1994 DODGE INTREPID Complaints

IT AMAZES ME THAT THERE IS THIRTEEN OR MORE INTERNAL SERVICE BULLETINS AND 150 OR MORE COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS VEHICLE'S TRANSMISSION ON THIS SITE AND YOU HAVE NOT ENFORCED A RECALL FOR THE DODGE INTREPID. I WAS JUST TOLD THAT NOW THAT MY VEHICLE IS OUT OF WARRANTY AND THAT I MUST NOW REPLACE TRANSMISSION AT A COST OF $2,500.00. THE TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN WORKED ON A NUMBER OF TIMES WHILE IT WAS UNDER WARRANTY. I THINK YOU SHOULD MAKE THE CHRYSLER CORPORATION RECALL THESE VEHICLES AND REPAIR OR REPLACE THE TRANSMISSIONS AT THEIR COST. IT IS A TERRIBLE INJUSTICE THAT THE CONSUMER MUST INHERIT THIS COST DUE TO POOR WORKMANSHIP. *AK

VEHICLE WILL STALL INTERMITTENTLY AND WITHOUT WARNING. ALSO, IN COLD WEATHER TRANSMISSION WILL FALL OUT OF GEAR OR IT WILL NOT SHIFT AT ALL. *AK THE VEHICLE STALLS ON HIGHWAY AT ALL SPEEDS, ESPECIALLY WHEN TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL TO THE RIGHT.

AT A SPEED OF 2 MPH, ROLLING, HIT BRAKE AND BOTH AIRBAGS DEPLOYED, WINDSHIELD SHATTERED. *AK

RECALL 98V184000. VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED UNDER RECALL. HOWEVER, O-RINGS HAVE STARTED TO LEAK. DEALER / MANUFACTURER HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED ABOUT PROBLEM.*AK DEALER IS STATING THAT THEY NEVER PERFORMED THE RECALL ON VEHICLE, CONSUMER HAS PAPERWORK SHOWING THEY DID. *SLC

2ND TRANSMISSION FAILURE UNDER 95,000 MILES - I WOULD LIKE THE NHTSA TO GET INVOLVED WITH THE PROBLEM ON INTREPID TRANSMISSION FAILURES - I COUNTED 140 COMPLAINTS SINCE 1995 ON YOUR WEB SITE ALONE - OTHER COMPLAINTS ARE SPREAD IN MANY DISCUSSION FORUMS THROUGHOUT THE INTERNET ON THE POOR WORKMANSHIP OF THE POWERTRAIN - EVEN THE DEALER HAS ADMITTED TO ME AND I SEE TO OTHERS IN YOUR COMPLAINTS THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM - WHILE NOT CAUSING FATALITIES, THIS DOES CAUSE MAJOR FINANCIAL HARDSHIP TO REPLACE A $3000 TRANSMISSION EVRY TWO YEARS. PLEASE GET INVOLVED AND INVESTIGATE THE POSSIBILITY OF A RECALL! *AK

CONSUMER SMELLED GAS AND NOTICED FUEL INJECTOR LEAKING GAS OUT OF FRONT. TWO YEARS AGO, DEALER REPLACED " O" RING, AND FUEL OUTLET RAIL. CURRENTLY, CONSUMER IS EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM. *AK

TRANSMISSION IS ACTING UP, WON'T ACCELERATE AS USUAL, TIRES ARE BALDING AFTER BUYING CAR JUST IN MARCH (TIRESIZE: 60R22516)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 60R22516 )

OUR DODGE INTREPID WAS PARKED IN OUR FRONT YARD WITH THE ENGINE OFF FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES AND WE SMELLED SOMETHING BURNING. WE LOOKED OUTSIDE AND THE ENGINE OF OUR CAR WAS IN FLAMES. WE HAD TO CALL THE LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT TO COME AND PUT THE FIRE OUT. THEY HAD TO PRY THE HOOD UP BECAUSE THE ENGINE WAS ON FIRE SO BAD THAT IT HAD MELTED THE HOOD LATCH CABLE TO THE OUTER PART OF THE CABLE. THE CAR IS A COMPLETE LOSS. THE ENGINE IS TOTALLY RUINED. WE NEVER RECEIVED ANY INFORMATION ABOUT ANY RECALLS AND I HAVE DONE SOME RESEARCH AND THERE WAS A RECALL ON THESE CARS FOR THIS EXACT PROBLEM. THIS IS WHAT IT SAYS. PASSENGER VEHICLES BUILT WITH 3.5L ENGINES. THE FUEL INJECTION DELIVERY SYSTEM CAN LEAK FUEL FROM SOME OF THE SEALING O-RINGS OR FROM HAIR LINE CRACKS IN THE THERMOSTAT FUEL INJECTION RAIL. FUEL LEAKAGE OF AN IGNITION SOURCE CAN RESULT IN A FIRE. THIS SOUNDS EXACTLY LIKE WHAT HAPPENED TO OUR CAR. I AM WANTING SOME INFORMATION ON WHO I TALK TO AND HOW I CAN GET THIS SITUATION HANDLED. THE CAR IS A TOTAL LOSS DUE TO A MANUFACTURER DEFECT AND WE NEVER RECEIVED ANY INFORMATION ON THIS SUBJECT WHAT SO EVER. THANKS FOR YOUR HELP. CHARLES LONG. *AK

WHILE MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING DOWN A LOCAL STREET AT APPROX. 25 MPH, THE CAR STARTED MAKING A FUNNY SOUND ALL OF A SUDDEN THEN THE CAR SHUT OFF. WE LATER HAD THE CAR TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WHO INFORMED US THAT THE ENGINE WAS RUINED WITHOUT EVEN LOOKING AT THE CAR. WE ASKED THE DEALERSHIP HOW THIS COULD'VE HAPPENED WHEN WE HAD SCHEDULED OIL CHANGES WITH THEM ON TIME. THE CAR WAS THERE WITH THEM LESS THAN 30 DYAS PRIOR TO THE ENGINE BLOW-OUT. THE DEALERSHIP COULNOT GIVE US AN EXPALANATION OF WHAT CAUSED THE ENGINE T BLOW ON A VEHICLE THAT HAD LESS THAN 70,000 MILES.THERE WAS NO WARNING SUCH AS OIL LEAKS OR SMOKE FROM BURNING OIL EVEN THOUGH WE WERE INFORMED THAT THERE WAS NO OIL IN THE CAR WHEN IT WAS GIVEN TO THEM.NO EXPLANATION GIVEN AS TO WHERE 5 QUARTS OF OIL WENT FROM THE SCHEDULED OIL CHANGE ON 5/8/00 AT THEIR DEALERSHIP. THE TOTAL COST TO US WAS $2165.00 WHICH THE DEALER STATED WAS THE BEST THEY COULD DO FOR US. THEY FELT IT WAS NO FAULT OF THEIR'S AND WE FELT AND STILL DO THAT IT WAS SOMETHING THAT THEY DID OR DIDNOT DO DURING THE OIL CHANGE.*AK

METAL FRAMEWORK OF SEAT BROKEN AT RIGHT REAR CORNER OF POWER DRIVERS SEAT WHERE IT ATTACHES TO SEAT BACK. OBTAINED REPLACEMENT SEAT FROM JUNK YARD. IT BROKE AT SAME PLACE 10/01/2000. I FEAR THAT WITH ONE SIDE BROKEN IT WILL PUT MORE STRAIN ON THE OTHER SIDE OF SEAT AND EVENTUALY CAUSE IT TO BREAK WHICH COULD VERY LIKELY CAUSE INJURY OR CRASH. I AM HAVING MUCH DIFFICULTY TRYING TO FIND ANOTHER REPLACEMENT SEAT.