1994 DODGE INTREPID Engine And Engine Coolingenginegasoline Problems

WHILE THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN PARKED FOR ABOUT 3 HOURS, CONSUMER STARTED VEHICLE AND A PUFF OF SMOKE CAME FROM UNDER HOOD. CONSUMER STATES' FLAMES WERE ABOUT THE SIZE OF A FOOTBALL. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO PUT FIRE OUT. DEALER STATED CAUSE OF FIRE WAS A LEAKING FUEL RAIL. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. PH

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

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

CONSUMER CHANGED THE OIL AND NOTICED THAT THERE WAS FUEL MIXED IN WITH THE OIL. WHEN VEHICLE WA STARTED, AND AFTER OIL HAD BEEN CHANGED, ENGINE COMPARTMENT CAUGHT ON FIRE. VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN INSPECTED. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL 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

CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER, BOB BOST DEALER IN BRADENTON ,FLORIDA, SEVERAL TIMES FOR RECALL 99V215000/ MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 837. BUT, DEALER COULD NOT PERFORM RECALL REPAIRS WITHOUT A SPECIAL TOOL WHICH DEALER WAS UNABLE TO OBTAIN FROM MANUFACTURER. MEANTIME, CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AN UNSAFE VEHICLE. *AK

WHILE MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING DOWN A LOCAL STREET AT APPROX. 25 MPH, THE CAR STARTED MAKING A FUNNY SOUND ALL OF A SUDDEN THEN THE CAR SHUT OFF. WE LATER HAD THE CAR TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WHO INFORMED US THAT THE ENGINE WAS RUINED WITHOUT EVEN LOOKING AT THE CAR. WE ASKED THE DEALERSHIP HOW THIS COULD'VE HAPPENED WHEN WE HAD SCHEDULED OIL CHANGES WITH THEM ON TIME. THE CAR WAS THERE WITH THEM LESS THAN 30 DYAS PRIOR TO THE ENGINE BLOW-OUT. THE DEALERSHIP COULNOT GIVE US AN EXPALANATION OF WHAT CAUSED THE ENGINE T BLOW ON A VEHICLE THAT HAD LESS THAN 70,000 MILES.THERE WAS NO WARNING SUCH AS OIL LEAKS OR SMOKE FROM BURNING OIL EVEN THOUGH WE WERE INFORMED THAT THERE WAS NO OIL IN THE CAR WHEN IT WAS GIVEN TO THEM.NO EXPLANATION GIVEN AS TO WHERE 5 QUARTS OF...

ENGINE FAILED. *ET

WHEN TURNING ON THE ENGINE ALL LIGHTS WILL COME ON, AND ENGINE WILL START SHAKING. THERE WAS NO SIGN OF WHAT COULD BE CAUSING THIS PROBLEM. *AK

I BOUGHT THIS CAR THINKING THAT THE DODGE INTREPID WAS A GREAT CAR AND WE HAVE NOT HAD NOTHING BUT A NIGHTMARE WITH THIS CAR. I CAN NOT BELIEVE THAT A NEW CAR COULD HAVE THAT MANY PROBLEMS. WE HAVE A DODGE TRUCK THAT HAS OVER 200 THOUSAND MILES AND NEVER HAD THIS TROUBLE. I HAVE ONLY ONCE RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE AND I GOT THAT ONE AFTER I CALLED CHRSLER ABOUT IT. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED IN THE SUMMARY. *AK

WATER PUMP AND COOLING SYSTEM FAILED, CAUSING EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO ENGINE, POWER STEERING, AND TIMING BELT. NO WARNING FROM INSTRUMENT PANEL, NO INDICATION THAT ENGINE WAS HOT. NOW IN NEED OF NEW ENGINE.

WHEN DRIVING BETWEEN 40 TO 50MPH CAR STARTS TO JUMP AND JERK, AND IT FEELS LIKE IT WANTS TO STALL. *AK

OIL LEAK, CAUSING FUMES TO COME INTO THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT. ALSO, ENGINE HEAD GASKET HAS BLOWN OUT. DEAELR HAS REPAIRED HEAD GASKET A YEAR AGO. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED OR COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP, ENGINE WILL SHUT OFF WITHOUT WARNING. IT WILL START RIGHT BACK UP MOST OF THE TIME. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

THE 1994 DODGE INTREPID IS A POORLY DESIGNED CAR. OUR CAR HAS FAILED THE A/C EVAPORATOR, POWER STEERING HOSE, TIMING BELT TENSIONER, WATER PUMP, PULLEY, TIMING BELT, THE ELECTRONIC CLIMATE CONTROL DOES NOT WORK - NO AIR FROM ANY VENTS, TRANSMISSION WILL NOT GO IN REVERSE WHEN COLD, TRANSMISSION WILL NOT DOWNSHIFT TO FIRST WHEN COLD, TRANSMISSION WILL NOT UPSHIFT TO 3RD WHEN COLD, FUEL LEAKED FROM THE FUEL RAIL, ENGINE IS HARD TO START WHEN COLD

HAVE HAD LOTS OF PROBLEMS CAR IS NOT AS RELIABLE AS I THOUGHT.

WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED ENGINE CHECK LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON, AND THE VEHICE IS STALLING AND CUTTING OFF. *AK

ENGINE FAILED.

WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED THE VEHICLE IS CUTTING OFF WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING AND THE IS STALLING INTERMITTENTLY. *AK

ABS WARNING LIGHT STAYS ON. SERVICE TECHNICIAN ADVISED OWNER IT WAS TOO DANGEROUS TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE BECAUSE THE COMPUTER WAS MESSED UP AND COULD CAUSE THE BRAKES NOT TO WORK.

IN WET AND MISTY WEATHER CONDITIONS, THE VEHICLE STALLED AT 50MPH AND DRIVER WAS ABLE TO DRIFT TO THE SHOULDER WITHOUT INCIDENT.

TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAKS.

MOTHER DROVE CAR TO SCHOOL, PARKED CAR, AT ABOUT 15 FEET AWAY WITNESS NOTICED CAR WAS ON FIRE, AND NOTIFIED MOTHER, FIRE DEPT. TOOK OUT FIRE, NEVER BEEN REPAIRED BECAUSE NO WARRANTY, NO MONEY SINCE STILL PAYING MONTHLY DUES ON LOAN. NOT DRIVEABLE AND NEVER INVESTIGATED, STILL PARKED IN GARAGE. *AK

WHEN DRIVING AT 40 MPH AND ABOVE VEHICLE STALLS/ JERKS AND CUTS OFF. ALSO, THERE IS A RUMBLING NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE/ELECTRICAL SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, AND INNER TIE ROD FAILED. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

TRANSMISSION SIFTS ROUGHLY/ FAILED/LEAKED. IN ADDITION, VEHICLE DIED WHILE DRIVING. ALSO REPLACED FRONT BRAKE ROTORS/PADS/ WATER PUMP AND ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. *AK

WHILE DRIVING GASOLINE IS LEAKING FROM THE ENGINE, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SHUT DOWN. ALSO, THE DEALER HAS CHANGED THE FUEL RAIL AND SEVERAL COMPONENTS ON THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. HOWVER, ROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN SOLVED. OWNER HAS DIFFICULTY GETTING PARTS TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. *AK

INTERMITTENT STALLING/ WON'T START FROM PARKED POSITION. *AK

ON THE WAY HOME FROM WORK SMELLED GAS AND HEARD A LOUD POP. THEN WAS TOLD BY SOME PEOPLE THAT AUTOMOBILE WAS ON FIRE. TRIED TO PUT IT OUT, BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. *AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STALLS OUT WITH NO WARNING INTERMITTENTLY. THE CRUISE CONTROL COMES ON BY ITSELF PRIOR TO THE STALLING. *AK

VEHICLE CUTS OFF WHILE DRIVING. OWNER HAS TO SHIFT CAR TO NEUTRAL TO START THE CAR UP AFTER IT CUTS OFF. DEALER WAS CONTACTED, THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK

VEHICLE IDLES THROUGH THE BRAKE.

ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON AND THEN THE VEHICLE ACCELERATES OUT OF CONTROL.

VEHICLE WILL STALL WHILE IDLING OR WHILE DRIVING WITHOUT WARNING, ALL POWER IS LOST, SOMETIMES VEHICLE WILL START IMMEDIATELY AND SOMETIMES IT HAS TO BE LEFT SIT FOR A FEW MINUTES BEFORE RESTARTING, DEALER REPAIRED POWER TRAIN CONTROL MODULE WHICH DID NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM, DEALER COULD NOT REMEDY PROBLEM. *SLC

VEHICLE STALLS OUT FREQUENTLY.

POOR ENGINE PERFORMANCE.