CHRYSLER RUNNING BOARD KIT Complaints

THE HEATER BLOWER FAN IN MY 2000 CHRYSLER CIRRUS CONTINUALLY BURNS OUT IN THE "LOW" AND "MEDIUM" SETTINGS. IT ONLY OPERATES ON THE "HIGH" SETTING. I HAVE REPLACED IT 3 TIMES, THE LAST REPLACEMENT LASTED ONE WEEK. I GO TO A SMALL INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP WHO HAVE HAD 11 OTHER CUSTOMERS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM WITH MULTIPLE FAILURES. *TR

PURCHASED 2003 CHRYSLER 300M IN AUG 05, WITH 9,500 MILES. FROM THE BEGINNING ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, WAS RESET; IN ADDITION, GAS GAUGE AND LIGHT FLICKER. IN AUG 2006, ON A TRIP TO CA LIGHT CAME ON AND AT ONE POINT CAR WOULD NOT START IMMEDIATELY. STOPPED AT PASO ROBLES DEALER WHO RESET CODE. ON I!0, OUTSIDE SAN BERNADINO, IN THE THIRD LANE OF HEAVY TRAFFIC, THE CAR DIED WITH ON WARNING OTHER THAN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. DUE TO THE ALERTNESS OF THE TRACTOR TRAILER TRUCK DRIVER ON MY RIGHT, I WAS ABLE TO GLIDE OFF THE HIGHWAY WITHOUT CAUSING A MASSIVE PILEUP. ONCE HOME I HAD THE ORIGINAL DEALER REPLACE THE SENSOR. CONTACTED CHRYSLER, RECEIVED A PHONE CALL FROM A HAUGHTY YOUNG MAN - CHRYSLER WILL NOT PAY. SINCE THEN I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE ONE O2 SENSOR AND NOW THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER IS GONE. CHRYSLER REFUSES TO COVER THESE UNDER THE EXTENDED WARRANTY. MY DEALER FOUND A WAY TO COVER THE SENSOR AND NOW THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER. IN THE MEANTIME MY CAR SITS IN THE DRIVEWAY, UTTERLY USELESS. IN ADDITION, THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THAT I HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH CHRYSLER PRODUCTS: DODGE LANCER STOPPED ON TWO OCCASIONS ON LIGHTLY TRAVELED HIGHWAY. REPLACED TWO O2 SENSORS ON TWO SEPARATE INTREPIDS AND A DODGE CARAVAN. ALSO REPLACED TRANSMISSION SPED SENSORS ON THE 97 INTREPID AND THE 00 CARAVAN. THE SNIPPY PHONE CALL WAS THE LAST STRAW. THEY ARE NOT INTERESTED IN IMPROVING THEIR PRODUCT OR IN SATISFYING THEIR CUSTOMERS. I AM THROUGH WITH CHRYSLER AFTER THIRTY YEARS! *TR

OUR 2000 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY MINIVAN HAS HAD MAJOR MECHANICAL PROBLEMS. THE MOST RECENT WAS THE REPEATED FAILURE OF THE SERPENTINE BELT. THE FIRST FAILURE OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING IN COLD WEATHER (FEBRUARY 2007). THE BELT SLIPPED OFF THE PULLEYS LEAVING ME TO TRY TO CAREEN IT OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE RODE WITH NO POWER STEERING AND AN OVERHEATING ENGINE. THE CAR WAS REPAIRED AT OUR LOCAL MECHANIC SHOP. THE SECOND TIME OCCURRED WHILE IT WAS RAINING OUTSIDE. THE BELT POPPED OFF AS I WAS DRIVING AT 40 MPH AND I NEARLY HAD AN ACCIDENT. IT WAS ALL I COULD DO TO GET THE CAR OFF THE BUSY STREET - AGAIN WITH THE ENGINE OVERHEATING. THE CAR WAS THEN REPAIRED AT A NEW ASE CERTIFIED MECHANIC SHOP. THE TENSIONER PULLEY AND IDLER PULLEY WERE REPLACED. WE THOUGHT THEY WERE FIXED WHEN I WAS TRAVELING AT 55 MPH AND THE BELT POPPED OFF AGAIN. I SLIGHTLY RAN OFF THE ROAD AND WAS LEFT STRANDED IN THE MIDDLE OF A COUNTRY ROAD WITH NO ONE IN SIGHT. A LOCAL MECHANIC SAID THE NEW TENSIONER PULLEY WAS DEFECTIVE AND I DROVE (IN ANOTHER VEHICLE) TO A DEALERSHIP 30 MILES AWAY TO PURCHASE A NEW TENSIONER. TWO DAYS LATER IN THE MIDDLE OF A VISIT TO A NATIONAL PARK, THE BELT SLIPPED OFF AGAIN AND LEFT ME STRANDED WITH MY CHILDREN IN A HOT CAR. WE THEN REALIZED THAT THE PROBLEM WAS NOT BEING RESOLVED, GOT THE BELT PUT ON ONE MORE TIME BY A AAA MECHANIC AND MADE IT HOME ON A WING AND A PRAYER. *TR

I HAVE HAD A MAJOR PROBLEM WITH MY 2002 TOWN & COUNTRY MINI VAN SINCE WE PURCHASED IT FROM CU FLEET. THE VAN HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP FOR A NUMBER OF REPAIRS. FROM THE ENGINE TO THE SENSORS. *JB

2004 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED VEHICLE JERKS SOMETIMES WORSE THAN OTHERS AT THE SAME TIME SPEEDOMETER AND RPM GAUGE DROP AND COME BACK ON ENGINE LIGHT BLINKS AND GOES OFF. TAKEN IT TO DEALER MANY TIMES THEY TOLD ME NOTHING IS WRONG AFTER THREE TIMES THEY REPLACED COMPUTER AND SENT ME ON MY WAY BUT IT DID NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM AND A YEAR LATER REPLACED COMPUTER AGAIN AS WELL AS THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR AND STILL DID NOT FIX PROBLEM. THIS IS MY ONLY VEHICLE AND I NEED TO HAVE THE PROBLEM RESOLVED. *TR

2002 FORD TAURUS SE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE SPRING SNAPPED. THIS WAS RECALLED IN 1999-2001 FORD TAURUS'S WITH THE SAME PROBLEM BUT NOT THE 2002. I HAVE SEEN MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS WHEN I GOOGLED THE PROBLEM. PLEASE HELP!! *I COULDN'T FIND FORD ON THE MANUFACTURE SECTION, SO I SELECTED CHRYSLER TO PROCEED. *JB

GAS CAP LEAK IS DETECTED AND ENGINE LIGHT GOES ON AND STAYS ON. TRIED AFTER MARKET CAP AND 2 DIFFERENT CAPS FROM DEALER AND PROBLEM DOES NOT GO AWAY. DASH LIGHT HAS BEEN RESET NUMEROUS TIMES, MECHANIC THINKS THE FILLER PIPE MUST BE BENT AND LEAKING SOMEWHERE ELSE BELOW THE CAP. ACTUALLY, JUST HAD LIGHT RESET WITH CAP SEALED TIGHT, DID NOT TOUCH IT, AND 3 DAYS LATER LIGHT CAME ON ANYWAY. EASY SOLUTION CHANGE THE LAW, SPENDING HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS TO TRY AND CORRECT THE LOSS OF A LITTLE GAS VAPOR WHILE HUMMERS DRIVE AROUND AT 5- 10 MILES A GALLON IS THE TRUE CRIME HERE. CHANGING THE LAW INCREASES THE TOLERANCES AND LET'S MOVE ON TO BETTER THINGS. CAR WILL NOT PASS INSPECTION WITH STUPID DASH LIGHT ON. *AK

I AM THE OWNER OF A 2000 CHRYSLER CONCORDE. THERE IS A SMOKE TINTED PIECE OF PLASTIC BETWEEN THE HOOD AND THE WINDSHIELD THAT IS USED TO COVER THE VENTS ON THE HOOD. YESTERDAY I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN THIS PIECE OF PLASTIC FLEW OFF THE CAR, HIT MY WINDSHIELD, WENT OVER THE CAR, AND SMASHED IN THE ROAD IN FRONT OF THE CAR BEHIND. SEVERAL CARS FOLLOWING ME HAD TO TAKE EVASIVE ACTION WHICH COULD HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THEIR PIECE HAS FAILED. 3 YRS AGO THE SAME THING HAPPENED WHILE I WAS ON A HIGHWAY CAUSING THE CAR BEHIND ME TO RUN OFF THE ROAD. ONLY BY LUCK WAS NO ONE WAS INJURED. IF TRAFFIC HAD BEEN HEAVIER THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A TRAGIC SITUATION. I SPOKE WITH A DEALER YESTERDAY AND WAS TOLD THERE WAS NO RECALL ON THIS PART HOWEVER THEY HAD REPLACED A NUMBER OF LOST GUARDS THAT HAD BEEN BLOWN OFF THE CAR IN THE SAME METHOD I DESCRIBED. THEY SAID THEY COULD REPLACE THE PART AGAIN BUT NO MODIFICATIONS HAD BEEN MADE TO INSURED THE PART WOULD STAY ON THE CAR. *TR

I HAVE HAD MY CAR FOR 2 YEARS AND ALREADY THE TRANSMISSION HAS WENT OUT AND THE TIMING BELT BROKE. THE PANEL LIGHTS FLICKER ON AND OFF, MY AIR AND HEAT STOP WORKING WHEN I STOP. THE BRAKES ARE HORRIBLE. WHEN I GOT THE CAR A WEEK LATER I WAS BACK AT THE DEALERSHIP TO GET MY BRAKES FIXED. NOW I HAVE TO PRESS THE BRAKES ALMOST ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR TO STOP AND IT SOUNDS LIKE A TRAIN WHEN I STOP. THERE IS A KNOCKING NOISE WHEN I TURN OR SLOW DOWN AND RUN OVER THE SLIGHTEST LITTLE BUMP. MY RADIO VOLUME GOES UP AND DOWN ON ITS OWN. AND MY CAR SOUNDS LIKE A TRUCK THE MOTOR OR WHATEVER IT IS SOUNDS SO LOUD. I PERSONALLY DON'T THINK THE CAR SHOULD HAVE EVER BEEN MANUFACTURED.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHRYSLER PT CRUISER. AFTER PURCHASING THE VEHICLE THE BRAKES BEGAN SQUEAKING. THE CONTACT WAS TOLD THAT THE BRAKES WOULD BE REPLACED BEFORE SHE BOUGHT THE VEHICLE. WHEN SHE ARRIVED TO PICK UP THE VEHICLE SHE WAS INFORMED THE DEALER THAT THE BRAKES WERE STILL SQUEAKING. THE DEALER STATED THAT IT WOULD TAKE TWO TO THREE DAYS BEFORE THE BRAKES WOULD STOP SQUEAKING. HOWEVER, THE FAILURE CONTINUED. A FEW DAYS LATER THE CONTACT RETURNED TO THE DEALER THE TIRES WERE REMOVED AND ORANGE DUST WAS FOUND ON THE BRAKES. THE DEALER CLEANED THE BRAKES, BUT NEVER REPLACED THEM. THREE WEEKS AFTER PURCHASING THE VEHICLE THE CONTACT HAD THE AIR CONDITIONING REPAIRED BECAUSE IT WOULD NOT BLOW COOL AIR. IN AUGUST 2006 THE VEHICLE BEGAN RUNNING HOT AND FAILED WHILE DRIVING 58 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED, AND SHORTLY THEREAFTER THE FAILURE RECURRED AND THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED AGAIN. IN SEPTEMBER 2006 THE ENGINE WAS REPLACED. ON APRIL 19, 2007, A DIAGNOSTIC TEST WAS PERFORMED ON THE VEHICLE BECAUSE OF STEERING FAILURE. THE CONTACT WAS TOLD THAT THE STEERING WHEEL NEEDED IMMEDIATE ATTENTION BECAUSE STEERING FLUID WAS LEAKING INTO THE BOTTOM OF THE CAR AND COULD CAUSE A FIRE. SHE WAS INFORMED THAT THE ENGINE THAT WAS INSTALLED IN SEPTEMBER 2006 FAILED. THE CONTACT DID NOT PROVIDE AN ACCURATE VIN. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 50,400, AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 35,326. *AK THE CONSUMER STATED SHE WENT TO THE DEALERSHIP TO HAVE THE CAR REPAIRED AND THEY WERE RUDE AND REFUSED TO HELP HER. LATER, THE DEALERSHIP ASKED FOR INFORMATION TO RENT THE CONSUMER A CAR AND THE RENTAL PLACE REFUSED TO RENT HER A CAR IF THE VEHICLE WAS NOT FIXED BY SMITH CHRYSLER. THE CONSUMER STATED THE DEALER SOLD HER A CAR THEN CHANGED THE NAME ON HER PAPERWORK, REFUSED TO GIVE HER THE TAGS TO THE CAR UNLESS PAYMENT WAS PROVIDED AND TOLD HER SHE HAD THE WRONG VIN NUMBER FOR THE CAR. THE CONSUMER STATED WANTS HER MONEY BACK FOR THE CAR AND THE DEALER TO TAKE THE CAR BACK. UPDATED 07/06/07 *TR