Bulletins
| Bulletin | Bulletin date | Replacement Bulletin | Item no. | Summary | Added |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SEATS | |||||
| 2304600 | 12/29/2000 | 618409 | On some vehicles the front seat cushion pan cracked or the mounting weld nuts broke loose. *jb | 04/12/2001 | |
| 2300800B | 11/24/2000 | 230800A | 615688 | Subject regarding child seat tether anchors. *tt | 01/28/2001 |
| 233599 | 09/03/1999 | 607963 | Information on child seat tether anchors. *tt | 10/21/1999 | |
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| SEATS | |||
| 09/20/2002 | 2 | 11/01/2097 | |
| The metal support under the seat cushion of the driver's seat has two extensions that hold a pivot engaging the seat back support. both the left extension and the right extensions are sheared off so that the seat back just flops back,the car can't be safely driven because of this. dt | |||
| 11/18/2000 | |||
| Was driving seat broke ending up in the back seat. *ak | |||
| 06/01/2000 | 1 | 07/01/1994 | |
| Rhs passenger front seat failure is not covered by the manufacturer although they do have a customer satisfaction notification repair out now for the lhs driver's seat, same problem. i have reported this to the manufacturer (file number 7715416) and they. *ak | |||
| 02/01/1994 | 1 | ||
| The right and left driver's side seat frame broke. *et | |||
| 08/31/2000 | 4 | 10/01/1994 | |
| Inspection of the seat sliding rails and the stationary rails on the passengers side seat found the following problem. four pieces of plastic were found on the floor under the seat. these pieces were 5 & 15/16 long and approximately 1/4 thick. it was found that the back of the seat could be lifted approximately 1/4 in the upward direction. these pieces were broken from a piece that was attached to the side of the stationary seat rail by 5 3/16 nubs that engaged matching holes in this stationary rail. this was observed from the rear passengers area. the plastic piece with the 5 nubs is 5 1/2 long and has 5 tabs that should attach to the afore mentioned pieces. this was observed on both the inboard and outboard seat rails. these pieces provide a sliding surface and a spacer to take up the clearance between the moving seat rail and the stationary seat rail attached to the floor. simular devices were observed on the front of the affected seat which were not broken. the safety aspect of this condition is that this free approximate movement of 1/4 could allow movement to generate, during an accident, and cause the seat to tear loose and cause serious injury or a fatality to the passenger. | |||
| 01/01/1994 | |||
| Seats- automatic seats. where anchored to the floor, plastic pieces have been noticed laying in the seat tracks on both driver and passenger sides, worried about seats leaving tracks if there happens to be an accident. head lights- way to dim for driving, especially if raining, also looks like the plastic cover is melting from lights being too hot also causing dimness. air bag cover on passenger side dash board is warping, affraid it may explode for no reason causing a fatality. abs - the light comes on for days then goes out for maybe a day then comes on again. had them checked out and they say its fine but light continutes to come on. | |||
| 08/09/1999 | 1 | 04/01/1994 | |
| Driver's seat frame cracked in two while driving on highway causing seat back to sag and driver's hand to slip from steering wheel | |||
| 1 | |||
| Inboard and outboard seat back support braket fractured causing the seat back to be loose, make noise and separate from the seat bottom. | |||
| Driver's side seat track was broken, allowing the seat to move back and forth without application. dealer replaced seat and seat track. *ak | |||
| 01/12/1999 | 1 | 08/01/1996 | |
| Inboard driver's seat back attachment to seat bottom fractured without vehicle accident. awaiting parts for repair. will retain parts and photos of undamaged vehicle. | |||
| 12/20/1998 | 1 | 03/01/1996 | |
| The driverside seat back support cracked in half. the crack was through the cast iron frame piece which attaches from the back to the seat. the seat now wobbles sideways. it is unstable and i am afraid the whole seat back will break off at any time. there was no unusual handling to the seat by any means. this is a serious problem and i am sure this problem exists in other cars. please help. | |||
| 08/08/1998 | 1 | 05/01/1995 | |
| In this incident the driver's back seat support snapped back to an almost reclining position causing driver to swirve and run into median of road. currently the car is being driven with a cooler on the floor of the back seat so that the seat can be precariously positioned. when chrysler was contacted they are stating that they are not at all liable. i feel this is definately a safety issue since the seat is currently very unstable. | |||
| 05/01/1998 | 1 | 03/19/1997 | |
| Front driver seat cracked in half. | |||
| SEATS - FRONT ASSEMBLY - POWER ADJUST | |||
| 06/01/1997 | |||
| Power adjusting drivers seat will not remain in one position during operation of vehicle. seat will slide forward during braking, and will move backwards during acceleration. vehicle had previously been serviced for this problem, and has not been corrected. please provide any additional information/attachments.*ak | |||
| 10/01/2000 | 07/01/1994 | ||
| Took car in for recall notice on seat. when car finished, seat motor will not move seat forward or backward. motor acts as if not connected to something now.*ak | |||
| 05/01/1998 | 2 | 05/01/1994 | |
| Metal framework of seat broken at right rear corner of power drivers seat where it attaches to seat back. obtained replacement seat from junk yard. it broke at same place 10/01/2000. i fear that with one side broken it will put more strain on the other side of seat and eventualy cause it to break which could very likely cause injury or crash. i am having much difficulty trying to find another replacement seat. | |||
| 04/01/1998 | 1 | 07/01/1997 | |
| Dealership was notified about the problem. passenger's side seat is a power seat and it makes a clicking noise. seat rocks back and forth like the seat is off balance.*ak consumer states seat is same and factory recall was issued for driver's seat only, and not passenger's seat which has the same identical problem.*jb | |||
| 04/14/2000 | |||
| Driver seat (power) broke in two at the right rear corner near where it is bolted to the seat back, causing the back to move up away from the seat. *ak | |||
| 12/27/1999 | 1 | 04/01/1999 | |
| Driver's power seat cracked in two:the seat back cracked away from the seat back causing the seat to lurch backward. at this point there was no support on the right side of the drivers seat. the motion caused me to vere to the right - almost hitting another car. the car is now almost undrivable due to the lack of support the seat is supposted to do. when the seat lurched backward, i pulled my lower back in an attempt to stay in an upright position. now i know that chrysler-daimler does not care about me or my car because i have been in to the dealer who wants no responsibility for this manufacturers defect. the dealer and the customer arbitration board at chrysler both want nothing to do with me. i politely asked them why this will not be repaired for free and the response was - pay @$650.00 or do not bother us with this problem. i paid for the estimate and left very unhappy. current mileage at estimate 68699 and date of estimate 1/3/00. please respond to this defect request - it would be much appreciated. many others seem to have this same problem with the 94 intrepid. also. it is funny that all the salvage yards here in tucson either are missing the power front seat or the one's that are still in the car are allready cracked or broken throught at the seatback support at the track rail. help me if you can, but please repond to this. *ak | |||
| 05/14/1994 | |||
| Since the sat broke under normal (actually better than normal) use and very low mileage, it must have been defective. | |||
| SEATS - FRONT ASSEMBLY - RECLINER | |||
| 07/25/2006 | 2 | 05/23/2006 | |
| Im writing this letter wanting to know who should i talk to regarding the recalls on my 95' dodge intrepid as far as the fuel rail leak i have that can cause a fire and also the drivers side seat recall due to it breaking can u please help me! *nm | |||
| 12/10/2000 | 1 | 07/01/1997 | |
| Bracket holding driver side seat back failed. seat back wobbles. *ak | |||
| 08/01/2000 | 1 | 06/01/1994 | |
| One morning while sitting in my car the front driver side seat-back broke. the seat-back began to sag backwards on the right side. i took the car to the dealer and they contacted daimler-chrysler via their computer system. my car was covered for a free repair because other dodge interpid owners are having a similar problem. though my repair of my moterized driver side seat is free, i feel that this could be a major safety problem. my car was not moving when the seat back broke. had i been involved in an accident or stopping quickly i may have had a major problem. daimler-chrysler knows about the problem because they are fixing it for free. i was told that this was several hundred dollars of free repairs provided by daimler-chrysler. someone should look into the driver side seat back failure problem in dodge intrepids.*ak | |||
| 07/13/2000 | 04/01/1994 | ||
| Seat back snapped on right side, dealer says frame is broken but it's not a manufacturing defect. baloney! seat back wobbles from side to side and is very unstable. they want nearly $700 to replace. this is not acceptable to me. *ak | |||
| 07/09/2000 | 2 | 01/01/1994 | |
| Right seatback support bracket for drivers bucket seat broke due to fatigue crack. left seatback support bracket cracked 1/4 inch at this time. | |||
| Back of front seat broke due to a bracket that had sheared off in half, which could have caused loss of vehicle control and injuries. *ak | |||
| 12/27/1999 | 1 | 04/01/1999 | |
| Driver's power seat cracked in two:the seat back cracked away from the seat back causing the seat to lurch backward. at this point there was no support on the right side of the drivers seat. the motion caused me to vere to the right - almost hitting another car. the car is now almost undrivable due to the lack of support the seat is supposted to do. when the seat lurched backward, i pulled my lower back in an attempt to stay in an upright position. now i know that chrysler-daimler does not care about me or my car because i have been in to the dealer who wants no responsibility for this manufacturers defect. the dealer and the customer arbitration board at chrysler both want nothing to do with me. i politely asked them why this will not be repaired for free and the response was - pay @$650.00 or do not bother us with this problem. i paid for the estimate and left very unhappy. current mileage at estimate 68699 and date of estimate 1/3/00. please respond to this defect request - it would be much appreciated. many others seem to have this same problem with the 94 intrepid. also. it is funny that all the salvage yards here in tucson either are missing the power front seat or the one's that are still in the car are allready cracked or broken throught at the seatback support at the track rail. help me if you can, but please repond to this. *ak | |||
| 08/09/1999 | |||
| While driving driver's seatback broke from which may have caused the driver to lose control of vehicle. please provide further information. *ak | |||
| 12/23/1998 | 1 | 02/01/1994 | |
| Driver's seatback support fractured, causing no back support on right side of seat. *ak | |||
| 05/03/1998 | 11/10/1997 | ||
| Seatback broke in half. | |||
| 05/03/1998 | 11/04/1997 | ||
| Driver's seatback collapsed while driving down the street, causing the driver to fall back into the prone position which could have resulted in an accident. | |||
| 3 | 11/09/1995 | ||
| Transmission failure; also, driver's seat snapped while driving on freeway. *ak | |||
| 04/16/1997 | 1 | 10/15/1993 | |
| The driver's seatback frame broke. | |||
| Drivers power seat back is weakening separating from bottom portion. please describe details. tt | |||