1995 Dodge Intrepid Engine Problems

PURCHASED CAR ON 8/11/14, DROVE IT HOME AND ON 8/12/14 STARTED CAR AND SAY GAS SPRAYING OUT OF INJECTORS ON TOP OF MOTOR. ALL INJECTOR SEALS WERE BAD AND HAD TO BE REPLACED, SAME WITH VALVE COVER GASKETS OIL WAS RUNNING DOWN ON EXHAUST MANIFOLDS. BOTH WERE FIRE HAZARDS, 8/27/14, RIGHT SIDE AXLE IS BAD AND BEARING IN DIFFERENTIAL IS BAD. THIS CAR HAS A 4/15 INSPECTION STICKER ON WINDSHIELD, HOW COULD THIS CAR PASS THE VA STATE INSPECTION WITH THIS MANY PROBLEMS? AND ALL BRAKE PADS HAD TO BE REPLACED. THEY WERE WORN OUT TO. *TR

NHTSA ID

10628944

Incident

Aug 12, 2014

Mileage

115,849 mi

I HAVE A 1995 DODGE INTREPID. UNTIL 4 MONTHS AGO, IT NEVER HAD A PROBLEM, ONLY DID ROUTINE MAINTENANCE AND THAT WAS CONSTANTLY DONE. IT HAS A NEW TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR (UNDER EXTENDED WARRANTY), AND NEW STARTER, ALTERNATOR, AND BATTERY. THE FUEL PUMP WAS REPLACED ABOUT 2-3 YEARS AGO. FOUR MONTHS AGO, THE CAR STARTED TO ACT UP. FIRST, I NOTICED A "BURNT OIL OR ANTI-FREEZE" SMELL. I TOOK IT TO MY MECHANIC, WHO I HAVE HAD FOR MORE THAN 15 YEARS. HE COULDN'T FIND ANY LEAKS OR PROBLEMS AND REMINDED ME THAT ALL THE HOSES AND ACCESSORIES WERE REPLACE A YEAR BEFORE. HE SAID THAT HE SAW NOTHING DRIPPING OR BUILDING UP ANYWHERE. A WEEK LATER, I WOULD DRIVE IT SOMEWHERE, GET OUT AND DO WHATEVER IT WAS I NEEDED TO DO, GO BACK AND IT WOULDN'T START. EVERYTHING SOUNDS NORMAL, LIKE IT WANTS TO START, BUT DOESN'T. IF I WAIT 30-90 MINUTES AND TRY AGAIN, IT WILL START RIGHT UP AND A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WOULD COME ON, BUT GO BACK OFF WITHIN A FEW MINUTES. A MONTH LATER THINGS GOT WORSE. IT STARTED TO DIE WHILE DRIVING. I WOULD BE IN THE CAR FOR LESS THAN 10 MILES AND ALL THE LIGHTS ON THE DASH WOULD "FLASH" AND THE CAR WOULD DIE. IT TAKES BETWEEN 2-3 HOURS BEFORE GETTING IT TO RESTART WHEN THIS HAPPENS. THIS PUTS ME IN SERIOUS DANGER AS THE CAR NO LONGER HAS POWER STEERING OR POWER BRAKES AND I LIVE ON A MOUNTAIN WITH NO WHERE I CAN GET OFF THE ROAD. I HAVE NEARLY BEEN HIT/KILLED WHEN THIS HAS HAPPENED. SINCE THEN, I CAN'T GO 1 MILE WITHOUT IT DYING OR NOT START AGAIN. AS A MATTER-OF-FACT, IF I LEAVE IT IDLING IN MY DRIVEWAY, IT WILL DIE WITH 2-4 MINUTES. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO MY SHOP 4 TIMES AND 2 OTHER ONES TRYING TO FIND OUT WHAT IS WRONG. THEY ALL SAY THAT SINCE THE "CHECK ENGINE" LIGHT ONLY FLASHES AND THEN GOES OFF, THE COMPUTER CAN'T CATCH THE PROBLEM. SOMETIMES THEY THINK IT IS THE FUEL PUMP OR FUEL LINES; SOMETIMES THEY THINK IT IS ELECTRICAL; MOST OF THE TIME THEY JUST HAVE NO IDEA WHAT IS WRONG! *TR

NHTSA ID

10312947

Incident

Nov 2, 2009

Mileage

133,600 mi

WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH VEHICLE SUDDENLY STALLED. WHEN TRYING TO RESTART VEHICLE IT IGNITED IN FLAMES. THE CAUSE OF THIS WAS UNDETERMINED.*AK

NHTSA ID

10114956

Incident

Dec 17, 2004

04V021000/FLOOR SHIFT IGNITION PARK INTERLOCK. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE INTO THE DEALER TO HAVE THE SERVICE WORK DONE. TWO WEEKS LATER THE ORIGINAL PROBLEM DESCRIBED IN THE RECALL RECURRED. *JB THE GEARS DID NOT CHANGE PROPERLY AND AFTER REPAIR THERE WAS STILLA DELAY WHEN THE GEARS WERE CHANGED AND THE MOTOR WAS WEAK AND THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DRIVEABLE. *SC

NHTSA ID

10105480

Incident

Nov 15, 2004

Mileage

180,000 mi

SINCE OWNING THE 1995 DODGE INTREPID WE PURCHASED BRAND NEW, THESE ARE THE PROBLEMS EXPERIENCED SINCE OWNING AND THE PROBLEMS BEING EXPERIENCED NOW. WE HAVE HAD STEERING PROBLEMS WHICH REQUIRED THE POWER STEERING PUMP TO BE REPLACED, ALSO SOME ARM HAD TO BE REPLACED DUE TO THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL WOBBLING. OUR ELECTRIC LOCKS HAVE ENGAGED AS IF HOLDING THE SWITCH FOR A COUPLE OF SECONDS ON THE PASSENGER SIDE AND THE DRIVER SIDE. NEVER WAS FIXED DUE TO DEALER NOT DUPLICATING. OUR AC/HEAT ELECTRONIC CONTROLS STUCK AND WOULD NOT RESPOND TO ANY COMMANDS AND CONSTANTLY WAS BLOWING HOT AIR, PULLING FUSE WAS ONLY REMEDY. ELECTRONIC GAUGES WILL NOT ALWAYS SHOW CORRECT INFORMATION IE. FUEL LEVEL, TEMP, FUEL USED, COMPASS, ..ETC, TURNING CAR ON/OFF WILL USUALLY CORRECT IT. OUR FUEL RAILS HAS BEEN REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY RECALL, BUT I STILL WILL SMELL FUEL INSIDE. OUR PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG IS WARPED. OUR HEADLIGHTS WILL NOT COME ON AT TIMES AND EVEN GO OUT WHILE DRIVING. FLASHING HIGH/LOW BEAM STEERING COLUMN SWITCH WILL USUALLY MAKE THEM COME ON. OUR MOST RECENT PROBLEM AND THE STATE OUR VEHICLE IS IN RIGHT NOW IS SMOKE IS COMING FROM THE STEERING COLUMN AND IT IS VERY HOT AND I BELIEVE A FIRE IS TRYING TO START. THE CAR IS PARKED AT THE LOCATION THIS STARTED AT AND IS NOT BEING DRIVEN. *JB

NHTSA ID

10102667

Incident

Dec 9, 2004

Mileage

5,000 mi

CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT AN ENGINE PROBLEM. VEHICLE HAD ONLY 54,000 MILES ON IT AND IT NEEDED A COMPLETE ENGINE REPLACEMENT DUE TO EXCESSIVE MOTOR SLUDGE WHICH WAS CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SHUT DOWN. CONSUMER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER, WHO WAS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. *AK

NHTSA ID

10101774

Incident

Nov 29, 2004

Mileage

58,000 mi

THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED OUT FRONT OF THE RESIDENCE. THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED BY THE INSURANCE COMPANY. THE INSPECTOR INFORMED THE DRIVER THAT THE FIRE STARTED FROM THE CONVERTER AND THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED BY THE INSURANCE COMPANY. PLEASE FILL IN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *JB

NHTSA ID

10094241

Incident

Sep 23, 2004

SOME TIME AGO (2-3 MONTHS) MY 1995 INTREPID BECAME ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO START, ON SEVERAL OCCASSIONS. LATELY, THE ENGINE HAS QUIT WHILE I WAS DRIVING. THE LAST TIME THIS HAPPENED (YESTERDAY), I WAS ON THE HIGHWAY AT 70 MPH. *JB

NHTSA ID

10078858

Incident

Jun 25, 2004

Mileage

178,234 mi

WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH THE VEHICLE INTERMITTENTLY STALLED. AFTER A FEW MINUTES OF SITTING IDLE THE VEHICLE COULD BE RESTARTED. THERE WAS ALSO A HEATING PROBLEM. *AK

NHTSA ID

10050339

Incident

Nov 25, 2003

Mileage

150,000 mi

CAR STALLS ON LEFT HAND TURNS, IN REVERSE. CRUISE CONTROL ENGAGES BY IT SELF AT WILL. GETS STUCK IN FOURTH GEAR. HAVE REPLACED POWER TRAIN CONTROL MODULE AND CAM SENSOR. MECHANIC SAID COMPUTER NO LONGER PUTS OUT ERROR CODES. PAID 1000. SO FAR AND MECHANIC STILL HAS NO IDEA WHAT'S WRONG WITH IT. *LA

NHTSA ID

10049368

Incident

Nov 21, 2003

WHILE TRAVELING, THE ENGINE INDICATOR LIGHT BEGAN ILLUMINATING AND FLASHING. ONCE THE VEHICLE WAS SERVICED, THE TECHNICIAN NOTICED THE ENGINE O-RING HAD CAUGHT FIRE. THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE HAS YET TO BE DETERMINED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *PH

NHTSA ID

10050094

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY DRIVER SMELLED A STRONG ODOR COMING FROM THE VENTILATION AREA. DRIVER TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER. MECHANIC INDICATED THAT EXHAUST SYSTEM NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

NHTSA ID

10044290

Incident

Oct 20, 2003

CONSUMER STATES WHILE DRIVING ON LOS ANGELES FREEWAY AT 55 MPH AND WITH NO WARNING VEHICLE GOT SHUT OFF, CAUSING CONSUMER TO PULL OFF THE ROAD. DEALER AND INDEPENDENT SHOP COULD NOT DUPLICATE OR CORRECT PROBLEM. *AK *TS *NLM

NHTSA ID

10033556

Incident

Aug 11, 2003

Mileage

65,000 mi

ROCKER ARM AND ROCKER ARM SUPPORT FAILURE ON 26 SEPT '03 WHILE DRIVING TO WORK MY 1995 INTREPID (3.3 LITER) BEGAN MAKING A "TICKING" OR "CLACKING" NOISE. AFTTER DISCUSSION AT WORK,THE NOISE WAS DIAGNOSED AS A MISSING CYLINDER, THE IGNITION SYSTEMS SHOULD BE LOOKED AT. I BROUGHT IT HOME AND REPLACED THE PLUGS AND WIRES AND CHECKED THE SPARK. ALL NORMAL, STILL THE CLACKING NOISE. AFTER DROPPING THE CAR AT MY NEIGHBORHOOD MECHANIC WHO PULLED THE VALVE COVER AND NOTIFIED ME THAT THE TOWER SUPPORTING THE AFT END OF THE DRIVERS SIDE ROCKER ARM AXIS HAD SHEARED OFF AND THAT THE LIFTING ROD AND ROCKER ARM WERE DAMAGED BEYOND REPAIR. REQUIRING REPLACEMENT OF THE HEAD AND ANCILLARY COMPONENTS. FURTHER THE MECHANIC SAID THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH DODGE 3.3 MOTORS AND THAT THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL. I ALSO CONTACTED SEVERAL PEOPLE WHO HAVE OR HAVE OWNED THE SAME CAR (1995 INTREPID) AND AT LEAST TWO REPORTED THE SAME PROBLEM AT A SMILAR MILAGE.

NHTSA ID

10040980

Incident

Sep 26, 2003

Mileage

98,000 mi

MY 1995 DODGE INTREPID ES IS IN NEED OF ITS THIRD WATER PUMP. THE CAR HAS JUST UNDER 60,000 MILES. THE FIRST ONE WAS UNDER WARRANTY, THE SECOND AND NOW THE THIRD WILL BE ON US. I AM NOT DRIVING DEMOLITION DERBY, THREE WATER PUMPS IS MIND BOGGLING.

NHTSA ID

10011004

Incident

Mar 1, 2003

Mileage

59,400 mi

TRANSMISSION WILL SLIP, AND AT TIMES VEHICLE SHUT OFF. CONSUMER HAS HAD TRANSMISSION REPLACED, BUT PROBLEM STILL OCCURS.*AK

NHTSA ID

8013126

Incident

Jun 2, 2002

VEHICLE WILL INTREMITTENTLY STALL OUT WHILE CONSUMER IS DRIVING VEHICLE. WILL HAPPEN AT ANY SPEED. CONTACTED DEALER, WHO IS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING.*AK

NHTSA ID

8012673

Incident

Sep 1, 1995

THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STOPPED WHILE DRIVING DUE TO A DEFECTIVE WATER PUMP WHICH LOCKED UP, THE GEARS THAT DROVE THE PUMP BROKE OFF WHICH CAUSED THE TIMING BELT TO FAIL. NLM

NHTSA ID

563520

Incident

Dec 22, 2000

VEHICLE SEEMED TO BE MAINTAINED WELL AND IN GOOD CONDITION. AFTER PURCHASING VEHICLE AND NORMAL DRIVING STARTED EXPERIENCING BURING RUBBER SMELL FROM ENGINE. PROBLEM WAS OIL LEAKING FROM VALVE COVER GASKETS ONTO ENGINE. HAD VALVE COVER GASKETS REPLACED. SMELT BURNING RUBBER SMELL AGAIN, BAD GASKET FOR OIL FILLER CAP TOO. REPLACED, PROBLEM CORRECTED. CAR WOULD SOMETIMES PERFORM WELL WITH GOOD ACCELERATION, SOMETIMES TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT SEEM TO DOWNSHIFT, ACCELERATOR PEDAL WOULD BE TO FLOOR AND VEHICLE WOULD BARELY MOVE. WOULD HAPPEN UNEXPECTEDLY, EXTREMELY DANGEROUS WHEN ENTERING FREEWAY, PASSING OR MERGING. VEHICLE WOULD SOMETIMES SHIFT ROUGH, THEN SOMETIMES WOULD SHIFT QUICKLY AND SMOOTHLY. FLUID OK MOPAR. TOOK VEHICLE TO FIVE STAR SERVICE CENTER, HAD TECHNICIAN DRIVE VEHICLE, I DROVE VEHICLE AND CLEARLY DUPLICATED PROBLEM. I HAD THE PEDAL TO THE FLOOR AND VEHICLE WOULD ONLY ACCELERATE VERY VERY SLOWLY, TECHNICIAN STATED THIS WAS NORMAL BECAUSE VEHICLE IS IN 3RD GEAR. SOMETIMES VEHICLE WOULD EVEN DOWNSHIFT AND HAD GREAT ACCELERATION AS FAST AS 50MPH AND THEN SOMETIMES WOULD NOT DOWNSHIFT OR BARELY MOVE AT SPEEDS AS SLOW AS 35MPH. IT IS NOT NORMAL TO HAVE THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL TO THE FLOOR WITH A 170HP VEHICLE WITH THE VEHICLE BARELY ACCELERATING OR EXTREMELY POOR RESPONSE. I BELEIVE THAT THESE CHRYSLER TRANSMISSIONS OR THEIR CONTROL MODULES HAVE SERIOUS ISSUES. WELL I TRIED TO USE THE VEHICLE ANYWAY, IT SEEMED TO WORK OK OTHERWISE. WHILE DRIVING WITH FRIENDS SMELT BAD SHARP ODOR ALMOST LIKE URINE. COULD NOT FIND SOURCE OF THIS. FOUND OUT TRANSMISSION LEAKING TRANSMISSION COOLING LINES WERE CAUSE OF ODOR. TRANSMISSION STARTED MAKING CLU-CLUNKING NOISE AND FRONT END WOULD LIFT UP EXCESSIVELY LIKE A 727. FOUND OUT TRANSMISSION MOUNTS WERE BROKEN AND FRONT PUMP SEAL WAS ALSO LEAKING. SERVICE WOULD HAVE COST $2,000. TRADED VEHICLE IN, LOST THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. INDEPENDENT MECHANIC STATED THAT PUMP SEAL AND TRANSMISSION IN A CAR SHOULD LAST AT LEAST 125,000 MILES.

NHTSA ID

751298

Incident

May 10, 2001

SMOKE/STEAM WAS COMING FROM UNDERNEATH VEHICLE AFTER NORMAL OPERATION. DEALERSHIP INFORMED CONSUMER THAT WATER PUMP WAS LEAKING COOLANT ONTO EXHAUST SYSTEM. DEALERSHIP REPLACED WATER PUMP DUE TO THIS DEFECT, AS WELL AS TIMING BELT, WHICH WAS SATURATED WITH COOLANT. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.

NHTSA ID

886197

Incident

Mar 1, 2000

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION COOLER LINES WERE LEAKING TRANSMISSION FLUID ONTO LOWER RADIATOR HOSE OF VEHICLE. LOWER RADIATOR HOSE WAS DISINTEGRATING DUE TO THIS LEAK. DEALERSHIP REPLACED BOTH COMPONENTS, TRANSMISSION COOLER LINES AND LOWER RADIATOR HOSE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK

NHTSA ID

886195

Incident

Sep 1, 1997

WATER PUMP FAILED ON THREE OCCASIONS AND THE TIMING BELT FAILED. NLM

NHTSA ID

559930

Incident

Nov 1, 1996

WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH ON HIGHWAY ENGINE SUDDENLY DIED DUE TO TIMING BELT BROKEN, CAUSING A LOSS OF ALL POWER. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

NHTSA ID

876370

Incident

Nov 12, 2000

TRANSMISSION FAILED AND WAS REPLACED. WATER PUMP HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE. SWAY BAR LINKS WERE REPLACED AT 24,000 MILES.*AK

NHTSA ID

735572

Incident

Jan 5, 2000

REAR PASSENGER RESTRAINT DOES NOT RETRACT BACK INTO POSITION. DEALER HAS INSPECTED VEHICLE.*AK TRANSMISSION FAILED THREE TIMES. FRONT SEERING RACK FAILED LEFT FRONT BALL JOINT FAILED. DRIVE BELT FAILED AT 28000 MILES. WATER PUMP FAILED. RADIO FAILED. RIGHT FRONT STRUTS FAILED THREE TIMES. BRAKE FAILED THREE TIMES BEFORE 50000 MILES. HYDRAULIC CYLINDERS THAT HOLD HOOD UP FELL OFF. HEAT/AC DUCT SYSTEM FELL DOWN. *YH

NHTSA ID

874247