1999 DODGE INTREPID Complaints

TRANSMISSION SENSOR LIGHT ILLUMINATED. SPEEDOMETER STAYS AT ZERO. CAUSE IS UNKNOWN. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

I WAS TRAVELING HOME FROM WORK AT 60 MPH, WHEN THE BACK OF MY SEAT COLLAPSED AND I LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE MOMENTARILLY. UPON EXAMINING THE SEAT AT HOME I FOUND THE BOLT WHICH HOLDS THE SEAT UPRIGHT HAD SHEARED OFF. THE BOLT APPEARS TO BE A COMPOSITE MATERIAL AND NOT A STRONG METAL. NO WAY THIS SHOULD HAVE FAILED. I SEE TWO MORE REPORTED CASES, WHICH LEADS ME TO BELIEVE THERE ARE HUNDREDS MORE OUT THERE, BUT ARE BEING REPAIRED UNDER WARRANTY AND NOT BEING REPORTED.*AK

WHEN LOCKING DOORS THERE'S A LOUD DISTRACTING NOISE THAT COULD POSSIBLY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

I DROVE MY CAR TO WORK WITHOUT INCIDENT. CAR WAS PARKED AT WORK OVERNIGHT. LEFT WORK THE NEXT MORNING, WHILE ACCELERATING UP TO SPEED I NOTICED THAT THE CAR WAS JERKING HARD AS IT SHIFTED THROUGH THE GEARS (AUTOMATIC). BEFORE I GOT HOME (3 MILES FROM WORK) THE ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON. WHEN I ARRIVED AT HOME I CYCLED THE SHIFTER FROM PARK TO DRIVE (WHILE CAR WAS PARKED IN GARAGE). WHILE DOING THIS THE TRANSMISSION WOULD HESITATE AND THEN SHIFT VERY HARD INTO DRIVE WHICH MADE THE CAR LURCH FORWARD (PARK AND FOOT BRAKE WERE APPLIED). I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP WHERE THEY REPLACED THE INPUT SPEED SENSOR, THIS WAS COVERED UNDER THE ORIGINAL MANUFACTURER'S WARRANTY, NO COST TO ME. THE NEXT INCIDENT OCCURRED IN A SIMILAR FASHION, THE CAR WAS PARKED AT WORK. WHEN I LEFT THE NEXT MORNING I NOTICED THAT THE SPEEDOMETER WAS NOT WORKING (INDICATED "0" EVEN THOUGH THE CAR WAS MOVING). THE SHIFT SELECTOR ON THE DASH WAS IN [2] EVEN THOUGH I HAD THE SHIFTER IN THE AUTO-STICK MODE WHICH SHOULD START OUT IN [1]. I TOOK THE SHIFTER OUT OF AUTOSTICK AND PLACED IT IN AUTO-SHIFT, THE ACCELERATION WAS VERY SLUGGISH, IT WAS OBVIOUS THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS STUCK IN [2]. AS I WAS DRIVING HOME THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. WHILE PARKED IN THE GARAGE I CYCLED THE SHIFTER FROM PARK TO DRIVE, ONCE AGAIN THE TRANSMISSION HESITATED, THEN SHIFTED VERY HARD INTO DRIVE, CAUSING THE CAR TO LURCH FORWARD. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP WHERE THEY REPLACED THE OUTPUT SPEED SENSOR. THE ORIGINAL MANUFACTURES WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED, I BOUGHT AN EXTENDED WARRANTY WHICH COVERED THE REPAIR MINUS MY $100.00 DEDUCTIBLE. I HAVE READ NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS THROUGH YOUR WEBSITE FROM OTHER OWNERS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM, IT DOESN'T TAKE A ROCKET SCIENTIST TO REALIZE THAT THEIR IS A REAL "SAFETY" ISSUE HERE. WHEN IS YOUR DEPARTMENT GOING TO INFORM THE MANUFACTURER THAT THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE? MAYBE AFTER SOMEONE IS "KILLED!!"*AK

THERE WAS RATTLING IN FRONT END AND STEERING FELT LOOSE. DEALER DETERMINED GEAR BOX NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.*AK

BOTH SPEED CONTROL MODULES AND TCM HAVE FAILED IN THE LAST 2 MONTHS; LOCKING ME INTO GEAR AND CAUSING ENGINE TO STALL IN INTERSECTIONS BOTH TIMES. *AK

STEERING: I STARTED TO FEEL A SLIGHT BINDING IN THE STEERING WHEN TRYING TO RETURN WHEEL TO CENTER FROM A TURN. IT GOT PROGRESSIVELY WORSE TO THE POINT WHERE I OCCASIONALLY HAD TO "WRESTLE" THE STEERING WHEEL BACK TO CENTER POSITION. IT ALSO FEELS LOOSE, SUSPENSION RATTLES AND I'VE GOT 4 INCHES OF PLAY AT CENTER. TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND WAS INFORMED IT WOULD COST $1200 TO FIX. SERVICE REP TRIED TO EXPLAIN THAT THIS WAS PRETTY COMMON NOWADAYS WITH THE SEALED RACKS AND NOT JUST DODGE. I'VE NEVER EXPERIENCED THIS TYPE OF FAILURE IN ALL OF THE YEARS I'VE OWNED CARS AND THINK THIS IS JUST A POOR DESIGN THAT DODGE IS KEEPING MUM ABOUT. THE VEHICLE IS ONLY 3 YEARS OLD WITH MOSTLY HIGHWAY DRIVING. I'M PURCHASING A USED RACK FROM A SALVAGE YARD AND HAVING DODGE INSTALL IT FOR $380 AND THEN I'M SELLING IT. THIS CAR IS QUICKLY FALLING APART. AIR CONDITIONING: STARTED HEARING A HISSING TYPE SOUND FROM BEHIND THE DASH. SOON AFTER A/C DID NOT BLOW COLD AIR. CONTROL MODULE DISPLAY ALSO STOPPED WORKING. DODGE SAID IN ORDER TO FIX THE A/C THEY HAD TO REPAIR THE MODULE. COST: ABOUT $600. I BOUGH A MODULE FROM A SALVAGE YARD AND DID IT MYSELF, SAVED $500. THEN DODGE RECHARGED THE SYSTEM ONLY TO HAVE IT LEAK OUT OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. BROUGHT IT BACK TO DODGE WHERE THEY FOUND A CRACK IN THE EVAPORATOR. REPLACEMENT COST: $500. POWER WINDOW MOTOR: RIGHT FRONT POWER WINDOW STARTED FAILING INTERMITTENTLY, THEN STOPPED WORKING ALTOGETHER. DEALER SAID THAT THE WINDOW SOMETIMES GETS STUCK IN THE TIGHT WEATHERSTRIPPING DUE TO DIRT AND GRIME ON THE WINDOW AND I SIMPLY NEED TO COAX IT BY MY PALM PRESSING DOWN ON IT WHILE ACTUATING THE BUTTON. WHAT A BUNCH OF @*$%! REAR RIGHT WINDOW MOTOR WAS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY, THIS MUST BE A COMMON PROBLEM. DEALER WANTS $200+ TO REPAIR. WHAT A RACKET! I'VE NEVER HAD SO MANY MAJOR REPAIRS ON A RELATIVELY NEW CAR IN MY LIFE, AND DON'T PLAN TO EVER AGAIN IF DODGE KNOWS WHAT I MEAN!!*AK

INTERMITTENTLY GEAR SHIFT WOULD HAVE TO BE SHIFTED BACK AND FOURTH TO GET VEHICLE TO START. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE BOTH NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED OF 60 MPH VEHICLE LOSS ACCELERATION, COULD NOT EXCEED 30 MPH. VEHICLE TAKEN TO A REPAIRS SHOP, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT TRANSMISSIOM HAD LOST ALL GEARS EXCEPT 1ST GEAR. MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

WHILE DRIVING STEERING LOCKED UP, WAS UNABLE TO STEER VEHICLE. CONTACTED DEALER. RACK AND PINION STEERING WENT OUT.*AK