DRIVER APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THERE WERE NO BRAKES AT ALL. THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE ABS BRAKES, 91V-190000.
1991 Chrysler New Yorker complaints
Owner reports filed with NHTSA about this vehicle, newest first and reproduced as filed. They are unverified accounts: one proves nothing, and a pattern across many is the thing worth reading. Back to the full 1991 record →
WHENEVER VEHICLE IGNITIION IS TURNED ON THE AIR BAG SENSOR LIGHT COMES ON. *AK
THE VEHICLE'S ABS SYSTEM FAILED DUE TO FLUID LEAKING THROUGH THE VENT UNTO THE TOP OF THE RESERVOIR, RESULTING IN INOPERATIVE ABS SYSTEM. IN ADDITION, HAD THE ENGINE REBUILT BY CHRYSLER DUE TO MALFUNCTION, THEN ABS FAILED AGAIN. ALSO, MASTER CYLINDER FAILED. *AK
HYDRAULIC SYSTEM OF ABS BRAKES FAILED PRIOR TO RECALL.
FUEL RAIL REPLACED.
VEHICLE'S AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION DOWNSHIFTS BY ITSELF AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, WHEN THIS OCCURS IT POSES AN ACCIDENT RISK. *AK
FUMES SMELLED, AND A GAS LEAK WAS NOTICED COMING FROM THE GAS TANK WHERE THE FUEL PUMP SITS IN THE FUEL TANK. ALSO THE ELECTRICAL CONNECTION FROM THE FUEL PUMP TO THE WIRING HARNESS HAD MELTED.*AK CONSUMER STATES FUEL WAS NOTICED LEAKING FROM THE ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS OF THE FUEL PUMP ON THE BACK TOP SIDE OF THE FUEL TANK, THE POSITIVE WIRE IN THE FUEL TANK HAD MELTED THE INSULATION OFF OF IT AND THE MALE TERMINALS OF THE ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS, THE FUEL PUMP AND FEMALE ELECTRICAL PLUG HAD TO BE REPLACED. *SLC
INTERMITTENT STALLING. *SD
SEAT BELT MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING INJURY. *SD
POWER STEERING TENSIONER HOUSING BROKE WHILE DRIVING. *DSH
POWER STEERING SYSTEM FAILURE, PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER STEERING WHEN PARKING VEHICLE. TT
PURCHASE CAR USED THE POWER STEERING BELT TENSIONER WAS REPLACED. TT
THE TRANSMISSION HAS A SHIFT DOWN PROBLEM. TRANSMISSION HANGS UP IN SECOND GEAR (MAKES A JERKING MOTION NO CONTROL OVER CAR ON ICY ROAD). TT
A FUEL LEAK IN THE FUEL RAIL AND HE CAN'T GET A PART SO HE CAN'T GET THE CAR REPAIRED. THE DEALER TOLD HIM THAT HE CAN'T GET THE PART. TT
ABS: ANTI LOCK SYSTEM RED LIGHT WOULD NEVER TURN OFF; LOST BRAKE POWER; EXTENDED STOPPING. TT
SHAFT OF SPRING LOADED BELT TENSION IDLER PULLEY BROKE, CAUSING LOSS OF POWER STEERING. *SD
UNDERCARRIAGE VEHICLE FIRE CAUSED BY FUEL LINES LEAKING FUEL. TT LEAKING FUEL PUMP AND LEAKING GAS LINE UNDERNEATH VEHICLE, FUEL PUMP WAS REPLACED, VEHICLE KEPT STALLING, CONSUMER BEGAN TO SMELL FUEL AND VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE WHILE DRIVING. *SLC
BELT TENSIONER FRACTURED, RESULTING IN POWER STEERING LOSS, REPLACED TENSIONER BELT. TT *SLC
BELT TENSIONER CAME APART, RESULTING IN POWER STEERING LOST, REPLACED BELT TENSIONER MECHINISM. TT
THE VEHICLE HAS ABS BRAKES AND THE BRAKES DO NOT STOP IN EMERGENCY BRAKING. TT CONSUMER STATES BRAKES ARE SOFT ALL THE TIME AND HAVE COMPLETELY FAILED ON MANY OCCASIONS, ESPECIALLY IF GOING DOWN HILL OR IN SUDDEN STOPS, PROBLEM WAS REPORTED TO DEALER BUT WAS TOLD NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY AND CONSUMER WAS QUOTED A PRICE OF $2300, CONSUMER WAS ADVISED THE DEFECT WOULD HAVE AFFECT THE REGULAR BRAKES OR THEIR EFFECTIVENESS BUT CONSUMER BELIEVES IT DOES, CONSUMER HAS HAD THE BRAKES REPLACED JUST TO BE SURE THERE WAS NO PROBLEM WITH, IT MADE NO DIFFERENCE AT ALL.*JB
ABS SYSTEM FAILURE, ENTIRE ABS SYSTEM HAD TO BE REPLACED. TT *SLC
REPLACED AIR SUSPENSION ON VEHICLE IN FOR REPACEMENT 3 TIMES. TT
TRANSMISSION WILL NOT CHANGE GEARS, ALSO WILL NOT ACCELERATE. HAD REPLACED ONCE. TT
ABS: BRAKING SYSTEM WENT OUT; INCREASD STOPPING DISTANCES; PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR. *AK
PULL UP TO A STOP SIGN AND TENSIONER BELT BROKE THIS CAUSED PROBLEM STEERING. TT
POWER STEERING FAILS AT LOW SPEED WITH CAUSE UNKNOWN BY MID CITY DODGE. TT
DIRTY BATTERY, PREVENTING VEHICLE FROM STARTING.
POWER STEERING OUMP MALFUNCTIONED. *AK
THE POWER STEERING HAS BEEN ACTING UP. WHEN GOING AT SLOW SPEEDS OR ABOUT TO PARK YOU SEEM NOT TO HAVE POWER STEERING. TT
VEHICLES ABS BRAKING SYSTEM HAD TO BE COMPLETELY REPLACED AT 69,000.(EA95-016). TT
VEHICLE INTERMITTENTLY HAS SUDDEN UNWANTED ACCELERATION.DEALER CAN NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. TT
WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR DUE TO ANTI LOCK BRAKE PUMP FAILURE. TT
HIT A DIP IN THE ROAD AND THE AIR BAG DEPLOYED. TT
ANTI-LOCK BRAKE HYDRAULICS FAILED, CAUSING ABS WARNING LIGHT TO COME ON/ABS PUMP TO RUN CONTINUOUSLY. *SKD
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