1998 Dodge Intrepid Transmission Problems

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED WHILE TRAVELING AT 50 MPH AND IT WENT COMPLETELY FLOOR. THE BRAKE RETURNED BY A SPRING, BUT THERE WAS ONLY AROUND 2% OF BRAKING POWER. THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WAS DOWN SHIFTED, BUT THE TRANSMISSION FAILED TO MOVE FROM THE DRIVE POSITION, ALTHOUGH THE LEVER INDICATED AN AUTO STICK POSITION. THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS RELEASED AND THE VEHICLE EVENTUALLY SLOWED TO A STOP ON ITS OWN. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN SLOWLY TO A BRAKE REPAIR SHOP WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THE BRAKE LINE WAS CORRODED AND RUPTURED. THE BRAKE LINE WAS REPLACED. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN INSPECTED CONCERNING THE TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. THE MANUFACTURER HAS NOT BEEN ALERTED. THE VEHICLE IS BEING USED IN A SALT BELT STATE AND THERE HAVE BEEN OTHER CORROSION ISSUES, SUCH AS THE MASTER CYLINDER AND BRAKE ROTORS. UPDATED 07/05/06. *JB

NHTSA ID

10160224

Incident

Jun 18, 2006

Mileage

56,500 mi

SINCE BUYING THE VEHICLE IN 1998, I HAVE EXPERIENCED ISSUE WITH: ELECTRICAL INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR LIGHTS GOING ON AND OFF WHILE DRIVING (DEALER HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO LOCATE PROBLEM) RACK AND PINION HAD TO REPLACE AT 36,000 MILES I HAVE TO REPLACE THE BRAKES EVERY YEAR, THEY CONSTANTLY ARE MAKING A GRINDING NOISE. HAVE HAD TO REPLACE POWER WINDOW MECHANISM ON DRIVER SIDE WHEN FIRST BOUGHT VEHICLE, NOW THE AUTOMATIC POWER DOWN ON DRIVE SIDE IS NOT WORKING AS WELL AS NOT BEING ABLE TO USE POWER UNLOCK AND LOCK FOR REAR DRIVER PASSENGER DOOR. AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION LEAK FROM HOSE, HAVE HAD TO REPLACE HOSE. *JB

NHTSA ID

10155215

Incident

May 1, 2002

Mileage

31,000 mi

I BOUGHT THIS CAR ON 3/2002. SINCE I BOUGHT IT I HAVE REPLACED THE STARTER THREE TIMES; HAD A FULL FRONT END REPLACEMENT; NEW ENGINE PUT IN; NEW TRANSMISSION; STUDS BROKE FROM THE FRONT TIRE AND WHILE THE TIRE WAS ROLLING DOWN THE ROAD MY CARD WAS SKIDDING DOWN THE ROAD WITH MY 2 MONTH OLD GRANDDAUGHTER IN THE CAR. NOW THE ELECTRONIC SYSTEM IS COMPLETELY SCREWED UP AND THE CAR IS NOT EVEN RUNNING. I HAVE ALL MY PAPERWORK WHERE THE REPAIRS WERE DONE. I BELIEVE THAT CHRYSLER NEEDS TO REPLACE THIS VEHICLE "NO QUESTIONS ASKED" BECAUSE WE HAVE SPENT OVER $6,000 FIXING THIS PIECE OF JUNK. *JB

NHTSA ID

10145139

Incident

Jun 24, 2002

Mileage

55,000 mi

SAFETY RECALL REGARDING THE TRANSAXLE FLOOR SHIFTER IGNITION PARK INTERLOCK ON THE 1998 DODGE INTREPID.*MR THE VHICLE WOULD NOT START. THE DEALER REPLACED THE TIMING COVER, VC COVER, MAIN TIMING CHAIN, TENSIONER AND GUIDES. *NM

NHTSA ID

10134558

Incident

Jan 1, 1901

1998, DODGE, INTREPID WAS PARKED IN FRONT OF HOUSE. IGNITION OFF, KEY OUT, IN PARK. CAR ROLLED AWAY DUE TO FAILURE OF THE FLOOR SHIFT PARKING INTERLOCK, STRUCK HOUSE DOWN THE STREET. CAR WAS TOTALED. NOTIFIED BY MAIL OF RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM AFTER THE ACCIDENT. CONTACTED DAIMLER CHRYSLER WHO WILL NOT REPAIR OR REPLACE CAR. *AK

NHTSA ID

10118113

Incident

Mar 11, 2005

Mileage

112,000 mi

DRIVING DOWN INTERSTATE 65 MPH 1998 DODGE INTREPID BLEWUP SO HARD IT EVEN BROKE THE STARTER OFF THE TRANSMISSION BELL HAUSING. THIS WAS A NICE CLEAN TAKEN CARE OF CAR BUT THE MOTERS ARE JUNK AND CHRYSLER SAID TUFF '!@#$% WE DONT CARE . CHRYSLER SHOULD HAVE TO FIX EVERY ONE OF THESE WERE ALL BAD. *TR

NHTSA ID

10114259

Incident

Jun 15, 2004

Mileage

140,000 mi

A KNOCKING NOISE WAS HEARD COMING FROM THE FRONT. THE VEHICLE STARTED RUNNING ROUGHLY. THE DRIVER NOTICED THAT THE TRANSMISSION LIGHT FLASHED ON THE DASHBOARD THEN OFF. THE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER. THE VEHICLE STALLED, THE DRIVER TRIED TO RESTART,BUT WAS UNABLE TO DO SO. THE DRIVER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE DRIVER THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *JB

NHTSA ID

10107405

Incident

Jan 14, 2005

WHILE DRIVING ON A BUSY INTERSTATE, THE VEHICLE LOST POWER. THERE WAS NO WARNING. UPON ENTERING THE INTERSTATE, THE CONSUMER NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT ACCELERATING. *AK *SC *JB

NHTSA ID

10094848

Incident

Sep 29, 2004

Mileage

105,850 mi

AFTER DEALERSHIP INDICATED THAT THE FLOOR SHIFT IGNITION PARK INTERLOCK RECALL 04V021000 REPAIRS WERE PERFORMED CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO REMOVE THE KEY FROM IGNITION WITHOUT THE VEHICLE BEING IN PARK. WHEN THE DEALERSHIP WAS CONTACTED THEY INDICATED THAT THE RECALL REPAIRS WERE NOT PERFORMED BECAUSE THE PARTS WEREN'T AVAILABLE.*AK

NHTSA ID

10091807

Incident

Sep 9, 2004

THE DEALERSHIP PROVIDING WRONG INFORMATION REGARDING THE CONSUMER HAVING THE FLOOR SHIFT IGNITION PARK INTERLOCK RECALL 04V021000 PERFORMED. THE FIRST TIME THE APPOINTMENT WAS MADE THE DEALERSHIP INDICATED THAT THEY HAVE TO ORDER THE PARTS TO PERFORM THE RECALL. THE SECOND TIME THE APPOINTMENT WAS MADE THEY INDICATED THEY COULD NOT PERFORM THE RECALL BECAUSE THE VEHICLE HAD A SALVAGE TITLE ALTHOUGH THE VEHICLE WAS DEEMED ROAD WORTHY BY THE STATE. *AK

NHTSA ID

10089123

Incident

Aug 14, 2004

WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS RUNNING OR PARKED AND WHEN THE IGNITION SWITCH WAS PLACED IN THE ON POSITION, CONSUMER COULD MOVE THE VEHICLE WHILE SHIFTING FROM PARK TO REVERSE ,AND TO NEUTRAL WITHOUT APPLYING THE BRAKE PEDAL. CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR REPLACEMENT OF TRANSMISSION AXLE FLOOR SHIFTER PARK INTERLOCK IGNITION. THE WORK WAS PERFORMED. BUT CONSUMER INFORMED THE MECHANIC THAT THIS PROBLEM RECURRED. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM, BUT THERE WAS NO SOLUTION.*AK

NHTSA ID

10087899

Incident

Aug 13, 2004

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL 04V021000 CONCERNING TRANSMISSION LEVER AND LINKAGE:FLOOR SHIFT FAILURE. WHEN VEHICLE WAS OFF AND THE KEY OUT OF THE IGNITION FLOOR SHIFT GEAR COULD BE MOVED OUT OF PARK. THIS MAKE/ MODEL, AND YEAR WAS ON RECALL, BUT CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK

NHTSA ID

10059819

Incident

Dec 16, 2003

Mileage

85,000 mi

REPAIRS WERE DONE TO THE ENGINE ON 3 OCCASIONS, ROTORS 2 OCCASIONS, BRAKES 1 OCCASION, CONTROL ARMS (SUSPENSION) 1 OCCASION, STEERING 1 OCCASION, & ELECTRICAL. ALTHOUGH I ONLY HAVE 54,000 MILES ON MY CAR AND THE ENGINE HAS BEEN REPLACED, THE DEALERSHIP REFUSES TO FIX THE ONGOING ENGINE PROBLEMS. THE DEALERSHIP MANAGER, ROD HARRIS, ADMITS IT A LIFTER TICKING BUT INSISTS THAT IT IS NORMAL. CHRYSLER GAVE ME AN "ADDED CARE SERVICE CONTRACT" THAT IS GOOD THROUGH 6/26/04 AND TO 75,000 MILES. PLAN CODE IS AD675H. THEY REFUSE TO FIX MY CAR. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME, AFTER THE FIRST THREE ATTEMPTS TO FIX IT, I HAVE BEEN TO THE DEALERSHIP. I FILED A COMPLAINT WITH CHRYSLER ON 1/12/04. ALSO NOTE THEY STILL HAVE MY VEHICLE TODAY 1/12/04 BECAUSE THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. IT'S BEEN IN SERVICE FOR 5 DAYS. TRANSMISSION FAILED WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON 1/7/04. I AM CONCERNED WITH THE SAFETY OF THE VEHICLE AND THE ENGINE FAILING NOW WITH MY 10 MONTH OLD DAUGHTER. *LA

NHTSA ID

10052955

Incident

Jan 7, 2004

WITHIN THE LAST MONTH OUR FAMILY HAS EXPERIENCED TWO TRANSMISSION FAILURES IN TWO DIFFERENT CHRYSLER VEHICLES WE OWN. THE FIRST, A 1999 CHRYSLER SEBRING, HAD THE TRANSMISSION CATASTROPHICALLY FAIL AFTER ONLY 60,000 MILES. THE SECOND, A 1998 DODGE INTREPID, HAD THE CLUTCHES IN THE TRANSMISSION FAIL AFTER 79,000 MILES. BOTH OF THESE CARS WERE EXTREMELY WELL CARED FOR AND DRIVEN NORMALLY. BOTH VEHICLES HAVE BEEN SERVICED ACCORDING TO THE SERVICE MANUAL SUPPLIED WITH THE CAR. AS A CONSUMER, ITS HARD TO SEE HOW A COMPANY CAN CHARGE $2,000.00 TO REPLACE A PART OF A CAR THAT FAILED WITHOUT REASON. I WILL NEVER BUY A CHRYSLER PRODUCT AGAIN. *LA

NHTSA ID

10052345

Incident

Dec 19, 2003

Mileage

79,000 mi

NAR 9-8-03. TRANSMISSION, AIR CONDITIONER, AND DEFECTIVE WATER PUMP. *CB

NHTSA ID

10039866

Incident

Sep 25, 2001

Mileage

17,158 mi

I BELIEVE MY VEHICLE OVERALL IS DEFECTIVE. WE PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE NEW AND HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS WITH IT. HAD TO REPLACE ROCKER ARMS AND ENGINE AT 51,000 MILES. HAVE SINCE REPLACED COMPUTER, TRANSMISSION, INTAKE MANIFOLD, COOLING SYSTEM, CATALYTIC CONVERTER AND NOW HAVE A "CHECK ENGINE" LIGHT ON AGAIN WITH CODES RELATING TO COOLING AND THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER. THIS VEHICLE IS JUST AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN. WHO KNOWS WHAT WILL GO WRONG WITH IT NEXT.*AK

NHTSA ID

10037436

Incident

Sep 8, 2003

Mileage

51,000 mi

I HAVE FOUND AN EXCELLENT AND INFORMATIVE WEBSITE AGAINST DAILMLER CHRYSLER AT WWW.DAIMLERCHRYSLERVEHICLEPROBLEMS.COM FOR ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE MORE INFORMATION MAINLY IN REGARD TO INTREPID, 300M, CONCORDE, LHS PREMATURE ENGINE, STEERING, TRANSMISSION AND OTHER COMMON FAILURES. I HAVE EXPERIENCED MANY OF THESE PROBLEMS MYSELF AND DAILMER CHRYSLER SIMPLY DOES NOT CARE, I COULD HAVE EVEN BEEN KILLED IN ONE INSTANCE. AFTER OWNING ANOTHER VEHICLE AND PUTTING NEARLY 30,000 MILES ON IT I HAVE NOT HAD ANY OF THE RIDICULOUS PROBLEMS EXPERIENCED WITH CHRYSLER'S DODGE BRAND OF VEHICLES. THERE IS A LOT OF INFORMATION CONSUMERS NEED TO KNOW THAT DAILMER CHRYSLER DOES NOT WANT YOU TO KNOW ABOUT THESE VEHICLES AND THEIR COMMON PROBLEMS CHRYSLER IGNORES, SOME OF WHICH ARE POTENTIAL SAFETY CONCERNS SUCH AS THE DEFECTIVE SEAT BELT DESIGN CHRYSLER CONTINUES TO USE AND DEFECTIVE STEERING DESIGN AND OR COMPONENTS THAT CAN CAUSE SUDDEN LOOSENESS OR CHANGE OF RESPONSE IN STEERING, WHICH CAN LEAD TO A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. THESE GUYS HAVE BEEN RECEIVING COMPLAINTS DAILY ABOUT THESE PROBLEMS AND HAVE BEEN REFERRING CONSUMERS TO THE NHTSA, I HOPE THAT IN TURN THE NHTSA WILL ADD THIS TO THE LIST OF THEIR COMPLAINTS SO OTHERS WILL ALSO KNOW ABOUT THIS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. *NLM

NHTSA ID

10018524

Incident

Dec 20, 2001

I WAS GETTING MY KIDS OUT OF THE CAR AND MY SON GOT IN THE FRONT SEAT AND WAS ABLE TO MOVE THE CAR OUT OF PARK AND INTO REVERSE ON MY AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. I AM ABLE TO MOVE THE SHIFT INTO ALL GEARS WITHOUT THE CAR RUNNIG OR A KEY IN THE IGNITION. MY CAR WITH MY SON ROLLED OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY AND ACROSS A STREET AND INTO A LAKE ON TOP OF A PARK BENCH.. I WAS NOT PARKED ON A HILL. I WAS IN FLAT GROUND. DODGE REPORTS I HAVE A INOPERATIVE SHIFT INTERLOCK AND THEY ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PROBLEM, BUT. 685,000 DODGE CIRRUS, STRATTUS, CHRYSLER SEBRING, AND PLYMOUTH BREEZE IN 1998 WERE ALL RECALLED FOR THIS PROBLEM. CARS WITH AUTOMATIC TRANMISSIONS CAN HAVE A NONFUNCTIONAL INTERLOCK SYSTEM CAUSING THEM TO ROLL AWAY. AFTER THE MY CAR CAME TO A REST MY SON FELL OUT OF THE CAR INTO THE WATER. IT WAS LISTED AS NHTSA RECALL NUMBER 98V183. MY SON DID NOT HAVE TO DEPRESS ANY BRAKES TO CHANGE THE GEARS ON MY CAR AND HAVE IT ROLL AWAY . I MUST USE THE PARKING BRREAK AT ALL TIMES. IF ALL OTHER DODGE CARS HAD THIS PROBLEM WHY WOULD INTREPID BE THE EXCEPTION. IT SI ALL MADE BY THE SAME COMPANY AND PROABLY THE SAME PARTS.*AK

NHTSA ID

765027

Incident

Jul 2, 2002

TRANSMISSION WILL COME OUT OF GEAR ON ITS OWN AND DROP DOWN TO A LOW GEAR. IT THEN LOCKS OUT THE HIGHER GEARS. THIS IS A DANGEROUS OPERATION AS IT COULD RESULT IN A ACCIDENT BY BEING REARENDED FROM ANOTHER VEHICLE. CHRYSLER HAS HAD PROBLEMS WITH THIS SINCE 1992 AND AT ONE TIME REPAIRED OR REPLACED ALL DEFECTIVE VEHICLES. IT IS STILL AN ON GOING SAFETY HAZARD.*AK

NHTSA ID

764451

Incident

Dec 1, 2000

TRANSMISSION SHIFTS DOWN WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.*AK

NHTSA ID

8014037

Incident

Dec 1, 2000

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE A/C IS NOT COLD, DEALER FOUND THE EVAPORATOR WAS LEAKING AND REPLACED IT. *SLC

NHTSA ID

566433

Incident

Jan 23, 2002

ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON AND THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT SHIFT OUT OF FIRST GEAR. THE SPEEDOMETER DID NOT WORK EITHER. THE MECHANIC SAID THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND ALSO INFORMED ME THAT OTHER DODGE INTREPIDS HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. *AK

NHTSA ID

752833

Incident

Sep 3, 2001

MY ROTORS WARPED AT 18000 MI. I HAD TO BRING THE CAR IN TWICE TO HAVE THE CLUNKING IN THE STEERING WHEEL CORRECTED AND NOW THE CAR PULLS TO THE LEFT. TODAY, THE TRANSMISSION STUCK IN 2ND. GEAR. IN OTHER WORDS, I HAVE HAD MANY OF THE PROBLEMS THAT OTHERS HAVE DESCRIBED ON YOUR WEB SITE.*AK

NHTSA ID

750693

Incident

Aug 17, 2001

POWERTRAIN -- CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AS COMING TO A STOP, AND CAR JOLTED. FROM THAT POINT ON, CAR STUCK IN SECOND GEAR. 24 DAYS OUT OF WARRANTY, WITH UNDER 32K MILES. DODGE WOULD NOT PAY FOR REPAIR EVEN THOUGH IT IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH DODGE. WINDOWS STUCK IN UP POSITION ON 3 OCCASIONS, AFFECTING RF, LF, AND RR WINDOWS. MOTORS REPLACED UNDER WARRENTY.

NHTSA ID

747766

Incident

Jul 1, 2001

CONSUMER IS CONCERNED THAT 7 YEAR OLD CHILD RELEASED VEHICLE FROM GEAR WITHOUT APPLYING BRAKES AND WITH ENGINE BEING OFF, RESULTING IN A COLLISION. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

NHTSA ID

890338