1999 DODGE INTREPID Complaints

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND TRANSMISSION LOCKED INTO 2ND GEAR. NO SPEED DISPLAYED ON SPEEDOMETER.*AK

CAR WAS 4 MONTHS OLD - DRIVING DOWN I-70 AND HAD A BLOWOUT. THE TIRE SPLIT CLEAN IN TO. WAS TOLD THAT I MUST OF HIT A POT HOLE. ON 9/13/99 I HAD TAKEN THE CAR INTO THE DEALERSHIP AND TOLD THEM THE TIRE WAS LOSING AIR. THEY SAID THEY COULDN'T FIND A PROBLEM, AIRED UP THE TIRE AND I LEFT. LITTLE OVER A MONTH LATER I HAD A BLOW OUT. I DID NOT HIT A POT HOLE. THE TIRE WAS DEFECTIVE. I HAD TO REPLACE THE TIRE WITH MY OWN MONEY.*AK (TIRESIZE: P205/70R15)

I HAD A LOST OF STEERING "FREEPLAY" FROM LEFT TO RIGHT. I ALSO HAD LOOSE SOUND IN FRONT END? AT LOW SPEEDS OVER LITTLE BUMPS.I HAD THE DEALER LOOK AT IT THEY QUOTED ME $1500. TO REPLACE GEARBOX. SERVICE REP. CALLED ME LATER TO REPLACE IT ALL FOR $500.00. HE SAID THIS WAS A GOODWILL SERVICE. THEY CHANGE THE PART OUT WITH A REDESIGNED PART. I JUST WANT TO KNOW IF ANYONE ELSE HAS HAD THIS SAFETY PROBLEM. COULD THIS BE A RECALL ITEM? THANK YOU. *AK

VEHICLE WAS AT STAND STILL AND READY TO PULL OFF. THEN, VEHICLE PULLED OFF IN 2ND GEAR, FEELING VERY SLUGGISH. CONSUMER PULLED OVER/ TURNED IT OFF, AND PUT IT IN AUTOMATIC TO SEE WHAT GEARS WERE ACTIVATING. AFTER A HALF HOUR ALL GEARS, BUT 4TH GEAR, WERE OPERATING. DEALER HAS GOTTEN A CHANCE TO COMPLETE INSPECTION ANDTO GIVE AN EXPLANATION.*AK

PLEASE SEE THE LETTER WE HAVE SENT TO THE MANUFACTURER: JUNE 18, 2000. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED. *AK

CONSUMER PULLED IN DRIVEWAY AND COULDNOT STOP CAR. CAR ACCELERATED OUT OF YARD WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. CONSUMER HAD TO TURN KEY OFF TO STOP CAR. *AK

WHILE DRIVING EXCESSIVE MOVEMENTS OCCUR WITHIN STEERING WHEEL AND COLUMN. ALSO, AFTER VEHICLE IS PARKED STEERING WHEEL DOES NOT LOCK UP. *AK WITHIN FIRST 2 MONTHS OF OWNERSHIP, ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. EVERY HOSE AND WIRE UNDER THE HOOD HAD TAPE ON THEM, DEALER STATED THAT EVERY VEHICLE CAME FROM THE MANUFACTURER LIKE THAT. CONSUMER QUESTIONED WHY THE STEERING WHEEL PANEL WOULD NOT SNAP OR STAY IN PLACE, DEALER COULD NOT ANSWER THAT QUESTION. *SLC

WHILE TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH WAS A LIGHT "TICKING" NOISE COMING FROM FRONT OF VEHICLE. NOISE STARTED INCREASING IN VOLUME, AND CONSUMER PARKED VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP HAS EXAMINED VEHICLE, AND DETERMINED THAT OIL WAS LEAKING FROM HEAD GASKET AND OIL PAN WHICH CAUSED HEAD GASKET TO BLOW. CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT ENGINE CAME OUT OF FACTORY WITH THIS PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK

WHILE MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN AT 5 MPH CONSUMER WAS NOT ABLE TO STRAIGHTEN OUT VEHICLE AFTER TURNING, VEHICLE KEPT GOING TO LEFT. MECHANIC FOUND STEERING RACK AND PINION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS I'VE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. THE FIRST TIME I WAS DRIVING WITH MY BROTHER AND COUSIN WHEN THE CAR JUST STARTED TO SHAKE AND JUST STALLED OUT I HAD KNOW STEERING, OR BRAKES. IT WAS A VERY SCARY SITUATION. THE NEXT TIME I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK IT WAS ONLY ABOUT 4 MONTHS FROM THE FIRST TIME THIS HAPPENED WHEN I WAS MAKING A TURN AND THE CAR HAD NO STEERIN OR BRAKES I THANK GOD THERE WERE NO CARS OR SOMEONE COULD HAVE GOTTEN HURT . I HAD TO DRIVE THE CAR INTO A BUSH TO STOP IT. THIS TIME I WAS LEAVING THE DRIVE THRU AND THE CAR FAIL ME ONCE AGAIN. NO BRAKES ,STEERING OR EVEN THE GAS PEDAL WORKED. PLEASE HELP ME I DON'T HAVE THE FUNDS TO REPAIR THE CAR, PERSONNALLY I DON.T WANT THIS CAR I'M SO AFRAID OF DRIVING IT. I AFRAID FOR MYSELF AND THE OTHER PEOPLE ON THE ROAD. DOES SOMEONE NEED TO GET HURT BEFORE SOMEONE JUST TAKES THIS CAR AND DUMB IT. LIKE I SAID I'M VERY AFRAID TO DRIVE THIS CAR BECAUSE THE PROBLEM KEEPS COMING BACK . WHETHER IF MY YOUNGER BROTHER,, OR MOTHER WAS DRIVING THE CAR I DID NOT EXPERIENCE THE PROBLEM AS I HAVE IN THE PAST SOMETHING SERIOULY COULD OF HAPPENED TO THEM. WHAT WOULD THE COMPANY HAVE DONE THEN. SO PLEASE HELP ME. THANK YOU IN ADVANCE JOE SUAREZ. *AK