Dodge Intrepid owners have reported 2 problems related to strut failure (under the suspension category). The most recently reported issues are listed below. Also please check out the statistics and reliability analysis of Dodge Intrepid based on all problems reported for the Intrepid.
Police department operated four 2007 Dodge Intrepids, 4 doors, police packages. Two of the vehicles experienced multiple rear strut failures with in a 12 month period. One vehicle experienced a failure during an emergency response that resulted in the officer losing control of the vehicle, wrecking and totaling the vehicle and doing $15,000 damage to 2 vehicles and a house. The officer was lucky and only received minor injuries. The last failure was 3 years after purchase. Three of the vehicles vins are within 5 numbers of each other. Struts have been replaced as they failed except on the vehicle that was totaled. Department has pictures of struts from accident. Incident date is that of the accident.
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While driving on an interstate highway, a large amount of smoke was observed in the rear view mirror. After finding a safe place to quickly pull over, it was found that the right rear strut had failed completely and was resting on a brand new tire. The tire was smoking and destroyed. It had only millimeters of tread left before the strut would have punctured and exploded the tire. Later at a garage, the strut was shown to have broken completely. Although I survived this near disastrous incident, it could have easily been much worse for me and other interstate users nearby.
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