Owner-reported complaints naming the transmission system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming the automatic or manual transmission, including shifting behaviour, shudder, slipping and transmission control modules. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1990 Chrysler Lebaron submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 25 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
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION LOCKS INTO SECOND GEAR WHEN ACCELERATING FROM STOP AND WILL NOT UPSHIFT. THIS HAPPENS EVERY TIME. (LIMP MODE). THERE ARE AT LEAST 32 TSB'S COVERING VARIOUS PROBLEMS ON THE A604/41TE TRANSMISSIONS. I CALLED CHRYSLER ABOUT THIS AND THEY TELL ME THERE IS NO RECALL OR EXTENDED WARRANTY. ESTIMATED REPAIRS TO DATE ARE $1950 - $2100. THE CAR IS LIKE NEW OTHERWISE, BUT USELESS AS IS.*AK
SEAL WITHIN TRANSMISSION IS FAULTY AND IS CAUSING PROBLEM WITH DOWNSHIFTING. MANUFACTURER HAS REDESIGNED SEAL.*AK CONSUMER STATES TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED ONCE FOR THE SAME PROBLEMS. WINDOW WOULD NOT GO UP AND DOWN. *SLC
ON TWO OCCASIONS AIR CONDITIONING SWITCH HAD TO BE REPLACED DUE TO BURNED WIRE. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED ON BOTH OCCASIONS, AND MADE REPAIRS. *AK THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED ALSO. *YH
WHILE DRIVING TRANSMISSION JUMPS OUT OF GEARS. ALSO LOSS OF FLUID OCCURS AND ENGINE OVERHEATS. OWNER HAS HAD SO MANY PROBLEMS WITH THIS VEHICLE THAT SHE BELIEVES IT WAS DEFECTIVE WHEN SHE BOUGHT IT. TRANSMISSION IS CURRENTLY IN THE SHOP BEING REPLACED. *AK *ML
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
THE FRONT LEFT TIRE WAS BALD WHEN I BOUGHT THE CAR HOME. *AK( DOT NUMBER: )
EXPERIENCED REPEATED PROBLEMS WITH "JERKING" IN THE VEHICLE AND GEAR SHIFT FAILED TO OPEREATED PROPERLY (NOT MEETING THE GEAR RATIO). UPON MECHANICS CHECK AND COMMPUTER ANALYSIS, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT A VEHICLE RECALL OF THE CARS COMPUTER HAD NEVER BEEN ADDRESSED. THE MECHANIC HAS CORRECTED THE PROBLEM AND I REQUEST FINANCIAL REIMBURSEMENT. MY TOTAL COST TO CORRECT THE PROBLEMS WAS $1,084.38.
MY TRANSMISSION FAILED AFTER MY WARRANTY OF 70,000/7YEAR. I HAD TO REPLACE THE WHOLE TRANSMISSION. BOTH POWER WINDOW MOTORS NEED TO BE REPLACED AND THE EXTERIOR PAINT IS ERODING AT AN ALARMING RATE. IS THE CHRYSLER MANUFACTURER RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY OF THESE DAMAGES TO MY VEHICLE? AM I ENTITLED TO ANY COMPENSATION FOR THESE FAULTY MECHANISMS THAT HAPPENED TO MY CAR? I WILL NEVER PURCHASE A CHRYSLER PRODUCT AGAIN, BECAUSE IT SEEMS THAT THESE MISFORTURNES HAPPENED AFTER THE WARRANTY OF 70,000 MILES. THE CAR IS FALLING APART IN THE INTERIOR AND THE EXTERIOR. THE CAR IS MAINTENANCED EVERY 2500 MILES WITH OIL AND LUBE CHANGES.
NO SUMMARY.
TRANSMISSION SLIPS WHEN STOPPED AND CAR JERKS - AT 75,000 MILES AND ALL THAT IS IN THE DATA BANK. IT APPEARS TO ME THAT A RECALL SHOULD BE DONE ON ALL CHRYSLER 1990 LEBARON'S. *AK
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION MALFUNCTIONED DUE TO THE LOW REVERSE GEAR SEAL THAT BROKE AND THE OVERDRIVE SEAL DETERIORATED, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO STALL. CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK CONSUMER STATES THE VEHICLE DID NOT STALL, IT LURCHED AS VEHICLE WAS BEGINING TO STOP OR IT LURCHES WHEN STARTING VEHICLE.*JB
TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS.
CONSUMER DOES NOT HAVE VIN# AT THIS TIME. PURCHASED VEHICLE IN 91, IN 92 LUSTINE TOYOTA REBUILT THE TRANSMISSION. IN 94, PASSPORT REBUILT THE TRANSMISSION; SEPEMBER 97, AMERICAN TRANSMISSION HAS REBUILT THE TRANSMISSION, AND ALSO FOUND THAT THE SOLENOID COVER WAS MISSING. VEHICLE WAS STALLING AND THE GEARS WOULD SOMETIMES BE CROSSED. *AK TO HAVE TO REPLACE TRANSMISSION THREE TIMES IN 7 YEARS INDICATES THAT THE VEHICLE HAD A SERIOUS FLAW THAT REQUIRES INVESTIGATION, THE CONSUMER STATED . THE CONSUMER ALSO WANTS REIMBUSEMENT FOR COST OF TRANSMISSION REPLACING. *YH
TRANSMISSION FAILED TO SHIFT FROM 2ND GEAR.
WHILE CAR WAS TURNED OFF, WITH TRANSMISSION IN PARK, THE VEHICLE DISENGAGED AND ROLLED INTO HOUSE. *AK
TRANSMISSION MAKES CLUNKING NOISE AT LOW SPEEDS WHEN TAKING FOOT OFF OF ACCELERATOR SUDDENLY.
REAR AXLE TRAIL ARM WELDS CRACKED. *SD
THE CAR AT 47,000 MILES THE TRANSMISSION STARTS TO SLIP AND THEN LOCKS UP COMPLETELY, AND NOW IS BROKEN AGAIN. TT
FRONT BRAKE ROTORS FAILED, CAUSING VEHICLE TO SQUEAK/GRIND.
TRANSMISSION SNAP RING BROKE, RESULTING IN TRANSMISSION FAILURE. *AW
WHILE DRIVING EXPERIENCED INTERMITTENT ELECTRICAL FAILURE, AIR BAG LIGHT APPEARS, THEN TURN SIGNAL AND POWER WINDOWS BECOME INOPERATIVE, DEALER CAN'T FIX. TT
GEAR WILL NOT SHIFT, DEALER REBUILT THE TRANSMISSION. TT
GEAR LEVER CAN BE SHIFTED OUT OF PARK WITHOUT KEY IN IGNITION.
UPON DRIVER EXITING VEHICLE, VEHICLE ROLLED BACKWARDS DUE TO INTERLOCK SYSTEM ALLOWING KEY TO BE REMOVED WITHOUT TRANSMISSION BEING IN PARK GEAR. *AW
ENGINE OIL GAUGE FAILS. *SKD
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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