1995 DODGE INTREPID Complaints

WHEN TO START THE CAR TURNED ON IGNITION AND HEARD A LOUD EXPLOSION. LIFTED UP THE HOOD OF THE CAR AND SAW THAT THE BATTERY EXPLODED.

HEADLIGHT LENS COVER FOGS UP EVERY DAY. IT DOES NOT MATTER IF IT'S HOT OR COLD LENS STILL FOGS UP. *AK

THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BACK SUPPORT BROKE WHILE DRIVING PLACING THE DRIVER IN A COMPLETE HORIZONTAL POSITION AND CAUSING TEMPORARY LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE CAR UNTIL THE DRIVER PULLED HIMSELF UPRIGHT USING THE STEERING WHEEL.. THE CAR WAS TAKEN TO A DODGE DEALERSHIP WHERE THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT RAIL SYSTEM WAS REPLACED BECAUSE A SUPPORTING METAL FLANGE AND BOLTS SNAPPED OFF. I RETAINED THE DEFECTIVE PART FOR FURTHER ANALYSIS.*AK

VEHICLE SEEMED TO BE MAINTAINED WELL AND IN GOOD CONDITION. AFTER PURCHASING VEHICLE AND NORMAL DRIVING STARTED EXPERIENCING BURING RUBBER SMELL FROM ENGINE. PROBLEM WAS OIL LEAKING FROM VALVE COVER GASKETS ONTO ENGINE. HAD VALVE COVER GASKETS REPLACED. SMELT BURNING RUBBER SMELL AGAIN, BAD GASKET FOR OIL FILLER CAP TOO. REPLACED, PROBLEM CORRECTED. CAR WOULD SOMETIMES PERFORM WELL WITH GOOD ACCELERATION, SOMETIMES TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT SEEM TO DOWNSHIFT, ACCELERATOR PEDAL WOULD BE TO FLOOR AND VEHICLE WOULD BARELY MOVE. WOULD HAPPEN UNEXPECTEDLY, EXTREMELY DANGEROUS WHEN ENTERING FREEWAY, PASSING OR MERGING. VEHICLE WOULD SOMETIMES SHIFT ROUGH, THEN SOMETIMES WOULD SHIFT QUICKLY AND SMOOTHLY. FLUID OK MOPAR. TOOK VEHICLE TO FIVE STAR SERVICE CENTER, HAD TECHNICIAN DRIVE VEHICLE, I DROVE VEHICLE AND CLEARLY DUPLICATED PROBLEM. I HAD THE PEDAL TO THE FLOOR AND VEHICLE WOULD ONLY ACCELERATE VERY VERY SLOWLY, TECHNICIAN STATED THIS WAS NORMAL BECAUSE VEHICLE IS IN 3RD GEAR. SOMETIMES VEHICLE WOULD EVEN DOWNSHIFT AND HAD GREAT ACCELERATION AS FAST AS 50MPH AND THEN SOMETIMES WOULD NOT DOWNSHIFT OR BARELY MOVE AT SPEEDS AS SLOW AS 35MPH. IT IS NOT NORMAL TO HAVE THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL TO THE FLOOR WITH A 170HP VEHICLE WITH THE VEHICLE BARELY ACCELERATING OR EXTREMELY POOR RESPONSE. I BELEIVE THAT THESE CHRYSLER TRANSMISSIONS OR THEIR CONTROL MODULES HAVE SERIOUS ISSUES. WELL I TRIED TO USE THE VEHICLE ANYWAY, IT SEEMED TO WORK OK OTHERWISE. WHILE DRIVING WITH FRIENDS SMELT BAD SHARP ODOR ALMOST LIKE URINE. COULD NOT FIND SOURCE OF THIS. FOUND OUT TRANSMISSION LEAKING TRANSMISSION COOLING LINES WERE CAUSE OF ODOR. TRANSMISSION STARTED MAKING CLU-CLUNKING NOISE AND FRONT END WOULD LIFT UP EXCESSIVELY LIKE A 727. FOUND OUT TRANSMISSION MOUNTS WERE BROKEN AND FRONT PUMP SEAL WAS ALSO LEAKING. SERVICE WOULD HAVE COST $2,000. TRADED VEHICLE IN, LOST THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. INDEPENDENT MECHANIC STATED THAT PUMP SEAL AND TRANSMISSION IN A CAR SHOULD LAST AT LEAST 125,000 MILES.

PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAG IS CONCAVED IN AND THE COVER IS COMING LOOSE, AIR BAG LIGHT IS ILLUMINATED ON DASH. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED A MECHANIC. MECHANIC STATED THAT ENTIRE AIR BAG UNIT ON PASSENGER'S SIDE NEEDED REPLACING. *AK CONSUMER STATES THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG WILL NOT DEPLOY, THE LIGHT ON THE DASH IS FROM THE SENSORS IN THE BUMPER, CONSUMER FEELS THE ENTIRE REPAIR COST SHOULD BE COVERED, DEALER REPLACED SENSOR. *SLC

STEERING WHEEL IS OUT OF LINE INSTEAD IN DRIVER'S HANDS AT A 10:00 TO 2 ANGLE WHILE HANDS ARE AT 12 AND 8 ANGLES. IN ORDER FOR VEHICLE TO GO STRAIT HAS TO TURN STEERING WHEEL TO LEFT. CONSUMER HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALER, AND THEY STATED THAT STEERING RACK AND TIE RODS WENT OUT. STEERING HAS BEEN ON BACK ORDER FOR ABOUT TWO WEEKS OR MORE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

CONSUMER NOTICED OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, THE HEADLIGHTS GROWING DIMMER, ONE OF THE HEAD LIGHT LENSES BROKE AND WAS REPLACED AND CONSUMER NOTICED A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN LIGHT FROM THE NEW LENS, THE MATERIAL THAT REFLECTS THE LIGHT IN THE OLD LENS HAD TARNISHED AND WAS NOT REFLECTING THE LIGHT. *YH

FUEL INJECTION " O"-RINGS WERE LEAKING . CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER REPAIRED PROBLEM. *AK

TRANSMISSION FAILED TWICE, THE LAST TIME IT FAILED WAS ONLY 30000 MILES AFTER THE FIRST WAS REPLACED. *YH

BOTH INNER AND OUTER TIRE RODS BROKE WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING, CAUSING LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL. *AK