Owners filed 215 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the power train › automatic transmission. It has been recalled 3 times.
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Power Train › Automatic Transmission | 22 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Fuel System, Gasoline › Fuel Injection System | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Exterior Lighting › Headlights | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Seats | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Air Bags › Frontal | 7 | 5 | 0 | 3 | |
| Equipment › Appliance › Air Conditioner | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Structure | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Defect. VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PASSENGER VEHICLES. THE LOWER CONTROL ARM ATTACHING BRACKETS CAN CRACK DUE TO FATIGUE AND SEPARATE FROM THE ENGINE CRADLE.
Risk. IF THIS OCCURS, THE TRANSMISSION HALF-SHAFT COULD PULL OUT OF THE TRANSAXLE AND RESULT IN LOSS OF POWER.
Remedy. DEALERS WILL REINFORCE THE ENGINE CRADLE AT THE POINT WHERE THE LOWER CONTROL ARM ATTACHES TO IT.
Defect. VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PASSENGER VEHICLES BUILT WITH 3.5L ENGINES. THE FUEL INJECTION DELIVERY SYSTEM CAN LEAK FUEL FROM SOME OF THE SEALING O-RINGS OR FROM HAIR LINE CRACKS IN THE THERMOSET FUEL INJECTION RAIL.
Risk. FUEL LEAKAGE IN THE PRESENCE OF AN IGNITION SOURCE CAN RESULT IN A FIRE.
Remedy. DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE FUEL RAIL O-RINGS AND REINFORCE THE OUTLET (PASSENGER) SIDE FUEL RAIL. VEHICLES SHOWING FUEL LEAKAGE ON THE OUTLET FUEL RAIL MUST HAVE THE OUTLET RAIL REPLACED WHICH INCLUDES CHANGING THE UPPER AND LOWER INJECTOR O-RINGS. HOWEVER, IF A VEHICLE IS LEAKING FUEL FROM THE O-RINGS OR FROM A CRACKED FUEL LINE, THE VEHICLE SHOULD BE TAKEN INTO A DEALER TO HAVE THIS REPAIRED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
Defect. THE RIGHT STEERING TIE ROD CAN RUB THROUGH THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WIRING HARNESS CAUSING A SHORT CIRCUIT WHICH RESULTS IN ELECTRICAL SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONS INCLUDING ENGINE STALLING AND AN INOPERATIVE PARK/STARTER INTERLOCK SYSTEM.
Risk. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM MALFUNCTION CAUSING STALLING WHILE IN MOTION OR AN INOPERATIVE PARK/STARTER INTERLOCK SYSTEM, WHICH ALLOWS ENGINE START WHILE THE TRANSMISSION IS NOT IN THE PARK POSITION, MAY RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT.
Remedy. INSTALL A REVISED WIRING HARNESS BRACKET AND A PLASTIC CONVOLUTED SLEEVE TO PROTECT THE TRANSMISSION WIRING HARNESS.
CHRYSLER CORP. RECALL FOR POWER SEAT ADJUSTER IN 2012 , TOOK THE VEHICLE IN THREE TIMES AND NEVER GOT THIS REPLACED AS I WAS TOLD THERE WERE NO PARTS, YOU WOULD HAVE TO GET OUT OF THE VEHICLE TO MOVE THE POWER SEAT,ON MY LAST VISIT TO THE DEALERSHIP IN JANUARY 2013 I FOUND THAT THE WHEELS KEPT TRYING TO GO THEIR OWN WAY SO I WENT FOR A WHEEL ALINEMENT THE SHOP SHOWED ME THAT THE STEERING RACK WAS IN FACT CRACKED IN HALF, DON'T KNOW HOW THAT CAME ABOUT BUT I PAID FOR THE REPLACEMENT BUT STILL NEVER HEARD FROM THEM ABOUT THE ADJUSTER, I STILL OWN THIS VEHICLE AND HAVE REPLACED MANY PARTS BUT I'M STILL WAITING FOR THE POWER SEAT ADJUSTER.
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM HAS FAILED. A/C WONT POWER, POWER WINDOW WONT WORK, ETC. ALL RELAYS AND FUSES HAVE BEEN REPLACED BUT STILL NOT WORKING. GASOLINE SMELL INSIDE OF CAR COMING FROM INJECTION SYSTEM AREA. VERY HARMFUL FUMES. *TR
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1994 CHRYSLER NEW YORKER. WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 50-60 MPH THE FRONT DRIVER SEAT COLLAPSED INTO THE BACK SEAT WITHOUT WARNING. HE WAS ABLE TO RESUME OPERATION WITH EXTREME CAUTION. THE MANUFACTURER AND AUTHORIZED DEALER WERE NOTIFIED OF THE MALFUNCTION. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED AT THIS TIME. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 100,000.
MY CAR 1994 CHRYSLER NEW YORKER WAS TAKEN IN FOR RECALL WORK O RING LEAKAGE ON FUEL INJECTORS WHEN I PICKED MY CAR UP. THEY HAD TO JUMP THE BATTERY, ONE DAY LATER THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM SHORTED OUT AND I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO DRIVE MY CAR SINCE DEALERSHIP SAID IT WAS NOT THEIR PROBLEM I BELIEVE IT HAPPENED SINCE I DROVE THIS CAR DAILY BEFORE THEY JUMPED THE BATTERY THAT DAY. *TR
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1994 CHRYSLER NEW YORKER. THE VEHICLE STALLS WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH AND IN PARK EVER SINCE IT WAS PURCHASED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE INTERLOCK AND ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS WERE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED BY THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER TO CALL NHTSA CONCERNING NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER ID NUMBER 94V024000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING), BECAUSE THEY HAD NO RECORD OF A RECALL FOR THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 182,593. UPDATED 07/29/08.LJ UPDATED 08/06/08
CAR WILL NOT GO FORWARD UNTIL ENGINE TEMP. HAND GETS UP TO THE NORMAL OPERATING TEMP. THE VEHICLE BACKS UP JUST FINE BUT ONCE IT START FORWARD RUN AND CHANGE GEAR OK. *NM
WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH CONSUMER HIT A CEMENT BULK. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS DID NOT AT ALL DEPLOY. CAUSE WAS UNDETERMINED.*AK
CHRYSLER PLACED 1993 ABS SYSTEMS ON EARLY PRODUCTION 1994 NEW YORKER MODELS. THE 1993 NEW YORKER HAS BEEN RECALLED FOR THE ABS SYSTEM. CHRYSLER REFUSES TO RECALL THE 1994 NEW YORKER WITH THE 1993 ABS SYSTEM. A CATASTROPHE WAITING TO HAPPEN.*AK
WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH VEHICLE STALLED. DEALERSHIPS MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE PROBLEM PERTAINED TO THE FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM FAILURE. CONSUMER MANAGED TO PULL OVER, AND HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER, WHO DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK
ENGINE STALLED TWICE WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY. REGULAR AND ROUTINE MAINTENANCE WAS PROVIDED IN ACCORD WITH THE MANUFACTURES GUIDELINES, YET THE ENGINE STALLED ON THE FREEWAY AND WILL NOT START. I WAS TOLD THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK
REQUEST TO GET AIR BAG DISCONNECTED.*MR THE CONSUMER STATED SHE IS FIVE FEET INCHES TALL AND SITS SEVEN INCHES AWAY FROM THE STEERING WHEEL, IF AN ACCIDENT WERE TO OCCUR, THE FORCE OF THE AIR BAG MAY KILL HER. *JB *NM
ATTEMPTING TO DRIVE THE CAR STEERING "CRUNCHING" NOISE WHEN STEERING LEFT OR RIGHT. NOISE DISSIPATES AS VEHICLE WARMS UP. STEERING FEELS AS THOUGH IT WANDERS ONLY FOR A SECOND. P.S FLUID CHANGED NO CHANGE. *LA
1994 CHRYSLER NEW YORKER 3.5L. TRANSMISSION JUMPS INTO LOWER GEAR WHILE DRIVING, THEN IT WON'T GO OVER 40 MPH. *LA
CONSUMER REQUESTED APPROVAL TO HAVE BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER AIR BAGS REMOVED. *PH *CB *JB
WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY, THE VEHICLE SHUT DOWN AND NOT RESTART. PLEASE FILL IN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. DEALER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. *PH
CONSUMER STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AND WITHOUT WARNING THE FUEL RAIL HAS CRACKS CAUSING FLUID TO LEAK OUT. DEALER NOTIFIED. TS
I PURCHASED A 1994 CHRYSLER NEW YORKER IN 1998. EVERY SUMMER THE AIR CONDITIONING HAS FAILED. A CHRYSLER TECHNICIAN INFORMED ME THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE AIR CONDITIONING COMPONENT IN THE 1994 NEW YORKER. I CONTACTED CHRYSLER CORP. TO INQUIRE IF THERE IS INDEED A PROBLEM, AND IF OTHER OWNERS HAD THE SAME PROBLEM THEIR ANSWER WAS NO. AFTER VISITING THE COMPLAINT SECTION OF THIS SITE, I SEE THAT IS NOT THE CASE. DO I HAVE ANY RECOURSE AVAILABLE TO ME?
NHTSA#8761-98-V-184-000:FUEL LEAKAGE::THE FUEL INJECTION DELIVERY SYSTEMS CAN LEAK FUEL. CONSUMER STATES SMELL STRONG CHEMICAL FUMES INTO THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. TS
THE CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL#790 FOR THE O RINGS. THE PROBLEM IS STILL HAVING PROBLEM GASOLINE IS LEAKING OUT INTO THE ENGINE COMPARTMENTS. THE DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. MR
CONSUMER NOTICED THE DRIVER SIDE POWER SEAT IS NOT WORKING. RECALL FAILED. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. NLMCONSUMER BROUGHT VEHICLE IN AND THE POWER SEAT MECHANISM WAS CHECKED AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE GEAR BOX WAS THE PROBLEM, AND THAT NO ASSISTANCE WOULD BE GIVEN TOWARDS THE REPAIR. *JG
20 of 215 complaints, reproduced as filed.
Complaint volume is well above typical for a single model year.
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.
Recall repairs are free for as long as the recall stands. Check whether a specific car still has open work at NHTSA's VIN lookup.
Most recent recall on file: Aug 9, 1999. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.