1995 DODGE INTREPID Complaints

WAS AT A STOP. HAD STARTED TO MAKE A TURN WHEN STEERING SUDDENLY WAS FREE WHEELING. WAS NO WARNING. HAD TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP, AND WAS INFORMED BY MECHANIC THAT RACK AND PINION BOLTS HAD SNAPPED IN HALF.*AK

WAS TRAVELING 25-30MPH, REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE. BUMPER WAS PUSHED DOWNWARD. UPON IMPACT, DUAL AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. *AK *JB

THE FAILURE I HAVE IS COVERED UNDER A RECALL FOR 1993-1994 MODELS, RECALL #883. DODGE STATED THAT MY CAR IS NOT COVERED, ALTHOUGH THE RECLINER PIVOT BRACKET INDICATED IN THE RECALL NOTICE FAILED EXACTLY AS THE RECALL NOTICE STATED FOR THE VEHICLES COVERED UNDER THAT DOCUMENT. I FEEL THE 1995 INTREPID SHOULD BE INCLUDED TOO. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED WITHIN SUMMARY. *AK

CONSUMER STATES TRASMISSION HAS FAILED TWICE, HE WAS ADVISED BY MECHANIC THAT TRASMISSION IS INFERIOR. *JB

THERE WAS A HUMMING NOISE COMING FROM BACK OF VEHICLE. LEFT AND RIGHT DOORS DO NOT LOCK. CONSUMER HAS SMALL KIDS THAT SIT IN BACK SEATS. *AK

WHEN VEHICLE WENT TO MAKE A TURN IN EITHER DIRECTION AT ANY SPEED UNDER NORMAL WEATHER CONDITIONS, A 'CRUNCHING' NOISE WOULD COME FROM FRONT RIGHT SIDE OF VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP REPLACED TIE RODS IN AN ATTEMPT TO CORRECT THIS DEFECT, AND NOISE REMAINED. DEALERSHIP THEN LUBRICATED AN UNKNOWN PART OF SUSPENSION, WHICH DID ELIMINATE NOISE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS. *AK

CONSUMER NOTICED A FLUID BUILD UP UNDER VEHICLE AFTER VEHICLE HAD BEEN PARKED. DEALERSHIP INFORMED CONSUMER THAT AN UNKNOWN CLAMP, WHICH WAS TIGHTENED TO ELIMINATE LEAKING PROBLEM, WAS CAUSING TRANSMISSION FLUID TO LEAK. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK

SMOKE/STEAM WAS COMING FROM UNDERNEATH VEHICLE AFTER NORMAL OPERATION. DEALERSHIP INFORMED CONSUMER THAT WATER PUMP WAS LEAKING COOLANT ONTO EXHAUST SYSTEM. DEALERSHIP REPLACED WATER PUMP DUE TO THIS DEFECT, AS WELL AS TIMING BELT, WHICH WAS SATURATED WITH COOLANT. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.

CONSUMER COMPLAINED THAT AFTER OPERATING VEHICLE SHE WOULD ATTEMPT TO REMOVE IGNITION KEY FROM IGNITION. KEY WOULD STICK AND BECOME UNREMOVABLE. DEALERSHIP REMOVED CENTER CONSOLE AND CLEANED/LUBRICATED SHIFTER ROD TO CORRECT THIS DEFECT. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION COOLER LINES WERE LEAKING TRANSMISSION FLUID ONTO LOWER RADIATOR HOSE OF VEHICLE. LOWER RADIATOR HOSE WAS DISINTEGRATING DUE TO THIS LEAK. DEALERSHIP REPLACED BOTH COMPONENTS, TRANSMISSION COOLER LINES AND LOWER RADIATOR HOSE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK