1999 DODGE INTREPID Complaints

TRANSMISSION WAS LEAKING FLUID FROM UNDERNEATH VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO REPORT. *AK THE ENGINE WAS LEAKING OIL AND WAS REPAIRED. THE CONSUMER SAYS THE STEERING WHEEL WAS MAKING NOISE WHEN MAKING A RIGHT TURN, BUT THE DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *YH

THE THERMOSTAT HOUSING IS PLASTIC AND HAS A BRASS TUBE RUNNING THROUGH IT WHICH LEAKS ANTIFREEZE, THE PART HAS BEEN REDESIGNED BUT CHRYSLER REFUSES TO FIX CONSUMERS VEHICLE BECAUSE THE VEHICLE IS NO LONGER COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. NLM

WHEN PUTTING VEHICLE INTO REVERSE OR DRIVE VEHICLE WILL NOT MOVE UNLESS DRIVER WIGGLES GEAR SHIFT. THEN VEHICLE WILL TAKE OFF IN REVERSE OR DRIVE ALL OF A SUDDEN. DEALER HAS SEEN SEVERAL TIMES, AND COULDN'T DUPLICATE PROBLEM.*AK THE CONSUMER EXPERIENCES THE GEAR SHIFT MALFUNCTIONING ALL THE TIME AND FIND IT A SAFETY HAZARD BUT THE DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM AND COULD NOT FIX IT. *YH

NOISE OR VIBRATION FROM THE PASSENGER SIDE EXTERIOR BY THE SIDE MIRROR WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. *AK

I WAS TRAVELING ON I-95 WITH MY CHILD WHEN THE DRIVERS SEAT BACK SUDDENLY MADE A LOUD POP AND FELL BACKWARDS. I FELL BACKWARDS TOWARDS THE BACK SEAT RESULTING IN MY LOOSING MY GRIP ON THE WHEEL, GAS, BRAKES, AND THUS LOOSING CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. I WAS IN THE EXTREM LEFT HAND LANE OF I-95 TRAVELING SOUTH. THE VEHICLE WENT OFF INTO THE MEDIAN AT 70MPH, I PULLED MYELF UP AND FOUGHT TO REGAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. I WAS ABLE TO REGAIN CONTROL WITHOUT INCIDENT, PULLED OVER TO THE EMERGENCY LANE AND FOUND THE LINKAGE TO THE SEAT BACK BROKEN. I GOT OFF THE JUPITER FLORIDA EXIT WENT TO THE DODGE DEALER WHERE I WAS TOLD THY DID NOT HAVE TIME TO LOOK AT IT. I ASKED IF I COULD LEAVE THE VEHICLE AND HAVE A LOANER AS MY VEHICLE HAS EXTENDED WARRENTY AND WAS INFORMED THEY DID NOT DO THAT. I ASKED IF THE COULD AT LEAST SEE IF THERE WAS SOMETHING THEY COULD EASILY REPAIR AND WAS TOLD NO, I WOULD HAVE TO BRING THE VEHICLE BACK AFTER AN APPOINTMENT. I THEN HAD TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE 30 MILES BACK HOME WITH THE BACK OF THE SEAT LYING IN THE REAR SEAT. *AK

WHEN DRIVING THROUGH SLUSH OR SNOW VEHICLE VIBRATED BADLY. TAKEN TO DEALER WHO SUGGESTED TO TAKE IT TO CAR WASH ! *AK THE VIBRATION OCCURS AT THE FRONT END. VIBRATION IS VERY EXCESSIVE THROUGH STEERING. THE DEALER IS UNABLE TO FIX IT. *YH

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAS COME ON 8 TIMES, DEALER STATES FUEL DETECTION LEAK, UNABLE TO REPAIR THE PROBLEM. *AK

DISC BRAKES SHAKE WHEN BRAKE IS APPLIED. CAUSING PREMATURE PAD WEAR. PROBLEM OCCURRED IN LESS THAN 1 YEAR. *AK

WHEN VEHICLE WAS SHIFTED FROM PARK TO DRIVE IT ACCELERATED TO FULL THROTTLE AND CRASHED INTO A WALL.VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED TO DEALERSHIP. *AK

WAS BACKING UP AFTER STARTING WHEN VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED BACKWARDS. VEHICLE HAD ALSO ACCELERATED FORWARD & JUMPED A CURB. WOULD HAVE NO WARNINGTHIS WILL HAPPEN. TOOK TO DEALER SHIP & MECHANIC COULD NOT LOCATE CAUSE OF ENGINE ACCELERATION.*AK