Owner-reported complaints naming the interior system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming seats, latches, locks, linkages and interior fittings. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1994 Dodge Intrepid submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 49 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
The 25 most recent of 49, in the owner's own words
IM WRITING THIS LETTER WANTING TO KNOW WHO SHOULD I TALK TO REGARDING THE RECALLS ON MY 95' DODGE INTREPID AS FAR AS THE FUEL RAIL LEAK I HAVE THAT CAN CAUSE A FIRE AND ALSO THE DRIVERS SIDE SEAT RECALL DUE TO IT BREAKING CAN U PLEASE HELP ME! *NM
THE METAL SUPPORT UNDER THE SEAT CUSHION OF THE DRIVER'S SEAT HAS TWO EXTENSIONS THAT HOLD A PIVOT ENGAGING THE SEAT BACK SUPPORT. BOTH THE LEFT EXTENSION AND THE RIGHT EXTENSIONS ARE SHEARED OFF SO THAT THE SEAT BACK JUST FLOPS BACK,THE CAR CAN'T BE SAFELY DRIVEN BECAUSE OF THIS. DT
AT 60MPH, VEHICLE JERKED INTO LOW GEAR AND ALL OF COMMUNICATION GAUGES LIT UP BEFORE VEHICLE STALLED. VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED TWO WEEKS AGO FOR SAME PROBLEM. VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO TWO DEALERS AND NEITHER ONE CAN FIND THE CAUSE. *AK *JB
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
POWER ADJUSTING DRIVERS SEAT WILL NOT REMAIN IN ONE POSITION DURING OPERATION OF VEHICLE. SEAT WILL SLIDE FORWARD DURING BRAKING, AND WILL MOVE BACKWARDS DURING ACCELERATION. VEHICLE HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN SERVICED FOR THIS PROBLEM, AND HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK
TOOK CAR IN FOR RECALL NOTICE ON SEAT. WHEN CAR FINISHED, SEAT MOTOR WILL NOT MOVE SEAT FORWARD OR BACKWARD. MOTOR ACTS AS IF NOT CONNECTED TO SOMETHING NOW.*AK
TRANSMISSION FROZE AT 55 MPH 1998 REPLACED STILL PROBLEMS???, ELECTRONIC CONTROL MODULE WENT WHILE IN DRIVE AT 35MPH, FRONT TIE RODS REPLACED 2 TIMES WITHIN A YEAR, AIRCONDITIONER WENT WITHIN 4 YEARS, COOLING SYSTEM REPLACED WITHIN 4 YEARS FROM MANUFACTURED DATE, ABS MODULE FAILED DURING DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AND AGAIN IN CITY LIMITS AFTER DEALER STRESSED THAT NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH ANTI LOCK BRAKES I HAVE HAD THIS CAR IN THE SHOP FOR MAJOR NOT MINOR REPAIRS SINCE THE MANUFACTURED DATE AT LEAST 15 TIMES AND CAN PROVE EACH TIME. I AM APPAULED THAT AMERICA CAN MANUFACTUR SUCH A VEHICLE WITH ALL THE MAJOR ISSUES AT HAND, TRANSMISSION, SUSPENSION,ELECTRICAL,BRAKING SYSTEMS,FUEL,AIRBAGS,STRUCTURAL, I WISH THERE WAS SOMEONE WHO COULD ADDRESS THESE ISSUES WITH THE MANUFACTURER AND GET US ALL RESTITUTION. IF IT MEANS LEGALLY OR CONSUMER AGENCIES I AM INTERESTED. I DRIVE WITH 2 CHILDREN AND DURING THE TRANSMISSION, ELECTRICAL AND THE ABS FAILURES THEY WERE IN THE CAR. I WOULD LIKE SOME TYPE OF A REPLY FROM THEM IF AT ALL POSSIBLE. THANK YOU FOR THE WEBSITE AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD.
BRACKET HOLDING DRIVER SIDE SEAT BACK FAILED. SEAT BACK WOBBLES. *AK
WAS DRIVING SEAT BROKE ENDING UP IN THE BACK SEAT. *AK
OUR DODGE INTREPID WAS PARKED IN OUR FRONT YARD WITH THE ENGINE OFF FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES AND WE SMELLED SOMETHING BURNING. WE LOOKED OUTSIDE AND THE ENGINE OF OUR CAR WAS IN FLAMES. WE HAD TO CALL THE LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT TO COME AND PUT THE FIRE OUT. THEY HAD TO PRY THE HOOD UP BECAUSE THE ENGINE WAS ON FIRE SO BAD THAT IT HAD MELTED THE HOOD LATCH CABLE TO THE OUTER PART OF THE CABLE. THE CAR IS A COMPLETE LOSS. THE ENGINE IS TOTALLY RUINED. WE NEVER RECEIVED ANY INFORMATION ABOUT ANY RECALLS AND I HAVE DONE SOME RESEARCH AND THERE WAS A RECALL ON THESE CARS FOR THIS EXACT PROBLEM. THIS IS WHAT IT SAYS. PASSENGER VEHICLES BUILT WITH 3.5L ENGINES. THE FUEL INJECTION DELIVERY SYSTEM CAN LEAK FUEL FROM SOME OF THE SEALING O-RINGS OR FROM HAIR LINE CRACKS IN THE THERMOSTAT FUEL INJECTION RAIL. FUEL LEAKAGE OF AN IGNITION SOURCE CAN RESULT IN A FIRE. THIS SOUNDS EXACTLY LIKE WHAT HAPPENED TO OUR CAR. I AM WANTING SOME INFORMATION ON WHO I TALK TO AND HOW I CAN GET THIS SITUATION HANDLED. THE CAR IS A TOTAL LOSS DUE TO A MANUFACTURER DEFECT AND WE NEVER RECEIVED ANY INFORMATION ON THIS SUBJECT WHAT SO EVER. THANKS FOR YOUR HELP. CHARLES LONG. *AK
METAL FRAMEWORK OF SEAT BROKEN AT RIGHT REAR CORNER OF POWER DRIVERS SEAT WHERE IT ATTACHES TO SEAT BACK. OBTAINED REPLACEMENT SEAT FROM JUNK YARD. IT BROKE AT SAME PLACE 10/01/2000. I FEAR THAT WITH ONE SIDE BROKEN IT WILL PUT MORE STRAIN ON THE OTHER SIDE OF SEAT AND EVENTUALY CAUSE IT TO BREAK WHICH COULD VERY LIKELY CAUSE INJURY OR CRASH. I AM HAVING MUCH DIFFICULTY TRYING TO FIND ANOTHER REPLACEMENT SEAT.
DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED ABOUT THE PROBLEM. PASSENGER'S SIDE SEAT IS A POWER SEAT AND IT MAKES A CLICKING NOISE. SEAT ROCKS BACK AND FORTH LIKE THE SEAT IS OFF BALANCE.*AK CONSUMER STATES SEAT IS SAME AND FACTORY RECALL WAS ISSUED FOR DRIVER'S SEAT ONLY, AND NOT PASSENGER'S SEAT WHICH HAS THE SAME IDENTICAL PROBLEM.*JB
THE FAILURE IS THE WIRE HARNESS THAT CONNECTS TO THE TURN SIGNAL PLUG, IT MELTS, BARE WIRES ARE EXPOSED, AND ALMOST CAUSED FIRE, THEN STOPPED WORKING COMPLETLY NUMEROUS TIMES. *AK
RHS PASSENGER FRONT SEAT FAILURE IS NOT COVERED BY THE MANUFACTURER ALTHOUGH THEY DO HAVE A CUSTOMER SATISFACTION NOTIFICATION REPAIR OUT NOW FOR THE LHS DRIVER'S SEAT, SAME PROBLEM. I HAVE REPORTED THIS TO THE MANUFACTURER (FILE NUMBER 7715416) AND THEY. *AK
INSPECTION OF THE SEAT SLIDING RAILS AND THE STATIONARY RAILS ON THE PASSENGERS SIDE SEAT FOUND THE FOLLOWING PROBLEM. FOUR PIECES OF PLASTIC WERE FOUND ON THE FLOOR UNDER THE SEAT. THESE PIECES WERE 5 & 15/16" LONG AND APPROXIMATELY 1/4" THICK. IT WAS FOUND THAT THE BACK OF THE SEAT COULD BE LIFTED APPROXIMATELY 1/4" IN THE UPWARD DIRECTION. THESE PIECES WERE BROKEN FROM A PIECE THAT WAS ATTACHED TO THE SIDE OF THE STATIONARY SEAT RAIL BY 5 3/16" NUBS THAT ENGAGED MATCHING HOLES IN THIS STATIONARY RAIL. THIS WAS OBSERVED FROM THE REAR PASSENGERS AREA. THE PLASTIC PIECE WITH THE 5 NUBS IS 5 1/2" LONG AND HAS 5 TABS THAT SHOULD ATTACH TO THE AFORE MENTIONED PIECES. THIS WAS OBSERVED ON BOTH THE INBOARD AND OUTBOARD SEAT RAILS. THESE PIECES PROVIDE A SLIDING SURFACE AND A SPACER TO TAKE UP THE CLEARANCE BETWEEN THE MOVING SEAT RAIL AND THE STATIONARY SEAT RAIL ATTACHED TO THE FLOOR. SIMULAR DEVICES WERE OBSERVED ON THE FRONT OF THE AFFECTED SEAT WHICH WERE NOT BROKEN. THE SAFETY ASPECT OF THIS CONDITION IS THAT THIS FREE APPROXIMATE MOVEMENT OF 1/4" COULD ALLOW MOVEMENT TO GENERATE, DURING AN ACCIDENT, AND CAUSE THE SEAT TO TEAR LOOSE AND CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY OR A FATALITY TO THE PASSENGER.
ONE MORNING WHILE SITTING IN MY CAR THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE SEAT-BACK BROKE. THE SEAT-BACK BEGAN TO SAG BACKWARDS ON THE RIGHT SIDE. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER AND THEY CONTACTED DAIMLER-CHRYSLER VIA THEIR COMPUTER SYSTEM. MY CAR WAS COVERED FOR A FREE REPAIR BECAUSE OTHER DODGE INTERPID OWNERS ARE HAVING A SIMILAR PROBLEM. THOUGH MY REPAIR OF MY MOTERIZED DRIVER SIDE SEAT IS FREE, I FEEL THAT THIS COULD BE A MAJOR SAFETY PROBLEM. MY CAR WAS NOT MOVING WHEN THE SEAT BACK BROKE. HAD I BEEN INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT OR STOPPING QUICKLY I MAY HAVE HAD A MAJOR PROBLEM. DAIMLER-CHRYSLER KNOWS ABOUT THE PROBLEM BECAUSE THEY ARE FIXING IT FOR FREE. I WAS TOLD THAT THIS WAS SEVERAL HUNDRED DOLLARS OF FREE REPAIRS PROVIDED BY DAIMLER-CHRYSLER. SOMEONE SHOULD LOOK INTO THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT BACK FAILURE PROBLEM IN DODGE INTREPIDS.*AK
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STALLS UNEXPECTEDLY WHICH MAY CAUSE A CRASH. ALSO DOME LIGHT COMES ON UNEXPECTEDLY. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
SEAT BACK SNAPPED ON RIGHT SIDE, DEALER SAYS FRAME IS BROKEN BUT IT'S NOT A MANUFACTURING DEFECT. BALONEY! SEAT BACK WOBBLES FROM SIDE TO SIDE AND IS VERY UNSTABLE. THEY WANT NEARLY $700 TO REPLACE. THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE TO ME. *AK
RIGHT SEATBACK SUPPORT BRACKET FOR DRIVERS BUCKET SEAT BROKE DUE TO FATIGUE CRACK. LEFT SEATBACK SUPPORT BRACKET CRACKED 1/4 INCH AT THIS TIME.
94V024000/ ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING: HARNESS. WHILE TRAVELING AT 20 MPH INSTRUMENT PANEL WAS NOT OPERATING FOR A MOMENT. WHEN THE GAUGES COMMENCED TO OPERATE, VEHICLE STARTED TO SURGE FORWARD AND ALMOST STALLED. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK
LOST POWER TO INSTRUMENT CLUSTER, NO TACH SPEED OR ANY OTHER GAUGES, AIR BAG LIGHT WOULD STAY ON. TRANSMISSION STAYS IN SECOUND GEAR. KICK IN AND OU WITH INTERMINTENT POWER TO INSTRUMENT CLUSTER, POWER DOOR LOCK THEN FAILED, ULD REMAIN DEALER FOUND FAILED/GROUND IN WIRING HARNESS. *AK
DRIVER SEAT (POWER) BROKE IN TWO AT THE RIGHT REAR CORNER NEAR WHERE IT IS BOLTED TO THE SEAT BACK, CAUSING THE BACK TO MOVE UP AWAY FROM THE SEAT. *AK
BACK OF FRONT SEAT BROKE DUE TO A BRACKET THAT HAD SHEARED OFF IN HALF, WHICH COULD HAVE CAUSED LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL AND INJURIES. *AK
AIRBAG CONSOLE IS SITTING UP TO HIGH, THE AIRBAG IS COVERED . CHECK ENGINE LIGHT REMAINS ON OFTEN, RADIO DOES NOT PLAY FM STATIONS, SHORT IN WIRING HARNESS, REAR TAIL LIGHT DOES NOT OPERATE PROPERLY, CAR STALLS WHILE IN MOTION, RIGHT TIE ROD MAKES A LOUD NOISE WHEN TURNING, LEAKAGE NEAR O-RINGS, A/C LEAKS FREON--COILS ARE DEFECTIVE. *AK *ML
THIS CAR WHICH HAS SUFFERED FROM REPEATED PROBLEMS, SUDDENLY BEGAN SOUNDING THE HORN AND THE INTERIOR LIGHT CAME ON. DRIVER PULLED OVER AND GOT OUT TO DISCONNECT HORN AND VEHICLE BURST INTO FALMES. WITHIN SIXTY SECONDS OF HORN SOUNDING, CAR WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES. I DON'T HAVE THE VIN # ANYMORE AS THERE IS NOTHING LEFT OF THIS CAR BUT TWO TIRES AND A LICENSE PLATE. MY DAUGHTER RIDES STRAPPED IN A CAR SEAT EVERY DAY WITH ME. HAD SHE BEEN IN THERE I WOULD NOT AHVE HAD TIME TO GET HER OUT AND SHE WOULD BE DEAD. THREEE WEEKS AGO A NEIGHBORS 1995 DODGE INTREPID DID THE SAME THING FOW A FEW WEEKS AND THEN SUDDENLY ERUPTRED IN FLAMES. CHRYSLER REALLY NEEDS TO BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS. I HAVE BEEN SEARCHING THE INTERNET AND IT IS APPARENTLY QUITE COMMON FOR THIS TO HAPPEN! PLEASE HELP! *AK
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