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1997 Chrysler Cirrus complaints

Owner reports filed with NHTSA about this vehicle, newest first and reproduced as filed. They are unverified accounts: one proves nothing, and a pattern across many is the thing worth reading. Back to the full 1997 record →

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components
Filed Oct 25, 1999IN

WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES THERE IS A TICKING NOISE. DEALER HAS NOT SEEN VEHICLE. *AK

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc › Rotor
Filed Oct 20, 1999MI

WHEN DRIVING AT 35 MPH AND APPLYING THE BRAKES, THE BRAKE'S ARE SHAKING AND THERE IS SOME RATTLING NOISE. BRAKES GO HALF WAY TO THE FLOORBOARD, AND CONSUMER HAD THE ROTORS REPLACED. ALSO, TRANSMISSION LINE BUSTED, CAUSING OIL TO GET ONTO ENGINE AND THE MANIFOLD. *AK

Air Bags › FrontalCrash
Filed May 20, 1999CT

VEHICLE WOULDN'T START DUE TO FUEL PUMP FAILURE. ONCE PART WAS REPLACED, OLD FUEL PUMP SHOWED BURNED AREAS. FUEL PUMP IS AVAILABE FOR INVESTIGATIONS. CONSUMER HIT A DEER AND HAD FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS OF DAMAGE DUE TO A 35-40 MPH IMPACT. DEER HIT IN FRONT OF VEHICLE AND SMASHED INTO THE WINDSHIELD. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS DID NOT GO OFF. *AK

Structure › Body › Hood
Filed May 16, 1999TX

DRIVING ON EXPRESSWAY AND HOOD FLEW UP AND SHATTERED THE WINDSHIELD AND WRAPPED UP OVER ROOF.

Latches/Locks/Linkages › Hood › Latch
Filed Feb 1, 1999CA

HOOD LATCH SPRING FAILED. NLM

Power Train › Automatic Transmission
Filed Feb 1, 1999CA

PROBLEM WITH TRANSMISSION. *YC

Fuel System, Other
Filed Nov 19, 1998AZ

DRIVING THE VEHICLE THE GAS GAUGE WILL INDICATE THAT THERE IS A QUARTER TANK OF GAS IN THE VEHICLE, BUT THE GAS TANK WOULD BE EMPTY AND THE VEHICLE WILL STALL THEN THE VEHICLE WILL SHUT DOWN WITHOUT NO PRIOR WARNING OR THE VEHICLE WON'T START UP. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP FIVE TIMES, AND THE DEALER DOESN'T KNOW THE PROBLEM. *AK

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited SlipCrash
Filed Jul 8, 1998CT

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AND PULLED OUT FROM ROADSIDE INTO TRAFFIC AND THERE WAS A CONSTRUCTION SITE, A PEDESTRIAN STEPPED OUT. WHEN CONSUMER PRESSED BRAKE PEDAL THERE WAS NO BRAKING, AND CONSUMER REARENDED VEHICLE IN FRONT. ALSO, THE AIR BAGS DID NOT INFLATE, EVEN AT 30MPH. *AK

Vehicle Speed Control › LinkagesCrash
Filed May 11, 1998MN

THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED WHEN PUTTING IN DRIVE POSITION UNEXPECTEDLY AND AT A HIGHER SPEED WHILE THE BRAKING SYSTEM WAS ACTIVATED, CAUSING A MINOR ACCIDENT. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE PROBLEM. *AK

Suspension
Filed Jan 13, 1998NY

WHEN RIDING ON ROUGH ROADWAYS THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCES EXTREME VIBRATION AND NOISE.

Electrical System › Ignition › Switch
Filed Sep 30, 1997PA

GOING 55MPH IN RAINY WEATHER WHEN THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILED TO WORK; PULLED OFF ROAD & STOPPED. RESTARTED VEHICLE & WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORKING AGAIN. TOOK TO DEALER & INFORMED WAS IGNITION SWITCH PROBLEM. *AK

Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › GasolineFire
Filed Sep 29, 1997IL

WHILE PARKED IN DRIVEWAY VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. CAUS EOF FIRE UNDETERMINED. *AK

Air Bags
Filed Sep 17, 1997AZ

THE CONSUMER IS SHORT AND SITS CLOSE TO STEERING WHEEL AND WOULD LIKE AIR BAG DISCONNECTED, DUE TO POSSIBLE INJURY THAT WOULD OCCUR IF AIR BAG DEPLOYED.

Latches/Locks/Linkages › Hood › Latch
Filed Jul 17, 1997CA

HOOD LATCH SPRING CAN DISENGAGE FROM ITS HOLE IF THE HOOD IS SLAMMED SHUT. *AK

Electrical System › Wiring › Front UnderhoodFire
Filed Jul 14, 1997IL

CONSUMER WAS AWAKENED BY CAR ALARM AT APPROX 3:00 AM. NOTICED VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE; FLAMES WERE COMING FROM UNDERNEATH HOOD ,THROUGH WINDSHIELD, THAT COMPLETLY MELTED DOWN, ENGINE COMPLETELY BURNT, AND ONE TIRE BLEW. FIRE DEPARTMENT HAD TO UNATTACH HOOD TO STOP FIRE. *AK POSSIBLE ENGINE FAILURE. *SLC

Vehicle Speed Control
Filed May 22, 1997TX

THE VEHICLE FAILS TO SLOW PROPERLY DURING DECELERATION, REQUIRING CONSTANT PRESSURE IN ORDER TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT.

Visibility › Windshield
Filed Mar 5, 1997OH

SUN REFLECTS ONTO WINDSHIELD, CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY.

Visibility › Windshield
Filed Dec 30, 1996OH

WINDSHIELD DESIGN CAUSING REFLECTION FROM DASHBOARD RESULTING IN POOR VISIBILITY.

Visibility › Windshield
Filed Dec 23, 1996OH

WHILE DRIVING OWNER SEES A GLARE ON THE FRONT WINDSHIELD, ,HE STATES THAT IT BOUNCES OF THE DASH BOARD AND BLOCKS VISION, HE ALSO NOTES THAT THIS OCCURS WHEN THERE IS A LOT OF STREET LIGHTS, IT CAUSES A PANIC STOP. *AK

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