Owner-reported complaints naming the engine system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming the engine itself — including stalling, misfires, oil consumption, cooling and internal engine components. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1994 Chrysler Lebaron submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 22 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
VEHICLE LOST POWER WHILE DRIVING/ ENGINE COMPARTMENT CAUGHT ON FIRE.*MR VEHICLE WAS A TOTAL LOSS.*PH WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE LOST ALL POWER. THE DRIVER PULLED TO THE SOUTH SHOULDER AND EXITED THE VEHICLE. THE DRIVER NOTICED FLAMED COMING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. *NM
VEHICLE HAS STALLED NUMEROUS TIMES AT 25-30 MPH. DEALER CANNOT FIND CAUSE OF PROBLEM. *AK
THIS CAR HAS HAD 5 MAP SENSORS INSTALED IN THE PAST 2 YEARS. OTHER SENSORS HAVE ALSO FAILED WHEN THE MAP SENSOR FAILED. THIS PROBLEM HAS CREATED A GREAT HAZARD WHILE DRIVING. THE CAR CUTS OFF AND GOES DEAD ON STRAIGHT ROADS, TURNS OR GOING UP OR DOWNHILL.*AK
CONSUMER HAD TO REPLACE THE SERPENTINE BELT THREE TIMES. ALSO, DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR HAD TO BE PUT BACK ON THE TRACK BECAUSE NUTS : BOLTS WERE DEFECTIVE, TRANSMISSION JERKED WHEN PUT IN GEAR. *AK
PISTON SHEARED OFF INSIDE ENGINE AND PUT A LARGE WHOLE IN THE BLOCK. VEHICLE WAS MAINTAINED AND TAKEN CARE OF.
SHOULD A HEAD GASKET NEED REPLACING AT 79,000 OR IS THIS A SILENT RECALL? *AK
AUTOMOBILE SLOWS UP AND STOPS ANYWHERE, AND DOES NOT START UP AGAIN. THEN CONSUMER HAS TO HAVE IT TOWED. AFRAID SHE WILL HAVE AN ACCIDENT. *AK
ENGINE SERPENTINE BELT BROKE OFF, CAUSING LOSS OF POWER STEERING.
WHEEL BEARING FAILED TWO TIMES.
WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY THE VEHICLE JUST DIES, IT TAKES ABOUT 30 TO 40 MINUTES BEFORE THE VEHICLE WILL RESTART. *AK
ENGINE STALLS INTERMITTENTLY.
WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE ENGINE SHUTS DOWN, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO STALL. *AK
ENGINE FIRE RESULTED FROM A MINOR ACCIDENT.
ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE.
WHEN THE MOTOR IS RUNNING THE SERPENTINE BELT SQEALS VERY LOUD. BROUGHT BACK OVER (6) TIMES TO DEALER. PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK CONSUMER STATES PROBLEM HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE PURCHASE OF VEHICLE.*JB
FLAMMABLE OR COMBUSTIBLE LIQUID BECAME INVOLVED IMMEDIATELY AFTER A ACCIDENTAL FIRE.
VEHICLE'S SERPENTINE BELT CAME OFF DUE TO SNOWY INCLEMENT WEATHER BUILDUP, CAUSING THE COMPLETE LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND VEHICLE CONTROL. *AK
PCV VALVE STOPPED, THEN VENT TUBE WAS BLOWEN IN ON HOUSING. THIS RESULTED IN MOTOR OIL COMING THROUGH VENT CONTACTING EXHAUST MANIFOLD AND STARTING A FIRE. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK
SERPENTINE BELT CAME OFF TWICE, ONCE CAUSING ACCIDENT.
WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY, FAN BELT CAME OFF; ENTIRE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM CLOSED DOWN; CAUSED LOSS OF VEHICLE POWER, STEERING/BRAKES; NO WARNING; *AK
MALFUCTION IN THE MOTOR ALMOST CAUSED A FIRE, BATTERY HAD TO BE DISCONECTED IN ORDER TO TURN MOTOR OFF. TT
NOISY BRAKES. *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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