1989 EAGLE PREMIER Complaints

WHILE INCREASING IN SPEED OF ABOUT 5 TO 10 MILES PER HOUR THE CAR CONTINUED TO INCREASE IN SPEED, APPLIED BRAKES, BUT CONTINUED TO PICK UP SPEED, APPLIED EMERGENCY BRAKE STILL DIDN'T SLOW DOWN. THE CAR INCREASED IN SPEED UP TO 95 MILES PER HOUR. I'M NOT SURE WHAT I FINALLY DID OR WHAT HAPPENED TO SLOW THE CAR DOWN. THIS IS THE THIRD TIME THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED, I EVEN TRIED REACHING DOWN AND LIFTING GAS PEDAL, TO NO AVAIL. *AK

CABLE BETWEEN CRANK POSITION SENSOR AND ENGINE MICROPROCESSOR NOT INSTALLED IN A HARNESS, ALLOWING SENSOR/MICROPROCESSOR CONNECTOR TO OPEN, PREVENTING GASOLINE FROM INJECTING INTO ENGINE/PREVENTING VEHICLE FROM STARTING, HARNESS HAS NOW BEEN INSTALLED/PROBLEM CORRECTED.

VEHICLE OVERHEATS WITHIN SEVEN MILES OF FLAT DRIVING. VEHICLE IS THE ES MODEL V-6 ENGINE "FOREIGN" VEHICLE. DEALER CANNOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK

SPEEDOMETER/ODOMETER HAS FAILED, GIVING NO READING OF SPEED OR MILEAGE. CAUSE OF PROBLEM ELECTRONIC MODULE. *AK

RECALL 94V006000; THE COOLANT TEMPERATURE THAT CONTROLLED THE HEATER CORE FLUID BYPASS VALVE WAS INSTALLED. IT STARTED LEAKING AGAIN. WHEN DRIVING VEHICLE OVERHEATED AND IF PARKED, IT LEAKS. RECALL NOTICE WAS RECEIVED AND WORK WAS DON IN 1994. CONSUMER IS STILL HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. *AK

RECALL WORK PERFORMED ON THE BRAKE PADS, HOWEVER CLIPS THAT ATTACH PADS FELL OFF RESULTING IN BRAKE FAILURE.

THROTTLE CABLE CONTAINS STRONG SPRING INCASED WITHIN PLASTIC CYLINDER. AS AGE/HEAT DEGRADES THE PLASTIC TABS HOLDING CYLINDR CLOSED, ALLOWING THE TABS TO BREAK OFF, ENABLING FULL FORCE OF SPRING TO UNLEASH AND PULL CABLE HOUSING AWAY FROM THROTTLE BODY. *AK

WHEN PUTTING ON BRAKES THE FRONT WHEELS WILL TRY TO GO IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS. *AK

BRAKES: FRONT BRAKE ROTORS SEPARATED FROM WHEEL HUB. WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES THE VEHICLE WILL NOT STOP. HAD ROTORS REPLACED, BUT THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK

CORROSION OF THE RIGHT BRAKE ROTORS CAUSED THE RIGHT BRAKE HUB TO SEPARATE, EA97-001. *AK