Chrysler LeBaron Complaints

648 consumer complaints on file.

#702505January 23, 1999
SUSPENSION:REAR:SHOCK ABSORBER, SUSPENSION:REAR
WHEN YOU SLOW DOWN MY CAR MAKS A FUNNY NOISE WHICH IS CALLED A RATCHETING SOUND WHEN YOU COME TO A HAULT. A FRIEND OF MINE HAD THE SAMETHING WRONG AND OTHER CHRYSLER LEBARON CARS I HAVE BEEN NEXT TO AT STOP LIGHTS HAVE MADE THE SAME NOISE. IT'S SOMETHING IN THE TRANSMISSION. THE REAR OF MY CAR MAKES A REAL FUNNY NOISE THAT SOUNDS LIKE THE SHOCKS HAVE GONE BAD. IN FACT, WE HAVE REPLACED THE REAR SHOCKS, AND IT STILL MAKES THE NOISE. WE HAD NO IDEA WHAT IT WAS UNTIL A FRIEND OF MINE WAS IN THE CAR AND HEARD THE NOISE AND SAID HER CAR DID THE SAMETHING, AND CAME TO FIND OUT IT WAS THE TORSION BAR IN THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#833874January 21, 1999
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE AT 30MPH THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG DEPLOYED UNEXPECTEDLY. DEALER HAS NOT SEEN. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#543467January 21, 1999
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:POWER STEERING FLUID, TIRES, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM, VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
POWER STEERING FLUID LEAKING, REPAIRED ONCE BUT CONTINUES TO LEAK.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#702266January 15, 1999
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHILE DRIVING AT <5 MPH (RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC), DEPRESSED ACCELERATOR AND CAR REACTED AS IF IN NEUTRAL (REVVING, NO MOVEMENT), LET OFF GAS AND TRIED AGAIN. ENGINE REVVED, SLAMMED INTO GEAR AND WENT APPROX. 30 FT. OCCURRED 3 MORE TIMES AND HAD TO BE TOWED. TRANSMISSION SHOP STATED THAT "OVERDRIVE SNAP RING BROKE INSIDE MAIN INPUT DRUM ASSEMBLY AND THE FORWARD DRUM ASSEMBLY BLEW UP" RESULTING IN NEED TO REBUILD TRANS., REPLACE ALL CLUTCH PLATES AND TORQUE CONVERTER. SHOP STATED THAT CHRYSLER KNEW OF THIS PROBLEM AND HAD UPGRADES TO TRANSMISSION BUT DID NOT RECALL BECAUSE "NOT EVERY CAR HAD THE PROBLEM". COST TO REBUILD TRANSMISSION AND HAVE UPGRADE INSTALLED $2025.51.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#833552January 14, 1999
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH AND WITHOUT NO PRIOR WARNING THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT, CAUSING ALOT OF RMP TO MOVE THE VEHICLE, AND THE VEHICLE WAS JERKING FORWARD. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#702098January 10, 1999
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR
HAD TO CALL AUTOMOTIVE CLUB TO THAW OUT START TO START CAR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#702007January 8, 1999
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WE ARE NOW DOING THE SECOND REBUILD OF THIS TRANSMISSION. THE FIRST SHUT DOWN THE CAR IN THE MIDDLE OF A FREEWAY. THERE IS ALOT WRITTEN ABOUT THIS TRANSMISSION AND IT'S PROBLEMS YET CHRYSLER WILL NOT ACKNOWLEDGE THOSE PROBLEMS. WE REMAIN CONCERNED ABOUT WHEN AND WHERE WE WILL BE THE NEXT TIME THE CAR ABRUPTLY STOPS AND WILL WE BE AS LUCKY AS THE LAST TWO TIMES?
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#701974January 7, 1999
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS:SWITCH
SWITCH OVERHEATS, MELTS WIRING HARNESS, REPLACED 2 TIMES,01/19/96,12/13/96, NEEDS REPLACEMENT AGAIN, 01/06/98 LIGHTS GO OUT WITHOUT WARNING, MANUFACTURER CLAIMS PARTS OK, GENERATES ENOUGH HEAT TO FUSE HARNESS TO SWITCH ASSEMBLY, CAR IS ORIGINAL- NO AFTERMARKET PARTS IE.STEREO, DRIVING LIGHTS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#833027January 5, 1999
POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY
THERE WERE WELD CRACKS IN THE REAR AXLE. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP & INFORMED BY MECHANIC IT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED WITH NEW REAR AXLE. TOOK TO 2ND MECHANIC & INFORMED THE SAME REASONING. THE SERVICE MANAGER SAID IT CAN ONLY BE WELDED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#832523December 22, 1998
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY
WHEN DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS THE ENGINE COMPLETELY SHUTS DOWN, CAUSING LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. POSSIBLE CAUSES OF FAILURE INCLUDE FUEL PUMP ASSEMBLY AND LINES, AND IGNITION COIL, ALL OF WHICH WERE REPLACED AND THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN CORRECTED. *AK *ML
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#832129December 10, 1998
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY
PUSH BUTTON LOCKING MECHANISM ON THE DRIVER'S LAP AND SHOULDER BELT COMBINATION WOULD NOT UNLOCK, CAUSING THE DRIVER TO BECOME TRAPPED IN THE SEAT WHICH RESULTED IN THE OCCUPANT CUTTING THE SEAT BELT OFF BEFORE EXITING THE VEHICLE. *AK *ML
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#832083December 9, 1998
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
AUTOMOBILE SLOWS UP AND STOPS ANYWHERE, AND DOES NOT START UP AGAIN. THEN CONSUMER HAS TO HAVE IT TOWED. AFRAID SHE WILL HAVE AN ACCIDENT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#831930December 7, 1998
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS
THE CONSUMER HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH THE HINGES ON DOORS. THE HINGES ON DOOR ARE BROKEN. PASSENGERS HAVE TO CLIMB OUT ON THE PASSENGER'S SIDE IN ORDER TO GET OUT OF THE PASSENGER'S SIDE DOOR. THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#701123December 4, 1998
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
CAN REMOVE KEY WHEN CAR IS NOT IN "PARK"; CAR COULD ROLL AND INJURE PERSONS OR PROPERTY; PROBLEM CORRECTED BY CHRYSLER IN 1992; DEALER & CHRYSLER REFUSED REPEATEDLY TO REMEDY THE PROBLEM.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#700955November 28, 1998
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION SHAKES VIOLENTLY FOR FIRST SEVERAL BLOCKS IN COLD WEATHER. DEALER INSTALLED REMANUFACTURED TRANSMISSION ON 11/10/98. PROBLEM BECAME WORSE. BESIDES SEVERE SHAKING DURING THE FIRST SEVERAL BLOCKS IN COLD WEATHER, THE CAR NOW LUNGES FORWARD WHEN COMING TO A STOP AS THOUGH IT IS HIT FROM THE REAR; THESE PROBLEMS DISAPPEAR AS THE DRIVE TRAIN WARMS. DEALER SAID THAT THEY DROVE THE CAR FOR 59 MILES (ALTHOUGH THE PROBLEM IS ONLY IN THE FIRST MILE OR SO) AND DID NOT DETECT A PROBLEM. THEY SAID TO WAIT FOR THE PROBLEM TO WORSEN AS THE WEATHER GROWS COLDER.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#831360November 25, 1998
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
HEAD GASKET BLEW OUT, REASON UNKNOWN. CONSUMER BELIEVED THIS CONDITION OCCURRED DUE TO DEFECTIVE ENGINE HEAD. DEALER/MFR. NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#831312November 24, 1998
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
INSTRUMENT PANEL MALFUNCTIONED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#831061November 19, 1998
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
WHEN DRIVING THE AIR BAG LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON AND THE AIR BAG LIGHT WON'T GO BACK IN MAY OF 1998 THE CONSUMER WAS IN AN ACCIDENT AND THE AIR BAGS DID'NT DEPLOY. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#830096November 4, 1998
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
WHILE TRAVELING ABOUT 70MPH THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED WITHOUT WARNING. THIS CAUSED THE DRIVER TO LOSE VISIBILITY. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#542337October 29, 1998
SUSPENSION:REAR
WELD FAILURE IN THE REAR SUSPENSION.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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