Owner-reported complaints naming the suspension system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming suspension components — springs, struts, shocks, control arms and related hardware. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1995 Dodge Intrepid submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 61 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 61, in the owner's own words
RACK AND PINION ISSUES. ISSUES WITH FRONT WHEELS AND STEERING. I'VE HAD IT FIXED THREE TIMES, VERY EXPENSIVE. I WAS PULLING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE, WHEN THE STEER STOPPED CONTROLLING THE WHEELS. I'M GRATEFUL I WASN'T ON THE FREE WAY.
FACTORY STRUTS(SUSPENSION) ARE INADEQUATE TO SUPPORT THE WEIGHT OF THE VEHICLE. MY STRUT MOUNT/PLATE &BOLTS BROKE AT 55 MILE PER HOUR & THE STRUT WENT THROUGH THE STRUT HOUSING/PLATE. THE STEERING/SUSPENSION SYSTEM IS COMPLETELY AFFECTED WHEN THE STRUTS BEGIN TO FAIL ON ALL VEHICLES. WHEN STRUTS FAIL SPRINGS ALSO FAIL CAUSING EVEN MORE STRESS ON THE OTHER STEERING/SUSPENSION PARTS(ALL BUSHINGS, TIE RODS. CONTROL ARMS, BALL JOINTS, CV JOINTS, TRANSAXLE, SWAY BAR. I HOPE IM MAKING SENSE, THIS NEEDS SERIOUS EXAMINATION AS CLUNK/ BUMP NOISES EVERY INTREPID ARE BAD STRUTS OR BAD STRUT MOUNT/BOLTS WHICH IMMEDIATELY INDICATE YOUR SUSPENSION/STEERING SYSTEM IS BEING BANGED UP. THE INNER TIE ROD BOLTS IN STEERING RACK BACK OUT OR TRY TO DUE TO TORN BUSHINGS IN THE INNER TIE RODS AT THE STEERING RACK CENTER. THESE BUSHINGS TEAR DUE TO WORN STRUTS THAT PUT STRESS ON TIE RODS SWAY BAR& STEERING RACK MOUNT BUSHINGS BOTH COMPRESS WITH THE EXTRA STRESS OF FAILING STRUTS. STEERING RACK SHIFTS DUE TO BAD INNER TIE ROD BUSHINGS CAUSING PLAY IN YOUR TIE RODS AND THE STEERING RACK MOUNT BUSHINGS NOW COMPRESSED CAUSE THE RACK TO SHIFT ALSO. SAME WITH SWAY BAR BUSHINGS&ANY OTHER SUSPENSION PARTS AND STEERING WHEN THIS HAPPENS SUCH AS INNER TIE RODS, OUTER TIE RODS, CV JOINTS, TRANSAXLE, BALL JOINTS,ALL BUSHINGS,LINKAGES,MOUNTS,CRADLE CAR WAS BUILT DEFECTIVELY AS THE WEIGHT OF THE VEHICLE IS TOO MUCH FORCE FOR THE STRUTS THAT COME FACTORY INSTALLED. THERE NEEDS TO BE AN IMMEDIATE CALL BACK ON THE STRUTS WITH A SERVICE ORDER TO EXAMINE AND REPAIR TORN OR COMPRESSED BUSHINGS IN THE INNER TIE RODS/STEERING RACK MOUNTING/SWAY BAR/BALL JOINT/CONTROL ARM/OUTER TIE ROD/ALONG WITH ANY DAMAGE TO THE CV JOINT&TRANSAXLES DUE TO THE DESIGN DEFECT USING INADEQUATE STRUTS FOR THE VEHICLES WEIGHT! THIS MAY SEEM LIKE AN EXTREME REQUEST BUT SINCE THEY WERE NEGLIGENT TO NEVER REPORT THE INADEQUACY OF THE STRUTS VS DESIGN IN ALL THE COMPLAINTS ON STEERING/SUSPENSION A RECALL IS IN ORDER. *TR
LEFT FRONT WHEEL BEARING AND AXLE, LEFT AND RIGHT OUTER TIE RODS, FRONT RIGHT BALL JOINT, STRUT ROD BUSHINGS, WINDSHIELD WIPER BEARINGS, LEFT FRONT DOOR LOCK DOESN'T WORK, LEFT FRONT WINDOW WON'T LET DOWN AND ROOF PAINT. *JB
WHEN STARTING OR WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE LOST POWER WITHOUT WARNING. A RECALL (99V2150000) WAS ISSUED, HOWEVER THE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER WAS OUTSIDE OF THE REMEDY SCOPE. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *JB
CONSUMER HEARD A CLANKING NOISE COMING FROM THE DRIVER'S SIDE. CONSUMER DROVE VEHICLE FOR INSPECTION. MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT DRIVER'S SIDE AND PASSENGER SIDE UPPER CONTROL BALL JOINTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK
WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE RIGHT TIE ROD FAILED, CAUSING THE DRIVER TO DRIFT TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE OWNER THAT THE RIGHT UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS HAD FAILED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *JB
WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH A LOUD POPPING NOISE WAS HEARD COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER DROVE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE OR RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. CONSUMER INFORMED THE MECHANIC THAT THIS PROBLEM OCCURRED MORE THAN ONCE. *AK
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE VIBRATED, CAUSING THE CONSUMER TO TEMPORARILY LOSE CONTROL. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK
WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH OR MORE, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO WOBBLE AND CAUSED PROBLEMS WITH THE STEERING CONTROL. THE VEHICLES STEERING DID NOT HOLD STEADY WHILE DRIVING. THE CONSUMER STATED THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE LOWER CONTROL ARM, BUT IT DID NOT SHOW UP ON THE NHTSA DATA BASE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *JB
THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM AS STATED IN RECALL 99 V 215 000, HOWEVER THE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. *JB
CONSUMER STATES THAT THE TIE THAT HOOKS TO RACK AND PINION KEEPS COMING LOOSE. THIS IS CAUSING THE STEERING WHEEL TO BE INOPERATIVE. NLM *SCC
VEHICLE GAVE NO WARNING THAT WHEEL BEARING WAS WORN OUT. IT COULD HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK
HAD TO REPLACE THE AXEL AND CV JOINT . NOW I HAVE SOME PROBLEMS WITH ALLIGNMENT AND IT IS MAKING A CLICKING NOISE WHEN I GO FROM REVERSE TO DRIVE. *AK
SINCE PURCHASE IN 2000, FRONT SUSPENSION PROBLEMS, DEALER ONLY OFFERED BOOT, NOT REPLACEMENT OF WHOLE AXLE. MECHANIC SAID BOOT WOULD NOT FIX PROBLEM. AIR CONDITIONER WENT OUT IN 2001, WHILE TRAVELING, COST $500 TO REPLACE PLUS RENTAL. IGNITION SWITCH WAS REPLACED IN 2002, DUE TO NOT OPERATING PROPERLY. COULD NOT REMOVE KEY. COST AROUND $150 TO REPAIR. NOW, THERE IS A STRONG SMELL OF GAS IN THE CAR, WHILE IN USE. MPG SEEMS TO BE LOWER THAN SHOULD BE. THIS IS MY 3RD INTREPID AND THE ONLY ONE I HAVE HAD EXCESSIVE PROBLEMS WITH.*AK
WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55MPH WOULD HEAR A KNOCKING NOISE FROM RIGHT FRONT WHEEL. HAD TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP, AND MECHANIC REPLACED THE BEARINGS/ STABILIZER BAR, AND HAD BRAKES CLEANED. PROBLEM WAS RESOLVED FOR AWHILE, BUT REAPPEARED.AK
WHEN VEHICLE WENT TO MAKE A TURN IN EITHER DIRECTION AT ANY SPEED UNDER NORMAL WEATHER CONDITIONS, A 'CRUNCHING' NOISE WOULD COME FROM FRONT RIGHT SIDE OF VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP REPLACED TIE RODS IN AN ATTEMPT TO CORRECT THIS DEFECT, AND NOISE REMAINED. DEALERSHIP THEN LUBRICATED AN UNKNOWN PART OF SUSPENSION, WHICH DID ELIMINATE NOISE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS. *AK
THE VEHICLE HAS AHD MULTIPLE ALIGNMENT AND TIE-ROD PROBLEMS. IT DISPLAYS WOBBLING AT VERY LOW AND INTERSTATE SPEEDS. CONSIDERING THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS RELATED TO THE STEERING RACK & PINION AND TIE RODS, I BELIEVE THAT A RECALL IS WARRANTED.
VEHICLE IS MAKING RATTLING NOISES FROM FRONT END. CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL LETTER A YEAR AGO, AND DEALER KEPT TELLING HER THAT THEY DO NOT HAVE TOOL TO DO REPAIRS. *AK
WHILE DRIVING COULD HEAR NOISE COMING UNDER VEHICLE AND CONSUMER DID THINK THAT NOISE WAS COMING FROM SHOCK ABSORBER, BUT A TECHNICIAN SAID THAT NOISE WAS COMING FROM BUSHINGS, AND THA TTHIS VEHICLE SHOULD NOT BE DRIVEN ON A COUNTY ROAD. *AK
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE WOULD MAKE CLUNKING NOISE UNDER HOOD. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP & WAS INFORMED BY THE MECHANIC THAT PROBLEM WAS TRANSMISSION. WHEN MECHANIC DROVE VEHICLE, NOTHING HAPPENED. WAS INFORMED TO DRIVE VEHICLE UNTIL NOISE APPEARED & BRING IT BACK IN. HAD DRIVEN VEHICLE OUT OF TOWN WHEN IT STALLED OUT SUDDENLY. AFTERWARDS WAS ABLE TO GO 10MPH. TOOK VEHICLE BACK TO DEALER AND TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED.*AK AT PRESENT TIME, THE VEHICLE MAKES CLUNKING NOISE IN THE FRONT AREA, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE FRONT WHEEL IS TURNED. LOWER CONTROL ARM OR TRANSMISSION FAILURES ARE POSSIBLE CAUSES. *YH
3 MONTHS AGO IT NEEDED BOTH INNER AND OUTER TIE ROD ENDS REPLACED. TODAY WE WENT AROUND A CORNER AND THE RACK AND PINION FAILED. NO STEERING AND ALMOST HIT A PARKED CAR. VECHILE TOWED TO REPAIR SHOP AND I AM WAITING TO GET A ESTIMATE. FRONT END PROBLEMS AND STEERING PROBLEMS SINCE WE BOUGHT IT. TRANSMISSION IS STARTING TO GO AND WE HAVE HAD THE AIR CONDITIONER WORKED ON 3 YEARS IN A ROW. WE ARE GOING TO TRADE IT IN ASAP.
TRANSMISSION PROBLEM DESCRIBED IN RECALL NOTICE (99V-215) DID OCCUR PRIOR TO RECALL NOTIFICATION, OWNER IS SEEKING REIMBURSEMENT. *CJ
TRANSMISSION FAILED AND WAS REPLACED. WATER PUMP HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE. SWAY BAR LINKS WERE REPLACED AT 24,000 MILES.*AK
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
SUSPENSION; INNER TIE ROD AND BUSHINGS HAD TO BE REPLACED. SUSPENSION WAS DEFECTIVE, AND VEHICLE WOULD BOUNCE UP AND DOWN INTERMITTENTLY. *AK
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