1994 DODGE INTREPID Suspensionfront Problems

BOUGHT CAR IN 2001, WITH 69,000 MILES. 2 DAYS AFTER PURCHASE, GAUGES STOPPED WORKING, CAR RAN FINE, NO NOISE, ETC. INTERMITTENT PROBLEM. DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE. HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING PAST DEALER, STOPPED AND THEY CHECKED FOR CODES, NONE FOUND. HAPPENED AGAIN, DEALER HAD CODE FOR AIRBAG MODULE THIS TIME, REPLACED PART. PROBLEM IS STILL INTERMITTENT. 2003, DRIVING AT 75 MPH ON HIGHWAY, CAR STALLED, NO RESTART. TOWED TO DEALER, THEY REPLACED TIMING BELT AND WATER PUMP. ALSO HAD BRAKE ROTORS AND PADS REPLACED AT 72,000. THEY WERE DONE AT 55,000 ALSO. REPLACED TIE ROD ENDS 2004 AT 97,000. THEY HAD BEEN REPLACED A WEEK BEFORE PURCHASE AT 68,500. PASSENGER AIRBAG COVER WARPED, I FEAR IT MAY FAIL IN ACCIDENT. *JB

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING AND NO WARNING THE FRONT SUSPENSION IS CUTTING THE TIRE CAUSING THE TIRE TO WOBBLE AND IT WILL BE HARD FOR THE CONSUMER TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE. DEALER NOTIFIED. MR

I WAS DRIVING MY CAR WHEN I TOOK A RIGHT TURN THE CAR STARTED TO SHAKE. THEN THE STEERING WHEEL TOOK A VIOLENT TURN TO THE LEFT AND LOCKED CAUSING MY CAR TO BE THROWN INTO A CONCRETE ELECTRICAL POLE I RECEIVED SEVERAL INJURIES TO MY HEAD FACE AND SHOULDER NECK AND BACK MY CAR WAS AT A TOTAL LOSS I COULD NOT BELIEVE WHAT HAD JUST HAPPENED TO ME MY MECHANIC LOOKED AT THE CAR AND HE TOLD ME IT COULD NOT BE FIXED THEN I LATER FOUND THAT THERE HAD BEEN RECALLS ON THE PART THAT BROKE ON MY CAR I HAVE RESEARCHED THIS THROUGHLY ANDI CANT UNDERSTAND WITH ALL THE PROBLEMS AND COMPLAINTS ON THIS VECHILE WHY THEY ARE STILL ON THE ROAD AND THE MANUFACTURER WANTS TO TAKE NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR IT I WAS LUCKY TO NOT HAVE BEEN KILLED! BUT THE NEXT PERSON DRIVING THESE...

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK

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.

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 45MPH ON HIGHWAY AND FRONT END COLLAPSED. WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. SHE TOOK VEHICLE TO A LOCAL GARAGE, AND MECHANIC TOLD CONSUMER THAT HE HAS SEEN SEVERAL SIMILAR INCIDENTS. CONSUMER SAID THAT WHEN SHE TURNED KEY IN IGNITION SWITCH IT WOULDN'T TURN. *AK

THE OWNER WAS OPERAING HER 1994 DODGE INTREPID ON HIGHWAY 2 IN NORTHEAST MONTANA WHEN HER CAR SUDDENLY SVERWED VIOLENTLY TO THE LEFT AND CAUSED HER TO LOSE CONTROL OF HER VEHICLE, RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT THAT THOROUGHLY DEMOLISHED HER CAR. *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.

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR THIS VEHICLE. *AK

CONSUMER WAS GOING 55MPH AND CAR STOPPED ACCELERATING LIKE IT WAS IN NEUTRAL, AND STARTED SHAKING FROM THE FRONT END. DEALER WILL BE NOTIFIED. *AK

STEERING / FRONT SUSPENSION/ ENGINE CRADLE IS LOOSE AND NOISY POBLEMS STARTED APPEARING AROUND. *AK

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...

GENTLEMEN: I JUST BOUGHT RECENTLY A DODGE INTREPID 1994 USED OF COURSE. THIS CAR WAS BOUGHT IN GUADALAJARA MEXICO AND WAS WHEN NEW IMPORTED FROM THE USA. THE PROBLEM IS THE FOLLOWING: YESTERDAY, WE HEARD A SOUND COMING FROM THE FRONT SUSPENSION, SO WE TOOK THE CAR TO A MECHANIC, WHO IN ORDER TO TEST IT AND HEAR THE NOISE, DROVE THE CAR TWO BLOCKS, AND WHEN TURNING IN A CORNER, SUDDENLY THE FRONT RIGHT SHAFT CAME OUT AND BROKE DOWN LEAKING OIL AND SPREADING SMALL METAL PARTS. WE HAD TO PUSH THE CAR BACK TO THE WORK SHOP AND FOUND THE PROBLEM WAS NOT REALLY IN THE SHAFT IN ITSELF, BUT THE MAIN FRAME OR (BASTIDOR) AS WE CALL IT IN MEXICO, WHO WAS TEARED OFF WITHOUT ANY APPARENT REASON, AS IT WAS NOT BEATEN, HITTED OR RUSTY IT HAS NO SHOW OF ANY HARM. THE MECHANIC SAID THIS...

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

VEHICLE WAS NOT STEERING CORRECTLY. DEALER CONTACTED, AND STATED THE ENTIRE FRONT END WAS WORN OUT, REPAIRWORK COULD NOT BE DONE TO REMEDY THE PROBLEM. CONSUMER HAD REPAIRS DONE AT OWNER'S EXPENSE. *AK

OWNER EXPERIENCING FRONT END PROBLEMS; HAD TO REPLACE THE WHOLE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE; CONSTANTLY REPLACING THE TIRES; WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD VEHICLE FEELS AS THOUGH IT'S GOING TO FALL OFF THE WHEELS.

SHAKING/VIBRATION IN FRONT END OF VEHICLE.

CRACKING SOUND IN FRONT OF SUSPENSION DURING COLD WEATHER.

WHILE DRIVING AT SPEEDS OF 30-40 MPH, VEHICLE PULLS TO THE RIGHT AND LEFT. *AK TIE ROD END IS WORN AND RACK AND PINION BUSHINGS LOOSE, DEALER REPLACED TIE ROD ENDS AND RACK BUSHINGS. *SLC

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE, VEHICLE STALLS WHEN SHIFTING GEARS. TT CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL 94V024, HAD TO WAIT 2 MONTHS BECAUSE DEALER STATED HE WAS UNAWARE OF RECALL AND DID NOT KNOW HOW TO DO REPAIRS, AFTER REPAIR THE TRANSMISSION DID NOT SEEM TO TO WORK CORRECTLY AND FINALLY IT GAVE OUT COMPLETELY, AFTER REPAIRS, TRANSMISSION STILL DID NOT SEEM RIGHT AND VEHICLE EXPERIENCED STALLING, DEALER REPROGRAMMED TRANSMISSION, BUT THIS DID NOT HELP EITHER. FRONT BRAKES SQUEAL AFTER FRONT BRAKE PADS REPLACED AND FRONT ROTORS WERE TURNED. RIGHT FRONT STABILIZER AND LEFT SIDE SWAY BAR LINK WERE REPLACED, NOISE IN FRONT END. *SLC

FRONT SUSPENSION NOISY IN COLD WEATHER.