Owner-reported complaints naming the brake system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming service brakes, the antilock braking system, brake hoses, master cylinders or the parking brake. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1994 Chrysler Lhs submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 34 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.
The 25 most recent of 34, in the owner's own words
APROX. 2 MONTHS AGO I TOOK MY 1994 CHRYSLER LHS TO THE DEALER DUE TO THE TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM LIGHT AND THE ABS LIGHT WERE ON. THE DEALER DETERMINED THE PROBLEM WAS THE " BRAKE PEDAL TRAVEL SENSOR" , ON THE BRAKE BOOSTER. I WAS ADVISED THE PART IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE FROM CHRYSLER. IT WAS DISCONTINUED, AFTER 1995, BUT IT WAS 2005, SO THE 10 YEAR RULE ON PARTS SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN IMPOSED YET.*JB
WHEN THE CONSUMER APPLIED THE BRAKES, THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. THE CONSUMER HIT A POT HOLE AND WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND SKIDDED INTO A DITCH. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE PASSENGER WAS INJURED AND WENT TO THE HOSPITAL THE NEXT DAY. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED AND TOTALED BY THE INSURANCE COMPANY. *JB *SC
WHILE TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING BRAKES GAVE OUT. PEDAL WENT DOWN TO THE FLOOR AND NO POWER. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM.*AK
CONSUMER STATES WHILE DRIVING THERE IS INTERMITTENT BUCKING, THE RPM RACES, THE ENGINE LIGHT AND CRUISE CONTROL LIGHT IS ON AND VEHICLE LOSSES POWER AND WILL NOT RESTART. THIS HAS HAPPENDED 12 TIMES. ON OTHER OCCASIONS, EXPERIENCING LONG CRANKING TIME. DEALER REPLACED BATTERY, WATER PUMP, TENSIONER, TIMING BELT, IDLE SPEED MOTOR, CLEANED THE THROTTLE BODY, WIRING AT THE CRANK SENSOR, CAM SENSOR, POSITIVE TERMINAL, CONNECTOR TO COMPUTER, FOUND BATTERY TERMINAL CORRODED, AND OVERHALED THE TRANSMISSION. THE INTERNAL ENGINE TEMPERATURE IS INCORRECT. DEALER REPLACED COOLANT SENSOR AND THERMOSTAT. FAN BELTS ARE CRACKED. BELTS REPLACED. HOWEVER, PROBLEM STILL EXIST. MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED. *TT
WHEN STOPPING THERE WAS A GRINDING NOISE UNDERNEITH, THEN , COMPUTER LIGHT CAME ON DASH FOR TRACTION SYSTEM. TOOK TO DEALER, AND THEY SAID THAT VEHICLE NEEDED A NEW COMPUTER THAT REGULATED BRAKING SYSTEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
WHITE SMOKE COMES OUT OF ENGINE. BRAKES SELF APPLYED WHILE DRIVING. STEERING WOBBLES ALL ACROSS LANES.*AK
BRAKE PEDAL GETS HARD AND THE BRAKES SELF-APPLYING WHILE DRIVING.*AK
CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE FOR THE LOWER CONTROL ARM ATTACHING BRACKETS, VEHICLE HAS EXPERIENCED SEVERAL PROBLEMS WITH STEERING AND VIBRATION WHICH COULD HAVE BEEN RELATED TO RECALL COMPONENT. MJS
WE HAVE HAD NUMEROUS PROBLEMS WITH THE 94 CHRYSLER. THE ANTENNA IS INOPERABLE, THE THIRD BRAKE LIGHT IS INOPERABLE, THE DRIVER'S SEAT IS INOPERABLE, THE GAS LIGHT JUMPS UP & DOWN ALL THE TIME. THE ABS/TRAC OFF LIGHT STAYS ON ALL THE TIME, THE DRIVER SIDE MIRROR DOES NOT GO DOWN. I KNOW THAT ALL THESE PROBLEMS ARE NOT JUST WITH MY VEHICLE. I HAVE TALKED TO OTHER OWNERS OF CHRYSLERS AND THEY ARE HAVING SIMILAR PROBLEMS....PLEASE ADVISE ME WHAT I CAN DO ABOUT THIS
REAR RACK BUSHING FAILED. YH
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
CONSUMER WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH WHEN APPLIED THE ABS, AND PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. VEHICLE REAR ENDED A HONDA, AND DRIVER 'S SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAG RAISED UP, BUT DID NOT COME OUT. *AK
FRONT END SUSPENSION OUT OF ALIGNMENT. MJS
WE ARE NOT SATISFIED WITH THE RELIABILITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE ORIGINAL AND REPLACEMENT PARTS ON A CHRYSLER LHS WE PURCHASED NEW IN 19994. THE FOLLOWING ARE THE HIGH FAILURE PARTS AND SYSTEMS ON THE CAR: 1. WATER PUMP AND ASSOCIATED PARTS (2 TIMES) . IT HAS FAILED TWICE, THE FIRST TIME WAS AT 59,559 MILES WHEN IT FROZE UP AND TOOK THE TIMING BELT WITH IT. THE SECOND TIME THE PUMP DEVELOPED A LEAK AT 102,275 MILES, WHICH WAS 42,716 MILES ON THE REPLACEMENT PUMP. 2. DISC BRAKES AND ASSOCIATED PARTS (2 TIMES AND NEED TO BE TURNED AGAIN). THE ROTORS WARP DUE TO OVERHEAT FROM THE BRAKE PADS. THE FIRST TIME THE ROTORS WERE TURNED AT 56,441 MILES AND THEN AGAIN AT 84,347 MILES. RIGHT NOW THE CAR HAS 102,750 MILES AND THE ROTORS NEED TO BE TURNED AGAIN. 3. AIRCONDITIONING SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED PARTS (2 TIMES). THE AIRCONDITIONING SYSTEM EVAPORATOR COIL LEAKED AT 62,299 MILES, BUT WAS COVERED BY AN EXTENDED WARRANTY. THE EVAPORATOR COIL IS LEAKING AGAIN AT 102,750 MILES AND IS NOT COVERED BY WARRANTY. THIS IS A VERY EXPENSIVE PROCEDURE IN THAT THE DASHBOARD HAS TO BE REMOVED. 4. FUEL RAIL AND ASSOCIATED PARTS (1 TIME). DUE TO A STRONG GAS SMELL THE FUEL RAIL WAS REPLACED. WHEN THE DEALER INSISTED THAT THE PROBLEM WASN'T COVERED BY WARRANTY, WE PAID TO HAVE THE PROBLEM FIXED. WE WERE LATER REIMBURSED BY CHRYSLER WHEN WE CALLED THEIR CUSTOMER SERVICE.
OUR TRACTION CONTROLL WENT OUT IN DECEMBER OF 1997 AND THEN OUR ABS WENT OUT. AFTER THE DEALER MADE REPAIRS UNDER WARRANTY OUR CAR NEVER SEEMED TO RUN THE SAME AGAIN. VERY SLUGGISH AND THE TRANSMISSION APPEARED TO SLIP AT TIMES. TOOK IT BACK IN MARCH 1997 AND WAS TOLD THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH A ELECTRICAL MODULE FOR THE ABS. NEVER WERE TOLD OF A RECALL. AFTER THAT THE CARD GOT TERRIBLE FULE MILEAGE AND THE TRANSMISSION STARTED TO LOCK IN SECOND GEAR AT TIMES. WHEN YOU TURN THE CAR OFF AND RE START IT WOULD BE FINE. WE OUT IT BACK IN THE SHOP THREE MORE TIMES BEFORE I FINALLY GOT IT TO LOCK INTO SECOND GEAR AND I DROVE IT TO THE SHOP. THE PROBLEM WAS FIXED BUT WE ARE STILL GETTING VERY BAD FUEL MILEAGE. HAD THE FUEL RAIL FIXED FOR A LEAK ON RECALL BUT STILL HAVING BAD FUEL MILEAGE. THE TRANSMISSION IS STILL ACTING UP. WE ARE TAKING IT BACK IN AGAIN BUT THE DEALER DOESN'T FEEL THERE IS A PROBLEM. WHEN THE DEALER WAS REPAIRING THE FULE RAIL THEY TOLD US THAT THEY BLEW OUT A PISTON. HAD TO LEAVE THE CAR TO REBUILD THE ENGINE. DEALER DID GIVE US A RENTAL CAR AND HAVE BEEN VERY GOOD TO US. THIS CAR HAS TOO MANY PROBLEMS AND WILL BE SOLD, NO MORE CHRYSLERS IN THIS FAMILY.
FUEL O-RING FAILED PRIOR TO RECALL REPAIR WORK CAUSING FUEL LEAKAGE, NOT ABLE TO PERFORM RECALL REPAIR DUE TO LACK OF PARTS. (98V-184) *YC
DEALER SAID COMPUTER FOR ABS AND TRACTION CONTROL MALFUNCTIONED. *AK
1. HEADLIGHT FOCUS AND ILLUMINATION HAS BEEN VERY POOR, NO SOLUTION SEEMS TO BE AVAILABLE. 2. FRONT DISK BRAKE ROTORS WARPED AT THE FIRST HARD APPLICATION OF THE BRAKES. DEALER ATTEMPTED REPAIR FOUR OR FIVE TIMES AND WHEN THEY WOULD NO LONGER HONOR THE WARRANTY TOOK THE VEHICLE TO AN INDEPENDANT SHOP AND THEY FINALLY FIXED THE PROBLEM. 3. TWICE THE RIGHT DRIVER'S SEAT BACK HINGE HAS FAILED WHEN THE DRIVER SAT BACK. REPAIR ACCOMPLISHED BY INDEPENDENT SHOP. 4. AFTER NOTICING A STRONG SMELL OF GASOLINE, DISCOVERED FUEL LEAKING FROM THE FRONT OF BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT FUEL INJECTION RAILS. VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIR BUT SEEMS THAT THERE IS A LONG WAITING LIST FOR THE REPAIR PARTS WHICH ARE BACK ORDERED.
THIS IS THE 3RD SET OF DISC BRAKE ROTORS. THE ROTORS CAN ONLY BE REFACED ONE TIME. THEY WARP, DUE TO HEAT. THE HEAT GENERATED IS UNEVEN, CAUSING THE WARPING, BECAUSE THE BRAKE DISC PADS ARE UNEQUAL IN SIZE, BY DESIGN. CHRYSLER IS PURPOSELY DESIGNING FAILURE INTO ITS COMPONENTS. THE UNEQUAL SIZED BRAKE PADS ARE NOT NECESSARY AS THERE IS ADEQUATE ROOM FOR EQUAL SIZED PADS. ALL LHS CHRYSLERS SHOULD BE RECALLED AND REPAIRED AT MANUFACTURERS EXPENSE, REQUIRING THEM TO REDESIGN THE BRAKE PADS TO PREVENT UNEQUAL HEATING OF THE ROTORS. IT IS HIGH TIME THAT CHRYSLER BE MADE TO ANSWER FOR THEIR ENGINEERED FAILURE OF SAFETY COMPONENTS.
SMOKE POURED FROM UNDER HOOD FOLLOWED BY VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATING ACROSS A BUSY INTERSECTION, ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT.
THE BRAKES STICK INTERMITTANTLY.
BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS FAILED.
ANTI LOCK BRAKE MODULE SHORTED OUT.
WHEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE AND COMING TO A STOP HAVE TO PUMP THE BRAKES SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE THE VEHICLE WOULD STOP. *AK CONSUMER STATED THE INSIDE OF BRAKE PADS WERE DISINTERGRATED SO THAT WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED THE RIGHT SIDE EXPLODED LEAVING A GAP BETWEEN ROTOR AND METAL BRAKING OF PAD, THUS IT TOOK SEVERAL PUMPS PF PEDAL TO CLOSE GAP AND ALLOW BRAKES TO WORK, THERE WAS NO WARNING OF THE PADS GOING BAD SINCE THE OUTSIDE PADS OF BOTH SIDES WERE NEXT TO NEW CONDITION AND THEY ARE THE ONE WITH SQUEALER.*JB
BRAKES FAILED.
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