1994 DODGE INTREPID Vehicle Speed Control Problems

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 70 MPH, THE CRUISE CONTROL LIGHT ILLUMINATED, FOLLOWED BY UNWARRANTED ACCELERATION. THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS TAPPED, AND THE ENGINE STALLED. THE STALLING WAS ACCOMPANIED BY ALL THE DASHBOARD WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A PRIVATE REPAIR SHOP, WHERE THERE WERE NO IMMEDIATE REPAIRS MADE.

VEHICLE TENDED TO SLOW DOWN FROM 55 MPH TO 25 MPH UNEXPECTEDLY, RESULTING IN VEHICLE HITTING THE STEERING WHEEL. THIS OCCURRED 5 TIMES, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SHUT DOWN ONCE ON THE ROAD. OWNER WILL INFORM THE MANUFACTURER.*AK

WHILE DRIVING A LOUD KNOCKING NOISE WAS HEARD COMING FROM THE FRONT. VEHICLE ACCELERATED AND HIT A BRICK WALL. UPON IMPACT, BOTH FRONTAL AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DRIVER SUSTAINED HEAD AND BACK INJURIES, AND WAS TRANSPORTED BY AMBULANCE TO A HOSPITAL. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. *AK

CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED WHEN THE GEAR WAS PUT INTO DRIVE, ALSO THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY WHEN THE VEHICLE HIT A CONCRETE ROAD DIVIDER.TS *JB

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

THROTTLE STUCK WIDE OPEN WHILE ACCELERTATING. *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.

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...

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.

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

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

ON TWO DIFFERENT OCCASIONS VEHICLE EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ACCELERATION WHEN PUTTING THE VEHICLE IN REVERSE. ONE INCIDENT THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED HITTING A CHURCH, BROKE A WINDOW AND BLEW OUT A TIRE. ON ANOTHER INCIDENT THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED GOING OVER A CURB AND HIT A TREE ON THE PASSENGER SIDE, NO ONE WAS INJURED ON BOTH INCIDENTS BUT THERE WAS PROPERTY DAMAGE. *YC

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

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

THROTTLE REPLACED.

DRIVING CAR, APPLIED BRAKES, CRUISE CONTROL DIDN'T DISENGAGE, HIT BRAKES TO MISS A CAR, WENT INTO SKID, HIT BRAKES HARDER, LOST CONTROL, WENT INTO DITCH. *AK

SUDDEN ACCELERATION, CAUSING ACCIDENT. *SD

FUEL THROTTLE WAS STUCK OPEN WHILE DRIVING, VEHICLE ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN. *AK

PRESS GAS PEDAL TO PASS ANOTHER VEHICLE, ACCELERATOR STUCK IN OPEN POSITION, RESULTING IN FAST SPEED. TT

VEHICLE WILL ACCELERATE RAPIDLY CATCHING DRIVER OFF GUARD. FAILURE NOT DIAGNOSED BY DEALER. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. TT

PUT VEHICLE IN GEAR WITH FOOT ON BRAKE VEHICLE ACCELERATED AT HIGH SPEED. TT

CRUISE CONTROL WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY.