1994 DODGE INTREPID Power Trainautomatic Transmission Problems

DT: THE CALLER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE CONCERNING THE FLOOR SHIFTER. SHE SAID THAT FOR THE LAST TWO MONTHS SHE HAS HAD TO LEAVE THE KEYS IN THE IGNITION BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WILL NOT GO INTO PARK. SHE PARKED ON LEVEL GROUND AND SHE KNEW THE VEHICLE WILL NOT ROLL AWAY. WHEN SHE TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER THEY SAID SHE MIGHT HAVE DROPPED SOMETHING IN THE SHIFTER, AND THEY WILL NOT LOOK AT IT FOR FREE, EVEN THOUGH SHE HAD A RECALL LETTER. DEALER TOLD HER IT WOULD BE 5 TO 7 DAYS BEFORE THEY WOULD LOOK AT VEHICLE. MANUFACTURER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED YET. *AK

I AM LOOKING FOR SOME GUIDANCE. MY STORY INVOLVES 2 CARS. I CONTACTED THE DAIMLER CHRYSLER CORP. AND WAS BLOWN OFF. I CONTACTED THE WISCONSIN LEMON LAW. THEY TOLD ME TO TRY AND CONTACT THE LOCAL BBB, LOCAL ATTORNEY GENERALS OFFICE AND THE OFFICE OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TOLD ME TO CONTACT YOU. I BOUGHT A USED 1995 DODGE INTREPID IN 1998. IN 1999 I HAD TO PUT A REBUILT TRANSMISSION INTO IT. THAT TRANNY WAS STILL GOING STRONG WHEN I SOLD THE CAR IN 2004. I LIKED THE CAR SO MUCH THAT I BOUGHT ANOTHER USED ONE FROM A FRIEND. SHE PURCHASED A 1994 INTREPID BRAND NEW. IN 1998 THE TRANNY WENT OUT IN HER CAR. THE CAR ONLY HAD 9834 MILES ON IT AT THAT TIME. SHE PUT IN A REBUILT. THE CAR WAS IMPECCABLY KEPT UP SO I KNEW IT WAS A GOOD BUY TO...

DODGE INTREPID 1994, PROBLEM WITH TRANSMISSION. *BF THE CONSUMER STATED THE TRANSMISSION DID NOT SHIFT PROPERLY AND IT WOULD ONLY GO INTO REVERSE. THE CONSUMER THEN RECEIVED A RECALL LETTER. *JB

THE KEY WAS NOT INSIDE OF THE IGNITION AT THE TIME OF THIS INCIDENT. VEHICLE JUMPED OUT OF GEAR, ROLLED DOWN THE STREET, AND CRASHED INTO PARKED VEHICLE. IT WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. HOWEVER, THE CAUSE COULD NOT BE DETERMINED AT THIS TIME. *AK

MULTIPLE TRANSMISSION FAILURES ON THE 42LE MOPAR TRANSMISSION. IN THIS CASE, A 94 DODGE INTREPID ES. FAILED AT INTERVALS OF 60,000 MILES. DODGE DENIES ANY DEFECT. *AK ADDITIONALLY, THE STEERING ON THIS VEHICLE HAD MULTIPLE ISSUES. THE TIE RODS AND OTHER LINKAGES TOTALED $700+ IN REPAIRS.

TRANSMISSION SLIPS INTERMITTENTLY.*AK

ON SEPTEMBER OF 2000 I PURCHASED A VEHICLE FOR MY WIFE MARTHA BANUELOS. THE PREVIOUS OWNER TOLD ME AND GAVE RECEIPTS FROM THE DEALER WHERE SHE PURCHASED THE CAR AND REPAIRED THE TRANSMISSION TWICE. THE FIRST TIME ON 9/19/1999 WITH 45,888. THE CAR WILL STALL AND WILL NOT STAY RUNNING. THE SECOND TIME ON 8/25/1999 WITH 45,932 M. THE CAR WON'T SHIFT WHEN COLD. A THIRD TIME I TOOK THE CAR TO THE SAME DEALER ON 11/7/2000 WITH 51, 627 M. PROBLEM, IT DID NOT SHIFT WHEN HOT. THE DEALER CORRECTED THE PROBLEM BY CHANGING THE SOLENOID PACK. A FOURTH TIME THE CAR WAS TAKEN TO THE SAME DEALER ON 4/4/2002 WITH 68,147 M. PROBLEM, THE TRANSMISSION MAKES A BUZZ NOISE WHEN ACCELERATING, THE DEALER DID NOT MAKE REPAIRS AT THIS TIME BECAUSE ON ROAD TEST NO SOUND OR SLIPS WERE FELT ACCORDING TO THEM. ******DIMS 11 IVOQ ENTRY POSTED...

I PURCHASED MY CAR AS A NEW VEHICLE ON AUGUST 14, 1994. ON JULY 24, 1997, WHEN THE MILEAGE ON MY INTREPID WAS 60,715, THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AND WAS REPLACED. ON FEBRUARY 12, 1999, WHEN THE CAR HAD 95,964 MILES, THE TRANSMISSION WAS AGAIN REPLACED. THE TECHNICIAN INDICATED THAT THERE SEEMED TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH CHRYSLER TRANSMISSIONS. THIS TIME, A COOLER WAS ADDED TO THE TRANSMISSION SYSTEM IN AN EFFORT TO PREVENT ANY FURTHER TRANSMISSION FAILURES. THE COSTS OF THESE REPAIRS WERE $1,483.11 AND $1,430.88 RESPECTIVELY. THE TOTAL FOR BOTH IS $2,913.99.*AK

ON TWO OCCASIONS WHILE DRIVING, THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT STAY IN DRIVE GEAR, DURING THE MOST RECENT OCCURRENCE, THE DEALER FOUND A CODE INDICATING AN INTERNAL PROBLEM, AND STATING THAT THE TRANSMISSION WOULD PROBABLY NEED REPLACEMENT, CONSUMER IS REQUESTING A GOODWILL WARRANTY ON THE TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENT. *SLC

CONSUMER HAS HAD TRANSMISSION REPLACED SEVERAL TIMES. *JG

WHILE DRIVING TRANSMISSION SHIFTED INTO A HIGHER GEAR, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SURGE FORWARD. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK

THIS AUTO HAS HAD MAJOR ISSUE EX;ABS SYSTEM FAILS SIMILAR TO THE 1990-1993 MINIVANS THAT WERE RECA LLED TRANSMISSION FAILURE AT 25000 MILES IS RIDICULOUS TIE RODS PREMATRURELY WEARING OUT ECT..

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

WHILE DRIVING AND WHILE REVERSING COULD HEAR A NOISE COMING FROM TRANSMISSION, SOMETIMES GEAR COULD SLIP OUT. DEALER WAS CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION. *AK

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

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

ON TWO OCCASIONS WHILE DRIVING, THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT STAY IN DRIVE GEAR, DURING THE MOST RECENT OCCURRENCE, THE DEALER FOUND A CODE INDICATING AN INTERNAL PROBLEM, AND STATING THAT THE TRANSMISSION WOULD PROBABLY NEED REPLACEMENT, CONSUMER IS REQUESTING A GOODWILL WARRANTY ON THE TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENT. *SLC

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

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK

BY THE TIME RECALL 837 WAS FIXED THE TRANSMISSION WAS ALREADY RUINED, THEY WANT ME TO PAY $4,300 TO HAVE IT FIXED, THAT IS NOT FAIR. *AK

TRANSMISSION "SLIPS" OR WON'T DROP IN LOWER GEAR AT STOP FOR A FEW SECONDS WILL "SLIP" WHEN STARTING OUT.*AK

TRANSMISSION FROZE AT 55 MPH 1998 REPLACED STILL PROBLEMS???, ELECTRONIC CONTROL MODULE WENT WHILE IN DRIVE AT 35MPH, FRONT TIE RODS REPLACED 2 TIMES WITHIN A YEAR, AIRCONDITIONER WENT WITHIN 4 YEARS, COOLING SYSTEM REPLACED WITHIN 4 YEARS FROM MANUFACTURED DATE, ABS MODULE FAILED DURING DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AND AGAIN IN CITY LIMITS AFTER DEALER STRESSED THAT NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH ANTI LOCK BRAKES I HAVE HAD THIS CAR IN THE SHOP FOR MAJOR NOT MINOR REPAIRS SINCE THE MANUFACTURED DATE AT LEAST 15 TIMES AND CAN PROVE EACH TIME. I AM APPAULED THAT AMERICA CAN MANUFACTUR SUCH A VEHICLE WITH ALL THE MAJOR ISSUES AT HAND, TRANSMISSION, SUSPENSION,ELECTRICAL,BRAKING SYSTEMS,FUEL,AIRBAGS,STRUCTURAL, I WISH THERE WAS SOMEONE WHO COULD ADDRESS THESE ISSUES WITH THE MANUFACTURER AND GET US ALL RESTITUTION. IF IT MEANS LEGALLY OR CONSUMER AGENCIES I AM INTERESTED. I DRIVE WITH 2 CHILDREN AND DURING THE TRANSMISSION, ELECTRICAL AND THE...

THE PROBLEM IS THAT THE TRANSMISSION DOWNSHIFTS VERY ROUGHLY. THE PREVIOUS OWNER EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM AND HAD TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION REBUILT. AGAIN IT HAS STARTED AND IS SLOWLY GETTING WORSE AS WAS THE SITUATION WITH THE PREVIOUS OWNER. I HAVE TAKEN IT IN TWICE TO BE FIXED. THE FIRST TIME THEY SAID THE CLUTCH FAILED AND THEY FIXED IT. THE SECOND TIME, THEY SAID THAT THE MACHINE SHOWED NO FAULT CODES. HOWEVER, I AM STILL EXPERIENCING THE PROBLEM AND IT IS SLOWLY GETTING WORSE.*AK

THIS IS THE SECOND TIME A DODGE TRANSMISSION HAS HAD TO BE REPLACED BY US. THE FIRST TIME WAS A DODGE CARAVAN-V6, PROBABLY A 1990 BUT I AM NOT SURE. MILEAGE WAS JUST OVER 60,000. THIS TIME IT IS A 1994 DODGE INTREPID, PERHAPS THE SAME TYPE OF TRANSMISSION AT 87,000 MILES. MY FEELING IS THAT DODGE HAS KNOWN ABOUT TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS FOR OVER 10 YEARS NOW AND THEY CONTINUE TO MAKE CARS WITH TRANSMISSIONS THAT FAIL AT WHAT I CONSIDER UNACCEPTABLE MILEAGE. TO HAVE TO PAY $1,790 TO REBUILD A TRANSMISSION ON A '94 CAR IS UNACCEPTABLE. THE PERSON WHO REBUILT THE TRANSMISSION TOLD US THAT HE DOES A LOT OF DODGE'S AND THAT IF THEY PUT IN A DIFFERENT SHIFT KIT THIS WOULD NOT HAPPEN. *AK (TIRESIZE: 15)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 15 )

IT AMAZES ME THAT THERE IS THIRTEEN OR MORE INTERNAL SERVICE BULLETINS AND 150 OR MORE COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS VEHICLE'S TRANSMISSION ON THIS SITE AND YOU HAVE NOT ENFORCED A RECALL FOR THE DODGE INTREPID. I WAS JUST TOLD THAT NOW THAT MY VEHICLE IS OUT OF WARRANTY AND THAT I MUST NOW REPLACE TRANSMISSION AT A COST OF $2,500.00. THE TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN WORKED ON A NUMBER OF TIMES WHILE IT WAS UNDER WARRANTY. I THINK YOU SHOULD MAKE THE CHRYSLER CORPORATION RECALL THESE VEHICLES AND REPAIR OR REPLACE THE TRANSMISSIONS AT THEIR COST. IT IS A TERRIBLE INJUSTICE THAT THE CONSUMER MUST INHERIT THIS COST DUE TO POOR WORKMANSHIP. *AK

VEHICLE WILL STALL INTERMITTENTLY AND WITHOUT WARNING. ALSO, IN COLD WEATHER TRANSMISSION WILL FALL OUT OF GEAR OR IT WILL NOT SHIFT AT ALL. *AK THE VEHICLE STALLS ON HIGHWAY AT ALL SPEEDS, ESPECIALLY WHEN TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL TO THE RIGHT.

2ND TRANSMISSION FAILURE UNDER 95,000 MILES - I WOULD LIKE THE NHTSA TO GET INVOLVED WITH THE PROBLEM ON INTREPID TRANSMISSION FAILURES - I COUNTED 140 COMPLAINTS SINCE 1995 ON YOUR WEB SITE ALONE - OTHER COMPLAINTS ARE SPREAD IN MANY DISCUSSION FORUMS THROUGHOUT THE INTERNET ON THE POOR WORKMANSHIP OF THE POWERTRAIN - EVEN THE DEALER HAS ADMITTED TO ME AND I SEE TO OTHERS IN YOUR COMPLAINTS THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM - WHILE NOT CAUSING FATALITIES, THIS DOES CAUSE MAJOR FINANCIAL HARDSHIP TO REPLACE A $3000 TRANSMISSION EVRY TWO YEARS. PLEASE GET INVOLVED AND INVESTIGATE THE POSSIBILITY OF A RECALL! *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

TRANSMISSION IS ACTING UP, WON'T ACCELERATE AS USUAL, TIRES ARE BALDING AFTER BUYING CAR JUST IN MARCH (TIRESIZE: 60R22516)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 60R22516 )

THE TRANSMISSION HAD BEEN REPLACED APPROX. A YEAR BEFORE WE BOUGHT IT. WE HAD THE CAR APPROX. 2 YRS. AND HAD TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION. THE CAR WAS ONLY 6 YRS. OLD AND HAD 2 TRANSMISSIONS GO BAD. BOTH WERE REPLACED AT A DODGE DEALER WITH ORIGINAL PARTS. WE ONLY PUT APPROX. 27000 MILES ON THE CAR SHOULDN'T A TRANSMISSION LAST LONGER THAN THAT? SINCE THEN I HAVE TALKED TO OTHERS WITH THE SAME MAKE AND MODEL AND THEY HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THEIR TRANSMISSION ALSO. WHAT'S GOING ON. THE DODGE PEOPLE TOLD ME THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO FOR ME. I FEEL CHEATED, TRANSMISSIONS COST A FORTUNE AND THEY SHOULD LAST ALOT LONGER THAN THEY HAVE. IS THERE ANY THING I CAN DO TO BE COMPANSATED FOR THIS PROBLEM?

CAR DIRECTION UNCONTROLLABLE DURING ACCELERATION, REPLACED TIE RODS. VEHICLE MAKE CLUNKING NOISE, DURING BRAKING AND STEERING, DEALER RECOMENDS SWAY BAR LINK REPLACEMENT IN FRONT END. TRANSMISSION SHIFTING ERATIC, VEHICLE SLOW TO SHIFT ON ENTERING HIGHWAYS CAUSING DANGEROUS SITUATION. TRANSMISSION ALSO CAUSES VEHICLE TO LURCH DURING ACCELERATION. SHIFTINH IS DELAYED, BUT WHEN IT DOES SHIFT THERE IS SUDDEN ACCELERATION. CRUISE CONTROL SHUTS OFF INTERMITENTLY, ACCELERATES OR DECELERATES UP TO 5MPH WHEN SET. HOOD HAS SHUT AND SEVERAL OTHER PEOPLE MANY TIMES. HAS NOT CAUSED INJURY BUT IS VERY DANGEROUS. NO VISIBILITY AT NIGHT DUE TO HORIBLE HEAD LIGHTS.

TRANSMISSION FAILED. *ET

TRANSMISSION SKIPS AND JUMPS, SOMETIMES VEHICLE WON'T GO ANYWHERE, AND LOSS OF POWER.*AK CONSUMER HAD RECALL (99V-215) COMPLETED ON 12-MAY-2000, RECALL INDICATES THE POSSIBILITY OF TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS THAT CAN OCCUR DUE TO DEFECT IN THE LOWER CONTROL ARM. CONSUMER FEELS THE TRANSMISSION FAILURE IS DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE RECALL COMPONENT FAILURE. THE VEHICLE IS EXPERIENCING TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS AFTER RECALL REPAIR AND WOULD LIKE IT REPAIRED AT NO ADDITONAL COST. *YH

PROBLEM OCCURS WHEN SLOWING DOWN TO STOP AT A STOP SIGN, CAR DOWNSHIFTS AND JOLTS THE CAR. WHEN STARTING UP FROM A STOP SIGN STOP, THE CAR LURCHES FORWARD. THIS TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN DOWNSHIFTING AND UP SHIFTING PREMATURELY AND CAUSE A SERIOUS WHIP LASH EFFECT TO DRIVERS AND PASSENGERS. I HAD REPORTED THIS PROBLEM MANY TIMES TO MY DEALER AND THEY COULD NOT (WOULD NOT) FIND THE PROBLEM. THEY HAVE JUST NOW ADMITTED THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSION. I HAD PURCHASED THE EXTENDED 7 YEAR, 70000 MILE WARRANTY PACKAGE. THIS PACKAGE WAS IN EFFECT THE MANY TIMES I COMPLAINED ABOUT THE PROBLEM. NOW THEY TELL ME THE CAR IS OUT OF WARRANTY WITH TOO MANY MILES FOR THEM TO CONSIDER FIXING THE TRANSMISSION. MY ARGUMENT IS THAT I HAD REPORTED THIS PROBLE,M MANY TIMES WHILE IT WAS UNDER THE WARRANTY PACKAGE AND THEY DID NOT FIX IT...

IN JANUARY, MY 6-YEAR-OLD INTREPID (WITH ONLY 26,000 MILES) BEGAN LURCHING WHEN I BRAKED. THE DEALER INITIALLY THOUGHT IT WAS THE BRAKES, BUT THEN SAID IT WAS WORN SEALS AND GASKETS IN THE TRANSMISSION. I WAS TOLD THE WORK WOULD COST $1400. WHEN I COMPLAINED, THE WORK WAS DONE FOR $700 BECAUSE OF THE LOW MILEAGE. I THEN RECEIVED THE TRANSMISSION RECALL NOTICE, BUT WAS TOLD THAT THIS WAS FOR DIFFERENT WORK. WHEN I HAD THE CAR IN TODAY AND THE TIRES WERE ROTATED, I WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS A SAFETY PROBLEM WITH THE STEERING - THAT PARTS WERE CRACKED AND WORN AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. THIS WOULD COST $600. I HAD A NEWSPAPER CLIPPING FROM NOV. 1999 THAT DESCRIBED STEERING PROBLEMS IN MY MODEL CAR AND THE NHTSA INVESTIGATION. WHEN I READ IT TO THE SERVICE ADVISOR, HE SAID THAT WAS THE PROBLEM. I ASKED WHY I...

LOST POWER TO INSTRUMENT CLUSTER, NO TACH SPEED OR ANY OTHER GAUGES, AIR BAG LIGHT WOULD STAY ON. TRANSMISSION STAYS IN SECOUND GEAR. KICK IN AND OU WITH INTERMINTENT POWER TO INSTRUMENT CLUSTER, POWER DOOR LOCK THEN FAILED, ULD REMAIN DEALER FOUND FAILED/GROUND IN WIRING HARNESS. *AK

TRANSMISSION FAILURES (2) SINCE 1994, REBUILT IN 1996. AIR CONDITIONER FAILURES (2) SINCE 1994 COMPRESSOR REPLACED 1999. ENGINE REMOVED SO THE FIREWALL CRACK(S) COULD BE WELDED FROM DEFECTIVE ORIGINAL WELDING, APPARENTLY WAS AFFECTING THE RACK N PINION STEERING.

WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH VEHICLE DOWNSHIFTED UNEXPECTEDLY/SLIPPED AND JERKED VERY HARD. WHICH COULD HAVE CAUSED LOSS OF CONTROLAND RESULT IN A CRASH. TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN REBUILT, BUT CONTINUES TO HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *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

ABS MODULE FAILED AT 48,000 MILES. ALSO, TRANSMISSION WAS UNABLE TO SHIFT INTO 1ST. & 2ND. GEARS, AND INTERMITTENTLY WOULD STICK IN 2ND GAR. IF THIS OCCURRED, WOULD HAVE TO STOP VEHICLE, AND TURN ENGINE OFF TO RELIEF. DEALER/MANUFACTURER WERE NOT CONTACTED AT THIS TIME. *AK

TRANSMISSION STARTED SLIPPING. ALSO, REVERSE GEAR WENT OUT. *AK

TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE COMPLETELY REPLACED; POWER STEERING PUMP HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE, STEERING COLUMN HAS BEEN REPLACED AS WELL AS CHIPS IN COMPUTER SYSTEM THAT RELATE TO STEERING, ABS LIGHT WILL NOT TURN OFF EVEN THOUGH EQUIPMENT HAS BEEN THOROUGHLY INSPECTED; WHEN CAR IS STARTED, A BUZZ COMES FROM PASSENGER AREA THAT LASTS FOR 10 SECONDS; IF VENT IS TRUNED COMPLETELY OFF, THE BUZZING RETURNS; AIR CONDITIONER COMPRESSOR FAILED AND ALL THE HOSES AND VLAVES NEED REPLACED;

WHILE DRIVING WATER WILL EVAPORATE AT ALL TIMES. CONSUMER HAS TO KEEP PUTTING WATER INTO THE RADIATOR TO AVOID OVERHEATING. ALSO, THERE IS AN ELECTRICAL SHORT WHEN THE VEHICLE IS PUT INTO REVERSE. MOTOR AND TRANSMISSION HAVE BEEN REPAIRED. GAS SMELL PRESENT WHEN AIR CONDITIONER IS TURNED ON. *AK

FRONT END OF VEHICLE WOULD SHAKE WHEN APPLYING BRAKES, RATTLING NOISE UNDER HOOD, ALL FOUR DOOR HINGES WOULD SQEAK AND DROP WHEN OPENING THE DOORS THIS WAS RETURNED SEVERAL TIMES TO DEALER,AND STILL BACK DOORS DO NOT WORK PROPERLY. ENGINE MOUNTS WENT OUT, RUBBER MOULDING AROUND INSIDE OF DRIVERS DOOR FELL OFF 3 TIMES FINALLY THEY GLUED IT ON AGAIN. ENGINE CHECK LIGHT KEPT COMING ON THEY REPLACED THE SENSOR EVEN THOUGH THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS WRONG, THE BRAKES AND ROTORS GAVE OUT CHRYSLER WAS CONTACTED AND THEY REFUSED TO REPLACE ROTORS BECAUSE IT WAS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. TRANSMISSION STILL SLIPS WHEN APPLYING GAS TO PEDAL.VEHICLE SITS AND THEN SURGES.VEHICLE IS IN SHOP AGAIN FOR LOUD THUMPING NOISE IN FRONT END OF VEHICLE POSSIBLY ENGINE CRADLE . CONTACTED CHRYSLER ABOUT LEMMON LAW AT BEGINNING OF OWNERSHIP OF VEH AND THEY SAID IT DID NOT APPLY.

THIS WILL BE THE 4TH TRANSMISSION PUT INTO THIS CAR. THAT IS AN AVERAGE OF EVERY 18 MONTHS, HAVING TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION. *AK

VEHICLE HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING FOLLOWING PROBLEMS: ABS SENSOR LIGHT WOULD COME ON AND GO OUT INTERMITTENTLY/CRUISE CONTROL WOULD NOT WORK OR ENGAGE PROPERLY/ CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WOULD COME ON INTERMITTENTLY/BRAKES WOULD LOCK UP INTERMITTENTLY WHEN APPLIED/ FAULTY ROTORS CAUSING EXCESSIVE WEAR OF BRAKE PADS, AND VEHICLE WOULD JERK INTO GEAR WHEN APPLYING ACCELERATOR PEDAL. DEALER NOTIIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY OTHER DETAILS. *AK

TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENT, FUEL RAIL LEAK, CONTROL ARM, HARD START, MOISTURE IN LAMPS, BODY NOISE, MUSTY A/C EVAPORATOR ODOR, FRONT HUB CLICK/CLUNK, RT. ISOLATOR SQUAWKS, .. . WILL NEVER PURCHASE ANOTHER DODGE ! ! ! !

CONSUMER HAS BEEN TELLING DEALER/MECHANIC ABOUT A BUMPING NOISE. TOLD BY MECHANIC THAT TRANSMISSION WAS GONE. ALSO, RECEIVED A RECALL REGARDING LOWER CONTROL ARM BRACKET. AFRAID THAT THE TRANSMISSION WILL FALL OUT OF AUTOMOBILE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED TRANSMISSION HAS A DELAY OF ABOUT 10 SECONDS. THEN VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATES WITHOUT A WARNING. *AK

THE TRANSMISSION WILL NOT SHIFT FROM 1ST WHEN CAR IS AT OPERATION TEMPERATURE. *AK