1994 DODGE INTREPID Complaints

THE TRANSMISSION HAD BEEN REPLACED APPROX. A YEAR BEFORE WE BOUGHT IT. WE HAD THE CAR APPROX. 2 YRS. AND HAD TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION. THE CAR WAS ONLY 6 YRS. OLD AND HAD 2 TRANSMISSIONS GO BAD. BOTH WERE REPLACED AT A DODGE DEALER WITH ORIGINAL PARTS. WE ONLY PUT APPROX. 27000 MILES ON THE CAR SHOULDN'T A TRANSMISSION LAST LONGER THAN THAT? SINCE THEN I HAVE TALKED TO OTHERS WITH THE SAME MAKE AND MODEL AND THEY HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THEIR TRANSMISSION ALSO. WHAT'S GOING ON. THE DODGE PEOPLE TOLD ME THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO FOR ME. I FEEL CHEATED, TRANSMISSIONS COST A FORTUNE AND THEY SHOULD LAST ALOT LONGER THAN THEY HAVE. IS THERE ANY THING I CAN DO TO BE COMPANSATED FOR THIS PROBLEM?

DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED ABOUT THE PROBLEM. PASSENGER'S SIDE SEAT IS A POWER SEAT AND IT MAKES A CLICKING NOISE. SEAT ROCKS BACK AND FORTH LIKE THE SEAT IS OFF BALANCE.*AK CONSUMER STATES SEAT IS SAME AND FACTORY RECALL WAS ISSUED FOR DRIVER'S SEAT ONLY, AND NOT PASSENGER'S SEAT WHICH HAS THE SAME IDENTICAL PROBLEM.*JB

WAS DRIVING A 1994 DODGE, INTREPID WITH FIRESTONE TURANZA T P225/60R16 WITH 5,000 MILES, TIRES BOUGHT FOR VEHICLE AT 65MPH. HEARD A THUMPING NOISE AT LOW SPEED, BUT NO NOISE AT HIGHWAY SPEED. NOISE WAS WORSE LATER & THEN NOTICED TREAD LEFT TIRE. PULLED OVER & THE RIGHT FRONT TIRES WAS STILL INFLATED BUT BALDED. HAD DONE DAMAGE TO VEHICLE. A MONTH LATER A 2ND TIRE WAS HAD THE SAME PROBLEM OF LOUD NOISE. TOOK TO RETAILER & HAD TIRE REPLACED BEFORE ANY DAMAGE COULD BE DONE.*AK ALL FOUR TURANZA TIRES WERE DEFECTIVE. *YH

WHEN STARTING UP CAR THERE ISA REAL STRONG GAS SMELL. THEN, IT GOES AWAY A LITTLE, BUT IS STILL PRESENT.*AK FUEL IS LEAKING FROM THE AREA WHERE FUEL INLJECTOR MATES TO FUEL RAIL. THIS HAPPENS WHEN ENGINE IS COLD AND GOES AWAY AFTER ENGINE TEMPERATURE GOES UP. INDICATION IS THAT SEALS ARE INADEQUATE OR NOT INSTALLED PROPERLY. *YH

RECALL 99V21500 WAS COMPLETE, BUT ADDITIONAL DAMAGE TO TIE ROD WAS CAUSED BY THE RECALLED PARTS, CONSUMER WANTS REIMBURSED. *SLC

THE FAILURE IS THE WIRE HARNESS THAT CONNECTS TO THE TURN SIGNAL PLUG, IT MELTS, BARE WIRES ARE EXPOSED, AND ALMOST CAUSED FIRE, THEN STOPPED WORKING COMPLETLY NUMEROUS TIMES. *AK

SUN HAS CAUSED AIR BAG ON PASSENGER'S SIDE TO COME THROUGH THE DASHBROAD. VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP. THE OWNER WAS TOLD THAT THE SITUATION WOULD NOT DISRUPT THE DEPLOYMENT OF THE AIR BAG.*AK

WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM ENGINE COMPARTMENT, CONSUMER PARKED CAR AND OPENED HOOD AND SAW A FIRE, CONSUMER TRIED TO PUT OUT FIRE WITH A EXTINGUISHER. *AK

THE LOWER CONTROL ARM ATTACHING BRACKETS FAILED PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE 99V-215 WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO LOOSE POWER INTERMITTENTLY, CONSUMER REQUEST REIMBURSEMENT. NLM

INTERMITTENT STARTING PROBLEM. NOTHING INDICATES THERE'S A PROBLEM ON THE DASHBOARD. A PRIVATE MECHANIC TOLD CONSUMER TO GO DEALER BECAUSE IT'S THE IGNITION SWITCH. DEALER WILL BE CONTACTED.*AK