1997 CHRYSLER CIRRUS Complaints

WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH WITH CRUISE CONTROL SET AT 65 VEHICLE WAS ACCELERATING UP TO 80 MPH. BRAKES WERE APPLIED, BUT THERE WAS NO RESPONSE, AND VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE UP TO 80 MPH. EMERGENCY PARKING BRAKE WAS ENGAGED, VEHICLE SLOWED DOWN. VEHICLE WAS PLACED IN NEUTRAL AND IT CAME TO A SLOW STOP. CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER, DEALER REPLACED CRUISE CONTROL CABLE PART # 4573693. *AK AT FIRST THE ENGINE HEATED WHILE THE CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING AND THE CAUSE WAS FOUND TO BE A BLOWN UP HEAD GASKET. *YH

I AM A SINGLE PARENT OF THREE AND REALLY WOULD LIKE YOU TO TAKE A GOOD LOOK AT ALL THESE THINGS. THERE ARE PLENTY MORE BUT COULD NOT LIST EVERYTHING THAT HAS WENT WRONG WITH THIS CAR. NO SAFETY DEFECTS LISTED IN SUMMARY. *AK

TURNING TO THE RIGHT, STEERING LOCKED AND HAD A NEAR COLLISION. WAS STRONG ENOUGH TO STRAIGHTEN VEHICLE ADN HAVE TOWED TO DEALER FOR REPAIR. *AK

TIRES SOLD ON VEHICLE WERE P195 65 R15, CONSUMER FEELS THESE WERE TOO SMALL AND INADEQUATE. *SLC

TRANSMISSION WENT OUT WHILE TRAVELING AT 65MPH ON THE INTERSTATE. DEALER FOUND A CRACKED TRANSFER CASE & REPLACED THE WHOLE THING. VEHICLE REPAIRED, BUT OWNER STILL FEELS UNSAFE. CHRYSLER ALSO CONTACTED. *AK *ML

WHEN SHIFTING OUT OF PARK INTO DRIVE VEHICLE IDLED HIGH, CAUSING VEHICLE TO RUN INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE, AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. *AK *ML

ON MY WAY FROM WORK FROM DOWNTOWN BALTIMORE, WHILE GOING NORTH ON THE RAMP OF I-395 THE STEERING BECAME UNRESPONSIVE. FIRST, THE CIRRUS RAN INTO THE LEFT BARRIER, AND IT PICK UP SPEED ACROSS THE RAMP AND HIT THE RIGHT BARRIER. THERE WAS NO CONTROLING OR STOPPING THE CIRRUS. SINCE I WAS BY MYSELF , THERE WAS NO WITNESS, AND THE HIGHWAY WAS CLEAR AND DRY. *AK

RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE #98V183000 & CONTACTED DEALER. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER. WAS SUPPOSE TO BE REPAIRED. PICKED VEHICLE UP & IT COULD NOT SHIFT. HAD TO PUSH HARD TO SHIFT. THE REPAIR REMEDY FAILED. *AK

WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES THERE IS A TICKING NOISE. DEALER HAS NOT SEEN VEHICLE. *AK

WHEN DRIVING AT 35 MPH AND APPLYING THE BRAKES, THE BRAKE'S ARE SHAKING AND THERE IS SOME RATTLING NOISE. BRAKES GO HALF WAY TO THE FLOORBOARD, AND CONSUMER HAD THE ROTORS REPLACED. ALSO, TRANSMISSION LINE BUSTED, CAUSING OIL TO GET ONTO ENGINE AND THE MANIFOLD. *AK