1995 DODGE INTREPID Complaints

CONSUMER HAD TAKEN VEHICLE FOR REPAIRS ABOUT FOUR TIMES FOR AIR CONDITIONING PROBLEMS. CONDENSOR/COIL AND EVAPORATER HAD BEEN REPLACED. CONSUMER WAS CONCERNED WITH THE NUMBER OF TIMES THAT REPAIRS WERE NEEDED. *AK

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLSION AT 50 MPH, AND THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

THE LOWER CONTROL ARM ATTACHING BRACKET FAILED PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE 99V-215. NLM

RECALL 99V215/ENGINE CRADLE; TOOL THAT IS NEEDED TO PERFORM RECALL REPAIRS IS NOT AVAILABLE. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER FREQUENTLY ABOUT THE RECALL. *AK RECALL 99V215 THE LOWER CONTROL ARM ATTACHING BRACKETS CAN CRACK DUE TO FATIGUE LAND SEPARATE FROM THE ENGINE CRADLE. *YH

CONSUMER HAD AN ACCIDENT AND HAD TO BE TOWED. CONSUMER BROUGHT TO DEALER A RECALL LETTER A WEEK LATER WHILE CAR WAS STILL BEING SERVICED. DEALER SAID THEY DIDN'T FIX OTHER DEALERS PROBLEMS, AND THAT THE SUSPENSION MECHANIC WAS NOT THERE. REPAIRS WERE FINALLY MADE AFTER NHTSA WAS CONTACTED. *AK *ML

RECALL 99V215000/ ENGINE CRADLE. CONTACTED DEALER (PERFORMANCE DODGE, 7609 SE 29TH STREET, MIDWEST CITY OK 405-7373700) ON APRIL 4, 2000. DEALER INDICATED THAT TOOLS TO PERFORM RECALL REPAIRS WERE ON NATIONAL BACK ORDER, AND WON'T BE AVAILABLE UNTIL ABOUT 3 - 4 MONTHS. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

AFTER STOPPING VEHICLE WOULD NOT SHIFT OUT OF LOW GEAR, AFTER STOPPING AND COOLING OFF THE VEHICLE BARELY HAS ANY REVERSE. BUT HAS FORWARD GEARS. *AK

SOMETIMES TRANSMISSION JUMPS BACK AND LOCKS IN 2ND GEAR AROUND 35MPH WHILE IN 3RD GEAR UNDER LIGHT PEDAL. ONLY WAY TO CURE IS STOP ENGINE, START AGAIN, THEN TRANS NORMAL FOR AWHILE. DOES NOT DOWNSHIFT TO 1ST WHEN LOCKED (LIMP MODE?). UNDER LIGHT TAKEOFF, SHIFT INTO 2ND SOMETIMES JERKS VIOLENTLY. OTHER TIMES TRANSMISSION MAKES ALL SHIFTS SMOOTHLY. TRANSMISSION IS TOTALLY UNPREDICTABLE

VEHICLE IS EQUIPT WITH 15" TIRES, WHEN CONSUMER CHECKED THE SPARE HE NOTICED THE THE SPARE WAS ONLY 14", CONSUMER FOUND OUT THE DOGDE DOES NOT MAKE 15" SPARES AND INSIST THE 14" SPARE IS SAFE. NLM

VEHICLE WIILL NOT GO FOWARD, BUT WILL GO IN REVERSE. ALSO, LOCKS INTO SECOND GEAR, AND WON'T GO ANY FASTER. *AK