Owner-reported complaints naming the driver-assistance system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming forward-collision avoidance, lane keeping, back-over prevention, cruise control and related electronic driver-assistance systems. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1998 Chrysler Cirrus submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 8 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
THE MISFIRES AND STALLS WHILE I'M DRIVING. IT DOESN'T MATTER IF IT'S WARMED UP AND IF IT'S COLD. STALLS AND MISFIRES WHILE DRIVING ON FREEWAY AND JUST STOPS WHEN IT WANTS TOO
WHILE IN REVERSE, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED UPON PARKING. THE VEHICLE JUMPED OVER A PARKING BUMP AND SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. *JB
CONSUMER BELIEVES RECALL 99V-244 CONCERNING THE RIGHT REAR BRAKE TUBE MAY HAVE CAUSED ACCIDENT IN WHICH CONSUMER EXPERIENCED LOSS OF BRAKING ABILITY AND LOSS OF CONTROL RESULTING IN HITTING THE STAIRS IN FRONT OF HOUSE AND HITTING NEIGHBORS HOME, CONSUMER SUFFERED MINOR CUTS TO HAND AND A LUMP ON FOREHEAD. NLM
AT A STOP, THE CRUISE CONTROL ACTIVATED UNEXPECTEDLY CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SUDDENLY ACCELERATE.OCCUPANT PRESSED THE BRAKE AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT SLOW DOWN. OCCUPANT HAD TO PLACE THE VEHICLE IN THE NEUTRAL POSITION AT WHICH TIME, CRUISE CONTROL TURNED OFF. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
WITH BRAKE PEDAL DEPRESSED, VEHICLE WENT FROM PARK TO REVERSE AND SUDDENLY ACCELERATED. CONSUMER PRESSED VERY HARD ON BRAKE PEDAL AND STOPPED VEHICLE. VEHICLE THEN WENT TO DRIVE AND SUDDENLY ACCELERATED FORWARD CRASHING INTO HOUSE. CONSUMER BRAKED AGAIN AND AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. *AK
VEHICLE WAS IN PARK AND WENT INTO REVERSE AND CONSUMER HAD FOOT ON BRAKE PEDAL WHEN VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED AND KEPT GOING. CONSUMER STEPPED REAL HARD ON THE BRAKES AND VEHICLE STOPPED. ALSO, DRIVER'S AIR BAG DEPLOYED. *AK
ON 2/16/99, I WAS IN THE DRIVE THROUGH LANE AT A BANK TO MAKE A DEPOSIT. THERE WERE APPROXIMATELY 8 VEHICLES IN FRONT OF ME. AS EACH VEHICLE ADVANCED TO THE WINDOW, I TOOK MY CAR OUT OF PARK, PUT IT INTO DRIVE, AND ADVANCED THE LITTLE YOU DO WHEN YOU ARE SITTING IN LINE. I DID THIS APPROXIMATELY 5 OR 6 TIMES WHILE WAITING TO GET TO THE WINDOW. AS THE PICK UP TRUCK IN FRONT OF ME ADVANCED TO THE WINDOW, I TOOK MY CAR OUT OF PARK WHICH YOU CAN NOT DO WITHOUT PUTTING FOOT ON THE BRAKE. SUDDENLY, THE CAR LEAPED FORWARD AT A HIGH ACCELERATED SPEED. MY FOOT WAS ON THE BRAKES AS THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE BANK. BOTH AIRBAGS WENT OFF. WHEN THEY GOT ME OUT OF THE CAR, THE GIRL IN THE VEHICLE RIGHT BEHIND ME SAID THAT THAT WAS THE WIERDEST THING SHE HAD EVER SEEN. SHE SAID THAT MY BRAKE LIGHTS WERE ON, BUT THE BACK END OF THE CAR WAS UP AND THE WHEELS WERE SPINNING RAPIDLY. THE WHOLE INCIDENT HAPPENED IN A MATTER OF SECONDS. I KNOW THAT I HAD MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE. I WAS SITTING IN THE DRIVE THRU LANE AT A BANK. MY FOOT NEVER WAS NEAR THE GAS PEDAL AT ANY TIME. THIS WAS THE MOST FRIGHTENING EXPERIENCE OF HAVING NO CONTROL WHATSOEVER OF YOUR VEHICLE WHEN IT SUDDENLY LURCHES FORWARD OUT OF CONTROL AND THE BRAKES ARE BEING APPLIED. FORTUNATELY, I SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES, AND THANKFULLY THERE WERE NO PEDESTRIANS OUTSIDE AT THE TIME. MY VEHICLE IS NOW BACK AT THE CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP WITH AN ESTIMATED REPAIR OF $8,000.00. I WILL HAVE THE VEHICLE REPAIRED, BUT I DO NOT INTEND TO KEEP IT. I WOULD NEVER FEEL CONFIDENT OR SAFE IN THAT CAR AGAIN. SOMETHING MALFUNCTIONED VERY WRONG THAT DAY. I AM ADVISING YOU OF THIS INCIDENT IN THE HOPES THAT THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN TO SOMEONE ELSE AND . ALSO, TO NOTIFY YOU OF A VERY DANGEROUS PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE. I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME IN READING THIS COMPLAINT. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME IF YOU SHOULD HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR REQUIRE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. SINCERELY, PATRICIA A. MARCO. *AK
THE VEHICLE WAS IN THE PARK POSITION AND THE ENGINE ROARED UP AND THE CAR JUMPED OUT OF GEAR, AND ROLLED BACKWARDS AND HIT A TREE. *AK
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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