1994 DODGE INTREPID Power Trainautomatic Transmission Problems

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

NO SUMMARY ENTERED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *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

INTERMITTENTLY TRANSMISSION WILL JUMP IN AND OUT OF GEAR OR WILL NOT GO INTO GEAR. DEALER HAS INSPECTED THE VEHICLE, AND RECOMMENDED THAT THE TRANSMISSION BE REPLACED. ALSO RACK AND PINION STEERING MALFUNCTIONED. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

TRANSMISSION FAILS TO SHIFT OUT OF SECOND GEAR, OCCASIONALLY WILL NOT SHIFT INTO FIRST. DEALERS ALL ACKNOWLEDGE IT IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH INTREPIDS MADE IN 93, 94 AND 95. I AM LUCKY. MOST FAILURES HAPPEN AROUND 40, 000 MILES. THIS IS A $2000.00 REPAIR BILL. EVERY MECHANIC I HAVE TALKED TO TELLS ME IF YOU BUY AN INTREPID FROM THOSE YEARS YOUR ARE GUARANTEED TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION. IT IS AN OBVIOUS DEFECT THAT CHRYSLER IS AWARE OF AND SHOU;LD REQUIRE AN IMMEDIATE RECALL BEFORE EVEN MORE PEOPLE GET RIPPED OFF!!

AIR CONDITIONING BLOWING HOT AIR. NEEDED TO REPLACE FREON. AIR CONDITIONER WORKS FOR 2 MONTHS AND NOW IS BLOWING HOT AIR AGAIN! TRANSMISSION IS JERKING WHEN COMING TO A STOP AND THEN QUICKLY ACCELERATING. I REPLACED THE HEAD GASKETS AT A COST OF $700 ON A CAR THAT HAD ONLY 48,000 MILES ON IT. THE GASKETS WERE COMPLETELY ROTTED.

VEHICLE EXPERIENCING PROBLEM WITH TRANSMISSION NOT ENGAGING INTO GEAR DURING COLD CONDITIONS. ALSO, COMING OUT OF GEAR WHILE DRIVING. WHEN THIS OCCURS, CONSUMER WOULD HAVE TO PULL OVER, TURN OFF KEY AND WAIT APPROXIMATELY 1-3 MINUTES BEFORE TURNING VEHICLE BACK ON, AND TAKING OFF AGAIN. ALSO, TRANSMISSION WILL NOT DOWNSHIFT WHILE AT A STOP POSTION. MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED. *AK

TRANSMISSION FAILED - CONTINUALLY WENT INTO LIMP MODE - AFTER REPAIR THE SHIFTING IS SLUGGISH AND UNABLE TO BE REPAIRED BY DEALER AFTER THREE VISITS. DEALER KEEPS REFERRING TO DRIVEABILITY PROBLEMS SUGGESTING THAT SPARK PLUG WIRES, SPARK PLUGS, CATALYTIC CONVERTER, AND SENSORS BE REPLACED. ALL THESE ITEMS WERE REPLACED AT CONSIDERABLE EXPENSE AND THE CAR STILL SHIFTS POORLY WITH POOR ACCELERATION. THIS IS ON A CAR THAT HAS BEEN LITERALY BABIED WITH ONLY HAVING 70,000 MILES ON IT IN 6 YEARS. TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS ON THE INTREPIDS, CONCORDES, AND EAGLE TALONS ARE WELL KNOWN. WHY HAVEN'T THESE BEEN RECALLED?!! THERE ARE NUMEROUS TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETINS CONCERNING THE POOR TRANSMISSION QUALITY AND PROBLEMS. ALSO A REVIEW OF DODGE'S SERVICE RECORDS WOULD SHOW THE HIGH RATE OF FAILURES ON TRANSMISSIONS IN THESE CARS.

I HAVE FOUND MANY COMPLAINTS LISTED FOR THIS EXACT FAILURE ON THE 1994 INTREPIDS. THIS TO ME IS A VERY VERY DANGEROUS FAILURE, AS I WAS ON A MAIN HIGHWAY WHEN THE FAILURE OCCURRED CAUSING IMMEDIATE LOSS OF POWER. THIS COULD HAVE EASILY OCCURRED ON THE CAPITAL BELTWAY THAT I WAS APPROACHING, WHERE VEHICLES ROUTINELY TRAVEL 55+ MPH. I AM VERY CONCERNED FOR MY OWN SAFETY AND THAT OF MY SPOUSE/CHILDREN SHOULD THIS FAILURE HAPPEN AGAIN, AND OF COURSE I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE WELFARE OF OTHERS. IN SEVERAL E-MAIL MESSAGES THAT I HAVE VIEWED SERVICE REPRESENTATIVES HAVE BEEN QUOTED THAT CHRYSLER IS AWARE OF "A PROBLEM". I CAN MAKE THE E-MAILS AND QUOTES AVAILABLE TO YOU IF YOU SO CHOOSE. I JUST HAD THIS TRANS REPLACED TODAY AT A COST TO ME OF $2,000.00. THIS SEEMS TO BE THE AVERAGE PRICE ACCORDING TO E-MAILS. I HAD NO CHOICE BUT...

CAR HAS A ROUGH DOWNSHIFT AT A STOP LIGHT. WHEN THE LIGHT TURNS GREEN A SLIGHT TOUCH ON THE GAS PEDAL CAUSES FIRST A 2-3 SECOND RACE OF THE ENGINE THEN A SUDDEN 10 FOOT LURCH. I MUST STAY A CAR LENGTH BEHIND THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME AND KEEP MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE TO AVOID A CRASH . DODGE SAYS I NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION

ELECTRICIAL WIRING IN THE SENSORY PANEL GIVES INCORRECT DATA/UNRELIABLE, FREQUENTLY THE TRACK LIGHT COMES ON AND OFF, THE ABS COMES ON. CONTACTED DEALER AND MANUFACTURER. ALSO, TRANSMISSION SLIPS IN FIRST AND SECOND GEAR, NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. *AK *ML

THE ORIGINAL TRANSMISSION WAS REBUILT ONCE UNDER WARRANTY AT ABOUT 26,000 MILES. IT WAS REBUILT AT 78,000 MILES AND REPAIRS FOR MANUFACTURER ORIGINAL PARTS FAILURE AT 82,000, 89,000 AND AGAIN AT 111,000 MILES. ALL MECHANICS HAVE STATED IT WAS A DESIGN FLAW AND POOR MATERIALS USED BY CHRYSLER CORP.

WHILE DRIVING THE TRAMISSION OVERHEATS, CAUSING LOSS OF ALL POWER. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER, DEALER HAS REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

TRANSMISSION MALFUNCTION.

WHILE DRIVING AT 20 MPH TRANSMISSION LOCKED UP AND WAS JERKING FORWARD, AND AT HIGH SPEED VEHICLE WILL SHAKE. AT 35 TO 40 MPH VEHICLE WAS SHIFTING VERY HARD. *AK

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

LOOK ON THE WEB AND YOU WILL SEE THESE TRANSMISSIONS ARE JUNK LOOK UNDER 1994 DODGE INTREPID

THE TRANSMISSION ON THIS CAR MALFUNCTIONS AFTER THE CAR IS DRIVEN OVER 50 MILES NON-STOP. AFTER THE VEHICLE IS ALLOWED TO COOL IT FUNCTIONS NORMALLY. THE CAR FIRST STARTS SHIFTING ROUGHLY, THEN IT DOESN'T SHIFT AT ALL. FINALLY IT WILL NOT MOVE. I HAVE HEARD THAT MANY PEOPLE HAVE HAD TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS WITH THIS TYPE OF CAR. THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL. I CALLED A SERVICE PERSON TO DISCUSS THE PROBLEM/SOLUTION. THE SERVICE PERSON SAID THATH USUAL SOLUTION IS TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION. I TALKED WITH A MECHANIC ABOUT THE PROBLEM. THE MECHANIC THINKS THAT IT IS EITHER THE THROTTLE BODY OR THE PUMP WHICH BOTH CAN FAIL AFTER THE TRANSMISSION IS HOT AND HAS BEEN OPERATING FOR A LONG TIME.

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR THIS VEHICLE. *AK

WATER PUMP LEAKS COOLANT ONTO THE DRIVE TRAIN, CAUSING THE TRANSMISSION AND THE ENGINE TO MALFUNCTION. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

LOW/REVERSE CLUTCH PISTON COVER GASKET IS DEFECTIVE, AND SHRINKS. CAUSES ROUGH SHIFTING INTO NEUTRAL WHEN STOPPING VEHICLE, AND ROUGH ENGAGEMENT TO DRIVE FROM STOP. ALSO, ON COLD DAYS, CAR WILL NOT GO INTO REVERSE GEAR UNTIL TRANSMISSION IS THOROUGHLY WARMED UP (10-20 MINUTES). REMEDY REQUIRES VERY EXPENSIVE TRANSMISSION OVERHAUL. MANUFACTURER IS AWARE OF PROBLEM (AS ARE MOST TRANSMISSION SHOPS), BUT WILL NOT PUBLICALLY ACKNOWLEDGE, TO AVOID EXPENSIVE RECALL. *AK

THE ENTIRE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED BY THE DEALERSHIP/MANUFCTURER AT 28,000 MILES. THE TRANSMISSION IS NOW FAILING AGAIN AT 48,000 MILES. THERE IS PLENTY OF DOCUMENTATION THAT THE TRANSMISSION IN THE INTREPID (BY OTHER OWNERS) IS DEFECTIVE. I PERSONALLY KNOW OF THREE OTHER INTREPID OWNERS THAT HAVE HAD THE TRANSMISSION REPLACED. WILL I HAVE TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION EVERY 20,000 MILES FROM NOW ON. *AK

TRANSMISSION FAILED.

TRANSMISSION WOULDNT SHIFT WHEN CAR GOT WARMED UP. *AK

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION REQUIRES REBUILDING.

9-2-98 TRANSMISSION FAILED. REPLACED ORIGINAL TRANSMISSION WITH A USED MODEL WITH 7000 MILES ON IT. ON 9-9-98 THIS TRANSMISSION FAILED AGAIN, AND THE CAR CAUGHT FIRE, RESULTING IN A TOTAL LOSS. AN INDEPENDANT INSPECTOR DETERMINED THAT THE FIRE WAS CAUSED BY A DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSION SHIFT MODULE. *AK

NO SUMMARY PROVIDED BY CONSUMER

TRANSMISSION JERKS INTO GEAR WHENEVER VEHICLE COMES TO A COMPLETE STOP/HESITATES BEFORE CHANGING GEARS, AND INTERMITTENTLY STALLS. CAN I GET SOME HELP IN THIS MATTER. *AK

TRANSMISSION WILL FAIL TO GO INTO GEAR, ESPECIALLY IN COLD WEATHER. TRANSMISSION WILL DISENGAGE WITHOUT WARNING FOR SECONDS AT A TIME, MAKING LEFT HAND TURNS VERY DANGEROUS. HAVE MADE SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO REPAIR (FOLLOWING MANUFACTURES TSBS ON SHUDDER) WITHOUT SUCCESS. *AK

THE TRANSMISSION FAILED ,IT WAS REPAIRED WITH ME PAYING SOME OF THE REPAIRS (WHICH SUCKED) WHEN I PICKED IT UP, I DROVE IT 3 BLOCKS AND IT WAS STILL DOUNG THE SAME THING SO THEY FIXED IT AGIAN OR AT LEAST SHOULD HAVE BEEN RIGHT. NOW 10,000 MILES LATER IT FAILED AGIAN. THEY SAY 1 YEAR OR 12,000 MILE WHICH COMES FIRST & IT'S BEEN 1 YEAR 6 MO. BUT 10,000 IT STILL SHOULDN'T FAIL THIS WAS THE FIRST AND WILL BE MY LAST CRYSLER/DODGE I'LL EVER OWN

9-2-98 TRANSMISSION FAILED. REPLACED ORIGINAL TRANSMISSION WITH A USED MODEL WITH 7000 MILES ON IT. ON 9-9-98 THIS TRANSMISSION FAILED AND THE CAR CAUGHT FIRE, RESULTING IN A TOTAL LOSS. AN INDEPENDANT INSPECTOR DETERMINED THAT THE FIRE WAS CAUSED BY A DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSION SHIFT MODULE.

THE CONSUMER HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT TRANSMISSION VIOLENTLY DOWNSHIFTS WHILE DRIVING. THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

TRANSMISSION FAILED CAUSING VEHICLE TO LURCH FORWARD WITH OUT WARNING.

TRANSMISSION FAILS AFTER ONLY 63,000 MILES, REQUIRING COSTLY REPAIR.

WHILE DRIVING AT 70 MPH THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPED AND THE VEHICLE SHUT DOWN, HAD TO GET OFF THE RAMP. CONSUMER HAD PROLEMS GETTING THE VEHICLE TO GO INTO FIRST GEAR AND THE VEHICLE WON'T.*AK

TRANSMISSION IS FAILING. WHEN DRIVING AND COMING TO A STOP ,THE SPEED WOULD INCREASE AND NEVER DOWNSHIFT. ALSO, CONSUMER IS HAVING PROMBLEM WITH THE STEERING. THE VEHICLE IS STILL IN THE SHOP FROM 21 DAYS AGO, AND THE DEALER CAN'T DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. *AK

TRANSMISSION FAILED.

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILED.

WHEN CONSUMER GOES TO DRIVE THE CAR, THE GEARS STICK FOR A COUPLE OF SECONDS, THEN CAR WILL GO INTO TO DRIVE UNTIL DRIVER HAS TO STOP/SLOW DOWN THEN DRIVER PUTS IT IN NEUTRAL TO START AGAIN AND TO MAKE IT DRIVE PROPERLY. *AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE WOULD HESITATE. VEHICLE WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO SECOND GEAR. THE DEALER WILL REPAIR VEHICLE. *AK

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE.

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

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILED.

TRANSMISSION LUNGES INTO FORWARD OFF/ON.

WHEN THE ACCELERATOR IS DEPRESSED THE TRANSMISSION DOES NOT RESPOND INSTANTLY; THEN SUDDENLY THERE IS A "BANG" AND THE VEHICLE LUNGES FORWARD. THE CAUSE CANNOT BE DETERMINED.

TRANSMISSION FAILED.

VEHICLE LUNGES FORWARD BEFORE THE VEHICLE COMES TO A COMPLETE STOP.

TRANSMISSION FAILURE; ALSO, DRIVER'S SEAT SNAPPED WHILE DRIVING ON FREEWAY. *AK

TRANSMISSION IS STILL LURCHING INTO/OUT OF GEAR AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO REPAIR.

TRANSMISSION FAILURE. *AK