1994 Chrysler Lebaron Convertible

Routine

Owners filed 5 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the tires › tread/belt. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Tires › Tread/Belt1
000
Structure › Body › Door › Hinge and Attachments1
000
Structure › Body › Door1
101
Power Train › Automatic Transmission › Lever and Linkage › Floor Shift1
100
Power Train1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Power Train
Filed Jun 18, 2013WI

DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD THE TRANSMISSION KICKED DOWN INTO LOW GEAR. ALMOST CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. WHEN FIRST STARTED IT GOES FINE THE MINUTE IT WARMS UP IT WILL KICK DOWN INTO LOW RANGE AGAIN, AND IT WILL DO IT ANY SPEED. *TR

Structure › Body › DoorCrash1 injured
Filed Jul 2, 2012103,000 milesCA

DOOR HAD CREAKED WITHOUT WARNING IT FLEW OPEN AND FELL OFF CATCHING ME AND MY SEATBELT PULLING ME OUT! THE DRIVERS DOOR FEEL OFF AND I SEE THAT THIS IS COMMON! YOU NEVER THOUGHT SOMEONE WOULD HIT THE ASPHALT OR ANOTHER CAR WOULD HIT THE DOOR AND CRASH. WHY HAVEN'T THEY REWELDED OR ADDED EXTRA METAL STRENGTH TO THESE. I HAVE BABIED THIS CAR AND IT HAS REMAINED WITH A FAMILY MEMBER AND NOW ME FOR THE LIFE OF THE CAR IT WAS PERFECT AND KEPT IN THE GARAGE AND IT IS A MESS AND SO AM I. *JS

Power Train › Automatic Transmission › Lever and Linkage › Floor ShiftCrash
Filed Nov 8, 2004100,959 milesNJ

VEHICLE WAS RUNNING WHEN KNOCKED OUT OF GEAR. *AK

Structure › Body › Door › Hinge and Attachments
Filed May 6, 2003NC

I OWN A 94' CHRYSLER LEBARON CONVERTIBLE, I HAD TO HAVE THE DOOR HINGES WELDED 2 TIMES BECAUSE OF CRACKING. DEALER SAYS THERE IS NO PROBLEM WITH THE HINGES? *JB

Tires › Tread/Belt
Filed Jan 3, 200389,048 milesMD

WE BOUGHT 4 OF THE BFGOODRICH TIRES, MODEL G-FORCE T/A ( KDWS), SIZE 205/55ZR16, ON DECEMBER 14, 2000.ONE YEAR LATER, ON DEC. 16, 2001, THE TREAD SEPARATED ON ONE OF THE TIRES WHILE TRAVELING ON ROUTE 95 IN MARYLAND. THE TIRE HAD ABOUT 9,000 MILES ON IT. TODAY, JAN. 3, 2002, THE TREAD ON A SECOND TIRE SEPARATED WHILE DRIVING IN A PARKING LOT IN ROCKVILLE, MD. THE TIRES NOW HAVE ABOUT 18,000 MILES ON THEM. THE ONLY REASON THERE WAS NO ACCIDENT OR INJURY IS THAT WE STOPPED AS SOON AS THERE WAS A STRANGE FEEL TO THE DRIVING AND CHECKED THE TIRES. I HAVE BEEN DRIVING FOR 44 YEARS AND HAVE NEVER HAD A TREAD SEPARATING ON A TIRE UNTIL THESE TWO. THESE ARE CLEARLY DEFECTIVE TIRES. THEY SHOULD BE RECALLED AND THE PURCHASERS SHOULD BE GIVEN NEW TIRES. TS

5 of 5 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1995
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
19957010Routine
1994 — this page5000Routine
19934010Routine
19921000Routine
19913000Routine
19902000Routine

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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.