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1985 Chrysler New Yorker Owner Complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full

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Complaints on fileComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
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Latest Jan 26, 2013
Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
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Filed in the last 12 monthsReports filed with NHTSA in the trailing 365 days. Recent volume reflects attention and vehicle age as much as anything else.
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Reports on file since Feb 27, 1995

What this page shows

Our database holds 7 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1985 Chrysler New Yorker. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Complaints, most recent first

Showing 1–7 of 7

Brakes
Filed Jan 26, 2013

STARTED VEHICLE, PUT INTO DRIVE NOTICED BRAKES A LITTLE SPONGY DROVE APPROX. A QUARTER OF MILE APPLIED BRAKES, BRAKE PEDDLE WENT TO FLOOR NO BRAKING ACTION HAD TO APPLY EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP. TOWED VEHICLE HOME, REPLACED MASTER CYLINDER, FOUND FLUID TO BE BLACK. *TR

NHTSA ID
10494817
Incident
Apr 15, 2011
Mileage
57,900 mi
Electrical
Filed Jan 26, 2013
Fire reported

VEHICLE WAS DRIVE FROM HOME TO A CONVENIENCE ABOUT A HALF MILE. TURNED VEHICLE OFF WENT INTO THE STORE, CAME OUT APPROX.5 MINUTES, NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. OPENED HOOD SAW THE ALTERNATOR WAS ON FIRE. PUT OUT FIRE BY HAND. REPLACED ALTERNATOR. NO DAMAGE TO VEHICLE. *TR

NHTSA ID
10494814
Incident
Nov 15, 2012
Mileage
59,200 mi
Driver assistance
Filed Apr 15, 2002
Crash reported

WHEN PUTTING VEHICLE IN DRIVE ENGINE REVVED AND VEHICLE ACCELERATED ON IT'S OWN. CONSUMER APPLIED BRAKE, PEDAL FELT SPONGY. VEHICLE HIT THE GATE IN PARKING GARAGE, THEN A CONCRETE RAMP. CONSUMER WAS THEN ABLE TO SHIFT TO PARK AND SHUT OFF ENGINE. DAMAGE TO VEHICLE UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME, NO INJURIES. ON 11 APR 2002 WHILE BACKING UP ENINE REVVED AGAIN, CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO SHUT OFF ENGINE.*AK

NHTSA ID
8007640
Incident
Apr 9, 2002
Fuel system
Filed Mar 19, 2000

FEMALE CONNECTOR PINS LOOSENS, CAUSING FUEL PUMP POWER LOSS-STALLING

NHTSA ID
720305
Incident
Jun 1, 1999
Fuel system
Filed Nov 28, 1995
Fire reported

CONSUMER HAD PARKED THE CAR WHEN ACROSS THE STREET LOOKED BACK CAR CAUGHT ON FIRE . TT

NHTSA ID
975560
Incident
Nov 18, 1995
Fuel system
Filed Oct 6, 1995

THE ELECTRICAL FUEL PUMP INSIDE THE FUEL TANK FAILED, THE FUEL PUMP WIRES BURNED. TT

NHTSA ID
973090
Incident
Oct 4, 1995
Steering
Filed Feb 27, 1995

TOO MUCH FREE PLAY IN STEERING WHEEL MUST TURN QUARTER AND A HALF. APPEARS TO BE LOSS MOTION. TT

NHTSA ID
960614
Incident
Feb 27, 1994

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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