1995 DODGE INTREPID Complaints

THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT A FUEL PROBLEM WAS THE CAUSE.*JB

THE TIE ROD BROKE, WHICH CAUSED THE STEERING WHEEL TO ONLY GO IN ONE DIRECTION.*JB

I WAS DRIVING ALONG WITH MY FAMILY, IN MEDIUM TRAFFIC FLOW, WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN WITHOUT WARNING, THE TRANSMISSION DROPPED INTO 2ND GEAR, AND WOULD NOT SHIFT OUT OF 2ND GEAR. SCC ***DIMSII IVOQ ENTRY POSTED AFTER 12/12/02 CUT-OVER TO ARTEMIS****770802****

IN 1998 A RECALL WAS ISSUED FOR THE FUEL RAIL AND O-RINGS WHICH WE HAD REPLACED AFTER THE RECALL WAS ISSUED. THE SAME SYMPTOMS OF FUEL SMELL ARE AGAIN ENTERING THE INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE AT VARIOUS TIMES WHICH LEADS ME TO BELIEVE THE REPLACED RECALL PARTS IS FAILING AGAIN. DT

CONSUMER STATES HAD VEHICLE CHECKED BY DLR DUE TO SMELLING GAS FUMES. DLR DETERMINED THAT FUEL IS LEAKING FROM LOWER INTAKE MANIFOLD AND THE FUEL INJECTOR O-RINGS. TS

MFR# 790 & NHTSA# 860/433--5888: FUEL LEAKAGE: CONSUMER PROBLEMS WITH FUEL LEAKAGE. VEHICLE AT THE DEALER. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *MR

FUEL LINE CORRODED THROUGH NEAR ENGINE. ACCORDING TO DEALER THIS FAILURE IS UNREASONABLE ON VEHICLES OF THIS AGE AS THE PART SUPPOSED TO BE CORROSION RESISTANT. VEHICLE POSED GREAT FIRE HAZARD AS THE LEAK DEVELOPED RIGHT BY THE ENGINE. OTHER FUEL LINE ALSO SHOWS SIGNS OF CORROSION ALTHOUGH IT HAS NOT LEAKED. CHANCE OF PART FAILURE IS IMPOSSIBLE TO PREDICT AND FAILURE OCCURS AT ANY SPEED OR WITHOUT THE VEHICLE BEING USED. FUEL LINES ARE EXPENSIVE PARTS AND REPLACEMENT IS LABOR INTENSIVE. OWNER'S COST IN THIS CASE WAS $614. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN CONTACTED WITH A COPY OF THE REPAIR INVOICE FROM DEALER. TS

THE VEHICLE WAS RECALLED FOR FAULTY O-RING AND WERE REPLACED UNDER RECALL 98V-184. AFTER REPAIR THE CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO PERSONAL MECHANIC FOR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE WHERE THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED A FUEL LEAK FROM THE O-RING SEALS. THE CONSUMER FEELS THE RECALL WORK WAS EITHER NOT DONE OR THE O-RING WERE REPLACED WITH THE SAME RECALLED O-RINGS. *MR *NLM

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE TIE THAT HOOKS TO RACK AND PINION KEEPS COMING LOOSE. THIS IS CAUSING THE STEERING WHEEL TO BE INOPERATIVE. NLM *SCC

TIRE HAD MAJOR TREAD SEPARATION, I HAD READ ABOUT THIS PROBLEM IN THE LOCAL NEWSPAPER, BUT ASSUME NO ACTION WAS TAKEN. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION AND COULD HAVE LEAD TO A BAD ACCIDENT HAD IT NOT BEEN DESCOVERED IN TIME