EAGLE Complaints

WHEN DRIVING VEHICLE WILL STALL OUT AND DIE WITHOUT WARRING. DEALER HAS REPLACED ENGINE THREE TIMES, BUTPROBLEM HAS REOCCURRED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

TIMING BELT TENSIONER BOLT SNAPPED. RESULTANT TIMING BELT FAILURE BENT THE INTAKE VALVES. THIS REQUIRED THE HEAD TO BE REBUILT. TIMING BELT HAD BEEN REPLACED AT 61,000 MILES IN NOVEMBER OF 2001 AS PART OF SCHEDULED 60,000 MILE MAINTENANCE. THIS AUTOMOBILE IS A SISTER VEHICLE OF THE MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE AND THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY REPORTED THERE (ODI ID 745661 - ANOTHER POSSIBLE REPORT IS MADE ON ODI ID 884276). BASED ON CONVERSATION WITH MECHANIC I BELIEVE THIS PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED SIGNIFICANTLY MORE OFTEN THAN HAS BEEN REPORTED TO THE NHTSA. ALSO HEARD, BUT CANNOT CONFIRM, THAT THIS PART HAS BEEN REENGINEERED AS THERE IS A SUPERCEDING PART NUMBER FOR THE TENSIONER. CONTACTED CHRYSLER CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE FOR REIMBURSEMENT OF REPAIR AND WAS TOLD THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY AND THERE WERE NO OUTSTANDING RECALLS FOR THIS PROBLEM. NLM

WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH VEHICLE SHIFTED INTO ANOTHER GEAR. VEHICLE STARTED JERKING. TRANSMISSION HAD BEEN REBUILT. BUT A WEEK LATER, VEHICLE STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS. PLEASE ADD VIN. *AK

I HAD ALREADY DONE THE TRANSFER CASE RECALL 3 YEARS PRIOR. DEALERSHIP DID NOT REPLACE ANY PARTS, ONLY THE FLUID IN THE TRANSFER CASE. I WAS ON A BUSY FREEWAY GOING 65MPH IN THE SLOW LANE WHEN ALL OF MY TIRES LOCKED UP WITHOUT ANY NOTICE. I BARELY MANAGED TO GET THE CAR OFF THE FREEWAY. POLICE OFFICER SAID IF I WAS IN A DIFFERENT LANE I MAY HAVE CAUSED A MAJOR TRAFFIC ACCIDENT AND DIED. THE CAR WOULD NOT MOVE AS I TRIED TO PUSH IT FURTHER AWAY FROM THE ROAD.THE TRANSFER CASE FAILED AND THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL AND BOTH REAR AXELS BROKE. THE DEALER ONLY COVERED THE TRANSFER CASE AND YOKE FOR REPAIRS, SAID THEY WOULDN'T COVER THE REAR AXELS AND DIFFERENTIAL. DEALER SAID I WAS DRIVING W/ A BAD REAR DIFF AND AXELS AND JUST DIDN'T NOTICE. SAID THEY MUST HAVE BROKEN PREVIOUS TO THE ACCIDENT. CONTACTED CHRYSLER AND THEY SAID THEY WOULDN'T COVER REAR AXELS AND DIFFERENTIAL SINCE DEALERSHIP SAID THAT THE REAR DIFF AND AXELS BREAKING WASN'T RELATED. DEALER SAID COMPLETED CAR, BUT REAR TIRES LOCK WHEN TURNING. I AM VERY AFRAID OTHER RECALLS THAT WERE DONE SIMILAR TO MINE MAY ALSO FAIL. I AM AFRAID OTHERS MAY BE SERIOUSLY INJURED OR EVEN DIE AS A RESULT OF THE TRANSFER CASE FAILING AND LOCKING. REAR TIRES DID NOT LOCK PRIOR TO TRANSFER CASE FAILING. DID NOT HAVE ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE REAR AXELS OR DIFFERENTIAL BEFORE THE TRANSFER CASE FAILED.

NEED TO FIND THE CLOSET. DEALER TO REPAIR AUTOMATIC SEAT BELT FREE BASED ON NHTSA CAMP. ID # 97V073002. *AK

DURING A FRONT END COLLISION, PASSENGER'S SIDE BAG DEPLOYED; DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY, CAUSING MINOR INJURIES. *AK *JG

INITIAL TIRE BLOWOUT IN FEB, 2001 (PASSENGER FRONT TIRE AND RIM REPLACED) SECOND TIRE WENT FLAT AND COULD NOT BE REPAIRED - REPLACED OCT,2001(PASSENGER FRONT) THIRD FLAT AND COULD NOT BE REPAIRED MARCH, 2002 (DRIVER REAR) GOODYEAR SALESMAN STATED NO DEFECTS IN TIRES. NLM (TIRESIZE: R215/50R17)

I AM SENDING A LETTER TO DAIMLER CHRYSLER ON 3/13/02. DEALER HAS FAILED TO RESOLVE AN INTERMITTENT FAILURE OF THE ABS SYSTEM, BUT HAS CHARGED ME $140 FOR THE TIME SPENT. CHRYSLER DISTRICT MANAGER SAYS THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO. I AM STUCK WITH A VEHICLE THAT CANNOT PASS A STATE SAFETY INSPECTION BUT MANUFACTURER WILL NOT TAKE ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE PROBLEM. *AK

DRIVER TOOK VEHICLE IN AFTER RECEIVING RECALL LETTER 98V130 CONCERNING FUEL INJECTION O-RING LEAK. DRIVER WAS SMELLING GAS INSIDE VEHICLE. UPON PICKING UP VEHICLE TWO DAYS LATER, VEHICLE STALLED, AND WAS HIT BY ANOTHER CAR. WHITE SMOKE AND GAS WERE POURING OUT OF EXHAUST. TOWED TO A MECHANIC. MECHANIC STATED THAT VEHICLE COULD HAVE CAUGHT ON FIRE. ALSO, DEALER MAY HAVE PINCHED A GAS LINE DURING THE RECALL, AND THAT CAUSED STALLING AND GAS SHOOTING OUT.*AK CONSUMER STATED IT IS NOT A GAS LINE THAT MAY NOT HAVE BEEN PINCHED, BUT MAYBE THE O-RING, WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE MECHANIC, CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS OUT OF GAS AND THE PROBLEM WAS THE INTAKE GASKET, OXYGEN INSERTS, EGR VALVE AND PLUGS, CONSUMER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE CONTAINED GAS, THE MECHANIC INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THE GAS GAUGE WAS WRONG, CONSUMER STATES THE VEHICLE WAS RUNNING FINE UNTIL THE RECALL WAS PERFORMED.*JB

THE SEATBELT ON THE DRIVER'S SEAT, HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE AND IS FAILING AGAIN. AFTER A WHILE, THE BELT NO LONGER RETRACTS...YOU HAVE TO FEED IT BACK, AND EVEN THEN IT RETURNS SLOWLY. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO BE REPLACED TWICE AND HAD TO WAIT WHILE PARTS WERE ORDERED EACH TIME...AND ITS NEEDS TO BE DONE AGAIN. *AK