2002 Dodge Intrepid complaints

VEHICLE COMMENCED TO RATTLE AND MAKE OTHER NOISES WHILE COMING ONTO THE FREEWAY. VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESTART. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT ENGINE NEED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STALLED. CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO RESTART VEHICLE, AND TOWED IT TO DEALER FOR INSPECTION. MECHANIC DETRERMINED THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

2002 DODGE INTREPID. REAR STRUT BRACKET PULLED LOSE FROM THE FRAME CAUSING SEVERE SWAYING IN THE REAR END OF THE VEHICLE. UPON TAKING VEHICLE TO REPAIR CENTER IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THERE WAS NO IMPACT, OR RECKLESS CARE THAT WOULD HAVE CAUSED THE DAMAGE AND THAT IT APPEARS THE WELDS ON THE STRUT BRACKET JUST CAME LOOSE. *JB

ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON . VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHERE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED ,THAT METAL WAS IN THE ENGINE. MANUFACTURER HASDNOT BEEN CONTACTED.*AK

CONSUMER STATED THAT VEHICLE HAS A GREAT DEAL OF SLUDGE BUILD UP IN THE BASE OF THE MOTOR. CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER WHEN THE PROBLEM FIRST OCCURRED IN APRIL 2003. DEALER TOLD CONSUMER THAT THE SENSORS WERE BAD, AND CHANGED THEM. CURRENTLY, THE PROBLEM RECURRED. *AK

THE FUEL FILLER TUBE WAS REPLACED IN JANUARY 2003, WHICH WAS COVERED BY THE MANUFACTURER. THE SAME PROBLEM OCCURRED AGAIN AND THE MANUFACTURER REFUSED TO PAY SINCE THE WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED. *JB

WHILE DRIVING ENGINE BLEW OUT AND THE CONSUMER SAW SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. CONSUMER PULLED OVER, AND HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE MADE A LOUD CLANKING NOISE AND JERKED. THE ENGINE STALLED AND THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT A NEW ENGINE WAS NEEDED. *AK THERE WERE NEVER ANY WARNING SIGNS. (LIGHTS, LEAKS) THE ENGINE CHECK LIGHT HAD COME ON AFTER THE CLANKING NOISE AND JERKING. *SC *JB

WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. *AK

WHEN THE CONSUMER USES THE HEADLIGHT SWITCH AUTO LOCKS FAIL TO WORK. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

CONSUMER NOTICED THAT VEHICLE LOST RADIO POWER, POWER LOCKS, AND INTERIOR LIGHTS. DEALERSHIP SERVICED VEHICLE, AND TECHNICIAN DETERMINED THAT HEADLIGHT SWITCH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.*AK

THE COMPUTER "PM MODULE" AND RELATED COMPONENTS KEEP FAILING ON MY NEW 2002 DODGE INTREPID. THE LAST TIME THIS HAPPENED I WAS IN RUSH-HOUR TRAFFIC AND THE CAR DIED RIGHT IN THER MIDDLE OF THE FREEWAY WHILE TRAVELING AT 60MPH. THIS PUT ME DIRECT RISK OF AN ACCIDENT. THE PMMODULE CONTROLS THE IGNITION COILS AND THE FUEL PUMP AND FUEL INJECTORS AND THROTTLE POSITIONING SENSOR. I HAVE HAD THE CAR SERVICED FOR THIS PROBLEM 3 OTHER TIMES AND THE DODGE DEALERSHIP WHERE I BOUGHT THE CAR HAS NOT YET FULLY BEEN ABLE TO FIX THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM JUST THE AFTER EFFECTS. *AK

TRANSMISSION FAILED WHEN VEHICLE ACCELERATED. RPMS GOT VERY HIGH, AND VEHICLE STALLED. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER, AND WAS TOLD THAT THE PROBLEM COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. DEALER PUT THE VEHICLE ON THE DIAGNOSTIC MACHINE YET THEY WERE UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. *AK THE BRAKES FAILED 7 TIMES. UPDATED 02/06/06. *JB

ONLY HAVE 22,000 MILES ON CAR. 2002 INTREPID. HAD TO REPLACE FRONT BRAKES AND TURN ROTORS. NOW I NEED TO REPLACE BACK BRAKES AS WELL. I NOW HAVE 22,215 MILES ON VEHICLE.*AK

CONSUMER'S FIANCE' WAS INJURED WHEN VEHICLE WAS HIT ON DRIVER SIDE DOOR AND THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. *PH *LA

WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH CONSUMER'S VEHICLE HIT THE VEHICLE IN FRONT. THIS CAUSED A FRONTAL COLLISION. UPON IMPACT, BOTH FRONTAL AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DRIVER SUSTAINED NECK AND BACK INJURIES. DRIVER WENT TO THE HOSPITAL THE NEXT DAY. *AK

CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. CONSUMER SMELLED SMOKE, AND THERE WERE FLAMES UNDER THE VEHICLE. THERE WAS EPOXY SEALANT WHERE THE FIRE STARTED.*AK

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 25 MPH VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A COLLISION. IT REAR ENDED AN 18 WHEELER. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. DRIVER WAS KILLED, AND THE FRONT PASSENGER WAS BRAIN DEAD. *AK

I HAD MY CAR LESS THAN A YEAR WHEN THE TRANSMISSION STARTED STALLING FOR NO REASON AT ALL. I COULD BE ANYWHERE AND AT ABOUT 40-50 MILES/HOUR THE CAR WOULD SHAKE A LITTLE AND NOT COME OUT OF FIRST GEAR.I HAVE TAKEN THIS CAR ALL OVER TOWN AND GET A DIFFERENT REPSONSE FROM EVERYONE I TALK TO. OF COURSE, THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME THEY COULDNT DO ANYTHING FOR ME. I WILL NEVER EVER BUY ANOTHER DODGE AS LONG AS I LIVE.*AK

WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH VEHICLE STALLED. THIS CAUSED LOSS OF STEERING AND BRAKES. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT ENGINE NEED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

WHEN YOU FIRST START DRIVING THE CAR, IT WINLL NOT ACCELERATE NO HIGHER THEN 40-50 MPH. IT WOULD JERK OR FEEL LIKE IT WAS POPPING OR ABOUT TO STALL. THE CAR WILL NOT SHIFT INTO NO GEARS.*AK

THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT DOWN TO THE FLOOR WHEN TRYING TO STOP THE VEHICLE CAUSING THE VEHICLE NOT TO STOP. AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE BRAKE LINE RUPTURED DUE TO THE BRAKE LINE RUBBING AGAINST A BOLT. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *NM THE BOLT WAS LOCATED BEHIND THE POWER STEERING UNIT, WHICH WAS ON A COLLAR TYPE DEVICE, WHICH APPEARED TO BE ATTACHED TO THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER UNIT. *JB

WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH CONSUMER HEARD A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE. THIS CAUSED VEHICLE NOT TO GO OVER 5 MPH. CONSUMER MANAGED TO PULL OVER, AND HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

WE ARE EXPERIENCING AN ON-GOING PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKES ON MY 2002 DODGE INTREPID. THE BRAKE PEDAL STICKS AFTER APPLYING THE BRAKES. WHEN THIS HAPPENS THE BRAKE PEDAL MUST BE PULLED UP WITH YOUR FOOT. INITIALLY WE EXPERIENCED A SLIGHT STICKING OF THE PEDAL WHEN DEPRESSING ON THE BRAKES, AS THE PEDAL WAS GOING DOWN. THE PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT AND TAKES YOU BY SURPRISE BUT HAS NOT CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. THE MANUFACTURERS DEALER SERVICE HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS. WE ARE CONCERNED THAT THE PROBLEM MAY GET WORSE BUT THE DEALER WHERE WE BOUGHT THE CAR HAS GIVEN UP ON RESOLVING THE PROBLEM AND THE MANUFACTURER HAS NOT YET RESPONDED TO OUR MESSAGES. *AK

RACK & PINION FAILED. REPORTED TO DEALER MORE THAN ONCE AFTER INITIAL CLUNKING NOISE. DEALER FAILED TO IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM. THE PROBLEM OCCURRED AT 39,000 MILES ON THE CAR. CALLED CHRYSLER AND THEY SAID SINCE WARRENTY HAD EXPIRED THEY COULD NOT DO ANYTHING. NEW RACK AND PINION INSTALLED BY LOCAL WORKSHOP.*AK

MY 2002 INTREPID STALLED ON THE HIGHWAY LESS THAN A YEAR FROM THE PURCHASE DATE. I WAS ON THE EXPRESSWAY DOING APPROXIMATELY 60MPH, WHEN THE ENGINE COMPLETELY STOPPED RUNNING, THE OIL LIGHT CAME ON...LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY SAFELY. THE DEALERSHIP STATED THAT THE ENGINE SEIZED DUE TO SLUDGE, HOWEVER, THE OIL WAS CHANGED AS SCHEDULED. THE ESTIMATED BILL WAS $5,000. AFTER INVESTIGATING THIS ISSUE, I HAVE FOUND NUMEROUS WEBSITES DEALING WITH THE SAME ISSUES, WITH CONSUMERS TELLING THE EXACT SAME STORY THAT I HAD. IT APPEARS TO BE AN ISSUE WITH THE 2.7 LITER ENGINE IN THE INTREPID AND ALL OF THE PEOPLE WHO COMMENTED WERE ACCUSED OF NON MAINTENANCE OF THE VEHICLE BECAUSE OF SLUDGE. CHRYSLER REFUSES TO TAKE THE BLAME. I AM STILL LOOKING INTO WHETHER OR NOT MY VEHICLE IS COVERED UNDER THE LEMON LAW, IT HAS LESS THAN 18,000 MILES SINCE PURCHASE AND HAS BEEN 1 YEAR SINCE PURCHASE. *LA

CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT TRANSMISSION FAILURE. *AK

BOUGHT CAR , DRIVER SIDE HAS ALL PROBLEMS THUMPING IN WHEEL, LEAKING WATER IN CAR WHEN RAIN , DOOR , WINDOW WILL NOT CLOSE,

STEERING MAKES CLUNKING SOUNDS AND TENDS TO BE VERY "SWISHY" WHILE DRIVING. I HAVE TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP TWICE AND COMPLAINED, BOTH TIMES THEY STATED THE STEERING WAS WITHIN SPECS EVEN THOUGH MY PERSONAL MECHANIC HAD FOUND PROBLEMS. *LA

CONSUMER MADE AN APPOINTMENT WITH THE DEALER FOR RECALL 03V035000 REPAIRS CONCERNING SEAT BACK RECLINER BOLT. DEALER INDICATED TO THE CONSUMER THAT THE REPAIRS WOULD TAKE A HALF HOUR. VEHICLE WAS AT DEALER FOR TWO HOURS AND THE DEALER MECHANIC DIDN'T LOOK AT THE VEHICLE. *AK

I HAVE A 2002 DODGE INTREPID I PURCHASED NEW AT GANLEY DODGE OF BEDFORD. THE CAR'S ENGINE FAILED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FREEWAY AT ONLY 18 MONTHS OF USAGE. THE CAR CONTINUES TO EXPERIENCE ENGINE FAILURE WITH NO AVAIL ON THE REPAIR. I AM TOLD I AM NOT ALONE IN THIS ISSUE BASED ON WEB ARTICLES AND MESSAGE BOARDS. HELP!! BEFORE SOMEONE IS KILLED OR BADLY INJURED BY THIS PRODUCT. *LA

AFTER OWNING MY VEHICLE FOR ONLY 16 MONTHS, I AM HAVING TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION REPLACED. I AND MY FAMILY ALMOST HAD A SERIOUS ACCIDENT WITH THE CAR STALLING IT COULD HAVE BEEN A SERIOUS SITUATION BECAUSE THE CAR WOULD STALL AND COMPLETELY STOP AT ANY GIVE MOMENT. I AM ALSO SHOCKED THAT YOU CAN PURCHASE A VEHICLE AND HAVE TO PAY FOR SUCH SUBSTANSTIAL REPAIRS AND THAT DODGE DOES NOT STAND BEHIND IT'S PRODUCT.

CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION GEAR POSITION INDICATED (PRNDL) PROBLEM. WHILE VEHICLE IS PARKED, THE CONSUMER'S CHILD CAN MOVE THE GEAR SHIFT WITHOUT THE KEY BEING IN THE IGNITION. THE VEHICLE WAS IN THE DRIVE WAY AND THE CONSUMER'S SON INADVERTENTLY WAS ABLE TO PUSH GEAR SHIFT IN TO NEUTRAL, THIS RESULTED IN A COLLISION OFF OF A ROCK RETAINING WALL. THE CHILD WAS SLIGHTLY SHAKEN UP INSIDE THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER AND THE DEALER ARE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM.

THE DEXCO ANTI-FREEZE THAT WAS PUT IN THE VEHICLE BT THE MANUFACTURER, IS DRYING OUT AND CAUSING PROBLEMS WITH THE ENGINE. THE ENGINE LIGHT HAS ILLUMINATED. TOOK TO MECHANIC AND THE RADIATOR NEEDED FLUSHING AND THE INTAKE GASKETS NEEDED REPLACING. *NLM

VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT ANY WARNING WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO PULL OFF THE ROAD AND WAS TOWED TO A DEALER.TECHNICIAN INDICATED THAT ENGINE LOCKED, AND THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AT OWNER'S EXPENSE DUE TO SLUDGE. *AK

PROBLEMS BRAKE ROTORS AND ODOMETER ON 2002 DODGE INTREPID ES.*MR THE VEHICLE MADE AN UNUSUAL NOISE AND THEN SHUT DOWN. THE DEALER INDICATED THAT THE START-UP ALARM SYSTEM NEEDED TO BE REGULATED. THE DEALER MADE THE REPAIRS BUT THE PROBLEM CONTINUED. A FEW DAYS LATER THE NOISES CONTINUED, THE ODOMETER STOPPED AND THE VEHICLE DIDN'T INDICATE WHAT GEAR IT WAS IN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO ANOTHER DEALER WHO CORRECTED THE PROBLEM. THE CONSUMER LATER LEARNED THAT THE VEHICLE NEEDED NEW ROTORS AND BRAKE PADS ON ALL FOUR WHEELS. THE VEHICLE WAS RETURNED TO THE SALES DEALER WHO WAS NO LONGER IN BUSINESS. AFTER CONTACTING CHRYSLER, SHE WAS TOLD THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. THE CONSUMER DOESN'T THINK THE ROTORS SHOULD HAVE FAILED WITHIN FOUR MONTHS OR OWNERSHIP. *PH *NLM

OUR 2002 DODGE INTREPID IS A TERRIBLE AUTOMOBILE JUST LIKE THE 2002 CARAVAN THAT WE PREVIOUSLY HAD THAT DALLAS DODGE REPLACED WITH THIS INTREPID BECAUSE DAIMLER CHRYSLER DOES NOT STAND BEHIND THERE VEHICLES. *LA

THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH WHEN ANOTHER VEHICLE HIT THE DRIVER'S FRONT. NEITHER AIR BAG DEPLOYED UPON IMPACT. THERE WERE INJURIES TO DRIVER AND PASSENGER. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *NLM

IT STARTED OUT AS JUST A ROUGH IDLE. THEY COULDN'T DUPLICATE IT AND TOLD ME TO DRIVE IT UNTIL IT GOT WORSE. I DID. IT THEN ADDED TRYING TO GO DEAD WHEN I PULLED INTO PARKING PLACES. THEY AGAIN COULDN'T DUPLICATE CONCERN. TAKE IT AND DRIVE IT UNTIL IT GETS WORSE. THEN IT STARTED RACING OCCASSIONALLY WHILE AT IDLE AND WOULD TAKE FIVE OR SIX TIMES TO START ONLY TO TO GO DEAD WHEN YOU PULLED A SHORT DISTANCE AND CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP. THEY STILL CAN'T DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. CHRYSLER TOLD THEM TO REPLACE THE HEAD. THE MECHANIC SAYS THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT HEAD AND THAT IT WILL NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. I KNOW THEY'RE GOING TO GIVE IT BACK TO ME AND SAY DRIVE IT UNTIL IT GETS WORSE AGAIN. THE NEXT STEP IS FOR IT TO GO DEAD IN TRAFFIC AND CAUSE A WRECK. *AK

ROTORS WARPED AT 22,000 MILES . *AK

CONSUMER STATES THAT AUTOMATIC DOOR LOCK DOES NOT WORK. SHE HAD REPLACED THE ONE IN THE FRONT DOOR. THE DOORS AUTOMATICALLY LOCK AT 15 MPH, BUT WILL NOT RELEASE UNTIL SHE CUT THE VEHICLE OFF. BUT THE LOCK IN THE BACK WILL NOT RELEASE UNTIL ALL THE OTHER AUTOMATICALLY RELEASE, AND THEN HAS TO RELEASE IT MANUALLY. CONSUMER STATES THAT THE MECHANIC CAN REPAIR IT, BUT IT WILL COST APPROXIMATELY $250.00 PER DOOR. SHE FEELS THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE, BECAUSE IF SOMETHING HAPPENS AND THE PASSENGERS CANNOT GET OUT OF THE VEHICLE. *AK

WE HAVE A 2002 DODGE INTREPID, WE HAVE REPLACED 2 FUSES FOR THE A/C AND NOW THEY SAID IT IS THE FAN. THE A/C MAN TOLD US THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE CARAVANS AND THE STRATUS. I FEEL THAT THE INTREPID SHOULD BE ADDED. THIS IS THE SECOND VEHICLE WE HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM WITH. WE HAD A PLYMOUTH VOYAGER AND THE SAME THING HAPPENED. I FEEL THAT YOU SHOULD CHECK THESE VEHICLES CONCERNING THIS.*AK

WHEN YOU FIRST START THE CAR IT WOULD NOT MOVE WHEN YOU PUT IT IN ANY GEAR, THEN WHEN IT DID FINALLY MOVE YOU MAY START MOVING AND THEN IT WAS LIKE THE TRANSMISSION WAS SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL. TOOK THE CAR IN TO THE DEALER, AND HAD IT CHECKED, SAID IT WAS A QUART LOW ON FLUID, CAR WAS SENT BACK HOME WITH ME, A FEW DAYS LATER DID THE SAME THING, TOOK IT BACK AND THE DEALER WHERE THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED, NEW TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT SHIFT OUT OF LOW GEAR, HAD DEALER TOW IT IN, STATED TO ME THE THE TRANSMISSION CONTROLER NEEDED REPROGRAMMING, IT WAS REPROGRAMMED AND SENT BACK OUT ON THE ROAD, ABOUT 100 MILES LATER IT WAS A REPEAT, WOULD NOT SHIFT OUT OF LOW GEAR, HAD THE VEHILCE TOWED IN AGAIN, DEALER REPLACED TRANSMISSION AND CONTROLLER, PICKED THE CAR UP FROM THE DEALER, I FOUND A BRACKET THAT THEY HAD LEFT LOOSE THAT WAS WITHIN A FRACTION OF COMING IN CONTACT WITH THE RACK AND PINION STEERING, RETURNED TO DEALER TO HAVE BRACKET REATTACHED. I HAVE FILED LEMON LAW ON THIS CAR. *AK

VEHICLE: 2002 DODGE INTREPID SE IN: [XXX] ODOMETER: 35,100 MI N-SERVICE DATE: 1/1/2002 ATE CLASS: D - USED. MY 2002 DODGE INTREPID WAS PURCHASED FROM BYERS DUBLIN CHEVROLET IN DUBLIN, OHIO I.E. (COLUMBUS, OHIO) IN MARCH OF 2003 WITH 31,000 MILES. IN JUNE 2003, I BEGAN EXPERIENCING ENGINE TICKING. IN JULY OF 2003, I BEGAN EXPERIENCING ROUGH IDLING DURING START UP. THE MANUFACTURERS WARRANTY EXPIRES AT 36,000 MILES. CURRENT MILEAGE IS 35,148. I DO NOT WANT TO BE STUCK WITH A 5,000 + ENGINE REPAIR BILL FOR A VEHICLE SOLD TO ME WITH KNOWN PROBLEMS OR TOTAL ENGINE FAILURE. THERE ARE MANY LIKE COMPLAINTS ON THE INTERNET. THIS VEHICLE WAS TAKEN IN FOR MECHANICAL INSPECTION ON THE FRONT END DUE TO FREQUENT THUMPING NOISES DURING FULL RIGHT AND FULL LEFT TURNS. SERVICE MANAGER ADVISED THAT THIS WAS ONLY THE STEERING STOPS WORKING PROPERLY. IT SOUNDED AND FELT AS IF BALLJOINTS OR STRUTS WERE FAILING. [XXX] HOME [XXX] CELL. *AK INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING ENGINE CHECK LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD, AND VEHICLE OVERHEATED. *AK

CAR BEGAN WITH NOT ACCELERATING. IT WOULD FEEL AS THOUGH IT WAS STICKING. I WOULD BE DRIVING AND BETWEEN IT CHANGING FROM 2ND TO 3RD GEAR (40-50MPH), IT WOULD JERK OR FEEL LIKE IT WAS POPPING INTO THE THIRD GEAR. I BOUGHT THE CAR AT 19,000 MILES, TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AT 30,000 MILES AND THEY SAID THERE WERE NO FAULT CODES, (WARRANTY ENDED AT 36,000 MILES) TRANSMISSION OK. NOW AT 50,000 MILES, MY CAR HAS ELECTRICAL AND INTERNAL TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. IT WILL COST ME ANYWHERE FROM $1700-$2100. I HAVE NOT HAD THE CAR A FULL YEAR. CALLED THE MANUFACTURER, NOTHING THEY CAN DO FOR ME, CALLED THE DEALERSHIP WHERE CAR WAS PURCHASED, NOTHING THEY CAN DO FOR ME.*AK

THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO OVERHEAT. VEHICLE WAS BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALER THREE TIMES IN JUNE 2003. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE OR DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK THE SOLENOID PACK WAS REPLACED. THE VEHICLE HESITATED AND COULD NOT BE SHIFTED INTO THE FOURTH GEAR. *SCC. THE CONSUMER ALSO STATED THE VEHICLE HESITATED WHILE DRIVING. *JB

PASSENGER INSIDE DOOR HANDLE BROKE OFF AT ONLY 41000 MILES. CALLED THE SERVICE DEPT AND AM TOLD IT IS NOT COVERED. WILL HAVE TO PAY FOR REPAIR. I WILL NEVER BUY THIS CAR AGAIN. THIS IS MY SECOND INTREPID AND WAS TOO STUPID TO LEARN MY LESSON THE FIRST TIME. DODGE IS NOW A MEMORY, I AM SORRY BUT I AM BUYING JAPANESE. EVERYTIME I HAVE A PROBLEM THEY EITHER CANNOT FIND THE CAUSE OR IT IS NOT COVERED BY THE WARRANTY HOW COULD A HANDLE BREAK WHEN I TAKE CARE OF THE CAR SO WELL. UNBELIEVABLE! ANOTHER LOST PATRIOTIC AMERICAN CHANGING TO FOREIGN VEHICLES. I HOPE THEY GO BANKRUPT!*AK

THE AIR CONDITIONER DID NOT WORK. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THE AIR CONDITIONER CONDENSER WAS PUNCTURED BY A FOREIGN OBJECT. *AK THE PUNCTURE SITE WAS IN FRONT OF THE CONDENSER. THE DEALER STATED IT WAS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY BECAUSE OF THE PUNCTURE SITE. THE CONSUMER STATED THE A/C NEVER WORKED SINCE PURCHASED. *SCC *JB

THE CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE # 03V035000. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED ON 5/15/2003 AND STATED THE PARTS WOULD NOT BE AVAILABLE FOR AT LEAST THREE WEEKS. *NLM PH *JB