1995 Dodge Intrepid

These are unverified consumer reports filed with NHTSA, shown as submitted.

• 12/31/2003· FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

  THE DEALERSHIP DID NOT HAVE ANYONE ON STAFF TO PERFORM THE FUEL LEAKAGE RECALL 98V184000 FOR OVER A MONTH. THE VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY LEAKING FUEL AND THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD NOT TO DRIVE IT. *JB

• 12/31/2002· POWER TRAIN

  I WAS DRIVING ALONG WITH MY FAMILY, IN MEDIUM TRAFFIC FLOW, WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN WITHOUT WARNING, THE TRANSMISSION DROPPED INTO 2ND GEAR, AND WOULD NOT SHIFT OUT OF 2ND GEAR. SCC ***DIMSII IVOQ ENTRY POSTED AFTER 12/12/02 CUT-OVER TO ARTEMIS****770802****

• 12/31/1998· AIR BAGS

  AIR BAG COVER IS SEPARATING FROM THE DASH AREA, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

• 12/31/1998· FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

  THIS IS A FIRE SFAETY RECALL, AND I WANT THIS TAKEN CARE OF RIGHT AWAY, BEFORE IT CATCHES FIRE. IT WAS ANNOUNCED AS A RECALL. THIS IS AN EMERGENCY TO ME. PLEASE HELP.

• 12/31/1998· FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

  FUEL INJECTION DELIVERY SYSTEM IS LEAKING FUEL WHICH HAS RESULTED IN THE VEHICLE BECOMING INOPERABLE. CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

• 12/30/1998· FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

  VEHICLE EXPERIENCING SAME PROBLEM AS INDICATED IN NHTSA RECALL #98V-184 000, CHRYSLER/ FUEL LEAKAGE. DEALER/ MFR. NOTIFIED AND INFORMED CONSUMER VEHICLE WAS NOT UNDER THAT RECALL. *AK

• 12/30/1998· FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

  98V184000/790; FUEL IS COMING OUT OF THE MIDDLE OF THE CAR, VERY STRONG SMELL COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. DEALER CONTACTED AND STATED THE FUEL RAIL IS DEFECTIVE. THIS VEHICLE DID NOT COMPLY TO THE RECALL. PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

• 12/29/1998· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,POWER TRAIN,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,UNKNOWN OR OTHER

  WHEN GETTING INTO THE VEHICLE AND PUTTING THE KEY INTO THE INGITION, THE KEY KEEPS GETTING STUCK, AND THE CONSUMER HAS TO PLAY WITH KEY UNTIL IT COMES OUT. ALSO, OIL LIGHT STAYS ON UNTIL THE KEY GET'S OUT, TRANMISSION IS SLIPPING. VEHICLE IS LOSING POWER. *AK

• 12/26/2000· POWER TRAIN

  TRANSMISSION POPS OUT OF GEAR WHENEVER CONSUMER STOPS. *AK

• 12/22/1999· POWER TRAIN

  WON'T ALWAYS SHIFT OUT OF 1ST GEAR, WOULD OCCASIONALLY ENGAGE, THEN DISENGAE AFTER STOPS. *AK

• 12/21/2004· EXTERIOR LIGHTING

  HEADLAMPS MADE OF SOFT PLASTIC OR BADLY MADE BECOME SCRATCHED AND FOGGY AND LIGHT IS REDUCED OVER TIME. REPLACEMENT OF BOTH LIGHTS FOR PARTS IS $144.*AK

• 12/21/1999· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE,POWER TRAIN,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  RECALL # 98V184000 CHRYSLER/FUEL LEAKAGE; SINCE HAVING RECALL WORK PERFORMED CONSUMER HAS EXPERIENCED NUMEROUS TYPES OF PROBLEM WITH VEHICLE. OWNER HAD NO TROUBLE WITH THE VEHICLE PRIOR TO HAVING RECALL WORK PERFORMED. TRANSMISSION WAS REBUILT/SPARK PLUGS/ ENGINEMANIFOLD AND FUEL RAIL GASKET REPLACED. SO FAR REPAIRS HAVE TOTALED OVER $700.00. *AK

• 12/20/1997· INTERIOR LIGHTING

  TRUNK LIGHT BULB BURNED THROUGH SLEEPING BAGS. TRUNK WAS OPENED FOR APPORX. 20 MINUTES WHEN THIS OCCURED.

• 12/18/1998· STRUCTURE

  THE CONSUMER HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH TRUNK LID ASSEMBLY. WHILE TRUNK WAS IN THE AIR, IT CAME DOWN AND HIT CONSUMER IN THE HEAD ON TWO OCCASIONS. THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

• 12/18/1998· POWER TRAIN

  TRANSMISSION DOES NOT SHIFT OUT OF 2ND GEAR WHEN TRANSMISSION FLUID IS HOT, WAS TAKEN TO DEALER, DEALER DID NOT CHECK THE CAR PROPERLY. TRANSMISSION ALSO SHUDDERS WHEN GOING INTO GEAR.

• 12/18/1995· SUSPENSION

  MCPERSON STRUT FAILURE. *AK

• 12/17/1999· POWER TRAIN,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

  THERE WERE 3 PROBLEMS RELATING TO AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION; 1) WHILE STOPPING AT AN INTERSECTION AND THEN PROCEDING TO CROSS, THE CAR WOULDN'T GO FORWARD. THE TRANSMISSION LINE HAD COME OFF AND ALL THE TRANSMISSION FLUID HAD SPRAYED ACROSS THE DRIVER'S SIDE OF THE CAR. THE TRANSMISSION LINE WAS FIXED AT A DODGE DEALERSHIP. 2) TWO WEEKS LATER, WHILE DRIVING 65MPH ON A HIGHWAY, THE CAR STARTED TO SHAKE AND THE ENGINE WAS RACING OUT OF CONTROL. THE TRANSMISSION KEPT SURGING IN AND OUT OF GEAR AND WE PULLED THE CAR OFF THE SHOULDER RIGHT BEFORE THE CAR WOULDN'T SHIFT AT ALL. AGAIN THE TRANSMISSION LINE HAD COME OFF AND ALL THE TRANSMISSION FLUID HAD SPILLED OUT. WE HAD ANOTHER DODGE DEALERSHIP INSTALL A NEW TRANSMISSION LINE. 3) A WEEK LATER, THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO REVERSE UNLESS THE CAR WAS SHIFTED INTO DRIVE THEN BACK TO REVERSE SEVERAL TIMES. WHILE DRIVING THE CAR, IT WOULD SHUG ALONG IN AND OUT OF GEAR UNTIL IT DECIDED TO SHIFT INTO THE CORRECT GEAR. WE ENDED UP GETTING THE TRANSMISSION REBUILT. SEVERAL TRANSMISSION SHOPS THAT WE WENT TO FOR ESTIMATES SAID THAT THEY SEE AN UNUSUALLY HIGH NUMBER OF CHRYSLER PRODUCTS (EVEN 1998 MODELS) THAT REQUIRED THE TRANSMISSION TO BE REBUILT. WE SPENT $1,500 IN HAVING THE TRANSMISSION REBUILT AND IN TIME AND $ LOST TO FIXING THE FIRST TWO TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. WE HAVE TAKEN EXCELLENT CARE OF THIS CAR AND BELIEVE THAT THE TRANSMISSION SHOULD LAST THE LIFE OF THE CAR . THIS PROBLEM SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED, AS THERE ARE DESIGN ENGINEERING PROBLEMS IN THE CHRYSLER TRANSMISSIONS. *AK

• 12/17/1999· FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINEFire

  AFTER STARTING CAR ON THE MORNING DECEMBER 8,1999 I COULD SMELL GAS FUMES. I IMMEDIATELY SHUT CAR OFF AND EXAMINED THE ENGINE. I NOTICED FUEL LEAKAGE NEAR THE FUEL INJECTOR RAIL. I PROCEEDED TO DEALERSHIP (CENTRAL DODGE IN RAYNHAM) AND PURCHASED 6 NEW FUEL INJECTORS, ASSUMING THAT WAS THE PROBLEM AND THE LEAST EXPENSIVE. I REPLACED INJECTORS THAT EVENING AND STILL HAD FUEL LEAKING. I HAD MY WIFE COME OUT AND ASSIST ME BY TURNING THE KEY SO I COULD SEE WHERE LEAK WAS COMING FROM. ALMOST IMMEDIATELY AFTER STARITING THE CAR I SAW FUEL STREAMING FROM THE LEFT SIDE OF THE FUEL RAIL. A FIRE STARTED AND I IMMEDIATELY PUT IT OUT. AFTER GOING TO SAME DEALERSHIP TO PURCHASE FUEL RAIL I WAS TOLD ABOUT THE RECALL. THEY TOWED THE VEHICLE INTO THEIR DEALERSHIP AND REPLACED ENTIRE FUEL RAIL ASSEMBLY AT NO COST TO ME. THEN CAME THE BAD NEWS; THEY CONTACTED ME AND TOLD ME THE ENGINE WAS GONE AND THEY ARE CLAIMING NO RESPONSIBILITY BECAUSE THEY SAID I CANNOT PROVE THE FUEL RAIL LEAK WAS THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE. SO I AM CURRENTLY PAYING SOMEONE $3800. TO REPLACE THE ENGINE AND I WAS HOPING FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE IN THIS MATTER. WHERE DOES THE MANUFACTURERS RESPONSIBILITY END WHEN IT COMES TO A LIFE SAFETY ISSUE SUCH AS THIS ONE? *AK

• 12/17/1999· STEERING

  WHILE DRIVING THE STEERING ARM BROKE CAUSING THE ENTIRE WHEEL ASSEMBLY TO COME OFF AND LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, RESULTING IN SERIOUS ACCIDENT WITH SEVERE INJURIES (BLIND IN LEFT EYE, BROKEN RIBS,MASSIVE FACIAL BREAKS AND MANY OTHERS) TO THE DRIVER AND TWO PASSENGERS. NLM

• 12/17/1998· POWER TRAIN,EQUIPMENT

  THE TRANS ONLY WORKS WHEN AT LOW SPEEDS, TOO MUCH GAS AND THEN IT STARTS TO SLIP OR HAS NO GEAR AT ALL. THIS HAS CAUSED PROBLEMS WHEN TRYING TO CROSS AN INTERCETION AND THE TRANS, WILL KICK OUT WHEN I'M IN THE MIDDLE WITH ONCOMEING TRAFFIC. THE AIR ONLY WORKED FOR A LITTLE WHILE AFTER I GOT THE CAR. NOW IT JUST BLOWS HOT AIR, AND HAS A FUNNY SMELL TO IT. IT ALSO EVERY NOW AND THEN WILL LOOK LIKE FROST OR FOG IS COMING OUT THE VENTS, HAD TO REPLACE AN 02 SENSER, WAS TOLD THERE IS ALSO ONE MORE IN THE CAR, AND ITS PROBLEY BAD HAVE BAD GAS MILIAGE AND SMELLS OF GAS IN THE MAIN CAB.

• 12/17/1998· STRUCTURE

  HOOD LATCH FAILED TO OPEN WHEN PULLED DUE TO POOR ASSEMBLY. THE HOOD ON THIS VEHICLE NEEDS TO BE DROPPED IN ORDER TO ENGAGE THE HOOD LOCK. NEVERTHELESS, THE DEALER FELT THAT THE HOOD LATCH MECHANISM BROKE "DUE TO LACK OF MAINTENANCE" AND NOT POOR MANUFACTURING PRACTICES. IT IS INHERENTLY DANGEROUS TO HAVE AN UNRELIABLE HOOD LATCH MECHANISM BECAUSE IT MAKES IT NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIX ANY EMERGENCY ENGINE PROBLEMS. THIS PART SHOULD BE FAIL-PROOF THROUGHOUT THE LIFE OF THE VEHICLE AS LONG AS THE HOOD HAS NOT BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT.

• 12/17/1995· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  ALL WARNING LIGHTS HAVE COME ON WHILE DRIVING, BECAUSE OF 'STATIC ELECTRICITY', DRIVER TOLD HE WAS SHOCKING THE COMPUTER CHIP. *DSH

• 12/15/1997· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  WHILE APPLYING FORCE TO THE BRAKES PEDAL THE VEHICLE PULSATES, AT THE SAME TIME THE STEERING WHEEL SHAKES. CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALER. *AK

• 12/14/2000· STRUCTURE

  THE HOOD SOMETIMES OPENS FOR A BRIEF PERIOD AND THEN FALLS UNEXPECTEDLY. *SLC

• 12/14/1998· POWER TRAIN

  DEFCTIVE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION GEAR SHIFT DUE TO RATIO ERRORS IN 2ND AND FOURTH GEARS. VEHICLE WENT INTO LIMP MODE.

• 12/13/1996· VEHICLE SPEED CONTROLCrash

  TRIED TO START THE VEHICLE AFTER BEING PARKED AND IT WOULD NOT WORK, TOOK THE KEY OUT OF THE IGNITION AND TRIED AGAIN, VEHICLE STARTED AND ACCELERATED AND HIT A TREE AND THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. PLEASE GIVE DETAILS. *AK

• 12/13/1995· SEATSCrash

  PASSENGER SEAT BROKE AFTER BEING REARENDED. TT

• 12/12/2008· STEERING

  INNER STEERING BUSHING REPLACED NOW THE STEERING RACK KNOCKING AND NOT TURNING TO RIGHT. *TR

• 12/12/2000· STRUCTURE

  RECEIVED RECALL 99V215000 IN MAIL. CONTACTED DEALERSHIP. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER & MECHANIC REPAIRED CRADLE BOLTS. WHEN DRIVING MORE THAN 60MPH, VEHICLE WOULD SHAKE. THIS WAS 2ND DAY AFTER RECALL WAS DONE. REMEDY HAD FAILED.*AK

• 12/12/2000· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH ON HIGHWAY ENGINE SUDDENLY DIED DUE TO TIMING BELT BROKEN, CAUSING A LOSS OF ALL POWER. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

• 12/12/1996· POWER TRAIN

  AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE. *AK

• 12/12/1994· LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES

  DOOR LOCK DESIGN ALLOWS DOORS TO BE OPENED WITH LOCK ENGAGED. *SKD

• 12/11/2004· STEERING,ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,EXTERIOR LIGHTING,AIR BAGSFire

  SINCE OWNING THE 1995 DODGE INTREPID WE PURCHASED BRAND NEW, THESE ARE THE PROBLEMS EXPERIENCED SINCE OWNING AND THE PROBLEMS BEING EXPERIENCED NOW. WE HAVE HAD STEERING PROBLEMS WHICH REQUIRED THE POWER STEERING PUMP TO BE REPLACED, ALSO SOME ARM HAD TO BE REPLACED DUE TO THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL WOBBLING. OUR ELECTRIC LOCKS HAVE ENGAGED AS IF HOLDING THE SWITCH FOR A COUPLE OF SECONDS ON THE PASSENGER SIDE AND THE DRIVER SIDE. NEVER WAS FIXED DUE TO DEALER NOT DUPLICATING. OUR AC/HEAT ELECTRONIC CONTROLS STUCK AND WOULD NOT RESPOND TO ANY COMMANDS AND CONSTANTLY WAS BLOWING HOT AIR, PULLING FUSE WAS ONLY REMEDY. ELECTRONIC GAUGES WILL NOT ALWAYS SHOW CORRECT INFORMATION IE. FUEL LEVEL, TEMP, FUEL USED, COMPASS, ..ETC, TURNING CAR ON/OFF WILL USUALLY CORRECT IT. OUR FUEL RAILS HAS BEEN REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY RECALL, BUT I STILL WILL SMELL FUEL INSIDE. OUR PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG IS WARPED. OUR HEADLIGHTS WILL NOT COME ON AT TIMES AND EVEN GO OUT WHILE DRIVING. FLASHING HIGH/LOW BEAM STEERING COLUMN SWITCH WILL USUALLY MAKE THEM COME ON. OUR MOST RECENT PROBLEM AND THE STATE OUR VEHICLE IS IN RIGHT NOW IS SMOKE IS COMING FROM THE STEERING COLUMN AND IT IS VERY HOT AND I BELIEVE A FIRE IS TRYING TO START. THE CAR IS PARKED AT THE LOCATION THIS STARTED AT AND IS NOT BEING DRIVEN. *JB

• 12/11/2000· AIR BAGS

  THE AIR BAG DIAGNOSTIC MODULE FAILED CAUSING ALL THE INSTRUMENT PANEL GAUGES AND DISPLAYS TO GO DEAD, THE AIR BAG LIGHT COMES ON AND PROBLEMS WITH THE CLIMATE CONTROL SYSTEM. *MJS

• 12/11/1998· FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

  CONSUMER EXPERIENCING FUEL LEAKAGES FROM THE SEALING O-RING/ NHTSA RECALL # 98V-184000. DEALER NOTIFED AND INFOMED VEHICLE WAS NOT UNDER MFR. RECALL. *AK

• 12/11/1998· FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINEFire

  STOPPED AT MCDONALDS, SAW SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER HOOD. A MAN GOT OUT OF HIS CAR AND SAID MY CAR WAS ON FIRE. HE WENT INTO MCDONALDS AND GOT A FIRE EXSINGUISHER AND PUT IT OUT. THE FIREMEN SAID IT LOOKED LIKE IT STARTED AT THE TROTTLE BODY AND INJECTOR. ALSO THE MECHANIC SAID IT LOOKED LIKE IT STARTED AT THE FUEL RAIL. I NOTICED THE RECALL ON HERE AND HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT CHRSYLER HAS NOT DETERMINED WHICH CARS ARE AFFECTED. MY EXTENDED WARRANTY WILL NOT COVER THIS BECAUSE FIRE WAS INVOLVED, AND CHRSYLER WILL NOT COVER IT BECAUSE THEY SAY THEY ARE NOT AWARE OF ANY RECALLS ON MY CAR. MY AUTO INSURANCE WILL HAVE PICK THIS UP AND I DO NOT THINK THIS IS RIGHT.

• 12/11/1995· STRUCTURE

  HEADLIGHTS DO NOT PROVIDE SUFFICIENT LIGHTING AND ARE POORLY ADJUSTED, REFLECTION OFF DASHBOARD IS OBSTRUCTING VISIBILITY, VEHICLE'S HORN IS HARD TO ACTIVATE.

• 12/10/2003· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,EQUIPMENTFire

  WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH THE VEHICLE INTERMITTENTLY STALLED. AFTER A FEW MINUTES OF SITTING IDLE THE VEHICLE COULD BE RESTARTED. THERE WAS ALSO A HEATING PROBLEM. *AK

• 12/10/1998· FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

  FUEL LEAKAGES FROM THE FUEL INJECTOR AREA, CAUSING GAS FUMES TO COME INTO THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER WAS TOLD BY HER INDEPENDENT REPAIRMAN THAT THE DEALER DOES HAVE A REPAIR KIT FOR THAT PROBLEM, BUT THEY ARE ON BACK ORDER. *AK

• 12/09/1998· FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

  THE FUEL RISER ON MY 1995 INTREPID LEAKS GASOLINE ONTO THE ENGINE. CONSUMER CHECKED THE INTERNET AND FOUND OTHER OWNERS AS FAR BACK AS 1993 HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. IT IS DEFINITELY A DESIGN DEFECT AND A SAFETY HAZARD. YET, THE MANUFACTURER IS NOT DOING A RECALL AND IS CHARGING 300-400 TO REPAIR THE PROBLEM. A FIRE IS INEVIDBLE SO YOU DON'T HAVE AN OPTION BUT TO GET IT REPAIRED OR STOP DRIVING THE CAR UNTIL YOU DO SO. I THINK THE MANUFACTURER NEEDS TO DO A RECALL ON THIS PART AND REPAIR IT FOR FREE BEFORE SOMEONE DIES IF IT HASN'T HAPPENED ALREADY.

• 12/09/1996· AIR BAGSCrash

  WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE REARENDED A JEEP CHEROKEE, VEHICLE WENT UNDER BUMPER, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK

• 12/08/1998· FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

  NOTICED FUEL SMELL IN CAR COMPARTMENT AREA, TOOK CAR TO DEALER. FOUND OUT THERE WAS A NATIONAL BACK ORDER ON THE FUEL RAIL ASSEMBLY WHICH WAS NOTED AS LEAKING. VERY WORRIED ABOUT SAFETY OF VEHICLE WITH A VERIFIED FUEL LEAK.

• 12/08/1997· FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

  FUEL RAIL IS CRACKED AND FUEL LEAKS AND SPILLS ON ENGINE. OWNER IS VERY CONCERNED FOR SAFETY. *AK

• 12/07/2003· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,POWER TRAIN,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

  CAR STALLS ON LEFT HAND TURNS, IN REVERSE. CRUISE CONTROL ENGAGES BY IT SELF AT WILL. GETS STUCK IN FOURTH GEAR. HAVE REPLACED POWER TRAIN CONTROL MODULE AND CAM SENSOR. MECHANIC SAID COMPUTER NO LONGER PUTS OUT ERROR CODES. PAID 1000. SO FAR AND MECHANIC STILL HAS NO IDEA WHAT'S WRONG WITH IT. *LA

• 12/07/1998· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  THE CONSUMER HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH VEHICLE. VEHICLE HAS STALLED SIX OR SEVEN TIMES. THE MECHANICS CANNOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE OR THE REMEDY. THE MANUFACTURER HAS YET TO BE CONTACTED. *AK

• 12/07/1997· FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINECrash

  DURING HEAD ON COLLISION, THE DUAL AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AND FUEL CUT OFF SWITCH DID NOT WORK. TT

• 12/06/2010· POWER TRAIN

  DODGE TRANSMISSION ON INTREPIDS, CARAVANS, AND NEONS HAVE A HISTORY OF FAILING AND NEEDING TO BE REPLACED OR REBUILT. MY VEHICLE ONLY HAS 55800 MILES ON IT ALL ORIGINAL. EVEN THOUGH THE CAR IS 15 YEARS OLD IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN MAINTAINED SINCE IT WAS PURCHASED FROM THE DEALER BRAND NEW IN 1995. I BELIEVE THAT IF DODGE IS NOT HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PROBLEMS THEN SOMEONE CAN SERIOUSLY GET INJURED FROM THEM. WHETHER IT BE FROM THE TRANSMISSION FAILING ON THE HIGHWAY AND CAUSING ACCIDENTS OR SOMETHING BREAKING WHILE JUST DRIVING AND CAUSING SERIOUS INJURY. *TR

• 12/04/2003· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLINGFire

  WHILE TRAVELING, THE ENGINE INDICATOR LIGHT BEGAN ILLUMINATING AND FLASHING. ONCE THE VEHICLE WAS SERVICED, THE TECHNICIAN NOTICED THE ENGINE O-RING HAD CAUGHT FIRE. THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE HAS YET TO BE DETERMINED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *PH

• 12/04/2000· STEERING

  WHEN I TOOK MY INTREPID TO BENSON DODGE AND SPOKE WITH THE SERVICE MANAGER ON 12/4/2000, I FELT AS THOUGH HE WAS BRUSHING ME OFF. HE SAID HE HAD NO KNOWLEDGE OF ANY INVESTIGATION OR ANY RECALL ON THIS VEHICLE. I SHOWED HIM THE INFORMATION ON THE INVESTIGATION THAT I PRINTED FROM YOUR WEBSITE ON 12/2/2000. I INFORMED HIM THAT THIS WAS AN EXTREMELY COSTLY REPAIR AND I COULD NOT AFFORD TO HAVE THEM REPAIR IT. HE ALL BUT TOLD ME THAT THE REPAIRS WERE SOLELY UP TO ME AND SINCE I COULD NOT AFFORD THEM, I WOULD EVENTUALLY WRECK THE CAR. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT HOW THINGS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE DONE, BUT I WOULD THINK THAT THE FIRST PRIORITY OF ANY DEALER SHOULD BE THE SAFETY OF THE PEOPLE DRIVING THEIR CARS. I HAVE AN 18 MO OLD THAT I TRANSPORT IN THIS VEHICLE AND THIS MANAGER DID NOT SEEM TO CARE THAT THE LIFE OF A BABY COULD BE AT STAKE. I GUESS SINCE IT WASN'T HIS WIFE AND CHILD IN THAT VEHICLE IT WOULDN'T BE! I JUST WANTED TO LET THE PEOPLE CONDUCTING THE INVESTIGATION INTO THE RACK AND PINION STEERING ON THE 95 INTREPID KNOW ABOUT THIS IN CASE I DO HAVE AN ACCIDENT RESULTING IN INJURIES OR DEATH OF EITHER MYSELF OR MY PASSENGERS. IF YOU CAN HELP ME IN ANY WAY, PLEASE LET ME KNOW. I SEEM TO BE GETTING ABSOLUTELY NOWHERE WITH THE DODGE DEALERSHIP THAT I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE FROM. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED IN SUMMARY. *AK

• 12/04/2000· SUSPENSION,POWER TRAIN

  WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE WOULD MAKE CLUNKING NOISE UNDER HOOD. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP & WAS INFORMED BY THE MECHANIC THAT PROBLEM WAS TRANSMISSION. WHEN MECHANIC DROVE VEHICLE, NOTHING HAPPENED. WAS INFORMED TO DRIVE VEHICLE UNTIL NOISE APPEARED & BRING IT BACK IN. HAD DRIVEN VEHICLE OUT OF TOWN WHEN IT STALLED OUT SUDDENLY. AFTERWARDS WAS ABLE TO GO 10MPH. TOOK VEHICLE BACK TO DEALER AND TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED.*AK AT PRESENT TIME, THE VEHICLE MAKES CLUNKING NOISE IN THE FRONT AREA, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE FRONT WHEEL IS TURNED. LOWER CONTROL ARM OR TRANSMISSION FAILURES ARE POSSIBLE CAUSES. *YH