1991 Eagle Talon

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

• 12/31/1999· SUSPENSIONCrash

  ON 4 DIFFERENT DAYS THE CAR, FOR NO REASON, WOULD JERK TO THE RIGHT. WHEN IT WOULD DO THIS THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD NOT TURN WITH THE WHEELS. THE FIFTH TIME IT DID THIS THERE WAS A SOFT ROAD SHOULDER AND MY DAUGHTER LOST CONTROL, HIT 4 TREES AND TOTALED THE CAR. THE CAR IS SITTING AT A DEALSHIP RIGHT NOW BUT WILL BE TAKE TO A SALVAGE YARD ON MONDAY JANUARY 3RD. *AK

• 12/24/1999· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  1ST THE TIMING BELT WENT AND I NEEDED TO HAVE ENGINE REBUILT. 1000 MILES LATER IT HAPPENED AGAIN AND MECHANIC SAID THE OIL PUMP IS CAUSING THE TIMING BELT TO GO AND I NEED A WHOLE NEW ENGINE. DEALER SAYS THAT RECALL WAS ALREADY PERFORMED ON MY CAR BY PREVIOUS OWNER AND I AM OUT OF LUCK. 86,000 MILES IS WAY TO PREMATURE FOR AN ENGINE REPAIR, ECSPECIALLY WHEN MANUFACTURE KNOWS THIS PROBLEM EXISTS. THEY SHOULD PAY FOR CAR REPAIR. PLEASE HELP!!! *AK

• 12/20/1999· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  WHILE TRAVELING 40MPH ALL FOUR WHEELS LOCKED UP. VEHICLE PULLED OFF HIGHWAY. CONSUMER RESTARTED IT AND VEHICLE CONTUINE TO TRAVEL. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

• 12/15/1998· POWER TRAIN

  VEHICLE EXPERIENCED TRANSFER CASE FAILURE WHICH CAUSED THE WHEELS TO LOCK UP PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE, HOWEVER RECALL WORK WAS NOT DONE PROPERLY AND DENIED DUE TO DEALER PROBLEM.(ATTORNEY FOR CONSUMER).

• 12/07/1995· SEAT BELTSCrash

  DRIVER'S SHOULDER/LAP BELT DISENGAGED WHEN VEHICLE ROLLED OVER; VEHICLE HIT DEER; RAN INTO AN EMBANKMENT. TT

• 12/04/2000· POWER TRAIN

  RECALL 98V069002./TRANSFER CASE. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THEY WOULD NOT CORRECT RECALL.*AK TRANSFER CASE FAILED, WHICH STRIPPED THE OUTPUT SHAFT OF THE TRANSMISSION AND ALSO THE INPUT SLEEVE OF THE TRANSFER CASE, TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REPLACED. *SLC

• 11/07/1996· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,SEAT BELTS

  OWNER DIDN'T RECEIVE RECALL NOTICES (BOUGHT THE CAR USED). WANTS REFUND FOR TIMING BELT AND SEAT BELT REPAIRS.

• 11/02/1998· POWER TRAIN

  TRANSFER CASE RECALL WORK PERFORMED HOWEVER FAILED.

• 11/01/2001· POWER TRAIN

  CONTACED DEALERSHIP, WERE VERY DIFFICULT SAID NOT TRANSFER CASE SAID IT WAS CLUTCH, WAS REQUIRED TO PAY FOR CLUTCH, THEN CAR STILL DID NOT WORK, THEY THEN PUT ON NEW TRANSFER CASE EVEN THOUGH STATING IT WAS NOT THE CAUSE AND STILL THERE IS REAR WHEELS MAKING NOISE AS IF THERE IS SOMETHING INTHEM. RECALL SHOULD COVER CLUTCH TOO SINCE IT WAS TRF CASE CAUSING ALL THE DAMAGE.*AK

• 10/26/1999· POWER TRAIN

  CAR WAS BROUGHT TO DEALERSHIP FOR A TRANSFERCASE RECALL, DEALER STATED RECALL WAS PERFORMED AND A COUPLE OF WEEKS LATER THE TRANSFERCASE FAILED DUE TO LACK OF LUBRICATION (RECALL). MANAGER OF A SEPERATE DEALERSHIP RECOGNIZED THE PROBLEM . CHRYSLER/MAJOR DODGE REFUSE TO TAKE ACTION OR RESPONSIBILITY.

• 10/22/1998· POWER TRAIN

  CLUTCH,TRANSMISSION WENT OUT AT THE SAME TIME.TRANSFER CASE WAS CRACKED.WAITED 2 MONTHS FOR A REPLACEMENT TRANSFER CASE.CHRYSLER SENT A DEFECTIVE TRANSFER CASE AND INSTALLED IT IN MY CAR.GRINDING IN 1ST 2ND 3RD GEAR. NEW TRANSFER CASE WAS SENT AND INSTALLED.DEFECTIVE PARTS INSTALLED INTO MY TALON CAUSING NUMEROUS PROBLEMS AND HEADACHES

• 10/21/2003· POWER TRAIN

  DEFECT STATED IN THE TRANSFER CASE RECALL 98 V 069 002 OCCURRED AFTER THE RECALL REPAIRS WERE PERFORMED. AS A RESULT, THE BUSHING IN THE EXTENSION HOUSING WORE OUT AND DEVELOPED A LEAK. DEALERSHIP WAS REFUSING TO REPAIR THE BUSHING.*AK

• 10/17/2000· STEERING

  A/C DRIPS ON ENGINE COMPUTER, SHORTING IT OUT. DESIGN FLAW. *AK

• 10/16/1998· POWER TRAIN

  TRANSFER CASE LOCKED UP.

• 10/14/1999· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, VEHICLE IS STALLING AND THERE IS A LOSS OF POWER. ALSO, A KNOCKING NOISE IS COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. DEALER CAN'T DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. *AK

• 10/13/1999· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,VISIBILITY,STRUCTURE,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

  AFTER TAKING MY 1991 EAGLE TALON TO THE DEALER ON 10/6/99, I WAS TOLD THAT I HAD AN ENGINE OIL LEAK THAT REQUIRED A NEW TIMING BELT, I ALSO NEEDED TO REPLACE THE THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR, SPARK PLUGS, AIR FILTER, TUNE-UP, ECT. I WAS ALSO TOLD THAT I NEEDED A NEW OXYGEN SENSOR. THIS WAS THE FIRST OF 2 RECALLS I HAD PERFORMED ON MY CAR. WHEN I QUESTIONED THE DEALER ABOUT ALREADY HAVING THE O2 SENSOR RECALL DONE, THEY INFORMED ME THAT THEY HAD "NO RECORD" OF HAVING THAT RECALL DONE ON MY CAR. THEY SAID THE ONLY RECALL RECORDED BY THEM WAS FOR THE TRANSFER CASE, WHICH WAS DONE 10/98, AND TOOK ABOUT 5 MONTHS TO GET THE PARTS TO COMPLETE IT. I WAS TOLD IT WOULD COST ME $675.00 TO FIX EVERYTHING. WHEN THEY CONTACTED ME ON 10/13/99, THEY SAID THAT MY CAR WAS FINISHED, BUT WHEN I ASKED WHAT WAS COMPLETED, THEY TOLD ME THAT THE ENGINE OIL LEAK AND TIMING BELT WAS NOT FIXED OR REPLACED, AND THAT I HAD TO PAY FOR THE OXYGEN SENSOR, SINCE THEY HAD "NO RECORD" OF IT BEING RECALLED OR REPLACED BEFORE!!!! I WAS TOLD THAT IF SOMETHING IS RECALLED, I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR IT, EVEN IF IT NEEDS FIXED OR REPLACED AFTER THE RECALL WAS PERFORMED. COULD YOU PLEASE INVESTIGATE THIS AND LET ME KNOW IF I CAN REFUSE PAYMENT FOR THIS? I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW TO HANDLE THIS BEFORE I GO TO PICK UP MY CAR AT THE DEALERSHIP. THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP.

• 10/08/1998· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  CALIPERS CONTINUALLY MAKING CLANGING NOISES AND SQUEAKING NOISES.

• 10/04/1999· VISIBILITY

  DEFROSTER ISN'T WORKING AND ALL WINDOW'S ARE FOGGING UP, CAUSING VISIBILITY PROBLEMS. *AK

• 10/01/1998· POWER TRAIN

  PROBLEMS WITH DEALERSHIP IN SCHEDULING RECALL REPAIR WORK ON THE TRANSFER CASE, WORK COMPLETED BY OTHER DEALERSHIP.

• 09/30/1996· WHEELSCrash

  LEFT FRONT WHEEL CAME OFF, HITTING CAR ON OTHER SIDE OF ROADWAY. (NEW JERSEY STATE POLICE REPORT)

• 09/21/1998· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLINGFire

  ENGINE FIRE.

• 09/20/1995· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  PURCHASE CAR NEW THE RADIATOR BROKE . TT

• 09/12/2002· POWER TRAIN

  CONTACTED DEALER REGARDING RECALL 98V069002 REMEDY DUE TO TRANSFER CASE LOCKUP. DEALER INFORMED CUSTOMER THAT THEY DID NOT HAVE TO REPLACE TRANSFER CASE BECAUSE IT WAS NOT MANDATED UNDER RECALL CORRECTIVE ACTION.*AK

• 09/05/2001· POWER TRAIN

  CAR HAD SEVERAL TIMES FELT LIKE IT WAS "CUTTING OUT" AND JERKING, ONCE GETTING OFF FREEWAY IT SMELT HEAVILY OF BRAKES AND COULD NOT DETERMINE WHY CAR WAS LAGGING VERY BADLY, CONTINUED TO DRIVE FOR SEVERAL WEEKS THEN WHILE DRIVING 40MPH CAR BEGAN CONVULSING AND JERKING. PULLED OVER BARELY MADE TO GAS STATION. CAR WAS HAVING HARD TIME SHIFTING GEARS AND CLUTCH WAS VERY HARD TO PUSH. WHEELS LOCKED UP AND WOULD NOT ROLL OR MOVE PUT IN GEAR AND ATTEMPTED TO MOVE CAR REVVED UP BUT WOULD NOT BUDGE. DISCONNECTED REAR DRIVELINE AND DROVE HOME AS "FRONT WHEEL DRIVE" VEHICLE.TOOK TO CHRYSLER AND HAVEBEEN FIGHTING TO GET RESOLVED.SAYS CLUTCH IS BLOWN OUT AND HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH TRANSFER CASE.*AK

• 09/02/1998· POWER TRAIN,SEAT BELTS

  TRANSFER CASE LOCKUP CAN OCCUR DUE TO INSUFFICIENT LUBRICATION RECALL 98V-069.000. ALSO, FRONT SEA TBELT BUCKLE RELEASE BUTTON CAN BREAK. IF A BUTTON BREAKS THEN PIECES CAN FALL INTO BUCKLE ASSEMBLY, CAUSING THE BUCKLE TO MALFUNCTION. RECALL 95V-103.033.

• 09/01/1998· POWER TRAIN

  RECALL COMPONENT FAILED PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE (SEAL IN TRANSFER CASE) RESULTING IN REAR WHEELS LOCKING UP AND THE CAR TO SPIN .

• 08/31/1998· POWER TRAIN

  TRANSFER CASE LEAKING PRIOR TO RECALL 98V069000.

• 08/31/1998· POWER TRAIN

  TRANSFER CASE LEAKED, CAUSING WHEELS TO LOCK UP PRIOR TO RECALL 98V-069000.

• 08/29/2006· POWER TRAIN

  TOOK MY 1991 EAGLE TALON TSI TO KLABEN CHRYSLER TO BE SERVICED BY THEM PER THE RECALL ON THE CAR. THEY CALLED AND SAID EVERYTHING CHECKED OK. BUT THE TRANSMISSION IS BURNED UP. THAT WEEK A FELLOW TECHNICIAN AND I PULLED THE TRANSMISSION AND TRANSFER CASE AS AN ASSEMBLY AND FOUND THE INSIDES OF THE TRANSFER CASE WERE POWDER AND BLOWN APART INSIDE. THE TRANSFER CASE WAS NOT LEAKING DUE TO NO OIL AT ALL IN THE TRANSFER CASE. I HAVE THE INVOICE ( #CHBS538463) THAT STATES EVERYTHING OK BUT A NOTE THAT SAYS THE TRANSMISSION IS BURNED UP. NINE MILES FROM THE TIME I PICKED UP THE CAR THE TRANSFER CASE LOCKED UP AND THE CAR WAS NOT MOVABLE. WE HAD TO JACK UP THE VEHICLE TO BRING IT INSIDE THE SHOP TO SEE WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE FOR A POTENTIAL CRASH TO HAPPEN AND THE JUST PUSHED IT OUT THE DOOR LIKE EVERYTHING IS PERFECTLY FINE. *JB

• 08/23/1999· UNKNOWN OR OTHER

  I BOUGHT THIS CAR AND IT RAN FINE EXCEPT FOR NOT ENOUGH TURBO PRESSURE AND THEN WITHIN THE LAST 2 MONTHS EVERYTHING HAS GONE WRONG WITH IT. I REALLY LOVE THE TYPE CAR AND AM WONDERING IF I AM JUST OUT OF LUCK ON WANTING IT FIXED.

• 08/23/1996· SEAT BELTS

  DIFFICULTY OBTAINING SEAT BELT RECALL REPAIRS DUE TO UNAVAILABILITY OF PARTS.

• 08/15/2002· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  TIMING BELT TEETH BROKE AT THE CRANK. THIS ALLOWED PISTONS TO KEEP RUNNING, BUT THE CAM STOPPED. AS A RESULT OF THIS VEHICLE FAILED. REPAIRS WERE DONE IN APRIL 2002, WITH FAILURE REOCCURING IN AUG 2002. MILEAGE ACCUMULATION BETWEEN THE REPAIRS WAS 7,500 MILES. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK

• 08/14/1997· STEERING

  POWER STEERING LINE BENEATH CHASSIS METAL HOSES CORRODED.

• 08/12/1998· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  ENGINE FAILURE ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS AT HIGHWAY SPEED, MAJOR REPAIRS TO ENGINE COMPONENTS HOWEVER STILL CONTINUES TO FAIL. (QCAW)

• 08/12/1997· POWER TRAIN

  TRANSFER CASE FAILED TWICE, CAUSING FLUID TO LEAK AND PREMATURE WEAR OF PARTS. *AK

• 08/09/2001· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,POWER TRAIN

  VEHICLE WAS BEING REPAIRED. INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOUND RECALL NOTICE 98V069002 REGARDINNG TRANSFER CASE FAILURE. ALSO, CAMSHAFT FAILED. INDEPENDENT MECHANIC REPLACED PARTS. LATER PROBLEM WITH CAMSHAFT BELT AND TRANSFER CASE REAPPEARED, CAUSING DAMAGE TO VEHICLE. MECHANIC CONTACTED MANUFACTURER , AND WAS INFORMED THAT MANUFACTURER WAS WILLING TO REPAIR TRANSFER CASE /CAMSHAFT BELT, BUT NOT OTHER DAMAGE DONE TO VEHICLE. INFORMATION FURNISHED BY MECHANIC WITH PERMISSION FROM OWNER. *AK

• 08/05/1998· POWER TRAIN

  TRANSFER CASE FAILED PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE.

• 07/25/1995· POWER TRAIN

  TRANSFER CASE FAILURE, CAUSING REAR GRINDING NOISE. *AW

• 07/20/2000· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  HEARD SIZZILING SOUND, SMELLED BURNING AND CAR STOPPED COMPLETELY WHILE I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. I WAS JUST ABLE TO COAST TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE COMPUTER COMPONENT UNDER THE DASH IS BURNT. THE CAR WILL NOT START AT ALL. LUCKILY I WAS NOT IN HEAVY TRAFFIC WHEN THIS HAPPENED. I HAVE HEARD OF SEVERAL OTHER OWNERS WHO HAVE HAD THE SAME THING HAPPEN TO THEIR TALON,ECLIPSE OR LASER WHICH ARE ALL THE SAME EXACT CAR WITH IDENTICAL COMPONENTS.*AK

• 07/16/1997· POWER TRAIN

  THE TRANSFER CASE LEAKS CAUSING ALL FOUR WHEELS TO LOCK UP. THE PLUG AT THE END OF THE DRIVESHAFT THAT ENTERS THE TRANSFER CASE NEEDS TO BE SEALED.

• 07/16/1997· POWER TRAIN

  CLUTCH SYSTEM FAILED.

• 07/12/2000· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLINGFire

  CAR OVERHEATED AND WHITE SMOKE WAS COMING OUT OF THE ENGINE. CONSUMER PULLED OVER, AND CAR STALLED. THEN, THERE WAS MORE WHITE SMOKE, AND CONSUMER SAW FLAMES COMING OUT OF ENGINE.*AK

• 07/11/1997· POWER TRAIN

  PRESS FIT BETWEEN DRIVESHAFT YOKE AND PLUG LOOSENS, CAUSING TRANSFER CASE GEAR OIL TO LEAK OUT OF THE YOKE DUE TO CENTRIPETAL FORCE. *AK

• 06/19/2002· EXTERIOR LIGHTING

  SNOW BUILDS UP AROUND HEADLIGHTS AND WILL NOT MELT,HEADLIGHT ILLUMINATION DIMINISHES IN BAD WEATHER CAUSING POOR VISBILITY. *MJ

• 06/17/1996· SEAT BELTS

  CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL LETTER # 95V103003. DEALER HAS NO PARTS, PLEASE DESCRIBE . *AK

• 06/17/1996· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLINGFire

  FIRE STARTED IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, CAUSE UNDETERMINED. *AK

• 06/10/1998· POWER TRAIN

  WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 40 MPH DRIVER LOST ALL POWER AND LOST CONTROL. VEHICLE COASTED TO A STOP. MECHANIC STATED THAT THE TRANSFER CASE LEAK FLUID CAUSED THE PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE IS BEING REPAIRED. *AK

• 06/01/1995· SEAT BELTS

  DRIVERS SIDE AUTOMATIC SEAT BELT LOCKS UP WHILE DRIVING, CANNOT MOVE LEFT OR RIGHT. TT

• 05/31/1997· POWER TRAIN

  TRANSFER CASE LEAKING.

• 05/29/1997· SEAT BELTS

  OWNER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR FRONT SAFETY BELTS. RECALL NO.95V1030003 .TOOK VEHICLE IN FOR REPAIRS, BUT FRONT SEAT BELTS WILL NOT LOCK. OWNER IS ABLE TO HEAR SEAT BELT CLICK, BUT CAN ALSO PULL SEATBELT LOOSE AFTER IT'S FASTENED. *AK