1995 DODGE INTREPID Steeringrack And Pinion Problems

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

WHILE DRIVING AT 40 MPH RACK AND PINION STEERING BROKE. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

CONSUMER STATED THAT WHEN TURNING AND WITHOUT WARNING RACK AND PINION STEERING SNAPPED. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE TIE THAT HOOKS TO RACK AND PINION KEEPS COMING LOOSE. THIS IS CAUSING THE STEERING WHEEL TO BE INOPERATIVE. NLM *SCC

WHEN TURNING INTO A PARKING SPACE THERE A WAS POPPING SOUND. DRIVER WAS ABLE TO TURN STEERING WHEEL, BUT TIRES WOULD NOT MOVE WITH STEERING. DEALR SAID TIE RODS AND RACK AND PINION HAD BROKEN. *AK

WAS AT A STOP. HAD STARTED TO MAKE A TURN WHEN STEERING SUDDENLY WAS FREE WHEELING. WAS NO WARNING. HAD TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP, AND WAS INFORMED BY MECHANIC THAT RACK AND PINION BOLTS HAD SNAPPED IN HALF.*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...

WHEN I TOOK MY INTREPID TO BENSON DODGE AND SPOKE WITH THE SERVICE MANAGER ON 12/4/2000, I FELT AS THOUGH HE WAS BRUSHING ME OFF. HE SAID HE HAD NO KNOWLEDGE OF ANY INVESTIGATION OR ANY RECALL ON THIS VEHICLE. I SHOWED HIM THE INFORMATION ON THE INVESTIGATION THAT I PRINTED FROM YOUR WEBSITE ON 12/2/2000. I INFORMED HIM THAT THIS WAS AN EXTREMELY COSTLY REPAIR AND I COULD NOT AFFORD TO HAVE THEM REPAIR IT. HE ALL BUT TOLD ME THAT THE REPAIRS WERE SOLELY UP TO ME AND SINCE I COULD NOT AFFORD THEM, I WOULD EVENTUALLY WRECK THE CAR. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT HOW THINGS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE DONE, BUT I WOULD THINK THAT THE FIRST PRIORITY OF ANY DEALER SHOULD BE THE SAFETY OF THE PEOPLE DRIVING THEIR CARS. I HAVE AN 18 MO OLD THAT I TRANSPORT IN THIS VEHICLE AND THIS MANAGER DID...

VEHICLE EXPERIENCING MOMENTARY / INTERMITTENT STEERING LOCK UP DUE TO RACK AND PINION. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT VEHICLE WAS NO LONGER COVERED UNDER WARRANTY, AND NOTHING COULD BE DONE. *AK *SLC

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.

WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, BRAKES ACTIVATED WITHOUT DRIVER INTERVENTION CAUSING SUDDEN LOSS OF CONTROL. THIS OCCURRED THREE TIMES IN 60 MILE PERIOD. DEALER CANNOT LOCATE CAUSE. ALSO, STEERING VERY LOOSE AND REQUIRING REPLACEMENT TOO SOON.*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 WAS DRIVING AT SLOW SPEED WHEN I HEARD A POP AND IMMEDIATELY LOST ALL STEERING CONTROL.*AK

CLAMPS THAT HOLD THE RACK AND PINON ASSEMBLE WORK LOOSE AND CAUSE STEERING TO FAIL

FROM THE BEGINING OF OWNERSHIP THE STEERING ALWAYS LOCKED UP, WHEN MAKING RIGHT TURNS MADE CRACKING NOISE INTERMITTANTLY, POSSIBLE RACK AND PINION POWER STEERING PROBLEM.*ET

TWO BUSHINGS THAT HOLD RACK AND PINION HAVE LOOSENED AND WORN OUT, AFFECTING THE STEERING MECHANISM. BUSHINGS FAILED BECAUSE BRAKE FLUID WAS SPILLED ON THEM WHEN VEHICLE WAS BEING SERVICED. NOT A MANUFACTURING DEFECT. *AK *ML

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK

CAR IS A PIECE OF JUNK WATER PUMP TIMING BELT AIR CONDITION RACK AND PINION ENGINE FAILURE.

PE99040, WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE RACK AND PINION BOLTS SJEARED OFF WHICH CAUSED THE RACK AND PINION TO DROP, AND TO HAD NO STEERING ABILITY AT ALL . *AK

I WAS ABOUT TO GET ON A MAJOR INTERSTATE WHEN MY LEFT WHEEL AND RIGHT WHEEL WENT INTO DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS. HOW IS IT POSSIBLE THAT I HAD NO STEERING CAPABILITY AT ALL. SHOULDN'T SOME STEERING ABILITY EXIST ALWAYS EXCEPT IN THE CASE OF NO POWER. HAD I GOTTEN ON I-95 I WOULD HAVE CRASHED HAVING ABSOLUTELY NO ABILITY TO CONTROL DIRECTION EVEN AN EIGHT OF AN INCH.

I THINK THAT IS ENOUGH TO TELL YOU THIS MODEL HAS DEFECTS TOO MANY TO MENTION. I THINK DODGE SHOULD ALLOW SOME SORT OF RENUMERATION ON REPAIRS OR A NICE REASONABLE DISCOUNT ON FUTURE PURCHASES SINCE THIS IS MY SECOND DODGE.

CAR HAD A DEFECTIVE PART--RACK AND PINION STEERING SYSTEM. REPAIR SHOP DIDN'T NOTIFY OWNER THAT REPAIRS WERE UNDER WARRANTY.

MY WIFE WAS ON HER WAY TO WORK WHEN SHE HEARD A POP AS SHE TURNED THE CORNER AT APPROX.15MPH. SHE THEN LOST ALL STEERING. THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD TURN, BUT THE WHEELS WOULD NOT. THE CAR WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER, WHERE THEY DETERMINED THE RACK AN PINION STEERING HAD BROKE. THE DEALER REPLACED THE STEERING GEAR AND BOTH INNER TIE ROD ENDS AT NO CHARGE FOR THE PARTS. THERE WAS A LABOR CHARGE $403.60 I FEEL THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND I AM JUST GLAD SHE WAS NOT AT A HIGHER SPEED WHEN THIS HAPPENED.

RACK AND PINION STEERING ASSEMBLY BECAME ERRATIC.

STEERING BINDING IN TURN - DEALER CURRENTLY REPLACING RACK & PINION. *AK

AT 58,000 MILES THE RACK AND PINION STEERING HAS MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL. VEHICLE IS HARD TO STEER. *AK

FUEL INJECTION RAIL "O" RINGS FAILED, CAUSING FUEL TO LEAK ON ENGINE. NOTIFIED DEALER. HE TOLD ME THEY WOULD NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. WE SPENT 997.00 ON REPAIRS AND WERE AMASED THIS WAS NOT RECALLED AS A SAFETY DEFECT. ALSO, RACK AND PINION STEERING MALFUNCTIONED. *AK

POWER STEERING RACK FAILED, CAUSING EXCESSIVE PLAY IN STEERING/POWER STEERING FLUID TO LEAK.

RACK AND PINION FAILED.

RACK AND PINION STEERING FAILED, CAUSING ERRATIC OPERATION.