1997 Chrysler Lebaron

Routine

Owners filed 2 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the tires. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails

Component	Reports		Crashes	Fires	Injuries
Tires	1		0	0	0
Engine and Engine Cooling › Exhaust System › Manifold/Header/Muffler/Tail Pipe	1		0	0	0

What owners reported

Newest filings

Engine and Engine Cooling › Exhaust System › Manifold/Header/Muffler/Tail Pipe

Filed Jan 7, 2003VA

CONSUMER STATES THAT HIS VEHICLE PUMPS OUT SMOKE AND WATER OUT OF THE EXHAUST PIPE. HE ALSO STATES THAT HIS PANEL LIGHTS HAS BEEN COMING ON AND STAYING ON, THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR THE PAST 6 MONTHS. HE STATES THAT WHEN THE LIGHT COMES ON IT IS AN INDICATION THAT THEIR IS PROBLEM. HE SAYS HE HAS REPLACED MOST OF THE PARTS TRYING TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM, BUT WHEN HE TOOK HIS VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP HE WAS TOLD THAT HE HAS A BAD VALVE SEAL. TS

Tires

Filed Aug 12, 2000SC

TIRE TREAD SEPARATIONS ON MOTORHOME. CLAIM FILED WITH FIRESTONE AND REIMBURSED BUT SHORTLY AFTER HEARD NEWS OF RECALL RE ATX TIRES. OUR PROBLEM WAS THE SAME TIRE TREAD SEPARATION ON ESSENTIALLY NEW TIRES WITH THE FOLLOWING TIRE NUMBER: LT225 75R/16/M/S. SHOULD RECALL EXTEND TO THESE TIRES AS WELL? WE EXPERIENCED A SEPARATION OF THE LEFT INSIDE REAR FOLLOWED BY THE RIGHT INSIDE REAR ABOUT 150 MILES LATER.( DOT NUMBER: VDIL TIRE SIZE: LT 225 75R )

2 of 2 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1994

Year	Complaints	Recalls	Fires	Assessment
2003	1	0	0	Routine
1997 — this page	2	0	0	Routine
1996	3	0	0	Routine
1995	75	0	3	Routine
1994	102	0	5	Routine
1993	66	0	1	Routine
1992	78	2	6	Routine
1991	63	5	4	Routine
1990	68	3	2	Routine

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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.