1991 Chrysler New Yorker

Defect. THE ABS HYDRAULIC CONTROL UNIT CAN EXPERIENCE EXCESSIVE BRAKE ACTUATOR PISTON SEAL WEAR CAUSING PUMP-MOTOR DETERIORATION.

Risk. IF THIS CONDITION OCCURS, THE ABS FUNCTION COULD BE LOST AND REDUCED POWER ASSIST WOULD BE EXPERIENCED DURING VEHICLE BRAKING INCREASING THE POTENTIAL FOR A VEHICLE ACCIDENT.

Remedy. DEALERS WILL TEST THE VEHICLE'S ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM AND REPAIR THE VEHICLES IF NECESSARY. ALSO THE WARRANTY ON ALL ABS COMPONENTS WILL BE EXTENDED TO 10 YEARS OR 100,000 MILES (EXCEPT FOR THE BRAKE ACTUATOR PISTON ASSEMBLY AND THE PUMP-MOTOR ASSEMBLY WHICH WILL HAVE A LIFETIME COVERAGE). OWNERS WILL ALSO BE REIMBURSED FOR PREVIOUS ABS COMPONENT REPAIR COSTS.

Defect. THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM HIGH PRESSURE HOSE MAY LEAK OR DETACH AT ITS CRIMPED END FITTING RESULTING IN THE DISCHARGE OF HYDRAULIC FLUID.

Risk. FLUID DISCHARGE EVENTUALLY CAUSES THE LOSS OF BOTH THEANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM AND HYDRAULIC ASSIST FOR THE BRAKE SYSTEM, RESULTING ININCREASED LIKELIHOOD OF BRAKE LOCKUP AND INCREASED STOPPING DISTANCES, WHICHCOULD RESULT IN A VEHICLE ACCIDENT.

Remedy. REPLACE THE ABS HIGH PRESSURE HOSE WITH A HOSE OF DIFFERENT DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION.

Defect. WATER LEAKING UNDER WINDSHIELD COWL IN AREA ABOVE HEATER BLOWER MOTOR RESISTOR BLOCK RESULTS IN CORROSION OF THE RESISTOR TERMINALS.

Risk. CORROSION OF THE RESISTOR TERMINALS INCREASES ELECTRICALRESISTANCE, LEADING TO OVERHEATING AND POSSBLE IGNITION OF THE WIRING CONNECTORSAND INSULATION, CAUSING A FIRE IN THE COWL AREA.

Remedy. THE BLOWER MOTOR RESISTOR BLOCK WILL BE REPLACED, AND A MASTIC PATCH APPLIED TO SEAL THE COWL AGAINST WATER ENTRY. DAMAGED WIRE CONNECTORS WILL BE REPLACED.

Defect. FRONT OUTBOARD SAFETY BELT MAY BECOME DIFFICULT TO LATCH AND OR UNLATCH DUE TO A WEBBING STIFFENER ENTERING THE BUCKLE HOUSING AND DISLODGING THE BUCKLE LATCH GUIDE.

Risk. LATCH MAY OPEN DURING ACCIDENT OR SUDDEN STOP, EXPOSINGSEAT OCCUPANT TO INCREASED RISK OF INJURY.

Remedy. REPLACE BUCKLE LATCH ENGAGEMENT.

I AM REPORTING A PROBLEM WHICH MAY RELATE TO ACCELERATION DUE TO COMPUTER FAILURE. MY 1991 CHRYSLER NEW YORKER REVVED UP CONSIDERABLY AS I SAT IN NEUTRAL AFTER TRAVELING AT 45 TO 50 MPH FOR 7 HOURS. I WAS DRIVING FROM RICHMOND, VA TO ALBANY, GA AND SETTING THE PACE FOR A RENTAL TRUCK ON A VERY WINDY DAY. IT ONLY HAPPENED ON THE ONE DAY. I NO LONGER OWN THE CAR. *TR

DT: THE CONSUMER STATED ONE YEAR AGO HAD RECALL 96V099000 REPAIR WORK DONE ON THE ABS. SHE WAS EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEMS NOW. THE ABS LIGHT CAME ON, AND THE BRAKES MADE A GRINDING NOISE WHEN STOPPING. THE DEALER TOLD THE CONSUMER THAT INDICATED THAT THE PUMP WAS BROKE. THE PARTS HAVE BEEN ON BACK ORDER SINCE 6-05. THE LAST TIME SHE TALKED TO THE DEALER WAS ON 10-26-05. THEY TOLD HER THE PARTS WERE STILL ON BACK ORDER, AND THEY HAD NO IDEA WHEN THE PARTS WOULD BE IN. THE DEALER TOLD HER THAT THE REPAIR WORK WILL BE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY.*AK UPDATED 11/16/05. *JB

I HAVE A 1992 CHRYSLER NEW YORKER. I WAS DRIVING ON WILBETH RD., AKRON, OH AT A VERY SLOW RATE APPROX. 25 M.P.H. WHICH WAS THE SPEED LIMIT. I HIT A POTHOLE AND MY AIRBAG DEPLOYED AND I HAVE INJURIES DUE TO THAT ACCIDENT WHICH I WENT TO THE HOSPITAL AND WAS EXAMINED AND X-RAYED. I HAVE PICTURES OF THE AIRBAG AND THE POTHOLE I HIT. UNFORTUNATELY, THE STREET REPAIR WAS DONE BEFORE I GOT A PICTURE OF THE ACTUAL HOLE BUT YOU CAN SEE THE PATCH IN THE STREET OF THE SIZE OF THE HOLE, APPROX. 1FT. BY 1 FT. AND IT WAS LIKE THE STREET WAS CAVING IN NOT ACTUALLY A POTHOLE. THE STREET DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN FIXING THIS ROAD FOR ABOUT A WEEK.

WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A COLLISION. IT HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE BROADSIDE, AND THE AIRBAG DEPLOYED. WHILE DEPLOYING STEERING WHEEL COVER CAME OFF AND HIT THE DRIVER IN THE STERNUM AND INJURED THE DRIVER.*AK

REQUEST FOR INFORMATION REGARDING THE FUEL SYSTEM ON 1991 CHRYSLER NEW YORKERS. *MR *SC *JB

BLACK SMOKE AND LARGE FLAMES APPEARED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO INDICATED THE FUEL RAIL FAILED. *AK WHILE PARKED IN THE PARKING LOT WITH THE KEY STILL IN THE IGNITION SWITCH BUT WITH THE ENGINE TURNED OF, THE CONSUMER REALIZED THAT THE ENGINE WAS ON FIRE. THE FIRE MAY HAVE STARTED WHILE THE ENGINE WAS NOT RUNNING, BUT THE FIRE WASN'T NOTICED WHEN THE ENGINE WAS OFF. THE FIRE WAS POSSIBLY STARTED BY THE FUEL RAIL, THIS WAS NOT AN ELECTRICAL FIRE PER CONSUMER. *SC *JB

THE VEHICLES TRANSMISSION KEEPS BUCKLING AT HIGHWAY SPEED. THE DRIVER FEELS THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS. THE VEHICLE JERKS REALLY HARD. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *NM

ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION WERE REPLACED AT 190,000 MILES DUE TO FUEL INJECTION LINE BUSTING. GAS LEAKED ONTO EXHAUST. CONSUMER BELIEVED IT WAS A FIRE HAZARD. *AK

FUEL RAIL IS LEAKING BAD AND IS VERY DANGEROUS. THERE HAS BEEN RECALLS ON THE SAME THING IN OTHER YEARS BUT NONE ON MINE. SOMTHING THIS DANGEROUS SHOULD BE AT LEAST DISCOUNTED ON REPAIR.

PROBLEMS WITH 1991 CHRYSLER NEW YORKER ABS SYSTEM.*MR THE CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE REGARDING THE ABS, BUT THE DEALER REFUSED TO SERVICE THE VEHICLE WITHOUT A FILTER AND REGULATOR. THE CONSUMER ALSO STATED THE VEHICLE NEEDED TIRES AND A FUEL RAIL. (RECALL # 96V099000). *JB *NLM

PROBLEMS GETTING ABS REPAIRS PERFORMED ON 1991 CHRYSLER NEW YORKER. *MR (RECALL# 96V099000) THE ABS HAD BEEN WORKED ON TWICE. CHRYSLER WOULD NOT FIX THE BRAKE SYSTEM. THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT THE FILTER AND THE RELAY WERE NOT COVERED UNDER THE RECALL. *SCC *JB

PROBLEMS WITH BRAKES ON VEHICLE.*MR ABS LIGHT WOULD COME ON AND GO OFF. THE CONSUMER HAD THE PROBLEM WORKED ON TWICE. THE ABS, THE PUMP AND THE FILTER WAS REPLACED. INTEREMITTENTLY THERE WERE NO BRAKES AND THE ABS RUNS ALOT.*TS THE CONSUMER FINALLY RECEIVED A RECALL LETTER REGARDING A DEFECT WITH THE ABS. *JB

CONSUMER STATES HAS AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM AFFECTING BATTERY. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

NAR 06/18/2003. *MR THE CONSUMER WILL FORWARD THE REST OF THE INFO IN A REPORT TO THE DOT SITE WITH PHOTOS. *CB *JB

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING AND WITHOUT WARNING THE ABS FAILED CAUSING THE CONSUMER TO HAVE EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER NOTIFIED. TS

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE IT COMPLETELY SHUTS DOWN. CONSUMER CAN DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT A SHORT DISTANCE/SPEED (5) MILES, THE VEHICLE WILL SHUT DOWN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. (PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN SOLVED AS OF YET/DEALER CANNOT FIND PROBLEM) MR THE CONSUMER STATED WHEN THE MOTOR DIES, THERE ARE NO BRAKES DUE TO THE POWER STEERING. THE PROBLEM WAS WITH THE CAM AND CRANK SENSORS. SCC

WHILE DRIVING, THE ABS WARNING LIGHT CAME ON AND THE ABS FAILED SEVERAL TIMES. THE DEALER REPLACED ABS PUMP WHICH WAS ON RECALL, AND THEN REPLACED THE MASTER CYLINDER. THE BRAKE PROBLEM REOCCURRED DUE TO THE FAILURE OF THE DUAL PRESSURE SWITCH IN THE MASTER CYLINDER. *YH

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE SEATBELT DOES NOT GO BACK INTO THE RETRACTOR, SO PASSENGERS ARE NOT RESTRAINED. NLM

CONSUMER SMELLED FUEL WHEN DRIVING. DEALER DETERMINED FUEL RAIL NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.*AK

WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH CONSUMER HEARD A NOISE, FELT A POP UNDER ACCELERATOR PEDAL. THEN, VEHICLE REVVED LOUDLY. SMOKE WAS COMING FROM UNDER THE DASH, AND CONSUMER SAW FLAMES. VEHICLE AT DEALERSHIP AT THIS TIME.*AK

MY HUSBAND REPLACED 2 O-RINGS THAT WERE LEAKING FUEL, ($18.00!) ONLY TO DISCOVER THE PROFUSE SPRAYING OF FUEL ONTO THE ENGINE. BROUGHT IT TO DODGE COUNTRY. ITS STILL THERE, AND WILL COST $600 TO REPAIR FOR PARTS AND LABOR! PLEASE RESPOND WITH ANY INFO.*AK

FUEL IS LEAKING FROM FUEL INJECTION RAIL,CAUSING A FIRE HAZARD. CONSUMER IS AWARE OF RECALL#98V18400, AND STATES IT IS SAME DEFECT, BUT RECALL DOES NOT INCLUDE NEW YORKER, 1991. *AK

FUEL RAIL LEAKED AT THE MIDDLE OF RAIL WHICH WAS CRIMPED AND CAUSED FUEL TO LEAK ONTO ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THIS MAY CAUSE A FIRE. THERE IS A BACK ORDER ON FUEL RAIL, WHICH SEEMED TO BE A MAJOR PROBLEM. *AK

FUEL RAIL IS LEAKING GASOLINE ONTO ENGINE, CAUSING GASOLINE FUMES IN INTERIOR OF VEHICLE. *AK *SLC

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES IN AN EMERGENCY ALL FOUR WHEELS DO NOT LOCK UP, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER COULD STEP ON THE BRAKES PEDAL TO STOP VEHICLE, BUT PEDAL WOULD GO TO THE FLOOR, AND VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP. A TECHNICIAN TOLD CONSUMER THAT THE PROBLEM WAS WITH BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING THROUGH AN INTERSECTION, THERE WAS AN APPROX. 1' SNOW FURROW LEFT BY A SNOWPLOW. WHEN THE CAR CROSSED THIS, THE REAR END OF THE CAR DROPPED RIGHT TO THE GROUND. UPON GETTING THE CAR HOME AND UP ON JACK STANDS, IT WAS REALIZED THAT BOTH REAR SPRING PERCHES HAD ROTTED OUT AND HINGED AT THE WELD ALONG THE REAR AXLE. THIS CAR HAS BEEN METICULOUSLY MAINTAINED THROUGHOUT ITS LIFE AND IT LOOKS LIKE BRAND NEW. ALSO THIS PROBLEM SHOULD NOT BE HAPPENING ON A NINE YEAR OLD CAR. CONTACT WITH CHRYSLERS CUSTOMER SERVICE DEPT. GOT A RESPONSE OF, "THE COMPANY IS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT THIS SITUATION AT THIS TIME".

FUEL LEAK WHERE FUEL LINE ATTACHES TO THE INJECTOR RAIL.FOR MORE THAN 4 YEARS AGO I OCCASIONALLY NOTICED THE SMELL OF GAS FUMES. NEITHER THE DEALERSHIP NOR I COULD FIND ANY INDICATION OF A LEAK. IN THE LAST 2 MONTHS THE ODOR HAS BEEN STRONGER & HAPPENED MORE OFTEN, WHICH STARTED ME LOOKING AGAIN. FOUND GAS DRIPPING ONTO THE VALVE COVER GASKET,FROM THERE TO THE EXAUST MANAFOLD. LEAK IS FROM A FACTORY CONNECTION WHERE THE STEEL GAS LINE ENTERS THE FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM. THE FOLLOWING ODI ID'S REFER TO SAME/SIMILAR PROBLEMS 514406, 522187, 543261, 543657, 820964, 830971, 833436, 834270, 834347, 835204, 838304, 937305 & 841312. THE LAST ONE (841312) INDICATES THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM BUT I DID NOT FIND IT IN YOUR DATABASE. MY PROBLEM WITH THIS I HAVE BEEN DRIVING A POTENTIAL "MOLINTOV COCKTAIL" FOR OVER 4 YEARS, AND IT WOULD SEEM FROM THE COMPLAINTS THAT THERE IS A DEFINATE SAFTY HAZARD. *AK

NO SUMMARY

WAS TRAVELING 40MPH & STARTED TO APPLY BRAKE,. ABS BRAKING SYSTEM LOCKED UP. WAS TRYING TO PULL VEHICLE TO SIDE OFF ROAD TO GET OUT OF TRAFFIC. CONTACTED DEALER & HAD IT TOWED. MECHANIC CHECKED & NOTICED FRONT BRAKE ROTORS WERE BURNED. ENTIRE BRAKING SYSTEM EXCEPT POWER BOOSTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. PICKED VEHICLE UP. WAS ON HIGHWAY, AGAIN, & APPLIED BRAKES & VEHICLE STARTED BOUNCING. *AK

CONSISTENTLY LOSES AIR IN THE FRONT SUSPENSION SYSTEM. ANTI-THEFT SYSTEM DEFECT.

FUEL RAIL IS LEAKING OIL ONTO THE ENGINE / IGNITION. A RECALL WAS ISSUED. HOWEVER, THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *YC

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL 96V099000 CONCERNING ABS HYDRAULIC CONTROL UNIT. TOOK VEHICLE IN FOR REPAIRS, RECALL REPAIRS DID NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER RECALLS. *AK

FUEL RAIL IS LEAKING GAS ONTO ENGINE MANIFOLD, AND THIS COULD CAUSE A FIRE. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

WHEN DRIVING THE BACK OF THE VEHICLE IS SITTING UP HIGH, AND THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE IS SITTING LOW DUE TO THE AIR SUSPENSION SYSTEM. *AK *ML

DUE TO DEFECTIVE FUEL RAIL AND "O"-RINGS THERE WAS FUEL SMELL AND A FUEL LEAK WHICH MAY HAVE CAUSED A FIRE. DEALER IS REPLACING THE PARTS AT OWNER'S EXPENSE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

FUEL LINE THAT GOES TO INJECTORS IS LEAKING FUEL ON TOP OF MOTOR, LEAK IS AT PRESS FITTED CONNECTION.

FUEL RAIL IS CRACKED, CAUSING FUEL TO LEAK ONTO ENGINE. DEALER REPLACED INJECTOR/ "O"-RINGS/REPAIRED RAIL, BUT DEFECT STILL OCCURRED. AFTER SECOND INJECTOR WAS REPLACED, THE PROBLEM STOPPED. *AK *ML

EXPERIENCING PROBLEM WITH FUEL RAIL LINE LEAKING. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN IN TO DEALER FOR REPAIRS ON 22 DEC 98 UNTIL 25 JAN 99. STILL NO PARTS, WAS INFORMED THAT THE PARTS WERE ON A NATIONAL BACK ORDER,AND NO DATE COULD BE GIVEN WHEN THE PART COULD BE AVAILABLE; CONSUMER WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THIS PROBLEM OCCURRED SHOULD THIS BE CONSIDERED A MAMUFACTURER'S DEFECT. VEHICLE STILL UNABLE TO TO USE BECAUSE OF THIS CONDITION. CONSUMER IS STILL MAKING PAYMENT FOR A VEHICLE THAT CANNOT BE USED. *AK

CONSUMER HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH FUEL INJECTOR RAIL. FUEL INJECTOR RAIL LEAKS GAS ONTO THE ENGINE. THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN CONTACTED.B *AK

WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES THE PEDAL HAS ALOT OF RESISTANCE. THE VEHICLE HAS TO BE PUT INTO SECOND GEAR AND COAST TO A STOP. DLR HAS REPAIRED, AND PROBLEM HAS REOCCURRED. *AK

FUEL RAIL LEAKING GAS CAUSING SMELL OF GAS WHILE DRIING OR PARKING.

WHEN DRIVING FUMES ARE GETTING INTO THE VEHICLE. VEHICLE HAS BEEN REPAIRED THREE TO FOUR TIMES FOR THE FUEL INJECTION FAILURE, AND THEY CAN'T DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. ALSO, THE TRANMISSION/WATER PUMP HAVE BEEN REPLACED, AND THE PROBLEM IS BACK. *AK

INTERMITTENTLY IF DRIVER DOES NOT PARK WITH THE FRONT WHEEL STRAIGHT, THE STEERING WHEEL WILL LOCK UP, AND CANNOT MOVE THE KEY OUT OF IGNITION. DEALER CLAIMS THAT IT THE ANTI-THEFT SYSTEM. PROBLEM IS OCCURRING. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

OWNER REQUESTS INFORMATION ABOUT BRIGHTER LIGHTS NOW SEEN ON NEWER VEHICLES. SHE ASKS IF STUDIES WERE PERFORMED.

OWNER TOOK VEHICLE IN FOR RECALL NO. 96V099000, INVOLVING THE ABS BRAKES. DEALERS REFUSED TO FIX RECALL. OWNER HAS BEEN WAITING FOR MONTHS. *AK

RECALL WORK DENIED ON THE ABS PISTON PUMP.

CONSUMER SMELLED A STRONG SMELL OF GASOLINE. WHEN VECHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A MECHANIC FOR INSPECTION, MECHANIC STATED THAT THE FUEL RAIL SYSTEM WAS LEAKING. THE FUEL RAIL SYSTEM WAS REPLACED ON JAN 20, 1998. MECHANIC ALSO STATED THAT THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH CHRYSLER, NEW YORKERS FOR THAT YEAR. *AK

WATER PUMP FAILED.

ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE.(OHIO STATE POLICE REPORT)