1990 CHRYSLER IMPERIAL — Complaint #613956
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NHTSA Complaint about SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:AIR SUSPENSION:SPRINGS/BAGS filed February 21, 2007
NHTSA complaint #613956 (ODI reference 10183105) concerns a 1990 CHRYSLER IMPERIAL and was filed on February 21, 2007. The owner reports the failure occurred on January 16, 2007. The vehicle had 87,500 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Colorado based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as suspension:front:springs:air suspension:springs/bags, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.
The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: yes, fire: no, injuries: 2, fatalities: 0. A complaint that flags a crash, fire, or fatality is escalated on NHTSA's internal review queue and factors more heavily into any Preliminary Evaluation decision on this make and model. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.
Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same CHRYSLER IMPERIAL cohort independently describe similar suspension:front:springs:air suspension:springs/bags failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 1990 CHRYSLER IMPERIAL shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
I HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE ABS SYSTEM, POWER ASSISTED BRAKE SYSTEM AND THE SUSPENSION FOR OVER A YEAR. ABOUT A YEAR AGO THE ABS LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED ON. AT THIS POINT MY POWER ASSISTED BRAKE SYSTEM WAS WORKING FINE. THEN ABOUT A MONTH LATER THE BRAKE LIGHT ALSO CAME ON AND STAYED AND I HAD VERY TIGHT BRAKING AS WELL AS THE AIR RIDE SUSPENSION SYSTEM HAS FAILED AND MY CAR NOW SITS PRETTY MUCH ON THE TIRES. THESE PROBLEMS WERE COVERED IN RECALL #S (91V191000 & 96V099000) HOWEVER MY VIN WAS NOT COVERED. I FILED A COMPLAINT WITH THE NHTSA ON 9-15-06 AND ASKED THAT MY VIN # BE ADDED TO THE RECALLS BUT RECEIVED NO ASSISTANCE. {ODI ID #10169824 & 10029413}.. I WAITED AND WAITED BUT NO RESPONSE. SINCE THEN, I MOVED TO A HOUSE ABOUT 15 MILES AWAY ON 1-16-2007 AND HAD TO MOVE THE CAR AS WELL. WHILE DOING SO, I CAME TO A LIGHT AND THE LITTLE, TOUGH BRAKING SYSTEM I HAD TURNED TO NO BRAKING SYSTEM AND I KEPT GOING INTO THE TRAFFIC AT 35 MPH AND WAS HIT BY ONCOMING TRAFFIC. THE IMPACT JERKED
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 613956 |
| ODI Number | 10183105 |
| Date Filed | February 21, 2007 |
| Failure Date | January 16, 2007 |
| VIN | 1C3XY56R9LD |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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