1999 DODGE INTREPID Complaints

WHEN ATTEMPTING TO CHANGE TIRE ON THE RIGHT FRONT WITH THE JACK, THE JACK COLLAPSED, FAILING HITTING THE GROUND DAMAGING THE FRONT RIGHT ROTOR, ETC. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE ENGINE SEIZED UP WHILE DRIVING. VEHICLE WAS CHECKED BY DLR WHO ADVISED THAT THE OIL PUMP FAILED TO PROVIDE PROPER OIL LUBRICANT TO THE ENGINE, CAUSING IT TO SEIZE. NLM

MY TRANSMISSION BEGAN MAKING MY CAR DRIVE ERRATIC. AS WITH OTHER OWNERS OF THIS SAME VEHICLE, WHILE DRIVING NORMALLY IT ALL OF A SUDDEN BEGAN JERKING ABRUPTLY AND THEN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. THE CAR WOULD NO LONGER GO ABOVE 50MPH AS THE TRANSMISSION COULD NOT SHIFT INTO HIGHER GEARS. IF I WAS ON THE FREEWAY THIS COULD HAVE BEEN VERY DANGEROUS. I'VE HAD THE TRANSMISSION SOLENOID PACK REPLACED, THE SPEED SENSOR REPLACED PREVIOUSLY, AND NOW I'M BEING TOLD IT IS THE SPEED SENSOR AGAIN. THIS IS PROBABLY THE WORST EXPERIENCE I HAVE EVER HAD WITH A NEWER VEHICLE AND I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER CHRYSLER PRODUCT AGAIN.*AK

THE SEAT BELT BUCKLE ISSUE WE MENTIONED TO THE DEALERSHIP WHEN WE HAD THE CAR IN TO REPAIR THE OUTPUT SPEED SENSOR. EVEN THOUGH WE DISCOVERED THERE IS A RECALL ON SEAT BELTS FOR THE VERY PROBLEM WE HAVE HAD WITH THE SEAT BUCKLES COMING LOOSE THAT HOLD OUR CHILD SEATS IN, THE DEALERSHIP TOLD US THAT THEY WOULD NOT REPAIR OURS. THE OUTPUT SPEED SENSOR ISSUE ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT AS IT INSTANTLY DOWNSHIFTED THE CAR TO 2ND GEAR. IT CAUSED A TERRIBLE JOLT TO US AND WE WERE ALMOST REAR ENDED...TAILLIGHTS DIDN'T FLASH TO WARN OTHER CARS. AIR CONDITIONER ISSUE, WELL, THAT JUST NEVER WORKED PROPERLY. THE TEMPERATURE SELECTOR OFTEN DOESN'T CHANGE THE TEMPERATURE. COLD COMES OUT LUKE WARM.*AK

I PURCHASED MY 1999 DODGE INTREPID W/28,840 MILES. FROM THERE IT HAD UNREASONABLY BEEN A LEMON AND INTO THE "FIVE STAR" CHRYSLER DEALER AT LEAST 8 TIMES. THE VEHICLE HAD PERSISTANT STEERING ISSUES AND ABNORMALITIES, WANDERING, PLAY, ABNORMAL CHANGE IN SENSITIVITY WHILE DRIVING, NOISE, TIRE WEAR. DEALER COULD NEVER "DUPLICATE THE PROBLEMS'. THE ENGINE BLEW UP AT 33,000 MILES, HAD TO HAVE REPLACED. TRANSMISSION FAILED SHORTLY AFTER, HAD TO BE REBUILT. INPUT/OUTPUT SPEED SENSORS FAILED TWICE. ABS ALLOWED BRAKES TO LOCK UP TWICE. TCM AND PCM NEEDED UPDATING DUE TO FLAWED PREVIOUS REVISIONS. POWER WINDOW FAILED, FRONT BUMPER, GRILL PAINT WEARING. OBVIOUSLY THIS VEHICLE WAS A LEMON. THE VEHICLE WAS FINALLY WRECKED AFTER SUDDEN POOR STEERING CONTROL AFTER TRYING TO GET THE DEALER TO DO SOMETHING MANY TIMES. DAIMLERCHRYSLER DENIES ANY MANUFACTURING RESPONSIBILITY. I 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] 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).

VEHICLE STALLED AT 30 MPH. PRIOR TO THIS, THERE WAS A TICKING NOISE COMING FROM ENGINE FOR A PERIOD OF 4 WEEKS. DEALER DETERMINED THAT ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO OIL SLUDGE. OIL HAD TURNED TO HARD SLUDGE THAT HAD TO BE HAMMERED OFF THE ENGINE.*AK

CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE REGARDING THE FRONT SEAT BELT RETRACTOR. WHEN CALLING THE MANAGER AT THE LOCAL DEALER, IT WAS TOLD TO CONSUMER THE PARTS NEEDED TO BE ORDERED OR LOOKED INTO. NO ONE FOLLOWED UP AND CONSUMER AGAIN CALLED INQUIRING ABOUT THE RECALL. TO DATE THE MANAGER HAS NOT GOTTEN BACK TO CONSUMER. *JG

VEHICLE LOST STEERING WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED OF 55 MPH. VEHICLE TAKEN TO THE DEALER, AND THEY INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THE RACK AND PINION STEERING WAS BROKEN. *AK CONSUMER STATED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL STICKS HALFWAY WHILE TURNING RIGHT. *YH

UNABLE TO PULL DRIVER SIDE POWER WINDOW. IT WILL NOT GO BACK, AND PASSENGER'S SIDE WINDOW WILL NOT GO DOWN.*AK

CONSUMER WAS PREPARING TO BACK OUT OF PARKING LOT AND DRIVER'S SEAT COLLAPSED BACKWARDS. VEHICLE THEN HIT A BUS. VEHICLE CHECKED BY DEALER,WHO ADVISED CONSUMER THAT BOLTS AND SCREWS WERE CRACKED AND BROKEN.*AK