Owner-reported complaints naming the interior system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming seats, latches, locks, linkages and interior fittings. 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. 24 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
RECALL 883 DEALERSHIP DID NOT FIX INBOARD PIVOT BRACKET. SAID ANOTHER PART COULD NOT BE FOUND OR WELDED. CHANGED BRACKET MYSELF. DEALERSHIP HAD CAR 16 DAYS AND WE HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED HOME. NOW AIR CONDITIONER DOESN'T WORK AFTER RECEIVING CAR. THERE WAS NO OTHER PART NEEDED. *TR
1994 CHRYSLER LHS, HOOD CAME UNLATCHED AND STRUCK THE WINDSHIELD. *BF OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT # 10-0165-91 *JB
THIS IS THE SECOND 1994 LHS I'VE HAD, AND THE SAME PROBLEMS HAVE OCCURED ON BOTH CARS.SOMEONE NEEDS TO LISTEN TO COMPLAINTS BEFORE THERE IS A LOSS OF SOMEONES LIFE. WHICH I CAME VERY CLOSE TO THE RACKET PINION AND TIE ROD.ANOTHER FEW MILES AND WE MIGHT NOT BE HERE TODAY.THERE IS ALSO PROBLEMS WITH THE HEATER AND AC NOT WORKING,CANT SHUT IT OFF,TURN IT ON CHANGE IT FROMHEAT TO AC.HOOD PROBLEMS. TIMING BELT.SO MANY THINGS HAVE WENT WRONG WITH BOTH THESE CARS AND THEY BOTH WERE 1994 CH-LHS.DONT HAVE THE DATES IN FRONT OF ME WHEN ALL THE THINGS HAPPENED.I HAD TROUBLE WITH THIS CAR 3 DAYS AFTER I BOUGHT IT. AND THE LAST ONE I PUT MONEY INTO IT ONE TIME AFTER ANOTHER ANOTHER,SOMEONE HIT IT AND IT WAS TOTALED OUT.I WILL NEVER OWN ANOTHER. ANY CHRYSLER .THOUGHT I WAS GETTING A NICE CAR,GOT 2 LEMONS.JUST THINK THEY NEED TO BE CHECKED OUT BEFORE SOMEONE IS HURT.
WHILE BACKING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY, AT APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH THE DRIVER'S SEAT BACK COLLAPSED. THE DRIVER CHECKED AND NOTICED IT WAS A BOLT THAT HAD BROKEN WHICH CAUSED THE SEAT TO BREAK. THE OWNER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT AN ENGINEER WOULD COME AND VIEW THE VEHICLE. *NM (11/16/05) AFTER THE IMPACT THE DRIVER WAS THROWN FORWARD. *SC
WHILE PARKED CONSUMER ADJUSTED THE FRONT DRIVER'S POWER SEAT AND IT FAILED TO MOVE ON ITS OWN. CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE MOTOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. BUT VEHICLE WAS NOT ON RECALL, AND THE WARRANTY EXPIRED . THE DRIVER HAD TO PAY FOR PARTS AND LABOR. *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
WHILE DRIVING BOTH REAR DOORS WILL MAKE A LOUD NOISE, AND MOST OF THE TIME WILL NOT LOCK, LEAVING PASSENGER UNSECURE. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.*AK
HOOD FLEW OPEN WHILE DRIVING AND IMPACTED WINDSHIELD, SHATTERING WINDSHIELD AND MANGLING HOOD. HOOD RELEASE CABLE WAS JAMMED PRIOR TO THE EVENT. HOOD WAS CLOSED. THIS IS THE SECOND OCCURRENCE OF THE HOOD FLYING OPEN IN 6 MONTHS.*AK
RECALL 833 RELATED.... SEAT TRACK GUIDES ARE PLASTIC AND WORE OUT ON BOTH THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE. THIS CAN RESULT IN AN USAFE CONDITION, ESPECIALLY FOR SHORT LEGGED PEOPLE WHO CANNOT ADJUST THE SEAT TO REACH PEDDLES EASILY. I TOOK THE CAR IN FOR THE RECALL BUT NO WORK WAS DONE, ECEPT TO CHECK FOR BROKEN "PIVOT BRACKETS" THE REPLACEMENT KIT WHICH INCLUDES THE GUIDES WAS NOT INSTALLED.*AK
CONSUMER WAS PULLING INSIDE OF A PARKING LOT, AND ANOTHER VEHICLE VEERED INTO IT ON PASSENGER'S SIDE . FROM IMPACT CONSUMER'S VEHICLE VEERED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE, AND DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BROKE FROM ACCIDENT. CONSUMER WAS HURT.*AK
REPLACED TRANSMISSION TWICE. MECHANIC THINKS PROBLEM IS CONNECTED TO WIRING HARNESS. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM OF VEHICLE IS IRRATIC, GAUGES QUIT, AND VEHICLE STALLS.
WHEN LIFTING HOOD TO CHECK GAS OR TO CHANGE OIL, AND AFTER A COUPLE OF MINUTES, HOOD WILL COME SLAMMING DOWN ON CONSUMER'S HEAD OR HANDS. CONSUMER INJURED HAND. *AK CONSUMER HAD REPLACED THE HOOD SUPPORT STRUTS WHICH LASTED FOR 2 YEARS. *SLC
THERE ARE ONLY 2 BOLTS THAT ARE ATTACHED TO FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE POWER SEAT. BUT PASSENGER'S SIDE POWER SEAT HAS TWO BOLTS IN THE FRONT AND IN THE REAR. 2 BOLS IN REAR WERE NEVER INSTALLED, THESE BOLTS MOUNT THE SEAT TRACK ASSEMBLY TO THE VEHICLE FRAME. *AK *ML
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
WHILE GOING INTO THE TRUNK HEARD A POP AND METAL PIECES FLEW EVERY WHERE. CONSUMER SAYS THAT TRUNK CAME SLAMMING DOWN ,COULD HAVE CAUSED BODILY HARM TO KIDS. *AK
THE DRIVER'S SEATBACK REST GAVE OUT WJILE PULLING INTO A PARKING SPACE, THE PIVOT BOLT BROKE. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK
DURING A ROUTINE PASSING OF ANOTHER AUTO THE UPRIGHT PORTION OF THE DRIVERS SEAT GAVE WAY. TRAVELING AT A RELATIVELY LOW SPEED AND HAVING BOTH HANDS ON THE STEARING WHEEL, I ABLE TO KEEP THE CAR UNDER CONTROL AND COME TO A SAFE STOP. WHEN THE SEAT COLLAPSED IT PUT THE DRIVER OUT OF REACH OF THE STEARING WHEEL. HAD I NOT HAD BOTH HANDS ON THE WHEEL, OR I WAS TRAVELING AT A HIGHER SPEED IT COULD HAVE BEEN TRAGIC. THE ONLY DAMAGE WAS THE REPAIR COST. *AK
WHILE DRIVING DRIVER'S SEAT BACK BROKE AND FAILED TO SUPPORT DRIVER'S WEIGHT CAUSING SEAT TO FALL BACK. DRIVER WAS NOT ABLE TO HOLD ONTO THE STEERING WHEEL AND COULD NOT SEE OVER THE DASH. THIS BRAKE WAS THE SUBSEQUENT BRAKE OF A PIN IN THE SEAT FRAME. *AK
WHILE DRIVING THE SEAT BACK BROKE , THROWING THE DRIVER BACKWARD. THE MANUFACTURER AND THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK *ML
BOTH FRONT SEAT PLASTIC TRACK (RAIL) IS EXPERIENCING FAILURE. HOWEVER, IF AN ACCIDENT WAS TO OCCUR, THE SEAT MAY FAIL WHICH COULD RESULT IN INJURY. *YC
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.
WHILE DRIVING THE SEATBACK LATCH BROKE. THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK
COMPUTER MODULE NEEDED TO BE UPGRADED.
SEAT BOLTS NOT TIGHTENED PROPERLY, SEATS WERE LOOSE.
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