1994 Dodge Intrepid Suspension Problems

THE VEHICLE STARTED TO TURN ITSELF WHEN DRIVING AND COULD NOT BE CONTROLLED WHILE DRIVING. THIS LEAD TO US TAKING IT TO A TIRE SHOP AND WE WERE TOLD THE BUSHINGS ON THE RACK AND PINION AND THE BUSHINGS ON THE TIRE ROD WERE GONE OFF THE CAR. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT ABLE TO BE DRIVEN UNTIL THE BUSHINGS WERE REPAIRED BECAUSE THE LOSS OF CONTROL WAS SO BAD ON THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE OF THE BUSHINGS CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO HAVE TO BE REPAIRED. WE ALMOST LOSS COMPLETE CONTROL OVER THE VEHICLE TWICE BEFORE WE FOUND OUT WHAT WAS CAUSING THE EXTREME PULL IN THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO MECHANIC AND THEY REPLACED THE RACK AND PINION BUSHINGS AND THE TIRE ROD BUSHINGS AND TIGHTENED THE TIRE ROD BOLTS. THIS WAS A VERY SCARY SITUATION FOR US AND WE WERE CONCERNED FOR OUR SAFETY AND THE SAFETY OF OUR CHILD. THIS WAS ALSO A VERY EXPENSIVE REPAIR TO THE VEHICLE. *TR

NHTSA ID

10303429

Incident

Dec 10, 2009

Mileage

175,000 mi

REAR SUSPENSION SUPPORT ARM ON DRIVER'S SIDE FATIGUED AND SEPARATED CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUDDENLY WITHOUT WARNING. SUPPORT ARM APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN WEAKENED BY RUST CORROSION, APPEARS TO BE INADEQUATE CORROSION RESISTANCE. INSPECTION OF PASSENGER SIDE REAR SUSPENSION SUPPORT ARM APPEARS TO BE WEAKENED FROM RUST CORROSION AS WELL AND MOST LIKELY WILL FAIL FROM FATIGUE TOO. CONCERN THAT FAILURE OCCURS SUDDENLY WITHOUT WARNING AND WOULD RESULT IN LOSS OF CONTROL AND POSSIBLE LOSS OF LIFE. *TR

NHTSA ID

10286700

Incident

Oct 7, 2009

Mileage

15,148 mi

I HAVE A 1994 DODGE INTREPID ES, THE VEHICLE IS GOING INTO GEAR AND POPPING OUT OF GEAR SOMETIMES. *TR

NHTSA ID

10242507

Incident

Aug 8, 2008

Mileage

170,286 mi

BOUGHT CAR IN 2001, WITH 69,000 MILES. 2 DAYS AFTER PURCHASE, GAUGES STOPPED WORKING, CAR RAN FINE, NO NOISE, ETC. INTERMITTENT PROBLEM. DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE. HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING PAST DEALER, STOPPED AND THEY CHECKED FOR CODES, NONE FOUND. HAPPENED AGAIN, DEALER HAD CODE FOR AIRBAG MODULE THIS TIME, REPLACED PART. PROBLEM IS STILL INTERMITTENT. 2003, DRIVING AT 75 MPH ON HIGHWAY, CAR STALLED, NO RESTART. TOWED TO DEALER, THEY REPLACED TIMING BELT AND WATER PUMP. ALSO HAD BRAKE ROTORS AND PADS REPLACED AT 72,000. THEY WERE DONE AT 55,000 ALSO. REPLACED TIE ROD ENDS 2004 AT 97,000. THEY HAD BEEN REPLACED A WEEK BEFORE PURCHASE AT 68,500. PASSENGER AIRBAG COVER WARPED, I FEAR IT MAY FAIL IN ACCIDENT. *JB

NHTSA ID

10144387

Incident

Feb 15, 2001

Mileage

70,000 mi

NHTSA RECALL 99V215000 ON THE ENGINE CRADLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR THE RECALL. HOWEVER, THE DISTRICT MANAGER IS REFUSING TO HONOR THE RECALL BECAUSE THE LOWER CONTROL ARM THAT ATTACHES THE BRACKETS IS BROKE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *JB ALL REPAIRS FINISHED USING NEW FACTORY PARTS. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT NO FURTHER ACTION IS NECESSARY. *TC

NHTSA ID

10111394

Incident

Feb 10, 2005

Mileage

151,000 mi

THE FRONT HUB AND BEARING ASSEMBLY WAS REPLACED, THE RIGHT LOWER CONTROL ARM AND RIGHT AXLE HAD TO BE TORQUED THE AXLE WAS FROZEN INTO THE HUB. *MR *SCC *JB

NHTSA ID

10039787

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE THE LOWER CONTROL ARM BRAKET WAS SPLIT FROM THE FRAME. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE FUTHER INFORMATION. TS

NHTSA ID

8022218

Incident

Nov 4, 2002

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING AND NO WARNING THE FRONT SUSPENSION IS CUTTING THE TIRE CAUSING THE TIRE TO WOBBLE AND IT WILL BE HARD FOR THE CONSUMER TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE. DEALER NOTIFIED. MR

NHTSA ID

8020615

Incident

Sep 10, 2002

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS THE VEHICLE WANDERS ALL OVER THE ROAD. NLM

NHTSA ID

8020151

Incident

Aug 1, 2002

WHILE DRIVING COULD FEEL A HARD VIBRATION ON STEERING WHEEL, HAD CONTACTED DEALER, AND THEY COULD NOT DISCOVER WHAT HAS CAUSED VIBRATION. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION. *AK

NHTSA ID

8002847

Incident

Jan 22, 2002

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT ANY MPH AND WHEN STARTING HEARD NOISES COMING FROM WHEELS. SOMETIMES COULD NOT STEER IN ANY DIRECTION. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION. *AK

NHTSA ID

8002844

Incident

Jan 22, 2002

I WAS DRIVING MY CAR WHEN I TOOK A RIGHT TURN THE CAR STARTED TO SHAKE. THEN THE STEERING WHEEL TOOK A VIOLENT TURN TO THE LEFT AND LOCKED CAUSING MY CAR TO BE THROWN INTO A CONCRETE ELECTRICAL POLE I RECEIVED SEVERAL INJURIES TO MY HEAD FACE AND SHOULDER NECK AND BACK MY CAR WAS AT A TOTAL LOSS I COULD NOT BELIEVE WHAT HAD JUST HAPPENED TO ME MY MECHANIC LOOKED AT THE CAR AND HE TOLD ME IT COULD NOT BE FIXED THEN I LATER FOUND THAT THERE HAD BEEN RECALLS ON THE PART THAT BROKE ON MY CAR I HAVE RESEARCHED THIS THROUGHLY ANDI CANT UNDERSTAND WITH ALL THE PROBLEMS AND COMPLAINTS ON THIS VECHILE WHY THEY ARE STILL ON THE ROAD AND THE MANUFACTURER WANTS TO TAKE NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR IT I WAS LUCKY TO NOT HAVE BEEN KILLED! BUT THE NEXT PERSON DRIVING THESE POORLY MADE CARS MIGHT NOT BE SO LUCKY. *AK

NHTSA ID

751859

Incident

Apr 7, 2001

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK

NHTSA ID

747583

Incident

Oct 1, 1999

THE VEHICLE EXHIBITED SYMPTOMS OF RECALL 99V-215 AND WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIR, THE CONSUMER IS NOT SATISFIED WITH RECALL 99V-215 BECAUSE HE HAD TO PAY FOR THE REPAIR. NLM

NHTSA ID

561057

Incident

Apr 24, 2001

DEALERSHIP IS CHARGING CONSUMER TO FIX A RECALL FOR LOWER CONTROL ARM. *AK IN FEB OF 2000, CONSUMER HAD AN ACCIDENT DUE TO THIS RECALL 99V215, TIRE SLIPPED FROM UNDER THE VEHICLE CAUSING THE CAR TO SLIDE INTO ANOTHER ONE, DODGE IS WANTING TO CHARGE CONSUMER $4300 TO FIX RECALL PROBLEM. CONSUMER ALSO STATED THAT THERE IS A STRONG GAS ODOR IN VEHICLE. *SLC

NHTSA ID

884824

Incident

Sep 1, 2000

BOLT THAT HOLDS LOWER CONTROL ARM TO BRACKET FELL OFF, CAUSING TIRE TO DISCONNECT FROM VEHICLE. RECALL 99V215000 HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN REPAIRED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK

NHTSA ID

883522

Incident

Feb 24, 2001

DRIVING 25MPH & WAS MAKING LEFT TURN WHEN WITHOUT ANY WARNING STEERING WENT OUT. VEHICLE KEPT STRAIGHT. STOPPED VEHICLE & CHECKED IT. NOTICED UPPER CONTROL ARM HAD BROKEN & FELL OUT ON TRANSMISSION. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO REPAIR SHOP. ENTIRE UPPER CONTROL WAS REPLACED. MECHANIC COULD NOT INDICATE WHAT CAUSED IT TO BREAK. *AK *SLC

NHTSA ID

877275

Incident

Sep 10, 2000

RECALL 99V21500 WAS COMPLETE, BUT ADDITIONAL DAMAGE TO TIE ROD WAS CAUSED BY THE RECALLED PARTS, CONSUMER WANTS REIMBURSED. *SLC

NHTSA ID

555294

THE LOWER CONTROL ARM ATTACHING BRACKETS FAILED PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE 99V-215 WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO LOOSE POWER INTERMITTENTLY, CONSUMER REQUEST REIMBURSEMENT. NLM

NHTSA ID

555133

CONSUMER HAS NO PART TO REPAIR RECALL CONCERNING LOWER CONTROL ARM. THIS HAS BEEN A WHOLE YEAR DELAY.

NHTSA ID

870836

CAR DIRECTION UNCONTROLLABLE DURING ACCELERATION, REPLACED TIE RODS. VEHICLE MAKE CLUNKING NOISE, DURING BRAKING AND STEERING, DEALER RECOMENDS SWAY BAR LINK REPLACEMENT IN FRONT END. TRANSMISSION SHIFTING ERATIC, VEHICLE SLOW TO SHIFT ON ENTERING HIGHWAYS CAUSING DANGEROUS SITUATION. TRANSMISSION ALSO CAUSES VEHICLE TO LURCH DURING ACCELERATION. SHIFTINH IS DELAYED, BUT WHEN IT DOES SHIFT THERE IS SUDDEN ACCELERATION. CRUISE CONTROL SHUTS OFF INTERMITENTLY, ACCELERATES OR DECELERATES UP TO 5MPH WHEN SET. HOOD HAS SHUT AND SEVERAL OTHER PEOPLE MANY TIMES. HAS NOT CAUSED INJURY BUT IS VERY DANGEROUS. NO VISIBILITY AT NIGHT DUE TO HORIBLE HEAD LIGHTS.

NHTSA ID

731350

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 45MPH ON HIGHWAY AND FRONT END COLLAPSED. WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. SHE TOOK VEHICLE TO A LOCAL GARAGE, AND MECHANIC TOLD CONSUMER THAT HE HAS SEEN SEVERAL SIMILAR INCIDENTS. CONSUMER SAID THAT WHEN SHE TURNED KEY IN IGNITION SWITCH IT WOULDN'T TURN. *AK

NHTSA ID

869580

Incident

May 1, 2000

TRANSMISSION SKIPS AND JUMPS, SOMETIMES VEHICLE WON'T GO ANYWHERE, AND LOSS OF POWER.*AK CONSUMER HAD RECALL (99V-215) COMPLETED ON 12-MAY-2000, RECALL INDICATES THE POSSIBILITY OF TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS THAT CAN OCCUR DUE TO DEFECT IN THE LOWER CONTROL ARM. CONSUMER FEELS THE TRANSMISSION FAILURE IS DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE RECALL COMPONENT FAILURE. THE VEHICLE IS EXPERIENCING TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS AFTER RECALL REPAIR AND WOULD LIKE IT REPAIRED AT NO ADDITONAL COST. *YH

NHTSA ID

869513

Incident

Aug 10, 2000

DEALER HAS NOT CORRECTED RECALL IN A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME.*AK

NHTSA ID

866170

Incident

Jul 17, 2000

RECALL 99V215000; CONSUMER WAS IN REVERSE AND VEHICLE WAS MAKING A LOUD NOISE & STARTED SHAKING. CONSUMER FOUND OUT THAT IT WAS THE LOWER CONTROL ARM THAT BROKE WHICH SEPARATED FROM THE ENGINE & PULLED OUT THE TRANSAXLE. DEALER CLAIMED THAT CONSUMER HAD TO HIT SOMETHING. CONSUMER WILL BE TALKING WITH THE MANUFACTURER. CONSUMER ALSO, FOUND A RECALL ON THE VEHICLE FOR THE PROBLEM. *AK

NHTSA ID

865212

Incident

Jul 4, 2000