1996 Dodge Intrepid body & structure problems
23 complaints about body & structure have been filed for the 1996 Dodge Intrepid, which is 3% of all its NHTSA complaints.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 23 3% of this year's complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 0 and 1
- Injuries and deaths
- 1 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
What the data shows
These complaints mention 1 fire, 1 injury.
What owners wrote
Driver noticed that smoke was coming out of the door assembly. The driver took the vehicle to the dealer 2 weeks before for the same problem. Smoke was coming from the door assembly, and the dealer said that they cannot find anything. Dealer did not see any smoke. So the dealr sent the vehicle home. 2 weeks later the vehicle caught fire on the driver's side door assembly. The vehicle was power controled. The fire was so bad that it melted the door assembly down.
1. The event occurred while backing into my driveway 2. 1996 dodge intrepid, 3.5l, 196,000 miles. The lower control arm mount that is a structural element of the car's subframe had metal fatigued and separated from the subrfame. This caused the bottom of the front passenger side wheel to move outward and lodge against the fender. When the wheel moved outward, the half-shaft pulled out of the constant velocity joint disengaging the drivetrain from the front wheel. 3.
Other problems reported for the 1996 Dodge Intrepid
- Steering 178 complaints
- Fuel system 91 complaints
- Engine 64 complaints
- Suspension 47 complaints
- Brakes 41 complaints
- Transmission 41 complaints
- Air bags 39 complaints
- Cooling system 36 complaints