1995 DODGE INTREPID Complaints

THE FRONT PARKING BRAKE CABLE BROKE, DEALER REPLACED THE FRONT CABLE AND PARKING BRAKE PEDALS, CONSUMER FEELS THAT THE FAILURE WAS CAUSED BY METAL FATIGUE IN THE CABLE, THE DESIGN DOES NOT FOLLOW ACCEPTED ENGINEERING PRACTICES FOR CABLE DIAMETER AND MINIMUM BENDING RADIUS OF THE CABLE. *SLC

WHILE DRIVING COULD HEAR NOISE COMING UNDER VEHICLE AND CONSUMER DID THINK THAT NOISE WAS COMING FROM SHOCK ABSORBER, BUT A TECHNICIAN SAID THAT NOISE WAS COMING FROM BUSHINGS, AND THA TTHIS VEHICLE SHOULD NOT BE DRIVEN ON A COUNTY ROAD. *AK

WHILE DRIVING WITH CRUSIE CONTROL ACTIVATED VEHICLE COMPLETELY SHUTDOWN WITHOUT WARNING, CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AND COMING TO A STOP VEHICLE WILL NOT GO, SEEMS THAT VEHICLE IS NOT GOING INTO GEAR, WHICH MAY CAUSE A CRASH. IN SOME INSTANCES, DRIVER MUST PULL OVER AND RESTART VEHICLE. WILL BE TAKING VEHICLE TO DEALER. *AK THE CONSUMER'S SEARCH ON INTERNET SHOWED THAT THE CAUSE FOR STALLING OF THE VEHICLE WAS DUE TO DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSION. *YH

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

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

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

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

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

VEHICLE EXPERIENCING MOMENTARY / INTERMITTENT STEERING LOCK UP DUE TO RACK AND PINION. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT VEHICLE WAS NO LONGER COVERED UNDER WARRANTY, AND NOTHING COULD BE DONE. *AK *SLC