1997 DODGE INTREPID Complaints

WHILE DRIVING TIE ROD ON RIGHT HAD BROKEN IN HALF. THIS CAUSED STEERING WHEEL TO LOCK UP.*AK

BOOSTER PUMP ON BRAKE SHAFT BROKE OFF, CAUSING LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND 80% OF BRAKES. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.

WINDSHIELD WIPERS COULD NOT BE TURNED OFF. DEALER REPLACED SWITCH AND MOTOR AT COST OF $800 BEFORE PROBLEM WAS FIXED. *AK

THIS IS THE SECOND FAILURE OF THE FUEL RAILS ON THIS CAR. IT WAS PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED BY THE SAME DEALER ON 02/01/99.*AK

RECALL 98 V 184 000/FUEL LEAKAGE; REPAIRS MADE AT HICKLEY DODGE, SALT LAKE, UT, PHONE # 994-4400. PROBLEM WITH FUEL RAIL LEAKAGES ON MAY 16, 2001. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND WAITING ON PICK UP FROM THE DEALER. *AK DURING RECALL REPAIRS, DEALER INFORMED CONSUMER OF THREE BAD INJECTORS, WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE HOME CONSUMER EXPERIENCED A MASSIVE FUEL LEAK, TOOK BACK TO DEALER WHO STATED THAT A BOLT THAT HOLDS DOWN THE INJECTOR WAS BAD, THEY TRIED TO GET IT OFF WITH AN EASY OUT AND THEY BROKE IT OFF, CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO ANOTHER SHOP WHERE THEY REMOVED IT AND INSTALLED A NEW BOLT. *SLC

STEERING WIRE HARNESS HAD CAUGHT FIRE WHILE DRIVING 30MPH. SMOKE WAS ENTERING VEHICLE COMPARTMENT. VEHICLE CHECKED AFTER STOPPING. DROVE TO DEALERSHIP AND WAS REPAIRED. WAS DRIVING 70MPH AND PROBLEM HAD REOCCURRED. TOOK BACK TO DEALERSHIP AND WAS REPAIRED. PROBLEM HAPPENED A THIRD TIN DOWN. MANUFACTURER REFUSED TO REPAIR IT AGAIN. *AK

THIS TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN REPORTED TO HAVE A HIGH FAILURE RATE AND THE FAILURE WOULD BE DISASTEROUS AT HIGH SPEED.*AK

WHILE PULLING OUT FROM A STOP SIGN WITH VEHICLE IN SECOND GEAR, VEHICLE LOCKED UP IN SECOND GEAR IN MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION. ALSO, VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE OVER 20 MPH. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

WITHOUT WARNING THE STEERING LOCKED UP AND WOULD NOT TURN RIGHT WITHOUT A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF EFFORT. FORTUNATELY I WAS ON A RESIDENTIAL STREET AND GOING SLOW. THE REPAIR SHOP SAID THE RACK NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND MENTIONED THAT THIS WAS COMMON ON THE INTREPID.*AK

WAS DRIVING VEHICLE WHEN ENTIRE INSTRUMENT PANEL QUIT FUNCTIONING. THIS HAPPENED AFTER VEHICLE HAS WARMED UP FOR A WHILE. WHEN VEHICLE COOLED DOWN, INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTING WOULD REAPPEAR, BUT DISAPPEARED AGAIN WHEN WARMED UP. HAVE TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP TO HAVE MECHANIC CHECK OUT PROBLEM. WAS INFORMED A TYPE OF ELECTRONIC SWITCH WAS CAUSING LIGHTS TO QUIT. *AK WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED, THE GUAGE CLUSTER WORKED FOR A WHILE. *YH