2000 Chrysler LHS complaints

I HAVE HAD CONTINUOUS PROBLEMS WITH AIR PRESSURE LOSS IN MY TIRES. EVERY TIRE ON MY VEHICLE HAS BEEN SERVICED AT LEAST ONCE AND ONE TIRE HAS BEEN SERVICED THREE TIMES FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. THE DEALER INDICATES THAT IT IS A PROBLEM OF CORROSION AROUND THE VALVE STEM CAUSING LEAK DOWN. THE DEALER ALSO INDICATED THAT THEY HAVE SEEN THIS PROBLEM REPEATEDLY ON THE LHS AND 300M. I ASKED IF CHRYSLER HAS A FIX FOR THIS PROBLEM AND THE DEALER INDICATED THAT THERE IS NOT A FIX. MEANWHILE, MY VEHICLE IS NOW OUT OF WARRANTY AND I HAVE HAD TO PAY TO HAVE 3 VALVE STEMS REPLACED FOR A PROBLEM THAT WILL EVENTUALLY REOCCUR. THIS LAST TIME ALMOST RESULTED IN A LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE WITH MY WIFE AND 3 CHILDREN IN THE CAR AS THE TIRE ALMOST CAME OFF OF THE RIM. NOW, AFTER THE FIRST 3 FAILURES I HAVE MADE IT A HABIT TO REINFLATE MY TIRES AT EVERY FUELING AND DID SO NOT LESS THAN 3 DAYS PRIOR TO THIS LATEST FAILURE. I AM CONCERNED THAT THIS CONTINUAL INACTION ON THE PART OF CHRYSLER WILL RESULT IN THE HARM OF ONE OF MY FAMILY MEMBERS OR SOMEONE ELSE AND THIS CORRESPONDENCE SERVES AS NOTICE OF MY CONCERN. PLEASE CONTACT ME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE WITH YOUR RESPONSE.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH VEHICLE CRASHED INTO A TREE. UPON IMPACT, NONE OF THE FRONTAL AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. DRIVER SUSTAINED BACK AND NECK INJURIES. *AK

WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH DOWNHILL, THE STEERING WHEEL FAILED TO TURN IN EITHER DIRECTION. THE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO AVOID A COLLISION AND THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER. THE DEALER REPLACED THE POWER STEERING PUMP AND THE RACK AND PINION. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *JB CONSUMERS WIFE WAS IN SEVERE SHOCK. HE WOULD LIKE FOR THE MANUFACTURER TO BE NOTIFIED OF THIS INCIDENT. *PH

FRONT HEADLIGHTS SHORTED OUT DUE TO RAIN GETTING INSIDE OF THE HEADLIGHT LENS.*AK THE RUBBER INSULATION AROUND THE HEAD LIGHTS CAME OUT, THE GLUE THAT WAS USED FAILED .*CB *JB

VALVE STEM CORROSION LEADS TO AIR LOSS IN TIRE AND A SUBSEQUENT FLAT TIRE AND POTENTIAL LOSS OF CONTROL. I HAVE HAD THIS CONDITION OCCUR ON EVERY WHEEL OF MY VEHICLE AND THREE TIMES ON ONE WHEEL. DEALER INDICATES THAT THIS IS A TYPICAL PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE BUT MANUFACTURER HAS NO REMEDY.*AK

REAR VIEW MIRROR DOES NOT DIM SUFFICIENTLY TO AVOID GLARE FROM CARS BEHIND. MIRRORS ON MY OLD CARS WERE BETTER. *LA

INDOOR OVERHEAD TEMPERATURE GAUGE HANGS UP. TAKES DRIVING SEVERAL MILES TO REGISTER CORRECT OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE. MY 1994 DID THE SAME. *LA

CAR TEMPERATURE AND AIR CONDITIONING IS UNSTABLE. COLD AIR COMING IN WHEN WARM AIR IS CALLED FOR AND VISE-VERSA. *LA

#1 RUBBER MOULDING AROUND WINDOWS HAS COME LOOSE SEVERAL TIMES. #2 THERE IS A SCREECHING AND RUBBING WHEN OPENING AND CLOSING DRIVER'S WINDOW. *LA

TRUNK LID WILL NOT RISE FREELY AND STAY UP. HAVE HAD NEW TRUNK PROPS INSTALLED TWICE AND STILL HAPPENS. *LA

SHINY BLACK TRIM ON OUTSIDE OF BODY THAT GOES AROUND WINDOWS IS DULL AND MISCOLORED. *LA

TRANSMISSION IS JERKY, CLUNKY AND NOISEY FROM THE DAY CAR WAS BOUGHT. TRANSMISSION IS A BIT BETTER THAN MY 1994 LHS WHICH HAD COMPLETE TRANSMISSION FAILURE THAT STARTED AT 20,000 MILES. CHRYSLER REIMBURSED ME FOR COST OF NEW TRANSMISSION. *LA

THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT AIRBAG COVER CRACKED. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE AIRBAG FALLS UNDER TRIM AND THEY DID NOT REPAIR TRIM. *JB

CHRYSLER LHS 2000 *PH *SCC *JB

THE CAR WILL NOT START EVERY TIME. SOMETIMES, AFTER TURNING THE KEY, NOTHING HAPPENS. I HAVE HAD THE BATTERY AND THE CHARGING SYSTEM CHECKED AND ALL IS WELL WITHIN SPECIFICATIONS. ALSO THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR LOCK MAKES A HORRIBLE NOISE WHEN ACTIVATED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 70 MPH A PLASTIC PIECE ON THE HOOD STARTED TO VIBRATE AND FLEW OFF. *AK THE CONSUMER FELT THAT THE PART SHOULD HAVE BEEN BOLTED. THE REPLACEMENT PART WAS STILL CLIPPED AND WAS NOT OF THE SAME MATERIAL. *SCC *JB

CONSUMER STATED THAT THERE WOULD BE A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD WHEN STARTING UP THE VEHICLE THEYRE'S A POSIBBILITY THE PROBLEMS ARE OCCURING BECAUSE OF THE SUSPENSION OR STRUTS. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK *CB

POWER LOCKS ACTUATOR SEEMS TO BE GOING BAD ON A THE LHS. IS THERE A WAY TO LOOK AT THE REPAIR SHOP FOR CHRYSLER TO SEE HOW MANY POWER LOCKS ACTUATOR ARE GOING BAD. I HAVE A BROTHER AND A COUSIN THAT ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THEIR LHS . *AK

DOOR LOCK MOTORS HAVE FAILED ON ALL FOUR DOORS. DRIVER SIDE DOOR WAS LOCKED AND UNOPERABLE. *AK

EXCESSIVE PLAY AND WANDER IN STEERING ON MY 2000 CHRYSLER LHS. 3 TRIPS TO DEALERSHIP, DEALERSHIP BLAMES ALIGNMENT AND TIRES. HAVE TRIED 3 ALIGNMENTS, AND 2 COMPLETE SETS OF NEW TIRES. VEHICLE IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. HAVE SEEN NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS OF SAME NATURE ON VARIOUS WEBSITES AS WELL AS NHTSA. *NLM

THE STEERING RACK AND PINION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, WHICH REQUIRED ADDITIONAL FORCE TO THE STEERING WHEEL. *JB POWER STEERING RACK ASSEMBLY WAS REPLACED ALONG WITH FRONT END ALIGNMENT AS PER REPLACING POWER STEERING RACK. *TT

THE POWER WINDOW MOTOR FAILED TWICE. *JB

CONSUMER WAS IN A COLLISION AND AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, RESULTING IN INJURIES. DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED AT THE TIME OF THIS CALL. PH. *AK

THE METAL IN THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR KNOB SEPARATED, AND CAUSED SERIOUS INJURIES TO DRIVER. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE DETAILS. TS *DT

WHILE PULLING INTO GARAGE CONSUMER APPLIED BRAKES THERE WAS NO BRAKING ABILITY, AND VEHICLE HIT THE HOUSE. DAMAGE TO VEHICLE WAS $ 5600.00. DEALER STATED THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE BRAKES.ON MAY26, 2002, AGAIN WHILE PARKING, CONSUMER APPLIED BRAKES, THERE WAS NO BRAKING ABILITY.VEHICLE HIT GARAGE, DAMAGE TO VEHICLE $ 3000.00. DEALER FOUND NO PROBLEM WITH BRAKES.*AK

FRONT END VIBRATION 8AM ON 1/23/02. TIRES WERE CHECKED BY ME AND APPEARED TO BE OK. 4:30PM ON 1/23 SEVERE VIBRATION ON WAY HOME. INSPECTION BY ME AT GAS STATION REVEALED LOW TIRE PRESSURE RF. ALL OTHER TIRES APPEARED TO BE OK. SERVICE IMMEDIATELY SCHEDULED FOR 1/24/02. DEALER ADVISED ME THAT BOTH LF & RF TIRES HAD TREAD SEPARATION AND REAR TIRES WERE OK. BOTH LF & RF TIRES WERE REPLACED PER DEALER SERVICE DEPARTMENT. *AK (TIRESIZE: P225/55R17)

WHILE TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, FRONT/RIGHT GOODYEAR EAGLE TIRE, SIZE: P225/55R17, DOT: UNKNOWN EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION. THERE WERE APPROXIMATELY 16,000 MILES ON TIRE, AND THE TIRE WAS ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT FOR VEHICLE. *AK

RIGHT HAND EXTERIOR MIRROR EXPLODED WHILE DRIVING AT 30MPH. PROBLEM WAS REPAIRED AFTER FILING A POLICE REPORT. 2ND TIME, 03 AUG 01, WAS DOING THE SAME SPEED WHEN MIRROR EXPLODED AGAIN. NOTHING HAD HIT THE MIRROR TO CAUSE THAT PROBLEM. MECHANIC INDICATED NO CAUSE OF EXPLOSION.*AK

CONSUMER NOTICED A CRACK IN AREA WHERE AIRBAGS COMES OUT. SHE TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP, AND MECHANIC TOLD HER THAT SHE COULD PATCH IT UP.*AK

WHILE DRIVING THE GOODYEAR TIRE BLEWOUT AT 400 MILES, GOODYEAR INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THAT MODEL TIRE LOOSES AIR DUE TO A PUNCTURE AND WILL GENERATE SO MUCH HEAT THAT IT WILL BLOWOUT EVERY TIME (GOODYEAR EAGLE LS 225/55 R LS). NLM

ABOUT 8 HOURS AFTER PURCHASE, NEW VEHICLE DIED. TOOK TO DEALER WHO WORKED ON IT FOR 8 DAYS BUT COULD NOT FIND THE PROBLEM. PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED MANY TIMES AND STILL EXISTS. *AK

PROB.#1-REAR VIEW MIRROR DOES NOT ADJUST FOR LIGHTS FROM REAR TRAFFIC. PROB.#2-TEMPERATURE GAUGE IN OVERHEAD CONSOLE IS VERY SLOW TO UPDATE THE CORRECT OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE. TEMPERATURE GAUGE HANGS UP AT THE INCORRECT DEGREE. HAD SAME PROBLEM WITH 1994 MODEL. *AK

ALARM SYSTEM: WHEN YOU GET OUT OF THE VEHICLE AND LOCK THE DOORS BY ONE OF THREE METHODS (KEYSWITCH, ELECTRIC LOCK BUTTONS, OR TRANSMITTER) AND NOT MANUALLY LOCK THE DOOR(S), THE RED LIGHT ON TOP THE DASH IS SUPPOSED TO START FLASHING AND THE ALARM IS SUPPOSED TO ARM. THIS WORKS ONLY ABOUT HALF THE TIME. TWO DIFFERENT DEALERS CALLED STAR AT CHRYSLER AND WERE TOLD THIS IS A KNOWN GLITCH, AND THAT A TSB WOULD FOLLOW. IF YOU WANT TO ARM THE ALARM, YOU CAN WAIT ABOUT 5 MINUTES THEN RELOCK THE DOOR(S), OR PUT THE KEY BACK IN THE IGNITION AND TURN IT TO RUN AND BACK OFF, THEN GET OUT OF THE CAR AND ARM THE ALARM AGAIN.