1994 DODGE INTREPID Complaints

RECALL 99V215000; CONSUMER WAS IN REVERSE AND VEHICLE WAS MAKING A LOUD NOISE & STARTED SHAKING. CONSUMER FOUND OUT THAT IT WAS THE LOWER CONTROL ARM THAT BROKE WHICH SEPARATED FROM THE ENGINE & PULLED OUT THE TRANSAXLE. DEALER CLAIMED THAT CONSUMER HAD TO HIT SOMETHING. CONSUMER WILL BE TALKING WITH THE MANUFACTURER. CONSUMER ALSO, FOUND A RECALL ON THE VEHICLE FOR THE PROBLEM. *AK

UPON DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL TO MAKE A NORMAL STOP THERE IS HEAVY PULSATING DUE TO THE FRONT BRAKE ROTORS WHICH WEAR EXCESSIVELY. ALSO, SIX SET OF ROTORS HAS BEEN REPLACED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

REAR TRAILING ARM BOLT SHEARED OFF, CAUSING THE REAR SUSPENSION TO DROP WHICH MAY HAVE CAUSED A LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL AND A CRASH. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

94V024000/ ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING: HARNESS. WHILE TRAVELING AT 20 MPH INSTRUMENT PANEL WAS NOT OPERATING FOR A MOMENT. WHEN THE GAUGES COMMENCED TO OPERATE, VEHICLE STARTED TO SURGE FORWARD AND ALMOST STALLED. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK

WHEN CONSUMER APPLIED BRAKES THERE WAS AIR INSIDE OF THE PEDAL. PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE FLOOR, AND VEHICLE VIBRATED. *AK

THE TIE ROD ATTACHING BOLT FAILED ON THE LEFT TIE ROD AT ITS MOUNT POINT ON THE RACK AND PINION UNIT. *AK

WHEN TURNING ON THE ENGINE ALL LIGHTS WILL COME ON, AND ENGINE WILL START SHAKING. THERE WAS NO SIGN OF WHAT COULD BE CAUSING THIS PROBLEM. *AK

CALLED ORIGINAL DEALER (DOWNER MOTOR CO. 10 WEST FRONT ST., ELMER, NJ 08318) - HE SAID MY CAR WAS ALREADY IN FOR FUEL INJECTION LEAK PROBLEMS AND ALREADY REPAIRED UNDER RECALL. (FOR PREVIOUS OWNER) HE SAID CAN NOT BE REPAIRED AGAIN EVEN THOUGH IT IS THE SAME RECALL PROBLEM. RECALL #790 (98V184000) FUEL RAIL O-RINGS AND REINFORCEMENTS. *AK

LOST POWER TO INSTRUMENT CLUSTER, NO TACH SPEED OR ANY OTHER GAUGES, AIR BAG LIGHT WOULD STAY ON. TRANSMISSION STAYS IN SECOUND GEAR. KICK IN AND OU WITH INTERMINTENT POWER TO INSTRUMENT CLUSTER, POWER DOOR LOCK THEN FAILED, ULD REMAIN DEALER FOUND FAILED/GROUND IN WIRING HARNESS. *AK

IN JANUARY, MY 6-YEAR-OLD INTREPID (WITH ONLY 26,000 MILES) BEGAN LURCHING WHEN I BRAKED. THE DEALER INITIALLY THOUGHT IT WAS THE BRAKES, BUT THEN SAID IT WAS WORN SEALS AND GASKETS IN THE TRANSMISSION. I WAS TOLD THE WORK WOULD COST $1400. WHEN I COMPLAINED, THE WORK WAS DONE FOR $700 BECAUSE OF THE LOW MILEAGE. I THEN RECEIVED THE TRANSMISSION RECALL NOTICE, BUT WAS TOLD THAT THIS WAS FOR DIFFERENT WORK. WHEN I HAD THE CAR IN TODAY AND THE TIRES WERE ROTATED, I WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS A SAFETY PROBLEM WITH THE STEERING - THAT PARTS WERE CRACKED AND WORN AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. THIS WOULD COST $600. I HAD A NEWSPAPER CLIPPING FROM NOV. 1999 THAT DESCRIBED STEERING PROBLEMS IN MY MODEL CAR AND THE NHTSA INVESTIGATION. WHEN I READ IT TO THE SERVICE ADVISOR, HE SAID THAT WAS THE PROBLEM. I ASKED WHY I HAD TO PAY FOR A REPAIR WHEN CHRYSLER KNEW THERE WAS A SAFETY ISSUE, AND HE SAID I HAD TO BE CHARGED UNTIL THERE ACTUALLY WAS A RECALL NOTICE. I DO NOT BLAME THE DEALER, BUT THIS IS GROSSLY UNFAIR AND IRRESPONSIBLE ON THE PART OF CHRYSLER. I NOW WILL HAVE SPENT MORE THAN $1200 ON SAFETY REPAIRS ON A CAR THAT HAS BEEN DRIVEN VERY FEW MILES. THIS IS MY FIRST AND LAST CHRYSLER. PLEASE DO THE STEERING RECALL SOON SO I CAN GET MY MONEY BACK. THANKS. *AK