1996 CHRYSLER CONCORDE Problems & Recalls

I'M SORRY, BUT I DON'T REMEMBER THE EXACT MILAGE ON THE CAR. THE SPEED LIMIT WAS 40 , BUT I WAS NOT GOING THAT FAST BECAUSE 1) THE ROAD WAS WET BECAUSE IT HAD JUST RAINED LIGHTLY, MAYBE 8 MINUTES PRIOR 2) I SAW THE OTHER DRIVER'S CAR WAS IN MY LANE. I WAS HIT PRETTY MUCH HEAD ON. MY AIR BAGS DID ...

Mileage: 165,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1996 CHRYSLER CONCORDE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HER VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED AND REPAIRED IN THE RECALL UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 98V184000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE). WHILE PARKED, THE CONTACT NOTICED A STRONG FUEL SMELL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSIS. T...

Mileage: 60,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1996 CHRYSLER CONCORDE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HER VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED AND REPAIRED IN THE RECALL UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 98V184000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE). WHILE PARKED, THE CONTACT NOTICED A STRONG FUEL SMELL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSIS. T...

Mileage: 60,000

QUICK-STRUTS AFTER MARKET REPLACEMENT PARTS MAY BE DEFECTIVE. THIS PRODUCT IS CALLED A MONROE QUICK- STRUT. THE FAILED PART WAS RETURNED FOR WARRANTY REPLACEMENT: PART #171939. THE TOP OF THE STRUT, NUT, AND STEAL WASHER "TORE FREE" OF THE PLATE WHICH COMPRESSES THE SPRING. THE 'TOP PLATE'...

Mileage: 113,000

STRONG SMELL OF GASOLINE COMING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT ON MY 1996 CHRYSLER CONCORDE LXI 3.5L VIN F. THIS CAR WAS BOUGHT USED IN SEPTEMBER 2010 AND THE ODOR HAS BECOME MUCH STRONGER IN THE PAST 3 MONTHS. I AM FEARING A FIRE MAY OCCUR. GAS MILEAGE HAS GREATLY DECREASED TO ABOUT 12-15 MPH. *TR

Mileage: 157,600

WE SMELLED GAS FROM THE ENGINE AREA. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION NOTED A LEAK IN THE FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM . GAS WAS DRIPPING EVERY 1 SECOND NEAR THE O RING BY THE OUTLET FUEL RAIL. HELP!. THIS VEHICLE IS NOT A 3.5L ENGINE BUT A 3.3L 1996 CHRYSLER CONCORDE. I KNOW THE 3.5L HAD A RECALL ON THIS DID THE...

Mileage: 143,000

1996 CHRYSLER CONCORDE. REQUESTING INFORMATION ABOUT INJURIES CAUSED BY FAILED CAR JACK. *NJ THE CONSUMER WAS INJURED WHEN THE JACK COLLAPSED. (LAWYER WROTE IN ON BEHALF OF CLIENT). *JB UPDATED 05/11/10.*JB UPDATED 05/07/10.*JB UPDATED 03/12/10 UPDATED 06/25/10.*JB

1. "BUSY RATTLE", NOT LOUD, BUT CONTINUOUS, MOST NOTICEABLE ON SMOOTH ROADS ABOVE 30 MPH, FROM FRONT FRAME SUB-ASSEMBLY, FOUR MOUNTING BOLTS. THE SUB-FRAME ASSEMBLY IS ALSO CALLED THE "MOTOR CARRIER" AND IS BOLTED FROM THE BOTTOM UP TO THE FRAME (ABOVE). EACH BOLT GOES THROUGH A LARGE RUBBER BUSHI...

Mileage: 75,000

1. "BUSY RATTLE", NOT LOUD, BUT CONTINUOUS, MOST NOTICEABLE ON SMOOTH ROADS ABOVE 30 MPH, FROM FRONT FRAME SUB-ASSEMBLY, FOUR MOUNTING BOLTS. THE SUB-FRAME ASSEMBLY IS ALSO CALLED THE "MOTOR CARRIER" AND IS BOLTED FROM THE BOTTOM UP TO THE FRAME (ABOVE). EACH BOLT GOES THROUGH A LARGE RUBBER BUSHI...

Mileage: 75,000

I'VE HAD A 1996 CHRYSLER CONCORDE LX FOR ABOUT 1 YR. IT HAS ALWAYS HAD PROBLEMS WHEN I PUT THE KEY IN THE IGNITION 99% OF THE TIME I HAVE TO KEEP TURNING THE KEY UNTIL IT TURNS ON, IF IT EVEN DOES, AND A FEW MONTHS AGO EVERYTIME MY CAR DOES TURN ON, ALL THE INTERIOR LIGHTS STAY ON WHILE DRIVING AND ...

Mileage: 115,000

I'VE HAD A 1996 CHRYSLER CONCORDE LX FOR ABOUT 1 YR. IT HAS ALWAYS HAD PROBLEMS WHEN I PUT THE KEY IN THE IGNITION 99% OF THE TIME I HAVE TO KEEP TURNING THE KEY UNTIL IT TURNS ON, IF IT EVEN DOES, AND A FEW MONTHS AGO EVERYTIME MY CAR DOES TURN ON, ALL THE INTERIOR LIGHTS STAY ON WHILE DRIVING AND ...

Mileage: 115,000

I'VE HAD A 1996 CHRYSLER CONCORDE LX FOR ABOUT 1 YR. IT HAS ALWAYS HAD PROBLEMS WHEN I PUT THE KEY IN THE IGNITION 99% OF THE TIME I HAVE TO KEEP TURNING THE KEY UNTIL IT TURNS ON, IF IT EVEN DOES, AND A FEW MONTHS AGO EVERYTIME MY CAR DOES TURN ON, ALL THE INTERIOR LIGHTS STAY ON WHILE DRIVING AND ...

Mileage: 115,000

I'VE HAD A 1996 CHRYSLER CONCORDE LX FOR ABOUT 1 YR. IT HAS ALWAYS HAD PROBLEMS WHEN I PUT THE KEY IN THE IGNITION 99% OF THE TIME I HAVE TO KEEP TURNING THE KEY UNTIL IT TURNS ON, IF IT EVEN DOES, AND A FEW MONTHS AGO EVERYTIME MY CAR DOES TURN ON, ALL THE INTERIOR LIGHTS STAY ON WHILE DRIVING AND ...

Mileage: 115,000

I'VE HAD A 1996 CHRYSLER CONCORDE LX FOR ABOUT 1 YR. IT HAS ALWAYS HAD PROBLEMS WHEN I PUT THE KEY IN THE IGNITION 99% OF THE TIME I HAVE TO KEEP TURNING THE KEY UNTIL IT TURNS ON, IF IT EVEN DOES, AND A FEW MONTHS AGO EVERYTIME MY CAR DOES TURN ON, ALL THE INTERIOR LIGHTS STAY ON WHILE DRIVING AND ...

Mileage: 115,000

MOUNTING SUPPORT BUSHINGS TO "RACK & PINION" BECOME BRITTLE AND ALLOW MOVEMENT OF RACK WHICH REDUCES STEERING RESPONSE. DURING COLD WEATHER THE PROBLEM IS ALSO NOTICEABLE AS A SQUEAKING NOISE WHEN TURNING THE WHEEL 'BACK AND FORTH'. THE HEAT FROM THE EXHAUST PIPE IS DIRECTLY BELOW THE RACK AND T...

Mileage: 30,000

A POPPING SOUND WAS COMING FROM THE FRONT LEFT SIDE OF THE VEHICLE WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED. STEERING WHEEL CONSTANTLY VIBRATES AND HAS SINCE I'VE OWNED THE VEHICLE. A JULY 2008 SAFETY INSPECTION REVEALED "EXCESSIVE PLAY" IN THE STEERING LINKAGE AND LEFT OUTER TIEROD WAS BAD. REPAIRS PERFORMED ...

Mileage: 151,401

I HAVE A 1996 CHRYSLER CONCORDE AND WHILE DRIVING HAD THE TIE ROD BOLTS BREAK COMPLETELY OFF FROM THE RACK, SINCE I HAVE HAD THE BUSHINGS AND BOLTS REPLACED TWICE, AND AM STILL IN NEED OF RACK MOUNT BUSHINGS AS THEY HAVE FAILED AND I NOW ONCE AGAIN FEEL THE CAR FLOATING WHERE EVER IT WANTS TO GO ON ...

Mileage: 240,000

MY HUSBAND, 2 CHILDREN, AGES 4 AND 6, AND MYSELF WERE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE WHEN OUR 1996 CHRYSLER CONCORDE SUDDENLY SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL AND STARTED ROLLING BACKWARD DOWN A HILL. WE HADN'T HAD ANY PROBLEMS UP TO THIS POINT. OUR CAR ONLY HAS 40,000 ORIGINAL MILES ON IT. A TRANSMISSION REPAIR FIR...

I RECENTLY PURCHASED A 1996 CHRYSLER CONCORDE FROM AN INDIVIDUAL PARTY. 2 DAYS AFTER I BOUGHT THE CAR, MY BOYFRIEND HAD PARKED ALONG THE STREET IN FRONT OF A FRIENDS HOUSE FOR A MOMENT, AND HAD JUST BEGAN TO PULL AWAY FROM THE CURB, WHEN HE HEARD A CLUNKING NOISE. AT THE SAME TIME, HE WAS TURNING T...

Mileage: 111,765

ON 03/21/2007 I WAS COMING FROM WORK AND SMELLED GASOLINE, ON HAVING MY VEHICLE CHECKED BY A LOCAL MECHANIC, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE FUEL RAIL AND THE FUEL LINE HAD BECOME DISENGAGED. AS I HAD THE FUEL RAIL CHANGED UNDER A RECALL ORDER BACK IN 11/2007, I CONTACTED THE DEALER THAT HAD COMPLETED T...

Mileage: 200,000

ON 03/21/2007 I WAS COMING FROM WORK AND SMELLED GASOLINE, ON HAVING MY VEHICLE CHECKED BY A LOCAL MECHANIC, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE FUEL RAIL AND THE FUEL LINE HAD BECOME DISENGAGED. AS I HAD THE FUEL RAIL CHANGED UNDER A RECALL ORDER BACK IN 11/2007, I CONTACTED THE DEALER THAT HAD COMPLETED T...

Mileage: 200,000

I HAVE A 1996 CHRYSLER CONCORD. I HAVE ONE CAR SEAT AND ONE BOOSTER SEAT IN THE BACK SEAT. THE SEAT BELT HOLDING MY CAR SEAT HAS COME UNBUCKLED OVER 10 TIMES WITH JUST MY SON THROWING HIS TOYS DOWN ON THE SEAT FROM THE CAR SEAT. THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN IN MY HUSBAND'S SUV SO I THINK THAT IT IS A DEFECT...

LEAKING FUEL INJECTOR ON MY 1996 CHRYSLER CONCORDE. I BELIEVE THAT THIS WAS A RECALL ITEM THAT WAS NOT REPAIRED PROPERLY. THIS IA A LOW MILEAGE AUTO WHICH IS DRIVEN BY A SENIOR CITIZEN. *NM

Mileage: 69,715

HAVE HAD TO REPLACE ALL BUSHINGS, IN FRONT END, INCLUDING MOTOR MOUNT. ALL HAVE WORN PREMATURELY AND WERE VERY EXPENSIVE. STILL HAVE STEERING BUSHING TO BE REPLACED THAT CAUSES DRIFT, BUT UNABLE AT THIS TIME TO AFFORD. REALLY DISAPPOINTED THAT NO RECALL HAS SURFACED ON THESE ESSENTIAL PARTS. *JB

Mileage: 60,000

AIR BAG LIGHT ON FOR YEARS. JUST REMOVED CLOCK SPRING . COMPONENT IS FAULTY. SUSPECT THERE ARE MANY LIKE THIS. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE'S FRONT END RATTLED AND SHOOK AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. THE DEALERSHIP DETERMINED THE FRONT TIE ROD ENDS AND BUSHINGS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED FOR THE THIRD TIME IN THREE YEARS. THE FIRST TIME IN AUGUST 2003, THE PASSENGER SIDE WHEEL FELL OFF. THE SECOND TIME IN JUNE 200...

Mileage: 140,000

1996 CHRYSLER CONCORDE LEFT FRONT TIRE AND RIM DETACHED FROM VEHICLE. *KB ALL THE LUG NUTS WERE TORN OFF. THE CONSUMER STATED THE TIE ROD HAD BEEN REPLACED RECENTLY. *JB

1996 CHRYSLER CONCORDE LEFT FRONT TIRE AND RIM DETACHED FROM VEHICLE. *KB ALL THE LUG NUTS WERE TORN OFF. THE CONSUMER STATED THE TIE ROD HAD BEEN REPLACED RECENTLY. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE THE VEHICLE SLOWED TO A STOP, THE BRAKES BEGAN TO VIBRATE AND THE PEDAL DEPRESSED TO THE FLOOR. AT 5 MPH THE ABS ENGAGED AND STOPPED THE VEHICLE. THE PROBLEM WAS INTERMITTENT AND OCCURRED 40 TIMES IN THE LAST TWO YEARS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND REFERRED THE CO...

Mileage: 40,000

AFTER HITTING BUMP IN ROAD 96 CHRYSLER CONCORDE STARTED SHAKING VIOLENTLY AND WAS DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. UPON INSPECTION THE INNER TIE ROD BUSHING WAS MISSING. THIS COULD HAVE RESULTED IN A CRASH. *JB

Mileage: 65,130

1996 CONCORDE RACK AND PINION FAILED AND BEEN REPLACED AT LEAST 3 TIMES. *TS ***NAR*** THE TRANSAXLE LEAKED, THE BATTERY WAS REPLACED, BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START AND THE MULTI-FUNCTION SWITCH WAS REPLACED. *JB

Mileage: 50,000

1996 CONCORDE RACK AND PINION FAILED AND BEEN REPLACED AT LEAST 3 TIMES. *TS ***NAR*** THE TRANSAXLE LEAKED, THE BATTERY WAS REPLACED, BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START AND THE MULTI-FUNCTION SWITCH WAS REPLACED. *JB

Mileage: 50,000

1996 CONCORDE RACK AND PINION FAILED AND BEEN REPLACED AT LEAST 3 TIMES. *TS ***NAR*** THE TRANSAXLE LEAKED, THE BATTERY WAS REPLACED, BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START AND THE MULTI-FUNCTION SWITCH WAS REPLACED. *JB

Mileage: 50,000

1996 CONCORDE RACK AND PINION FAILED AND BEEN REPLACED AT LEAST 3 TIMES. *TS ***NAR*** THE TRANSAXLE LEAKED, THE BATTERY WAS REPLACED, BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START AND THE MULTI-FUNCTION SWITCH WAS REPLACED. *JB

Mileage: 50,000

WHEN USING 1996 CHRYSLER CONCORDE EXPERIENCED THE CAR'S FLOOR SHIFT LEVER JUMPED FROM PARK TO DRIVE WHILE IN A DRIVEWAY. THIS WAS PREVIOUSLY RECALLED (C45) AND REPAIRED ON 10/11/2004. THERE WAS DAMAGE TO A GARAGE DOOR. PER THE INSURANCE AGENT I NOTIFIED CHRYSLER, THE ORIGINAL DEALERSHIP, AND THIS...

WHEN USING 1996 CHRYSLER CONCORDE EXPERIENCED THE CAR'S FLOOR SHIFT LEVER JUMPED FROM PARK TO DRIVE WHILE IN A DRIVEWAY. THIS WAS PREVIOUSLY RECALLED (C45) AND REPAIRED ON 10/11/2004. THERE WAS DAMAGE TO A GARAGE DOOR. PER THE INSURANCE AGENT I NOTIFIED CHRYSLER, THE ORIGINAL DEALERSHIP, AND THIS...

DT: CONSUMER STATED THE RACK AND PINION CONTINUED TO WEAR OUT WHICH CAUSED THE CAR THE CONSUMER TO VEER OFF TO THE CENTER LINE. THE FIRST TIME IT FAILED, THE VEHICLE ONLY HAD 46,000 MILES ON IT. IT JUST TAKES OFF IN ANY DIRECTION LEFT OR RIGHT ON ITS OWN. THE DEALER SAID THERE WAS NOTHING THEY CO...

DT: THE CONTACT HAD THE INNER TIE ROD REPLACED FOUR TIMES. SEVERAL REPAIR SHOPS AND OTHER VEHICLE OWNERS TOLD HER THIS WAS NOT A GOOD CAR. TALSO, HE RACK AND PINION WAS NOT WORKING PROPERLY, AND THE DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE WILL NOT TURN.*AK

DT: THE CONTACT HAD THE INNER TIE ROD REPLACED FOUR TIMES. SEVERAL REPAIR SHOPS AND OTHER VEHICLE OWNERS TOLD HER THIS WAS NOT A GOOD CAR. TALSO, HE RACK AND PINION WAS NOT WORKING PROPERLY, AND THE DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE WILL NOT TURN.*AK

WHILE BACKING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMNET. CONSUMER LEARNED LATER THAT THERE WAS A RECALL PERTAINING TO THIS ISSUE, BUT SHE WAS NEVER NOTIFIED. VEHICLE WAS CONSIDERED A TOTAL LOSS. *AK

Mileage: 92,000

'RECALL CAMPAIGN' TRANSAXLE FLOOR SHIFTER IGNITION/PARK INTERLOCK. *BF PRIOR TO HAVING THE RECALL WORK DONE THE CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT DUE TO THE FAULTY INTERLOCK SYSTEM. *NM

WHILE TRAVELING AT 55 MPH ALL OF A SUDDEN THE VEHICLE STALLED. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR CHECK UP, AND RESULTS SHOWED THAT THE IGNITION SWITCH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AGAIN FOR THE SECOND TIME.*AK THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE SPEEDOMETER STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS. THE HEATER STARTED HAVING PROBLEM...

WHILE TRAVELING AT 55 MPH ALL OF A SUDDEN THE VEHICLE STALLED. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR CHECK UP, AND RESULTS SHOWED THAT THE IGNITION SWITCH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AGAIN FOR THE SECOND TIME.*AK THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE SPEEDOMETER STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS. THE HEATER STARTED HAVING PROBLEM...

WHILE TRAVELING AT 55 MPH ALL OF A SUDDEN THE VEHICLE STALLED. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR CHECK UP, AND RESULTS SHOWED THAT THE IGNITION SWITCH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AGAIN FOR THE SECOND TIME.*AK THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE SPEEDOMETER STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS. THE HEATER STARTED HAVING PROBLEM...

WHEN STARTING THE VEHICLE, THE CONSUMER HEARD A KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. THE DEALERSHIP INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT THE RACK AND PINION WAS WORN. THE DEALERSHIP REPAIRED IT TWICE, BUT THE CONSUMER WAS STILL HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION. *JB

Mileage: 46,000

WHILE DRIVING STEPPED ON THE BRAKE AND HEARD A POPPING NOISE. THERE WAS SMOKE, THE BRAKE LINE HAD BROKEN, A FIRE ALMOST STARTED HOWEVER, THE CONSUMER HAD TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF IN TIME.*AK

VEHICLE TRAVELING AT 60 MPH ENGINE MADE LOUD NOISE. TAKEN TO DEALER FOR CHECKUP, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE BUSHINGS AND BOLTS WERE FALLING APART, CAUSING THE ENGINE TO DROP.*AK

VEHICLE TRAVELING AT 60 MPH ENGINE MADE LOUD NOISE. TAKEN TO DEALER FOR CHECKUP, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE BUSHINGS AND BOLTS WERE FALLING APART, CAUSING THE ENGINE TO DROP.*AK

THE CONSUMER HIT A TREE AND THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. ALSO, THE SEAT BELT DID NOT LOCK. THE CONSUMER HIT HIS FACE ON THE WINDSHIELD CUTTING IT. *JB *SC

Mileage: 143,000

THE CONSUMER HIT A TREE AND THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. ALSO, THE SEAT BELT DID NOT LOCK. THE CONSUMER HIT HIS FACE ON THE WINDSHIELD CUTTING IT. *JB *SC

Mileage: 143,000

FIRST IT WAS THE RACK & PINION GOING OUT ON MY 1996 CHRYSLER CONCORDE. CHRYSLER DID REPLACE UNDER WARRANTY. NOW THE TIE-RODS HAVE FAILED - NOT COVERED UNDER CHRYSLER'S EXTENDED WARRANTY. *JB

Mileage: 78,000

THE VEHICLE WAS KEPT AT THE DEALERSHIP OVER THE WEEKEND TO PERFORM NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN 04V021000. WHEN THE OWNER DROVE THE VEHICLE, THE ENGINE REVVED HIGH BECAUSE THE TRANSMISSION WAS IN OVER-DRIVE. THE CONSUMER ALSO HAD DIFFICULTY MOVING THE FLOOR SHIFTER. THE DEALERSHIP STATED THEY MAY HAVE T...

Mileage: 49,000

RECALL 04 V 021 000 CONCERNING SHIFT IGNITION - PARK INTERLOCK. CONSUMER HAD TWO CONCERNS ABOUT THIS RECALL. FIRST, PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE, AND SECOND, CONSUMER DID NOT RECEIVE A RECALL NOTICE FROM THE MANUFACTURER. LOCAL DEALER INFORMED CONSUMER OF THIS RECALL. *AK RECALL3 04V021000. *SC

Mileage: 68,967

STEERING MAKES A GRUNTING SOUND WHEN WHEEL IS MOVED BACK AND FORTH, THE MOUNTS ON THE RACK ARE LOOSE. *AK

Mileage: 139,600

ABLE TO SHIFT OUT OF PARK WHEN THE IGNITION IS OFF. *AK

Mileage: 139,600

I OWN A 1996 CHRYSLER CONCORDE WHICH HAS BEEN GIVING ME STEERING PROBLEMS FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS. I FIRST NOTICED IT DURING THE WINTER MONTHS ON VERY COLD DAYS WHEN I WOULD LEAVE FOR WORK IN THE MORNING. AS SOON AS I PULLED OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY AND MADE EVEN THE SLIGHTEST TURN OF THE WHEEL TH...

Mileage: 140,000

MY ENGINE STARTED MAKING A NOISE ON JULY 4, 2003. WHEN I HAD IT TOWED TO A DEALERSHIP THEY SAID THERE WAS SLUDGE IN THE ENGINE AND IT WAS ON US, WE HAD ALSO PURCHASED AN EXTENDED WARRANTY AND THEY DENIED OUR CLAIM AND THE DEALERSHIP WE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE DID TO, WE HAVE ALL OIL RECEIPTS AND I'VE ...

Mileage: 61,600

MY ENGINE STARTED MAKING A NOISE ON JULY 4, 2003. WHEN I HAD IT TOWED TO A DEALERSHIP THEY SAID THERE WAS SLUDGE IN THE ENGINE AND IT WAS ON US, WE HAD ALSO PURCHASED AN EXTENDED WARRANTY AND THEY DENIED OUR CLAIM AND THE DEALERSHIP WE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE DID TO, WE HAVE ALL OIL RECEIPTS AND I'VE ...

Mileage: 61,600

MY ENGINE STARTED MAKING A NOISE ON JULY 4, 2003. WHEN I HAD IT TOWED TO A DEALERSHIP THEY SAID THERE WAS SLUDGE IN THE ENGINE AND IT WAS ON US, WE HAD ALSO PURCHASED AN EXTENDED WARRANTY AND THEY DENIED OUR CLAIM AND THE DEALERSHIP WE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE DID TO, WE HAVE ALL OIL RECEIPTS AND I'VE ...

Mileage: 61,600

I WAS DRIVING 70 MPH DOWN THE HIGHWAY WHEN THE CAR SHUDDERED. I TOOK AN OFF RAMP BY THE TIME I REACHED THE END OF THE OFF RAMP THE CAR HAD DIED AND WOULD NOT RESTART. THE EXTENDED WARRANTY I PURCHASED IS NO GOOD, DUE TO BANKRUPTY. THE DEALER INSISTED I TOW IT TO THEM AND THEY WOULD WORK WITH ME T...

Mileage: 81,000

WELL AS I CAN TELL THIS IS A WIDE SPREAD PROBLEM THE RACK AND PINION, BUSHINGS AND STEERING GEAR FAILURE AND TIE ROD ENDS. MY CONCORD HAS HAD A CLUNK GRINDING SOUND FOR SOMETIME IN THE STEERING AND NOW THE CAR IS BEGINNING TO NOT TURN WHEN I TURN THE STEERING WHEEL. NOT EVERY ONE HAS A $1000.00 TO ...

Mileage: 45,000

WELL AS I CAN TELL THIS IS A WIDE SPREAD PROBLEM THE RACK AND PINION, BUSHINGS AND STEERING GEAR FAILURE AND TIE ROD ENDS. MY CONCORD HAS HAD A CLUNK GRINDING SOUND FOR SOMETIME IN THE STEERING AND NOW THE CAR IS BEGINNING TO NOT TURN WHEN I TURN THE STEERING WHEEL. NOT EVERY ONE HAS A $1000.00 TO ...

Mileage: 45,000

WELL AS I CAN TELL THIS IS A WIDE SPREAD PROBLEM THE RACK AND PINION, BUSHINGS AND STEERING GEAR FAILURE AND TIE ROD ENDS. MY CONCORD HAS HAD A CLUNK GRINDING SOUND FOR SOMETIME IN THE STEERING AND NOW THE CAR IS BEGINNING TO NOT TURN WHEN I TURN THE STEERING WHEEL. NOT EVERY ONE HAS A $1000.00 TO ...

Mileage: 45,000

WELL AS I CAN TELL THIS IS A WIDE SPREAD PROBLEM THE RACK AND PINION, BUSHINGS AND STEERING GEAR FAILURE AND TIE ROD ENDS. MY CONCORD HAS HAD A CLUNK GRINDING SOUND FOR SOMETIME IN THE STEERING AND NOW THE CAR IS BEGINNING TO NOT TURN WHEN I TURN THE STEERING WHEEL. NOT EVERY ONE HAS A $1000.00 TO ...

Mileage: 45,000

I HAVE A 1996 CHRYSLER CONCORDE LXI. MY BROTHER IN LAW HAS ONE THE SAME YEAR AND MODEL ALSO. WE BOTH HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. THE STEERING GEAR BUSHINGS WEAR OUT AND ALLOWS THE STEERING TO WANDER. I HAVE COME VERY CLOSE TO HAVING AN ACCIDENT AS WELL AS MY BROTHER IN LAW WHILE GOING AROUND A CORNER AND...

Mileage: 46,000

1996 CONCORDE 2.7 LITER ENGINE MALFUNCTIONED AT ABOUT 87,000 MILES. SERVICE HAS BEEN REGULAR AND MOSTLY AT THE DEALERSHIP. AT 81,000 MILES THE OIL LIGHT WAS FLICKERING, WE TOOK IT TO THE DEALER WHO CHECKED IT AND SAID NOT TO WORRY. *LA

Mileage: 87,000

I WAS INVOLVED IN A 40MPH FRONTAL IMPACT WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE AND MY AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY.

Mileage: 78,000

DEFECTIVE ENGINE LEADING TO COMPLETE FAILURE. THE CAR HAS 81,000 MILES ON IT.HE ENGINE WILL HAVE TO BE REPLACED.*AK

Mileage: 81,000

I HAVE PUT NEARLY $2000 INTO THE FRONT END OF MY 1996 CHRYSLER CONCORDE, BEGINNING WITH THE INFAMOUS EARLY RACK & PINION DEFECT. RIGHT NOW THE CAR IS UP ON BLOCKS WAITING FOR ME TO REPLACE NEARLY EVERYTHING IN THE FRONT END.*AK THIS HAS BEEN A NIGHTMARE OF REPLACEMNT COSTS.

Mileage: 70,000

I HAVE PUT NEARLY $2000 INTO THE FRONT END OF MY 1996 CHRYSLER CONCORDE, BEGINNING WITH THE INFAMOUS EARLY RACK & PINION DEFECT. RIGHT NOW THE CAR IS UP ON BLOCKS WAITING FOR ME TO REPLACE NEARLY EVERYTHING IN THE FRONT END.*AK THIS HAS BEEN A NIGHTMARE OF REPLACEMNT COSTS.

Mileage: 70,000

I HAVE PUT NEARLY $2000 INTO THE FRONT END OF MY 1996 CHRYSLER CONCORDE, BEGINNING WITH THE INFAMOUS EARLY RACK & PINION DEFECT. RIGHT NOW THE CAR IS UP ON BLOCKS WAITING FOR ME TO REPLACE NEARLY EVERYTHING IN THE FRONT END.*AK THIS HAS BEEN A NIGHTMARE OF REPLACEMNT COSTS.

Mileage: 70,000

THE DEALER REPLACED THE OXYGEN SENSOR EIGHT TIMES SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS BRAND NEW. *AK THE PART NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AGAIN, HOWEVER THE MANUFACTURER REFUSED ASSISTANCE. *SCC *JB

LEFT FRONT LOWER BALL JOINT FAILED (CRACKED IN HALF), CAUSING FRONT WHEEL TO SEPARATE FROM LOWER CONTROL ARM RESULTING IN LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL.*AK

Mileage: 105,000

STEERING IS VERY BAD. PULLS TO THE LEFT. RACK AND PINION BUSHINGS BAD, AS WELL AS A TIE ROD. USUALLY MAKES A POPPING NOISE WHEN TURNING. ENGINE COOLING SYSTEM HAS MALFUNCTIONED. CONTINUES TO OVERHEAT. REPLACED WATER PUMP TWICE AS WELL AS THERMOSTAT. ABS LIGHT CONTINUES TO COME ON. BRAKES ARE VE...

Mileage: 144,000

STEERING IS VERY BAD. PULLS TO THE LEFT. RACK AND PINION BUSHINGS BAD, AS WELL AS A TIE ROD. USUALLY MAKES A POPPING NOISE WHEN TURNING. ENGINE COOLING SYSTEM HAS MALFUNCTIONED. CONTINUES TO OVERHEAT. REPLACED WATER PUMP TWICE AS WELL AS THERMOSTAT. ABS LIGHT CONTINUES TO COME ON. BRAKES ARE VE...

Mileage: 144,000

STEERING IS VERY BAD. PULLS TO THE LEFT. RACK AND PINION BUSHINGS BAD, AS WELL AS A TIE ROD. USUALLY MAKES A POPPING NOISE WHEN TURNING. ENGINE COOLING SYSTEM HAS MALFUNCTIONED. CONTINUES TO OVERHEAT. REPLACED WATER PUMP TWICE AS WELL AS THERMOSTAT. ABS LIGHT CONTINUES TO COME ON. BRAKES ARE VE...

Mileage: 144,000

STEERING IS VERY BAD. PULLS TO THE LEFT. RACK AND PINION BUSHINGS BAD, AS WELL AS A TIE ROD. USUALLY MAKES A POPPING NOISE WHEN TURNING. ENGINE COOLING SYSTEM HAS MALFUNCTIONED. CONTINUES TO OVERHEAT. REPLACED WATER PUMP TWICE AS WELL AS THERMOSTAT. ABS LIGHT CONTINUES TO COME ON. BRAKES ARE VE...

Mileage: 144,000

GOING 70 MPH ON A FREEWAY CAR AND STEERING WHEEL BEGAN TO VIBRATE VIOLENTLY. HEARD CLANKING NOISE EXIT THE FREEWAY. VALVE HEAD WAS ALMOST BROKEN THROUGH DUE TO ROCKER ARM SHAFT MOUNTING BOSS BREAKING. HAD TO RECEIVE ROADSIDE ASSISTANT. CHRYSLER WAS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND ISSUED A SERVICE BULLETIN ...

Mileage: 52,000

VEHICLE IS VERY DIFFICULT TO STEER, IT WILL CONTINUOUSLY PULL TO THE LEFT/RIGHT. DEALERSHIP INDICATED THAT RACK AND PINION STEERING WAS COMING APART AT THE MOUNT.*AK

Mileage: 60,000

TEXT OF MESSAGE SENT TO [email protected] WED., 7-23-2003. MY ELDERLY FATHER HAS A 1996 CHRYSLER CONCORDE FOR WHICH HE CURRENTLY HAS A STEERING PROBLEM. THE SERVICING DEALERSHIP IN COATS, NC HAS ADVISED THAT IT HAS A GOOD IDEA THAT IT MAY BE DEFECTIVE OR MISSING BUSHINGS, LOOSE STEERING GEAR B...

WHEN DRIVING MY 1996 CHRYSLER CONCORDE, I NOTICED THE FRONT END SHAKING, AND A VERY LOUD THUMPING NOISE WHEN STARTING AND SLOWING DOWN. AFTER TAKING THE CAR TO MY MECHANIC, HE FOUND THAT THE ENTIRE RUBBER END OF THE JOINT WAS GONE. ONLY THE METAL BUSHING REMAINED. THE MOUNTING BUSHINGS THAT HOLD THE...

Mileage: 49,000

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND WITH NO WARNING THE STEERING BOLTS ARE LOOSE, AND IT IS CAUSING THE STEERING WHEEL TO JUMP AROUND, MAKING IT HARD FOR CONSUMER TO STEER THE VEHICLE. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK *TS

Mileage: 130

PROBLEM WITH CHRYSLER CONCORDE 1996 OXYGEN SENSOR. *MR THE CONSUMER NEEDED TO REPLACE THE OXYGEN SENSOR NINE TIMES. THE DEALER REPLACED THE POWER CONTROL MODULE AND PROGRAM TO SEE IF THAT WAS THE UNDERLYING PROBLEM. (THE PROBLEM STILL OCCURRED) THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAD COME ON AND THE MECHANI...

PROBLEM WITH CHRYSLER CONCORDE 1996 OXYGEN SENSOR. *MR THE CONSUMER NEEDED TO REPLACE THE OXYGEN SENSOR NINE TIMES. THE DEALER REPLACED THE POWER CONTROL MODULE AND PROGRAM TO SEE IF THAT WAS THE UNDERLYING PROBLEM. (THE PROBLEM STILL OCCURRED) THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAD COME ON AND THE MECHANI...

PROBLEM WITH CHRYSLER CONCORDE 1996 OXYGEN SENSOR. *MR THE CONSUMER NEEDED TO REPLACE THE OXYGEN SENSOR NINE TIMES. THE DEALER REPLACED THE POWER CONTROL MODULE AND PROGRAM TO SEE IF THAT WAS THE UNDERLYING PROBLEM. (THE PROBLEM STILL OCCURRED) THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAD COME ON AND THE MECHANI...

1996 CHRYSLER CONCORDE PLATES ON HEADLIGHTS CAME LOOSE AND FELL ON BULB CAUSING BULB TO BURN OUT. *MR EACH HEADLIGHT ON THE CONSUMERS VEHICLE HAD COME LOOSE AND FALLEN ON THE BULB AND CAUSED THE BULB TO BURN OUT. THE VEHICLE LOST ONE HEADLIGHT AT A TIME. *SCC *JB

VERY DANGEROUS! WHEN DRIVING MY 1996 CHRYSLER CONCORDE THAT MY DAUGHTER USES TO GET TO SCHOOL, I NOTICED THE FRONT END SHAKING, AND A VERY LOUD THUMPING NOISE WHEN STARTING AND SLOWING DOWN. WHEN I RETURNED HOME, I DID A VISUAL INSPECTION UNDER THE CAR AND SAW THAT THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE HAD GOOD TREA...

Mileage: 133,000

THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILED TO DOWN SHIFT. *JB

Mileage: 7,000

I USE TO OWN A 1996 CHRYSLER CONCORDE LXI I HAVE ENCOUNTERED SEVERAL PROBLEMS, SUCH AS MY WHEELS FALLING OFF, LOOSENESS IN THE STEERING. A CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP STATED THE CAR SHOULD NOT BE DRIVEN ON THE ROAD AT ALL! MY ENGINE FAILED WHILE DRIVING 45 M.P.H., ALL POWER TO THE CAR DIED. I HAVE BEEN ...

Mileage: 49,555

I USE TO OWN A 1996 CHRYSLER CONCORDE LXI I HAVE ENCOUNTERED SEVERAL PROBLEMS, SUCH AS MY WHEELS FALLING OFF, LOOSENESS IN THE STEERING. A CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP STATED THE CAR SHOULD NOT BE DRIVEN ON THE ROAD AT ALL! MY ENGINE FAILED WHILE DRIVING 45 M.P.H., ALL POWER TO THE CAR DIED. I HAVE BEEN ...

Mileage: 49,555

I USE TO OWN A 1996 CHRYSLER CONCORDE LXI I HAVE ENCOUNTERED SEVERAL PROBLEMS, SUCH AS MY WHEELS FALLING OFF, LOOSENESS IN THE STEERING. A CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP STATED THE CAR SHOULD NOT BE DRIVEN ON THE ROAD AT ALL! MY ENGINE FAILED WHILE DRIVING 45 M.P.H., ALL POWER TO THE CAR DIED. I HAVE BEEN ...

Mileage: 49,555

A NOISE WAS HEARD FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. *JB

STEERING RACK REPLACEMENT IN 1996 CHRYSLER CONCORDE IS VERY COSTLY AND PROBLEMATIC. HAD I KNOWN ABOUT SUCH AN INHERENT BAD DESIGN I WOULD NEVER HAVE PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE, LET ALONE ANY CHRYSLER PRODUCT. MY PARTICULAR UNIT HAS FAILED AT THE LOW MILEAGE OF 110,000 AND BECAME DANGEROUSLY CLOSE TO FAI...

Mileage: 110,000

STEERING RACK REPLACEMENT IN 1996 CHRYSLER CONCORDE IS VERY COSTLY AND PROBLEMATIC. HAD I KNOWN ABOUT SUCH AN INHERENT BAD DESIGN I WOULD NEVER HAVE PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE, LET ALONE ANY CHRYSLER PRODUCT. MY PARTICULAR UNIT HAS FAILED AT THE LOW MILEAGE OF 110,000 AND BECAME DANGEROUSLY CLOSE TO FAI...

Mileage: 110,000

CONSUMER WAS INFORMED FUEL WAS LEAKING FROM THE SEALS FOR THE FUEL RAIL, THE MECHANIC TOLD CONSUMER THERE WAS A RECALL REGARDING THE ISSUE, HOWEVER CONSUMER STATED THE RECALL HAD ALREADY BEEN PERFORMED, THE MECHANIC STATED THE ORIGINAL SEALS WERE STILL ON THE VEHICLE AND HAD NOT BEEN REPLACED.*JB

Mileage: 90,000

ON 10/11/96 I PURCHASED A NEW CHRYSLER CONCORDE FROM A LOCAL AUTHORIZED DEALER HERE IN MONTGOMERY, AL. (VIN [XXX]) ON JAN 2001, I REPORTED TO THE CHRYSLER DEALER ABOUT THE FRONT END SUSPENSION WAS POPPING AND CRACKING WHEN YOU TURNED THE STEERING WHEEL. THE DEALER CLAIMED IT WAS TIE ROD BUSHINGS AN...

Mileage: 51,758

UNDER VEHICLE WAS WATER WITH TRANSMISSION FLUIDS, VEHICLE WAS SERVICED BY DEALER TECHNICIAN ENGINE PARTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. TS

WHEN MAKING TURNS IN EITHER DIRECTION THERE IS LOUD NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT END. DEALER DETERMINED THE RACK AND PINION NEEDS TO BE REPLACED.

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A LOW IMPACT AACIDENT OF 5 MPH 0R LESS AND BOTH AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. DEALER NOTIFIED. CONSUMER SUFFERED HEARING LOSS DUE TO THE SOUND EMMITTED FROM THE AIR BAGS WHEN THEY OPENED. CHRYSLER HAS DECLINED ANY RESPONSIBILITY. *JG

THE METAL SCREW THAT HOLDS THE AIR FILTER COVER IN PLACE WILL CAUSE THE HOLES TO BECOME STRIPPED, LEAVING THE CUSTOMER UNABLE TO REPLACE THE FILTER, CONSUMER STATES THAT THIS ONLY LEAVES HIM TO HAVE THE WHOLE UNIT REPLACED. *SLC

CONSUMER STATES THE RIGHT FRONT STRUT WAS REPLACED, THE RIGHT REAR STRUT WAS LEAKING, ALSO THERE WAS A CLUNKING NOISE COMING FROM THE STEERING, THE DEALER REPLACED THE FRONT SWAY BAR.*JB

CONSUMER STATED THE GEAR POWER STEERING AND RACK AND PINION WAS REPLACED DUE TO HEARING NOISES FROM STEERING WHEN DRIVING, ALSO THE LEFT OUTER TIE ROD END WAS REPLACED DUE TO STEERING NOISE.*JB

CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT THE TIRES WERE SHOWING SIGNS OF INSIDE AND OUTSIDE EDGE WEAR.*JB

THE DEALER INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THE ROTORS WERE BAD AND RECOMMENDED REPLACEMENT.*JB

WHEN MAKING A TURN IN EITHER DIRECTION, VEHICLE WAS VERY HARD TO STEER. DEALER DETERMINED THAT RACK AND PINION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.*AK *TT

CONSUMER NOTICED THAT INSIDE OF TRUNK WAS WET. CONSUMER LIFTED COVER TO SPARE TIRE, AND COMPARTMENT WAS WET. JACKS AND WRENCH WERE RUSTED. CONSUMER FELT WATER WAS GETTING INTO VEHICLE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

I'VE HAD 3 REBUILT TRANSMISSIONS AND AT THIS TIME MY CHRYSLER IS LEAKING TRANSMISSION FLUID. *AK

THE CONSUMERS VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE 98V-184. NLM

FRONT SWAY BAR BUSHINGS CRACKED AND WAS REPAIRED PREVIOUSLY. *AK REAR SWAY BAR BUSHING CRACKED CAUSING A RATTLE IN REAR SWAY BAR. WATER PUMP WAS LEAKING AND WAS REPLACED. THE STEERING PUMP WAS LEAKING AND WAS REPLACED. *YH

FRONT SWAY BAR BUSHINGS CRACKED AND WAS REPAIRED PREVIOUSLY. *AK REAR SWAY BAR BUSHING CRACKED CAUSING A RATTLE IN REAR SWAY BAR. WATER PUMP WAS LEAKING AND WAS REPLACED. THE STEERING PUMP WAS LEAKING AND WAS REPLACED. *YH

FRONT SWAY BAR BUSHINGS CRACKED AND WAS REPAIRED PREVIOUSLY. *AK REAR SWAY BAR BUSHING CRACKED CAUSING A RATTLE IN REAR SWAY BAR. WATER PUMP WAS LEAKING AND WAS REPLACED. THE STEERING PUMP WAS LEAKING AND WAS REPLACED. *YH

VEHICLE IS MISFIRING, DEALER WILL NOT REPLACE OR REPAIR THE POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE (PCM), EVEN THOUGH THE PCM SHOULD BE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. *TT

VEHICLE IS MISFIRING, DEALER WILL NOT REPLACE OR REPAIR THE POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE (PCM), EVEN THOUGH THE PCM SHOULD BE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. *TT

VEHICLE EXPERIENCING LOOSENESS IN STEERING. *TT

PRIOR TO RECALL NOTIFICATION (98V184) CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE, THE MANUFACTURER IS NOT WILLING TO ASSIST CONSUMER WITH THE HELP OF GETTING ANOTHER VEHICLE, THEY ARE STATING THAT THE CONSUMER DID NOT NOTIFY THEM ABOUT THE NATURE OF THE VEHICLE WHEN IT FIRST OCCURED.*JB

STEERING RACK AND PINION BEGAN MAKING LOUD POP AND/OR CREAKING NOISE WHEN TURNING STEERING WHEEL RIGHT OR LEFT WHEN VEHICLE IS COLD (<30 DEGREES F). LATER THE SAME WEEK, AFTER STARTING COLD CAR IN PARKING LOT, PULLED OUT OF PARKING SPACE AND LOST POWER ASSIST IN STEERING - WITH POWER STEERING DRIVE...

BOTH STEEL LINES ON THE RACK AND PINION STEERING RUPTURED, CAUSING POWER STEERING FLUID TO SPRAY ONTO THE ENGINE, ALSO THERE WAS A LOSS OF STEERING, CONSUMER STATES THAT THE OTHER LINE RUPTURED ONE MONTH LATER. *JB

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE AND TURNING STEERING WHEEL TO CRUISE INTO NEXT LANE WOULD HEAR A LOT OF SCRAPPING NOISES. HAD COME UPON A STOP AND WOULD HEAR A SCRAPPING NOISE FROM FRONT END. HAD TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP, AND MECHANIC REPLACED RACK AND PINION WHICH INDICATED A PROBLEM WITH STEERING.*A...

LARGE BOLTS HOLDING RACK AND PINION SHEARED OFF

LARGE BOLTS HOLDING RACK AND PINION SHEARED OFF

CAR INTERMITTENTLY STALLS FOLLOWING INITIAL SHIFT FROM PARK OR DRIVE. VEHICLE LOCKS IN 2ND GEAR (LIMP MODE). POOR SHIFTING, DELAY IN GEAR FROM PARK TO DRIVE. DELAY ENGAGEMENT AT VEHICLE START UP.*AK

CAR INTERMITTENTLY STALLS FOLLOWING INITIAL SHIFT FROM PARK OR DRIVE. VEHICLE LOCKS IN 2ND GEAR (LIMP MODE). POOR SHIFTING, DELAY IN GEAR FROM PARK TO DRIVE. DELAY ENGAGEMENT AT VEHICLE START UP.*AK

BUSHINGS ON RACK AND PINION NOT PRESENT (TWO EACH). REPAIRED 3 TIMES. DEALER SAID IT WAS NORMAL. COST TO REPLACE $6 BUSHINGS THIS TIME - $1200+, BECAUSE CHRYSLER NO LONGER SELLS JUST THE BUSHINGS - MUST BUY THE WHOLE RACK AND PINION. LOTS OF PLAY IN THE WHEEL AND HAS RUINED THE TIE RODS AND INNE...

RACK AND PINION BUSHINGS ARE WORN OUT AND TIE RODS ARE GONE . DEALER HAS INSPECTED, AND WILL REPAIR VEHICLE AT OWNER'S EXPENSE. *AK *JB

RACK AND PINION BUSHINGS ARE WORN OUT AND TIE RODS ARE GONE . DEALER HAS INSPECTED, AND WILL REPAIR VEHICLE AT OWNER'S EXPENSE. *AK *JB

RACK AND PINION BUSHINGS ARE WORN OUT AND TIE RODS ARE GONE . DEALER HAS INSPECTED, AND WILL REPAIR VEHICLE AT OWNER'S EXPENSE. *AK *JB

RACK AND PINION BUSHINGS ARE WORN OUT AND TIE RODS ARE GONE . DEALER HAS INSPECTED, AND WILL REPAIR VEHICLE AT OWNER'S EXPENSE. *AK *JB

THE COMPLETE STEERING MECHANISM AND ROD HAD TO BE REPLACED, THE ROD NEEDED REPLACEMENT A SECOND TIME. NLM

THESE ONGOING PROBLEMS THAT NEVER SEEM TO BE CORRECTED. NO SAFETY DEFECT MENTIONED. *AK

WE PURCHASED THIS CAR NEW. IT HAS ALWAYS HAD ALIGNMENT PROBLEMS WHICH WERE REPORTED TO THE DEALERSHIP. WE FINALLY DECIDED TO LIVE WITH THE PROBLEM BECAUSE WE GOT TIRED OF NO SERVICE. IN OCT OF 2000 WE HAD BOTH INNER TIE ROD ENDS AND THE LEFT OUTER TIE ROD END REPLACED. THE RACK ASSEMBLY WAS NEVE...

WE PURCHASED THIS CAR NEW. IT HAS ALWAYS HAD ALIGNMENT PROBLEMS WHICH WERE REPORTED TO THE DEALERSHIP. WE FINALLY DECIDED TO LIVE WITH THE PROBLEM BECAUSE WE GOT TIRED OF NO SERVICE. IN OCT OF 2000 WE HAD BOTH INNER TIE ROD ENDS AND THE LEFT OUTER TIE ROD END REPLACED. THE RACK ASSEMBLY WAS NEVE...

THE POWER STEERING RACK FAILED AND THE STEERING ROD BROKE. NLM

THE POWER STEERING RACK FAILED AND THE STEERING ROD BROKE. NLM

TRANSMISSION HAS LEFT US STRANDED ON THREE OCCASIONS...TWICE ON A BUSY FREEWAY. CAR LOCKED UP THROWING OCCUPANTS FORWARD IN A VIOLENT FASHION. *AK

THE BACK OF MY SEAT SEEMED TO MOVE UP AND DOWN SO I TOOK IT OUT AND WHERE THE METAL BRACKET WHICH IS A ONE PIECE METAL FRAME FROM ON THE BACK OF THE SEAT BROKE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE DRIVERS SEAT. HAD BOTH BRACKET BROKE THE BACK OF THE SEAT WOULD HAVE FALLEN INTO THE BACK SEAT OF THE CAR WITH THE ...

MAJOR PULL TO RIGHT. 2ND ALIGNMENT PROBLEM IN 10K MILES. DEALER REPORTS WORN TIE ROD END. OTHER COMPLAINTS TO SAME PROBLEM AND TSB'S. DEALER REFUSES TO REPLACE AT N/C. 2ND TIRE NEEDS TO BE REPLACES. *AK

POWER STEERING BECAME QUITE DIFFICULT AT TIMES ... HARD TURNING WITHOUT POWER ASSIST ...DEALER WILL REPLACE RACK AND PINION GEAR ASSEMBLY WITH NEW RACK AND PINION GEAR ASSEMBLY ON JANAURY 15, 2001 AT A COST TO ME OF $1,156 PLUS TAX ... THIS CAR IS NOT DRIVEN HARD BY ME OR MY WIFE (SENIOR CITIZENS) ...

SINCE WE BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE WE HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE STEERING. I AM ON THE FOURTH POWER STEERING PUMP. THE INNER TIE ROD END WHERE ABOUT TO FALL OUT ALL OF A SUDDEN WHEN MY WIFE WAS DRIVING WHICH COULD HAVE CAUSED A BAD ACCIDENT. THE STEERING STARTED HANGING UP HERE LATELY AND THE SHOP FOUND T...

SINCE WE BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE WE HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE STEERING. I AM ON THE FOURTH POWER STEERING PUMP. THE INNER TIE ROD END WHERE ABOUT TO FALL OUT ALL OF A SUDDEN WHEN MY WIFE WAS DRIVING WHICH COULD HAVE CAUSED A BAD ACCIDENT. THE STEERING STARTED HANGING UP HERE LATELY AND THE SHOP FOUND T...

AFTER TURNING INTO A SIDE STREET, I STOPPED WHEN I HEARD A LOUD POP. I TRIED TO BACK UP, ONLY TO DISCOVER I HAD NO STEERING. AFTER HAVING THE CAR TOWED TO A SHOP, I LEARNED THAT THE BOLTS HAD SHEARED OFF OF THE RACK. FORTUNATELY, I WASN'T MOVING WHEN THIS HAPPENED. *AK

I TURNED INTO A SIDE STREET TO TURN AROUND WHEN I HEARD A LOUD POP. WHEN I TRIED TO BACK UP, I DISCOVERD I HAD NO STEERING. AFTER I HAD THE CAR TOWED INTO A SHOP, I LEARNED THAT THE BOLTS HAD SHEARED OFF OF THE RACK. FORTUNATELY, I WASN'T MOVING WHEN THIS HAPPENED.*AK

VEHICLE HAS A HAIRLINE CRACK IN FUEL RAIL, THERE IS RECALL 98V184000 FOR THIS PROBLEM. BUT, THIS VEHICLE IS NOT PART OF RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK

WHEN DRIVING VEHICLE WOULD DRIFT AND BECOME HARD TO MANAGE, THIS WAS DUE TO BAD RACK AND PINION STEERING. THE DEALR HAS BEEN CONTACTED.*AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

ABS FAILED WHILE THE GEAR SHIFT WAS MOVED FROM REVERSE TO DRIVE. *SLC

PE99031; BUSHING THAT HOLDS TRACK ASSEMBLY HAS FAILED ,ALMOST FEELS THAT POWER STEERING GOES TO MAUNAL STEERING. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

PE99031; BUSHING THAT HOLDS TRACK ASSEMBLY HAS FAILED ,ALMOST FEELS THAT POWER STEERING GOES TO MAUNAL STEERING. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

WHEN DEPRESSING BRAKE PEDAL PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOORBOARD WITHOUT ANY INDICATION. FAILURE OCCURED IN PARKING LOT. *AK

SUN ROOF WOULD OPENED ON ITS OWN WHILE DRIVING AT LEAST 70MPH. SUCTION WOULD PULL IT UP FROM ATTACHMENT WHICH WAS ONLY GLUED DOWN. HEAD LINER WOULD ALSO BE SUCKED OUT WITH SUN ROOF. SUN ROOF FAILED TO HAVE SCREWS TO KEEP IT DOWN. GLUE KEPT MELTING IN THE SUN. HAVE TALKED TO DEALER AT LEAST 4 O...

BECAUSE VEHICLE WOULD WANDER ALL OVER THE ROAD WHILE DRIVNG AT ANY SPEED, IT WAS TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP. AT THE DEALERSHIP, BOTH TIE ROD ENDS WERE REPLACED. ONE OF TIE ROD BUSHING WAS GONE, AND THE OTHER BUSHING WAS WORN OUT. *AK THE OWNER OF THE VEHICLE STATES THAT IT IS UNUSUAL FOR THE TIE RO...

THE INNER TIE RODS, BUSHINGS AND THE STEERING GEAR FAILED CAUSING EXTREME VIBRATIONS WHILE DRIVING. *MJS

THE INNER TIE RODS, BUSHINGS AND THE STEERING GEAR FAILED CAUSING EXTREME VIBRATIONS WHILE DRIVING. *MJS

THE INNER TIE ROD BUSHING ON THE RIGHT SIDE FELL OUT ALLOWING MUCH EXCESSSIVE LOOSENESS BETWEEN THE TWO FRONT WHEELS. THE BUSHING ON THE LEFT INNER TIE ROD WAS BADLY WORN AND CLOSE TO FALLING OUT. THIS MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO STEER THE CAR ACCURATELY. IF THIS IS SITUATION WAS NOT CORRECTED THE MECH...

AIR CONDITIONER EVAPORATOR AND O-RINGS REPLACED. *MJS

TOE RODS REPLACED. *MJS

BRAKE PADS REPLACED. *MJS

FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM FAILED PRIOR TO ANY RECALL NOTIFICATION, CONSUMER HAD DIFFICULTY IN OBTAINING RECALL REPAIR FROM THE DEALERSHIP. *MJS

POWER STEERING SERVO FAILURE CAUSED THE STEERING TO WONDER BACK AND FORTH. YH

TRANSMISSION WAS SLIPPING FROM GEAR INTO GEAR WHEN CONSUMER PUT GEAR INTO DRIVE. ALSO, THERE WAS A LOUD NOISE, AND RADIO WENT OUT . *AK

TRANSMISSION WAS SLIPPING FROM GEAR INTO GEAR WHEN CONSUMER PUT GEAR INTO DRIVE. ALSO, THERE WAS A LOUD NOISE, AND RADIO WENT OUT . *AK

THE BRAKE PEDAL TRAVELS TO THE FLOOR WHEN THE ENGINE STARTS UP, THE ABS SYSTEM RESPONDS ONLY AFTER THE BRAKE PEDAL IS ON THE FLOOR, THE MASTER CYLINDER WAS REPLACED BUT THIS CONDITION STILL EXIST. NLM

WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK, WE WILL HAVE THE FOURTH WATER PUMP INSTALLED IN THIS VEHICLE OVER THE COURSE OF SOME 70,000 MILES. *AK

HEADLAMP BULB BURNED OUT. NLM

WHILE DRIVING STEERING WHEEL WILL DRIFT TO EITHER SIDE. CONSUMER IS AFRAID OF AN ACCIDENT OCCURRING. *AK

WHEN TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL TO THE RIGHT OR LEFT THE VEHICLE MADE A METAL LIKE GRINDING SOUND AND A CLUNK. DEALER HAS REPLACED RACK AND PINION STEERING. SINCE REPAIRS, PROBLEM HAS NOT OCURRED. *AK *ML

CONTINUING LACK OF BRAKING "POWER" I.E. PEDAL IS ON THE FLOOR AND THERE IS NOT ENOUGH BRAKING FORCE GENERATED TO CUASE THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKES TO ACTUATE ,EVEN ON WET PAVEMENT, CAUSING LONGER STOPPING DISTANCES AND SOME REAL TENSE MOMENTS. DEALE HAS TRIED REPLACING SEVERAL COMPONENTS WITH NO RESULT AND...

MY CAR HAS BEEN EATING WATER PUMPS JUST ABOUT EVERY 10,000 MILES WITH DIDTRESSING REGULARITY, STARTING WITH THE ORIGINAL PUMP AND NOW SEVERAL OTHER REPLACEMENT UNITS. THERE IS EITHER A DESIGN DEFECT IN HTE PUMP, OR THERE IS SOMETHING PECULAR TO MY ENGINE THAT HAS NOT BEEN DISCOVERED AND CORRECTED TH...

ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON AFTER DRIVING ABOUT 25 MILES. ENGINE STOPPED AND STEAM CAME OUT FROM RESERVE NO STEAM FROM THE WATER PUMP AREA. DEALER AND CHRYSLER SAY CAR WAS DRIVEN WITH NO COOLANT AND THAT WATER PUMP HAD FAILED CAUSING THE ENGINE TO BLOW. CHRYSLER WILL NOT HELP. COST OF ENGINE IS $4500...

ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON AFTER DRIVING ABOUT 25 MILES. ENGINE STOPPED AND STEAM CAME OUT FROM RESERVE NO STEAM FROM THE WATER PUMP AREA. DEALER AND CHRYSLER SAY CAR WAS DRIVEN WITH NO COOLANT AND THAT WATER PUMP HAD FAILED CAUSING THE ENGINE TO BLOW. CHRYSLER WILL NOT HELP. COST OF ENGINE IS $4500...

PROBLEM: VEHICLE WANDERS AND REQUIRES CONSTANT CORRECTIVE STEERING INPUT FROM THE DRIVER. NO MATTER WHAT THE ROAD CONDITION( WET/DRY/FLAT/CROWNED), THE CAR WILL " DRIFT" AND OR PULL TO THE SIDE WITH OUT ANY APPARENT PATTERN, CONSEQUENTLY, INTENSE CONCENTRATION IS REQUIRED TO DRIVE THIS VEHICLE. ALSO...

REPLACED BOTH OUTER SWAY BAR LINKS, REPLACED RIGHT OUTER TIE ROD END AND SLEEVE. *AK

REPLACED BOTH OUTER SWAY BAR LINKS, REPLACED RIGHT OUTER TIE ROD END AND SLEEVE. *AK

EVER SINCE THE CAR HAS HAD 7,000 MILES ON IT THE ENGINE STALLS WHEN I AM AT ARED LIGHT IT WILL REV. UP SHUDER THEN STALL IT STARTS RIGHTUP AGAIN I HAVE HAD IT IN THE SHOP MANY TIMES THEY CAN'T FIND ANYTHING OR THEY CLEANED THROTLE BODY ASSEMBELY,FIXED A VACUUM HOSE , ADJUSTED THE CODES I CALL THE CA...

EVER SINCE THE CAR HAS HAD 7,000 MILES ON IT THE ENGINE STALLS WHEN I AM AT ARED LIGHT IT WILL REV. UP SHUDER THEN STALL IT STARTS RIGHTUP AGAIN I HAVE HAD IT IN THE SHOP MANY TIMES THEY CAN'T FIND ANYTHING OR THEY CLEANED THROTLE BODY ASSEMBELY,FIXED A VACUUM HOSE , ADJUSTED THE CODES I CALL THE CA...

EVER SINCE THE CAR HAS HAD 7,000 MILES ON IT THE ENGINE STALLS WHEN I AM AT ARED LIGHT IT WILL REV. UP SHUDER THEN STALL IT STARTS RIGHTUP AGAIN I HAVE HAD IT IN THE SHOP MANY TIMES THEY CAN'T FIND ANYTHING OR THEY CLEANED THROTLE BODY ASSEMBELY,FIXED A VACUUM HOSE , ADJUSTED THE CODES I CALL THE CA...

EVER SINCE THE CAR HAS HAD 7,000 MILES ON IT THE ENGINE STALLS WHEN I AM AT ARED LIGHT IT WILL REV. UP SHUDER THEN STALL IT STARTS RIGHTUP AGAIN I HAVE HAD IT IN THE SHOP MANY TIMES THEY CAN'T FIND ANYTHING OR THEY CLEANED THROTLE BODY ASSEMBELY,FIXED A VACUUM HOSE , ADJUSTED THE CODES I CALL THE CA...

CAR DIED ON FREEWAY AT 55 MPH. CYLINDER HEAD GASKETS LEAKING FIRST TIME. NOT REPAIRED PROPERLY; UPPER INTAKE MANIFOLD WARPED AND LEAKING; LOWER MANIFOLD GASKET SUCKED/BLOWN OUT AND LEAKING. STILL NOT REPAIRED PROPERLY. *AK

CAR DIED ON FREEWAY AT 55 MPH. CYLINDER HEAD GASKETS LEAKING FIRST TIME. NOT REPAIRED PROPERLY; UPPER INTAKE MANIFOLD WARPED AND LEAKING; LOWER MANIFOLD GASKET SUCKED/BLOWN OUT AND LEAKING. STILL NOT REPAIRED PROPERLY. *AK

CAR DIED ON FREEWAY AT 55 MPH. CYLINDER HEAD GASKETS LEAKING FIRST TIME. NOT REPAIRED PROPERLY; UPPER INTAKE MANIFOLD WARPED AND LEAKING; LOWER MANIFOLD GASKET SUCKED/BLOWN OUT AND LEAKING. STILL NOT REPAIRED PROPERLY. *AK

STEERING RACK FAILED AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED.

ON JAN 25, 1999 TRANSMISSION WENT OUT. DID NOT GET OUT OF LOW GEAR WHEN IT HAPPENED. DID NOT HAVE ANY REVERSE. THE RPMS WENT UP TO 5,000 JUST TO GO 30MPH. PUT A STRAIN ON ENGINE. VEHICLE WOULD RACE. THIS ALSO HAPPENED ON 13 OCT 99. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER & MECHANIC INDICATED TRANSMISSION NEEDED SE...

ON JAN 25, 1999 TRANSMISSION WENT OUT. DID NOT GET OUT OF LOW GEAR WHEN IT HAPPENED. DID NOT HAVE ANY REVERSE. THE RPMS WENT UP TO 5,000 JUST TO GO 30MPH. PUT A STRAIN ON ENGINE. VEHICLE WOULD RACE. THIS ALSO HAPPENED ON 13 OCT 99. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER & MECHANIC INDICATED TRANSMISSION NEEDED SE...

ON JAN 25, 1999 TRANSMISSION WENT OUT. DID NOT GET OUT OF LOW GEAR WHEN IT HAPPENED. DID NOT HAVE ANY REVERSE. THE RPMS WENT UP TO 5,000 JUST TO GO 30MPH. PUT A STRAIN ON ENGINE. VEHICLE WOULD RACE. THIS ALSO HAPPENED ON 13 OCT 99. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER & MECHANIC INDICATED TRANSMISSION NEEDED SE...

ON JAN 25, 1999 TRANSMISSION WENT OUT. DID NOT GET OUT OF LOW GEAR WHEN IT HAPPENED. DID NOT HAVE ANY REVERSE. THE RPMS WENT UP TO 5,000 JUST TO GO 30MPH. PUT A STRAIN ON ENGINE. VEHICLE WOULD RACE. THIS ALSO HAPPENED ON 13 OCT 99. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER & MECHANIC INDICATED TRANSMISSION NEEDED SE...

THE RUBBER BUSHING THAT MOUNTS THE RACK IN PLACE HAS PREMATURELY WORE OUT IT IS NOT FROM WEAR AND TEAR AS IT IS A NON-MOVING PART. WITH MY RUBBER BUSHING DRY ROTTING AND CRUMBLING APART IT ALOWS THE RACK TO MOVE FROM SIDE TO SIDE LEAVING THE DRIVER WITH NO CONTROL OVER TE STEERING OF THE CAR. IN ORD...

WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED DURING RAIN STORM WHILE TRAVELING AT 65 MPH. WIPER LINKAGE HAD SEPARATED WITHOUT WARNING DUE TO RUSTING OF METALLIC BALL AND WEAR ON PLASTIC SOCKET IN BALL/SOCKET PIVOT POINT.

OILY SUBSTANCE COATING THE INTERIOR TO THE WINDSHIELD WHICH CONTINUALLY COMES BACK AFTER CLEANING (POSSIBLE INTERIOR CARGO MATERIAL OF CONSTRUCTION), CAUSING EYE AND NOSE IRRITATION.

A POPPING NOISE HAS BEEN PRESENT SINCE ABOUT 12000 MILES. REPEATED ATTEMPTS TO FIND HAVE NOT RESULTED IN A CURE. AT 35500 MILES I INSISTED THAT THE FRONT END BE COMPLETELY CHECKED. THE FOUR FRONT CRADLE MOUNTS WERE REPLACED BUT THE NOISE CONTINUED. ADDITIONAL CHECKING REVEALED A LEFT FRONT AXLE ...

A POPPING NOISE HAS BEEN PRESENT SINCE ABOUT 12000 MILES. REPEATED ATTEMPTS TO FIND HAVE NOT RESULTED IN A CURE. AT 35500 MILES I INSISTED THAT THE FRONT END BE COMPLETELY CHECKED. THE FOUR FRONT CRADLE MOUNTS WERE REPLACED BUT THE NOISE CONTINUED. ADDITIONAL CHECKING REVEALED A LEFT FRONT AXLE ...

A POPPING NOISE HAS BEEN PRESENT SINCE ABOUT 12000 MILES. REPEATED ATTEMPTS TO FIND HAVE NOT RESULTED IN A CURE. AT 35500 MILES I INSISTED THAT THE FRONT END BE COMPLETELY CHECKED. THE FOUR FRONT CRADLE MOUNTS WERE REPLACED BUT THE NOISE CONTINUED. ADDITIONAL CHECKING REVEALED A LEFT FRONT AXLE ...

WHEN STARTING VEHICLE HEARD A BIG PPOPING NOISE AND SMOKE CAME FROM UNDERNEATH THE HOOD. CONSUMER LIFTED HOOD AND BATTERY COVER HAD COME OFF. THIS MAY HAVE CAUSED INJURIES. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

CONSUMER HAS NO HAD RECALL REPAIR WORK ON THE FUEL INJECTION O-RINGS DUE TO SCHEDULING PROBLEMS WITH DEALERSHIP.(98V-184) MJS

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED FAILURE OF THE FUEL INJECTION O-RINGS PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE. MJS (98V-184).

THIS CAR HAS HAD THREE WATERPUMP FAILURES IN IT'S FIRST TWO YEARS LEAVING THE CAR AND DRIVER STRANDED.

OWNER PUT THE VEHICLE IN DRIVE WHILE FOOT WAS STILL ON THE BRAKES AND THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED FORWARD AND HIT A CAR AND A GARAGE WALL, AND NEITHER DRIVER'S OR PASSENGER'S SIDE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. DEALER SAID THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE CAR. *AK

OWNER PUT THE VEHICLE IN DRIVE WHILE FOOT WAS STILL ON THE BRAKES AND THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED FORWARD AND HIT A CAR AND A GARAGE WALL, AND NEITHER DRIVER'S OR PASSENGER'S SIDE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. DEALER SAID THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE CAR. *AK

HIGH PRESSURE FUEL LINES BETWEEN THE TWO CYLINDER HEADS HAVE LEAKS IN THEM,CAUSING THE GAS TO LEAK ON THE ENGINE. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

WHILE ACCELLERATING AWAY FROM FULL STOP, ACCELLERATOR EITHER STUCK OR WAS PULLED DOWN THEN STUCK. DRIVER COULD NOT BREAK FREE. TRIED PULLING UP AND STOMPING ON PEDAL. APPLIED AGGRESSIVE BRAKING AND LUCKILY BROUGHT CAR UNDER CONTROL TO FULL STOP. DRIVER REMEMBERS SEEING 4,000 RPM. ALL ELSE HAPP...

RIGHT REAR DOOR LOCK STUCK CAUSING THE DOOR NOT TO OPEN.

ABS BRAKES WOULD NOT ACTIVATE WHEN GOING OVER BUMPS. ALSO, ABS LIGHT WOULD COME ON. PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR AND VEHICLE VIBRATES.

VEHICLE HAS ABS BRAKES. FRONT BRAKE ROTORS HAVE EXCESSIVE WEAR, ROTORS WEAR OUT EVERY 10,000 MILES. VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN DEALERS SEVERAL TIMES. *AK

VEHICLE HAS ABS BRAKES. FRONT BRAKE ROTORS HAVE EXCESSIVE WEAR, ROTORS WEAR OUT EVERY 10,000 MILES. VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN DEALERS SEVERAL TIMES. *AK

WHILE DRIVING, NOTICED A STRANGE SMELL; BLACK SMOKE STARTED COMING FROM DASH DUCTS. PULLED OVER, SHUT ENGINE OFF, AND LOOKED UNDER HOOD. VEHICLE THEN CAUGHT FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT.

BRAKE ROTORS WERE RUSTED THROUGH. DEALER REPLACED THE ROTORS AND CALIPERS. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

STEERING WHEEL BEGAN TO CENTER AT 1/4 TURNS TO THE LEFT OVER A PERIOD OF 1000 MILES. COULD HEAR A THUMPING (LOOSE STEERING) WHEN MAKING LOW SPEED TURNS BACK AND FORTH.

DOOR HINGES DO NOT HOLD DOOR OPEN CAUSING INJURY TO CONSUMERS WHEN DOOR CLOSES UNEXPECTEDLY.

CONSUMER HIT A TREE HEAD ON TRAVELING ABOUT 30-40 MPH, AND THERE WAS NO DEPLOYMENT OF THE DRIVER'S OR PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS. THE VEHICLE IS BEING REPAIRED. *AK

FRONT ROTORS ARE WARPED AND CAUSE THE STEERING WHEEL TO SHAKE AND THE VEHICLE TO PULSATE. EXCESSIVE PRESSURE HAS TO BE APPLIED TO STOP THE VEHICLE.

AIR BAG DEPLOYED WITH A LOUD BOOMING NOISE DURING CRASH, LEAVING DRIVER WITH EAR DAMAGE.

HEADLIGHTS DO NOT PROVIDE ENOUGH LIGHTING AT NIGHT WHILE DRIVING.

HORN BUTTONS DIFFICULT TO ACCESS IN EMERGENCY SITUATIONS.

HORN ACTIVATORS ARE NOT EASILY LOCATED DURING AN EMERGENCY SITUATION, DUE TO DESIGN.

WATER PUMP FAILURE.

VEHICLE WILL NOT START IN COLD TEMPERATURES, APPROXIMATELY 10 DEGREES. NO CODES ARE STORED, DRB II SHOWS NO ERROR CODES AND THERE IS NO SPARK AND NO GAS. WHEN TEMPERATURES WARM TO AROUND 20 DEGREES VEHICL WILL START.

ABS BRAKES MALFUNCTIONED. IN ADDITION, WARPED BRAKE ROTORS. *AK

ABS BRAKES MALFUNCTIONED. IN ADDITION, WARPED BRAKE ROTORS. *AK

WHEN APPLYING ABS BRAKES, VEHICLE SHAKES VIOLENTLY. *AK

THERE IS A REFLECTION ON THE DASHBOARD, RESULTING IN POOR VISIBILITY. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER, WINDSHIELD HAS BEEN REPLACED. *AK

WHILE SHIFTING GEAR INTO REVERSE FROM PARK, TRANSMISSION ACTS AS IF IT IS IN NEUTRAL. ENGINE RACES WHEN ACCELERATOR IS PRESSED, AND INDICATOR LIGHT INDICATES GEAR IS IN REVERSE.

DRIVER'S PANT LEG WOULD GET CAUGHT ON THE PARKING BRAKE ASSEMBLY UPON ENTERING THE VEHICLE.

BATTERY FAILED.

WHILE DRIVING ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASSIONS EXPERIENCED WATER PUMP FAILURE, AT APPROX. 65MPH, NOTICED HEAT GUAGE LIGHT AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT APPEARED, THEN ENGINE SHUT DOWN, DEALER KEPT VEHICLE FOR 12 DAYS BECAUSE PART WAS ON NAT'L BACK ORDER. *AK TIRE BLOW OUT AT 10,000 MILES AND REPLACED. POWER ST...

WHILE DRIVING ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASSIONS EXPERIENCED WATER PUMP FAILURE, AT APPROX. 65MPH, NOTICED HEAT GUAGE LIGHT AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT APPEARED, THEN ENGINE SHUT DOWN, DEALER KEPT VEHICLE FOR 12 DAYS BECAUSE PART WAS ON NAT'L BACK ORDER. *AK TIRE BLOW OUT AT 10,000 MILES AND REPLACED. POWER ST...

WHILE DRIVING ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASSIONS EXPERIENCED WATER PUMP FAILURE, AT APPROX. 65MPH, NOTICED HEAT GUAGE LIGHT AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT APPEARED, THEN ENGINE SHUT DOWN, DEALER KEPT VEHICLE FOR 12 DAYS BECAUSE PART WAS ON NAT'L BACK ORDER. *AK TIRE BLOW OUT AT 10,000 MILES AND REPLACED. POWER ST...

WHILE DRIVING ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASSIONS EXPERIENCED WATER PUMP FAILURE, AT APPROX. 65MPH, NOTICED HEAT GUAGE LIGHT AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT APPEARED, THEN ENGINE SHUT DOWN, DEALER KEPT VEHICLE FOR 12 DAYS BECAUSE PART WAS ON NAT'L BACK ORDER. *AK TIRE BLOW OUT AT 10,000 MILES AND REPLACED. POWER ST...

WHILE DRIVING ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASSIONS EXPERIENCED WATER PUMP FAILURE, AT APPROX. 65MPH, NOTICED HEAT GUAGE LIGHT AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT APPEARED, THEN ENGINE SHUT DOWN, DEALER KEPT VEHICLE FOR 12 DAYS BECAUSE PART WAS ON NAT'L BACK ORDER. *AK TIRE BLOW OUT AT 10,000 MILES AND REPLACED. POWER ST...

WHILE DRIVING ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASSIONS EXPERIENCED WATER PUMP FAILURE, AT APPROX. 65MPH, NOTICED HEAT GUAGE LIGHT AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT APPEARED, THEN ENGINE SHUT DOWN, DEALER KEPT VEHICLE FOR 12 DAYS BECAUSE PART WAS ON NAT'L BACK ORDER. *AK TIRE BLOW OUT AT 10,000 MILES AND REPLACED. POWER ST...

WHEN RELEASING THE ABS BRAKES THEY WILL GRIND, VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN FOR REPAIRS SEVEN TIMES WITHOUT A REMEDY. *AK

AIR CONDITIONER INOPERATIVE.

WHILE DRIVING AT 55MPH SUDDENLY LOSS OF POWER OCCURS, THEN ENGINE SHUTS DOWN, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT APPEARS, RENDERING POWER STEERING AND BRAKES INOPERATIVE, NO PRIOR WARNING.*AK

FAILURE ON THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAGS, CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A ACCIDENT AND THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY.*AK

FAILURE ON THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAGS, CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A ACCIDENT AND THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY.*AK

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES FRONT END VIBRATES VIOLENTLY. *AK

THE MECHANISM IN THE VEHICLE THAT CONTROLS STEERING FELL APART. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK

INTERMITTENTLY THE VEHICLE SHUTS OFF WITHOUT ANY WARNING, LOSS OF ALL SAFETY FEATURES (POWER STEERING) *AK