1994 DODGE INTREPID Complaints

WHILE BACKING THE VEHICLE OUT OF THE GARAGE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR BURST INTO FLAMES. FLAMES WERE COMING FROM THE WINDOW PANEL OF THE DOOR SIDE, AND MECHANISM BOX FOR THE POWER WINDOWS. FLAMES WERE STOPPED BY THE WIRING OF THE ELECTRICAL WINDOW PANELBEING PULLED APART. DOOR RECEIVED DAMAGES THAT MIGHT BE UNREPAIRABLE.*AK

CONSUMER HAS NO PART TO REPAIR RECALL CONCERNING LOWER CONTROL ARM. THIS HAS BEEN A WHOLE YEAR DELAY.

RHS PASSENGER FRONT SEAT FAILURE IS NOT COVERED BY THE MANUFACTURER ALTHOUGH THEY DO HAVE A CUSTOMER SATISFACTION NOTIFICATION REPAIR OUT NOW FOR THE LHS DRIVER'S SEAT, SAME PROBLEM. I HAVE REPORTED THIS TO THE MANUFACTURER (FILE NUMBER 7715416) AND THEY. *AK

CAR DIRECTION UNCONTROLLABLE DURING ACCELERATION, REPLACED TIE RODS. VEHICLE MAKE CLUNKING NOISE, DURING BRAKING AND STEERING, DEALER RECOMENDS SWAY BAR LINK REPLACEMENT IN FRONT END. TRANSMISSION SHIFTING ERATIC, VEHICLE SLOW TO SHIFT ON ENTERING HIGHWAYS CAUSING DANGEROUS SITUATION. TRANSMISSION ALSO CAUSES VEHICLE TO LURCH DURING ACCELERATION. SHIFTINH IS DELAYED, BUT WHEN IT DOES SHIFT THERE IS SUDDEN ACCELERATION. CRUISE CONTROL SHUTS OFF INTERMITENTLY, ACCELERATES OR DECELERATES UP TO 5MPH WHEN SET. HOOD HAS SHUT AND SEVERAL OTHER PEOPLE MANY TIMES. HAS NOT CAUSED INJURY BUT IS VERY DANGEROUS. NO VISIBILITY AT NIGHT DUE TO HORIBLE HEAD LIGHTS.

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 45MPH ON HIGHWAY AND FRONT END COLLAPSED. WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. SHE TOOK VEHICLE TO A LOCAL GARAGE, AND MECHANIC TOLD CONSUMER THAT HE HAS SEEN SEVERAL SIMILAR INCIDENTS. CONSUMER SAID THAT WHEN SHE TURNED KEY IN IGNITION SWITCH IT WOULDN'T TURN. *AK

TRANSMISSION SKIPS AND JUMPS, SOMETIMES VEHICLE WON'T GO ANYWHERE, AND LOSS OF POWER.*AK CONSUMER HAD RECALL (99V-215) COMPLETED ON 12-MAY-2000, RECALL INDICATES THE POSSIBILITY OF TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS THAT CAN OCCUR DUE TO DEFECT IN THE LOWER CONTROL ARM. CONSUMER FEELS THE TRANSMISSION FAILURE IS DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE RECALL COMPONENT FAILURE. THE VEHICLE IS EXPERIENCING TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS AFTER RECALL REPAIR AND WOULD LIKE IT REPAIRED AT NO ADDITONAL COST. *YH

INDEPENDENT REPAIR FACILITY DETERMINED THAT THE RACK & PINION ASSEMBLY REQUIRES REPAIR/REPLACEMENT. *AK

INSPECTION OF THE SEAT SLIDING RAILS AND THE STATIONARY RAILS ON THE PASSENGERS SIDE SEAT FOUND THE FOLLOWING PROBLEM. FOUR PIECES OF PLASTIC WERE FOUND ON THE FLOOR UNDER THE SEAT. THESE PIECES WERE 5 & 15/16" LONG AND APPROXIMATELY 1/4" THICK. IT WAS FOUND THAT THE BACK OF THE SEAT COULD BE LIFTED APPROXIMATELY 1/4" IN THE UPWARD DIRECTION. THESE PIECES WERE BROKEN FROM A PIECE THAT WAS ATTACHED TO THE SIDE OF THE STATIONARY SEAT RAIL BY 5 3/16" NUBS THAT ENGAGED MATCHING HOLES IN THIS STATIONARY RAIL. THIS WAS OBSERVED FROM THE REAR PASSENGERS AREA. THE PLASTIC PIECE WITH THE 5 NUBS IS 5 1/2" LONG AND HAS 5 TABS THAT SHOULD ATTACH TO THE AFORE MENTIONED PIECES. THIS WAS OBSERVED ON BOTH THE INBOARD AND OUTBOARD SEAT RAILS. THESE PIECES PROVIDE A SLIDING SURFACE AND A SPACER TO TAKE UP THE CLEARANCE BETWEEN THE MOVING SEAT RAIL AND THE STATIONARY SEAT RAIL ATTACHED TO THE FLOOR. SIMULAR DEVICES WERE OBSERVED ON THE FRONT OF THE AFFECTED SEAT WHICH WERE NOT BROKEN. THE SAFETY ASPECT OF THIS CONDITION IS THAT THIS FREE APPROXIMATE MOVEMENT OF 1/4" COULD ALLOW MOVEMENT TO GENERATE, DURING AN ACCIDENT, AND CAUSE THE SEAT TO TEAR LOOSE AND CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY OR A FATALITY TO THE PASSENGER.

BOTH PLASTIC SPACERS OR GUIDE WERE BROKEN AND LAYING ON THE FLOOR. IT ALLOWED THE BACK OF THE PASSENGERS SEAT TO MOVE UPWARD IN THE AMOUNT OF AT LEAST ONE QUARTER OF A INCH 1/4 ". THE SEAT BELT IS HOOKED TO THIS ASSEMBLY AND THIS FREE PLAY COULD IN CASE OF A ACCIDENT BE ENOUGH TO GIVE A HEAD START AND ALLOW THE SEAT TO TEAR OUT AND INJURE THE PASSENGER.

AIRBAG COVER IS WARPED, AND AIR BAG MAY OR MAY NOT DEPLOY. CONSUMER STATES SOMEONE FROM DOT CAME OUT AND TOOK PICTURES. *AK