Complete failure of both inner tie rod bushings. Wobbly and erratic steering. The federal safety agency, get on the ball and do a recall. There are numerous complaints on this .
1995 Dodge Intrepid steering complaints
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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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Evaporator leaking causing A/C to be ionperative. Nlm
At 60,000 miles outside tie rods and hub bearings had to be replaced, 30,000 miles later, the inner tie rods and hub bearings needed to be replaced due to premature wearing. Please give any further details.
Engine head gasket allowed coolant to leak down to a level that the $1200/each heads warped. Tie rod bushings have been replaced three times so far (once by the dealer and they failed within 10k miles and barrett dodge would not replace) and now the left bushing needs replacing again. If you travel a certain speed and make a turn the wheel shakes violently and you have to come to a complete stop to be able to make it stop.
When the brakes pads are gone there are no brakes light to indicate a warning about it until consumer could hear a grinding metal to metal noise. Also, tie rods had failed three times.
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
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Vehicle experienced recall component failure on leaking fuel out of the fuel injection system. However denied repair and was not informed of recall. Yh
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At various speeds vehicle will pull to the right. At a stop/ on dry roads , an dunder acceleration, vehicle will pull either to left or right.vehicle has been aligned twice, and tie rod replaced, but defect still occurs.
Power steering rack completly failed while parking. Nlm
While driving the steering arm broke causing the entire wheel assembly to come off and loss of control of the vehicle, resulting in serious accident with severe injuries (blind in left eye, broken ribs,massive facial breaks and many others) to the driver and two passengers. Nlm
My dodge intrepid's steering was very loose and the car was hard to control. The car had less than 35000 miles on it, bought new, carefully maintained, and never in a crash.. The steering seemed to deteriorate noticeably over a short period of time. The s
Tie rod bent, repairs not completed properly by dealership. Mjs
While driving vehicle severely pulled to the right which caused the vehicle to spin, resulting in a collision. Please give any further details.
Car is a piece of junk water pump timing belt air condition rack and pinion engine failure.
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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 .
While driving 35-40mph vehicle felt like rail road tracks were in the front steering rod rack leaked on tie rod bushing, causing the front end to be ruined. The evaporator core had also leaked from the air conditioner. The steering would lock up & would lose control if not repaired.
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.
Steering is very erratic. The faster you go the worse it gets. Took it to my mechanic and he told me he has seen several similar problems with this type of vehicle. Bushings for the steering have separated creating too much play.
Rubber bushing where left steering arm bolts to steering gear failed.
Bushings on inner and outer tie rods fell out - massive play in steering
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.
Was pulling out of parking lot. Felt like the emergency brake was engaged. Had heard a thunk when the steering wheel was turned either left or right. Then another thunk was heard & lost steering power. Was towed to dodge & informed both steering mounts had broken. Not repairable.
Inner tie rods (bushings) failing. Third set to date @ 126,000miles
Concerned that sway bar links and tie rod ends fail at such a low mileage. Daimler chrysler first offered to pay parts and labor then recanted and only offered to reinburse for parts.
Replaced fuel rail, tie rod and bushing failure caused difficulty in steering and alignment problems.
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