Owner reports filed with NHTSA about this vehicle, newest first and reproduced as filed. They are unverified accounts: one proves nothing, and a pattern across many is the thing worth reading. Back to the full 2000 record →
THE PROBLEM I HAVE WITH THIS VEHICLE IS THIS. MY DAUGHTER GOT INTO A REAR END COLLISION WITH THIS CAR. SHE HIOT A VAN WITH VERY MINIMAL DAMAGE TO IT. AIR BAGS NEVER DEPLOYED BUT VEHICLE HAD 5000 DOLLARS WOTH OF DAMAGE. SOMETHING IS WRONG. NOT GETTING ANY RESPONSE FROM DODGE. *AK
WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED OR AT ANY GIVEN TIME VEHICLE WILL CUT OFF WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING WHICH CAUSED LOSS OF ALL POWER. ENGINE CHECKLIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE DASH. DEALER BELIEVED PROBLEM WAS LINKED TO BATTERY TERMINAL OR TRANSMISSION. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
WHEN VEHICLE WAS PUT IN PARK IT SUDDENLY AND UNEXPECTEDLY ACCELERATED, RESULTING IN A COLLISION WHICH CAUSED PROPERTY DAMAGE. ALSO, UPON IMPACT, AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK *ML
DUE TO A DEFECTIVE FUSE BOX, VEHICLE STALLED UNEXPECTEDLY WHICH COULD HAVE CAUSED A CRASH. THERE WAS NO STEERING/WAS NOT ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE, AND IT WAS WITHOUT ANY WARNING. DEALER REPLACED THE FUSE. *AK *ML
THE MAIN FUSE FAILED CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO LOOSE ALL POWER (STEERING, BRAKE, ELECTRIC)
ABLE TO PULL THE KEY OUT OF THE IGNITION WHILE GEAR SHIFT LEVER IS IN DRIVE. CONTACTED DEALER. BRAKES SHIMMY, WILL TAKE INTO DEALER FOR REPAIR. *AK *ML
VEHICLE PULLED TO THE LEFT WHILE TRAVELING AT ANY GIVEN SPEED. VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN DEALER'S SHOP ON TWO OCCASIONS, AND PROBLEM STILL REOCCURRING. *AK
WHEN DRIVING AT 65 MPH THE THROTTLE CABLE BROKE, CAUSING UNWANTED AND UNEXPECTED ACCELERATION. VEHICLE RACED AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED. VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF IN ORDER TO STOP ACCELERATION. PLEASE NOTE THIS WAS A RENTAL CAR, RENTED FROM ENTERPRISE IN SLIVER SPRING, MARYLAND. VEHICLE HAS SINCE BEEN REPAIRED. *AK *ML
WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 50 MPH ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT A PRIOR WARNING UNTIL VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED.*AK
TRIED TO OPEN DRIVER WINDOW, AND IT WOULD NOT GO DOWN. WHEN USING THE SWITCH, YOU WOULD NOTICE THAT THE HEADLIGHTS WOULD FLICKER. IT IS NOTED AS A TSB, BUT THE GARAGE HAS NOT BEEN CHECKING ON THE PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE.
AFTER DRIVING CONSUMER PARKED VEHICLE INSIDE OF A GARAGE AND WENT INSIDE THE HOUSE. THEN SHE NOTICED THAT SMOKE WAS COMING FROM GARAGE, AND SAW VEHICLE ON FIRE. CONSUMER BELIEVED THAT FIRE HAD STARTED IN THE ENGINE. *AK
BACK REAR GLASS BLEW OUT WHILE DRIVING, AT SPEEDS BETWEEN 65-70 MPH. ALSO DAMAGED REAR TRUNK LID AND SIDE FENDERS OF CAR. NEW REAR WINDOW WAS INSTALLED UNDER WARRANTY, REAR TRUNK AND FENDERS WILL BE FIXED IN BODY SHOP. *AK
WHILE TURNING OFF OF HIGHWAY ONTO EXIT RAMP VEHICLE KEPT TURNING OFF WHILE CONTINUING HOME; TOW TRUCK CAME BY TO PICK UP VEHICLE AND CARRY IT TO A DEALER. VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED AND HAD TRANSMISSION REPLACED. *AK
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE & STARTED TO APPLY THE BRAKES, THE 2 FRONT WHEELS STARTED SMOKING. STEERING WHEEL SHOOK VIOLENTLY. NEARLY REARENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE DUE TO LACK OF BRAKES. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER & INFORMED CONSUMER BRAKES BURNT OUT. THE BRAKES WERE GLAZED OVER & THE ROTORS WARPED. *AK
WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL CABLE "SNAPPED" CAUSING FAILURE. *YC
NHTSA publishes every complaint as the owner wrote it and investigates only a fraction. Spelling, capitalisation and judgement are the filer’s own. What carries weight is repetition: the same component failing the same way across many filings, and whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.
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