1996 Dodge Intrepid steering problems

178 complaints about steering have been filed for the 1996 Dodge Intrepid, which is 25% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the most reported problem area for this model year.

Complaints: 178 25% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage: 83,000 miles 24 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires: 2 and 0
Injuries and deaths: 1 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When steering problems show up

Based on 24 complaints that include mileage. 13% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.

View the numbers

Mileage	Complaints
0k to 20k miles	0
20k to 40k miles	1
40k to 60k miles	2
60k to 80k miles	8
80k to 100k miles	5
100k to 120k miles	6
120k to 140k miles	0
140k to 160k miles	2
160k to 180k miles	0
180k to 200k miles	0
200k+ miles	0

What the data shows

Of the 24 steering complaints that report mileage, the median is about 82,000 miles, and 12% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 2 crashes, 1 injury.

What owners wrote

Front end of car shook mildly at high speeds. Taken to mechanic, who said struts would need replacing within next 3 months. About a week later, whille pulling onto a busy road, rack and pinion steering system fell apart, one wheel went one way, the other wheel went another way, car thudded to a holt violently. Towed to repair shop, has been in shop 2 months already, have had rack and pinion, water pump, struts, tires, power steering pump, and power steering pump sensor relpaced.

October 2004 Injury

I have a 1996 dodge intrepid I bought in 1998 I have had numerous steering problems with this vehicle and have spent much money to fix this car. The bushings have been replaced,the bearings have been replaced, the power steering pump has been replaced, the steering hoses have been replaced,all this was done at under 55,000 miles and luckily gefore my fiance and my children were seriously hurt in an acident due to steering lose or control. These problems totaled around 2,500.to fix.

Reported at 55,000 miles, May 2001

Steering problems in other years

Steering problems across all Dodge models