2002 Dodge Intrepid

CONSUMER STATES THAT AUTOMATIC DOOR LOCK DOES NOT WORK. SHE HAD REPLACED THE ONE IN THE FRONT DOOR. THE DOORS AUTOMATICALLY LOCK AT 15 MPH, BUT WILL NOT RELEASE UNTIL SHE CUT THE VEHICLE OFF. BUT THE LOCK IN THE BACK WILL NOT RELEASE UNTIL ALL THE OTHER AUTOMATICALLY RELEASE, AND THEN HAS TO RELEASE IT MANUALLY. CONSUMER STATES THAT THE MECHANIC CAN REPAIR IT, BUT IT WILL COST APPROXIMATELY $250.00 PER DOOR. SHE FEELS THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE, BECAUSE IF SOMETHING HAPPENS AND THE PASSENGERS CANNOT GET OUT OF THE VEHICLE. *AK

WE HAVE A 2002 DODGE INTREPID, WE HAVE REPLACED 2 FUSES FOR THE A/C AND NOW THEY SAID IT IS THE FAN. THE A/C MAN TOLD US THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE CARAVANS AND THE STRATUS. I FEEL THAT THE INTREPID SHOULD BE ADDED. THIS IS THE SECOND VEHICLE WE HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM WITH. WE HAD A PLYMOUTH VOYAGER AND THE SAME THING HAPPENED. I FEEL THAT YOU SHOULD CHECK THESE VEHICLES CONCERNING THIS.*AK

WHEN YOU FIRST START THE CAR IT WOULD NOT MOVE WHEN YOU PUT IT IN ANY GEAR, THEN WHEN IT DID FINALLY MOVE YOU MAY START MOVING AND THEN IT WAS LIKE THE TRANSMISSION WAS SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL. TOOK THE CAR IN TO THE DEALER, AND HAD IT CHECKED, SAID IT WAS A QUART LOW ON FLUID, CAR WAS SENT BACK HOME WITH ME, A FEW DAYS LATER DID THE SAME THING, TOOK IT BACK AND THE DEALER WHERE THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED, NEW TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT SHIFT OUT OF LOW GEAR, HAD DEALER TOW IT IN, STATED TO ME THE THE TRANSMISSION CONTROLER NEEDED REPROGRAMMING, IT WAS REPROGRAMMED AND SENT BACK OUT ON THE ROAD, ABOUT 100 MILES LATER IT WAS A REPEAT, WOULD NOT SHIFT OUT OF LOW GEAR, HAD THE VEHILCE TOWED IN AGAIN, DEALER REPLACED TRANSMISSION AND CONTROLLER, PICKED THE CAR UP FROM THE DEALER, I FOUND A BRACKET THAT THEY HAD LEFT LOOSE THAT WAS WITHIN A FRACTION OF COMING IN CONTACT WITH THE RACK AND PINION STEERING, RETURNED TO DEALER TO HAVE BRACKET REATTACHED. I HAVE FILED LEMON LAW ON THIS CAR. *AK

VEHICLE: 2002 DODGE INTREPID SE IN: [XXX] ODOMETER: 35,100 MI N-SERVICE DATE: 1/1/2002 ATE CLASS: D - USED. MY 2002 DODGE INTREPID WAS PURCHASED FROM BYERS DUBLIN CHEVROLET IN DUBLIN, OHIO I.E. (COLUMBUS, OHIO) IN MARCH OF 2003 WITH 31,000 MILES. IN JUNE 2003, I BEGAN EXPERIENCING ENGINE TICKING. IN JULY OF 2003, I BEGAN EXPERIENCING ROUGH IDLING DURING START UP. THE MANUFACTURERS WARRANTY EXPIRES AT 36,000 MILES. CURRENT MILEAGE IS 35,148. I DO NOT WANT TO BE STUCK WITH A 5,000 + ENGINE REPAIR BILL FOR A VEHICLE SOLD TO ME WITH KNOWN PROBLEMS OR TOTAL ENGINE FAILURE. THERE ARE MANY LIKE COMPLAINTS ON THE INTERNET. THIS VEHICLE WAS TAKEN IN FOR MECHANICAL INSPECTION ON THE FRONT END DUE TO FREQUENT THUMPING NOISES DURING FULL RIGHT AND FULL LEFT TURNS. SERVICE MANAGER ADVISED THAT THIS WAS ONLY THE STEERING STOPS WORKING PROPERLY. IT SOUNDED AND FELT AS IF BALLJOINTS OR STRUTS WERE FAILING. [XXX] HOME [XXX] CELL. *AK INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

CAR BEGAN WITH NOT ACCELERATING. IT WOULD FEEL AS THOUGH IT WAS STICKING. I WOULD BE DRIVING AND BETWEEN IT CHANGING FROM 2ND TO 3RD GEAR (40-50MPH), IT WOULD JERK OR FEEL LIKE IT WAS POPPING INTO THE THIRD GEAR. I BOUGHT THE CAR AT 19,000 MILES, TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AT 30,000 MILES AND THEY SAID THERE WERE NO FAULT CODES, (WARRANTY ENDED AT 36,000 MILES) TRANSMISSION OK. NOW AT 50,000 MILES, MY CAR HAS ELECTRICAL AND INTERNAL TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. IT WILL COST ME ANYWHERE FROM $1700-$2100. I HAVE NOT HAD THE CAR A FULL YEAR. CALLED THE MANUFACTURER, NOTHING THEY CAN DO FOR ME, CALLED THE DEALERSHIP WHERE CAR WAS PURCHASED, NOTHING THEY CAN DO FOR ME.*AK

PASSENGER INSIDE DOOR HANDLE BROKE OFF AT ONLY 41000 MILES. CALLED THE SERVICE DEPT AND AM TOLD IT IS NOT COVERED. WILL HAVE TO PAY FOR REPAIR. I WILL NEVER BUY THIS CAR AGAIN. THIS IS MY SECOND INTREPID AND WAS TOO STUPID TO LEARN MY LESSON THE FIRST TIME. DODGE IS NOW A MEMORY, I AM SORRY BUT I AM BUYING JAPANESE. EVERYTIME I HAVE A PROBLEM THEY EITHER CANNOT FIND THE CAUSE OR IT IS NOT COVERED BY THE WARRANTY HOW COULD A HANDLE BREAK WHEN I TAKE CARE OF THE CAR SO WELL. UNBELIEVABLE! ANOTHER LOST PATRIOTIC AMERICAN CHANGING TO FOREIGN VEHICLES. I HOPE THEY GO BANKRUPT!*AK

THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO OVERHEAT. VEHICLE WAS BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALER THREE TIMES IN JUNE 2003. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE OR DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK THE SOLENOID PACK WAS REPLACED. THE VEHICLE HESITATED AND COULD NOT BE SHIFTED INTO THE FOURTH GEAR. *SCC. THE CONSUMER ALSO STATED THE VEHICLE HESITATED WHILE DRIVING. *JB

THE AIR CONDITIONER DID NOT WORK. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THE AIR CONDITIONER CONDENSER WAS PUNCTURED BY A FOREIGN OBJECT. *AK THE PUNCTURE SITE WAS IN FRONT OF THE CONDENSER. THE DEALER STATED IT WAS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY BECAUSE OF THE PUNCTURE SITE. THE CONSUMER STATED THE A/C NEVER WORKED SINCE PURCHASED. *SCC *JB