I was in parking garage at jfk airport. When I started car and put it into gear, the car shot forward and crashed into concrete barrier and pillar. The airbags never deployed and the braking did not slow it down. The car was totalled and the travelers insurance has offered $2275 less the $500 deductible.
1994 Dodge Intrepid: sudden unintended acceleration
10 of the 717 complaints about the 1994 Dodge Intrepid describe sudden unintended acceleration.
- owner complaints
- 10
- of this car's complaints
- 1%
- recalls
- 0
Is there a fix? 3 service bulletins cover this area of the car. See below
Sudden unintended acceleration by model year
What owners say
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
While driving transmission shifted into a higher gear, causing the vehicle to surge forward. Dealer notified.
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.
94v024000/ electrical system:wiring: harness. While traveling at 20 MPH instrument panel was not operating for a moment. When the gauges commenced to operate, vehicle started to surge forward and almost stalled. Dealer was notified, and informed consumer that vehicle was not covered under recall due to VIN.
While driving at any speed transmission has a delay of about 10 seconds. Then vehicle suddenly accelerates without a warning.
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.
Vehicle experienced sudden acceleration after recall work was performed (#98v184000-fuel injection system o-rings), resulting in the wheels smoking.
Sudden acceleration, causing accident.
Fuel throttle was stuck open while driving, vehicle accelerated on its own.
Service bulletins that may apply
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
Questions about the 1994 Dodge Intrepid sudden acceleration
Is sudden unintended acceleration a common problem on the 1994 Dodge Intrepid?
10 of 717 owner complaints about the 1994 Dodge Intrepid (1%) mention sudden unintended acceleration. The model year with the most reports is 1999.
Is there a recall or service bulletin for this on the 1994 Dodge Intrepid?
There are 0 recalls and 3 service bulletins for the same area of the car. Check them below with your VIN.
Other symptoms on the 1994 Dodge Intrepid
Ball joint 55Fuel leak 44Headlights 44Transmission failure 42Stalling 37Fuel smell 23Jerking 23ABS 20Won't shift 20Fire or smoke 18No deployment 16Loss of power 11Adaptive cruise 10Slipping 9Harsh shifting 7Power steering loss 7Premature wear 7Brake failure 6Overheating 6Check engine light 5
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