1998 Dodge Intrepid

MY WIFE HIT A TREE HEAD-ON GOING APPROX. 30 MPH. SHE SUFFERED INJURIES TO HER FACE, NECK, BACK, WRIST AND KNEE. AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. CONTACTED CHRYSLER, THEY PICKED-UP THE CAR AND PERFORMED DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION FROM THE COMPUTER AND SENT A LETTER STATING THE AIRBAG WAS NOT DEFECTIVE. I FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE THAT THE AIRBAG WAS NOT DEFECTIVE AS THE IMPACT AND DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE IS SIGNIFICANT. *NM

AIR BAG FAILURE. *AK

CONSUMER'S VEHICLE STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT ANOTHER VEHICLE REAR-ENDED CONSUMER'S VEHICLE. THIS CAUSED CONSUMER'S VEHICLE TO REAR END ANOTHER VEHICLE. UPON IMPACT, FRONT SEAT BELTS DID NOT LOCK. CONSUMER'S HEAD HIT THE STEERING WHEEL. CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 30 MPH THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION BUT NONE OF THE AIR BAG DEPLOYED UPON IMPACT. AS A RESULT THE DRIVER SUSTAINED HEAD INJURIES. *NLM

VEHICLE WAS IN A MINOR COLLISION. HIT ANOTHER CAR IN REAR AT LESS THAN 15MPH. AIR BAGS DEPLOYED HITTING DRIVER. VERY LITTLE FRONT END DAMAGE. I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THE AIR BAGS SHOULD HAVE DEPLOYED, AND I AM CONCERNED FOR OUR EMPLOYEES SAFETY. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME WE HAVE HAD AN INTREPID DEPLOY AIR BAGS AT UNDER 15MPH.

I WAS GETTING MY KIDS OUT OF THE CAR AND MY SON GOT IN THE FRONT SEAT AND WAS ABLE TO MOVE THE CAR OUT OF PARK AND INTO REVERSE ON MY AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. I AM ABLE TO MOVE THE SHIFT INTO ALL GEARS WITHOUT THE CAR RUNNIG OR A KEY IN THE IGNITION. MY CAR WITH MY SON ROLLED OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY AND ACROSS A STREET AND INTO A LAKE ON TOP OF A PARK BENCH.. I WAS NOT PARKED ON A HILL. I WAS IN FLAT GROUND. DODGE REPORTS I HAVE A INOPERATIVE SHIFT INTERLOCK AND THEY ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PROBLEM, BUT. 685,000 DODGE CIRRUS, STRATTUS, CHRYSLER SEBRING, AND PLYMOUTH BREEZE IN 1998 WERE ALL RECALLED FOR THIS PROBLEM. CARS WITH AUTOMATIC TRANMISSIONS CAN HAVE A NONFUNCTIONAL INTERLOCK SYSTEM CAUSING THEM TO ROLL AWAY. AFTER THE MY CAR CAME TO A REST MY SON FELL OUT OF THE CAR INTO THE WATER. IT WAS LISTED AS NHTSA RECALL NUMBER 98V183. MY SON DID NOT HAVE TO DEPRESS ANY BRAKES TO CHANGE THE GEARS ON MY CAR AND HAVE IT ROLL AWAY . I MUST USE THE PARKING BRREAK AT ALL TIMES. IF ALL OTHER DODGE CARS HAD THIS PROBLEM WHY WOULD INTREPID BE THE EXCEPTION. IT SI ALL MADE BY THE SAME COMPANY AND PROABLY THE SAME PARTS.*AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

WE WOULD LIKE TO FIND OUT WHY THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AND PROTECT THE LOVED ONES. *AK

ON A FRONTAL IMPACT, WITH ABOUT A 30 MPH SPEED CHANGE, THE RIGHT SEAT BOTTOM MOVED FORWARD AS ITS ANCHOR FAILED, AND THE SPLIT SEAT BACK FAILED, WITH A BARN DOOR EFFECT DUE TO POOR LATCH PLACEMENT, CAUSED OWNER'S 15 YEARS OLD DAUGHTER TO SUBMARINE FORWARD CAUSING THE LAP BELT TO RIDE UP OVER HER PELVIS AT THE SAME TIME SEAT BACK COLLAPSED ON HER, WHICH CAUSED TERRIBLE ABDOMINAL INJURIES, A CHANCE FRACTURE AT L-3, AND A SEVERED SPINAL CORD RESULTING IN PARAPLEGIA. THREE POINT BELT WAS BEING PROPERLY UTILIZED AT THE TIME OF THE COLLISION, AND THE TRUNK WAS LIGHTLY LOADED.*AK

OUR SON GOT IN THE CAR BEFORE HIS MOTHER. HE MOVED THE SHIFTER AND THE CAR STARTED ROLLING. THERE WAS NO KEY IN THE IGNITION AND WE HAVE FOUND THAT THIS SHIFTER MOVES EASILY WITHOUT A KEY. MY SON WAS INSIDE THE CAR AND IT STARTED ROLLING. MY WIFE WAS WALKING TOWARD THE CAR THEN RAN AND OPENED THE DOOR TRYING TO GET INSIDE TO STEP ON THE BRAKE. MY WIFE IS 25 WEEKS PREGNANT AND WAS PULLED FROM THE CAR AND HIT BY THE DOOR AND DRUG APPROXIMATELY 20 FEET. MY SON THEN JUMPED OUT OF THE CAR INTO A DITCH WHILE THE CAR WAS STILL ROLLING AND WENT AND GOT HELP FOR HIS MOTHER. MY SON IS FINE AND SO FAR THERE SEEMS TO BE NO HARM TO THE BABY. MY WIFE HAS MULTIPLE BUMPS AND BRUISES AND A MAJOR ROAD RASH BUT IS DOING OKAY. WE WOULD LIKE TO BE CONTACTED ASAP REGARDING THIS SITUATION. WE HAVE CONTACTED DODGE CORPORATION ALSO. PLEASE CALL US AT 812-282-5740. THANK YOU.*AK

VEHICLE WAS HIT HEAD-ON. UPON IMPACT AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, RESULTING IN INJURY. MANUFACTURER WILL BE NOTIFIED.*AK CONSUMER WAS INJURED IN ACCIDENT, THE INJURIES SUSTAINED MAY LAST THE REST OF HER LIFE. *SLC

HIT INTO BACK OF ANOTHER CAR GOING 35 MPH BRAKES FALIED AND AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK

WHILE TRYING TO TURN LEFT, CONSUMER HIT ANOTHER DRIVER. UPON IMPACT, NONE OF THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. FORNT OF THE CAR WAS DAMAGED REAL BADLY. *AK

NO DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG DURING ACCIDENT CAUSED LEFT WRIST INJURIES TO THE PASSENGER OF THE VEHICLE. NLM

COMING OUT OF DRIVEWAY DRIVER MADE A NORMAL STOP AND BRAKES COMPLETELY FAILE/D, VEHICLE LOST CONTROL , RESULTING IN A COLLISION. SEAT BELTS DID NOT TIGHTEN, AND DUAL AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY.VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. *AK

ACCORDING TO POLICE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING 40MPH WHEN SHE HAD A BLACKOUT AND REARENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE. UPON IMPACT, DRIVER'S & PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. SEAT BELT WAS IN USE AT TIME. DRIVER WAS INJURED, RECEIVING CUTS ON HEAD & BRUISES. *AK

CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN FRONT END COLLISION AND AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, CONSUMER 'S WIFE RECEIVED SOME MINOR INJURIES. *AK

91000 MILES HAD TO REPLACE CAMSHAFT AND CRANKSHAFT SENSORS/ COOLING MOTOR BLOWED, THERMOSTAT HOUSING HAD TO BE REPLACED. AND CAR SHAKES WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED.

MY CAR WAS DESTROYED AND BURNED COMPLETELY. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF OTHER 1998 DODGE INTREPIDS HAVE CAUGHT FIRE AS WELL. IT APPEARS SINCE 1993 THAT FUEL LINE PROBLEMS HAVE EXISTED IN DODGE INTREPIDS. THE FIREFIGHTER INFORMED ME THAT THERE IS A HISTORY OF DODGE INTREPIDS CATCHING ON FIRE NATIONWIDE. THANK YOU.*AK

VEHICLE FIRE DUE TO ELECTRICAL FAILURE, CONSUMER SUFFERED FROM SMOKE INHALATION. *MJS