2002 DODGE INTREPID Complaints

THE CONSUMERS VEHICLE WAS REAR ENDED BY ANOTHER VEHICLE AT WHICH TIME THE DRIVERS SEAT COLLAPSED. AS A RESULT THE DRIVER WAS INJURED. *NLM

MY VEHICLE WILL INTERMITTENTLY STALL. THE CAR CAN BE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND THE FRONT END WILL LOCK UP ON IT AS IF IT WERE BEING PUT IN PARK. THE ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON AND I TO HAVE PUT THE VEHICLE IN PARK AND THEN RESTART THE VEHICLE. RECENTLY I HAD A NEAR MISS ACCIDENT WHICH TWO INDIVIDUALS ALMOST HIT ME DUE TO THE CAR LOCKING UP. *JB

LOOSE GROUND WIRE TO BATTERY POSED ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. ALSO, ODOMETER TAMPERING. VEHICLE DIED WHILE DRIVING. ALSO, SUSPENSION/ STEERING PROBLEMS. DEALER REPLACED ALL FOUR BULBS ON HEADLAMPS AND HIGH/LOW BEAM DIMMER SWITCH ,AND CLEANED OUT ENGINE HOSES, PCV VALVE AND FUEL FILTER. *AK

THE SPEEDOMETER WAS GIVING A FALSE READING. EVERY 100 MILES THE VEHICLE ADDS 10 ADDITIONAL MILES. *JB

THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS, HORN AND THE INTERIOR/EXTERIOR LIGHTS MALFUNCTIONED. WHICH RESULTED IN THE VEHICLE SHUTTING OFF. *JB

THE DRIVER'S SEAT BELT HOUSING ATTACHMENT BLOCKED THE VIEW FROM THE WINDOW WHEN TRYING TO OVERCOME BLIND SPOT. THE BELT HOUSING ATTACHMENT TO THE VEHICLE'S FRAME WAS VERY WIDE. THE WINDOWS GLASS ALSO SEEMED DIFFICULT TO SEE THROUGH. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TOT HE DEALER AND WAS TRADED IN FOR ANOTHER VEHICLE. *JB *NLM

WE HAVE A 2002 DODGE INTREPID WITH THE POLICE PACKAGE. THE VEHICLE HAS 21,000 MILES AND WE HAVE REPLACED THE BRAKE ROTORS 4 TIMES. WE ARE A SECURITY FIRM AND THUS WE HAVE NEVER BEEN IN A HIGH SPEED CHASE AND ONLY DRIVE THE VEHICLE ON RESIDENTIAL STREETS. WE HAVE THREE OTHER DIFFERENT VEHICLES AND HAVE NOT HAD BRAKE PROBLEMS WITH THEM. IT WAS SUGGESTED BY THE DEALER THAT WE ARE MISUSING THE BRAKES. I HAVE TALKED WITH ANOTHER POLICE AGENCY IN THE AREA AND THEY HAVE ALSO HAD THE SAME PROBLEMS AS WE. I BELIEVE THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKES THAT COME WITH THE POLICE PACKAGE OPTION.

ONE OF THE BRAKE LINES WAS ASSEMBLED SUCH THAT IT RUBBED ON A STUD. THERE IS NOW A HOLE IN THE LINE AT THE POINT OF CONTACT. DIMS 11 IVOQ ENTRY POSTED AFTER 12/12/02 CUT-OVER TO ARTEMIS-------------770764.*AK *NLM

I PURCHASED A 2002 DODGE INTREPID BRAND NEW, THIS IS MY SECOND DAIMLERCHRYSLER VEHICLE THAT HAS NOT HELD UP WELL THAT I CONSIDER A LEMON. AT 26 MILES, THE ABS LIGHT CAME ON FOR A FEW SECONDS, THEN TURNED OFF, THERE WAS ALMOST NO BRAKING POWER. I HAD TO QUICKLY DOWNSHIFT INTO LOW GEAR TO SLOW DOWN THE CAR. THIS HAS HAPPEND SEVERAL TIMES. AT FIRST I THOUGHT IT MAY HAVE BEEN THINGS BREAKING IN. DODGE DEALERS JUST DELETED THE "INTERNAL CAB FAILURE FAULT CODE" AND DID NOTHING TO TRY AND FIX THIS. LATER THE STEERING BEGAN SQUEAKING DURING LOW SPEED MANUVERS. THEN I EXPERIENCED PLAY IN THE STEERING WHEEL. AT 2000 MILES THE VEHICLE WOULD WANDER AND WOULD ALMOST NEVER DRIVE STRAIGHT. AFTER 2 DEALERSHIP ALIGNMENTS AND 1 INDEPENDENT, THE STEERING WHEEL IS STILL OFF CENTER. 3 DIFFERENT OEM TIRES ROTATED TO FRONT COMPLETELY WORN ON OUTER EDGES, ABNORMAL TIRE WEAR AND FEATHERING. SUSPENSION SQUEAKS LOUDLY AT TIMES. AT ABOUT 500 MILES THE TRANSMISSION WOULD SOMETIMES SLAM INTO 3RD GEAR, SHIFT ROUGH IN LOWER GEARS, BUMP, HESITATE, STUMBLE. DODGE DEALERSHIP ALWAYS "COULD NOT DUPLICATE" THE PROBLEM. I ALMOST CRASHED WHEN DRIVING AND FRONT WHEEL HIT MODERATE PUDDLE WHEN VEHICLE WAS THROWN INTO ANOTHER LANE. I WAS TOLD BY THE SERVICE MANAGER "THOSE THINGS HAPPEN". I HAVE WRITTEN AND SPOKE TO DAIMLERCHRYSLER REPS MANY TIMES, THEY DENY THERE IS ANY PROBLEM. AT ABOUT 13,000 MILES THE ENGINE WOULD CLANK WHEN STARTING SOMETIMES (SOUNDS LIKE NOT FIRING UP PROPERLY). I HAVE NEVER HAD THESE PROBLEMS WITH ANY OTHER VEHICLE, EVEN FRONT WHEEL DRIVE AND DO NOT SEE HOW THEY CAN GET AWAY WITH THIS. THERE ARE MANY OTHERS EXPERIENCING SIMILAR PREMATURE PROBLEMS THAT SHOULD NOT BE OCCURING AS SUCH. I HAVE STARTED A WEBSITE AGAINST DAIMLERCHRYSLER [XXX] - EMAIL ADDRESS IS [XXX] - ADDRESS: [XXX]SAN LEANDRO, CA [XXX]. *AK PARTS OF THIS DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN REDACTED TO PROTECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).

SPHERICAL AND NON-SHERICAL VISUAL DEFORMITIES-WINDSHIELD CAUSES DISTRACTION/NAUSEA. *AK