1996 Chrysler NEW Yorker

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

• 11/18/1998· EQUIPMENT

  RADIO CLOCK FAILED.

• 11/01/2000· AIR BAGS,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  INTERNAL CLOCKSPRING STRESS RELIEF STRIP WAS BEND IN ASSEMBLY AT FACTORY, COUSING STRESS AND FAILURE OF RIBBON WIRE POWERING AIRBAG, HORN AND CRUISE CONTROL.*AK

• 10/28/2000· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  APPARENTLY HEAD GASKET FAILURE IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH NEONS OF THIS VINTAGE. OF COURSE, YOU DON'T FIND OUT UNTIL IT HAPPENS TO YOU.*AK

• 10/26/2004· STEERING,SUSPENSION

  CONSUMER STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING THERE WAS TOO MUCH PLAY IN STEERING, AND STEERING WAS TOO LOOSE. SHE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A MECHANIC, AND WAS TOLD THAT THE RACK AND PINION/ INNER TIE ROD, AND BUSHINGS WERE TOO LOOSE. CONSUMER WILL TAKE THE VEHICLE TO A DEALER LATER.*AK

• 10/03/1997· UNKNOWN OR OTHER

  INADEQUATE REAR SUSPENSION THAT ALLOWS THE VEHICLE TO HIT THE BOTTOM EVEN ON SMOTH ROAD WITHOUT SIGNIFICANT LOADS.

• 09/19/2001· STRUCTURE

  THE STRUT TOWER ON THE DRIVER SIDE OF THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT IS STARTING TO RUST. THE RUSTING MAY CAUSED THE STRUT TO GO THROUGH THE BODY OF THE CAR. WHICH COULD LEAD TO LOSS OF CONTROL AND A POSSIBLE CRASH.

• 08/18/2006· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  HAD TO HAVE BREAK LINES REPLACED-THEY REMOVED CROSS MEMBER TO ACCESS LINE AND REMOVED AND MANUFACTURE TUBE AND REPLACE. $442.91 FOR 5 HOURS OF LABOR AND PARTS---MY CAR WAS THE 7TH CAR IN ONE WEEK TO NEED THIS EXPENSIVE REPAIR FROM A CHRYSLER CAR. GARAGE TELLS ME THIS IS DUE TO CALCIUM ON ROADS OR CHEAP STEAL FROM CHRYSLER. I FEEL DUE TO POOR QUALITY OF THE CHRYSLER PRODUCT-- "HELP ME OUT." *NM

• 08/04/1999· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STALLS UNEXPECTEDLY WHICH MAY CAUSE A CRASH. ALSO HAS A NO START CONDITION AT TIMES. BEEN TO DEALER SEVERAL TIMES, AND DEALE RCANNOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION AND VIN#. *AK

• 07/17/1996· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  BRAKES PULSATE WHEN APPLIED.

• 05/31/1996· LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES

  CHILD SAFETY LOCKS WILL NOT ALLOW DOOR TO BE OPENED FROM THE INSIDE/TRAPPING PASSENGERS INSIDE VEHICLE IN A COLLISION. *SD

• 05/26/1996· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  VEHICLE STALLED DUE TO AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM. *SD

• 05/14/2003· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  1/16/03 , CAR WOULD NOT START WAS CRANKED ABOUT 5 MINUTES LATER 1/2/037:00 PM CAR CUT OFF WHILE DRIVING 7:30 PM WENT BACK AT 8:15 PM AND IT CRANKED RIGHT UP AND DROVE HOME 3/5/03 VAN WOULD NOT CRANK. AFTER ABOUT 5 MINUTES OF TRYING IT CRANKED 7:30 A.M. AND 48 DEGREES. LEFT HOME VAN CUT OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD, I GOT TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND AGAIN TRIED FOR ABOUT 5 MINUTES TO CRANK IT,10 MIN. LATER IT CUT OUT AGAIN MOTOR JUST CUT OFF WITHOUT WARNING GOT TO DEALER THEY SAID IT HAD BEEN RESET AND THERE WHERE NO CODES 3/6/03 VAN SHUT OFF ON (WET AND RAINY TODAY) 3/7/03 VAN WOULD NOT CRANK THIS MORNING. I TRIED FOR 30 MINUTES BEFORE IT FINALLY CRANKED 7:30 A.M. 3/14/03 WOULD NOT CRANK TRIED FOR 10 MINUTES THEN IT CRANKED 7:30 3/15/03 VAN ACTED LIKE IT WAS GOING TO CUT OFF. CAR HESITATED ABOUT 3 TIMES IN 5 MINUTES. ALL THE GAUGES DROPPED IMMEDIATELY TO ZERO!!! CAR KEPT RUNNING THE FIRST THREE TIMES THIS HAPPENED FINALLY IT CUT OFF. 5 MIN. LATER CRANKED UP. 4/7 VAN WOULD NOT START. 5 MIN. LATER DROVE TO WORK WITH NO OTHER PROBLEMS. 4/8 LEAVING WORK THE VAN CUT OFF, WAITED FOR ABOUT 5 MINUTES, THEN THE VAN CRANKED. THIS IS WHAT I HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH SINCE THE PURCHASE OF THE CAR. I CANNOT DRIVE IT BECAUSE I HAVE SMALL CHILDREN AND I THINK THAT CARS THAT SHUT OFF AT 65 MILES AN HOUR ON THE INTERSTATE NEED TO BE INVESTIGATED!EVEN IF YOU CAN'T IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM YOU NEED TO ENCOURAGE THE MANUFACTURER TO FIND THE PROBLEM!IN A LETTER FROM NHTSA SENT TO MY STATE REP CASS BALLENGER IT WAS STATED THAT THERE WHERE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS "ALLEGING" STALLING LIKE THIS BUT THAT NO INVESTIGATION WAS BEING DONE SINCE IT WAS OF UNDETERMINED CAUSE!! I NEED HELP NOW!!!ANYONE THAT HAS AN IDEA WHAT IS WRONG PLEASE E-MAIL ME KELLISIG@BELLSOUTH.NET. *NLM

• 05/06/2003· AIR BAGS

  THE CONSUMER SUBMITTED THE RECEIPT FOR REIMBURSEMENT OF THE CLOCK SPRING. (MODEL/LXI). *MR *SCC *NLM

• 04/20/1998· STEERING

  WHEN TURNING THE VEHICLE THE WHEEL VIBRATES, CAUSING THE CENTER MOUNTING BOLT TO COME LOOSE. OWNER HAS REPLACED THE RACK AND PINION TWICE PRIOR TO THIS. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

• 04/13/2000· POWER TRAIN

  TRANSMISSION FRONT PUMP SEAL LEAKING

• 03/26/2004· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  WHEN THE VEHICLE IS RUNNING AND THE DOORS ARE CLOSED, THE VEHICLE DOORS LOCKS ITSELF. *PH ON TWO OCCASIONS THIS PROBLEM OCCURRED IN WHICH THE CONSUMER'S CHILD HAD GOTTEN STUCK IN THE VEHICLE AFTER SHUTTING THE DOOR TO WALK TO THE DRIVER DOOR THE VEHICLE WOULD LOCK ITSELF. (MODEL/TALON) *SC

• 03/25/1999· STEERING

  IMPROPER ASSEMBLY CAUSED STEERING SECTOR TO COME APART RESULTING IN ONE WHEEL BEING STRAIGHT AND ONE BEING COMPLETELY TURNED.

• 03/18/2014· FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM

  TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1996 CHRYSLER NEW YORKER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, AN EXTREMELY STRONG ODOR OF FUEL EMITTED CONTINUOUSLY INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. A FUEL LEAK WAS NOT VISIBLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER AND AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO BOTH STATED THAT THE FUEL INJECTOR O-RINGS WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 98V1840000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE). THE FAILURE RECURRED AND THE MANUFACTURER REFUSED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE A SECOND TIME. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNAVAILABLE.

• 03/15/1999· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  WAS PARKING VEHICLE WITH FOOT ON BRAKES; FELT VEHICLE SLIDING. THE FRONT BRAKES WERE GONE WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS APPLIED. IT WENT COMPLETELY TO THE FLOOR. DID NOT HIT ANYTHING. WILL BE TAKING VEHICLE TO DEALER. *AK

• 03/14/2001· STRUCTURE

  THE REAR OF THE VAN LEAKS BADLY.

• 03/13/2002· SEAT BELTS

  AT THE SLIGHTEST TOUCH OF THE RESTRAINTS THEY BECOME UNLATCHED. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *AK

• 03/04/1996· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  ENGINE COOLANT LINE DISCONNECTED, CAUSING VEHICLE TO SMOKE. *DH

• 02/16/2009· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC,STRUCTURE

  I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE BRAKE LINE MULTIPLE TIMES OVER A SIX MONTH PERIOD, AND ALSO THE UNIBODY HAS RUSTED OUT AND I AM UNABLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE. I WAS WONDRING IF THERE HAS BEEN A RECALL ON THIS VEHICLE. *TR

• 01/22/2000· VISIBILITY

  WHEN DRIVING TOWARDS THE SUNLIGHT THE REFLECTION OFF THE DASHBOARD ONTO THE WINDSHIELD IS SO BAD THAT THE GLARE CREATES A DANGEROUS BLIND SPOT WHICH IMPAIRS THE DRIVER'S VISABILITY IN FRONT OF HIM..

• 01/08/1996· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  VEHICLE CONTINUALLY STALLS WHILE DRIVING. *DSH

• 01/07/1999· UNKNOWN OR OTHER

  NO SUMMARY INCLUDED. *AK