CHRYSLER Complaints

THE PROBLEM : UNDER INFLATED TIRES CAUSE TIRE FAILURE, ACCIDENTS, INJURIES, DEATHS, AND INCREASES BOTH TRAFFIC CONGESTION AND AIR POLLUTION (AS A RESULT OF ACCIDENTS AND TRAFFIC TIE-UPS) ELEMENTS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO THE PROBLEM : TIRES MANUFACTURERS PRINT INFLATION INSTRUCTIONS ON THE SIDEWALL OF THE TIRE THAT ARE WAY TOO SMALL FOR AN AGING POPULATION TO FIND OR READ. TRUST ME. I'M OVER 40 AND I HAVE ONE HECK OF A TIME FINDING THE RIGHT TIRE INFLATION (PSI) RATING. I'D REALLY LIKE TO OPERATE MY CAR SAFELY. BUT, DARN IT - IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT TO FIND THE CORRECT PRESSURE ON THE TIRES FOR PROPER INFLATION. YES SIR, I'M AWARE THE SAME DATA MAY BE ON THE CAR DOOR. BUT, I'M A BELIEVER THAT STUFF CAN SOMETIMES GET SCREWED UP AND I'D RATHER FOLLOW THE GUIDELINES FOR THE TIRES THAT REALLY ARE ON MY CAR. THE SOLUTION: REQUIRE TIRE MANUFACTURERS TO PRINT TIRE INFLATION INFORMATION PROMINENTLY ON THE TIRE IN LETTERS OF A SIZE (FONT) BIG ENOUGH TO READ (WITHOUT TAKING OFF YOUR GLASSES OR GOING TO LOOK FOR READING GLASSES.) ADVANTAGES: THIS WOULD SAVE LIVES, REDUCE INJURIES, REDUCE PROPERTY DAMAGE ACCIDENTS, REDUCE HIGHWAY CONGESTION (DUE TO ACCIDENTS & VEHICLE BREAKDOWNS) . ALL OF THE PRECEDING WOULD ALSO REDUCE AIR POLLUTION, AND THEREFORE CREATE A MORE HEALTHY AND LESS STRESSFUL ENVIRONMENT FOR ALL OF US. COST: NOW, THE IDEA WOULD SAVE MILLIONS - IF NOT BILLIONS PER YEAR. (JUST CONSIDER THE COST OF TRAFFIC CONGESTION ALONE WITH ACCIDENTS.) YET, IT SHOULDN'T COST A DIME TO IMPLEMENT OVER TIME. (WE REALLY SHOULDN'T HAVE TO WAIT FOR A MILLION DOLLAR STUDY TO TELL US THAT WHICH SEEMS PRETTY INTUITIVE.) WHAT DO YOU THINK MR. SECRETARY? WOULD YOU OR ONE OF YOUR STAFFERS LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT THIS SUGGESTION? I AM EARNEST IN FORWARDING IT BECAUSE I REALLY THINK IT WOULD HELP OUR NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM . THANK YOU FOR TAKING TIME TO READ MY LETTER AND CONSIDER THIS MATTER. RESPECTFULLY, RICH WEIRICH.*JB

I HAVE TO REPLACE THE ROTORS ON MY 2000 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE A 2ND TIME. THE 1ST TIME WAS AT 12,000 MILES. THEY AT 35,000 MILES THEY WENT BAD AGAIN. JEEP TOLD ME THEY WERE OUT OF WARRANTY AT 12,000. *NLM

RECALL GENERATION 3 SEAT BELTS. I HAVE ACTUALLY HAD PROBLEMS WITH MOST MANUFACTURER SEAT BELTS, INCLUDING AIRCRAFT BELTS (PACIFIC SCIENTIFIC). I SELECTED "20" IN THE FAILURES SLOT SO THIS WILL GET THROUGH. USING MY SKILLS AS AN AIRCRAFT TECH. I HAVE ALSO INSPECTED AUTO BELTS AND FOUND MOST OF THEM REGARDLESS OF MANUFACTURER TO BE '!@#$%. *NLM

FRONT END SUSPENSION, WHEEL BEARING & STEERING - GRINDING NOISE WHEN GOING OVER SMALL HOLES OR HILLS SUCH AS SPEED BUMPS & POT HOLES. ALMOST NEVER WHEN DRIVING DIRECTLY FORWARD, BUT OFTEN WHEN TURNING. DEALER MADE 4 (FOUR) REPAIR ATTEMPTS AND STILL HAS NOT GOTTEN IT RIGHT. NOT 2 MONTHS AFTER LAST REPAIR, WHICH TOOK SIX WEEKS TO GET ALL THE PARTS TOGETHER (DURING WHICH THE LEMON LAW COVERAGE FOR MY CAR EXPIRED - GO WONDER ABOUT THAT..) THE NOISES HAVE RETURNED AGAIN. OTHER ISSUES, I HAVE SEEN 6 TOTAL ISSUES MENTIONED IN THIS SITE THAT I CAN IDENTIFY WITH. AS FOR THOSE SUDDEN ACCELERATIONS SOME HAVE MENTIONED, YES I AGREE THE PEDALS ARE TOO CLOSE WHICH MAKES IT EASY TO MASH BOTH BRAKE & GAS PEDALS. *JB

I HAVE A SUGGESTION, I HOPE THIS IS THE PROPER DEPARTMENT TO PRESENT IT. STOP LIGHTS SHOULD BE MANDATORY ON THE FRONT OF CARS AND TRUCKS AS WELL AS THE PRESENT LOCATIONS IN THE REAR. THE BENEFIT IS A DRIVER CAN TELL IF THE CAR APPROACHING A STOP SIGN OR LIGHT IS REALLY INTENDING TO STOP. THE SAME IS TRUE OF A DRIVER WITH TURN SIGNALS ON BUT HAS NO INTENTION TO SLOW AND TURN. THAT WOULD BE APPARENT IF THERE WAS A STOP LIGHT IN THE FRONT AND MAY SAVE A PERSON FROM PULLING IN FRONT OF THE CAR THEY BELIEVED WAS GOING TO TURN. ON THE REAR OF A CAR THERE SHOULD BE IN ADDITION TO THE CURRENT LIGHTS, A YELLOW CAUTION LIGHT THAT COMES ON WHEN THE CAR IS COASTING (NEITHER GAS NOR BRAKES APPLIED). THIS WOULD PROVIDE ADDITIONAL WARNING TO THE FOLLOWING DRIVER THAT CHANGES ARE TAKING PLACE UP AHEAD.

SEAT BELTS UNHOOK IN MY 2001 CONCORDE LXI. I WANT THEM RECALLED AND REPLACED THIS IS A SERIOUS SITUATION. ALSO I HAVE THE RUBBER AROUND EACH OF MY DOORS COME LOOSE AND THIS IS ANOTHER ISSUE WITH THE DESIGN OF THE CONCORDE AND CHRYSLER WILL NOT PAY TO REPLACE THEM. THIS IS A DESIGN PROBLEM. THE WINDOWS WHISTLE BECAUSE THE RUBBER SEAL IS AWAY FROM THE DOOR. I WANT CHRYSLER TO REPLACE THEM. *JB

2001 CHRYSLER SEBRING - DEFECTED DOOR HANDLE, CUTTING OFF EACH TIME YOU STOP W/O TOPPING IT OFF. THE CAR WAS IN THE SHOP 4 TIMES, OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, DECEMBER AND JANUARY-2002. RECENTLY, APRIL 15-18,2003, IT STARTED CUTTING OFF. NOT UNDER WARRANTY I BOUGHT A NEW BATTERY AND THEN HAD TO BY A NEW AUTO COMPUTER SYSTEM. I WANT HAYNES JEEP CHRYSLER AND PLYMOUYH TO REFUND ME ALL OF MY MONEY AND TAKE THE CAR BACK. MY MOTHER AND I ARE HANDICAPPED, SHE HAS LUPUS AND I JUST HAD MAJOR SURGERY AS A KIDNEY DONOR TO MY UNCLE. WE WERE STRANDED IN SALISBURY, NC AFTER MY FOLLOW UP DOCTORS VISIT AT THE CAROLINAS TRANSPLANT CENTER. *NLM

OWNER OF 1996 JEEP CHEROKEE - PROBLEMS WITH TRANSFER CASE BEGAN IN 1998-1999, AT 50, 000 MILES. TRANSFER CASE HAS BEEN REPLACED AND REBUILT ON 3 OCCASIONS. FEB 25, 2003 TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP - SAME PROBLEM, NEED TO REPLACE TRANSFER CASE AGAIN. HAVE BEEN ADVISED THAT ONCE OUR WARRANTY EXPIRES, THEY WILL NOT WARRANTY THE TRANSFER CASE REPLACEMENT. WILL BE HAPPY TO PROVIDE DETAILS AND RECORDS OF OVER 17 REPAIRS TO THIS VEHICLE. AFTER SECOND TRANSFER CASE REPLACEMENT CONTACTED CHRYSLER BECAUSE WE FELT THIS WAS A DEFECTIVE PART. EACH TIME IT IS REPLACED OR REPAIRED, THE REPAIR DOES NOT LAST. DAIMLER CHRYSLER REPRESENTATIVE REFUSED TO MEET WITH US TO REVIEW PROBLEMS. *NLM

I OWN A 1995 & 1994 CHRYSLER LHS , I JUST HAD A GARAGE REPLACE A LEAKING FUEL RAIL ON THE 95, TO DATE STILL LEAKING , JUST FOUND ON INTERNET RECALL NOTICES ON THIS PROBLEM ,TO DATE 3/9/03 I HAVE NEVER BEEN NOTIFIED ABOUT ANY RECALL ON THESE CARS WHAT SO EVER. PLEASE RESPOND ASP AS 94 LHS IS STARTING TO LEAK NOW.*JB

VEHICLE HAS HAD NUMEROUS PROBLEMS. BRAKE PROBLEMS, W/A VIBRATING/SHAKING OF FRONT OF VEHICLE UPON BRAKING. WAS FIXED BY DEALER TWICE. FRONT HEATED SEATS HAVE STOPPED WORKING: TWICE ON DRIVER SIDE. DEALER FIXED. NOW ON PASSENGER SIDE, DEALER WILL NOT FIX UNDER EXTENDED WARRANTY. COST IS EXPENSIVE TO FIX. ENGINE NOISE PROBLEMS - LOUD WHINING, WITH ROUGH IDLING. HAPPENED W/IN FIRST COUPLE OF MONTH OF OWNERSHIP, DEALER THOUGHT IT WAS THE FAN. REPLACED FAN PARTS. STARTED W/NOISE AND ROUGH-IDYLING AGAIN W/IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS, DEALER COULDN'T FIGURE IT OUT. WENT IN FOR THIRD TIME, DEALER SAID IT WAS THE STEERING FLUID RESEVOIR. DEALER MADE A "MODIFICATION" TO THE FLUID RESEVOIR. NOISE W/ROUGH IDYLLING CAME BACK AGAIN A FEW MONTHS AGO, DEALER SAID IT WAS A HOSE. REPLACED HOSE. PROBLEM IS NOW COMING BACK AGAIN, DEALER IS NOT SURE WHAT IT IS, CURRENTLY PROBLEM IS INTERMITTEN, DEALER CAN'T FIND NOISE UPON CHECKING, NOISE IS MOST APPARENT UPON PERIODS @ HIGHER RATES OF SPEED, DEALER WILL NOT DRIVE AT HIGHER RATE OF SPEED TO TEST. PASSENGER SLIDER DOOR HAS PROBLEM SHIFTING FROM AUTOMATIC MODE TO MANUAL MODE: STAYS IN AUTOMATIC MODE WHEN PERSON TRIES TO MANUALLY OPEN. DEALER WILL NOT FIX UNDER EXTENDED WARRANTY. COST TO FIX IS EXPENSIVE. AIR-CONDITIONER COMPRESSOR IN FOR THIRD REPAIR. AIR-CONDITIONER HAD PRESSURE PROBLEMS, NO COLD AIR COMING OUT, ONLY HOT AIR. WENT TO DEALER TWICE TO BE REPAIRED. DEALER TOLD US THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM IN WARMER-CLIMATE AREAS, AND PREPARE TO GET USED TO COLD AIR NOT ALWAYS BEING COLD, DEPENDING ON THE HEAT OUTSIDE. THIS WAS NOT AN ACCEPTABLE RESPONSE TO ME. DEALER FINALLY FIXED PROBLEM. NOW COMPRESSOR HAS GONE OUT. DEALER IS CURRENTLY CHECKING PROBLEM. ALL REPAIRS HAVE BEEN DONE BY NORM REEVES CHRYSLER DODGE IN TEMECULA, CA UNTIL THE A/C COMPRESSOR PROBLEM. THIS IS BEING DONE AT A DIFFERENT DEALER, BECAUSE I HAVE NOT BEEN HAPPY WITH NORM REEVES' SERVICE.