1995 DODGE INTREPID Power Trainautomatic Transmission Problems

DODGE TRANSMISSION ON INTREPIDS, CARAVANS, AND NEONS HAVE A HISTORY OF FAILING AND NEEDING TO BE REPLACED OR REBUILT. MY VEHICLE ONLY HAS 55800 MILES ON IT ALL ORIGINAL. EVEN THOUGH THE CAR IS 15 YEARS OLD IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN MAINTAINED SINCE IT WAS PURCHASED FROM THE DEALER BRAND NEW IN 1995. I BELIEVE THAT IF DODGE IS NOT HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PROBLEMS THEN SOMEONE CAN SERIOUSLY GET INJURED FROM THEM. WHETHER IT BE FROM THE TRANSMISSION FAILING ON THE HIGHWAY AND CAUSING ACCIDENTS OR SOMETHING BREAKING WHILE JUST DRIVING AND CAUSING SERIOUS INJURY. *TR

THE VEHICLE HAD THE USUAL FILTER, AND FLUID CHANGES AND BEGAN TO SLIP AND NOW THE TRANSMISSION IS OUT. THE FLUID IN IT IS STILL CLEAN. CAN'T UNDERSTAND WHY IT WOULD JUST GO OUT LIKE THAT. THIS ISN'T THE FIRST PROBLEM I HAVE HAD. ALSO HAD TO REPLACE THE RACK-N-PINION ON IT. THE BOLT HOLDING IT TOGETHER CAME OUT WHILE DRIVING IT. *TR

DT: THE CALLER HAD RECALL 2C45182 WORK DONE ON AUGUST 17, 2005. TWO DAYS LATER WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE IT SHIFTED ITSELF INTO REVERSE AND STALLED IN TRAFFIC. DEALER SAID SHE WILL HAVE TO PAY TO HAVE IT TOWED AND REPAIRED. DEALER SAID THEY WONT EVEN LOOK AT IT UNTIL SHE PAID.. SHE SAID SHE HAD NO TROUBLE BEFORE THE RECALL WORK WAS DONE. MANUFACTURER SAID TO TAKE IT BACK TO THE DEALER. *AK

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL 04V021000 CONCERNING SHIFT IGNITION PARK INTERLOCK. CONSUMER WAS CONCERNED BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WENT IN FOR A RECALL. BUT, PROBLEMS OCCURRED PREVIOUSLY,AND STILL HAD NOT BEEN RESOLVED. *AK

THE CONSUMER STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE SHIFTED HARD. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION. *JB

CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO TURN VEHICLE OFF IN ANY GEAR. ALSO, KEY COULD BE REMOVED IN ANY GEAR. NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL. *AK

CAR STALLS ON LEFT HAND TURNS, IN REVERSE. CRUISE CONTROL ENGAGES BY IT SELF AT WILL. GETS STUCK IN FOURTH GEAR. HAVE REPLACED POWER TRAIN CONTROL MODULE AND CAM SENSOR. MECHANIC SAID COMPUTER NO LONGER PUTS OUT ERROR CODES. PAID 1000. SO FAR AND MECHANIC STILL HAS NO IDEA WHAT'S WRONG WITH IT. *LA

WHILE DRIVING THERE IS SOME DIFFICULTY WHEN THE VEHICLE IS TRYING TO SWITCH INTO GEAR. CONTACTED DEALER. *AK

HAD TO REPLACE THE AXEL AND CV JOINT . NOW I HAVE SOME PROBLEMS WITH ALLIGNMENT AND IT IS MAKING A CLICKING NOISE WHEN I GO FROM REVERSE TO DRIVE. *AK

TRANSMISSION WILL SLIP, AND AT TIMES VEHICLE SHUT OFF. CONSUMER HAS HAD TRANSMISSION REPLACED, BUT PROBLEM STILL OCCURS.*AK

I CALLED AND REPORTED THE PROBLEMS WITH THE TIRE ROD ENDS, I JUST ADDED MORE TO THE LIST OF PROBLEMS WITH THIS CAR. I AM TRYING TO OTHER OWNERS OF DODGE INTREPIDS WITH IDENTICAL PROBLEMS TO ALSO CALL AND REPORT THESE PROBLEMS SO SOMETHING WILL BE DONE.*AK

CONSUMER NOTICED A FLUID BUILD UP UNDER VEHICLE AFTER VEHICLE HAD BEEN PARKED. DEALERSHIP INFORMED CONSUMER THAT AN UNKNOWN CLAMP, WHICH WAS TIGHTENED TO ELIMINATE LEAKING PROBLEM, WAS CAUSING TRANSMISSION FLUID TO LEAK. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK

WHILE SWITCHING LANES LOST CONTROL OF STEERING MOMENTARILY. CONSUMER HAD TO USE FORCE TO GET VEHICLE UNDER CONTROL. TOOK VEHICLE TO TWO MECHANICS, AND THEY SAID THAT RACK AND PINION STEERING HAD MANUFACTURING DESIGN FLAW. *AK 2 INDEPENDENT MECHANICS STATED THAT THE BUSHINGS ON THE STEERING RACK WERE WORN AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, ALSO STATED THAT THERE WAS TOO MUCH PLAY OR MOVEMENT IN THE ENTIRE STEERING MECHANISM, HOWEVER REPLACEMENT OF THE BUSHINGS WOULD NOT FIX THE PROBLEM SINCE THE PLAY OR MOVEMENT IN THE STEERING BOX WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSING WEAR ON THE BUSHING, THIS PROBLEM OCCURS WHENEVER STOPPING AND TURNING IN OR OUT OF A DRIVEWAY, PARKING LOT, ETC, OR ACCELERATING AFTER A STOP, CONSUMER CAN HEAR SOUNDS AND IT FEELS LIKE SOMETHING IS KICKED OUT OR SLIPS FROM UNDER VEHICLE'S FRONT END, CONSUMER HAS COMPLAINED TO DEALER ON 4 OCCASIONS. TRANSMISSION HESITATES WHEN MAKING SHIFT FROM...

WHILE DRIVING COULD TRY TO SLOW DOWN AND VEHICLE WILL START FEELING LIKE ANOTHER VEHICLE WAS PUSHING FROM REAR. MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED. *AK THE MANUFACUTURER WAS AWARE OF THE TRANSMISSION PROBLEM AND WAS WILLING TO ACCEPT PART OF THE RESPONSIBILITY. *YH

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE WILL NOT CHANGE GEARS.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AND COMING TO A STOP VEHICLE WILL NOT GO, SEEMS THAT VEHICLE IS NOT GOING INTO GEAR, WHICH MAY CAUSE A CRASH. IN SOME INSTANCES, DRIVER MUST PULL OVER AND RESTART VEHICLE. WILL BE TAKING VEHICLE TO DEALER. *AK THE CONSUMER'S SEARCH ON INTERNET SHOWED THAT THE CAUSE FOR STALLING OF THE VEHICLE WAS DUE TO DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSION. *YH

TRANSMISSION POPS OUT OF GEAR WHENEVER CONSUMER STOPS. *AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE WOULD MAKE CLUNKING NOISE UNDER HOOD. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP & WAS INFORMED BY THE MECHANIC THAT PROBLEM WAS TRANSMISSION. WHEN MECHANIC DROVE VEHICLE, NOTHING HAPPENED. WAS INFORMED TO DRIVE VEHICLE UNTIL NOISE APPEARED & BRING IT BACK IN. HAD DRIVEN VEHICLE OUT OF TOWN WHEN IT STALLED OUT SUDDENLY. AFTERWARDS WAS ABLE TO GO 10MPH. TOOK VEHICLE BACK TO DEALER AND TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED.*AK AT PRESENT TIME, THE VEHICLE MAKES CLUNKING NOISE IN THE FRONT AREA, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE FRONT WHEEL IS TURNED. LOWER CONTROL ARM OR TRANSMISSION FAILURES ARE POSSIBLE CAUSES. *YH

3 MONTHS AGO IT NEEDED BOTH INNER AND OUTER TIE ROD ENDS REPLACED. TODAY WE WENT AROUND A CORNER AND THE RACK AND PINION FAILED. NO STEERING AND ALMOST HIT A PARKED CAR. VECHILE TOWED TO REPAIR SHOP AND I AM WAITING TO GET A ESTIMATE. FRONT END PROBLEMS AND STEERING PROBLEMS SINCE WE BOUGHT IT. TRANSMISSION IS STARTING TO GO AND WE HAVE HAD THE AIR CONDITIONER WORKED ON 3 YEARS IN A ROW. WE ARE GOING TO TRADE IT IN ASAP.

TRANSMISSION FAILED AND WAS REPLACED. WATER PUMP HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE. SWAY BAR LINKS WERE REPLACED AT 24,000 MILES.*AK

REAR PASSENGER RESTRAINT DOES NOT RETRACT BACK INTO POSITION. DEALER HAS INSPECTED VEHICLE.*AK TRANSMISSION FAILED THREE TIMES. FRONT SEERING RACK FAILED LEFT FRONT BALL JOINT FAILED. DRIVE BELT FAILED AT 28000 MILES. WATER PUMP FAILED. RADIO FAILED. RIGHT FRONT STRUTS FAILED THREE TIMES. BRAKE FAILED THREE TIMES BEFORE 50000 MILES. HYDRAULIC CYLINDERS THAT HOLD HOOD UP FELL OFF. HEAT/AC DUCT SYSTEM FELL DOWN. *YH

I BOUGHT THIS CAR IN 1995.......IT HAS BEEN IN THE GARAGE FOR MAJOR REPAIRS SO MANY TIMES I CAN'T COUNT THEM...BUT I DO HAVE DOCUMENTATION....I CALLED THE NYS LEMON LAW NUMBER BUT WAS 2 WEEKS PAST THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS...THEY TOLD ME TO GET A LAWYER......SINCE THE STATUTE HAS RUN OUT....FOX CHRYSLER HAS HAD THE CAR FOR AT LEAST 3 WEEKS IN THE LAST YEAR & HAS GIVEN ME A RENTAL CAR (UNDER MY EXTENDED WARRANTY) ...I FEEL FORCED TO SELL THIS CAR BECAUSE THE WARRANTY WILL RUN OUT MAY 31, 2001....IT HAS HAD THE TRANSMISSION REBUILT, THE A/C REPLACED, THE ROTORS WERE REPLACED AT 13982 MILES & THE REPLACEMENTS ARE BAD AGAIN....THEY WERE JUST TURNED AT 30000 MILES...THE TURN SIGNALS, DOOR LOCKS, HEADLAMPS (HAD MOISTURE IN THEM), AIRBAG COVER ON PASSENGER SIDE WAS RAISED & CURLED FROM DAY 1...THE TIE RODS WERE REPLACED IN 1999 AT MY COST BECAUSE...

THE REAR SEAT OF MY CAR WAS SMOLDERING AND GIVING OFF A LOT OF SMOKE AND FUMES WITH THE EXHAUST PROBLEM. I WAS VERY ALARMED SINCE THE BACK SEAT IS VERY CLOSE TO THE GAS TANK. ON THE TRANSMISSION AND AIR CONDITIONER BOTH SYSTEMS HAVE HAD TO BE REPLCED 3 OR 4 TIMES AND USUALLY ABOUT EVERY 50K.

LEFT HEAD LIGHT HAS DEVELOPED AN INTERIOR COATING CUTTING ILLUMINATION;ASSEMBLY HAS VIBRATED LOOSE. RIGHT HEADLIGHT SOCKET MELTED THROUGH THE BACK OF THE HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY. TRANSMISSION HESSITATES SHIFTING ESP WHEN COLD.

ON A ON RAMP, DURING RUSH HOUR THE TRANSMISSION FAILED WITHOUT ANY WARNING THIS WAS VERY, VERY DANGEROUS, HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP ,THEY TOLD US THAT THEY WORK ON ALOT OF THE DODGE INTREPID 'S TRANSMISSIONS , AND THEY SAID IT WAS A CATASTROPHE FAILURE ON DODGE'S BEHALF .

UNKNOWN EXACT DATES/MILEAGE; DO NOT HAVE INFORMATION ACCESSIBLE AT THIS TIME; PURCHASED VEHICLE W/56,XXX MILES...DO NOT HAVE SERVICE INFO PRIOR TO MY PURCHASE. HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS AND MORE MINOR PROBLEMS SINCE PURCHASE. VEHICLE HAS HAD ALL WORK DONE UNDER WARRANTY WITH EXCEPTION TO WORK PERFORMED AT CENTRAL DODGE THAT WAS ADVISED WAS COVERED BY WARRANTY AND THEN PICKED VEHICLE UP AND SERVICE AND RENTAL CHARGES NOT COVERED AS ADVISED. ALL OTHER WORK PERFORMED BY OZARK CHRYSLER PLYMOUTH DODGE, HWY 65 & CC, OZARK MO 65721 (417) 581-2776. DO NOT KNOW WHAT ACTION CAN BE TAKEN AT THIS POINT...ANOTHER REMAN TRANSMISSION JUST PUT IN THIS WEEK!

TRANSMISSION FELT LIKE IT WAS SLIPPING, VEHICLE WOULD TAKE OFF IN THIRD GEAR, AND WHEN STOPPING FAST IT WOULD BE IN NEUTRAL. *AK

TRANSMISSION REPLACED, FAILURE CAUSING LEAKAGE. *MJS

CALLED CHRYSLER (AFTER DEALER DECLINED) DESPITE TRANSMISSION FLUID & FILTER CHANGE EVERY 20,000 MILES. THEY TOLD ME THEY CANNOT HELP DESPITE 76 SIMILAR COMPLAINTS ON THIS SITE ALONE. CANCELED MY ORDER FOR THE GRAND CARAVAN!! NO MORE CHRYSLER PRODUCTS FOR MY FRIENDS & FAMILY & OUR CHILDREN!!!*AK

I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE WITH THE INTENT ON HAVING LAST THROUGH THE PAY-OFF. I AM VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THIS HAPPENING. AT 30,000 MILE THE AIR-CONDITIONING SYSTEM WENT OUT COMPLETELY AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. AT 50,000 THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. A TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED AT A DODGE DEALER BUT I WAS ONLY GIVEN 12,000 MILE WARRANTY. AT 70,000 MILES THE FRONT-END STRUTS, STRUT PLATES, INNER TIE RODS, AND OTHER WAS REPLACE. THIS FRONT END IS STILL NOT RIGHT AS IT DRIFTS AND HAS TOO MUCH PLAY IN THE STEERING. MANY OTHERS WITH THE EXACT SAME REPAIRS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

TRANSMISSION DOWNSHIFT IS LATE WHEN CAR IS COLD -- DANGEROUS AT INTERSECTION. MAJOR CLUNK WHEN HOT -- LURCHES PASSENGERS!*AK

SOMETIMES TRANSMISSION JUMPS BACK AND LOCKS IN 2ND GEAR AROUND 35MPH WHILE IN 3RD GEAR UNDER LIGHT PEDAL. ONLY WAY TO CURE IS STOP ENGINE, START AGAIN, THEN TRANS NORMAL FOR AWHILE. DOES NOT DOWNSHIFT TO 1ST WHEN LOCKED (LIMP MODE?). UNDER LIGHT TAKEOFF, SHIFT INTO 2ND SOMETIMES JERKS VIOLENTLY. OTHER TIMES TRANSMISSION MAKES ALL SHIFTS SMOOTHLY. TRANSMISSION IS TOTALLY UNPREDICTABLE

SOMETIMES TRANS JUMPS BACK AND LOCKS IN 2ND GEAR AROUND 35MPH WHILE IN 3RD GEAR UNDER LIGHT PETAL. ONLY WAY TO CURE IS STOP ENGINE, START AGAIN, THEN TRANS NORMAL FOR AWHILE. DOES NOT DOWNSHIFT TO 1ST WHEN LOCKED (LIMP MODE?). UNDER LIGHT TAKEOFF, SHIFT INTO 2ND SOMETIMES JERKS VIOLENTLY. OTHER TIMES TRANS MAKES ALL SHIFTS SMOOTHLY. TRANS IS TOTALLY UNPREDICTABLE *AK

AFTER STOPPING VEHICLE WOULD NOT SHIFT OUT OF LOW GEAR, AFTER STOPPING AND COOLING OFF THE VEHICLE BARELY HAS ANY REVERSE. BUT HAS FORWARD GEARS. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WILL NOT ENGAGE OR ACCELERATE IN COLD WEATHER CONDITIONS, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

THIS CAR HAS GIVEN ME PROBLEMS EVERY SINCE I GOT IT I NEVER THOUGHT THAT IT WOULD BE THIS BAD I CAN'T WAIT TO TRADE THIS THING IN. I HAD TO PURCHASE FRONT AND REAR BRAKES THE ADJUSTMENTS HAD SLIPPED AND NOW THE TRANSMISSION IS ABOUT TO GO. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK

WHEN VEHICLE IS PLACED INTO GEAR IT DOES NOT ALWAYS RESPOND TO THE RIGHT GEAR. WHEN PLACED INTO REVERSE AND ACCELERATOR IS APPLIED VEHICLE GOES FORWARD, AND WHEN PLACED INTO DRIVE, VEHICLE RUNS IN REVERSE. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED.*AK

SOON AFTER WE BOUGHT THE CAR WE CALLED THE DEALER. THEY TOLD US THERE WAS NOTHING THAT COULD BE DONE. THE WARRANTY WAS OUT. THEY ALSO TOLD ME THAT THEY DID NOT THINK ANYTHING WAS WRONG AND I DID NOT KNOW WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT.THE CAR WOULD MAKE A SEVERE SLIP/BUCK WHEN GOING UP HILLS. I WAS TOLD THIS WAS NORMAL DUE TO THE WAY THE TRANSMISSION WAS MADE.I ALSO TOLD THEM OF A GAS SMELL. THEY DENID KNOWLEDGE OF ANY RECALLS OR SERVICE REPORTS. I SAW THIS RECALL NOTICE IN THE PAPER DURING THIS SUMMER. THE DEALER IS NOT IN BUSINESS ANYMORE . THE FINANCE COMPANY SAID I WAS WRONG TO. I TOLD THEM IM WONT PAY FOR A DEFECTIVE CAR AND COME TO PICK IT UP. THEY ARE NOW TRING TO COLLECT PAYMENT. *AK

VEHICLE WILL NOT SHIFT INTO REVERSE. *AK

CONSUMER HAD TO REPLACE TRANSMISSION WITH ONLY 74,0000 MILES ON IT. WHEN CAR WAS PURCHASE IT HAD ONLY 30,000 MILES. DEALER SAID THAT THEY COULD DO NOTHING ABOUT IT BECAUSE IT WAS NOT UNDER WARRANTY. CAR HAS HAD MULTIPLE PROBLEMS. *AK

WHEN GETTING INTO THE VEHICLE AND PUTTING THE KEY INTO THE INGITION, THE KEY KEEPS GETTING STUCK, AND THE CONSUMER HAS TO PLAY WITH KEY UNTIL IT COMES OUT. ALSO, OIL LIGHT STAYS ON UNTIL THE KEY GET'S OUT, TRANMISSION IS SLIPPING. VEHICLE IS LOSING POWER. *AK

WON'T ALWAYS SHIFT OUT OF 1ST GEAR, WOULD OCCASIONALLY ENGAGE, THEN DISENGAE AFTER STOPS. *AK

RECALL # 98V184000 CHRYSLER/FUEL LEAKAGE; SINCE HAVING RECALL WORK PERFORMED CONSUMER HAS EXPERIENCED NUMEROUS TYPES OF PROBLEM WITH VEHICLE. OWNER HAD NO TROUBLE WITH THE VEHICLE PRIOR TO HAVING RECALL WORK PERFORMED. TRANSMISSION WAS REBUILT/SPARK PLUGS/ ENGINEMANIFOLD AND FUEL RAIL GASKET REPLACED. SO FAR REPAIRS HAVE TOTALED OVER $700.00. *AK

THERE WERE 3 PROBLEMS RELATING TO AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION; 1) WHILE STOPPING AT AN INTERSECTION AND THEN PROCEDING TO CROSS, THE CAR WOULDN'T GO FORWARD. THE TRANSMISSION LINE HAD COME OFF AND ALL THE TRANSMISSION FLUID HAD SPRAYED ACROSS THE DRIVER'S SIDE OF THE CAR. THE TRANSMISSION LINE WAS FIXED AT A DODGE DEALERSHIP. 2) TWO WEEKS LATER, WHILE DRIVING 65MPH ON A HIGHWAY, THE CAR STARTED TO SHAKE AND THE ENGINE WAS RACING OUT OF CONTROL. THE TRANSMISSION KEPT SURGING IN AND OUT OF GEAR AND WE PULLED THE CAR OFF THE SHOULDER RIGHT BEFORE THE CAR WOULDN'T SHIFT AT ALL. AGAIN THE TRANSMISSION LINE HAD COME OFF AND ALL THE TRANSMISSION FLUID HAD SPILLED OUT. WE HAD ANOTHER DODGE DEALERSHIP INSTALL A NEW TRANSMISSION LINE. 3) A WEEK LATER, THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO REVERSE UNLESS THE CAR WAS SHIFTED INTO DRIVE THEN BACK TO REVERSE SEVERAL TIMES....

ORIGINAL TRANSMISSION FAILED AT 70,000. REPLACEMENT ($2,400.00) FAILED AFTER 31,000 MILES. *AK

TRANSMISSION SHUDDERED (FELT LIKE CAR WAS GOING OVER ALOT OF LITTLE BUMPS). THE SYMTOMS WERE INTERMITTENT DURING THE WEEKEND OF THE 15TH. ALSO NOTICED THAT TRANSMISSION WAS LEAKING FLUID . TOOK CAR TO DEALER AND THEY SAID TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REBUILT AT A COST OF APPROXIMATELY 1500 DOLLARS. I CONTACTED DIAMLER CHRYSLER AFTER VIEWING YOUR WEBSITE AND TOLD THEM OF ALL THE OTHER TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS DOCUMENTED ON THE SITE AND DIAMLER OFFERED TO SPLIT THE BILL WITH US. I STILL THINK THAT TEY ARE GETTING AWAY WITH MURDER BECAUSE IT IS CHEAPER TO SETTLE INDIVIDUAL CASES THAN TO ADMIT WRONG AND RECALL ALL THE CHRYSLER VEHICLES WITH THESE TRANSMISSIONS. ALSO IT IS DOCUMENTED IN CONSUMERS REPORT THAT A COUPLE FROM PUTTSTOWN PA. PROVED CHRYSLERS KNOWLEDGE OF THIS PROBLEM, AND GOT THEM TO PUT IN A NEW TRANSMISSION AND THE COUPLE ONLY PAID 371 DOLLARS IN LABOR. I REALLY THINK...

TRANSMISSION WILL NOT MOVE WHEN PUTTING INTO REVERSE, AND WHEN DRIVING FORWARD IT HESITATES. THEN RPMS WILL GO WAY UP, THEN IT WILL FINALLY SHIFT, BUT HARD. SAMETHING WILL HAPPEN WHEN YOU ARE STOPPING. CONTACT DEALER AND MANUFACTURER. *AK

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