1994 CHRYSLER LHS Complaints

THROUGHOUT THE LAST 3 MONTHS WE HAVE NOTICED THAT OUR CARS TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN ACTING UP. IT HAS BEEN SHUDDERING EVERYTIME IT SHIFTS FROM 1ST TO SECOND GEAR AND FROM 3RD TO OD. IT ALSO HAS SLAMMED INTO GEAR OCCASIONALLY. WE ARE VERY CONCERNED FOR SEVERAL REASONS. ONE IS OBVIOUSLY THE SAFETY OF MY WIFE AND CHILDREN IN THIS CAR BECAUSE THIS IS HER CAR AND THEY ARE USUALLY WITH HER. ALSO, WE ARE VERY UPSET WITH THE MANUFACTURER BECAUSE THIS CAR ONLY HAS 64000 MILES ON IT. THIS TRANSMISSION SHOULD NOT BE BREAKING THIS EARLY. WE TAKE EXTREMELY GOOD CARE OF OUR VEHICLES AND WANT TO INSURE THE SAFETY OF ITS OCCUPANTS. THANK YOU. *AK

VEHICLE WILL STALL INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING OR IDLING WITHOUT WARNING . *AK THE CRANCKSHAFT SENSOR REPLACED. *YH

PASSANGER SIDE AIRBAG COMPARTMENT COVER IS DISENGAGING FROM IT'S DESIGNED APPARATUS. IT APPEARS TO BE CAUSED BY DIRECT SUNLIGHT THAT IS REMOVING THE VINYL COVERING TO THE HOUSING COMPARTMENT OF THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG. MY CONCERN IS THE SAFTY OF THE DEPLOYMENT OF THE AIRBAG. HAS THE PROPER FUNCTIONALITY OF THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYMENT BEEN COMPROMISED DUE TO THE DEFECTIVE COVER. AND DUE TO THE COVERING BEING LOOSE, COULD THE AIRBAG DEPLOY AT ANYTIME WITHOUT IT'S DESIGNED CAUSE.

THERE ARE ONLY 2 BOLTS THAT ARE ATTACHED TO FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE POWER SEAT. BUT PASSENGER'S SIDE POWER SEAT HAS TWO BOLTS IN THE FRONT AND IN THE REAR. 2 BOLS IN REAR WERE NEVER INSTALLED, THESE BOLTS MOUNT THE SEAT TRACK ASSEMBLY TO THE VEHICLE FRAME. *AK *ML

WATER PUMP SEIZED AT 49000 MILES, CAUSING TIMING BELT TO BREAK AND BELT TENSIONER TO MELT.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 40MPH TIE ROD BROKE, CAUSING A LACK OF STEERING & NO CONTROL OF VEHICLE. THIS HAS HAPPENED ONCE BEFORE. VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALER. RACK & PINION NEEDED REPLACING. CONTACTED MANUFACTURER.*AK

THIS CAR HAD A BUMPER TO BUMPER 60,000 MILE WARRANTY - TRANSMISSION AND AIR CONDITIONING SHOULD HAVE BEEN COVERED 100% I DID NOT PURCHASE THIS VEHICLE FROM VANDYNHOVEN'S ONLY HAD IT SERVICED THROUGH THEM. THEY ARE REIMBURSING ME 50% ON THE AIRCONDITIONING BECAUSE CHRYSLER HAS AGREED TO PAY 50% BUT I FEEL THAT THE EVAPORATOR CORE WAS WARRANTEED UP TO 70,000 MILES AND NOW I'M AT 71,700 AND THEY AREN'T COVERING IT IN FULL. THE CAR WAS BROUGHT IN AT LEAST 2 TIMES WHILE UNDER WARRANTY WITH AIR PROBLEMS ? SAME WITH THE TRANSMISSION - IT WAS BROUGHT IN ON SEVERAL OCCATIONS WHERE IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN FULLY COVERED AND I HAD TO PAY $750.00 THE INTAKE MANIFOLD WAS LEAKING ON 10/04/99 *AK

THE AIR CONDITIONER WAS NOT WORKING PROPERLY WHEN WE BOUGHT THE CAR IN AUGUST OF 1997. WE ARE THE THIRD OWNERS SO THE CHRYSLER WARRENTY WAS NOT TRANSFERABLE AND THEY WOULD NOT DO ANY REPAIRS. WE HAD THE A/C RECHARGED AT AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP AND IT WORKED FOR ABOUT A WEEK. WE THEN HAD THE EVAPORATOR COIL REPLACED. IT LASTED FOR A MONTH. WE NOW FIND OUT THAT CHRYSLER HAS HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE A/C AND EXTENDED THE WARRENTY TO 7/70000 BUT WE ARE NOW PAST IT. TO REPLACE THE EVAPORATOR IS A $300 + REPAIR. *AK

TWO AND ONLY BOLTS OF RACK AND PINION COMPLETELY SHEARED OFF EXITING FROM GAS STATION RESULTING IN TOTAL LOSS OF STEERING. ORIGINAL RACK AND PINION WAS REPLACED AT 47K MILES WITH A NEW ONE. DEALER BEING VERY COOPERATIVE IN TRYING TO GET REIMBURSEMENT FOR US ($800+). OUR CONCERN IS POSSIBLY DEFECTIVE BOLTS AND NEED TO ISSUE RECALL FOR REPLACEMENT OF BOLTS. WE KEPT ORIGINAL SHEARED BOLTS AND RACK. DEALER NOW HAS BOLTS AND HAS SENT THEM TO DETROIT FOR TESTING. DEALER ALSO HAS NOW TAKEN POSSESION OF RACK AND PINION SHOWING REMNANTS OF SHEARED BOLTS INSIDE. WE HAVE HAD MANY PROBLEMS WITH THE FRONT END/STEERING OF THIS VEHICLE. EACH TIME REPAIR IS MADE, PROBLEM GETS WORSE, NOW CULMINATING IN TOTAL LOSS OF STEERING WHICH COULD HAVE ALSO RESULTED IN THE DEATH OF MY WIFE, WHO WAS DRIVING THE CAR. FORTUNATELY, SHE HAD PULLED INTO A GAS STATION AFTER DRIVING SEVERAL HOURS ON I-74 AT 65 MPH. SHOULD A 1994 CHRYSLER LHS NOW BE ON ITS THIRD RACK AND PINION. I THINK NOT. I'M NOT OPTIMISTIC DEALER WILL COME BACK WITH A DEFINITIVE ANSWER ALTHOUGH THE BOLTS WERE SENT TO CHRYSLER ENGINEERING FOR METALURGY TESTING. IF YOU NEED FURTHER INFORMATION, WE HAVE DOCUMENTED ALL REPAIRS/PROBLEMS WITH THIS VEHICLE AND WOULD SUPPLY YOU WITH SAME. *AK

NHTSA RECALL 99V215000 AND MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 837/ ENGINE CRADLE. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO HERSHBERGER MOTORSTO REMEDY FAILED PART. THEN CONSUMER TOOK CAR TO ANOTHER DEALER, BEAVERTON CHRYSLER PLYMOUTH, WHICH NOTICED THAT THE TORQUE CONVERTER WAS DONE INCORRECTLY. CONSUMER CONTINUED TO HEAR NOISES, AND FELT THAT TRANSMISSION WAS TRYING TO DISENGAGE. *AK