1999 DODGE INTREPID — Complaint #390139
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NHTSA Complaint about SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:CONTROLS:FOOT CONTROL/VALVE filed January 21, 2003
NHTSA complaint #390139 (ODI reference 10003080) concerns a 1999 DODGE INTREPID and was filed on January 21, 2003. The owner reports the failure occurred on January 14, 2002. The report was geocoded to Maryland based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as service brakes, air:controls:foot control/valve, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.
The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.
Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same DODGE INTREPID cohort independently describe similar service brakes, air:controls:foot control/valve failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 1999 DODGE INTREPID shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
I ENTERED MY DODGE INTREPID AT APPROXIMATELY 5:50 AM AND AFTER STARTING THE IGNITION I NOTICED THAT THE BRAKE PEDAL DEPRESSED ITSELF DOWN THE FLOOR. AFTER A COUPLE OF MINUTES THE PEDAL DID NOT COME UP AND I TURNED OFF THE IGNITION. WHEN I TURNED OFF THE IGNITION PEDAL THEN RAISED ITSELF SLOWLY WITH A HISSING SOUND. WHEN I PROCEEDED TO START THE CAR AGAIN THE PEDAL AGAIN DEPRESSED ITSELF MAKING ME UNABLE TO DRIVE MY VEHICLE
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 390139 |
| ODI Number | 10003080 |
| Date Filed | January 21, 2003 |
| Failure Date | January 14, 2002 |
| VIN | 2B3HD46RXXH |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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