Chrysler Imperial

Owners filed 280 complaints across 6 model years of the Chrysler Imperial. The 1990 drew the most (108).

Model years6
Complaints280
Recalls8
Fires3
Deaths1

Which Chrysler Imperial years should you avoid?

No Chrysler Imperial year stands out. Across the 4 model years old enough to judge, none drew twice the complaints of a typical year (about 67), and none shows an unusual share of fires, crashes or deaths for its age.

How this is worked out: each year is compared with a typical year of the same model, which takes most of the difference in sales out of it, and its share of serious failures is compared with every other car of the same model year, because older cars were complained about differently. A year needs 25 complaints to be judged at all. Complaints are unverified owner reports. Full method →

Every Chrysler Imperial model year compared

Complaints per year
YearComplaintsRelative volumeRecallsFiresCrashesMost reportedStatus
19951
0——Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation ComponentsRoutine
19943
0—1Electrical System › Ignition › SwitchRoutine
199335
12—Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited SlipFatalities reported
199249
2—1Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited SlipRoutine
199184
3—6Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited SlipRoutine
1990108
216Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited SlipRoutine

Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.