1999 CHRYSLER CIRRUS Complaints

GAS GUAGE STATED WELL OVER A FOURTH , SERVICE MANAGER SAID THE GAS TANK CONCAVED GIVING A FALSE READING. CAR HAD TO BE TOWED AND GAS LINES HAD TO BE FLUSHED OUT. TOW BILL PLUS REPAIR BILL OVER $200.00. SERVICE MANAGER SAID IT WAS A DEFECT WITH THE GAS TANK. (HOT WEATHER MADE IT CONCAVE) SAID TO REPLACE GAS TANK COST WOULD COST OVER $600.00. I ORGINALLY BOUGHT THIS CAR IN WINSTON SALEM, NC AT NORTHPOINT CHRYSLER BUT I TOOK IT FOR SERVICE TO THE MOUNT AIRY , NC LOCATION, PATTERSON CHRYSLER.*AK

WHILE PLACING VEHICLE IN DRIVE AND WITHOUT A WARNING, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED FAST, RESULTING IN DRIVER LOSING CONTROL.*AK CONSUMER DID NOT KNOW IF SHE HAD PLACED HER FOOT ON THE BRAKE OR THE ACCELERATOR (IT HAPPENED SO FAST), AS SHE WAS TRYING TO PULL OUT OF THE PARKING SPACE THE VEHICLE HAD JUST TAKEN OFF, THE CONSUMER WAS TRYING NOT TO RUN ON THE SIDE WALK BUT HAD DONE IT ANYWAY AND FOUND A WAY TO GET BACK ONTO THE PAVEMENT, AND TOTALLED THE VEHICLE. SIGNED DORIS SMALLWOOD. (REPORTED TO DEALER) *SCC

WHILE DRIVING, THERE WAS A TREMENDOUS BANG, AND THEN THE VEHICLE STARTED TO SWERVE, CONSUMER PULLED OFF TO THE SIDE AND DISCOVERED THE ENTIRE TIRE HAD SEPARATED, THERRE WAS REALLY NOTHING LEFT ON THE MICHELIN-X-GREEN MX4-195/65/R15 TIRE FOR THE TIRE SHOP TO PRORATE, MECHANIC INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THE STEM TORE OFF THE TIRE.8JB

BOTH CLEAR PLASTIC HEADLIGHT COVERS SHOW SIGNS OF UNUSUAL WEAR, LIKE BEING SAND BLASTED. VISIBILITY AT NIGHT IS REDUCED. PLEASE ADD FURTHER COMMENTS.*AK

WHILE TRAVELING WEST BOUND ON I-10, A VEHICLE CUT ME OFF MY LANE, I SWERVED TO THE RIGHT AND AT THIS MOMENT THE CAR LEFT THE ROAD THE RIGHT ,CAME BACK ACROSS THE ROAD TO THE LEFT TRAVELING W/B IN THE MEDIAN FOR A SHOR DISTANCE BEFORE GOING RIGHT CROSSING BACK OVER I-10, STRIKING A GUARDRAIL, FLIPPING OVER IT AND COMING TO A REST AGAINST A TREE. I TRIED TO CORRECT THE CAR BUT TOOK OF TO THE LEFT VERY SHARPELY, I WAS UNABLE TO CONTROL THE CAR WHICH I SUSPECT WAS DUE TO FAULTY STEERING MECHANISM. PLEASE ADVISE IF ANY OTHER ACCIDENTS HAVE HAPPEN SIMILAR TO MINE DUE TO STEERING FAILURE.*AK

CONSUMER WAS PARKED AT GATE OF STORAGE LOT. SHE WAS INSIDE OF VEHICLE PUNCHING IN NUMBERS TO GAIN ACCESS, AND THE GATES BEGAN TO OPEN. THEN, WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING ENGINE ROARED UP AND VEHICLE TOOK OFF, LIKE A JET. VEHICLE SMASHED INTO THE GATE, AND CONSUMER WAS THROWN BETWEEN TWO STEEL POSTS. THEN, CAR WENT INTO ANOTHER BRICK WALL OF STORAGE. THEN, IT ALMOST WENT INTO ANOTHER STORAGE ROOM AND STOPPED DUE TO TIRES WERE FLAT TO THE RIMS. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK CONSUMER WAS INJURED IN ACCIDENT. *SLC

CONSUMER STATES WHILE DRIVING HOME, VEHICLE DECELERATED AND STOPPED RUNNING WHILE BEING DRIVEN UNDER CRUISE CONTROL, INCIDENT CONTINUED TO HAPPEN ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS WHERE VEHICLE WOULD DECELERATE AND CUT OFF REPEATEDLY, CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP AND WAS INFORMED THAT PROBLEM COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED, THE VEHICLE STALLED AGAIN, CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALERSHIP AND WAS ADVISED TO BRING VEHICLE IN FOR INSPECTION, CONSUMER WAS THEN TOLD THAT THE FUEL PUMP WAS REPLACED WHICH SEEMED TO HAVE SOLVED THE PROBLEM.*JB

WHEN VEHICLE WAS PUT INTO DRIVE IT SUDDENLY ACCELERATED OUT OF A BANK PARKING LOT WITHOUT FOOT BEING ON ACCELERATOR PEDAL, VEHICLE ACCELERATED ACROSS THE STREET INTO A COMMUTER PARKING LOT. VEHICLE IMPACTED A TRUCK AND 2 CARS IN ANOTHER PARKING LOT. THEN, CROSSED STREET AND WENT UP ONTO A CURB. CONSUMER'S WRIST WAS BROKEN, AND HAD BRUISED KNEES/LEGS. DEALERSHIP AND INSURANCE COMPANY NOTIFIED. *AK *TT

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IN THE VEHICLE CAME ON. THE DEALERSHIP EXAMINED THE VEHICLE AND INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT THE VEHICLE WAS SAFE TO DRIVE IF THE WINDOW IS KEPT OPEN. THE DEALERSHIP ORDERED A NEW FUEL PUMP AND REPLACED THE COMPONENT TWO WEEKS LATER. UPON EXAMINATION OF THE OLD FUEL PUMP, THE WIRES OF THE PUMP LOOKED AS IF THEY WERE BURNED. CONSUMER FEELS THAT THIS IS A SAFETY DEFECT. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *AK

WHEN CONSUMER APPLIED GAS, VEHICLE WOULD HESTITATE. WHEN CONSUMER TOOK OFF GAS TANK AND FUEL PUMP HE FOUND BURNING WIRE INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF GAS TANK. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM. *AK CONSUME RREPLACED THE FUEL PUMP AND THE PROBLEM HAS CEASED. *SLC