Chrysler LHS Complaints

968 consumer complaints on file.

#10128275July 11, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:FLOOR SHIFT
VEHICLE FLOOR SHIFTER INTERLOCK SYSTEM FAILED (SEE NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID # 04V021000), CAR ROLLED AND CAUSED SOME MINOR PROPERTY AND VEHICLE DAMAGE, COULD HAVE BEEN MUCH WORSE. THE 2000 LHS IS NOT COVERED UNDER ABOVE MENTIONED RECALL. THE PROBLEM IS EXACTLY THE SAME. RECALL SHOULD BE EXPANDED TO INCLUDE LATER MODELS EFFECTED.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10120055June 27, 2005
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS:CONCEALMENT DEVICES
THE HEADLIGHTS WERE COMPLETELY FOGGED ON BOTH CHRYSLER VEHICLE. IT APPEARED TO BE THE OUTSIDE PLASTIC COVERING THAT HAS DISCOLORED. THE DEALER STATED THAT THERE WAS A FIX, BUT IT COST $500.00 PER LIGHT. THE CONSUMER CONCERNED THAT THIS CAUSED THE LIGHTS TO BE LESS EFFECTIVE, AND SEEMED TO DETERIORATE OVER TIME. *AK *SC *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10126242June 22, 2005
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
DT: CONSUMER'S FRIEND WRECKED INTO A TELEPHONE POLE WITH FRONT IMPACT, AND BOTH AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. HAD NOT TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP. DID NOT CONTACT MANUFACTURER. HAD NOT REPLACED AIR BAGS. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10125381June 15, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY:CABLES, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:PADS, VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:HEATER CORE, EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
DT: CONTACT COMPLAINED OF A LOT OF PROBLEMS WITH THE CAR. THERE WAS A NEW WATER PUMP/NEW BATTERY CABLES/ NEW BRAKES/ROTORS, AND PADS ON THE CAR. ALSO, PUT IN A NEW HEATER COIL. THEY DID SOMETHING TO THE AIR CONDITIONER, AND IT WILL COST APPROXIMATELY $500-600 TO FIX IT. CURRENTLY THERE IS AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM. WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE STREET THE CAR AUTOMATICALLY SHUTS OFF. IT IS AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM BECAUSE THEY HAVE REPLACED THE LIGHTS IN THE CAR AND THEY SHORTED OUT. CONSUMER WAS TOLD THERE WAS AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10125430June 15, 2005
STEERING:LINKAGES:ARM:IDLER AND ATTACHMENT
I EXPERIENCED A LOUD CLUNKING SOUND WHEN I TURNED THE STEERING WHEEL. ALSO WHEN I DROVE OVER UNEVEN PAVEMENT OR AN UNEVEN ENTRY TO A DRIVEWAY I COULD HEAR THE SAME SOUND AND COULD FEEL IT THROUGH THE STEERING WHEEL. I HAD A DEALERSHIP CHECK IT OUT AND THEY FOUND THAT THERE WAS A BOLT THAT HAD WORKED ITSELF LOOSE ON THE LOWER CONTROL ARM. I HAVE FOUND INFORMATION ON THE INTERNET RELATED TO STEERING FAILURES LEADING TO DEATH ON SEVERAL VEHICLES WITH THE SAME STEERING COMPONENTS THAT MY CAR HAS. FORTUNATELY I CAUGHT THIS EARLY ENOUGH TO PREVENT A DISASTEROUS EVEN LIKE OTHER PEOPLE HAVE EXPERIENCED. THEY TIGHTENED THE BOLT. I UNDERSTANT THAT CHRYSLER CORPORATION HAS CHANGED THE TORQUE SPECIFICATIONS AND THE BUSHING USED ON THE TIE-ROD ENDS IN ORDER TO PREVENT THE TYPE OF FAILURES THAT MANY PEOPLE HAVE EXPERIENCED. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO LOOK AT THE INFORMATION THAT I FOUND CONCERNING STEERING COMPONENTS, PREMATURE TRANSMISSION FAILURE AND PREMATURE ENGINE FAILURE, GO TO: HTTP://WWW.DAIMLERCHRYSLERVEHICLEPROBLEMS.COM HERE YOU CAN READ ALL ABOUT THE MULTITUDE OF PROBLEMS THAT CHRYSLER PRODUCTS ARE EXPERIENCING.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10125207June 14, 2005
STEERING
I OWN A 1999 CHRYSLER LHS AND HAVE HAD TO REPLACE / REPAIR BOTH TIE ROD BUSHING ON EACH SIDE OF MY CAR. (BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDES) YOU HEAR A CLUNKING NOISE AND THE STEERING FEELS UNSAFE/SLACK. WHEN THE CAR IS LIFTED ON A JACK, YOU CAN PUSH ON THE TIRE AND IT GOES IN A BACK AND FORTH MOTION.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10124355June 6, 2005
STEERING:RACK AND PINION:RACK
IN DEC 2002, THE RACK IN PINION SYSTEM IN MY CHRYSLER LHS STARTED TO LEAK AND CAUSED A FIRE WHICH RESULTED IN A TOTAL LOST. THE CAR BURNED UP N MINUTES. WE DID SOME RESEARCH AND FOUND THAT CHRYSLER HAS HAD SOME PROBLEMS IN THE PAST WITH RACK IN PINNIONS BUT HAS NEVER DONE ANYTHING ABOUT THE,
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10123751June 1, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
DT: 3 MONTHS AGO THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING TOWARD THE CITY AND THE VEHICLE MADE A LOUD NOISE, AND THEN CAR STARTED SMOKING. CONSUMER PULLED OFF THE HIGHWAY, THERE WAS SMOKE EVERYWHERE. CONSUMER HAD CAR TOWED. IT WAS RUNNING FINE BEFORE THIS INCIDENT. MECHANIC SAID THAT THE CAR THREW A ROD, AND NEEDED A NEW MOTOR AND TRANSMISSION. CONSUMER WAS NOT DRIVING THE CAR BECAUSE THE SHE COULD NOT AFFORD TO HAVE IT FIXED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10115468May 13, 2005
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL, STRUCTURE
WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH THE DRIVER NOTICED THAT THE SRS LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD AND REMAINED ON. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND THE MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER AIR BAG WAS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK THE CHROME WAS PEELING FROM THE HANDLE ON THE RIGHT FRONT DOOR AND WAS REPLACED. THE PASSENGER SEAT AIR BAG SQUIB HAD AN OPEN FAULT. *SC *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10113462April 18, 2005
WHEELS:RIM
THE CHROME RIMS AFTER A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME WILL PEELED WHICH DID NOT PERMIT A SOLID SEAL. THIS CAUSED THE TIRES TO LEAK AIR. CONSUMER HAS HAD A TOTAL OF 3 BLOW OUTS, 2 WITHIN THE SAME WEEK. DUE TO THIS PROBLEM THE FRONT END PARTS HAD TO BE REPLACED. TIRES WERE REPLACED A TOTAL OF 20 TIMES. *AK *BF *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10115370April 12, 2005
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH
THE DRIVER IS UNABLE TO OPEN THE REAR SLIDING DOOR FROM THE INSIDE AND OUTSIDE. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, BUT THE CAUSE HAD NOT BEEN DETERMINED AT THIS TIME. *AK *BF *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10117447April 5, 2005
SUSPENSION:FRONT:MACPHERSON STRUT
WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED THERE WOULD BE HEAVY VIBRATION IN THE STEERING WHEEL. DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE STRUTS, BUT THE PROBLEM RECURRED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10116210April 1, 2005
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS
THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE FRONT END OF THE CAR BEFORE I BOUGHT IT, I WAS TOLD BY THE DEALER THAT EVERYTHING WAS CHECKED AND ALL IT NEEDED WAS A ROTATE AND TIRE BALANCE.A FEW MONTHS LATER I TAKE IT IN TO HAVE IT CHECKED BECUASE IT HAS GOTTEN WORSE. ALL LEFT TURNS WOULD MAKE THE DRIVER SIDE SLAM DOWN LIKE I HIT A POTHOLE AND IT MADE TERIBBLE NOISES GOING OVER BUMPS. A DIFFERENT DEALER TOLD ME I NEEDED FOUR NEW TIE RODS AND A RACK & PINION. I HAD THOSE REPLACED, THE TIE RODS WERE NOT UNDER WARRANTY, I ALSO HAD THE AC COMPRESSOR, TRANSMISSION SERVICE,AND TRANSMISSION COOLER LINES REPLACED. THE REPAIRS DID NOT MAKE A DIFFERENCE, AND THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT TELLS ME OH WE SHOULD HAVE TOLD YOU ABOUT THE OTHER PROBLEMS,CRADLE BUSHINGS AND SWAY BAR LINKS. I KNEW THIS SERVICE DEPATMENT WAS NOT WORTH THE TROUBLES SO I TOOK THE CAR TO MY PERSONAL MECHANIC. HE FOUND THE REAR CRADLE BUSHINGS WERE GONE, THERE WAS NOTHING PROTECTING THE CRADLE, THE SWAY BAR LINKS WERE OK. I HAD NEW CRADLE BUSHINGS INSTALLED BUT THE FRONT IS STILL SHAKEY AND THE STEERING HAS BECOME WORSE SINCE A NEW RACK & PINION WAS INSTALLED. THE CAR WONDERS ON THE FREEWAY, SHAKES AT ALL SPEEDS AND THERE ARE STIFF SPOTS IN MY STEERING. I HAVE THE OLD BUSHINGS, NOT THE OTHER PARTS THAT WERE REPLACED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10117011March 29, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:COLUMN SHIFT
PRIOR TO RECEIVING THE FLOOR SHIFT IGNITION-PARK INTERLOCK RECALL 04V021000 NOTICE, THE DEFECT OCCURRED. THIS RESULTED IN VEHICLE ROLLING BACKWARDS, DOWN THE DRIVEWAY INTO A NEIGHBOR'S YARD, AND CRASHING INTO A TREE, BREAKING THE REAR TAIL LIGHTS.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10117178March 28, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:FLOOR SHIFT
'RECALL CAMPAIGN' FOR CHRYSLER LHS 1995, TRANSAXLE FLOOR SHIFTER IGNITION/PARK INTERLOCK. *BF RECALL#04V021000. THE CONSUMER BELIEVED THE CRASH HE WAS INVOLVED IN WAS RELATED TO THE RECALL. *JB
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10115830March 25, 2005
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION:COLUMN SHIFT ASSEMBLY
WHILE THE CONSUMER WAS STANDING BY THE VEHICLE IT SUDDENLY BEGAN TO ROLL FORWARD. CONSUMER RAN BEHIND THE VEHICLE, GRABBED THE DOOR AND WAS DRAGGED A FEW FEET, INJURING HIS KNEES, BEFORE HE WAS ABLE TO OPEN THE DOOR AND SLAM THE GEAR INTO PARK. CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, WHERE HE WAS TOLD HE HAD STRIPPED A GEAR. HOWEVER, THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THE SHIFT INTERLOCK. CONSUMER FELT THAT SINCE THE RECALL CAUSED HIM TO STRIP THE GEAR WHEN THE VEHICLE ROLLED, SHOULD BE PART OF THE REPAIR MADE TO THE VEHICLE, ALONG WITH THE SHIFT INTERLOCK NHTSA RECALL 04V021000.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10114656March 24, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:FLOOR SHIFT
THIS IS THE SECOND 1994 LHS I'VE HAD, AND THE SAME PROBLEMS HAVE OCCURED ON BOTH CARS.SOMEONE NEEDS TO LISTEN TO COMPLAINTS BEFORE THERE IS A LOSS OF SOMEONES LIFE. WHICH I CAME VERY CLOSE TO THE RACKET PINION AND TIE ROD.ANOTHER FEW MILES AND WE MIGHT NOT BE HERE TODAY.THERE IS ALSO PROBLEMS WITH THE HEATER AND AC NOT WORKING,CANT SHUT IT OFF,TURN IT ON CHANGE IT FROMHEAT TO AC.HOOD PROBLEMS. TIMING BELT.SO MANY THINGS HAVE WENT WRONG WITH BOTH THESE CARS AND THEY BOTH WERE 1994 CH-LHS.DONT HAVE THE DATES IN FRONT OF ME WHEN ALL THE THINGS HAPPENED.I HAD TROUBLE WITH THIS CAR 3 DAYS AFTER I BOUGHT IT. AND THE LAST ONE I PUT MONEY INTO IT ONE TIME AFTER ANOTHER ANOTHER,SOMEONE HIT IT AND IT WAS TOTALED OUT.I WILL NEVER OWN ANOTHER. ANY CHRYSLER .THOUGHT I WAS GETTING A NICE CAR,GOT 2 LEMONS.JUST THINK THEY NEED TO BE CHECKED OUT BEFORE SOMEONE IS HURT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10115687March 23, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:FLOOR SHIFT
A RECALL FOR THE TRANS AXLE FLOOR SHIFTER IGNITION/PARK INTER-LOCK HAS BEEN ISSUED, HOWEVER, DEALER CONTINUES TO STATE THE PART IS NOT AVAILABLE. CONSUMER HAS BEEN WAITING SINCE OCTOBER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10114410March 21, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TODAY WHEN I STARTED TO DRIVE MY 2000 LHS, IT WOULD NOT SHIFT TO THE HIGHEST GEAR. THE RPM'S REMAINED VERY HIGH. THE SPEEDOMETER STAYS AT ZERO. THE OVERHEAD INSTRUMENT PANEL DOES NOT WORK. THE MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LIGHT COMES ON AND STAYS ON. I PROCEEDED TO DRIVE A SHORT DISTANCE. WHEN COMING TO A STOP OR WHEN SLOWING AROUND A CORNER, THE OIL LIGHT COMES ON AND I LOSE POWER STEERING AND THE ENGINE STALLS. I CANNOT DRIVE THE CAR. I WILL CONTACT THE DEALER (BERMONT MOTORS, GILBERTSVILLE, PA) IMMEDIATELY. MY 1994 LHS HAD TOTAL TRANSMISSION FAILURE AND NEEDED A WHOLE NEW TRANSMISSION. MY CAR WAS BOUGHT IN DECEMBER 1999 AND I ONLY HAVE 37,000 MILES ON IT. BESIDES THIS, THE MOLDING AROUND ONE DOOR AND AROUND ONE HEADLAMP IS COMING OFF. THE BLACK TRIM IS DISCOLORED. I AM QUICKLY LOOSING MY CONFIDENCE & DEPENDIBILITY IN CHRYSLER PRODUCTS. I DOUBT IF I WILL EVER BUY ANOTHER CHRYSLER CAR.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10114151March 16, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, SUSPENSION:FRONT, STEERING:RACK AND PINION:RACK
I AM HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION DOWN SHIFTING ON IT'S OWN AT LOW SPEEDS. ALSO THE VEHICLE KEEPS VEERING TO THE RIGHT AND LEFT. HAVE REPLACED THE CONTROL ARMS TWO TIMES DUE TO BREAK OF BUSHINGS. THE BOLTS ATTACHING THE STEERING RACK DO NOT KEEP IT SECURED TO THE CHASSIS AND MOVES AS THE STEERING WHEEL IS OPERATED. THERE WAS A RECALL ISSUED FOR THE SUSPENSION CONTROL ARM BRACKET IN 1999. I HAVE NOT BEEN NOTIFIED OF THIS RECALL AND NEED TO KNOW HOW TO RECEIVE NOTIFICATION TO HAVE THE PART REPLACED. THE VEHICLE'S MANUFACTURE DATE ON THE DRIVER'S DOOR INDICATES THE MANUFACTURE DATE AUGUST/1995.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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