2000 CHRYSLER LHS Complaints

THERE IS A STRONG ODOR OF GASOLINE COMING FROM THE OUTSIDE OF THE CAR INTO THE INTERIOR. SO BAD, IT IS GIVING ME A HEADACHE. THERE IS NO GASOLINE STORAGE IN MY GARAGE. THIS HAS HAPPENED MANY TIMES OVER SEVERAL YEARS. SEEMS TO BE GETTING WORSE. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE TRAVELING 50 MPH, A VERY LOUD NOISE WAS HEARD WHEN THE VEHICLE HIT A BUMP IN THE ROAD, VIBRATED, AND SHIFTED TO THE RIGHT. THE DEALERSHIP DETERMINED THE RIGHT INNER TIE ROD, RACK AND PINION, BUSHINGS AND SWAY BAR WERE BAD. THE REAR BUSHINGS, SWAY BAR, STRUT AND STRUT MOUNT WERE ALSO BAD.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ALUMINUM WHEELS THAT HOLD THE TIRES WERE CAUSING THE TIRES TO BECOME FLAT. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN THROUGH TWO TIRES ON THE SAME WHEEL WITHIN 3 WEEKS.

ALL 4 TIRES HAVE BEEN LOOSING AIR FOR ABOUT 2 MONTHS, I FIGURED I NEEDED NEW TIRES SO I TOOK THE CAR TO A MECHANIC AND I WAS TOLD THEY COULD NOT REPLACE THE TIRES BECAUSE ALL 4 WHEELS HAVE CORROSION AROUND THE VALVE STEMS, AND THIS WOULD JUST CONTINUE TO HAPPEN WITH NEW TIRES, MY 2 REAR TIRES DO NOT NEED TO BE REPLACE IT IS THE CORROSION WHICH IS CAUSING THEM TO LOOSE AIR. I WAS TOLD THEY HAVE BEEN HEARING AND SEEING A LOT OF THESE PROBLEMS WITH THE 2000 CHRYSLLER LHS WHEELS. *NM

I TOWED MY 2000 CHRYSLER LHS ON A TWO-WHEEL TOW DOLLY BEHIND MY RV FROM PAPILLION, NE TO FORT BENNING, GA. SINCE THERE WERE NO PULL-THROUGH SITES AVAILABLE WHEN I ARRIVED AT THE CAMPGROUND AT FT. BENNING, I HAD TO REMOVE THE CAR FROM THE DOLLY SO I COULD BACK THE RV IN. ONCE OFF THE DOLLY, I FOUND THAT I COULDN'T DRIVE FORWARD. BOTH FRONT TIRES WERE FACING IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS. NEXT MORNING CAR WAS TRANSPORTED TO A CHRYSLER DEALER IN COLUMBUS, GA WHO REPAIRED THE STEERING. TURNS OUT THAT THE INNER TIE RODS SEPARATED FROM THE RACK-N-PINION ASSEMBLY. THE POWER STEERING RACK HAD BEEN REPLACED BY BAXTER CHRYSLER OF OMAHA, NE ON AUG 24, 2004. DEALER REP IN GA INDICATED THAT IF I HAD BEEN DRIVING WHEN THE PARTS SEPARATED, THE CAR WOULD HAVE ROLLED AND I AND MY WIFE COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED. FOR APPROXIMATELY 9 - 12 MONTHS PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT IN GA, I HAD COMPLAINED TO BAXTER OF NOISES IN THE STEERING WHEN MAKING SLOW SPEED TURNS AND STEERING WHEEL VIBRATION AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. BAXTER COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG. IMPROPER REPAIRS BACK IN AUG 04 MAY HAVE CAUSED SEPARATION OF PARTS. *NM

2000 LHS STEERING MECHANISM RUPTURED AND CAUSED CONSUMER TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. *TS THE MANUFACTURER DENIED THE CONSUMERS CLAIM STATING THEY DIDN'T FIND AND DEFECTS IN THE STEERING SYSTEM. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE HOOD THERE WAS A PIECE OF TRIM HELD ON BY SIX TO EIGHT CLIPS. THE PIECE OF TRIM CAME OFF WHILE TRAVELING AT 65 MPH. THE TRIM HIT THE WINDSHIELD. THERE WAS NOT ANY DAMAGE DONE TO THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS ALERTED, NO REPAIRS MADE. UPDATED 03/09/06. *JB

WHILE DRIVING AT 70 MPH FRONT MOLDING ON HOOD BEGAN TO VIBRATE, THE RATTLE AND THEN THE MIDDLE LIFTED OFF AND SEPARATED FROM VEHICLE. ALL BUT TWO END CLIPS WERE BROKEN. REPLACEMENT PART WAS NOT IDENTICAL. IT HAD A DIFFERENT FINISH. ONE FOR THE CONCORDE. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED PERIODICALLY AS THE BRAKE PEDAL IS BEING DEPRESSED, THERE IS A REVVING SOUND FOLLOWED BY NO STOPPING POWER. THE DEALERSHIP COULD NOT PROVIDE A FREE REMEDY. UPDATED 2/28/2006 - THE DRIVER'S HEATED SEAT BECAME VERY HOT. THE CONSUMER TURN THE SWITCH OFF BUT THE SEAT CONTINUED TO GET HOT AND THE CONSUMER SMELLED SOMETHING BURNING. THE HEATING ELEMENT BURNED A HOLE IN THE BACK OF THE SEAT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER BUT THE DIDN'T SEEMS OVERLY CONCERNED INDICATING THAT THIS PROBLEM WAS NOT UNCOMMON. *NM

ABS SENSOR FAILURE, WAS INFORMED BY THE AUTO BODY SHOP THAT THIS SHOULD HAVE NOT GONE BAD WHEN IT DID. BECAUSE OF THE SENSOR FAILING IT WAS CAUSING MY ABS SYSTEM NOT TO WORK. I COULD NOT REPLACE JUST THE SENSOR I HAD TO REPLACE THE WHOLE MODULE WHICH COST ME OVER $1000. *JB