1990 Chrysler Fifth AVE

These are unverified consumer reports filed with NHTSA, shown as submitted.

• 12/29/2000· FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

  CRACKED FUEL RAIL DISCOVERED DURING ROUTINE MAINTENANCE/ REPLACEMENT PART NOT IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE. FACTORY IS SHIPPING OVER 700 TO DEALERS? WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE UNTIL 01/??/2001. HIGH FIRE HAZARD. VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN SHOP MORE THAN A WEEK, VIN # NOT AVAILABLE TO ME AT THIS TIME. *AK

• 12/28/1995· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  OIL PAN/OIL PRESSURE SWITCH LEAKING.

• 12/26/1996· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  IN LESS THAN (2) YEARS THE SEPERTINE BELT HAS COME OFF (5) TIMES. *AK

• 12/20/2004· FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

  STARTED CAR THIS MORNING AND NOTICED A STRONG ODOR OF GAS. OPENED THE HOOD AND NOTICED FUEL LEAKING OUT OF FUEL RAIL AT CONNECTION BETWEEN THE U-BEND CROSS-OVER PIPE AND THE FRONT FUEL RAIL. PART HAS NOT BEEN REPLACED/REPAIRED YET. HOWEVER, NOTICED ON INTERNET CHAT ROOMS THAT THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM.*AK

• 12/16/1996· SERVICE BRAKES, AIR

  ABS RECALL--OWNER NOT NOTIFIED.

• 12/13/1999· FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

  WHEN VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A MECHANIC FOR OTHER WORK, MECHANIC NOTICED THE FUEL WAS LEAKING FROM THE FUEL RAIL AT POINTS. FUEL RAIL WILL BE REPLACED AT OWNER'S EXPENSE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

• 12/11/1996· WHEELS

  WHEELS LOCKED UP, CAUSING ACCIDENT.

• 12/11/1995· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  EXCESSIVE BRAKING LOSS OF BRAKING EA95-016 ABS BRAKES. TT

• 12/08/1994· POWER TRAIN

  TRANSAXLE FAILURE. (OTHER VEHICLE ON 478926). *SKD

• 12/07/2001· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,VISIBILITY,AIR BAGS

  WHEN AIRBAG LIGHT COMES ON THE FOLLOWING DOESNT WORK .....POWER WINDOWS, FAN RADIATOR, FAN AIR/HEATER

• 12/06/2002· FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

  CONSUMER CALLED COMPLAINING ABOUT HAVING PROBLEMS WITH FUEL RAIL. ALSO STATED THAT THE FUEL RAIL IS LEAKING GAS. DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND THEE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO BECAUSE THERE IS NO RECALL. TS

• 12/06/1995· EXTERIOR LIGHTING

  EXPERIENCING ELECTRONIC PROBLEMS LIGHTS GO ON AND OFF BY THEMSELVES AND DOORS WOULD JAM UP. TT

• 12/04/1996· POWER TRAIN

  THE VEHICLE AUTOMATICALLY GOES INTO LOW GEAR AND STAYS THERE. THE COMPUTER WENT OUT AS SOON AS HE STARTED THE VEHICLE. *AK

• 12/02/1995· POWER TRAIN

  ODOMETER ACCUMULATES MILESON ITS OWN DUE TO ELECTRICAL FAILURE. *SD

• 11/30/1999· STEERING,AIR BAGS

  A SPRING THAT HOLDS AIRBAG IN PLACE BROKE, CAUSING STEERING TO LOCK UP , COULD NOT TURN WHEEL AND HORN KEPT BLOWING. *AK

• 11/26/2001· POWER TRAIN

  BAD TORQUE COVERTER & TWO OTHER PROBLEMS IN THE TRANSMISSION ACCORDING TO TEST. DEALER REFUSES TO REPAIR. DEALER SAID HE WILL ONLY RPAIR IF WE PAY HALF, ONLY ON TORK CONVERTER. TRANSMISSION IS AT SPEED OF 45 MPH.*AK

• 11/24/1998· FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

  VEHICLE HAD HEAVY ODOR OF GASOLINE, GASOLINE WAS LEAKING FROM THE FUEL INJECTOR RAIL. DEALER CONTACTED, AND IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM WITH OTHER MODELS. PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK

• 11/18/1998· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES THE VEHICLE WOULDN'T COME TO A COMPLETE STOP, AND THE ABS WARNING LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON AT ANY SPEED. CONTACTED THE DEALER FOR REPAIRS ON THE VEHICLE, AND THE VEHICLE WAS SERVICED. *AK

• 11/15/1999· FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

  WHERE THE FUEL LINE CONNECTS TO THE FUEL INJECTOR, THERE IS FUEL GUSHING OUT FROM TOP OF THE CONNECTION. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

• 11/11/2004· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  UNPERFORMED RECALL : NHTSA CAMPAIGN #91V004000. THE SERV. MGR. AT NEVADA AUTO MALL TOLD ME HE NEEDED TO VOID THE WORK ORDER BECAUSE HE DID NOT HAVE TIME TO WORK ON MY CAR BUT IT WOULD BE OKAY TO DRIVE. I WAS AT THAT TIME EMPLOYED BY NEVADA AUTO MALL, BUT IN THE INTERIM, I WAS FIRED FROM MY JOB, AND MY CAR RELEASED TO ME WITHOUT THE SAFETY RECALL BEING PERFORMED. MY CAR'S ELECTRICAL SYSTEM HAS NOW SHORTED OUT, DIRECTLY RESULTING FROM THIS UNPERFORMED RECALL, AND I AM UNABLE TO DRIVE IT. I CONTACTED CHRYSLER CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE AND SPOKE TO CAMERON. HE SAID THAT NEVADA AUTO MALL REPORTED THE RECALL BEING PERFORMED ON MY CAR JUNE 14, 2004. THIS IS FRAUD!! NOT ONLY DID THEY NOT PERFORM THE RECALL (THEY NEVER HAD MY CAR IN THEIR SHOP THIS ENTIRE YEAR!), BUT THEY ALSO CHARGED CHRYSLER FOR A RECALL THEY NEVER PERFORMED! I SPOKE WITH SEAN AT CUSTOMER SERVICE TODAY AND HE SAID THAT CHRYSLER HAD SENT ME AN E-MAIL ON NOV. 9 STATING THIS IS BASICALLY NOT THEIR PROBLEM AND THAT I SHOULD TAKE IT UP WITH THE DEALERSHIP. SINCE THE DEALERSHIP IS AN "AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE" OF CHRYSLER, I BELIEVE IT TO BE AS MUCH THEIR PROBLEM AS IT IS THE DEALERSHIP'S. I NEVER RECEIVED THE E-MAIL THEY SUPPOSEDLY SENT ME AND WHEN I ASKED "SEAN" TO RE-SEND IT, HE SAID HE WOULD HAVE TO FIND SOMEONE WHO COULD RE-SEND IT TO ME AS HE COULD NOT DO IT. NOR COULD HE PRINT IT OUT AND FAX IT TO ME. "SEAN" ALSO TOLD ME THAT THIS WAS NOT A SAFETY RECALL, JUST A REGULAR RECALL. ANOTHER LIE!! I PRINTED OUT A COPY OF THE ORIGINAL LETTER SENT TO THE DIR. OF AUTOMOTIVE SAFETY PLANNING AND COMPLIANCE WITH CHRYSLER CORP. FROM THE CHIEF OF DEFECTS INVESTIGATION ENFORCEMENT WHICH CLEARLY STATES SAFETY RECALL. *JB

• 11/10/1999· AIR BAGSCrash

  THIS WAS AN ACCIDENT WHERE THE AIRBAG DEPLOYED AND EXPLODED. THE DRIVER DEVELOPED (WITHIN 3 DAYS) DEVELOPED DOUBLE CHEMICAL PNEUMONIA (HOSPITALIZED FOR 15 DAYS) - ATTRIBUTED TO INHALATION OF THE TALCUM POWDER USED TO LUBRICATE THE AIRBAG. THE DRIVER REMAINED IN THE CAR FOR APPROX. 30 MIN. FOLLOWING THE ACCIDENT. I AM LOOKING FOR ANY INFORMATION WHICH MAY EXIST ON OTHER INJURIES/ACCIDENTS OF THIS TYPE.

• 11/08/2003· FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

  BAD GAS MILEAGE, HARD TO START, SMELLED GAS. DEALER FOUND LEAK COMING FROM FUEL RACK. COULD HAVE STARTED ON FIRE WHILE MY 18 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING IT TO WORK. $245 FOR THE RACK PLUS $$$ FOR O-RINGS, GASKET & HOSES, NOT TO MENTION LABOR. HEARD & READ OF MANY SIMILAR COMPLAINTS. SHOULD HAVE BEEN A RECALL. SOUNDS LIKE A DEFECT TO ME!! *AK

• 11/08/2002· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  CONSUMER STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AND WITHOUT WARNING THE ABS PUMP FAIL CAUSING THE CONSUMER TO HAVE EXTEND STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER NOTIFIED. TS

• 11/08/1995· AIR BAGSCrash

  THE DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG THE CHEMICAL INSIDE THE AIR BAG. TT

• 11/08/1994· STEERING

  SHORT CIRCUIT IN ALARM SYSTEM WIRING CAUSED BATTERY FAILURE.

• 11/02/1999· POWER TRAIN

  SEVERAL OCCASIONS DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED CAR DOWNSHIFTS INTO SECOND GEAR.

• 10/29/1999· AIR BAGS

  A SPRING THAT HOLDS AIRBAG IN PLACE BROKE, CAUSED STEERING TO LOCKUP, AND COULD NOT TUR NWHEEL AND HORN KEPT BLOWING. *AK

• 10/27/2000· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  IGNITION SWITCH CONTINUED TO OVERHEAT. IGNITION SWITCH HAS BEEN REPLACED 3 TIMES.*AK THE FOURTH SWITCH WAS INSTALLED AND THERE IS AN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING DEFECT, ACCORDING TO THE CONSUMER. *YH

• 10/23/2000· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

• 10/23/1995· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  CRANKSHAFT FAILED. *SD

• 10/22/1996· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  WHEN APPLING THE ABS BRAKES, THE ABS AND THE BRAKE WARNING LIGHT COME ON AND THEN THERE'S A NOISE UNDER THE DASH, THERE'S A SECOND DELAY BEFORE THE BRAKES ACTUALLY KICK IN. *AK CONSUMER STATES AFTR HEARING NOISE, BRAKES WOULD CYCLE/SHIFT TO MANUAL SYSTEM, SYMTOMS WERE ALMOST IDENTICAL TO THOSE LISTED ON NHTSA FEDECT RECALL CAMPAIGN# 96V099000, CONSUMER DID CONTACT DELAER AND WAS TOLD THAT RECALL WAS BENDIX SYMPTOMS ONLY AND CONSUMER'S VEHICLE HAS BOSCH ABS SYSTEM, CONSUMER WENT TO DEALERSHIP AND WAS ADVISED THAT HIGH PRESSURE SWITCH NEEDE TO BE REPLACED AND THAT DID NOT HELP SITUATION ONCE IT WAS REPLACED, CONSUMER WENT BACK TO DEALER AND THE ACCUMLATOR WAS REPLACED.*JB

• 10/19/1995· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  WHILE DRIVING, EXPERIENCED BRAKE FAILURE, WHEN MADE ATTEMPT TO SLOW, PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR, VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ROLL FORWARD, NO WARNING. TT *SLC

• 10/18/2002· FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

  ENGINE COMPARTMENT WAS SOAKED WITH GASOLINE SPRAYED FROM FUEL RAIL. FUEL RAIL LEAKS ON 3.3 ENGINE PART OF 1995-PRESENT RECALL CAMPAIGN. CHRYSLER WOULD NOT COMMENT IF 1990 3.3L IS AFFECTED BY SAME DESIGN ISSUE OR IF REPLACEMENT PART HAD SAME DEFECT. DT

• 10/18/1999· FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

  REPORTING INCIDENT WITH VEHICLE EXPERIENCING FUEL LEAKAGE ON TOP OF ENGINE, WHICH COULD LEAD TO AN ENGINE FIRE; DEALER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT VEHICLE WAS NOT UNDER A MFR. RECALL. ASKING NHTSA HELP IN THIS MATTER.

• 10/18/1996· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLINGFire

  ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE.

• 10/15/2002· AIR BAGS

  CONSUMER STATES WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH THE AIR BAG DEPLOYED WITHOUT CAUSE CAUSING INJURIES. FEEL FREE TO ADD ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. MR

• 10/15/1999· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  ABS PUMP AND MOTOR FAILED AND REPLACED ON THREE OCCASIONS. MJS

• 10/11/1996· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  ANTILOCK BRAKES FAILED.

• 10/07/1996· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  THE ABS WARING LIGHT KEEPS COME ON, TOOK TO DEARLERSHIP UNDER RECALL #689. DEALERSHIP SAID THERE WAS NO PROBLEM. *AK

• 10/05/1999· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED THE PEDAL IS HARD AT FIRST, AND THEN IT WILL RELEASE AND GO STRAIGHT TO THE FLOOR. IT TAKES A WHILE BEFORE THEY ACTUALLY RESPOND. THE STOPPING DISTANCE IS NOT NORMAL. THE DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

• 09/30/2003· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  FUEL LEAKAGE FROM FUEL RAIL

• 09/23/1999· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC,POWER TRAIN,UNKNOWN OR OTHER

  WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND APPLYING THE BRAKES, ABS SYSTEM WAS WORKING INTERMITTENTLY. ALSO, TRANSMISSION WENT OUT, AND VEHICLE WAS STALLING AND CUTTING OFF. ENGIN E CHECK LIGHT WAS ON AND WON'T GO OFF. VEHICLE HAS BEEN INTO THE REPAIR SHOP TWICE, AND THE DEALER CAN'T DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. *AK

• 09/18/1995· STRUCTURE

  POWER TENSIONER BELT HAS FAILED, AND HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE. TT

• 09/06/1996· AIR BAGSCrash

  AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT WAS VIOLENT, CAUSING BURNS TO LEFT HAND AND ARM.

• 08/29/2000· POWER TRAIN

  I BOUGHT THE CAR WITH 20,000 MILES ON IT. THE CAR HAS HAD FAILURES OF THE TRANSAXLE SHIFTED DOWN INTO LIMP MODE OR SECOND GEAR AND STAYING THERE. I FEEL THERE IS A DESIGN FLAW WITH THE ELECTRONICALLY CONTROLLED SHIFTING OF THIS TRANSAXLE AND SHOULD BE RE-CALLED. I HAVE HAD THE TRANSAXLE COMPLETELY REBUILT, THE COMPUTER AND SENSORS REPLACED AND TWO DIFFERENT TIMES THE DEALER REPORTED HE FIXED A CONNECTOR PROBLEM. AS AN ENGINEER FOR A SEMICONDUCTOR CONMPANY, I FEEL THE ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS ARE GOING INTO A THERMAL SHUTDOWN. ALL THE FAILURES HAVE OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY IN THE HOT TEXAS HEAT. THE LAST DEALERSHIP I HAD REPAIR THE TRANSAXLE ASSURED ME THAT THERE WAS NO PROBLEMS WITH THESE TRANS AXLES. HE LIED.

• 08/28/2009· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1990 CHRYSLER NEW YORKER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE INSERTED HIS VIN NUMBER INTO THE MANUFACTURERS WEBSITE IN WHICH IT STATED THAT HIS VIN NUMBER WAS INCLUDED IN RECALL# 96V099000 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK); HOWEVER WHEN HE CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER A REPRESENTATIVE STATED DENIED THAT THERE WAS AN OUTSTANDING RECALL. TO THE CONTRARY HE CONTACTED THE DEALER IN WHICH A TECHNICIAN STATED THAT HIS VIN NUMBER WAS AFFECTED, BUT IN ORDER TO MAKE THE REPAIR HE WOULD HAVE TO PAY $506.00 TO REPAIR THE ABS ACCUMULATOR. AS OF CURRENT DATE THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 91,000.

• 08/24/1995· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  MELTED PLASTIC UNDER IGNITION SWITCH CAUSED SMOKE. *AK

• 08/21/1998· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  WHEN DRIVING VEHICLE AT CITY SPEED OF 35 MPH APPLIED BRAKE PEDAL TO STOP VEHICLE, BUT THE BRAKES DID NOT WORK AND VEHICLE DID NOT HAVE RAKES TO STOP. *AK

• 08/18/1998· POWER TRAIN

  CONSUMER WAS DRIVING VEHICLE ON THE ROAD AT 50 MPM, ALL OF A SUDDEN THE REAR SPRING FELL OUT, CAUSING LOSS OF REAR AXLE; DEALER WAS NOTIFIED, BUT NOTHING WAS DONE. *AK

• 08/10/1995· EXTERIOR LIGHTING

  WHILE DRIVING WITH HIGH LIGHT BEAM, LIGHTS WILL CLICK ON/OFF; NEARLY CAUSED WRECK; DARK COUNTRY ROAD. TT