FaultScore

Worst years for a Dodge Intrepid

Owners have filed 8,078 complaints about the Dodge Intrepid with NHTSA across model years 1987 to 2004. More of them are about the engine & cooling than anything else.

Avoid

1995 Dodge Intrepid

919 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly transmission & drivetrain.

Cleanest on record

2002 Dodge Intrepid

413 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Dodge Intrepid year, graded

The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded
Year Grade Complaints Crashes Fires Median miles Most reported
2004 B 155 11 7 76,000 Engine & Cooling
2003 B 140 6 10 66,000 Engine & Cooling
2002 B 413 11 12 74,371 Engine & Cooling
2001 C 729 26 23 78,000 Engine & Cooling
2000 D 1,227 51 31 74,690 Engine & Cooling
1999 D 1,236 54 18 81,000 Engine & Cooling
1998 C 493 37 12 85,000 Engine & Cooling
1997 C 473 35 29 90,000 Fuel & Propulsion
1996 C 709 41 25 90,000 Steering
1995 D 919 67 38 98,000 Transmission & Drivetrain
1994 D 1,024 66 25 104,000 Transmission & Drivetrain
1993 B 554 35 13 105,000 Fuel & Propulsion
1992 2 1 0 Airbags
1988 2 0 0 Engine & Cooling
1987 2 0 0 Engine & Cooling

What breaks on a Dodge Intrepid

Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.

Engine & Cooling 3,042 37.7%

Worst in 2000

Worst in 1994

Steering 707 8.8%

Worst in 1996

Worst in 1993

Brakes 393 4.9%

Worst in 1994

Worst in 1994

Suspension 329 4.1%

Worst in 1995

Airbags 291 3.6%

Worst in 1995

Lights 240 3.0%

Worst in 1994

Worst in 1999

Worst in 1995

Body & Structure 198 2.5%

Worst in 1994

Worst in 1999

Seats 148 1.8%

Worst in 1994

Exactly what failed on a Dodge Intrepid

The named sub-assemblies behind those complaints, across every model year.

Engine 1,494 42.3%
Automatic Transmission 522 14.8%
Gasoline 291 8.2%
Fuel Injection System 275 7.8%
Rack AND Pinion 231 6.5%
Frontal 176 5.0%
AIR Conditioner 148 4.2%
Cooling System 139 3.9%
Headlights 130 3.7%
TIE ROD Assembly 129 3.6%

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every Dodge Intrepid, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Jan 1995 peak 163 Apr 2024

Dodge Intrepid problems by state

Where owners filed from. Heavier states are usually just bigger markets, but a part that fails in heat or salt shows up here first.

Compare the Dodge Intrepid

Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.