1997 DODGE INTREPID Complaints

CONSUMER STATED WHILE BACKING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY THERE WAS A LOUD "POP" NOISE ,AND THEN STEERING HAD FAILED. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK

WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, BUT STILL IDLING, REAR WINDSHIELD EXPLODED. THE BACK SEAT WAS OCCUPIED AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.*AK

THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE O-RINGS AND NOT THE FUEL RAIL AS STATED IN RECALL 98 V 184 000. THE FUEL RAIL CRACKED. *JB *SCC *JB

ABOVE 45 MPH, MY 1997 DODGE INTREPID W/S WIPERS LIFT OFF THE GLASS CREATING A DANGEROUS SITUATION WHILE DRIVING IN THE RAIN ON HIGHWAYS AT OR ABOVE 55 MPH ZONES. *NLM

I HAVE 1997 DODGE INTREPID (3.5 L ENGINE). PASSENGER SIDE FUEL RAIL HAS DEVELOPED LEAK. PROBLEM IS NOT O-RING, BUT APPEARS TO BE CRACK. DEALER AND DODGE CUSTOMER SERVICE SAY THIS IS NO PROBLEM, IS SIMPLE WEAR AND TEAR ITEM. I BELIEVE THIS IS A DEFECT ISSUE WITH THE FUEL RAIL AND A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE AND SHOULD BE A RECALL ITEM. EST COST OF REPAIR (INCLUDING DIAGNOSIS , MULTIPLE ACCESSES TO RAIL) $600.00 (ONE SIDE ONLY). *NLM

WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING VEHICLE IS LEAKING OIL FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. *AK

THE VEHICLE FAILED TO SHIFT FROM 3RD TO 4TH GEAR. THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONSUMER THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *JB

ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON REPEATEDLY AND ENGINE CAUGHT FIRE. THE FIRE HAD COME FROM THE REAR HOOD AREA. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE FIRE STARTED FROM THE #5 FUEL INJECTOR/WIRING HARNESS/FUEL RAIL. THE VEHICLE ALSO LOST BRAKING POWER AND REVVED DURING THE INCIDENT. THERE WAS AN OIL LEAK PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT WHERE THE ROCKER ARM COVER WAS REPLACED, THE POWER STEERING WAS NOISY, LEAKED, AND WAS REPLACED, AND THE BLEEDER SCREW WAS BROKEN AND THE THERMOSTAT HOUSING WAS REPLACED. *SCC *NLM

CONSUMER HAD THE RECALL DONE REGARDING A FUEL LEAK 2 YEARS AGO, HOWEVER THE PROBLEM RECURRED, AND THE DEALER STATED THE PROBLEM WOULD ONLY BE FIXED ONE TIME, RECALL #98V184000.*JB

THE VEHICLE LEAKED GASOLINE.*JB CONSUMER FOUND OUT THAT VEHICLE HAD BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT PRIOR TO PURCHASE AND THAT A RECALL HAD ALREADY BEEN PERFORMED. HOWEVER THE FUEL RAIL O-RING LEAKED GASOLINE ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. DEALERSHIP NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING. *TT