1994 DODGE INTREPID Complaints

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED OR COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP, ENGINE WILL SHUT OFF WITHOUT WARNING. IT WILL START RIGHT BACK UP MOST OF THE TIME. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

CONSUMER WAS GOING 55MPH AND CAR STOPPED ACCELERATING LIKE IT WAS IN NEUTRAL, AND STARTED SHAKING FROM THE FRONT END. DEALER WILL BE NOTIFIED. *AK

WHEN CONSUMER TOUCHES THE DOOR HANDLE TO GET OUT OF VEHICLE, IT SHOCKS HER. CONSUMER IS NOTIFYING THE DEALER. *AK

THIS CAR WHICH HAS SUFFERED FROM REPEATED PROBLEMS, SUDDENLY BEGAN SOUNDING THE HORN AND THE INTERIOR LIGHT CAME ON. DRIVER PULLED OVER AND GOT OUT TO DISCONNECT HORN AND VEHICLE BURST INTO FALMES. WITHIN SIXTY SECONDS OF HORN SOUNDING, CAR WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES. I DON'T HAVE THE VIN # ANYMORE AS THERE IS NOTHING LEFT OF THIS CAR BUT TWO TIRES AND A LICENSE PLATE. MY DAUGHTER RIDES STRAPPED IN A CAR SEAT EVERY DAY WITH ME. HAD SHE BEEN IN THERE I WOULD NOT AHVE HAD TIME TO GET HER OUT AND SHE WOULD BE DEAD. THREEE WEEKS AGO A NEIGHBORS 1995 DODGE INTREPID DID THE SAME THING FOW A FEW WEEKS AND THEN SUDDENLY ERUPTRED IN FLAMES. CHRYSLER REALLY NEEDS TO BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS. I HAVE BEEN SEARCHING THE INTERNET AND IT IS APPARENTLY QUITE COMMON FOR THIS TO HAPPEN! PLEASE HELP! *AK

AIRBAG DELAY IN DEPLOYMENT APROX 5 MINS. ABS SYSTEM FAILED, AND ALL TIRES LOCKED UP. *AK

THE ENGINE BLOCK WAS CHIPPED IN THE BACK ON THE LEFT SIDE WHERE THE CYLINDER HEAD MEETS THE ENGINE BLOCK. THIS RESULTED IN ANTIFREEZE POURING OUT THE BACK OF THE ENGINE. *AK

THIS CAR HAD GIVEN ME NO TROUBLE ON THE DAY OF THE FIRE OR PRIOR TO THE FIRE. THE CAR WAS PERFORMING PERFECTLY. I WAS ON MY WAY HOME FROM WORK AND HAD STOPPED AT A STOP LIGHT AND SAW A "WHISP" OF SMOKE. WHEN THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN, I BEGAN TO PROCEED THROUGH THE INTERSECTION AND THE "WHISP" BECAME QUITE LARGE. I IMMEDIATLY PULLED OFF THE ROAD AND THE ENGINE AREA WAS SMOKING HORRIBLY. WITHIN SECONDS, FIRE ENGULFED THE ENGINE AREA. THE CAR HAS BEEN TOTALLED BY MY INSURANCE COMPANY. THE FIRE REPORT STATES THE FIRE WAS ELECTRICAL. THE CAR WAS PERFORMING CORRECTLY PRIOR TO THE FIRE. I HAD NO WARNING OR INDICATION THE CAR WAS ON FIRE UNTIL I SAW THE SMOKE. NO WARNING OR INDICATOR LIGHTS CAME ON. I APPREICATE ANY HELP YOU CAN GIVE TO ME WITH THE ISSUE. THANK YOU. *AK

DRIVER'S POWER SEAT CRACKED IN TWO:THE SEAT BACK CRACKED AWAY FROM THE SEAT BACK CAUSING THE SEAT TO LURCH BACKWARD. AT THIS POINT THERE WAS NO SUPPORT ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE DRIVERS SEAT. THE MOTION CAUSED ME TO VERE TO THE RIGHT - ALMOST HITTING ANOTHER CAR. THE CAR IS NOW ALMOST UNDRIVABLE DUE TO THE LACK OF SUPPORT THE SEAT IS SUPPOSTED TO DO. WHEN THE SEAT LURCHED BACKWARD, I PULLED MY LOWER BACK IN AN ATTEMPT TO STAY IN AN UPRIGHT POSITION. NOW I KNOW THAT CHRYSLER-DAIMLER DOES NOT CARE ABOUT ME OR MY CAR BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN IN TO THE DEALER WHO WANTS NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS MANUFACTURERS DEFECT. THE DEALER AND THE CUSTOMER ARBITRATION BOARD AT CHRYSLER BOTH WANT NOTHING TO DO WITH ME. I POLITELY ASKED THEM WHY THIS WILL NOT BE REPAIRED FOR FREE AND THE RESPONSE WAS - PAY @$650.00 OR DO NOT BOTHER US WITH THIS PROBLEM. I PAID FOR THE ESTIMATE AND LEFT VERY UNHAPPY. CURRENT MILEAGE AT ESTIMATE 68699 AND DATE OF ESTIMATE 1/3/00. PLEASE RESPOND TO THIS DEFECT REQUEST - IT WOULD BE MUCH APPRECIATED. MANY OTHERS SEEM TO HAVE THIS SAME PROBLEM WITH THE 94 INTREPID. ALSO. IT IS FUNNY THAT ALL THE SALVAGE YARDS HERE IN TUCSON EITHER ARE MISSING THE POWER FRONT SEAT OR THE ONE'S THAT ARE STILL IN THE CAR ARE ALLREADY CRACKED OR BROKEN THROUGHT AT THE SEATBACK SUPPORT AT THE TRACK RAIL. HELP ME IF YOU CAN, BUT PLEASE REPOND TO THIS. *AK

WHEN DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD THE CAR STALLS, REPORTED TO THE DEALER THRREE TIMES . PLEASE DESCRIBE .*AK

VEHICLE WILL STALL WHILE IDLING OR WHILE DRIVING WITHOUT WARNING, ALL POWER IS LOST, SOMETIMES VEHICLE WILL START IMMEDIATELY AND SOMETIMES IT HAS TO BE LEFT SIT FOR A FEW MINUTES BEFORE RESTARTING, DEALER REPAIRED POWER TRAIN CONTROL MODULE WHICH DID NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM, DEALER COULD NOT REMEDY PROBLEM. *SLC