NHTSA Safety Recalls
2002 Dodge Intrepid Recalls
The 2002 Dodge Intrepid has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on February 5, 2003.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2002 Dodge Intrepid. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 3
- Owner complaints
- 329
- Crashes reported
- 11
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
9 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2002 Dodge Intrepid, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
3 recalls on the 2002 Dodge Intrepid
Seats: front assembly: recliner
- Campaign
- 03V035000
- Reported
- February 5, 2003
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,066,000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2001 Intrepid, 3 other models
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 09E012000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2001, 2003–2004 Intrepid, 57 other models
Exterior lighting: headlights
- Campaign
- 09E025000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2001, 2003–2004 Intrepid, 46 other models
2002 Dodge Intrepid complaints by year
NHTSA has received 329 owner complaints about the 2002 Dodge Intrepid, the newest on March 24, 2022. Of these, 11 describe a crash (3%) and 9 a fire; owners reported 9 injuries and 1 death.
In complaints about the 2002 Dodge Intrepid, the component group named most often is the engine and engine cooling (63%), followed by the power train (18%) and the service brakes, hydraulic (5%).
None of the 2002 Dodge Intrepid's 3 recalls concerns the engine and engine cooling.
Where 2002 Dodge Intrepid owners gave the mileage (260 complaints), the median was 74,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine And Engine Cooling207
- Power Train60
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic16
- Electrical System15
- Steering15
- Air Bags10
Complaints received, by year
| 2002 | 16 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 32 | |
| 2004 | 44 | |
| 2005 | 41 | |
| 2006 | 47 | |
| 2007 | 49 | |
| 2008 | 30 | |
| 2009 | 27 | |
| 2010 | 17 | |
| 2011 | 8 | |
| 2012 | 3 | |
| 2013 | 2 | |
| 2014 | 6 | |
| 2015 | 3 | |
| 2016 | 1 | |
| 2017 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2002 Dodge Intrepid peaked in 2007, when NHTSA received 49. 40% arrived between 2001 and 2005, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2002 vehicles, the 2002 Dodge Intrepid drew 1.0× the complaints of the median Dodge Intrepid year in the same window: 3rd highest of the 5 ranked years.
That makes 2002 one of the three best-measured Dodge Intrepid years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 4/5
The 329 complaints about the 2002 Dodge Intrepid are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Dodge Intrepid by model year
Other 2002 Dodge models
Newest record on this page: March 24, 2022. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted