1999 CHRYSLER LHS Complaints

DT: WHEN THE CONSUMER'S WIFE STARTED THE VEHICLE IT WENT FORWARD WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN PARK. THIS CAUSED VEHICLE TO RUN OVER A SHORT WALL. THIS RESULTED IN INJURIES TO THE DRIVER AND THE PASSENGERS. UPON IMPACT, AIRBAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE CONSUMER BELIEVED THAT THE PROBLEM WAS THE TRANSMISSION. RECALL WORK DONE ON THIS ISSUE. THE CONSUMER FELT THAT THE RECALL WORK WAS THE REASON FOR THE ACCIDENT. WHEN THE CONSUMER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER, THEY STATED THAT IT WAS NOT THEIR FAULT. THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED ON 7-17-05.*AK JUST THE WEEK BEFORE THIS ACCIDENT A NEW BATTERY AND TRANSMISSION WERE INSTALLED AT THE SERVICE DEALER. THE CONSUMER BELIEVES THE COMPUTER MALFUNCTIONED. *NM

CAR HAS 40K MILES, 1999 MODEL, NO CRASHES. DRIVING DOWN RESIDENTIAL STREET, SLOW DOWN AND MAKE RIGHT TURN INTO PARKING LOT. AT COMPLETION OF TURN ATTEMPTED TO STRAIGHTEN WHEELS AND LOST FUNCTION FROM STEERING BUT STEERING WHEEL TURNED LIKE NORMAL. LUCKILY VERY LOW SPEED SO WAS ABLE TO STOP WITHOUT CRASH. ROOT CAUSE IS BOLTS (2) SHEARED BELOW STEERING GEAR WHERE TIE RODS CONNECT. REPAIRS IN PROGRESS, WILL ATTEMPT TO DRILL OUT SHEARED BOLTS AND REPLACE, BEFORE HAVING TO REPLACE GEARBOX AND BOLTS. *JB

DT: WAS DRIVING ABOUT 50-55 MPH AND LOST POWER STEERING ON THE LEFT SIDE ONLY, COULD MAKE LEFT HAND TURNS, BUT THIS REQUIRED SUPER STRENGTH TO DO SO. THIS OCCURRED WITHOUT WARNING, NO PREVIOUS PROBLEMS. HAS NOT BEEN TO DEALER, EXPIRED WARRANTY. DID TAKE TO A MECHANIC, BUT HE WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE WHAT HAS HAPPENED, HAS NOT PERFORMED ANY REPAIR SERVICE ON THE VEHICLE AT THIS TIME. DID CONTACT MANUFACTURER. *AK

DT: POWER STEERING UNIT FAILED ON DRIVER'S SIDE. CALLER WAS GOING 50 MPH AND TRIED TO TURN LEFT, AND COULD HARDLY GET IT TO TURN. CALLER SAID IT MADE RIGHT TURNS BUT TO TURN LEFT WAS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE NOT BEEN CONTACTED YET. *AK

THE HEADLIGHTS WERE COMPLETELY FOGGED ON BOTH CHRYSLER VEHICLE. IT APPEARED TO BE THE OUTSIDE PLASTIC COVERING THAT HAS DISCOLORED. THE DEALER STATED THAT THERE WAS A FIX, BUT IT COST $500.00 PER LIGHT. THE CONSUMER CONCERNED THAT THIS CAUSED THE LIGHTS TO BE LESS EFFECTIVE, AND SEEMED TO DETERIORATE OVER TIME. *AK *SC *JB

DT: CONTACT COMPLAINED OF A LOT OF PROBLEMS WITH THE CAR. THERE WAS A NEW WATER PUMP/NEW BATTERY CABLES/ NEW BRAKES/ROTORS, AND PADS ON THE CAR. ALSO, PUT IN A NEW HEATER COIL. THEY DID SOMETHING TO THE AIR CONDITIONER, AND IT WILL COST APPROXIMATELY $500-600 TO FIX IT. CURRENTLY THERE IS AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM. WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE STREET THE CAR AUTOMATICALLY SHUTS OFF. IT IS AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM BECAUSE THEY HAVE REPLACED THE LIGHTS IN THE CAR AND THEY SHORTED OUT. CONSUMER WAS TOLD THERE WAS AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM.*AK

I OWN A 1999 CHRYSLER LHS AND HAVE HAD TO REPLACE / REPAIR BOTH TIE ROD BUSHING ON EACH SIDE OF MY CAR. (BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDES) YOU HEAR A CLUNKING NOISE AND THE STEERING FEELS UNSAFE/SLACK. WHEN THE CAR IS LIFTED ON A JACK, YOU CAN PUSH ON THE TIRE AND IT GOES IN A BACK AND FORTH MOTION.

IN DEC 2002, THE RACK IN PINION SYSTEM IN MY CHRYSLER LHS STARTED TO LEAK AND CAUSED A FIRE WHICH RESULTED IN A TOTAL LOST. THE CAR BURNED UP N MINUTES. WE DID SOME RESEARCH AND FOUND THAT CHRYSLER HAS HAD SOME PROBLEMS IN THE PAST WITH RACK IN PINNIONS BUT HAS NEVER DONE ANYTHING ABOUT THE,

THE CHROME RIMS AFTER A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME WILL PEELED WHICH DID NOT PERMIT A SOLID SEAL. THIS CAUSED THE TIRES TO LEAK AIR. CONSUMER HAS HAD A TOTAL OF 3 BLOW OUTS, 2 WITHIN THE SAME WEEK. DUE TO THIS PROBLEM THE FRONT END PARTS HAD TO BE REPLACED. TIRES WERE REPLACED A TOTAL OF 20 TIMES. *AK *BF *NM

THE DRIVER IS UNABLE TO OPEN THE REAR SLIDING DOOR FROM THE INSIDE AND OUTSIDE. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, BUT THE CAUSE HAD NOT BEEN DETERMINED AT THIS TIME. *AK *BF *NM