# 1995 DODGE INTREPID — FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM
> NHTSA complaint `189356` · 1999-12-17 · Chrysler (FCA US, LLC)
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 0
- **Fire:** Yes
- **Crash:** No
- **Police report:** No
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** DODGE
- **Model:** INTREPID
- **Year:** 1995
- **Manufacturer:** Chrysler (FCA US, LLC)
- **Component:** FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM
## Narrative
AFTER STARTING CAR ON THE MORNING DECEMBER 8,1999 I COULD SMELL GAS FUMES. I IMMEDIATELY SHUT CAR OFF AND EXAMINED THE ENGINE. I NOTICED FUEL LEAKAGE NEAR THE FUEL INJECTOR RAIL. I PROCEEDED TO DEALERSHIP (CENTRAL DODGE IN RAYNHAM) AND PURCHASED 6 NEW FUEL INJECTORS, ASSUMING THAT WAS THE PROBLEM AND THE LEAST EXPENSIVE. I REPLACED INJECTORS THAT EVENING AND STILL HAD FUEL LEAKING. I HAD MY WIFE COME OUT AND ASSIST ME BY TURNING THE KEY SO I COULD SEE WHERE LEAK WAS COMING FROM. ALMOST IMMEDIATELY AFTER STARITING THE CAR I SAW FUEL STREAMING FROM THE LEFT SIDE OF THE FUEL RAIL. A FIRE STARTED AND I IMMEDIATELY PUT IT OUT. AFTER GOING TO SAME DEALERSHIP TO PURCHASE FUEL RAIL I WAS TOLD ABOUT THE RECALL. THEY TOWED THE VEHICLE INTO THEIR DEALERSHIP AND REPLACED ENTIRE FUEL RAIL ASSEMBLY AT NO COST TO ME. THEN CAME THE BAD NEWS; THEY CONTACTED ME AND TOLD ME THE ENGINE WAS GONE AND THEY ARE CLAIMING NO RESPONSIBILITY BECAUSE THEY SAID I CANNOT PROVE THE FUEL RAIL LEAK WAS THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE. SO I AM CURRENTLY PAYING SOMEONE $3800. TO REPLACE THE ENGINE AND I WAS HOPING FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE IN THIS MATTER. WHERE DOES THE MANUFACTURERS RESPONSIBILITY END WHEN IT COMES TO A LIFE SAFETY ISSUE SUCH AS THIS ONE? *AK
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