1994 CHRYSLER LHS Complaints

ORIGINAL TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT SHIFT WHEN WEATHER WAS BELOW 25 DEGREES. TOOK CAR INTO DEALER FOR WARRANTY WORK EACH WINTER. THEY ALWAYS SAID THE COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG. IT WOULD WORK UNTIL THE NEXT WINTER. FINALLY FILED A COMPLAINT WITH STATE OF COLORADO AND TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED. NOW THE NEW TRANSMISSION (2 YEARS AND 22,000 MILES LATER) WILL NOT GO INTO GEAR AFTER SITTING FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS. AIR CONDITIONING DOESN'T WORK EVERY OTHER SUMMER. DEALER SAYS THERE IS NOTHING WRONG. SERVICES AC AND IT WORKS THAT SUMMER. ALL WARRANTIES EXHAUSTED AND STILL HAVING PROBLEMS.*AK

RIGHT STEERING TIE ROD HAS RUBBED THROUGH TRANSMISSION HARNESS, CAUSING A SHORT CIRCUIT WHICH RESULTED IN AN ELECTRICAL SYSTEM MALFUNCTION. A RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED ON VEHICLE'S MAKE AND MODEL. HOWEVER, THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED DUE TO VIN. VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED AT THE OWNER'S EXPENSE. *AK

AT 35MPH THE HOOD CAME UP AND PUSHED WINDSHIELD BACKWARD ONE INCH AND BENT ROOF OF CARE, ALSO DESTROYED HOOD. THERE WAS NOT WIND THAT DAY. FRONT RIGHT FENDER ALSO REPLACED.

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY SLOWED DOWN AND ALMOST CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP, THE MECHANIC FOUND THE PROBLEM TO BE THE WIRES UNDER THE FRONT BUMPER, THE PLASTIC WIRE PROTECTOR IS NOT PRODUCED TO BE COMPLETELY CLOSED THEREFOR IT ALLOWS DIRT AND WATER TO GATHER INSIDE OF IT, THIS DEBRIS RUBBED AGAINST THE WIRES WEAKENING THEM. NLM

PLASTIC TIMING BELT PULLEY SHATTERED INSIDE CASING AND BROKE THE TIMING BELT. *AK

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 40 TO 45 MPH WHEN TACHOMETER SHOT UP AS IF VEHICLE WAS IN NEUTRAL AND LOST THE GEAR HE WAS IN. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO A GAS STATION, AND CHECKED TRANSMISSION. TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS GOOD. BUT, VEHICLE COULD ONLY ENGAGE IN FIRST AND REVERSE GEARS. TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REBUILT FOR $2150.00. *AK *SLC

CONSUMER NOTICED AIR CONDITIONER WAS NOT COOLING, REPLACED COOLENT, AND NOTICED A LEAK. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

CONSUMER HAD RECALL 99V215000 REPAIRED FOR A LEAKING FUEL RAIL REPAIRED PREVIOUSLY. HOWEVER, THERE WAS A FUEL SMELL PRESENT IN PASSENGER'S COMPARTMENT. UPON EXAMINATION IT WAS FOUND THAT FUEL RAIL WAS LEAKING FUEL ON TOP OF THE ENGINE AND POOLING THERE. A PRIVATE MECHANIC WAS CURRENTLY FIXING THIS PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT THREE MILES ON MAIN STREET AND VEHICLE JUST STOPPED, AND THERE WAS NOISE UNDERNEATH VEHICLE. VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED.*AK

RECALL 833 RELATED.... SEAT TRACK GUIDES ARE PLASTIC AND WORE OUT ON BOTH THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE. THIS CAN RESULT IN AN USAFE CONDITION, ESPECIALLY FOR SHORT LEGGED PEOPLE WHO CANNOT ADJUST THE SEAT TO REACH PEDDLES EASILY. I TOOK THE CAR IN FOR THE RECALL BUT NO WORK WAS DONE, ECEPT TO CHECK FOR BROKEN "PIVOT BRACKETS" THE REPLACEMENT KIT WHICH INCLUDES THE GUIDES WAS NOT INSTALLED.*AK