# 1996 DODGE INTREPID — STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
> NHTSA complaint `546288` · 2005-07-27 · Chrysler (FCA US, LLC)
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 1
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** No
- **Police report:** No
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** DODGE
- **Model:** INTREPID
- **Year:** 1996
- **Manufacturer:** Chrysler (FCA US, LLC)
- **Component:** STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
- **Miles at failure:** 100,000
## Narrative
DT: CONSUMER STATED THAT 1996 , DODGE, INTREPID HAD A BOLT STICKING  OUT ON BOTH BACK DOORS. THIS WAS A MANUFACTURING SAFETY DEVICE TO KEEP THE DOOR CLOSED IN CASE OF A COLLISION. CONSUMER  WAS IN  THE BACK SEAT GETTING GROCERIES OUT WHEN HER SHOE STRING BECAME ENTANGLED AROUND  THE BOLT AND  CONSUMER  FELL ON CONCRETE AND BROKE HER HIP. CONSUMER DID  NOT REALIZE THAT  STRING WAS ENTANGLED AROUND THE BOLT. CONSUMER  WAS RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL, THEN SHE TAKEN INTO SURGERY, SHE HAD TO HAVE 3 SCREWS PLACED INTO HER HIP. CONSUMER  WAS IN THE HOSPITAL FOR 5 DAYS . THEN,  CONSUMER  WAS CONFINED TO A WALKER FOR SEVERAL WEEKS UNTIL THE  BONE HEALED. CONSUMER   CONTINUED WITH  PHYSICAL THERAPY. THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED ON MAY 18, 2005.   CONSUMER HAD TO BE TAKEN CARE OF BY SOMEONE ELSE FOR QUITE A WHILE.  CONSUMER WAS IN CONTACT WITH CHRYSLER IN JUNE 2005. THEY SENT AN INSPECTOR TO  INSPECT  THE VEHICLE AND TAKE PICTURES.  CONSUMER  RECEIVED A LETTER FROM CHRYSLER ON  JULY 5, 2005 STATING THAT HER CLAIM  WAS DENIED. CONSUMER HAD NOT  FILED ANY CLAIM WITH CHRYSLER. ALL CONSUMER  WANTED WAS THE VEHICLE  TO BE RECALLED  SO THAT THE  BOLT COULD BE REMOVED.  CONSUMER  HAD  NOT TAKEN ANYONE  TO CHRYSLER.  SHE JUST WANTED TO INFORM OTHER PEOPLE THAT THE BOLT WAS DANGEROUS AND COULD INJURE OTHERS MORE SEVERELY. ALSO,  CONSUMER  HAD NOT DONE ANYTHING WITH THE VEHICLE,  AND  VEHICLE WAS STILL BEING DRIVEN.  *AK
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