1991 Dodge Dynasty

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

• 12/27/2004· FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

  I OWN A 1991 DODGE DYNASTY, 3.3 LITER. THE FUEL RAIL STARTED LEAKING AT THE JOINT ON THE FRONT, BEHIND THE VALVE COVER.*AK

• 12/17/2001· FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

  VEHICLE WAS LEAKING FUEL FROM FUEL INJECTION TUBE. WHEN CONSUMER STARTED VEHICLE FUEL STARTED POURING OUT. ALSO, HAD STRONG ODOR OF GASOLINE. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER STATED NO RECALLS, AND TO CALL NHTSA. *AK

• 12/17/1998· FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

  THE MECHANIC STATED THAT HE HAD 6 1991-1993 DODGE DYNASTY 3.3 LITER ENGINE, MULTIPORT FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM WITH A DEFECTIVE PROBLEM INVOLVING THE FUEL RAIL IN THE O RINGS WHICH SHRINKS AND EXPANDS, CAUSING A CRACK, RESULTING IN A FUEL LEAK, WHICH MAY START A FIRE. MANUFACTURER IS ON NATIONAL BACK ORDER FOR THE FUEL RAIL. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

• 12/12/2006· SEAT BELTS

  BOTH REAR SET BELTS HAVE TROUBLE BEING PULLED OUT. THEY SEEM TO GET STUCK AND CANNOT BE USED. THIS COULD RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH TO REAR PASSENGERS. I HAVE YET TO FIX THE PROBLEM. *JB

• 12/06/1995· FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

  WHILE DRIVING THE CAR STOPS COMPLETELY. BECAUSE OF THE POWER MODULE NOT ALLOWING THE GAS TO GET TO THE ENGINE. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT

• 11/10/1998· AIR BAGS

  FALSE DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG CAUSING CONSUMER TO HIT CURB (MINOR CRASH WITH NO DAMAGE).

• 11/05/2001· CHILD SEAT

  PROBLEM WITH CHILD SAFETY SEAT. I HAVE THE FISHER PRICE STAY IN VIEW. WHEN THE LEVER IS PULLED TO RELEASE THE SEAT FROM THE BASE, ONE OF THE MECHANISMS WON'T RETRACT ALLOWING YOU TO RELEASE THE SEAT. I HAVE INFORMED THE MANUFACTURER ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. *AK

• 11/03/1998· SEAT BELTS

  CONSUMER EXPERIENCING ONGOING PROBLEM WITH SEAT BELT NOT LOCKING AND UNLOCKING PROPERLY. DALER NOTIFIED AND REPAIRED PASSENGER'S SIDE BUCKLE AT THE COST TO THE CONSUMER. *AK

• 11/02/1995· STEERING

  STEERING BELT TENSIONER MAKES CHIRPING SOUND; REPAIRED/REPLACED BEFORE ACTUALLY CAUSES ANY STEERING PROBLEMS. TT

• 11/01/1999· VISIBILITY

  WHENEVER HEATER IS TURNED ON VEHICLE WOULD FAIL TO HEAT UP. PROBLEM IS LISTED ON RECALL(#91V004000), BUT NOT FOR THIS VEHICLE. CONTACTED DEALER & MECHANIC ORDERED PARTS. MECHANIC INFORMED OWNER/MANUFACTURER A MONTH LATER THAN RECALL NOTICE. *AK

• 10/31/1996· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE ON THE HGHWAY, VEHICLE JUST STOPS. VEHICLE HAS TO SIT ABOUT (3) DAYS BEFORE IT WILL START UP. THIS HAS HAPPENED 8 TIMES SINCE MAY OF 96. *AK

• 10/25/2006· FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

  PURCHASED VEHICLE USED OCT. 2006. NEAR MINT CONDITION. POWER EVERYTHING & EVERYTHING FUNCTIONS PERFECT. VEHICLE EMISSIONS PERFECT. APPROX. 4 DAYS AFTER FINAL REGISTRATION WAS SWITCHED, PLATED, & INSURED, I HOPPED ONTO THE FREEWAY, DOING ABOUT 65 MPH. WHEN SUDDENLY IN A MATTER OF SECONDS, I WAS TOTALLY OVERWHELMED BY THE SMELL OF GAS. I BECAME SERIOUSLY NAUSEOUS AND LIGHT HEADED AND HAD TO IMMEDIATELY EXIT THE FREEWAY TO FIND SOMEWHERE TO PULL OVER AS FAST AS I POSSIBLE COULD WITHOUT CAUSING AN ACCIDENT OR MORE SERIOUS A FATALITY. ONCE, I MANAGED TO PULL OVER I PULLED THE HOOD LATCH, JUMPED OUT TO GET A BREATH OF FRESH AIR, I POPPED THE HOOD TO TRY TO SEE WHERE THIS GAS WAS COMING FROM. ALL I COULD SEE WAS GAS SPAYING OUT ALL OVER THE PLACE, IN MASSIVE AMOUNTS JUST LIKE A HIGH PRESSURE HOSE AT A CAR WASH. 1\4 TANK LEAKED OUT ALL OVER THE TOP OF THE ENGINE & ALL OVER THE INTAKE MANIFOLD OF MY CAR. I THANKED GOD, THAT THE ENGINE WAS NOT HOT ENOUGH TO IGNITE THE WHOLE CAR, WITH ME INSIDE. AFTER GETTING THE VEHICLE TOWED HOME, WE FOUND OUT IT WAS THE FUEL RAIL FEEDER THAT DISTRIBUTES GAS TO THE FUEL INJECTORS. THE AFTER RESEARCHING OTHER DODGE VEHICLES I FOUND OUT THERE WAS AN UNDOCUMENTED RECALL FOR THIS PART, THIS CAR YEAR, MAKE AND MODEL WHEN IT FIRST CAME OUT, AND THAT CHRYSLER/DODGE CONTINUED TO INSTALL THIS SAME PART ON OTHER YEARS, MAKES & MODELS & DAIMLER CHRYSLER/ DODGE WAS, VERY WELL AWARE OF THIS. LAST YEAR THEY GROSSED $16.63 MILLION DOLLARS IN 2005 WITH $1.5 MILLION IN LOSSES & THEY CAN'T AFFORD TO REPAIR THIS FOR $700.00 JUST MAKES MY STOMACH TURN. NOW KNOWING THAT I COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED OR COULD HAVE POSSIBLY CAUSED A SERIOUS OR EVEN FATAL INJURY TO SOMEONE ELSE, BECAUSE OF DAIMLER CHRYSLER'S NEGLECT IN ADMITTING THIS IS A DEFECTIVE MANUFACTURED PART, AND THEM TAKING FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS IS OUTRAGEOUSLY UNBELIEVABLE TO SAY THE LEAST. *NM

• 10/20/1997· POWER TRAIN

  TRANSMISSION FAILED.

• 10/15/1996· AIR BAGS

  CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED WITHOUT IMPACT. *AK *SLC

• 10/11/1995· STEERING

  NOISE FROM ENGINE AREA. *DSH

• 10/08/1997· POWER TRAIN

  AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION: SECOND GEAR BURNS OUT, WILL NOT COME OUT OF 1ST GEAR, ENTIRELY OVERHEATS, NO PICKUP/NO ACCELERATION, DEALER STRIPPED / REBUILT 2ND GEAR, REPLACED ALL GASKETS INSIDE TRANSMISSION. *AK

• 10/07/1996· PARKING BRAKE

  EMERGENCY BRAKE PEDAL ARM BENT/FELL OFF.

• 10/05/1995· STEERING,ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  STEERING BECAME HARD, RESULTING IN NO STEERING ABILITY, REPLACE BELT TENSIONER AND BELT. TT DEALER REPLACED SERPENTINE BELT AND BELT TENSIONER. *SLC

• 09/30/1999· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  WHILE CONSUMER WAS PULLING AWAY FROM A RED LIGHT FRONT RIGHT ROTORS SPLIT IN HALF, CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO REGAIN CONTROL OF VEHICLE, AND PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. *AK

• 09/29/1998· FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

  GAS RAIL SITS ON TOP OF ENGINE (PASSENGER SIDE), AT FIRST I JUST SMELLED A WHIFF OF GAS OCCASIONALLY, THEN THE SMELL BECAME STONGER, GAS WAS COMING OUT OF THE GAS RAIL, AT TIMES EVEN SQUIRTING A SMALL STREAM, GAS WAS FALLING ON HOT, ELECTRICAL ENGINE COMPONENTS ON TOP OF ENGINE, THE RUNNING DOWN THE SIDE.

• 09/29/1995· SEAT BELTS

  PROBLEM WITH FRONT SEAT BELTS LATCHING AND UNLATCHING AS RECALL STATES DEALER WON'T FIX BECAUSE VIN IS NOT INVOLVED. TT

• 09/25/1995· POWER TRAIN

  TRANSMISSION,STARTER AND FUEL PUMP WERE REPLACED PURCHASE CAR USED . TT

• 09/23/1999· POWER TRAIN

  MY FIRST TRANSMISSION FAILURE WAS DURING WARRANTY AT APPROX 65,000 MILES IN 1995. MY SECOND TRANSMISSION FAILURE WAS IN 1997 AT 115,000 MILES. SINCE I WAS OUT OF WARRANTY, AND DID NOT THINK CHRYSLER/DODGE WOULD REPLACE MY TRANSMISSION I HAD IT REBUILT AT MY OWN EXPENSE FOR MORE THAN $1700.00. DO YOU THINK CHRYSLER WILL REIMBURSE ME??.

• 09/14/1995· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  VEHICLE STALLS INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING, PARKED, AND RIGHT AFTER START UP; EXACT CAUSE UNKNOWN. TT

• 09/11/1995· AIR BAGSCrash

  IN ACCIDENT IN STOP POSITION AT 1:30 POSITION DRIVERS AIRBAG DEPLOYED AND BURNED BRA TOP BODY FACE WAS BURNED. TT

• 09/09/2002· FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

  WHILE DRIVING SMELT FUMES AND VEHICLE STALLED OUT. CONTACTED DEALER.*AK

• 09/09/1995· POWER TRAIN

  THE TRANSMISSION JUMPING OUT OF GEAR SOMETIMES IT WOULDN'T GO BACK INTO GEAR . TT

• 09/06/2001· POWER TRAIN

  WAS JUST DRIVING DOWN ROAD FELT LIKE FRONT END WAS FALLING OUT AND STARTED JURKING. TURNED AROUND, HAD TO KEEP PRESSURE ON TRANSMISSION. PAID $1600.00 TO HAVE TRANSMISSION REPLACE.

• 09/06/1995· STEERING

  THE STEERING BELT TENSIONER HAS FRACTURED. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT

• 09/05/1995· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  TENSIONER BELT BROKE WHILE DRIVING, ALSO MAKING A LOUD NOISE PE95-012 ACTIVE. TT

• 09/01/1995· STEERING

  THE STEERING TENSIONER BELT HAS FRACTURED SEVERAL TIMES AND CAUSED LOSS OF STEERING. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK

• 08/30/1999· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  BRAKES WON'T STOP VEHICLE. CONSUMER HAS HAD SEVERAL PROBLEMS WITH THESE BRAKES. *AK

• 08/25/1997· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  WHEN APPLYING THE ABS BRAKES IN ANY TYPE OF WEATHER OR SPEED, THE ABS BRAKE LIGHT COMES ON AND THE BRAKES FAIL TO STOP THE VEHICLE. *AK CONSUMER STATES DEALER REPLACED PUMP, HOWEVER THIS DID NOT REMEDY THE PROBLEM, DEALER CAN NOT FIND PROBLEM. *SLC

• 08/23/1995· STEERING

  STEERING WHEEL BROKE OFF FROM COLUMN WHILE DRIVING. TT

• 08/20/2002· AIR BAGS,WHEELSCrash

  CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 25MPH ON HIGHWAY AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING ANOTHER VEHICLE VEERED INTO CONSUMER'S VEHICLE. UPON IMPACT, AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK WHILE CONSUMER WAS TRYING TO TURN, THE WHEEL LOCKED AND A HIT POLE AND BUILDING. DURING THE ACCIDENT THE AIR BAG FAILED TO DEPLOY AND THE CONSUMER HAD FACE AND CHEST INJURIES. *YH

• 08/20/1999· UNKNOWN OR OTHER

  NO SUMMARY

• 08/20/1996· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  ANTILOCK BRAKES FAILED.

• 08/19/1999· FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

  WHILE TWO MONTHS PREGNANT, MY WIFE NOTICED A GAS ODOR COMING FROM AROUND THE CAR WHILE SHE DROVE TO WORK. SHE INITIALLY ASSUMED IT WAS COMING FROM ANOTHER VEHICLE. WHEN I PICKED HER UP AT WORK THE NEXT DAY I ALSO NOTICED THE SMELL OF GASOLINE. WHEN I OPENED THE HOOD OF THE CAR, I NOTICED A PUDDLE OF GAS SITTING ON THE TOP OF THE ENGINE BELOW THE U-SHAPED FUEL TRACK. I DIDN'T DRIVE THE CAR AFTER THAT DISCOVERY FOR FEAR THAT THE ENGINE AREA WOULD IGNITE. WHEN I CONTACTED A LOCAL DEALER, THEY STATED THAT A SIMILAR FLAW IN THE FUEL TRACK HAD BEEN RECALLED ON OTHER VEHICLES FOR SIMILAR REASONS. I CONTACTED CHRYSLER ONLY HOPING TO BE REIMBURSED FOR THE DEFECTIVE PART. CHRYSLER'S RESPONSE WAS THAT SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY, THEY WERE NOT CONCERNED. I'M REALLY ONLY DOING THIS TO AVOID SOMEONE ELSE FROM BEING INJURED BY THE DEFECTIVE FUEL TRACK THAT LEAKS AND LEAVES A LARGE PUDDLE OF GASOLINE ON TOP OF THE ENGINE.

• 08/17/1995· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULICCrash

  THE ABS SYSTEM IN THE VEHICLE FAILED. IN A PANIC STOP THE BRAKES AND THE ABS SYSTEM DID NOT ACTIVATE AND THE VEHICLE DID NOT STOP. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT

• 08/16/1995· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  BRAKE SYSTEM FAILURE, REPLACED CALIPERS, AND PADS BECAUSE OF EXCESSIVE WEAR EVERY FEW MONTHS. TT

• 08/16/1995· POWER TRAIN

  TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING, SPEED DROPS AND THEN IT JERKS. TT

• 08/16/1995· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  ENGINE STALLS ON HIGHWAY. PLEASE GIVE MORE DETAILS. TT

• 08/09/1995· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  ABS ANTI-LOCK SYSTEM WARNING LIGHT/BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON, HAD TO REPLACE THE ABS BRAKES. *AK

• 08/08/1995· STEERING

  STEERING WHEEL NOISE. *SD

• 08/08/1995· POWER TRAINFire

  THE TRANSMISSION CAUGHT ON FIRE AND THE TRANSMISSSION WAS ACTING UP BEFORE ALSO. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT

• 08/01/1999· POWER TRAIN

  TRANSMISSION (POSSIBLY MALFUNCTION IN COMPUTER OR SOLENOID). 2 YRS AGO ADVANCED TRANSMISSION PUT IN A 604 REBUILT TRANSMISSION AND TORQUE CONVERTER. THE PROBLEM HAS CONTINUED TO EXIST. MOST DAYS THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTS FINE. OTHER DAYS THE TRANSMISSION DOES NOT SHIFT GEARS AT ALL. IT GOES INTO SAFETY MODE AND HAS NOT GEARS AT ALL. I NEVER KNOW WHEN IT WILL DO THIS. ALSO, WHEN I AM AT A STANDSTILL, IF I TURN OFF THE A.C. THE CAR JUMPS FORWARD. THIS HAS ALMOST CAUSED ME TO HIT OTHER CARS IN THE REAR. THEY HAVE TRIED PUTTING IN OTHER COMPUTERS AND VERY SELDOM CAN GET A MALFUNCTION READOUT ON THE TRANSMISSION. SEATBELTS - THE SEATBELTS DO NOT LOCK UP UPON BRAKING NOR AT ANY OTHER TIME. THEY MOVE FORWARD AS FAR AS YOU MOVE YOUR BODY FORWARD. THEY ARE OF NO USE AS A RESTRAINT.

• 08/01/1995· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  50 AMP FUSE BLEW THREE TIMES. *SD

• 07/24/1995· POWER TRAIN

  AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE, ERRATIC OPERATION OF TRANSMISSION, PLEASE EXPLAIN. TT

• 07/15/1998· POWER TRAIN

  WHILE BACKING VEHICLE UP THE REVERSE WENT OUT & THEN IT LOCKED UP. THE 4 CYLINDERS WERE BAD. HAD THE TRANSMISSION REPLACED WITH ANOTHER REBUILT TRANSMISSION IN 1994. *AK

• 07/12/1999· FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

  THE FUEL RAIL IS LEAKING, CAUSING VEHICLE TO RUN OUT OF GAS AT A HIGH RATE. DEALER HAS VEHICLE NOW. *AK