1991 CHRYSLER NEW YORKER

124 complaints filed with NHTSA.

124
Complaints
1
Crashes
5
Fires
5
Injuries
0
Deaths

Complaints by Component

ComponentCount
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP20
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM12
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION8
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:PUMP6
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE6
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS4
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE4
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL3
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM3
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY3
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER CYLINDER3
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE2
SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:AIR SUSPENSION SYSTEM2
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS2
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:STARTER ASSEMBLY2

Recent Complaints

20050525AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE

I HAVE A 1992 CHRYSLER NEW YORKER. I WAS DRIVING ON WILBETH RD., AKRON, OH AT A VERY SLOW RATE APPROX. 25 M.P.H. WHICH WAS THE SPEED LIMIT. I HIT A POTHOLE AND MY AIRBAG DEPLOYED AND I HAVE INJURIES DUE TO THAT ACCIDENT WHICH I WENT TO THE HOSPITAL AND WAS EXAMINED AND X-RAYED. I HAVE PICTURES OF THE AIRBAG AND THE POTHOLE I HIT. UNFORTUNATELY, THE STREET REPAIR WAS DONE BEFORE I GOT A PICTURE OF THE ACTUAL HOLE BUT YOU CAN SEE THE PATCH IN THE STREET OF THE SIZE OF THE HOLE, APPROX. 1FT. BY

Mileage: 105,404

20040901CrashAIR BAGS

WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A COLLISION. IT HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE BROADSIDE, AND THE AIRBAG DEPLOYED. WHILE DEPLOYING STEERING WHEEL COVER CAME OFF AND HIT THE DRIVER IN THE STERNUM AND INJURED THE DRIVER.*AK

Mileage: 140,000

20040629FireFUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS

BLACK SMOKE AND LARGE FLAMES APPEARED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO INDICATED THE FUEL RAIL FAILED. *AK WHILE PARKED IN THE PARKING LOT WITH THE KEY STILL IN THE IGNITION SWITCH BUT WITH THE ENGINE TURNED OF, THE CONSUMER REALIZED THAT THE ENGINE WAS ON FIRE. THE FIRE MAY HAVE STARTED WHILE THE ENGINE WAS NOT RUNNING, BUT THE FIRE WASN'T NOTICED WHEN THE ENGINE WAS OFF. THE FIRE WAS POSSIBLY STARTED BY THE

Mileage: 50,000

20020409FireELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH

WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH CONSUMER HEARD A NOISE, FELT A POP UNDER ACCELERATOR PEDAL. THEN, VEHICLE REVVED LOUDLY. SMOKE WAS COMING FROM UNDER THE DASH, AND CONSUMER SAW FLAMES. VEHICLE AT DEALERSHIP AT THIS TIME.*AK

20020409FireVEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES

WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH CONSUMER HEARD A NOISE, FELT A POP UNDER ACCELERATOR PEDAL. THEN, VEHICLE REVVED LOUDLY. SMOKE WAS COMING FROM UNDER THE DASH, AND CONSUMER SAW FLAMES. VEHICLE AT DEALERSHIP AT THIS TIME.*AK

19980323FireENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE

ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE.(OHIO STATE POLICE REPORT)

19960601SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE

SEAT BELT MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING INJURY. *SD

19951127FireFUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS

UNDERCARRIAGE VEHICLE FIRE CAUSED BY FUEL LINES LEAKING FUEL. TT LEAKING FUEL PUMP AND LEAKING GAS LINE UNDERNEATH VEHICLE, FUEL PUMP WAS REPLACED, VEHICLE KEPT STALLING, CONSUMER BEGAN TO SMELL FUEL AND VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE WHILE DRIVING. *SLC

19950223AIR BAGS:FRONTAL

HIT A DIP IN THE ROAD AND THE AIR BAG DEPLOYED. TT

19950223SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE

SEAT BELT FAILED WHILE HITTING A DIP IN THE ROAD. *AK