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 2003 record →
2000 DODGE INTREPID HAS A TOTAL FAILURE OF ENGINE AND POWER STEERING WHILE DRIVING. VEHICLE HAS 80,010 MILES. FORTUNATELY, IT COASTED INTO BREAKDOWN LANE. THE ENGINE IS COMPLETELY WRECKED AND NEEDS REPLACEMENT. ALL ROUTINE SERVICE RECORDS ON HAND. *LA
WHILE DRIVING AT 45MPH ENGINE, AND BATTERY LIGHTS APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD, A COUPLE SECOND LATER, NO RADIO AND NO STEERING. DEALER STATED PULLEY CAME OFF COMPLETELY. *AK
CONSUMER CALLED COMPLAINING ABOUT HAVING PROBLEMS WITH VEHICLE. *AK
AUTO IS GOING INTO FORWARD WHEN PUT INTO REVERSE. *AK
2003 DODGE INTREPIDS' BRAKES CAUGHT FIRE DURING HARD BRAKING MANEUVERS. THE METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT PUT FOUR INTREPIDS THROUGH THE METROPOLITAN POLICE DEPARTMENT'S STANDARD DRIVING COURSE WHICH INCLUDED MANY STOPS AND TURNS REQUIRING REPEATED BRAKING. TWO CARS WERE TESTED ON MARCH 11, 2003. THE TEST WAS REPEATED WITH TWO DIFFERENT INTREPIDS ON APRIL 3, 2003. THE FRONT BRAKES ON ALL FOUR CARS CAUGHT ON FIRE. AT LEAST ONE VEHICLE WAS FOUND TO HAVE NO BRAKES AFTER COMPLETING THE COURSE. IN ADDITION, ON APRIL 11, 2003, THE FRONT BRAKES ON AN INTREPID BURST INTO FLAMES WHILE THE CAR WAS BEING DRIVEN IN NORMAL AFTERNOON TRAFFIC BY AN EMPLOYEE OF THE METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT WORKING FOR THE PARKS DEPARTMENT. NONE OF THESE INCIDENTS RESULTED IN ANY FATALITIES, PERSONAL INJURIES OR PROPERTY DAMAGE BEYOND THE DAMAGE TO THE CARS. *AK
NAR 05/21/2003. *MR TEST DRIVES PERFORMED ON TWO DODGE INTREPIDS CONCERNING BRAKE PROBLEMS. *CB
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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