Dodge Intrepid harsh shifting problems

Filed Apr 18, 2014 · Seats · 145,000 miles · IL

I was grocery shopping and when I got in the car to go home there was a clunk noise and I was reclining in the drivers seat. I could not upright the seat so it would stay in place. I put the seat belt on and held down the console and made it home scared but safe.I looked under the seat and found a bolt broken off. I did receive a recall notice for the bolts some time ago and took the car to the local dodge dealer. I assumed the problem was fixed although I had not had a problem until today. Can I go back to dodge to have it fixed? Obviously it wad either not replaced or I got a faulty bolt. Please help.

Filed May 11, 2010 · Transmission · WI

2002 dodge intrepid. Consumer states when stopping the vehicle, it made a clunk sound and the transmission light came on. The consumer stated almost from the time she purchased the vehicle, she had problems with the transmission sensors. As soon as she drove over 45 MPH, the sensor light illuminated and the engine would rev between 2500-300 rpms. It would stay in that position until the she pulled over and turned off the engine and re-started it. The sensors were replaced, however one week later, the problem resurfaced.

Filed Jan 13, 2010 · Transmission · 60,300 miles · MI

I stopped at a stop sign, turned left, accelerated to about 35 MPH and heard a "clunk", the engine stopped running and I coasted to the side of the road, got out and looked under the hood and saw the timing chain sticking through the housing. I called a tow truck and had the vehicle towed to a repair shop. The repair shop is waiting for the after-market warranty company to decide what they will pay for and what is to be done.

Filed Jul 31, 2009 · Engine, Steering · 108,000 miles · MI

Tl*the contact owns a 1999 chrysler intrepid. While driving 55 MPH, the contact heard a clunking sound and all power steering ability was lost. The steering wheel became difficult to maneuver. She then heard a loud knocking sound coming from the engine compartment. There were no warnings prior to the failures. The contact is in the process of taking the vehicle to the dealer for further inspection. She called the manufacturer and was informed that no compensation would be provided because there were no recalls for the failure. The failure mileage was 108,000.

Filed Dec 3, 2008 · Steering · PA

The 2000 dodge intrepid es 3.2l model has a rack and pinion problem. Mine started around may of 05 at about 63,000 miles. It started out just as a clunking noise. I had replaced all kinds of parts within the past few years like lower and upper ball joints, inner tie rods (twice), front end alignments, etc., thinking that the noise would be fixed. After all that was replaced on this car, I figured that the car was just made that way. As of this year, the steering started making a louder clunking noise when turning and straightening the wheels. At this point it just keeps getting louder and louder. I've had this looked at twice by different mechanics. The dealer in pittsburgh says that the replacement is $875.00 (which does not include labor) and that it is on back order and that the remanufactured ones are no longer available. I went online and found an unbelievable amount of consumers having the same type of problems with many chyrysler/dodge vehicles. It seems alot of them have been sent to you. The one site is: http://www.dontbuydodgechryslervehicles.com/dodge_chrysler_steering_problems.htm there was another site that I contacted earlier this year (www.dodgechryslersteeringproblems.com) (which as I looked today are no longer there) and they said to contact you which I am doing. Please reply to this. This seems to be a very serious problem. When I asked the dealer about this, they said my year should not have this problem! Guess what... It does! As I look at the questions that are listed below, luckily I can say I don't have to click on yes to any of them or to put in the number of deaths.....and hopefully I won't need to. But from what I'm seeing, my days are numbered.

Filed Nov 29, 2008 · Engine · 143,611 miles · OH

Driving home from work, speed approx. 65 m.p.h. On interstate. Engine made a sharp "bang", no warning lights, bells, nothing to indicate a problem. Appeared to lose power, but never stalled out. Managed to "limp" home (less than 2 miles). Parked vehicle and the engine shut down, on its own. Raised the hood, found nothing to be unusual. Tried to restart the vehicle, it would not restart, only a loud clunking as the engine turned over. Had the car towed to the dealer I had purchased the vehicle from. Was informed that the timing chain had "jumped" and that all of the valves were bent. Was given a "verbal" estimate of $7000.00-$7500.00 to repair/replace engine and associated components. I declined. This vehicle had been maintained as required by the manufacturer. All required fluid change intervals had been performed and documented. At no time was I ever informed that this particular engine had issues associated with it. I still have this vehicle, sitting in storage. It has not been touched since being brought back home from the repair facility. I have, and still maintain that this engine failure was not something I could have foreseen and or been responsible for. Now I have been made aware that this is an issue that chrysler, has been aware of and has denied any liabilities. I was informed by the dealership that offered the costly repair, that chrysler would not assume any responsibility to repair my car. Now I have been informed by a local repair shop, that chrysler has been making "selective reparations".

Filed Nov 24, 2008 · Engine · 124,000 miles · MI

2001 dodge intrepid 2.7 ltr I was driving along and the car made a hissing noise and clunked and then shut off. I had to pay for a tow. I was told that because of engine sludge I would have to pay around 2500.00 to have a new engine put in my car. This was an out of pocket expense that we incurred.

Filed Oct 26, 2008 · Steering, Suspension · 150,000 miles · OH

Factory struts(suspension) are inadequate to support the weight of the vehicle. My strut mount/plate &bolts broke at 55 mile per hour & the strut went through the strut housing/plate. The steering/suspension system is completely affected when the struts begin to fail on all vehicles. When struts fail springs also fail causing even more stress on the other steering/suspension parts(all bushings, tie rods. Control arms, ball joints, cv joints, transaxle, sway bar. I hope im making sense, this needs serious examination as clunk/ bump noises every intrepid are bad struts or bad strut mount/bolts which immediately indicate your suspension/steering system is being banged up. The inner tie rod bolts in steering rack back out or try to due to torn bushings in the inner tie rods at the steering rack center. These bushings tear due to worn struts that put stress on tie rods sway bar& steering rack mount bushings both compress with the extra stress of failing struts. Steering rack shifts due to bad inner tie rod bushings causing play in your tie rods and the steering rack mount bushings now compressed cause the rack to shift also. Same with sway bar bushings&any other suspension parts and steering when this happens such as inner tie rods, outer tie rods, cv joints, transaxle, ball joints,all bushings,linkages,mounts,cradle car was built defectively as the weight of the vehicle is too much force for the struts that come factory installed. There needs to be an immediate call back on the struts with a service order to examine and repair torn or compressed bushings in the inner tie rods/steering rack mounting/sway bar/ball joint/control arm/outer tie rod/along with any damage to the cv joint&transaxles due to the design defect using inadequate struts for the vehicles weight! This may seem like an extreme request but since they were negligent to never report the inadequacy of the struts vs design in all the complaints on steering/suspension a recall is in order.

Filed Sep 28, 2008 · Steering · VA

I have a 1994 dodge intrepid and I took it in for a routine inspection. I was told I had to replace the rack and pinion because my steering was tight. I replaced it but the car is still making a clunking sound when I apply the brake at a red light. It is very annoying.

Filed Aug 29, 2008 · Steering · 67,445 miles · NY

Tl*the contact owns a 2000 dodge intrepid. When turning the vehicle, the steering would not return to its normal position. The contact had to pull the steering wheel back manually. The vehicle then began making a clunking noise in the front end. The diagnosis was that the rack and pinion steering had internal play and the steering gear needed to be replaced. The contact referenced technical service bulletin number 1900101 (steering). The current and failure mileages were 67,445. Updated 10/03/08 *bf updated 10/06/08.