1999 Dodge Intrepid

CRUISE CONTROL COMPONENT OVER TOOK THE BRAKE SYSTEM. CAR ACCELERATED FROM 25 MILES A HOUR IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC TO 40 MILES AN HOUR. THIS HAPPENED IN SPITE OF THE BRAKES BEING COMPRESSED. THIS CAUSE ME AND MY FAMILY TO END UP UNDE THE REAR OF TRUCK. THIS ACTION KAD OCCURRED AGAIN TO ME PERSONALLY AND TO TWO OTHER PERSONS. THIS PROBLEM WAS REPORTED TO THE DEALERSHIP SEVERAL TIMES AND CLAIMED TO HAVE REPAIRED IT , BUT THE SAME THING HAPPENNED AGAIN ON THE WAY HOME FROM THE SHOP. THE FIRST TIOME IT WAS SUPPOSEDLY REPAIRED, THE O2 SENSOR AND CRUISE CONTROL CABLE WERE REPLACED. THIS ACTION HAS NOT STOPPED THIS VEHICLE FROM ACCELERATING ON ITS OWN. AFTER THIS INCIDENT IT ACCELERATED WITH TWO DIFFERENT PEOPLE BEHIND THE WHEEL. MY ATTORNEY HAS LOCATED TWO OTHER 99 INTREPIDS THAT HAVE DONE THIS. ONE ACCELERATED IN REVERSE AND THE OTHER IN DRIVE LIKE MINE. I HAVE CONTACTED CHRYSLER/DAIMLER CUSTOMER SERVICE, BUT TO NO AVAIL. THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN BACK BY THE FINANCE COMPANY BECAUSE WE REFUSED TO PAY ON ANYTHING THAT ALMOST KILLED OUR FAMILY. OF COURSE THEY, HOUSEHOLD FINANCE, COULD CARE LESS AND WERE ONLY INTERESTED IN GETTING THEIR MONEY. I INTEND TO PUT THIS INFORMATION EVERY WHERE I CAN TO HOPEFULLY PREVENT ANYONE FROM PURCHASING THIS VEHICLE. THEY COULD BE KILLED BECAUSE IT HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED AND CONTINUES TO ACCELRATE OB ITS OWN. THIS CAR IS A DEATH TRAP AND SHOULD BE TAKEN OFF OF THE ROAD. IF THERE IS ANYTHING ELSE I CAN DO TO ACCOMPLISH THE FOREGOING, PLEASE CONTACT ME .*AK

1999 DODGE INTREPID ES: I HAVE PREVIOUSLY MADE COMMENTS IN REGARD TO MY VEHICLE HANDLING AND IT'S FLIMSY, LOOSE FEELING STEERING AND HOW THE FRONT WHEELS FEEL LIKE THEY SLIP SOMETIMES AROUND SLIGHT TURNS. THE FRONT WHEELS ACTUALLY FEEL LIKE THEY ARE SOMETMES FLUTTERING ESPECIALLY OVER BUMPS OR RAILROAD TRACKS USUALLY AT 35+MPH. I HAVE ACTUALLY ALMOST LOST CONTROL WHEN BEING IN FAR LEFT LANE DRIVING AT AROUND 65MPH AROUND BENDS IN HIGHWAY OR FREEWAY ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT ARE BUMPY. I BROUGHT IN TO FIVE STAR DEALER WHERE PURCHASED. I WASEN'T SURE EXACTLY HOW TO EXPLAIN THE PROBLEM PROPERLY, I DESCRIBED THE BEST I COULD. I HAVE THOUGHT THAT THE LOOSE STEERING IS CAUSING THE FRONT WHEELS TO BOUNCE OR FLUTTER. THE SERVICE CENTER WAS NOT VERY RECEPTIVE. THE TECH THAT DROVE MY CAR STATED THAT THE SENSITIVE STEERING WAS NORMAL. ALSO THERE IS NO STEERING WHEEL LOCK WHEN VEHICLE IS PARKED OR IT IS DEFECTIVE OR NOT PRESENT. DOES THIS HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH IT? I HAVE READ ABOUT 2 OR 3 OTHER ODI'S THAT DESCRIBED SIMULAR PROBLEMS BUT NOT AS IN DETAIL OR WITH INFORMATION OF THE FRONT WHEELS SOMETIMES BOUNCING ALL OVER THE PLACE OR FLUTTERING OVER BUMPS OR FRONT WHEELS SLIDING. WITH THIS PROBLEM I FEEL UNCOMFORTIBLE DRIVING IN WET OR RAINY CONDITIONS. IT ALMOST FEELS THAT AROUND SOME FREEWAY OR ROAD BENDS DRIVING AT 45+MPH IT SOMETIMES FEELS LIKE THE FRONT WHEELS ARE SLIGHTLY SLIPPING OR SLIDING. MY OLD 1995 DODGE INTREPID WAS FRONT WHEEL DRIVE AS WELL AND NEVER DID THIS ALTHOUGH IT HAD IT'S PROBLEMS. I COULD DO 65MPH ON A RAINY FREEWAY AND I COULD FEEL VERY COMFORTIBLE WITH THE VEHICLES TRACTION AND STEERING. MY 1999 DODGE INTREPID ES IS NEWER WITH SPORT SUSPENSION AND STEERING, BETTER TIRES AND 16" ALUMINUM WHEELS YET I AM HAVING THESE PROBLEMS NEVER HAVING THEM WITH MY OLD INFERIOR 1995 DODGE INTREPID. THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG HERE. I DO NOT FEEL MY VEHICLE CONTINUALLY HANDLES SAFELY, I AM AFRAID THAT I COULD LOOSE CONTROL ONE DAY AND CRASH. PLEASE ADVISE. THANK YOU.*AK

WHILE DRIVING ON FREEWAY NEAR TRACY, CA VEHICLE DROVE OVER SMOOTHLY PART IN FREEWAY THAT SLIGHTLY WENT UPWARD THEN SLIGHTLY DOWNWARD CAUSING VEHICLE SPRINGS OR STRUTS TO LIFT UP OR HOP FAR TOO MUCH CREATING VERY POOR VEHICLE TRACTION, TRAFFIC THEN ABRUPTLY HALTED, HAD TO BRAKE HARD TO STOP VEHICLE, VEHICLE HAD POOR TRACTION AND JUST SLID MAKING A LOUD TIRE SCREECHING NOISE, HAD TO VERY QUICKLY RELEASE THE BRAKE SINCE VEHICLE WAS SKIDDING, SHIFTED INTO AUTOSTICK AND DOWNSHIFTED QUICKLY IN CONJUNCTION WITH QUICKLY USING BRAKE GET VEHICLE TO STOP PROPERLY. I AM USING STOCK GOODYEAR TIRES WITH GOOD TREAD, SERVICE CENTER TOLD ME TIRES ARE OK, I AM SUPPOSED TO HAVE ABS (ANTI-LOCK BRAKES) SO THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN. I BELEIVE THAT THE ABS FAILED DUE TO THE SPRINGS OR STRUTS BOUNCING ALLOWING THE VEHICLE TO LIFT UP TOO MUCH THUS LOOSING TRACTION CAUSING ABS TO FAIL. I HAVE NOT HAD ANY OTHER PROBLEMS WITH ABS HOWEVER BRAKES ARE STARTING TO SOMETIMES FEEL FUNNY, ALMOST A LITTLE ROUGH WHEN APPLIED LATELY. I TALKED TO INDEPENDENT MECHANIC THAT TOLD ME THAT MY VEHICLE SHOULD NOT HAVE SKIDDED AS IT DID AND MY SPRINGS COULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE EXCESSIVE UPLIFT THAT OCCURED. VEHICLE DOES SEEM TO HOP OR BOUNCE A LITTLE MUCH ALSO AT TIMES CAUSING THE FRONT WHEELS TO LOOSE TRACTION OR SLIDE ON SLIGHT TURNS. NEW SPRINGS OR WHATEVER WITH ONLY 32,000? I HAVE NEVER HAD THAT HAPPEN IN MY OLD 1995 DODGE INTREPID ALTHOUGH IT HAD IT'S PROBLEMS. THIS SHOULD NOT HAPPEN AND IS DANGEROUS, I ALMOST SMASHED INTO THE TRAFFIC IN FRONT OF ME. PLEASE ADVISE. THANK YOU.*AK

REAR PASSENGER'S SIDE POWER WINDOW IS DEAD AND HAS FAILED. WHEN ELECTRONIC COOLING FANS FOR ENGINE TURN ON AUTOMATICALLY AS THEY SHOULD DURING CERTAIN ENGINE TEMPERATURES FRONT HEADLIGHTS NOTICEABLY DIM ALMOST LOOKING LIKE THEY ARE BEING FLASHED FOR A SECOND OR WHAT SOMEONE COULD INTEROPERATE AS THE DRIVER FLASHING HIS LIGHTS. HEADLIGHTS ALSO SEEM TO DIM SLIGHTLY WHEN ROLLING DOWN TWO WINDOWS AT THE SAME TIME. I PURCHASED A PROFESSIONAL BATTERY AND ALTERNATOR TESTER HAS SHOWN THAT THE VEHICLES BATTERY AND ALTERNATOR ARE WORKING AS NORMAL. THIS MAKES ME WONDER ABOUT THE VEHICLE'S ELECTRICAL SYSTEM.*AK

1999 DODGE INTREPID ES: KEYS JAMMED IN THE INGITION ON 3 DIFFERENT OCASSIONS, KEYS WOULD BECOME STUCK, KEYS WOULD BECOME JAMMED, HAD TO MOVE KEY BACK AND FOURTH AND WORK IT OUT UNTIL IGNITION WOULD CLICK AND WOULD TURN OR KEYS COULD BE REMOVED. THIS COULD BE DANGEROUS IF SOMEONE NEEDED TO USE CAR IN EMERGENCY OR GET AWAY FROM DANGER.*AK

1999 DODGE INTREPID ES 3.2L: VEHICLE FREQUENTLY FAILS TO BE CONSISTANT WITH ACCELERATION. SOMETIMES DELAYED TRANSMISSION SHIFT RESPONSE EVEN WHEN USING AUTOSTICK. TRANSMISSION OFTEN SEEMS TO SHIFT VERY ROUGHLY. VEHICLE SOMETIMES SEEMS TO DOWNSHIFT PROPERLY WITH PROPER ENGINE RESPONSE AND HAS EXCELLENT ACCELERATION EVEN AT 50MPH WHEN IN AUTOMATIC THEN SOMETIMES HAS EXTREMELY POOR AND DELAYED ACCELERATION AND DOES NOT SEEM TO DOWNSHIFT EVEN AT SPEEDS SLOW AS 35MPH EVEN WHEN ACCELERATOR PEDAL IS FLOORED OR STOMPED, WHICH IS DANGEROUS WHEN TRYING TO GET ONTO FREEWAY, MERGING OR PASSING. IT IS SOMETIMES DIFFICULT TO GET VEHICLE TO ACCELERATE SMOOTHLY WITH ACCELERATOR PEDAL, LACK OF THROTTLE ACTION AND VERY SLOW ACCELERATION SOMETIMES WHEN PRESSING ACCELERATOR PEDAL SOMETIMES HALF WAY DOWN, THEN WHEN PRESSED FURTHER AND ALMOST FLOORED TRANSMISSION KICKS DOWN HARD, VEHICLE JERKS FORWARD AND OVER COMPENSATES INTENDED ACCELERATION. ONCE WHEN ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS PRESSED DOWN HARD, DOWN ABOUT HALF, NOT FLOORED VEHICLE RESPONDED, ACCELERATED AND SHIFTED MUCH FASTER THAN EVER BEFORE, VEHICLE HAD NEVER PERFORMED THIS WELL OR TAKEN OFF SO FAST, WAS COMPLETELY UNEXPECTED, VEHICLE WENT FROM 5-40MPH IN ABOUT 2.5 SECONDS. THE VEHICLE LUNGED FORWARD QUICKER THAN EVER EXPERIENCED AND THE ENGINE MADE MORE NOISE THAN USUAL. NO COMPLAINTS AND ACTUALLY LIKE THIS TYPE OF VEHICLE PERFORMANCE BUT IT IS DANGEROUS WHEN THE VEHICLE DOES NOT USUALLY PERFORM LIKE THIS THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN DOES COMPLETELY UNEXPECTEDLY. I HAD TO SHIFT INTO AUTOSTICK AND DOWNSHIFT IN CONJUCTION WITH THE BRAKE TO SLOW THE SCREAMING VEHICLE DOWN. DUE TO SOME CONCERN AND TRYING TO CONTINUALLY MAINTAIN THE VEHICLE PROPERLY HAD FIVE STAR DEALERSHIP AND SERVICE CENTER WHERE PURCHASED REPLACE AND REFILL AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FLUID AND FILTER. HAD DEALERSHIP RESET THE VEHICLE'S FUEL MIXTURE SENSOR AND ADAPTIVE LEARN TO FACTORY DEFAULTS. THIS DID NOT HELP. THIS ISSUE IS VERY INTERMITTENT AND I BELIEVE DEALER WILL NOT HELP.