS DRIVING AT 45+MPH IT SOMETIMES FEELS LIKE THE FRONT WHEELS ARE SLIGHTLY SLIPPING OR SLIDING. MY OLD 1995 DODGE INTREPID WAS FRONT WHEEL DRIVE AS WELL AND NEVER DID THIS ALTHOUGH IT HAD I

CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE FOR A ROUTINE CHECK UP. MECHANIC STATED THAT WATER PUMP NEEDED TO BE CHANGED BECAUSE IT WAS LEAKING ANTIFREEZE, PART NUMBER 501718388AA. TUBE AND GASKET, PART NUMBER 5277928, WERE REPLACED. DEALERSHIP IWAS AWARE OF PROBLEM. *AK

TIRE BLOWOUT. *AK (TIRESIZE: 60R16/225)

CAR WAS STUCK IN SECOND GEAR. WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE SHUTTERED, THEN IT WAS STUCK IN FIRST. CONSUMER PROCEEDED TO DEALER ,AND THEY SAID TRANSMISSION WAS GONE. *AK THE TRANSMISSION FAILED FOR THE THIRD TIME AND BURNT OUT THE TORQUE CONVERTOR. THE DEALER HAD REPLACED SENSOR TWICE. *YH

TIRE FAILURE. *AK (TIRESIZE: P205/70R15)

A/CEVAPORATOR HAS GONE OUT IN MY CAR. ADDITIONALLY, THE SENSOR ON TRANSMISSION WENT OUT 4 MONTHS AGO. MY MECHANIC SAYS THE EXHAUST SYSTEM HAS RUST SPOTS. ALL PEOPLE WHO HAVE LOOKED AT THE CAR SAY THESE PROBLEMS SHOUND NOT BE HAPPENING ON A CAR WITH ONLY 48,000 MILES. *AK

TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REPLACED IN VEHICLE THREE TIMES WITHIN 70,000 MILES OF EACH OTHER. ALSO, WHEN TRAVELING 30-35MPH VEHICLE SHOOK VIOLENTLY. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND TRANSMISSION LOCKED INTO 2ND GEAR. NO SPEED DISPLAYED ON SPEEDOMETER.*AK

THE FIRST TIME WE TOOK THE CAR INTO THE DEALER, THEY COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG. THE SECOND TIME WE TOOK IT IN, AND ONLY UP DAVID'S INSISTENCE, WERE THEY THEN ABLE TO DIAGNOSIS THE PROBLEM. IT TOOK THEM 45 MINUTES OF DRIVE TIME TO ASCERTAIN THE PROBLEM. THEN, DESPITE A DROUGHT OF 30 DAYS, THEY HAD TO WAIT TO FULLY DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM AS IT HAD BEGUN TO RAIN, AND APPARENTLY THE FINAL DIAGNOSTIC TEST HAD TO BE DONE IN THE DRY WEATHER. THEN ONLY THE FIRST PART OF THE PROBLEM WAS DIAGNOSED. AT THIS TIME, DAVID PROVIDED THEM WITH NUMBERS OF THE TECHNICAL NOTICES THAT THEY THEN PROVIDED US. NO SAFETY DEFECT. *AK

CAR WAS 4 MONTHS OLD - DRIVING DOWN I-70 AND HAD A BLOWOUT. THE TIRE SPLIT CLEAN IN TO. WAS TOLD THAT I MUST OF HIT A POT HOLE. ON 9/13/99 I HAD TAKEN THE CAR INTO THE DEALERSHIP AND TOLD THEM THE TIRE WAS LOSING AIR. THEY SAID THEY COULDN'T FIND A PROBLEM, AIRED UP THE TIRE AND I LEFT. LITTLE OVER A MONTH LATER I HAD A BLOW OUT. I DID NOT HIT A POT HOLE. THE TIRE WAS DEFECTIVE. I HAD TO REPLACE THE TIRE WITH MY OWN MONEY.*AK (TIRESIZE: P205/70R15)

I HAD A LOST OF STEERING "FREEPLAY" FROM LEFT TO RIGHT. I ALSO HAD LOOSE SOUND IN FRONT END? AT LOW SPEEDS OVER LITTLE BUMPS.I HAD THE DEALER LOOK AT IT THEY QUOTED ME $1500. TO REPLACE GEARBOX. SERVICE REP. CALLED ME LATER TO REPLACE IT ALL FOR $500.00. HE SAID THIS WAS A GOODWILL SERVICE. THEY CHANGE THE PART OUT WITH A REDESIGNED PART. I JUST WANT TO KNOW IF ANYONE ELSE HAS HAD THIS SAFETY PROBLEM. COULD THIS BE A RECALL ITEM? THANK YOU. *AK

VEHICLE WAS AT STAND STILL AND READY TO PULL OFF. THEN, VEHICLE PULLED OFF IN 2ND GEAR, FEELING VERY SLUGGISH. CONSUMER PULLED OVER/ TURNED IT OFF, AND PUT IT IN AUTOMATIC TO SEE WHAT GEARS WERE ACTIVATING. AFTER A HALF HOUR ALL GEARS, BUT 4TH GEAR, WERE OPERATING. DEALER HAS GOTTEN A CHANCE TO COMPLETE INSPECTION ANDTO GIVE AN EXPLANATION.*AK

PLEASE SEE THE LETTER WE HAVE SENT TO THE MANUFACTURER: JUNE 18, 2000. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED. *AK

CONSUMER PULLED IN DRIVEWAY AND COULDNOT STOP CAR. CAR ACCELERATED OUT OF YARD WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. CONSUMER HAD TO TURN KEY OFF TO STOP CAR. *AK

WHILE DRIVING EXCESSIVE MOVEMENTS OCCUR WITHIN STEERING WHEEL AND COLUMN. ALSO, AFTER VEHICLE IS PARKED STEERING WHEEL DOES NOT LOCK UP. *AK WITHIN FIRST 2 MONTHS OF OWNERSHIP, ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. EVERY HOSE AND WIRE UNDER THE HOOD HAD TAPE ON THEM, DEALER STATED THAT EVERY VEHICLE CAME FROM THE MANUFACTURER LIKE THAT. CONSUMER QUESTIONED WHY THE STEERING WHEEL PANEL WOULD NOT SNAP OR STAY IN PLACE, DEALER COULD NOT ANSWER THAT QUESTION. *SLC

WHILE TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH WAS A LIGHT "TICKING" NOISE COMING FROM FRONT OF VEHICLE. NOISE STARTED INCREASING IN VOLUME, AND CONSUMER PARKED VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP HAS EXAMINED VEHICLE, AND DETERMINED THAT OIL WAS LEAKING FROM HEAD GASKET AND OIL PAN WHICH CAUSED HEAD GASKET TO BLOW. CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT ENGINE CAME OUT OF FACTORY WITH THIS PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK

WHILE MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN AT 5 MPH CONSUMER WAS NOT ABLE TO STRAIGHTEN OUT VEHICLE AFTER TURNING, VEHICLE KEPT GOING TO LEFT. MECHANIC FOUND STEERING RACK AND PINION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS I'VE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. THE FIRST TIME I WAS DRIVING WITH MY BROTHER AND COUSIN WHEN THE CAR JUST STARTED TO SHAKE AND JUST STALLED OUT I HAD KNOW STEERING, OR BRAKES. IT WAS A VERY SCARY SITUATION. THE NEXT TIME I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK IT WAS ONLY ABOUT 4 MONTHS FROM THE FIRST TIME THIS HAPPENED WHEN I WAS MAKING A TURN AND THE CAR HAD NO STEERIN OR BRAKES I THANK GOD THERE WERE NO CARS OR SOMEONE COULD HAVE GOTTEN HURT . I HAD TO DRIVE THE CAR INTO A BUSH TO STOP IT. THIS TIME I WAS LEAVING THE DRIVE THRU AND THE CAR FAIL ME ONCE AGAIN. NO BRAKES ,STEERING OR EVEN THE GAS PEDAL WORKED. PLEASE HELP ME I DON'T HAVE THE FUNDS TO REPAIR THE CAR, PERSONNALLY I DON.T WANT THIS CAR I'M SO AFRAID OF DRIVING IT. I AFRAID FOR MYSELF AND THE OTHER PEOPLE ON THE ROAD. DOES SOMEONE NEED TO GET HURT BEFORE SOMEONE JUST TAKES THIS CAR AND DUMB IT. LIKE I SAID I'M VERY AFRAID TO DRIVE THIS CAR BECAUSE THE PROBLEM KEEPS COMING BACK . WHETHER IF MY YOUNGER BROTHER,, OR MOTHER WAS DRIVING THE CAR I DID NOT EXPERIENCE THE PROBLEM AS I HAVE IN THE PAST SOMETHING SERIOULY COULD OF HAPPENED TO THEM. WHAT WOULD THE COMPANY HAVE DONE THEN. SO PLEASE HELP ME. THANK YOU IN ADVANCE JOE SUAREZ. *AK

WHILE DRIVING OUT OF DRIVEWAY VEHICLE ACCELERATED AT FULL SPEED, CAUSING LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL, BRAKES FAILED TO STOP VEHICLE. CONSUMER TURNED IGNITION SWITCH OFF TO GAIN CONTROL. *AK REAR BRAKES LOCKED CAUSING THE VEHICLCE TO SKID. THE FRONT BRAKES COULD NOT OVER COME THE FULL ACCELERATION OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHCILE HAS HEATER AND WINDOW MOTOR PROBLEM. THE CONSUMER BELIEVES THE PROBLEM WAS CAUSED BY ELECTRONIC FAILURE. *YH

DROVE VEHICLE TO CLOSEST DEALERSHIP AT TIME OF ENGINE NOISE. VEHICLE WAS RUNNING WHEN TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP. DEALERSHIP LOOKED AT ENGINE, SAID THERE WAS SLUDGE IN ENGINE, SAID THEY COULD CLEAN THE SLUDGE OUT OF ENGINE FOR $360.00 AND THAT WOULD PROBABLY SOLVE NOISE PROBLEM IN ENGINE. DEALERSHIP SUPPOSEDLY CLEANED SLUDGE OUT OF ENGINE, ENGINE THEN SEIZED. DEALERSHIP ASKED FOR RECEIPTS OF ENGINE OIL CHANGES WHICH WERE PROVIDED. DEALERSHIP SUPPOSEDLY CLEANED OUT SLUDGE FROM ENGINE. ENGINE THEN SEIZED UPON BEING STARTED. DAIMLERCHRYSLER REFUSES TO FIX ENGINE.*AK

STEERING JAMS IN RIGHT TURNS. REQUIRES ADDITIONAL FORCE TO RETURN STEERING WHEEL TO CENTER.*AK

POSITIVE BATTERY CABLE CLAMP CORRODED COMPLETELY (NOTHING LEFT). CAUSED NO-START. ACID PERMEATED CABLE. OEM MAINTENANCE-FREE BATTERY.*AK

CONSUMER WAS IN PARK AND ENGINE STARTED RACING REAL HARD. CONSUMER THOUGHT BY TURNING HEAT & RADIO OFF IT WOULD HELP ENGINE CALM DOWN. VEHICLE WAS STARTING TO MOVE FORWARD IN A PARK POSTION. CONSUMER PUT FOOT O BRAKES, AND VEHICLE SUDDENLY TOOK OFF WITH TWO FEET PRESSING DOWN ON BRAKE. CONSUMER WAS ONE CAR LENGTH BEHIND ANOTHER VEHICLE. OTHER DRIVER SAW CONSUMER'S VEHICLE MOVING FORWARD, BUT CONSUMER HAD REAREND OTHER VEHICLE DOING OVER $1000 WORTH OF DAMAGES. CHRYSLER WAS SENDING SOMEONE OUT TO COSUMER'S HOUSE TO LOOK AT VEHICLE ON 04-02-2001.*AK

IN AND OUT OF MORLANS, INC (DODGE DEALER) SEVERAL TIMES BECAUSE OF THE ELECTRICAL SYTEM CAUSING THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT TO COME ON WITH MANY DIFFERENT CODES SUCH AS ROUGH IDLE-TRANSMISSION NOT SHIFTING /DOWN SHIFTING-TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE REPLACED-CAMSHAFT SENSOR REPLACED-IGNITION COIL PACK REPLACED-THESE WERE DONE WHILE STILL UNDER WARRANTY AT DIFFERENT DATES. JUST RECENTLY 3/25/01 MY TRANSMISSION WENT INTO A LIMP MODE AGAIN AT 40,000 MILES-THIS TIME IT WAS A TRANSMISSION INPUT SPEED SENSOR (MY COST $92.00), WHEN I GOT MY CAR BACK NOW MY HEATER- A/C AND REAR DEFROST CONTROL / VENTS DON'T WORK ? DIAGNOSED PROBLEM ELECTRICAL (CHARGED $50.00) AGAIN WITH THE CONTROL HEAD / BOARD CONTROL MODULE. I'VE MADE SEVERAL CALLS TO THE CHRYSLER CORP. WITHOUT AVAIL FOR ASSISTANCE. PLEASE GIVE ANY HELP POSSIBLE TO CORRECT THESE ELECTRICAL DEFECTS. THANK YOU. *AK

ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON THEN VEHICLE RUNS ROUGH AND WON"T RUN ABOVE 40 M.P.H. CAR HAS BEEN TO DEALER ON FIVE OCCASIONS WITH MULTIPLE PARTS REPLACED BUT IT HASN"T SOLVED THE PROBLEM.*AK

CONSUMER HAD PROBLEMS GETTING VEHICLE TO START AFTER IT HAD SAT A DAY. IT HAS BEEN BACK AND FORTH TO DEALER. DIANOSTIC MACHINE DIDN'T SHOW A READING FOR PROBLEM. DEALER HAS JUMPED VEHICLE CHANGED BATTERY AND CABLES. BOTH DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE DOING NOTHING TO RECTIFY PROBLEM.*AK

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ALONG AND VEHICLE JUST STOPPED. IT WOULD NOT MOVE OR START BACK UP. A SPRING BROKE AND CAUSED ENGINE VALVES TO COME DOWN AND PUT HOLES IN PISTONS. VEHICLE HAS A 2.7 ENGINE THAT NEEDED REPLACEMENT. DEALER KNEW THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM. WARRANTY EXPIRED. *AK *JB

WHILE DRIVING AT 40-45 MPH FRONT PASSENGER'S AND DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED. THERE WAS NO ACCIDENT, THEY JUST DEPLOYED. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED.*AK

TRANSMISSION WAS LEAKING FLUID FROM UNDERNEATH VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO REPORT. *AK THE ENGINE WAS LEAKING OIL AND WAS REPAIRED. THE CONSUMER SAYS THE STEERING WHEEL WAS MAKING NOISE WHEN MAKING A RIGHT TURN, BUT THE DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *YH

THE THERMOSTAT HOUSING IS PLASTIC AND HAS A BRASS TUBE RUNNING THROUGH IT WHICH LEAKS ANTIFREEZE, THE PART HAS BEEN REDESIGNED BUT CHRYSLER REFUSES TO FIX CONSUMERS VEHICLE BECAUSE THE VEHICLE IS NO LONGER COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. NLM

WHEN PUTTING VEHICLE INTO REVERSE OR DRIVE VEHICLE WILL NOT MOVE UNLESS DRIVER WIGGLES GEAR SHIFT. THEN VEHICLE WILL TAKE OFF IN REVERSE OR DRIVE ALL OF A SUDDEN. DEALER HAS SEEN SEVERAL TIMES, AND COULDN'T DUPLICATE PROBLEM.*AK THE CONSUMER EXPERIENCES THE GEAR SHIFT MALFUNCTIONING ALL THE TIME AND FIND IT A SAFETY HAZARD BUT THE DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM AND COULD NOT FIX IT. *YH

NOISE OR VIBRATION FROM THE PASSENGER SIDE EXTERIOR BY THE SIDE MIRROR WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. *AK

I WAS TRAVELING ON I-95 WITH MY CHILD WHEN THE DRIVERS SEAT BACK SUDDENLY MADE A LOUD POP AND FELL BACKWARDS. I FELL BACKWARDS TOWARDS THE BACK SEAT RESULTING IN MY LOOSING MY GRIP ON THE WHEEL, GAS, BRAKES, AND THUS LOOSING CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. I WAS IN THE EXTREM LEFT HAND LANE OF I-95 TRAVELING SOUTH. THE VEHICLE WENT OFF INTO THE MEDIAN AT 70MPH, I PULLED MYELF UP AND FOUGHT TO REGAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. I WAS ABLE TO REGAIN CONTROL WITHOUT INCIDENT, PULLED OVER TO THE EMERGENCY LANE AND FOUND THE LINKAGE TO THE SEAT BACK BROKEN. I GOT OFF THE JUPITER FLORIDA EXIT WENT TO THE DODGE DEALER WHERE I WAS TOLD THY DID NOT HAVE TIME TO LOOK AT IT. I ASKED IF I COULD LEAVE THE VEHICLE AND HAVE A LOANER AS MY VEHICLE HAS EXTENDED WARRENTY AND WAS INFORMED THEY DID NOT DO THAT. I ASKED IF THE COULD AT LEAST SEE IF THERE WAS SOMETHING THEY COULD EASILY REPAIR AND WAS TOLD NO, I WOULD HAVE TO BRING THE VEHICLE BACK AFTER AN APPOINTMENT. I THEN HAD TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE 30 MILES BACK HOME WITH THE BACK OF THE SEAT LYING IN THE REAR SEAT. *AK

WHEN DRIVING THROUGH SLUSH OR SNOW VEHICLE VIBRATED BADLY. TAKEN TO DEALER WHO SUGGESTED TO TAKE IT TO CAR WASH ! *AK THE VIBRATION OCCURS AT THE FRONT END. VIBRATION IS VERY EXCESSIVE THROUGH STEERING. THE DEALER IS UNABLE TO FIX IT. *YH

SHIFTS ROUGH IN LOWER GEARS. *AK

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAS COME ON 8 TIMES, DEALER STATES FUEL DETECTION LEAK, UNABLE TO REPAIR THE PROBLEM. *AK

DISC BRAKES SHAKE WHEN BRAKE IS APPLIED. CAUSING PREMATURE PAD WEAR. PROBLEM OCCURRED IN LESS THAN 1 YEAR. *AK

WHEN VEHICLE WAS SHIFTED FROM PARK TO DRIVE IT ACCELERATED TO FULL THROTTLE AND CRASHED INTO A WALL.VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED TO DEALERSHIP. *AK

STARTED VEHICLE & WAS BACKING IT UP WHEN IT SUDDENLY ACCELERATED BACKWARDS. ALSO, ACCELERATED FORWARD. JUMPED A CURB. HAD NO PRIOR WARNING. TOOK TO DEALER & MECHANIC COULD FIND THE CAUSE OF THE SUDDEN ACCELERATION.*AK

WAS BACKING UP AFTER STARTING WHEN VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED BACKWARDS. VEHICLE HAD ALSO ACCELERATED FORWARD & JUMPED A CURB. WOULD HAVE NO WARNINGTHIS WILL HAPPEN. TOOK TO DEALER SHIP & MECHANIC COULD NOT LOCATE CAUSE OF ENGINE ACCELERATION.*AK