1997 Dodge Intrepid exterior lighting problems
14 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the exterior lighting on the 1997 Dodge Intrepid — 4% of all complaints for this model year.
What owners report
“1997 dodge intrepid-169,610 miles > > I only had this car for 1-1/2 years with less than > 3,500 miles driven. > > today on march 16, 2008 at 1:15pm, I came back to > college from spring break. I noticed that I was 29 > miles away from the college and the steering wheel > started to jerk to the…”
filed Mar 16, 2008
“When brakes are applied, they're occasionally hard. Front end will dip, car slowly slows down, won't come to a stop soon enough. I had barely started to accelerate at a light when the vehicle in front of me stopped suddenly, I applied the brakes, they were hard, brakes wouldn't engage. Causing me…”
filed Jul 16, 2007
Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.
Exterior Lighting problems in other Intrepid years
| Year | Reports | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 Intrepid | 3 | 2% |
| 2003 Intrepid | 1 | 1% |
| 2002 Intrepid | 4 | 1% |
| 2001 Intrepid | 9 | 1% |
| 2000 Intrepid | 15 | 1% |
| 1999 Intrepid | 17 | 2% |
| 1998 Intrepid | 8 | 2% |
| 1996 Intrepid | 23 | 5% |
| 1995 Intrepid | 33 | 6% |
| 1994 Intrepid | 57 | 8% |
| 1993 Intrepid | 21 | 5% |
Other reported problem areas on the 1997 Dodge Intrepid
Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.