1994 DODGE INTREPID Complaints

THE POWER STEERING IS EXTREMELY WEAK AND SLUGGISH, MAKING TURINING THE STEERING WHEEL VERY HARD AND SOMETIMES EVEN DANGEROUS, ESPECIALLY AT SLOW SPEEDS. THIS IS A CONSTANT PROBLEM THAT ONLY SEEMS TO BE GETTING WORSE IN TERMS OF THE DIFFICULTY OF STEERING AND SLUGISHNESS OF THE STEERING WHEEL TO TURN THE CAR'S WHEELS. MY MECHANIC INDICATES THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT MANY OF THE DODGE INTREPIDS ARE EXPERIENCING AND IS BEING INVESTIGATED AS TO WHETHER A RECALL SHOULD BE ISSUED.

KEY WOULD GET STUCK IN THE IGNITION. CONSUMER HAD TO PURCHASE AN ALARM SYSTEM DUE TO KEY WOULD STAY IN THE IGNITION FOR COUPLE OF DAYS STRAIGHT, IT WOULD EVENTUALLY COME OUT AFTER STRUGGLING WITH IT, AND PULLING IT OUT. *AK

CONSUMER WAS EXPERIENCING STEERING TIRE ROD PROBLEM. LEFT TIE ROD WENT OUT 55,000, AND RIGHT TIE ROD WENT OUT AT 44,000. CONSUMER STATED THAT THERE WAS A MANUFACTURER'S DEFECT. *AK

PROBLEM OCCURS WHEN SLOWING DOWN TO STOP AT A STOP SIGN, CAR DOWNSHIFTS AND JOLTS THE CAR. WHEN STARTING UP FROM A STOP SIGN STOP, THE CAR LURCHES FORWARD. THIS TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN DOWNSHIFTING AND UP SHIFTING PREMATURELY AND CAUSE A SERIOUS WHIP LASH EFFECT TO DRIVERS AND PASSENGERS. I HAD REPORTED THIS PROBLEM MANY TIMES TO MY DEALER AND THEY COULD NOT (WOULD NOT) FIND THE PROBLEM. THEY HAVE JUST NOW ADMITTED THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSION. I HAD PURCHASED THE EXTENDED 7 YEAR, 70000 MILE WARRANTY PACKAGE. THIS PACKAGE WAS IN EFFECT THE MANY TIMES I COMPLAINED ABOUT THE PROBLEM. NOW THEY TELL ME THE CAR IS OUT OF WARRANTY WITH TOO MANY MILES FOR THEM TO CONSIDER FIXING THE TRANSMISSION. MY ARGUMENT IS THAT I HAD REPORTED THIS PROBLE,M MANY TIMES WHILE IT WAS UNDER THE WARRANTY PACKAGE AND THEY DID NOT FIX IT THEN BECAUSE THEY COULDNN'T FIND THE PROBLEM. THE SAME PROBLEM HAS EXISTED FOR MOST OF THE YEARS THAT I OWNED THIS VEHICLE, AND I HAD COMPLAINED ABOUT THIS PRLOBLEM NUMEROUS TIMES. WHEN I TALKED TO CHRYSLER CUSTOMER RELATION, THEY REFUSE TO FIX THE PROBLEM. *AK

ONE MORNING WHILE SITTING IN MY CAR THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE SEAT-BACK BROKE. THE SEAT-BACK BEGAN TO SAG BACKWARDS ON THE RIGHT SIDE. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER AND THEY CONTACTED DAIMLER-CHRYSLER VIA THEIR COMPUTER SYSTEM. MY CAR WAS COVERED FOR A FREE REPAIR BECAUSE OTHER DODGE INTERPID OWNERS ARE HAVING A SIMILAR PROBLEM. THOUGH MY REPAIR OF MY MOTERIZED DRIVER SIDE SEAT IS FREE, I FEEL THAT THIS COULD BE A MAJOR SAFETY PROBLEM. MY CAR WAS NOT MOVING WHEN THE SEAT BACK BROKE. HAD I BEEN INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT OR STOPPING QUICKLY I MAY HAVE HAD A MAJOR PROBLEM. DAIMLER-CHRYSLER KNOWS ABOUT THE PROBLEM BECAUSE THEY ARE FIXING IT FOR FREE. I WAS TOLD THAT THIS WAS SEVERAL HUNDRED DOLLARS OF FREE REPAIRS PROVIDED BY DAIMLER-CHRYSLER. SOMEONE SHOULD LOOK INTO THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT BACK FAILURE PROBLEM IN DODGE INTREPIDS.*AK

I HAVE HAD A BINDING AND CLUCK IN MY STEERING. I AM CONCERNED, THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE.

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STALLS UNEXPECTEDLY WHICH MAY CAUSE A CRASH. ALSO DOME LIGHT COMES ON UNEXPECTEDLY. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

SEAT BACK SNAPPED ON RIGHT SIDE, DEALER SAYS FRAME IS BROKEN BUT IT'S NOT A MANUFACTURING DEFECT. BALONEY! SEAT BACK WOBBLES FROM SIDE TO SIDE AND IS VERY UNSTABLE. THEY WANT NEARLY $700 TO REPLACE. THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE TO ME. *AK

WHILE RIDING ALONG THE HIGHWAY HE SMELLED AND SAW SMOKE. AFTER OPENING THE HOOD, THERE WAS FIRE ON THE TOP OF THE ENGINE BLOCK.*AK

RIGHT SEATBACK SUPPORT BRACKET FOR DRIVERS BUCKET SEAT BROKE DUE TO FATIGUE CRACK. LEFT SEATBACK SUPPORT BRACKET CRACKED 1/4 INCH AT THIS TIME.