1999 DODGE INTREPID Complaints

STARTED VEHICLE & WAS BACKING IT UP WHEN IT SUDDENLY ACCELERATED BACKWARDS. ALSO, ACCELERATED FORWARD. JUMPED A CURB. HAD NO PRIOR WARNING. TOOK TO DEALER & MECHANIC COULD FIND THE CAUSE OF THE SUDDEN ACCELERATION.*AK

THE FACT THAT I HAD 2 FLAT TIRES A MONTH APART CONCERNED ME, SINCE FIRESTONE HAS BEEN UNDER INVESTIGATION. THE FIRESTONE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO PROVIDE AN EXPLANATION FOR MY FLATS, AND THERE WERE NO OBSTRUCTIONS OR ROAD HAZARDS TO CAUSE THESE PROBLEMS. BOTH INSTANCES WERE IDENTICAL, EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE A MONTH APART: IT WAS THE SOUND OF THE FLAT THAT ALERTED ME TO THE PROBLEM, I HAD NO TROUBLE CONTROLLING THE CAR OR PULLING TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. AT THIS POINT, I JUST FEAR WHEN AND WHERE THE NEXT FLAT WILL OCCUR!*AK( DOT NUMBER: EJYTCHK179 TIRE SIZE: FT70C )

3 WINDOW MOTORS REPLACED; DEALER STATED THEY HAD REPLACED SEVERAL MOTORS; 2 OTHER CUSTOMERS IN SAME DAY FOR SAME PROBLEM. DEALER QUICKLY AND PROFESSIONALLY TOOK CARE OF PROBLEM. EXCELLENT CAR OTHERWISE.

CONSUMER WAS BACKING OUT OF PARKING LOT AND VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED BACKWARDS & HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE. CONSUMER PUT VEHICLE IN DRIVE TO MOVE IT & IT ACCELERATED FORWARD, JUMPED THE CURB INTO A DIRT PILE. DEALER DID NOT HAVE A REASON WHY VEHICLE ACCELERATED. *AK THE DRIVER HAD FOOT ON BRAKE WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS ACCELERATING FORWARD. *YH

STEERING WHEEL WILL VIBRATE VIOLENTLY WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED. DEALER SAID IT WAS THE BRAKE ROTORS. WARRANTY DID NOT COVER IT PAST 12,000 MILES. *AK

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ACCELERATION RESULTING IN COLLISION WITH FENCE CAUSING EXTENSIVE DAMAGE. *MJS

WATER OUTLET HOUSING CONTAINS METAL BLEED SCREW WHICH RANDOMLY LEAKS ANTIFREEZE. FIRST LEAK OCCURRED APPROX 3 MONTHS AGO AND HOUSING WAS REPLACED. HOUSING LEAKED AGAIN, DEALER TIGHTENED BLEED SCREW BUT WOULD NOT REPLACE HOUSING. HOUSING IS ONCE AGAIN LEAKING, DEALER WILL NOT REPAIR. SERVICE MANAGER SAYS THAT CHRYSLER ENGINEERS REPORT THAT THIS LEAKAGE MAY OCCUR AND THAT NO ACTION WILL BE TAKEN TO CORRECT ANTIFREEZE LEAK. LEAKAGE OCCURS WHERE BLEED SCREW FITTING INSERTS INTO THE PLASTIC WATER OUTLET HOUSING. LEAKAGE DOES NOT OCCUR FROM BLEED SCREW BUT INSTEAD FROM THE FITTING TO HOUSING INTERFACE. CHRYSLER ENGINEERS ALSO REPORTED (THRU SERVICE MANAGER) THAT THEY HAVE HAD SEVERAL COMPLAINTS ON THIS BUT THERE IS NO SERVICE BULLETIN OR CORRECTIVE ACTION TO STOP LEAKAGE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING THERE WAS A BURNING RUBBER SMELL. DRIVER PULLED VEHICLE ON THE SHOULDER AND CUT IGNITION OFF. RIGHT AFTERWARDS SMOKE CAME FROM UNDER THE HOOD, AND UNDER THE DASH BROAD. THERE WAS A FIRE, IN WHICH THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED. FIRE WAS PUT OUT BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STARTED TO JERK AND RACED FORWARD WHILE THE DRIVER WAS BRAKING DUE TO SPEED SENSOR FAILURE, BUT THE INCIDENCE REPEATED AFTER REPLACING THE SPEED SENSOR. YH

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING ON AN INERSTATE HWY, THE BACK OF THE DRIVERS SEAT COLLAPSED ON THE REAR SEAT. *ET