Chrysler LHS Complaints

968 consumer complaints on file.

#712239September 27, 1999
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
CAR GOES INTO LIMP MODE AT DIFFERENT TIMES OF YEAR IN DIFFERENT DRIVING CONDITIONS AFTER DIFFERENT DRIVING PERIODS. MOST TIMES IT RESETS AFTER STOPPING AND TURNING CAR OFF. SEEMS TO OCCUR WHEN CAR IS FIRST STARTED OR AFTER LONG DRIVING PERIOD. HAVE LOST POWER TO WHEELS DURING DRIVING. WAS QUESTIONED BY A STRANGER IN A PARKING LOT WHO INDICATED THEY HAVE SAME TYPE OF CAR WITH SAME PROBLEM WITH TRANSMISSION. INITIAL INSPECTION BY DEALER INDICATED NO ABNORMAL INFORMATION FROM COMPUTERIZED CHECK UP. SEEMS TO BE COMMON WITH CAR MAKE AND MODEL. SUSPECT DESIGN DEFECT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#712154September 26, 1999
STEERING:RACK AND PINION
STEERING GEAR FAILED BY LEAKING STEERING FLUID ON INSIDE BUSHINGS ON TIE RODS. BUSHINGS DEGENERATED AND SUDDENLY HAD SUBSTATIAL PLAY. CAUSED STEERING WHEEL TO HAVE ABOUT 4 INCHES OF PLAY AND MADE CAR DIFFICULT TO KEEP IN THE ROAD EVEN AT LOW SPEEDS. CAR WOULD VEER LEFT THEN RIGHT - CAUSING OVERSTEERING JUST TO KEEP IT STRAIGHT. COST OF REPAIR HAS BEEN ESTIMATED AT $2,000. DEALER (JIM COGDILL DODGE) SAYS CAR IS NOT DRIVABLE IN CURRENT CONDITION.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#848711September 24, 1999
STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY, STEERING:GEAR BOX (OTHER THAN RACK AND PINION)
VEHICLE HAD BEEN PARKED. STARTED VEHICLE & ATTEMPTED TO BACK UP & NOTHING HAPPENED. HAD NO CONTROL OF VEHICLE. WAS ABLE TO TURN STEERING WHEEL. HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALER. INFORMED BY MECHANIC, BOLTS ON BOTH SIDE OF TIE RODS HAD BROKEN AND STEERING GEAR BOX HAD ALSO WENT. MJS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#847754September 15, 1999
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, HAD A DIRECT FRONTAL IMPACT IN WHICH DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, FAILING TO PROTECT THE OCCUPANTS IN THE CRASH. MANUFACTURER STATED THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY EVEN THOUGH IT WAS A DIRECT FRONTAL IMPACT. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#711373September 15, 1999
AIR BAGS
NO SUMMARY
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#711375September 15, 1999
AIR BAGS
NO SUMMARY
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#847716September 14, 1999
EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER
WHILE DRIVING AT 40 MPH SAW SMOKE COMING FROM BEHIND THE GLOVE COMPARTMENT AND FROM THE VENTS AND BOTH SIDES OF THE WINDSHIELD DUE TO A/C FAN MOTOR MALFUNCTIONING. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#609647September 8, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM, VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
WATER PUMP. POWER WINDOW.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#846516September 2, 1999
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM
THERE WAS A FUEL LEAK FROM FUEL INJECTION WHICH WAS LEAKING FUEL ONTO THE ENGINE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#846360September 1, 1999
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION LOCKED UP WHILE DRIVING . DEALER HAS REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#846022August 27, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHEN DRIVING AT 50 MPH AND THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED PEDAL GOSE STRAIGHT TO THE FLOOR, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED, AND SAYS THAT THE BRAKES ARE FINE. *ML
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#845678August 24, 1999
VISIBILITY:SUN/MOON ROOF ASSEMBLY
MANUFACTURER INSTALLED SUN ROOF HINGES SEPARATED, CAUSING IT TO FLY OFF THE VEHICLE. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#710451August 24, 1999
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
MY 1994 CHRYSLER LHS'S TRANSMISSION FAILED AT 43,000 MILES. THE CAR WOULD REACH 35 MPH PER HOURS AND WOULD EXPERIENCE A RACING MOTOR AND AN INABILITY TO SHIFT INTO THE NEXT GEAR. AS I DROVE THE CAR I EXPERIENCED SLIPPING OF THE GEARS AND WHEN I BROUGHT THE CAR IN FOR REPAIRS IT WAS UNDRIVABLE. I CONTACTED CHRYSLER ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. THIS ISSUE HAS YET TO BE RESOLVED WITH CHRYSLER SINCE I DID NOT GET THE CAR REPAIRED AT A CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP. I FEEL SAFETY IS AT STAKE WITH A FAULTY TRANSMISSION THAT FAILS AT 43,000MILES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#845409August 19, 1999
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH
THE CONSUMER'S SON GOT INTO THE VEHICLE, SWITCHED GEARS, CAUSING VEHICLE TO ROLL BACKWARDS AND RUN INTO CONSUMER HOUSE. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#845480August 19, 1999
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD
REPORTING A DESIGN FLAW IN THE FRONT WINDSHIELD FROM THE BOTTOM BASE UP TO THE MIDDLE OF WINDSHIELD (HORIZONTAL); A DARK FILM OR COVER CAUSES A POOR VISIBILITY DURING DAY LIGHT. DEALER / MFR NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT NOTHING CAN BE DONE. SEEKING HELP FROM NHTSA IN THIS MATTER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#710214August 19, 1999
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
NO SUMMARY
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#845329August 18, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 60MPH ENGINE STALLED. TURNED OFF A/C AND VEHICLE RESTARTED. ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON . CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#845213August 17, 1999
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
WHEN PLACING VEHICLE FROM PARK INTO REVERSE, VEHICLE ACCELERATED AND WENT INTO A SEMI CIRCLE. CONSUMER HAS CONTACT DEALER AND THEY CANNOT FIND CAUSE OF ACCELERATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#710113August 17, 1999
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
THE TRANSMISSION DISENGAGES BY ITSELF WHEN SLOWING DOWN TO EXIT OFF OF A RAMP AFTER ACHIEVING HIGHWAY SPEEDS. THE DRIVER IS "STANDING" AT A LIGHT AND THE CAR WILL DISENGAGE, "JERK" BACK INTO GEAR, LUNGING THE CAR INTO THE INTERSECTION IF THE DRIVER IS NOT STEADY ON THE BRAKE. ALSO, THE LHS WILL, AFTER COMING OFF HIGHWAY SPEEDS FOR A PERIOD OF TIME, OR, IF DRIVING A SLOW SPEED FOR A PERIOD OF TIME, SAY THROUGH A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD, DISENGAGE, THEN LUNGE WHEN IT RE-ENGAGES NOT ALLOWING THE TRANSMISSION TO SWITCH TO A HIGHER GEAR, REMAINING IN FIRST GEAR UNTIL THE CAR IS TURNED OFF AND RE-STARTED. I ORIGINALLY THOUGHT THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS WORKING IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE ABS BRAKING SYSTEM. HOWEVER, IT IS APPARENT THAT AN UNWEARY DRIVER WILL NOT KNOW HOW TO RESPOND TO THE TRANSMISSION DISENGAGEMENT, POSSIBLY TRYING TO ACCELERATE PAST A CAR WHEN THE TRANSMISSION IS ALREADY DISENGAGED AND IN NEUTRAL, CAUSING A SEVERE LUNG ONCE THE TRANSMISSION RE-ENGAGES. I HAVE CONTACTED THE CHRYSLER-MOPAR WEB-SITE TO SEE IF THIS TRANSMISSION PROBLEM IS RE-OCCURING IN OTHER OWNER'S CARS; THE RESPONSE TO THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS ON THIS TRANSMISSION PROBLEM IS EVIDENT THROUGHOUT THE LAST FOUR YEARS OF THIS CHRYSLER MODEL. THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#845122August 16, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
ON THE HIGHWAY DRIVING AT 60MPH WITH AIR CONDITIONING ON, ENGINE STALLED.ALSO, ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON. CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

← Back to Chrysler LHS