Bulletins


BulletinBulletin dateReplacement BulletinItem no.SummaryAdded
STRUCTURE - BODY
233599REVA10/01/1999233599612160Subject on the child seat tether anchors. *mjs06/06/2000
23089703/07/19976089040This bulletin involves loose body mount door weatherstrip . *nlm01/12/2000
18329809/25/1998603635Subject on flash programming failure recovery. *yc11/17/1999
23289807/02/1998602334Water and / or dust collection in the spare tire well or at the trunk floor to quarter panel seam. *yc10/26/1998
98032718159806/11/1998600900A light surge may be experienced between 42 and 50 miles per hour after/during electronically modulated clutch control (emcc) operation. *yc06/11/1998
STRUCTURE - FRAME AND MEMBERS
13019706/13/19976088865Concerns with popping, oil canning or metallic noise from front of vehicle. *nlm01/11/2000
23039702/14/199751942Difficult to clean light colored chalky residue from plastic body components that are molded in black. *tw07/17/1997

Investigations


NHTSA IDManufacturerDate openDate closeSubjectRecall campaign
STRUCTURE - FRAME AND MEMBERS
DP04007CHRYSLER GROUP LLC10/13/200410/27/2004FUEL RAIL, BRAKE FLUID, CHASSIS
 On september 5, 2004, mr. robert galenty of iselin, nj, petitioned the agency to conduct defect investigations of certain model year (my) 1993-1997 vehicles produced by daimlerchrysler corporation.his petition identified three issues of concern: 1) fuel leaking from the fuel injector rails; 2) brake fluid contamination resulting in brake failure; and 3) susceptibility of the vehicle frame to damage while the vehicle is being towed.mr. galanty alleged that his 1996 dodge intrepid had each of these three problems.concerning fuel rail leakage, daimlerchrysler commenced a recall (98v-184) of approximately 722,600 vehicles to address engine fuel rail leaks that could lead to a fire, including those vehicles cited in the petition and the petitioner's 1996 dodge intrepid.on october 7, 1998, nhtsa opened a recall query investigation (rq98-018) to evaluate the adequacy of the recall remedy.that investigation was closed on july 8, 2002 without requiring further action by daimlerchrysler.very recently, on june 9, 2004, nhtsa denied a petition (rp04-001) to reopen rq98-018 after finding that there was no new information that would indicate any basis for reopening it.this is still the current position of nhtsa on this issue.concerning brake fluid contamination and frame alignment, a review of nhtsa's database shows no other complaints on either one of these issues on the vehicles cited in the petition.

Consumer Complaints


Fail datemilesoccurencesPurchase date
STRUCTURE - BODY - HOOD - HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS
 Supports for hood on this car are 2 gas struts, rather the normal metal springs and arms. there is no other device to make sure the hood will stay open. when this failure occurs it can result in serious injury to anyone doing under hood service.
STRUCTURE - FRAME AND MEMBERS
07/25/2002107/24/2000
 Vehicle was handling rough, dealer determined that submount frame was worn on all sides and needed to be replaced. *ak.