# 2000 DODGE INTREPID — PARKING BRAKE
> NHTSA complaint `538779` · 2005-07-08 · Chrysler (FCA US, LLC)
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 1
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** Yes
- **Police report:** Yes
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** DODGE
- **Model:** INTREPID
- **Year:** 2000
- **Manufacturer:** Chrysler (FCA US, LLC)
- **Component:** PARKING BRAKE
- **Miles at failure:** 20,000
- **Speed:** 30 mph
## Narrative
DT: 2000 DODGE INTREPID BOUGHT IN APRIL USED WITH 11,000 MILES.  SINCE THEN IT HAS BEEN IN SHOP 9-10 TIMES, MOSTLY CONSISTING  OF STEERING PROBLEMS, SUCH AS RACK AND PINION AND THE STEERING COUPLER.  THERE WERE OTHER ISSUES, BUT THIS WAS THE MAIN CONCERN.  ONE WEEK AGO THE CONSUMER  WAS  INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT, FRONT END IMPACT FOR WHICH THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY.  CONSUMER  SUSTAINED  INJURIES.  NO REPAIRS AFTER THE ACCIDENT BECAUSE THERE WAS OVER $6,000 WORTH OF DAMAGE.  *AK  EMERGENCY BRAKE HANDLE WAS LOOSE.  THE DEALER DETERMINED THE IT WAS NOT CONNECTED.   THE DEALER REPOSITIONED/REASSEMBLED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE.  THE KEY WOULDN'T COME OUT OF THE IGNITION BECAUSE THE SHIFT INTERLOCK CABLE BROKE.  THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED.  THE DEALER REPLACED THE WIRING TO THE BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH.  *NM
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