1994 Chrysler Cirrus

Routine

Owners filed 3 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the vehicle speed control. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Vehicle Speed Control2
000
Power Train › Axle Assembly › Axle Shaft1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Vehicle Speed Control
Filed Mar 18, 2010125,000 milesVT

USING CRUISE CONTROL ON HIGHWAY, IT SUDDENLY STARTED ACCELERATING AND DID NOT RESPOND TO TURNING IT OFF BY THE BUTTON OR BRAKING. SLAMMING ON THE BRAKES SLOWED IT DOWN TO ABOUT 60-70, BUT THE ACCELERATION RESUMED AS SOON AS BRAKE PRESSURE WAS LET UP. I SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL, AND THE ENGINE REVVED ALMOST TO RED LINE BRIEFLY, THEN RESUMED NORMAL OPERATION. THE DEALER INSISTED THAT THE PROBLEM COULDN'T BE DUPLICATED AND THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL. I BELIEVED AND TRIED IT ONE MORE TIME ON THE HIGHWAY WITH EXACTLY THE SAME EXPERIENCE. I NEVER USED THE CRUISE CONTROL AGAIN. I WASN'T AWARE OF NHTSA REPORTING AT THE TIME, AND WOULDN'T BOTHER YOU WITH MY STORY AT THIS LATE DATE, BUT THOUGHT IN VIEW OF THE CURRENT ACCELERATION PROBLEMS I SHOULD BRING IT UP IN CASE THERE MIGHT BE SOME RELATIONSHIP THAT WOULD SHED LIGHT ON THE TOYOTA PROBLEM. *TR

Power Train › Axle Assembly › Axle Shaft
Filed Aug 13, 2003VA

CONSUMER'S WIFE STATES THAT THE OTHER MORNING HUSBAND STARTED AUTO AND DROVE IT ABOUT A MILE AND A HALF, THEN HEARD A LOUD EXPLOSION AND ENGINE CUT OFF. SHE STATES THAT HUSBAND MANAGED TO GET TO THE SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN AND RESTART THE VEHICLE, DROVE IT HOME SLOWLY. THEN, HE HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALER/MECHANIC, AND AFTER EXAMINING THE VEHICLE HE WAS TOLD THAT THE TRANS AXLE HAD COME OUT OF THE TRANSMISSION CASE. HUSBAND COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED BECAUSE THIS HAPPENED ON A MOUNTAIN. *AK

Vehicle Speed Control
Filed Aug 26, 2002CO

WHILE TRAVELING ABOUT 45MPH ON HIGHWAY AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING RPMS WILL GO UP, AND VEHICLE WILL LOOSE ALL POWER. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

3 of 3 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1995
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20011000Routine
2000999230High concern
199962720Routine
199869730Routine
199769870Routine
19961601150Routine
19953691150Above average
1994 — this page3000Routine

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Reading this record

No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.

Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.

Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.