Chrysler LHS Complaints (1994)

324 consumer complaints on file.

#858192March 8, 2000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE WOULD CONSTANTLY STALL WITHOUT WARNING. VEHICLE WAS TOWED HOME, RESTARTED & DROVE TO DEALERSHIP. INFORMED BY MECHANIC A TUNE UP WAS NEEDED, WHICH WAS DONE. HALF HOUR LATER, STOPPED FOR FUEL & VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESTART. PROBLEM HAPPENED MORE THAN 7 DIFFERENT TIMES. VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED UNDER RECALL #94V024000/ ELECTRICAL WIRING DUE TO VIN. PARTS HAVE BEEN REPLACED, BUT PROBLEM NOT SOLVED. CRANKSHAFT SENSOR WAS REPLACED AT CONSUMER'S COST. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#719847March 8, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
WATER PUMP DEFECTIVE (FROZE) CAUSING THE TENSIONER AND TIMING BELT TO BURN, CAUSING AN ELECTRICAL FIRE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#858000March 6, 2000
STRUCTURE
RECALL 99V215000 DAIMLER CHRYSLER/ENGINE CRADLE; OWNER WAS TOLD TO CALL BACK IN TWO WEEKS TO SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT FOR RECALL BECAUSE THE TOOL NEEDED TO CORRECT RECALL IS BROKEN. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#857587February 25, 2000
STRUCTURE
NHTSA RECALL 99V215 000/ENGINE CRADLE: CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER FOR APPOINTMENT. DEALER ASKED CONSUMER WHETHER HE BOUGHT VEHICLE FROM THIS DEALERSHIP. CONSUMER SAID NO. DEALER INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THEIR CUSTOMERS WOULD COME FRIST, AND HAS NO IDEA WHEN THEY WOULD EVER GET TO REPAIR HIS VEHICLE. CONSUMER TRIES CALLING ANOTHER DEALER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#719258February 25, 2000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
THE PART LISTED ABOVE WAS SMOKING WHILE I WAS DRIVING. WHEN I TURNED THE CAR OFF, IT WOULDN'T START AGAIN. *AK POSSIBLY SOMETHING FROZE AND CAUSED THE BELT (PULLEY) TO MELT. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#857451February 23, 2000
STRUCTURE
RECALL 99V215 000/ENGINE CRADLE: DEALER REFUSED TO HONOR MANUFACTURER'S RECALL UNLESS CONSUMER GAVE DEALER PERMISSION, AGREEING TO ALLOW DEALER TO REPLACE UNDERCARRIAGE AT ESTIMATED COST OF $850.00. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#856470February 8, 2000
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM
CHRYSLER DEALER TOLD CONSUMER THERE WAS A NATIONAL BACK ORDER FOR FUEL RAIL O RING, AND FUEL OUTLET RAIL. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#718377February 6, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
ENGINE STALLS WITHOUT NOTICE. THIS IS THE THIRD TIME IT HAS HAPPENED ON THE INTERSTATE IN TRAFFIC AND COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. THERE IS NO INDICATIO THAT IT IS GOING TO STALL. THE FIRST SIGN OF A PROBLEM IS WHEN I PRESS THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL THERE IS NO RESPONSE AND THE OIL INDICATOR LIGHT COMES ON . THERE IS ALSO A PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSION NOT ENGAGING IN REVERSE AND LOW IN THE THE FIRST TIME I GO TO DRIVE IT IN THAT DAY. IT TAKES ABOUT 2 MINUTES BEFORE I CAN GET IT TO ENGAGE. WHEN DRIVING AFTER THE TRANSMISSION IS WARMED UP, THERE IS SOME HESITATION WHEN ACCELERATING. ALSO THE HEADLIGHTS ARE VERY DIM WHEN DRIVING AT NIGHT. THE HOOD LIFT ASSIST CYLINDERS DO NOT FUNCTION ALLOWING THE HOOD TO DROP WITHOUT NOTICE. I WAS STRUCK IN THE HEAD TWICE WHILE CHECKING FLUIDS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#855770January 31, 2000
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
CONSUMER HAS NOTICED THE HEADLIGHT BULBS HAVE GONE BAD WHEN ATTEMPTING TO CHANGE THE BULBS. ALSO, ENTIRE SOCKET WOULD NEED REPLACING. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER, PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. DEALER FURNISHED INFORMATION TO MANUFACTURER THAT PARTS WAS BROKEN. THAT INFORMATION WAS NOT CORRECT ACCORDING TO CONSUMER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#855823January 31, 2000
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
WHEN DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS THE VEHICLE WILL JUMP FROM 2000 RPM TO 3000 RPM AND THEN LOSE POWER AND STALL. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE CAUSE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#717930January 26, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
THE PIVOT BOLT ATTACHING THE CAMSHAFT DRIVE BELT IDLER ASSEMBLY TO THE ENGINE BLOCK BROKE CAUSING THE ENGINE TO STOP IMMEDIATELY WHILE WE WERE IN AN INTERSECTION. FORTUNATELY THERE WAS NO OTHER TRAFFIC ENDANGERED. THE ENGINE COULD NOT BE RESTARTED AND THE CAR HAD TO BE TOWED FROM THE LOCATION OF THE INCIDENT. DAMAGE OCCURRED TO THE TENSIONER PULLEY AND THE TIMING BELT AND TO THE VALVE TRAIN. MAJOR SERVICE WAS CONDUCTED ON THE VEHICLE AT ABOUT 70,000 MILES WHEN THE TIMING BELT WAS REPLACED ALONG WITH THE WATER PUMP AND OTHER COMPONENTS. THE OFFICIAL SERVICE MANUAL DOES NOT EVEN SUGGEST REPLACING THE IDLER ASSEMBLY OR PIVOT BOLT (INTEGRAL TO THE REPLACEMENT ASSEMBLY), AND WHEN I SPOKE WITH DAIMLERCHRYSLER CUSTOMER SERVICE AT THEIR HEADQUARTERS THEY ADMITTED THAT THEY ALSO HAVE NO SERVICE BULLETINS SUGGESTING THAT ITEM BE SERVICED. I STILL HAVE THE BROKEN PARTS AVAILABLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#550528January 21, 2000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION FAILED. YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#717483January 17, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC, EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS, STRUCTURE:BODY:TRUNK LID
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#854867January 11, 2000
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER ARM
LOWER CONTROL ARM ATTACHING BRACKETS HAVE CRACKED DUE FATIGUE, AND HAVE SEPARATED FROM THE ENGINE CRADLE. VEHICLE NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL NUMBER 99V215000 DUE TO VIN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#558611January 3, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
THE VEHICLE IS EXPERIENCING STALLING, IT WILL STALL WHILE STOPPED IN TRAFFIC AND WHILE DRIVING. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#716544December 28, 1999
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE THAT THIS IS AN ISOLATED CASE, AS MY SISTER-IN-LAW, A FRIEND AT WORK, BY HUSBAND'S BOSS, AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE ALL HAVE HAD THE SAME TRANSMISSION FAILURE, AND THEY ALL HAD THE EXACT SAME TRANSMISSION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#716251December 20, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
AFTER STARTING FROM A FULL STOP AT A CONTROLLED INTERSECTION, THE ENGINE DIED WITHOUT WARNING OR INDICATION. WE ROLLED THE CAR OUT OF THE INTERSECTION TO THE CURB. IT FAILED TO RESTART. MECHANICAL INSPECTION REVEALED A BROKEN PIVOT BOLT IN THE TENSIONER ASSEMBLY FOR THE CAMSHAFT DRIVE BELT. THE CONDITION CREATED WAS DANGEROUR AND WITHOUT ANY WARNING IN THAT THE ENGINE FAILED SUDDENLY WITHOUT WARNING LEAVING NO POWER ASSISTS FOR STEERING AND REQUIRED GUESSING AS TO WHAT WAS HAPPENING. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AS THE CAR WAS STILL ROLLING. I DO NOT HAVE THE VIN READILY AVAILABLE AS THE CAR IS NOT DRIVABLE SINCE THE FAILURE ALSO RESULTED IN THE ENGINE BENDING VALVES IN THE COMBUSTION CHAMBERS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#716050December 14, 1999
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#715470December 1, 1999
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION WILL NOT ENGAGE REVERSE OR DRIVE WHEN NOT WARMED UP. FIRST DRIVE OF THE DAY TAKES SEVERAL MINUTES TO ACQUIRE A GEAR. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#549664November 23, 1999
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:GAS RECIRCULATION VALVE (EGR VALVE), ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE:BELTS AND ASSOCIATED PULLEYS
CONSUMER COULD NOT HAVE REPAIR MADE ON RECALLED LEAKY O-RING BECAUSE DEALER STATED THAT CONSUMERS CLAIM DID NOT MEET THE REQUIRED CONDITION OF THE RECALL (98V184000). NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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