1989 CHRYSLER NEW YORKER

95 complaints filed with NHTSA.

Complaints

Crashes

Fires

Injuries

Deaths

Complaints by Component

Component	Count	Crashes	Fires
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP	24	2	0
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION	17	0	0
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY	5	0	0
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:ABS WARNING LIGHT	3	0	0
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS	3	1	0
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL	2	0	0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION	2	0	0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD	2	0	1
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE	2	0	0
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER	2	0	0
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE	2	0	0
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR	2	0	0
WHEELS	1	0	0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING	1	0	0
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:RADIATOR ASSEMBLY	1	0	0

Recent Complaints

20020207FireELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD

WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH A FIRE STARTED IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED AND EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

19990121FireFUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM

VEHICLE FIRE DUE TO FAILURE OF THE FUEL REGULATOR WHICH LEAKED.

19981215FireFUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:CARBURETOR SYSTEM

ATTEMPTING TO PRIME THE CARBORATOR GAS SPIT BACK ON THE CONSUMER AND HE CAUGHT ON FIRE.

19981110FireELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR

THE CONSUMER EXPERIENCED A PROBLEM WITH ALTERNATOR. WHILE DRIVING NOTICED THAT SMOKE WAS COMING FROM HOOD. PANEL LIGHTS FAILED TO ILLUMINATE TO ALERT THEM OF THE PROBLEM. WHEN THEY PULLED THE VEHICLE OVER, THEY NOTICED THAT IT WAS ON FIRE. THE VEHICLE BURNED UNTIL IN IT WAS PUT OUT BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. THEY DIAGNOSED THAT IT WAS DUE TO THE WIRING ASSOCIATED WITH THE ALTERNATOR. THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

19970926CrashSERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP

ABS PROBLEM; THE ABS WARNING LIGHT AND BRAKE WARNING LIGHT CAME ON AND AFTER GOING 2 MILES THERE WAS NO BRAKING ABILITY. THIS CAUSED DRIVER TO REAR END VEHICLE AHEAD. A PUMP WAS REPLACED IN THE ABS IN JAN OF 97. DEALER IS NOT ABLE TO DUPLICATE PROBLEM WITH BRAKES AT THIS TIME. *SLC

19960815CrashSERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS

BRAKES FAILED TWICE, ONCE CAUSING ACCIDENT/INJURY.

19951206FireFUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY

HAD TO REPLACE THE FUEL TANK TWO TIMES CAR CAUGHT FIRE. TT

19951116FatalENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:RADIATOR ASSEMBLY

RADIATOR PLASTIC FAILURE.

19950724CrashSERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP

ABS BRAKE SYSTEM MALFUNCTION, RESULTING IN ACCIDENT. TT