1998 Chrysler New Yorker

Routine

Owners filed 2 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the power train › axle assembly. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails

Component	Reports		Crashes	Fires	Injuries
Power Train › Axle Assembly	1		0	0	0
Power Train › Automatic Transmission	1		0	0	0

What owners reported

Newest filings

Power Train › Automatic Transmission

Filed May 18, 2007112,000 milesPA

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 CHRYSLER NEW YORKER. WHILE DRIVING IN REVERSE AT 5 MPH, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE AND THE ENGINE SHUT OFF. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS A POWER STEERING FLUID LEAK AND THE ODOR OF FUEL WAS DETECTED INSIDE THE VEHICLE. THERE ARE HOLES IN THE FLOOR ON THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE WHICH WILL CAUSE THE VEHICLE TO FAIL INSPECTION. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE COST TO REBUILD A TRANSMISSION IS $900 AND $500 TO REPAIR THE FLOOR. THE CONTACT DOES NOT KNOW IF THE VEHICLE HAS ANTILOCK BRAKES. THE CONTACT CAN PROVIDE COPIES OF AN ESTIMATE. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 114,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 112,000.

Power Train › Axle Assembly

Filed Aug 11, 1999UN

THE COLLAPSE OF THE REAR AXLE CAUSED THE REAR BUMPER TO BECOME LOOSE AND THE REAR COIL SPRING TO BE DISLODGED. YH

2 of 2 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1994

Year	Complaints	Recalls	Fires	Assessment
2004	1	0	0	Routine
2000	1	0	0	Routine
1999	1	0	0	Routine
1998 — this page	2	0	0	Routine
1997	2	1	0	Routine
1996	12	1	0	Routine
1995	59	2	1	Routine
1994	215	3	5	Above average
1993	73	3	0	Routine
1992	47	2	0	Routine
1991	84	4	4	Routine
1990	92	3	4	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.