1999 CHRYSLER LHS Complaints

CAR INTERMITTENTLY RUNS HOT, HAVE REPLACED RADIATOR, THERMOSTAT, AND THE FANS ARE BOTH RUNNING AT THE TIME OF THE PROBLEM, WHEN TAKEN TO THE DEALERS THEY SAY THEY CANNOT RECREATE THE PROBLEM THEREFORE IT MUST NOT BE HAPPENING, I HAVE READ MORE THAN 100 BLOGS OF OTHER CONSUMERS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM WITH NO ANSWERS OFFERED BY THE MANUFACTURER. *TR

THERE WERE NO EVENTS THAT LED TO THE FAILURE. I WAS LEAVING WORK ONE DAY AND I HEARD A LOUD POP FROM THE FRONT END OF MY CAR AND THEN I LOST POWER STEERING ONLY WHEN TURNING TO THE RIGHT. I TOOK IT TO A DEALERSHIP TO HAVE THEM LOOK AT IT AND THEY SAID I NEEDED A STEERING RACK, GEAR AND A NEW TIE ROD. I HAD ALL REPLACED AT 55,000 MILES. THE CAR NOW HAS 65,000 MILES ON IT AND IT IS STILL NOT RIGHT IT POPS WHEN TURNING IN EITHER DIRECTION FORWARD OR REVERSE AND TODAY 7/27/08 THE STEERING PUMP WENT OUT. *TR

WITH ONLY 60K MILES, THE STEERING IS VERY DIFFICULT TO TURN LEFT BUT NO APPARENT PROBLEMS TURNING RIGHT. *TR

STEERING VEERED TO THE RIGHT. STEERING WAS VERY SHAKY. TOOK CAR INTO MECHANIC AND I NEED NEW TIE ROD ON PASSENGER SIDE AND BUSHING IS COMPLETELY GONE. I WAS TOLD I SHOULD NO LONGER DRIVE THE CAR BECAUSE ROD MAY BE CRACKED AND I COULD LOSE ALL STEERING CONTROL ($850). HAD SIMILAR PROBLEMS ON DRIVER SIDE TWO YEARS AGO AND MECHANIC FIXED ($1,000). ALSO A FEW YEARS AGO, MY FIANCE LOST COMPLETE CONTROL OF CAR WHILE DRIVING. COMPUTER SHUT DOWN WHILE DRIVING. DEALERSHIP REPLACED COMPUTER CHIP (800K MILE WARRANTY) BUT NOW LIGHTS FLICKER IN CAR. PLEASE PLEASE INFORM CUSTOMERS OF THESE PROBLEMS BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT. *TR

A CRACK APPROX 10 INCHES IN LENGTH TO THE LEFT OF THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG AND A NEW CRACK JUST STARTED TO THE RIGHT OF THE AIRBAG. I'VE CONTACTED CHRYSLER TWO YEARS AGO ONLY TO BE TOLD TUFF LUCK. THEY WOULDN'T EVEN CONSIDER PAYING FOR MATERIALS. IT SCARES ME AS I'M AFRAID THAT IT'S A SAFETY HAZARD. MY CAR IS PARKED IN A GARAGE AND WELL MAINTAINED. I ONLY HAVE 69,000 MILES ON IT AND WHEN I COMPLAINED I ONLY HAD APPROX 40,000 MILES ON IT. NOT SURE OF THE EXACT INCIDENT DATE SO I'VE JUST ADDED ONE SO THAT I COULD PROCEED. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 CHRYSLER LHS. WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH OVER A SMALL BUMP, THE VEHICLE MADE A LOUD NOISE. THE MECHANIC REPLACED THE HEADLIGHT AND STATED THAT THE CABLE BUSHINGS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, WHICH ARE CONNECTED TO THE TRANSMISSION AND THE ENGINE. THE CONTACT REPLACED THE TIE RODS FIVE TIMES. THE FRONT LOWER BALL JOINTS WERE ALSO REPLACED. THE CONTACT IS THE SECOND OWNER OF THE VEHICLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 173,000.

VEHICLE STEERING WOULD START PULLING TO THE RIGHT AND THEN THE LEFT. NOISE COMING FROM FRONT END AND VERY LOUD AT TIMES WHILE TURNING. AND SOMETIMES WOULD NOT TURN IT WOULD LOCK UP NO CONTROL THEN YOU WOULD GET CONTROL OF THE STEERING. WE HAD CAR INTO THE DEALER AND THEY COULD NOT FIND A PROBLEM. VEHICLE THEN STARTED GETTING WERE IT WAS HARD TO TURN LEFT ,IT WAS LIKE THE POWER STEERING WOULD QUIT AND THEN START BACK .VEHICLE WOULD TURN RIGHT NO PROBLEM. WE HAD THIS CHECKED AGAIN,IT WAS UNDER WARRANTY. THE DEALER SAID THE COULD NOT FIND ANY THING WRONG. I HIT A DEER ,WHEN I TRIED TO TURN TO MISS HIM STEERING LOCKED UP WOULD NOT TURN. THEN I HAD A ACCIDENT WHERE I HIT SOMEONE IN THE REAR. I TRIED TO MISS AS I REALIZED THEY WERE STOPPED AND THE STEERING WOULD NOT LET ME TURN .I WAS NOT CHARGED WITH FOLLOWING TOO CLOSE DUE TO VISION OBSCURED BY THE SUN. I WOULD HAVE AVOIDED THE WRECK IF THE STEERING HAD NOT OF LOCKED UP I HAD NO CONTROL. I WAS NOT GOING FAST .THE VEHICLE KEPT GETTING HARDER TO TURN AND THEY STILL COULD NOT FIND A PROBLEM .NOW THE WARRANTY IS OUT AND VEHICLE WAS CHECK BY ANOTHER MECHANIC AND HE TOLD US IT NEEDED RACK AND PINION .THIS WAS WHAT WE COMPLAINED OF, AND THEY SHOULD HAVE FOND THE PROBLEM. THE CAR NOISE GOT LOUDER, AND THEY SAID IT WAS NOTHING, AND ALL ALONG THIS WAS GOING OUT. CURRENTLY, WARRANTY WAS GONE. THEY COVERED THIS JUST TO PASS THE WARRANTY OUT. *AK

TRUNK DOOR HAS SHOCK FAILURE, CAUSING DOOR TO FALL ON PERSON WHILE LOOKING INTO TRUNK, TO REMOVE GROCERIES FOR INSTANCE. *AK

THE DOOR OPEN LIGHT COMES ON AND FLASHES RANDOMLY WHEN THE CAR IS BEING DRIVEN. THE DOME LIGHTS COME ON AT THE SAME TIME AND FLASH. LASTLY, THE DING-DONG SOUND GOES ON/OFF. ALL OF THESE HAPPEN AT THE SAME TIME. VERY EMBARRASSING AT NIGHT WHILE DRIVING , A HUGE DISTRACTION FOR OTHER DRIVERS.*AK

HEADLIGHT LENS ARE DETERIORATING ON THE INSIDE & THE COMPLETE HEADLIGHT BOX ASSEMBLY MUST BE REPLACED TO CORRECT. THE LENS PROBLEM IS MAKING NIGHT VISIBILITY DIMINISH AS TIME GOES BY POSSIBLY CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. **JB