2000 CHRYSLER LHS Complaints

WHILE PULLING INTO GARAGE CONSUMER APPLIED BRAKES THERE WAS NO BRAKING ABILITY, AND VEHICLE HIT THE HOUSE. DAMAGE TO VEHICLE WAS $ 5600.00. DEALER STATED THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE BRAKES.ON MAY26, 2002, AGAIN WHILE PARKING, CONSUMER APPLIED BRAKES, THERE WAS NO BRAKING ABILITY.VEHICLE HIT GARAGE, DAMAGE TO VEHICLE $ 3000.00. DEALER FOUND NO PROBLEM WITH BRAKES.*AK

FRONT END VIBRATION 8AM ON 1/23/02. TIRES WERE CHECKED BY ME AND APPEARED TO BE OK. 4:30PM ON 1/23 SEVERE VIBRATION ON WAY HOME. INSPECTION BY ME AT GAS STATION REVEALED LOW TIRE PRESSURE RF. ALL OTHER TIRES APPEARED TO BE OK. SERVICE IMMEDIATELY SCHEDULED FOR 1/24/02. DEALER ADVISED ME THAT BOTH LF & RF TIRES HAD TREAD SEPARATION AND REAR TIRES WERE OK. BOTH LF & RF TIRES WERE REPLACED PER DEALER SERVICE DEPARTMENT. *AK (TIRESIZE: P225/55R17)

WHILE TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, FRONT/RIGHT GOODYEAR EAGLE TIRE, SIZE: P225/55R17, DOT: UNKNOWN EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION. THERE WERE APPROXIMATELY 16,000 MILES ON TIRE, AND THE TIRE WAS ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT FOR VEHICLE. *AK

RIGHT HAND EXTERIOR MIRROR EXPLODED WHILE DRIVING AT 30MPH. PROBLEM WAS REPAIRED AFTER FILING A POLICE REPORT. 2ND TIME, 03 AUG 01, WAS DOING THE SAME SPEED WHEN MIRROR EXPLODED AGAIN. NOTHING HAD HIT THE MIRROR TO CAUSE THAT PROBLEM. MECHANIC INDICATED NO CAUSE OF EXPLOSION.*AK

CONSUMER NOTICED A CRACK IN AREA WHERE AIRBAGS COMES OUT. SHE TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP, AND MECHANIC TOLD HER THAT SHE COULD PATCH IT UP.*AK

WHILE DRIVING THE GOODYEAR TIRE BLEWOUT AT 400 MILES, GOODYEAR INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THAT MODEL TIRE LOOSES AIR DUE TO A PUNCTURE AND WILL GENERATE SO MUCH HEAT THAT IT WILL BLOWOUT EVERY TIME (GOODYEAR EAGLE LS 225/55 R LS). NLM

ABOUT 8 HOURS AFTER PURCHASE, NEW VEHICLE DIED. TOOK TO DEALER WHO WORKED ON IT FOR 8 DAYS BUT COULD NOT FIND THE PROBLEM. PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED MANY TIMES AND STILL EXISTS. *AK

PROB.#1-REAR VIEW MIRROR DOES NOT ADJUST FOR LIGHTS FROM REAR TRAFFIC. PROB.#2-TEMPERATURE GAUGE IN OVERHEAD CONSOLE IS VERY SLOW TO UPDATE THE CORRECT OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE. TEMPERATURE GAUGE HANGS UP AT THE INCORRECT DEGREE. HAD SAME PROBLEM WITH 1994 MODEL. *AK

ALARM SYSTEM: WHEN YOU GET OUT OF THE VEHICLE AND LOCK THE DOORS BY ONE OF THREE METHODS (KEYSWITCH, ELECTRIC LOCK BUTTONS, OR TRANSMITTER) AND NOT MANUALLY LOCK THE DOOR(S), THE RED LIGHT ON TOP THE DASH IS SUPPOSED TO START FLASHING AND THE ALARM IS SUPPOSED TO ARM. THIS WORKS ONLY ABOUT HALF THE TIME. TWO DIFFERENT DEALERS CALLED STAR AT CHRYSLER AND WERE TOLD THIS IS A KNOWN GLITCH, AND THAT A TSB WOULD FOLLOW. IF YOU WANT TO ARM THE ALARM, YOU CAN WAIT ABOUT 5 MINUTES THEN RELOCK THE DOOR(S), OR PUT THE KEY BACK IN THE IGNITION AND TURN IT TO RUN AND BACK OFF, THEN GET OUT OF THE CAR AND ARM THE ALARM AGAIN.