1995 Dodge Intrepid Transmission Problems

DODGE TRANSMISSION ON INTREPIDS, CARAVANS, AND NEONS HAVE A HISTORY OF FAILING AND NEEDING TO BE REPLACED OR REBUILT. MY VEHICLE ONLY HAS 55800 MILES ON IT ALL ORIGINAL. EVEN THOUGH THE CAR IS 15 YEARS OLD IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN MAINTAINED SINCE IT WAS PURCHASED FROM THE DEALER BRAND NEW IN 1995. I BELIEVE THAT IF DODGE IS NOT HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PROBLEMS THEN SOMEONE CAN SERIOUSLY GET INJURED FROM THEM. WHETHER IT BE FROM THE TRANSMISSION FAILING ON THE HIGHWAY AND CAUSING ACCIDENTS OR SOMETHING BREAKING WHILE JUST DRIVING AND CAUSING SERIOUS INJURY. *TR

NHTSA ID

10369402

Incident

Nov 14, 2010

Mileage

55,695 mi

THE VEHICLE HAD THE USUAL FILTER, AND FLUID CHANGES AND BEGAN TO SLIP AND NOW THE TRANSMISSION IS OUT. THE FLUID IN IT IS STILL CLEAN. CAN'T UNDERSTAND WHY IT WOULD JUST GO OUT LIKE THAT. THIS ISN'T THE FIRST PROBLEM I HAVE HAD. ALSO HAD TO REPLACE THE RACK-N-PINION ON IT. THE BOLT HOLDING IT TOGETHER CAME OUT WHILE DRIVING IT. *TR

NHTSA ID

10234327

Incident

May 8, 2008

DT: THE CALLER HAD RECALL 2C45182 WORK DONE ON AUGUST 17, 2005. TWO DAYS LATER WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE IT SHIFTED ITSELF INTO REVERSE AND STALLED IN TRAFFIC. DEALER SAID SHE WILL HAVE TO PAY TO HAVE IT TOWED AND REPAIRED. DEALER SAID THEY WONT EVEN LOOK AT IT UNTIL SHE PAID.. SHE SAID SHE HAD NO TROUBLE BEFORE THE RECALL WORK WAS DONE. MANUFACTURER SAID TO TAKE IT BACK TO THE DEALER. *AK

NHTSA ID

10133515

Incident

Aug 19, 2005

Mileage

114,418 mi

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

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL 04V021000 CONCERNING SHIFT IGNITION PARK INTERLOCK. CONSUMER WAS CONCERNED BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WENT IN FOR A RECALL. BUT, PROBLEMS OCCURRED PREVIOUSLY,AND STILL HAD NOT BEEN RESOLVED. *AK

NHTSA ID

10098987

Incident

Oct 28, 2004

THE CONSUMER STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE SHIFTED HARD. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION. *JB

NHTSA ID

10096605

Incident

Sep 17, 2004

Mileage

6,400 mi

CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO TURN VEHICLE OFF IN ANY GEAR. ALSO, KEY COULD BE REMOVED IN ANY GEAR. NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL. *AK

NHTSA ID

10091963

Incident

Oct 14, 2003

Mileage

94,000 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

THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A TRANSMISSION LINE LEAK AT THE COOLER LINE, AND ALSO THE POWER MIRROR WAS REPLACED. *PH *CB *JB

NHTSA ID

10029696

Mileage

24,051 mi

I HAVE HAD TO PUT 4 TRANSMISSIONS IN MY EAGLE VISION. THERE HAS GOT TO BE A PROBLEM. I BOUGHT TWO FROM A JUNK YARD WITH LITTLE MILEAGE, AND THEY BOTH WERE BAD. *NLM

NHTSA ID

10010724

Incident

Mar 16, 2003

WHILE DRIVING THERE IS SOME DIFFICULTY WHEN THE VEHICLE IS TRYING TO SWITCH INTO GEAR. CONTACTED DEALER. *AK

NHTSA ID

8017707

Incident

Aug 2, 2002

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

NHTSA ID

765252

Incident

Jan 26, 2001

THREE YEAR OLD CHILD SHIFTED THE CAR FROM PARK WITHOUT KEYS IN THE IGNITION, WITHOUT BRAKING, AND WITHOUT PRESSING RELEASE BUTTON ON GEAR SHIFT. THE CAR BEGAN ROLLING DOWN A SLIGHT HILL WITH A TWO YEAR OLD GIRL HANGING FROM THE CAR NEAR THE FRONT TIRE. MOTHER RUNNING TO THE CAR, WAS RUN OVER BY THE ROLLING CAR WHILE TRYING TO PROTECT HER CHILDREN. CAR CRASHED INTO A FIRE HYDRANT HALTING RUN AWAY VEHICLE. AFTER THE INCIDENT WAS OVER, OWNERS CONFIRMED THAT CAR SHIFTS FROM PARK WITH THE SLIGHTEST TOUCH OF THE GEAR SHIFT (WITHOUT DEPRESSING BUTTON).*AK

NHTSA ID

765077

Incident

Jul 23, 2002

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

I CALLED AND REPORTED THE PROBLEMS WITH THE TIRE ROD ENDS, I JUST ADDED MORE TO THE LIST OF PROBLEMS WITH THIS CAR. I AM TRYING TO OTHER OWNERS OF DODGE INTREPIDS WITH IDENTICAL PROBLEMS TO ALSO CALL AND REPORT THESE PROBLEMS SO SOMETHING WILL BE DONE.*AK

NHTSA ID

763487

Incident

Aug 10, 2001

TRANSMISSION LEAKING FLUID. CHANGED OIL&FILTER. FIXED LEAKY HOSE. WHEN COLD, SHUDDERS AND DOESN'T SHIFT INTO GEAR PROPERLY. SOMETIMES HAS WHAT DODGE DEALERSHIP CALLS A "GLITCH" WHERE IT WON'T SHIFT PAST 2ND GEAR. SHUT OFF ENGINE TO RESET. CHANGED OIL & FILTER A SECOND TIME. SAME PROBLEMS.*AK

NHTSA ID

760061

TRANSMISSION FAILED TWICE, THE LAST TIME IT FAILED WAS ONLY 30000 MILES AFTER THE FIRST WAS REPLACED. *YH

NHTSA ID

561980

Incident

Dec 1, 1998

CONSUMER STATES TRASMISSION HAS FAILED TWICE, HE WAS ADVISED BY MECHANIC THAT TRASMISSION IS INFERIOR. *JB

NHTSA ID

560975

CONSUMER NOTICED A FLUID BUILD UP UNDER VEHICLE AFTER VEHICLE HAD BEEN PARKED. DEALERSHIP INFORMED CONSUMER THAT AN UNKNOWN CLAMP, WHICH WAS TIGHTENED TO ELIMINATE LEAKING PROBLEM, WAS CAUSING TRANSMISSION FLUID TO LEAK. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK

NHTSA ID

886200

Incident

Feb 25, 1997

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

WHILE SWITCHING LANES LOST CONTROL OF STEERING MOMENTARILY. CONSUMER HAD TO USE FORCE TO GET VEHICLE UNDER CONTROL. TOOK VEHICLE TO TWO MECHANICS, AND THEY SAID THAT RACK AND PINION STEERING HAD MANUFACTURING DESIGN FLAW. *AK 2 INDEPENDENT MECHANICS STATED THAT THE BUSHINGS ON THE STEERING RACK WERE WORN AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, ALSO STATED THAT THERE WAS TOO MUCH PLAY OR MOVEMENT IN THE ENTIRE STEERING MECHANISM, HOWEVER REPLACEMENT OF THE BUSHINGS WOULD NOT FIX THE PROBLEM SINCE THE PLAY OR MOVEMENT IN THE STEERING BOX WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSING WEAR ON THE BUSHING, THIS PROBLEM OCCURS WHENEVER STOPPING AND TURNING IN OR OUT OF A DRIVEWAY, PARKING LOT, ETC, OR ACCELERATING AFTER A STOP, CONSUMER CAN HEAR SOUNDS AND IT FEELS LIKE SOMETHING IS KICKED OUT OR SLIPS FROM UNDER VEHICLE'S FRONT END, CONSUMER HAS COMPLAINED TO DEALER ON 4 OCCASIONS. TRANSMISSION HESITATES WHEN MAKING SHIFT FROM 2ND TO 3RD, DEALER STATED OPERATING AS DESIGNED. LEFT FRONT SPLASH SHIELD RUBBING ON TIRE MAKING A NOISE, DEALER REPOSITIONED SPLASH SHIELD. *SLC

NHTSA ID

883370

Incident

Mar 9, 2001

THE TRANSMISSION FAILED CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO HESITATE AND JERK UPON ACCELERATION , THE CONSUMER REQUESTED FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE BUT WAS DENIED, TRANSMISSION HAD BEEN REPLACED BEFORE, THE NEW ONE FAILED AFTER ONLY 30000 MILES. NLM

NHTSA ID

560324

Incident

Nov 1, 2000

WHILE DRIVING COULD TRY TO SLOW DOWN AND VEHICLE WILL START FEELING LIKE ANOTHER VEHICLE WAS PUSHING FROM REAR. MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED. *AK THE MANUFACUTURER WAS AWARE OF THE TRANSMISSION PROBLEM AND WAS WILLING TO ACCEPT PART OF THE RESPONSIBILITY. *YH

NHTSA ID

880402

Incident

Feb 12, 2001

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE WILL NOT CHANGE GEARS.*AK

NHTSA ID

878642

Incident

Jan 22, 2001

THE FRONT PARKING BRAKE CABLE BROKE, DEALER REPLACED THE FRONT CABLE AND PARKING BRAKE PEDALS, CONSUMER FEELS THAT THE FAILURE WAS CAUSED BY METAL FATIGUE IN THE CABLE, THE DESIGN DOES NOT FOLLOW ACCEPTED ENGINEERING PRACTICES FOR CABLE DIAMETER AND MINIMUM BENDING RADIUS OF THE CABLE. *SLC

NHTSA ID

559096

Incident

Aug 1, 2000