1993 Dodge Intrepid Suspension Problems

“Nothing LED up to the failure, it happened while I was driving on the freeway. I noticed my car started swaying and floating I got off the freeway and looked under the left rear to see that the sway bar snapped at the joint, and the sway bar link had disconnected. The rubber bushing is still in the arm, but not the bolt. Can't find a new sway bar, but I have a repair kit for the link. This incident doesn't allow me to drive over 20 MPH with wheel shaking. Cannot reverse as well.”

“Dt: the contact stated there was a radical change in the steering. The steering went from ordinary to more complex. While holding the steering wheel the vehicle would wonder. He would have to over compensate to get back on course. The contact took the vehicle to a local service station ,and the mechanic stated the rear end almost separated from the vehicle. The rear end was rusted. The mechanic had to get a rear end assembly from a junk vehicle and replaced the entire rear end. He spoke with chrysler , they said there was nothing to be done, and referred him to the insurance company.”

“Recall (99v-215) was completed by the dealership on (oct.6th,2000), however shortly after during a state inspection it was found that the lower control arm required replacement to pass, consumer is requesting reimbursement for the repair which should have been fixed during recall repair and was related to the recall defect.”

“Recal 99v215000/engine cradle: prior to receiving this recall notice vehicle experienced problem with repairs done on transaxle hub/welded chassis, and control arm. Dealer notified of engine cradle recall, and repairs were done. But dealer wanted to charge consumer for work done on suspension due to control arm breakage before this recall notice was received.”

“Consumer was backing out of garage slowly when suddenly vehicle accelerated in reverse gear at high rate of speed with foot still on brakes which almost caused consumer to run into a house. Consumer had to put gear into park, and take out key in order to stop vehicle. A repair shop claimed that front suspension was faulty and could not drive vehicle to inspect it.”