Chrysler LHS Complaints

968 consumer complaints on file.

#865629July 18, 2000
STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY, STEERING:RACK AND PINION
WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 40MPH TIE ROD BROKE, CAUSING A LACK OF STEERING & NO CONTROL OF VEHICLE. THIS HAS HAPPENED ONCE BEFORE. VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALER. RACK & PINION NEEDED REPLACING. CONTACTED MANUFACTURER.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#865030July 7, 2000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD
VEHICLE EXPERIENCING PROBLEM WITH SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE DASH. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND REPLACE A BODY MODULE ON TWO OCCASIONS, WHICH CAUSED THE WIRING HARNESS TO BURN. VEHICLE STILL AT DEALER SHOP FOR REPAIRS. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#552925July 6, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
VEHICLE EXPERIENCED SEVERE ENGINE MELT DOWN FROM OVERHEATING, THE WATER PUMP FAILED WHICH DRAINED ALL FLUID FROM THE ENGINE. *MJS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#725017July 6, 2000
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
VEHICLE PARKED IN GARAGE. WITH RIGHT FOOT ON BRAKE STARTED ENGINE. STILL WITH RIGHT FOOT ON BRAKE RELEASED SHIFT FROM PARK TO REVERSE. THE CAR ACCELERATED AT FULL SPEED ENGINE ROARING, WHEELS SPINNING ON GARAGE FLOOR. WENT OUT OF DRIVEWAY ACROSS STREET AND DITCH INTO NEIGHBORS YARD THRU ANOTHER DITCH INTO ANOTHER STREET. WENT AIRBORNE TURNING OVER AGAINST POLE STOPPING THE VEHICLE. ENGINE STOPPED SCREAMING ONLY AT TIME THE LEFT WHEEL BENT UNDER THE CAR.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#864021June 22, 2000
STRUCTURE
NHTSA RECALL 99V215000 AND MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 837/ ENGINE CRADLE. NO PARTS WERE AVAILABLE. *AK *ML
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#724327June 21, 2000
EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER, STEERING:RACK AND PINION, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
THIS CAR HAD A BUMPER TO BUMPER 60,000 MILE WARRANTY - TRANSMISSION AND AIR CONDITIONING SHOULD HAVE BEEN COVERED 100% I DID NOT PURCHASE THIS VEHICLE FROM VANDYNHOVEN'S ONLY HAD IT SERVICED THROUGH THEM. THEY ARE REIMBURSING ME 50% ON THE AIRCONDITIONING BECAUSE CHRYSLER HAS AGREED TO PAY 50% BUT I FEEL THAT THE EVAPORATOR CORE WAS WARRANTEED UP TO 70,000 MILES AND NOW I'M AT 71,700 AND THEY AREN'T COVERING IT IN FULL. THE CAR WAS BROUGHT IN AT LEAST 2 TIMES WHILE UNDER WARRANTY WITH AIR PROBLEMS ? SAME WITH THE TRANSMISSION - IT WAS BROUGHT IN ON SEVERAL OCCATIONS WHERE IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN FULLY COVERED AND I HAD TO PAY $750.00 THE INTAKE MANIFOLD WAS LEAKING ON 10/04/99 *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#863548June 13, 2000
STRUCTURE
DEALER STILL UNABLE TO HONOR MANUFACTURER'S RECALLCONCERNING ENGINE CRADLE. INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THEY WERE STILL WAITING FOR THE TOOLS NEEDED TO MAKE REPAIRS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#863440June 12, 2000
STEERING:RACK AND PINION, STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY
RACK & PINION STEERING WENT OUT. ALSO, LEFT INNER TIE ROD BROKE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#863060June 6, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS
WHILE DRIVING NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. POPPED HOOD UP, AND SAW FLAMES. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THEY SAID THAT BRAKE LINE BROKE, FLUID WAS LEAKING, AND THAT STARTED THE FIRE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#862880June 1, 2000
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS
WHILE FUEL TANK WAS BEING FILLED, FUEL WAS LEAKING. CONSUMER HAD TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALER. THEY REMOVED FUEL TANK FOR REPAIRS, AND FOUND THAT RUBBER HOSE WAS CRACKED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#723337May 30, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
AT 38,430 MILES THE ROTORS WERE SO WARPED THAT AT 60 MPH AT HARD BRAKING IF YOU WERE NOT EXPECTING IT AND HOLDING ON TIGHT THE STEERING WHEEL COULD TWIST OUT OF YOUR HANDS. THE PROBLEM WAS CORRECTED AT MY EXPENSE. NOW AT 49,650 THE PROBLEM IS STARTING AGAIN. THE CAR HAS NOT HAD HARD USE AND WHY SHOULD THE BRAKES ENCOUNTER SUCH A PROBLEM AT SUCH LOW MILEAGE? THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A CHRYSLER DEFECT AND THEY SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR CORRECTION AND REFUNDS TO THE CONSUMER FOR PREVIOUS WORK. IN LOOKING AT THE PAST WEB HISTORY ON THE CAR I FIND OTHER NOTES WHERE PEOPLE HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SAME LOW MILEAGE PROBLEMS. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#862610May 26, 2000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS
INTERMITTENTLY HORN ASSEMBLY BECAME INOPERABLE DUE TO A SHORT IN THE WIRING. DEALER HAS REPAIRED VEHICLE SEVERAL TIMES. *AK *ML
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#862624May 26, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:PEDALS AND LINKAGES
BRAKE PEDAL APPEARED TO BE TOO SOFT WHEN APPLYING BRAKES. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT NOTHING COULD BE DONE SINCE PEDAL MET SPECIFICATIONS. *AK *ML
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#552415May 25, 2000
EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER
AUTOMATICE TEMPERATURE CLIMATE CONTROL PANEL FAILED. YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#722693May 15, 2000
SUSPENSION, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE, STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS
THERE WAS AN EXTREMELY LOUD SHUTTER AND SHAKE WHEN THIS HAPPENED. CAR DOES SEEM TO OPERATE THE SAME SINCE THIS PROBLEM. GAS MILEAGE HAS GONE DOWN BY THREE MPG, EVEN AFTER A TUNE UP BY CHRYSLER AND FUEL SYSTEM CLEANING. SHORTLY AFTER SOME FUSES BLEW., NOW AT 75,000 THERE IS A LOUND GROWNING SOUND WHEN YOU STEER TO THE LEFT. BRAKES HAVE BEEN REPLACED AND NEED IT AGAIN. AIRCONDITIONER HAS FUNNY DAMP SMELL. HOW DOES ONE FIND OUT IF THIS CAR HAS BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT?
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#722591May 12, 2000
EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER
THE AIR CONDITIONER WAS NOT WORKING PROPERLY WHEN WE BOUGHT THE CAR IN AUGUST OF 1997. WE ARE THE THIRD OWNERS SO THE CHRYSLER WARRENTY WAS NOT TRANSFERABLE AND THEY WOULD NOT DO ANY REPAIRS. WE HAD THE A/C RECHARGED AT AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP AND IT WORKED FOR ABOUT A WEEK. WE THEN HAD THE EVAPORATOR COIL REPLACED. IT LASTED FOR A MONTH. WE NOW FIND OUT THAT CHRYSLER HAS HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE A/C AND EXTENDED THE WARRENTY TO 7/70000 BUT WE ARE NOW PAST IT. TO REPLACE THE EVAPORATOR IS A $300 + REPAIR. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#722517May 10, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM, STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY
INSIDE TIE ROD BUSHING FAILED SHORTLY AFTER BEING SATURATED WITH ANTI-FREEZE FROM WATER PUMP FAILURE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#722521May 10, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
REPLACED ROTORS 3 TIMES,AT 11,000 MI. 20,894 MI. AND NOW AT 36,000 MI. THATS AN AVERAGE OF 9,000 MILES PER SET OF ROTORS ALL DUE TO WARPING AND PITTING. COMPANY ACCEPETED COST OF ONE SET OF ROTORS BUT I HAD TO PAY LABOR COSTS OF OVER $200.00 PLUS PADS THAT WERE TORN UP DUE TO PIECES OF THE ROTOR BREAKING OFF. I DID HAVE AN ACCIDENT ON JAN.3 1999 TRAVELING AT 35 MILES PER HOUR THE ROAD WAS WET AND A VAN BACKED UP ON FORT STREET A MAIN THROUGHFARE AND MY CAR DID A 360 DEGREE TURN ALTHOUGH I HAVE A B S BRAKE SYSTEM , I DON'T KNOW IF THE ROTORS HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH THAT OR NOT , HOWEVER I DO BELIEVE THE MANUFACTURER SHOULD HAVE BETTER COMPONETS THAN WHAT THEY ARE PUTTING ON THE BRAKING SYSTEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#861556May 8, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
ABOUT 8 HOURS AFTER PURCHASE, NEW VEHICLE DIED. TOOK TO DEALER WHO WORKED ON IT FOR 8 DAYS BUT COULD NOT FIND THE PROBLEM. PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED MANY TIMES AND STILL EXISTS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#722325May 5, 2000
STEERING:RACK AND PINION
TWO AND ONLY BOLTS OF RACK AND PINION COMPLETELY SHEARED OFF EXITING FROM GAS STATION RESULTING IN TOTAL LOSS OF STEERING. ORIGINAL RACK AND PINION WAS REPLACED AT 47K MILES WITH A NEW ONE. DEALER BEING VERY COOPERATIVE IN TRYING TO GET REIMBURSEMENT FOR US ($800+). OUR CONCERN IS POSSIBLY DEFECTIVE BOLTS AND NEED TO ISSUE RECALL FOR REPLACEMENT OF BOLTS. WE KEPT ORIGINAL SHEARED BOLTS AND RACK. DEALER NOW HAS BOLTS AND HAS SENT THEM TO DETROIT FOR TESTING. DEALER ALSO HAS NOW TAKEN POSSESION OF RACK AND PINION SHOWING REMNANTS OF SHEARED BOLTS INSIDE. WE HAVE HAD MANY PROBLEMS WITH THE FRONT END/STEERING OF THIS VEHICLE. EACH TIME REPAIR IS MADE, PROBLEM GETS WORSE, NOW CULMINATING IN TOTAL LOSS OF STEERING WHICH COULD HAVE ALSO RESULTED IN THE DEATH OF MY WIFE, WHO WAS DRIVING THE CAR. FORTUNATELY, SHE HAD PULLED INTO A GAS STATION AFTER DRIVING SEVERAL HOURS ON I-74 AT 65 MPH. SHOULD A 1994 CHRYSLER LHS NOW BE ON ITS THIRD RACK AND PINION. I THINK NOT. I'M NOT OPTIMISTIC DEALER WILL COME BACK WITH A DEFINITIVE ANSWER ALTHOUGH THE BOLTS WERE SENT TO CHRYSLER ENGINEERING FOR METALURGY TESTING. IF YOU NEED FURTHER INFORMATION, WE HAVE DOCUMENTED ALL REPAIRS/PROBLEMS WITH THIS VEHICLE AND WOULD SUPPLY YOU WITH SAME. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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