1994 Chrysler Lebaron

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

• 12/27/1999· POWER TRAIN

  NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

• 12/24/2003· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLINGFire

  VEHICLE LOST POWER WHILE DRIVING/ ENGINE COMPARTMENT CAUGHT ON FIRE.*MR VEHICLE WAS A TOTAL LOSS.*PH WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE LOST ALL POWER. THE DRIVER PULLED TO THE SOUTH SHOULDER AND EXITED THE VEHICLE. THE DRIVER NOTICED FLAMED COMING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. *NM

• 12/23/1997· UNKNOWN OR OTHER

  TRACTION INDICATOR ON WHEN CAR STARTED AND REMAINS ON.

• 12/18/2001· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  VEHICLE HAS STALLED NUMEROUS TIMES AT 25-30 MPH. DEALER CANNOT FIND CAUSE OF PROBLEM. *AK

• 12/09/1998· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  AUTOMOBILE SLOWS UP AND STOPS ANYWHERE, AND DOES NOT START UP AGAIN. THEN CONSUMER HAS TO HAVE IT TOWED. AFRAID SHE WILL HAVE AN ACCIDENT. *AK

• 11/28/1998· POWER TRAIN

  TRANSMISSION SHAKES VIOLENTLY FOR FIRST SEVERAL BLOCKS IN COLD WEATHER. DEALER INSTALLED REMANUFACTURED TRANSMISSION ON 11/10/98. PROBLEM BECAME WORSE. BESIDES SEVERE SHAKING DURING THE FIRST SEVERAL BLOCKS IN COLD WEATHER, THE CAR NOW LUNGES FORWARD WHEN COMING TO A STOP AS THOUGH IT IS HIT FROM THE REAR; THESE PROBLEMS DISAPPEAR AS THE DRIVE TRAIN WARMS. DEALER SAID THAT THEY DROVE THE CAR FOR 59 MILES (ALTHOUGH THE PROBLEM IS ONLY IN THE FIRST MILE OR SO) AND DID NOT DETECT A PROBLEM. THEY SAID TO WAIT FOR THE PROBLEM TO WORSEN AS THE WEATHER GROWS COLDER.

• 11/27/1997· SUSPENSION

  REAR TRAILING ARM CRACKED

• 11/27/1996· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLINGFire

  ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE.

• 11/18/1996· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  WHEN THE MOTOR IS RUNNING THE SERPENTINE BELT SQEALS VERY LOUD. BROUGHT BACK OVER (6) TIMES TO DEALER. PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK CONSUMER STATES PROBLEM HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE PURCHASE OF VEHICLE.*JB

• 11/17/1997· LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES

  HOOD LATCH IS LOOSE AND THE HOOD POPS OPEN WHILE CAR IS BEING DRIVEN. DEALER FIXED AND PROBLEM OCCURRED AGAIN. *AK

• 11/16/1997· UNKNOWN OR OTHER

  BRAKE WARNING LIGHTS CONTINUE TO SHOW ON DASHBOARD AFTER SERVICE. (ATTORNEY FOR CONSUMER)

• 11/15/2000· POWER TRAIN

  WHEN GOING UP AN EMBANKMENT CAR WAS CHANGING TO NEUTRAL AND THEN TO 1ST GEAR. TOOK TO DEALER FOR ANNUAL INSPECTION, AND DEALER SAID THAT LIP SEAL THAT HELD PRESSURE WAS NOT HOLDING, AND WAS CAUSING TRANSMISSION TO DOWNSHIFT UNEXPECTEDLY. PROBLEM STILL OCCURRING. *AK

• 11/15/1996· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  FLAMMABLE OR COMBUSTIBLE LIQUID BECAME INVOLVED IMMEDIATELY AFTER A ACCIDENTAL FIRE.

• 11/08/2004· POWER TRAINCrash

  VEHICLE WAS RUNNING WHEN KNOCKED OUT OF GEAR. *AK

• 10/31/1996· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  VEHICLE'S SERPENTINE BELT CAME OFF DUE TO SNOWY INCLEMENT WEATHER BUILDUP, CAUSING THE COMPLETE LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND VEHICLE CONTROL. *AK

• 10/28/1995· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  NOTICEABLE SHIMMY WHEN BRAKES APPLIED DUE TO BURNT ROTORS. *DSH

• 10/27/1998· LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES

  THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR WILL NOT OPEN. THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR OPENS, BUT IT CLICKS, IS IN THE PROCESS OF BREAKING. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

• 10/24/2000· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  THIS CAR HAS HAD 5 MAP SENSORS INSTALED IN THE PAST 2 YEARS. OTHER SENSORS HAVE ALSO FAILED WHEN THE MAP SENSOR FAILED. THIS PROBLEM HAS CREATED A GREAT HAZARD WHILE DRIVING. THE CAR CUTS OFF AND GOES DEAD ON STRAIGHT ROADS, TURNS OR GOING UP OR DOWNHILL.*AK

• 10/22/1996· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLINGFire

  PCV VALVE STOPPED, THEN VENT TUBE WAS BLOWEN IN ON HOUSING. THIS RESULTED IN MOTOR OIL COMING THROUGH VENT CONTACTING EXHAUST MANIFOLD AND STARTING A FIRE. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK

• 10/16/1998· STRUCTURE

  DRIVER'S DOOR LOWER HINGE CAME OFF DOOR.

• 10/08/1999· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  WHEN COMING TO A STOP AND BRAKE PEDAL IS APPLIED IT FEELS LIKE NORMAL, BUT THE BRAKES WILL ACTIVATE AND STOP THE VEHICLE. THEN THEY RELEASE, PERMITTING THE VEHICLE TO CONTINUE TO ROLL. DEALER HAS BEEN CNOTACTED, BUT THE PROBLEM CANNOT BE DUPLICATED BECAUSE IT IS INTERMITTENT. *AK

• 10/05/1999· POWER TRAIN

  WHILE DRIVING AT A SPEED OF 20 MPH VEHICLE STARTED TO GOO BACKWARDS.THERE HAD NO PREVIOUS PROBLEM BEFORE THIS HAPPENED. *AK

• 10/02/2000· STRUCTURE

  THE METAL TO WHICH THE DOOR HINGES ARE ATTACHED TORE, CAUSING THE HINGE TO BREAK AND THE DOOR TO DROP AND WHEN THE DOOR WAS OPENED IT SERIOUSLY DAMAGED THE FRONT FENDER. IT IS MY SUSPICION THAT THE DOOR METAL IS TOO THIN.*AK

• 09/28/1999· SUSPENSION

  WHEN DRIVING OVER BUMPS VEHICLE SHAKES OUT OF CONTROL, MAKING IT HARD TO STEER. POSSIBLY THE FRONT SHOCKS ARE WORN. *AK

• 09/27/1998· STRUCTURE

  HINGES FAILED ON DRIVER SIDE DOOR, DOOR SAGGED AND ALMOST FELL OFF. ENTIRE DOOR HAD TO BE REPLACED.

• 09/21/1999· STRUCTURE

  DRIVER SIDE DOOR HINGE SEPARATED FROM FRAME; DAMAGED FRONT FENDER AND DOOR.

• 09/16/2000· STRUCTURE

  THE GENTELMAN WHO GAVE THE ESTIMATE SAID THE HINGES WERE NOT STRONG ENOUGH FOR THE DOOR WHEN MANUFACTURED.

• 09/04/1996· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLINGCrash

  SERPENTINE BELT CAME OFF TWICE, ONCE CAUSING ACCIDENT.

• 09/03/1999· STEERING

  WHILE DRIVING STEERING BELT TENSIONER WENT BAD, CAUSING LOSS OF POWER STEERING. THE DEALER HAS REPAIRED THE VEHICLE . THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

• 09/03/1999· AIR BAGSCrash

  VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A COLLSION AT 30MPH. UPON IMPACT, THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. MANUFACTURER HAS INSPECTED VEHICLE. *AK

• 09/03/1997· POWER TRAIN

  TRANSMISSION SLIPPING .

• 08/29/1997· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY THE VEHICLE JUST DIES, IT TAKES ABOUT 30 TO 40 MINUTES BEFORE THE VEHICLE WILL RESTART. *AK

• 08/27/1999· POWER TRAIN,STRUCTURE

  CAR HAD ABOUT 14,000 MILES ON IT WHEN PURCHASED FROM THE DEALER WHO SOLD IT ORIGINALLY. IT HAS NOT BEEN ABUSED! DOOR FAILED, MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO EXIT, WITHOUT CRAWLING OVER THE ARMREST TO EXIT FROM PASSENGER SIDE, OR LOWERING THE TOP TO EXIT OUT THE WINDOW. TRAVIS DISAVOWED ANY KNOWLEDGE OF ANY PROBLEMS WITH THIS MODEL, SO REPAIRS WERE UNDERTAKEN AFTER COMPLETION OF MOVE OUT-OF-STATE, AT MCLAIN'S BODY SHOP WHERE HE POINTED OUT FAILED HINGE AND NOTED THAT THAT DESIGN FLAW IS "COMMON" WITH THIS MODEL. REPAIRS, EVEN WITH USED DOOR WERE $1690.01. TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED TWICE, UNDER WARRANTY, BUT THE SECOND TIME, AT ABOUT 99,500 MILES. THE WINDOW MOTOR WILL NOT LOWER THE WINDOW.

• 08/25/1998· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  PLASTIC TENSIONER BROKE, CAUSING LOSS OF POWER STEERING/BRAKES. WATER PUMP/PLASTIC SHIELD REPLACED. QCAW

• 08/24/1999· POWER TRAIN

  OUR AUTO REPAIR MECHANIC REPLACED THE TAG AXEL ON OUR 1994 LEBARON. HE ALSO STATED THAT THERE WAS TWO OTHER LEBARONS IN THE SAME AREA WHERE I LIVE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. I FIND THIS A LITTLE UNUSAL. THE AUTO REPAIR MECHANIC ALSO PLACED A CALL TO A CHRYSLER PARTS DEALER TO INQUIRE THE PRICE OF A NEW LAG AXEL. BEFORE THE MECHANIC COULD STATE THE MODEL OF CAR THE PARTS DEALER TOLD THE MECHANIC WHAT MODEL AND TYPE OF CAR. THE BACK OF THE CAR WAS MAKING A NOISE,THE LAG AXEL WAS CRACKED. IF LEFT UNDETECTED OR REPAIRED IT COULD OF CAUSED SERIOUS INJURYS.AS I L

• 08/23/1996· AIR BAGSCrash

  OTHER: DRIVER'S AIR BAG INFLATED AFTER THE ACCIDENT.

• 08/17/2000· POWER TRAIN,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

  WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH AND WITHOUT WARNING TRANSMISSION DOWNSHIFTED FROM 4TH TO 2ND GEAR, CAUSING VEHICLE TO RACE TO EXTREMELY HIGH RPMS, CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK

• 08/10/2006· POWER TRAIN

  PURCHASED THE CAR WITH 75,000 MILES ON IT. THOUGHT IT MIGHT LAST A LITTLE WHILE. I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE BATTERY, ALTERNATOR, FRONT WHEEL BEARINGS, TRANSMISSION LEAK, AND NOW THE TRANSMISSION DOESN'T WORK! GRINDS WHEN I PUT IT INTO REVERSE, AND ALL THE OTHER GEARS NOTHING HAPPENS. I ALSO JUST PUT A NEW FILTER AND FLUID IN THREE MONTHS AGO. *NM

• 08/10/1995· SEAT BELTS

  BOTH FRONT SEAT BELTS DON'T RESTRAIN OCCUPANTS AT ALL. OWNER STRUCK STEERING WHEEL AND HEAD HIT WINDSHIELD. DEPENDABLE DODGE WILL REPLACE WHOLE SEAT BELT. TT

• 08/07/1997· POWER TRAIN

  WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE THE REAR AXLE BROKE. OWNER NOTES THAT THIS OCCURS EVERY 50,OOO MILES WITH THESE VEHICLES.OWNER IS VERY CONCERNED FOR SAFETY. *AK

• 08/03/1999· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  FRONT BRAKE DISC CALIPER PISTON FRACTURED, RESULTING IN BRAKE FLUID LEAKAGE. BRAKES REPLACED TWICE IN FOUR YEARS. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

• 07/30/1996· FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  VEHICLE WILL STALL WITH NO WARNING, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS.*AK

• 07/29/2000· POWER TRAIN

  I BELIEVE THE CRACKED REAR AXEL IS PLAINLY A MANUFACTURERS DEFECT AND SHOULD BE REPLACED OR REPAIRED AT NO CHARGE. *AK

• 07/27/1998· STRUCTURE

  FRONT DOOR HINGES SEPARATED FROM THE FRAME.

• 07/26/1996· POWER TRAIN

  SHIFT INDICATOR DOES NOT WORK.

• 07/25/1996· POWER TRAIN

  TRANSMISSION FAILED 2 TIMES. *SD

• 07/24/1997· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  ENGINE STALLS INTERMITTENTLY.

• 07/16/2003· STRUCTURE

  CONSUMER STATES WHEN TRYING TO OPEN DOOR DRIVER SIDE DOOR FELL OF THE HINGE. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

• 07/15/1999· STRUCTURE

  DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR FELL OFF. *YC

• 07/11/1995· SEAT BELTS

  THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT BELT IS AUTOMATIC. THE SEATBELT WOULD NOT WORK OR ENGAGE PROPERLY. *AK