1994 DODGE INTREPID Complaints

CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER, BOB BOST DEALER IN BRADENTON ,FLORIDA, SEVERAL TIMES FOR RECALL 99V215000/ MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 837. BUT, DEALER COULD NOT PERFORM RECALL REPAIRS WITHOUT A SPECIAL TOOL WHICH DEALER WAS UNABLE TO OBTAIN FROM MANUFACTURER. MEANTIME, CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AN UNSAFE VEHICLE. *AK

TRANSMISSION FROZE AT 55 MPH 1998 REPLACED STILL PROBLEMS???, ELECTRONIC CONTROL MODULE WENT WHILE IN DRIVE AT 35MPH, FRONT TIE RODS REPLACED 2 TIMES WITHIN A YEAR, AIRCONDITIONER WENT WITHIN 4 YEARS, COOLING SYSTEM REPLACED WITHIN 4 YEARS FROM MANUFACTURED DATE, ABS MODULE FAILED DURING DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AND AGAIN IN CITY LIMITS AFTER DEALER STRESSED THAT NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH ANTI LOCK BRAKES I HAVE HAD THIS CAR IN THE SHOP FOR MAJOR NOT MINOR REPAIRS SINCE THE MANUFACTURED DATE AT LEAST 15 TIMES AND CAN PROVE EACH TIME. I AM APPAULED THAT AMERICA CAN MANUFACTUR SUCH A VEHICLE WITH ALL THE MAJOR ISSUES AT HAND, TRANSMISSION, SUSPENSION,ELECTRICAL,BRAKING SYSTEMS,FUEL,AIRBAGS,STRUCTURAL, I WISH THERE WAS SOMEONE WHO COULD ADDRESS THESE ISSUES WITH THE MANUFACTURER AND GET US ALL RESTITUTION. IF IT MEANS LEGALLY OR CONSUMER AGENCIES I AM INTERESTED. I DRIVE WITH 2 CHILDREN AND DURING THE TRANSMISSION, ELECTRICAL AND THE ABS FAILURES THEY WERE IN THE CAR. I WOULD LIKE SOME TYPE OF A REPLY FROM THEM IF AT ALL POSSIBLE. THANK YOU FOR THE WEBSITE AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD.

INSIDE HIGH MOUNT BRAKE LIGHT EXPERIENCED A FIRE WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER TO NOTIFY NHTSA. *AK *SLC

THIS IS THE SECOND TIME A DODGE TRANSMISSION HAS HAD TO BE REPLACED BY US. THE FIRST TIME WAS A DODGE CARAVAN-V6, PROBABLY A 1990 BUT I AM NOT SURE. MILEAGE WAS JUST OVER 60,000. THIS TIME IT IS A 1994 DODGE INTREPID, PERHAPS THE SAME TYPE OF TRANSMISSION AT 87,000 MILES. MY FEELING IS THAT DODGE HAS KNOWN ABOUT TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS FOR OVER 10 YEARS NOW AND THEY CONTINUE TO MAKE CARS WITH TRANSMISSIONS THAT FAIL AT WHAT I CONSIDER UNACCEPTABLE MILEAGE. TO HAVE TO PAY $1,790 TO REBUILD A TRANSMISSION ON A '94 CAR IS UNACCEPTABLE. THE PERSON WHO REBUILT THE TRANSMISSION TOLD US THAT HE DOES A LOT OF DODGE'S AND THAT IF THEY PUT IN A DIFFERENT SHIFT KIT THIS WOULD NOT HAPPEN. *AK (TIRESIZE: 15)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 15 )

THE PROBLEM IS THAT THE TRANSMISSION DOWNSHIFTS VERY ROUGHLY. THE PREVIOUS OWNER EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM AND HAD TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION REBUILT. AGAIN IT HAS STARTED AND IS SLOWLY GETTING WORSE AS WAS THE SITUATION WITH THE PREVIOUS OWNER. I HAVE TAKEN IT IN TWICE TO BE FIXED. THE FIRST TIME THEY SAID THE CLUTCH FAILED AND THEY FIXED IT. THE SECOND TIME, THEY SAID THAT THE MACHINE SHOWED NO FAULT CODES. HOWEVER, I AM STILL EXPERIENCING THE PROBLEM AND IT IS SLOWLY GETTING WORSE.*AK

EVAPORATOR HAS BEEN REPLACED 2 TIMES AND ONLY LASTS FOR ABOUT YEAR. CAUSE IS UNKNOWN.*AK THE EVAPORATOR TO BE REPLACED AGAIN BECAUSE OF LEAKS. *YH

BACKING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE, I HEARD A BANG AND THE STEERING FAILED. INSPECTION REVEALED THE FAILURE OF BOTH OF THE BOLTS CONNECTING THE INNER TIE RODS, TO THE RACK AND PINION. I NOTED AT LEAST 4 OTHER INSTANCES OF THIS FAILURE REPORTED IN YOUR FILES IN 2000. PLEASE STRIVE TO HAVE THIS ISSUE RECTIFIED SOON, ANOTHER 5 MINUTES AND I'D HAVE BEEN AT HIGHWAY SPEED, AND MAY NOT BE HERE TO REPORT THIS OCCURRENCES. *AK

DRIVING 25MPH & WAS MAKING LEFT TURN WHEN WITHOUT ANY WARNING STEERING WENT OUT. VEHICLE KEPT STRAIGHT. STOPPED VEHICLE & CHECKED IT. NOTICED UPPER CONTROL ARM HAD BROKEN & FELL OUT ON TRANSMISSION. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO REPAIR SHOP. ENTIRE UPPER CONTROL WAS REPLACED. MECHANIC COULD NOT INDICATE WHAT CAUSED IT TO BREAK. *AK *SLC

CONNECTING BOLTS IN INNER TIE ROD BROKE, RESULTING IN LOSS OF STEERING. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

BOTH CONNECTING BOLTS THAT CONNECTS THE INNER TIE RODS TO THE STEERING GEAR BROKE AS I WAS TURNING IN A DRIVEWAY. I HAD JUST DROVE 50 MILES ON INTERSTATE 85 FROM SMITHS, AL TO TUSKEEGGEE AL. WHEN I ARRIVED AT MY DESTINATION AS I TURNED FROM THE ASHFAULT HIGHWAY ON TO THE CONCRETE DRIVE WAY I HEARD A THUMP! THAT WAS WHEN THE BOLTS SHEARED INTO. MY ESTIMATE SPEED WAS AROUND 2 M.P.H. ALSO THE HEADLIGHTS ON THE INTREPID ARE TOO DIM FOR NIGHT DRIVING. THE PARKLIGHTS LENS STAY CLEAR WHILE THE HEADLIGHT LENS COLLECTS MOISTURE DUST AND DIRT AFTER A PERIOD OF TIME THE LENS START TO TURN BROWN WHICH INPAIRS THE ABILITY TO SEE WELL ENOUGH FOR NIGHT DRIVING