1991 CHRYSLER LEBARON Complaints

BRAKES MAKE A CLICKING NOISE, 2. OIL LEAKAGE APPEARS UNDERNEATH OF VEHICLE, 3. ELECTRICAL WINDOWS WILL NOT GO UP AFTER BEING PUT DOWN, 4. ENGINE STALLS OUT WHEN DRIVING AND VEHICLE DIES OUT. DEALER CONTACTED AND AWARE OF PROBLEMS. PROBLEMS STILL EXISTS. PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS VEHICLE WILL DOWNSHIFT AND SHIFT INTO NEUTRAL WITHOUT WARNING, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

PURCHASED CAR 10-98 WITH APPROXIMATELY 30,000 MILES. NOT EVEN 6 WEEKS LATER, CAR STOPPED WHILE MOVING FORWARD. TRANSMISSION SHIFTED INTO REVERSE, BUT NOT FORWARD GEARS. TAKEN TO 2 DIFFERENT SHOPS, NO OUTWARD APPEARANCE OF PROBLEM, NO ONE CAN FIGURE OUT WHAT HAPPENED. $1750.00 TO BUY NEW TRANSMISSION, NO MONEY TO REPAIR, VEHICLE HAS SAT SINCE. ALSO, AIR CONDITIONER STOPPED BLOWING COLD AT ABOUT THE SAME TIME. NO EXTENDED WARRANTY, NOT RECOMMENDED BECAUSE OF LOW MILEAGE. ALL DEALERS/MECHANICS SAID "THIS YEAR TRANSMISSION WAS BAD, MUST REPLACED NOT REBUILD, WILL GO OUT AGAIN, SAME TRANSMISSION AS CHRYSLER MINIVAN RECALLED IN 91. CAN ANYONE HELP US GET THROUGH TO CHRYSLER. THEY HAVE LEFT A FAMILY WITHOUT TRANSPORTATION ,BUT STILL PAYING PAYMENTS. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 25 MPH FELT LIKE THE VEHICLE WAS GOING OVER A CURB, AND VEHICLE WAS PULLING TO THE FRONT. CONSUMER DOESN'T KNOW IF SHE APPLIED BRAKES OR THE VEHICLE STOPPED ON ITS OWN, AND THE CONSUMER HEARD A KNOCKING NOISE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE AT 30MPH THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG DEPLOYED UNEXPECTEDLY. DEALER HAS NOT SEEN. *AK

WE ARE NOW DOING THE SECOND REBUILD OF THIS TRANSMISSION. THE FIRST SHUT DOWN THE CAR IN THE MIDDLE OF A FREEWAY. THERE IS ALOT WRITTEN ABOUT THIS TRANSMISSION AND IT'S PROBLEMS YET CHRYSLER WILL NOT ACKNOWLEDGE THOSE PROBLEMS. WE REMAIN CONCERNED ABOUT WHEN AND WHERE WE WILL BE THE NEXT TIME THE CAR ABRUPTLY STOPS AND WILL WE BE AS LUCKY AS THE LAST TWO TIMES?

CAN REMOVE KEY WHEN CAR IS NOT IN "PARK"; CAR COULD ROLL AND INJURE PERSONS OR PROPERTY; PROBLEM CORRECTED BY CHRYSLER IN 1992; DEALER & CHRYSLER REFUSED REPEATEDLY TO REMEDY THE PROBLEM.

WHILE TRAVELING ABOUT 70MPH THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED WITHOUT WARNING. THIS CAUSED THE DRIVER TO LOSE VISIBILITY. *AK

THE HEAD GASKET WAS BLOWN , WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO STOP AND SMOKE. DEALER SAYS HEAD GASKET HAS TO BE REPLACED. *AK

ENGINE MOTOR MOUNTS BOLTS FELL OUT, ALLOWING ENGINE TO SHIFT WITHIN COMPARTMENT, AND CAUSING DEFLECTION IN MOTOR MOUNT ASSEMBLY.