Owner-reported complaints naming the transmission system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming the automatic or manual transmission, including shifting behaviour, shudder, slipping and transmission control modules. 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. 147 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 147, 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
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SHIFTED GEARS BY ITSELF AND THE VEHICLE OPERATED AT A REDUCED SPEED. THE VEHICLE WAS SEEN BY A DEALER WHO WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. A NHTSA RECALL, #04V021000 WAS PERFORMED ON THE VEHICLE CONCERNING, THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION HOWEVER, THE RECALL DID NOT REMEDY THE PROBLEM. THE DEALERSHIP WOULD NOT OFFER A SECOND REPAIR WITHOUT CHARGE UNDER THE RECALL.
I AM LOOKING FOR SOME GUIDANCE. MY STORY INVOLVES 2 CARS. I CONTACTED THE DAIMLER CHRYSLER CORP. AND WAS BLOWN OFF. I CONTACTED THE WISCONSIN LEMON LAW. THEY TOLD ME TO TRY AND CONTACT THE LOCAL BBB, LOCAL ATTORNEY GENERALS OFFICE AND THE OFFICE OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TOLD ME TO CONTACT YOU. I BOUGHT A USED 1995 DODGE INTREPID IN 1998. IN 1999 I HAD TO PUT A REBUILT TRANSMISSION INTO IT. THAT TRANNY WAS STILL GOING STRONG WHEN I SOLD THE CAR IN 2004. I LIKED THE CAR SO MUCH THAT I BOUGHT ANOTHER USED ONE FROM A FRIEND. SHE PURCHASED A 1994 INTREPID BRAND NEW. IN 1998 THE TRANNY WENT OUT IN HER CAR. THE CAR ONLY HAD 9834 MILES ON IT AT THAT TIME. SHE PUT IN A REBUILT. THE CAR WAS IMPECCABLY KEPT UP SO I KNEW IT WAS A GOOD BUY TO PURCHASE IT FROM HER. SO I DID IN 2004. THE TRANNY WENT OUT RECENTLY. I COULD NOT AFFORD A CAR PAYMENT SO I OPTED TO PUT IN YET ANOTHER REBUILT TRANSMISSION. MY PROBLEM IS THAT WITH MY FIRST CAR, THE NEW FACTORY TRANSMISSION THAT CAM WITH THE NEW CAR LASTED ONLY 4 YEARS. 'THE REBUILT LASTED AT LEAST 5 YEARS. WITH THE 2ND CAR, THE NEW TRANNY THAT CAME WITH THE NEW CAR ONLY LASTED 4 YEARS AND THE FIRST REBUILT LASTED 7 YEARS. HOW IS IT THAT A 10 YEAR OLD CAR WITH ONLY 76,000 MILES ON IT HAS TO HAVE 3 TRANSMISSIONS? THIS IN ON AVERAGE, ONLY 3.3 YEARS PER TRANNY. I FEEL I SHOULD GET SOME COMPENSATION FOR THE 2 TRANSMISSIONS THAT I INVESTED IN OWNING THESE VEHICLES. IS THERE ANY RECOURSE THAT I CAN TAKE TO HELP RECOVER SOME OF MY EXPENSES OR AM I OUT OF GAS? THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. KAREN MITOK. *JB *NM
DT: THE CALLER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE CONCERNING THE FLOOR SHIFTER. SHE SAID THAT FOR THE LAST TWO MONTHS SHE HAS HAD TO LEAVE THE KEYS IN THE IGNITION BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WILL NOT GO INTO PARK. SHE PARKED ON LEVEL GROUND AND SHE KNEW THE VEHICLE WILL NOT ROLL AWAY. WHEN SHE TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER THEY SAID SHE MIGHT HAVE DROPPED SOMETHING IN THE SHIFTER, AND THEY WILL NOT LOOK AT IT FOR FREE, EVEN THOUGH SHE HAD A RECALL LETTER. DEALER TOLD HER IT WOULD BE 5 TO 7 DAYS BEFORE THEY WOULD LOOK AT VEHICLE. MANUFACTURER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED YET. *AK
DODGE INTREPID 1994, PROBLEM WITH TRANSMISSION. *BF THE CONSUMER STATED THE TRANSMISSION DID NOT SHIFT PROPERLY AND IT WOULD ONLY GO INTO REVERSE. THE CONSUMER THEN RECEIVED A RECALL LETTER. *JB
THE KEY WAS NOT INSIDE OF THE IGNITION AT THE TIME OF THIS INCIDENT. VEHICLE JUMPED OUT OF GEAR, ROLLED DOWN THE STREET, AND CRASHED INTO PARKED VEHICLE. IT WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. HOWEVER, THE CAUSE COULD NOT BE DETERMINED AT THIS TIME. *AK
MULTIPLE TRANSMISSION FAILURES ON THE 42LE MOPAR TRANSMISSION. IN THIS CASE, A 94 DODGE INTREPID ES. FAILED AT INTERVALS OF 60,000 MILES. DODGE DENIES ANY DEFECT. *AK ADDITIONALLY, THE STEERING ON THIS VEHICLE HAD MULTIPLE ISSUES. THE TIE RODS AND OTHER LINKAGES TOTALED $700+ IN REPAIRS.
WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE GEARS BECAME DEFECTIVE. THE VEHICLE IS NOW PARKED. A RECALL LETTER WAS RECEIVED FOR THE SHIFT INTERLOCK.*AK
THE CONSUMER STATED SHE WAS ABLE TO SHIFT GEARS WITH THE KEY COMPLETELY OUT OF THE IGNITION WITH THE VEHICLE TURNED OFF . A RECALL WAS ISSUED FOR THIS DEFECT, HOWEVER THE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER WAS OUTSIDE OF THE REMEDY SCOPE. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *JB
TRANSMISSION SLIPS INTERMITTENTLY.*AK
ON SEPTEMBER OF 2000 I PURCHASED A VEHICLE FOR MY WIFE MARTHA BANUELOS. THE PREVIOUS OWNER TOLD ME AND GAVE RECEIPTS FROM THE DEALER WHERE SHE PURCHASED THE CAR AND REPAIRED THE TRANSMISSION TWICE. THE FIRST TIME ON 9/19/1999 WITH 45,888. THE CAR WILL STALL AND WILL NOT STAY RUNNING. THE SECOND TIME ON 8/25/1999 WITH 45,932 M. THE CAR WON'T SHIFT WHEN COLD. A THIRD TIME I TOOK THE CAR TO THE SAME DEALER ON 11/7/2000 WITH 51, 627 M. PROBLEM, IT DID NOT SHIFT WHEN HOT. THE DEALER CORRECTED THE PROBLEM BY CHANGING THE SOLENOID PACK. A FOURTH TIME THE CAR WAS TAKEN TO THE SAME DEALER ON 4/4/2002 WITH 68,147 M. PROBLEM, THE TRANSMISSION MAKES A BUZZ NOISE WHEN ACCELERATING, THE DEALER DID NOT MAKE REPAIRS AT THIS TIME BECAUSE ON ROAD TEST NO SOUND OR SLIPS WERE FELT ACCORDING TO THEM. ******DIMS 11 IVOQ ENTRY POSTED AFTER 12/12/02 CUT-OVER TO ARTEMIS****** 770789. *AK *JB
CONSUMER STATES THIS IS THE THIRD TIME THAT THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN CHANGE. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. MR
I PURCHASED MY CAR AS A NEW VEHICLE ON AUGUST 14, 1994. ON JULY 24, 1997, WHEN THE MILEAGE ON MY INTREPID WAS 60,715, THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AND WAS REPLACED. ON FEBRUARY 12, 1999, WHEN THE CAR HAD 95,964 MILES, THE TRANSMISSION WAS AGAIN REPLACED. THE TECHNICIAN INDICATED THAT THERE SEEMED TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH CHRYSLER TRANSMISSIONS. THIS TIME, A COOLER WAS ADDED TO THE TRANSMISSION SYSTEM IN AN EFFORT TO PREVENT ANY FURTHER TRANSMISSION FAILURES. THE COSTS OF THESE REPAIRS WERE $1,483.11 AND $1,430.88 RESPECTIVELY. THE TOTAL FOR BOTH IS $2,913.99.*AK
CONSUMER STATED THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AND WAS REPLACED WITH A REBUILT OR NEW TRANSMISSION, HOWEVER CONSUMER STATED THE TRANSMISSION LINES ARE STILL LEAKING AT THE JOINTS UNDER THE RADIATOR.*JB
WHILE DRIVING TRANSMISSION SHIFTED INTO A HIGHER GEAR, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SURGE FORWARD. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK
ENGINE CHECK LIGHT IS ON CONSTANTLY, VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN EXAMINED BY DEALER YET.*AK CONSUMER STATES THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT SHIFT, ALSO EVAPORATOR COIL, COMPRESSOR AND CONDENSER WERE REPLACED AT 30000-40000 MILES. *YD
THIS AUTO HAS HAD MAJOR ISSUE EX;ABS SYSTEM FAILS SIMILAR TO THE 1990-1993 MINIVANS THAT WERE RECA LLED TRANSMISSION FAILURE AT 25000 MILES IS RIDICULOUS TIE RODS PREMATRURELY WEARING OUT ECT..
CONSUMER HAS HAD TRANSMISSION REPLACED SEVERAL TIMES. *JG
WHILE DRIVING AND WHILE REVERSING COULD HEAR A NOISE COMING FROM TRANSMISSION, SOMETIMES GEAR COULD SLIP OUT. DEALER WAS CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION. *AK
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
WHILE DRIVING TRANSMISSION SHIFTER MALFUNCTIONED, WILL NOT SHIFT FROM 2ND TO 3RD GEAR. CONSUMER HAD TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALER, WHERE THEY COULD NOT FIND OUT WHAT HAD BEEN CAUSING THIS SITUATION. ALSO, ENGINE CRADLE SOUNDED LIKE IT WAS COMING APART. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION. *AK
CRUISE CONTROL LIGHT GOES ON IN DASH AND CAR JUST SUDDENLY STALLS. THIS USUALLY HAPPENS AT ALL SPEEDS AND LATELY HAS STALLED ON HIGHWAY AT SPEEDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS HAPPENS FOR NO KNOWN REASON. I'VE HAD THIS PROBLEM CHECKED BY A MECHANIC AND HE CANNOT FIND ANY READING ON THE COMPUTER THAT WOULD INDICATE ANY PROBLEMS. THIS CAR WAS MANUFACTURED AFTER A SIMILAR RECALL ON THIS CAR BACK IN 1993 FOR A TRANSMISSION HARNESS FAILURE. I'M WONDERING IF THERE IS ANYONE OUT THERE THAT IS ENCOUNTERING THE SAME PROBLEMS WITH THIS PARTICULAR MODEL VEHICLE. IT'S EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TO STALL IN THE MIDDLE OF A FREEWAY WHILE TRAVELING IN EXCESS OF 65MPH, ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT.*AK
ON TWO OCCASIONS WHILE DRIVING, THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT STAY IN DRIVE GEAR, DURING THE MOST RECENT OCCURRENCE, THE DEALER FOUND A CODE INDICATING AN INTERNAL PROBLEM, AND STATING THAT THE TRANSMISSION WOULD PROBABLY NEED REPLACEMENT, CONSUMER IS REQUESTING A GOODWILL WARRANTY ON THE TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENT. *SLC
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK
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