Owner-reported complaints naming the steering system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming the steering system — racks, columns, power-steering assist and steering linkage. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1996 Chrysler Cirrus submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 13 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
PASSENGER SIDE REAR WHEEL "KNUCKLE" BROKE OFF WHERE SUPPORT ARM TO VEHICLE ATTACHES. THIS CAUSES REAR WHEEL ASSEMBLY TO LOOSE STRUCTURAL SUPPORT. REAR WHEEL IS THEN FREE TO TWIST IN ALL DIRECTIONS CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS THIS CAN CAUSE A CATASTROPHIC ACCIDENT. THE "KNUCKLE" IS CAST ALUMINUM AND HAS NO MOVING PARTS WHICH CAN WEAR OUT.*AK
THE DRIVERS SIDE TIE ROD COMPLETELY SEPARATED FROM THE WHEEL AS THE CAR WAS BEING BACKED DOWN A DRIVEWAY. THIS MADE THE CAR IMMEDIATELY UNCONTROLLABLE. FORTUNATELY THIS HAPPENED AT VERY LOW SPEED IN THE DRIVE. MY WIFE WAS DRIVING THE CAR AND SHE HAD OUR 3 YEAR OLD SON IN THE CAR. IF THIS WOULD HAVE HAPPENED AT HIGH SPEED A TERRIBLE ACCIDENT COULD HAVE OCCURRED. THE SHOP THAT FIXED THE TIE ROD SAID THAT THEY HAVE HAD MANY OF THE CIRRUS' WITH THIS FAILURE. THE JOINT ON THE TIE ROD INSTALLED BY THE MANUFACTURE WAS A SEALED TYPE AND HAD DRIED OUT AND RUSTED AWAY.*AK
WHILE BACKING INTO GARAGE, RIGHT FRONT TIE ROD END BROKE. DEALER CONTACTED. *AK DEALER FOUND THE BALL AND SOCKET HAD RUSTED BADLY CAUSING THE SOCKET TO FALL OFF THE BALL. MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED. *TT
TIE ROD END BROKE AT RIGHT FRONT WHEEL, WHEEL TURNED SIDEWAYS AND CAR WAS COMPLETELY UNCONTROLLABLE. ROAD WAS DRY AND THE CAR SLID STRAIGHT AHEAD. REPLACE BOTH OUTER TIE RODS
WHILE DRIVING 60MPH ON EXPRESSWAY, WAS TURNING A CORNER NEAR HOME AT 5MPH WHEN OUTER TIE ROD BROKE. DRIVER LOST CONTROL. VEHICLE STOPPED SUDDENLY. WAS TOWED TO DEALER & MECHANIC INDICATED TIE ROD SHOULD NOT HAVE BROKEN DUE TO VEHICLE BEING NEW. BEEN IN CONTACT WITH DEALER FOR TIE ROD PART. *AK
WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH CONSUMER'S LEFT SIDE OF THE VEHICLE WAS SHAKING, AND THE TIE ROD BLEW OUT. *AK
STEERING PROBLEMS.
STEERING PROBLEMS.
POWER STEERING FAILS TO WORK AND LOCKS UP DAILY UNTIL THE ENGINE IS WARM.
A/C HOSE FAILED RESULTING IN LEAK.
CONSUMER STATES THAT WHERE THE STEERING COLUMN MEETS THE FLOORBOARD THERE IS A KNUCKLE. THE KNUCLE IS NOT COVERED. THE FLOOR MAT SLIDES INTO THE KNUCLE, RESULTING IN LOSS OF STEERING. THE DEALER HAS RECOMMENDED THAT THE OWNER USE MANUFACTURER'S FLOOR MATS TO PREVENT SLIDING. *AK
POWER STEERING FAILURE.
POWER STEERING LINE FELL OFF RACK/PINION. *DH
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
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