1999 CHRYSLER LHS Electrical System Problems

INTERIOR LIGHTS GO ON AND OFF,INSTRUMENT PANEL,BLINKS,WHILE DRIVING. ALARM GOES OFF FOR NO REASON. I'VE HAD TO REPLACE 3 BATTERIES,AS IT SEEMS THERE IS A DRAIN IN THE SYSTEM SOMEWHERE THAT KNOWONE CAN FIND. ITS SITTING DEAD ONCE AGAIN IN FRONT OF HOUSE. BARELY TOUCH CABLES TO BATTERY EXTENDED CONNECTIONS AND IT WILL START RIGHT UP. AFTER CHARGING BATTERY IT IS DEAD WITHIN 24 HRS. TURNING KEY,INTERIOR LIGHTS DO NOT FLICKER OR DIM,BUT YOU HEAR CLICK OF LIKE DEAD BATTERY. DEFINITE PROBLEM WITH WIRING IN THIS CAR,AND A SAFETY ISSUE WHEN DRIVING. JUST SPENT 1800.00 IN 6 MONTHS ALSO REPLACING 3 INJECTORS,AND ALL O RINGS.GAS LINE ON BACK FIREWALL WAS ALSO CRACKED AND PUTTING FUMES INTO INTERIOR. ONLY DID THIS WHEN AT IDLE. THIS WIRING HARNESS PROBLEM NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED BEFORE SOMEONE GETS INTO AN ACCIDENT. ALSO SWITCH ON HEADLIGHTS CANNOT BE USED ON AUTO,DRAINS BATTERY QUICKER. NOW HEAT/AC/LIGHTS GOES OUT ON DASH. SEEM TO HEAR A CONTINUE HUM EVEN WHEN CAR IS SHUT OFF..NOT RADIO! HELP,SPENT TO MUCH ON THIS CAR WITH 126,000 MILES ON IT TO FEEL I CAN'T PUT MY CHILDREN INSIDE TO BE SAFE,OR STRANDED. RECALL WIRING HARNESS! ALL ABOVE HAPPENS EITHER HIGHWAY,OR CITY STREETS. NOW FRONT INTERIOR DOME LIGHTS HAVE STOPPED WORKING,BUT DIRECTIONAL INDICATOR STILL WORKS. JUST WAITING FOR THIS TO CATCH ON FIRE. ABOUT TIME CHRYSLER DID SOMETHING ABOUT THESE ISSUES. I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER CHRYSLER VEHICLE AGAIN.ALSO REPLACED FUEL PUMP,TIMING BELT,PULLEYS ETC,BEFORE INJECTOR AND FUEL LINE PROBLEM,THAT OCCURRED 3 MONTHS LATER.

TAKATA RECALL I HAVE JUST SPENT $435 TO REPLACE THE STARTER ASSEMBLY IN MY CHRYSLER. HAD JUST PURCHASED A NEW BATTERY. THE CAR ONLY HAS 60K MILES ON IT. HAS THERE BEEN ANY RECALLS FOR THIS ISSUE? THAT SEEMS FAIRLY LOW MILES FOR A STARTER REPLACEMENT.

Mileage: 59,999

ALL OF THE DASHBOARD GAUGES STOPPED WORKING, THE DRIVER SEAT STARTED MOVING, ALL AT ONCE. THE SPEEDOMETER STOPPED WORKING WHILE THE DRIVER'S SEAT WAS ADJUSTING ITSELF--SUPER DANGEROUS! *TR

Mileage: 130,122

THE CAR HAS HAD REGULAR OIL CHANGES AND WAS DUE FOR A TRANSMISSION SERVICE. SENSORS WERE REPLACED APPROXIMATELY THREE YEARS AGO. MECHANIC INDICATED THAT THE PAN BELOW WAS WET WITH OIL. WHEN THE CAR WAS TOWED OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY, AAA TOW JUMPED THE BATTERY IT HELD FOR ABOUT A MINUTE AND THEN WOULD NOT HOLD THE START. THE TOW DRIVER INDICATED THAT HE BELIEVED THAT IT WAS NO TRANSMISSION. SOMETIMES THERE IS AN ENGINE KNOCK AND SOMETIMES AS THE CHARGE IS ABOUT TO STOP THE ENGINE RUNS WITH NO NOISE. THIS CAR ONLY HAS APPROXIMATELY 61,0000 MILES, AND HAS ONLY BEEN LONG DISTANCE TO TRAVERSE CITY. FURTHER ONE SHOP INDICATED THAT THE BATTERY WAS ONLY OPERATING AT 25%. NO ONE WOULD DO A PAID DIAGNOSTIC ON THIS VEHICLE. IT WAS TOWED TO FIRESTONE AND MO'S, IN SOUTHFIELD AND OAK PARK RESPECTIVELY. *TR

Mileage: 61,000

WHEN DRIVING THE DASH LIGHT DIM AND THE IDIOT LIGHTS COME ON AND THE GAS AND SPEEDOMETER GO DEAD. SOMETIME THE FRONT DRIVERS SEAT DECIDES TO READJUST ITSELF AND ALMOST CAUSED ME DO WRECK. WAS TOLD ALL THIS IS KNOW BY CHRYSLER BUT CANT AFFORD TO TAKE TO SHOP. *TR

Mileage: 99,000

THE DOOR OPEN LIGHT COMES ON AND FLASHES RANDOMLY WHEN THE CAR IS BEING DRIVEN. THE DOME LIGHTS COME ON AT THE SAME TIME AND FLASH. LASTLY, THE DING-DONG SOUND GOES ON/OFF. ALL OF THESE HAPPEN AT THE SAME TIME. VERY EMBARRASSING AT NIGHT WHILE DRIVING , A HUGE DISTRACTION FOR OTHER DRIVERS.*AK

DT: CONTACT COMPLAINED OF A LOT OF PROBLEMS WITH THE CAR. THERE WAS A NEW WATER PUMP/NEW BATTERY CABLES/ NEW BRAKES/ROTORS, AND PADS ON THE CAR. ALSO, PUT IN A NEW HEATER COIL. THEY DID SOMETHING TO THE AIR CONDITIONER, AND IT WILL COST APPROXIMATELY $500-600 TO FIX IT. CURRENTLY THERE IS AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM. WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE STREET THE CAR AUTOMATICALLY SHUTS OFF. IT IS AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM BECAUSE THEY HAVE REPLACED THE LIGHTS IN THE CAR AND THEY SHORTED OUT. CONSUMER WAS TOLD THERE WAS AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM.*AK

Mileage: 125,000

DT: CONTACT COMPLAINED OF A LOT OF PROBLEMS WITH THE CAR. THERE WAS A NEW WATER PUMP/NEW BATTERY CABLES/ NEW BRAKES/ROTORS, AND PADS ON THE CAR. ALSO, PUT IN A NEW HEATER COIL. THEY DID SOMETHING TO THE AIR CONDITIONER, AND IT WILL COST APPROXIMATELY $500-600 TO FIX IT. CURRENTLY THERE IS AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM. WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE STREET THE CAR AUTOMATICALLY SHUTS OFF. IT IS AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM BECAUSE THEY HAVE REPLACED THE LIGHTS IN THE CAR AND THEY SHORTED OUT. CONSUMER WAS TOLD THERE WAS AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM.*AK

Mileage: 125,000

THE CONSUMER STATED WHILE DRIVING, THE TRANSMISSION BEGAN TO SLIP. THE TRANSMISSION STAYED IN 2 OR 3RD GEAR. *JB THE DRIVER'S SEAT BELT WAS INOPERATIVE. THE OXYGEN SENSOR FAILED PREMATURELY. THE FUEL LINES LEAKED. THE POWER DOOR LOCKS FAILED. THE RADIO/CASSETTE PLAYER FAILED. THE POWER MIRRORS FAILED. THE REMOTE KEYLESS ENTRY SYSTEM FAILED. THE POWER WINDOWS AND SEATS FAILED. THE ALARM WAS INOPERATIVE. TRUNK RELEASE WAS INOPERATIVE. *NM

Mileage: 58,000

CONSUMER STATED THERE ARE TWO KEY TO THE VEHICLE AND NEITHER ONE FITS THE IGNITION PROPERLY. UPON PUTTING THE KEY INTO THE IGNITION CONSUMER HAS TO WORK WITH IT FOR A WHILE. CONSUMER HAD THE IGNITION REPAIRED TWICE ALREADY. *AK

THE CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO START OR TURN THE KEY IN THE IGNITION SWITCH. *JB

Mileage: 180,000

WHEN IT RAINED, THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM SHUT DOWN. *TT

Mileage: 26,125

I AM CONCERNED THERE MAY BE A PROBLEM WITH MY WIRING IN MY 1999 CHRYSLER LHS, I HAVE REPLACED FUSES, TWO RADIATOR FANS, AND MY HEAT ON MY SEAT DOES NOT WORK, MY CLIMATE CONTROL PANEL WILL NOT WORK AND A FRIEND OF MINE THAT OWNS A 300M HAD SIMILAR PROBLEMS, I THINK THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL TO CHECK THE WIRE HARNESS. *JB

Mileage: 107,000

OCCASIONALLY WHILE DRIVIIG WITH HEADLIGHTS ON, (DAY OR NIGHT) ALL DASH RELATED LIGHTS JUST START FLICKERING. IT WILL CONTINUE SPORADICALLY FOR SOME BRIEF OR EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME (LESS THAN A MINUTE OR AS LONG AS 10 TO 15 MINUTES). MY CONCERN IS A POSSIBLE SHORT EXISTS WHICH COULD EITHER SHUT DOWN THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM OR CREATE AN ELECTRICAL FIRE IN THE VEHICLE.

Mileage: 43,000

OCCASIONALLY WHILE DRIVIIG WITH HEADLIGHTS ON, (DAY OR NIGHT) ALL DASH RELATED LIGHTS JUST START FLICKERING. IT WILL CONTINUE SPORADICALLY FOR SOME BRIEF OR EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME (LESS THAN A MINUTE OR AS LONG AS 10 TO 15 MINUTES). MY CONCERN IS A POSSIBLE SHORT EXISTS WHICH COULD EITHER SHUT DOWN THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM OR CREATE AN ELECTRICAL FIRE IN THE VEHICLE.

Mileage: 43,000

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE STARTER CAUGHT ON FIRE WHILE DRIVING 35-40 MPH. LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT AND STATE POLICE ARRIVED TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE. DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*JB

KEY CAN BE REMOVED FROM THE IGNITION SWITCH AT ANY POSITION. DEALER CONTACTED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

LIGHTS INSIDE THE DASH KEEPS BLINKING ON AND OFF I NEED TO KNOW IF THIS CAR WAS EVER IN ANY KIND OF ACCIENDENT . I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO FIND OUT IF THE MILEAGE WAS TURNED BACK. AND ALSO WHO WAS THE ACTUAL OWNER, BECAUSE I WAS TOLD THAT THE CAR WAS A DEMO AND THE MANAGER USED IT TO GET AROUND IN. FOR THIS TO BE TURE WHY AM I HAVING PROMBLES WITH IT. I HAVE AN APPOINTMENT FRIDAY 6/22 AT 9.30 TO TAKE IT IN. I ALSO FOUND OUT THAT THERE IS A RECALL ON THE CAR FOR IT'S SEAT BELTS. WOULD I BE ABLE TO FIND OUT IF THIS HAS BEEN FIX. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU MAY BE ABLE TO DO FOR ME.*AK

INTERMITTENTLY HORN ASSEMBLY BECAME INOPERABLE DUE TO A SHORT IN THE WIRING. DEALER HAS REPAIRED VEHICLE SEVERAL TIMES. *AK *ML

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE FILLED UP WITH SMOKE FROM THE DASH AREA. ALL ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS SHUT DOWN. VEHCLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. OWNER WAS TOLD THAT RADIO SHORTED OUT, AND SHUT DOWN ENTIRE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. RADIO/BOTH WNDOWS MOTORS, AND FUSES WERE REPLACED. ON MARCH 13, 2000 THE DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW FAILED TO OPEN, AND VEHICLE SMELLED ELECTRICALLY HOT. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE FILLED UP WITH SMOKE FROM THE DASH AREA. ALL ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS SHUT DOWN. VEHCLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. OWNER WAS TOLD THAT RADIO SHORTED OUT, AND SHUT DOWN ENTIRE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. RADIO/BOTH WNDOWS MOTORS, AND FUSES WERE REPLACED. ON MARCH 13, 2000 THE DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW FAILED TO OPEN, AND VEHICLE SMELLED ELECTRICALLY HOT. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE HORNS ON THIS VEHICLE FOUR TIMES. EVERY TIME IT RAINS THE POSITION OF THE HORN ASSEMBLY UNDER THE HOOD AND ADJACENT TO THE FRONT WHEELS, APPARENTLY PERMITS WATER TO ENTER THE HORN AND CAUSE IT TO SHORT OUT. WHATEVER THE REASON, THE HORNS DO NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY. IF THE DECIBAL LEVEL COULD BE MEASURED I AM SURE IT WOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED AT ALL SAFE. THE MANUFACTURER CLAIMS NOT TO HAVE HAD A PROBLEM WITH OTHER VEHICLES OF THE SAME DESIGN, ETC. MY OPINION IS NOT HAVING A WORKING HORN IS ABSOLUTELY A SAFETY ISSUE AND NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED BY THE MANUFACTURER AND NTSA. *AK