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 1988 Chrysler New Yorker submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 23 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
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1988 CHRYSLER NEW YORKER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH, THE BRAKES BECAME UNRESPONSIVE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE ABS SYSTEM WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,000. *TR
WHEN TRAVELING, APPLIED BRAKES AND PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. ABS AND PARKING BRAKE LIGHTS COME ON DASHBOARD. *AK POWER STEERING NOISY, FAULTY POWER STEERING PUMP, NOISE STILL CONTINUES, DEALER TIGHTENED STEERING RACK. FLAT GOODYEAR TIRE, STEEL BELT WAS SHOWING, GOODYEAR STATED FRONT TIRES WERE WEARING DUE TO FRONT END OUT OF ALIGNMENT, HOLE DRILLED IN LEFT FRONT STRUT. ABS LIGHT ILLUMINATED, BRAKES ARE SPONGY, ABS HYDRAULIC ACCUMULATER WAS REPLACED. AFTER RELEASING EMERGENCY BRAKE, BRAKE LIGHT WOULD REMAIN ILLUMINATED. VEHICLE EXPERIENCED HESITATION, LOW OIL PRESSURE, PRESSURE SENSOR WAS REPLACED, FAULTY PRESSURE SENDING UNIT CAUSED OIL LEAK, VALVE TAPPING NOISE AT SPEEDS OF 55-60, CONSUMER HEARS AN ENGINE BACKFIRE NOISE, AN OIL LEAK IN REAR MAIN SEAL, MINOR LEAK FOUND AT BELL HOUSING AREA. VEHICLE STALLED AND WOULD NOT RESTART DUE TO LEAKING INJECTORS AND FAULTY FUEL PUMP, VEHICLE GETS POOR GAS MILEAGE, THERE IS AN EXHAUST LEAK, AUTOMATIC IDLE SPEED MOTOR REPLACED, MAP SENSOR REPLACED, FUEL SMELL FROM ENGINE, VEHICLE ALSO EXPERIENCES ROUGH IDLE. TRANSMISION JERKS WHEN PUT IN GEAR AND ON DOWNSHIFT, EXPERIENCES SHIFTING PROBLEMS, CV JOINT TORE, VEHICLE ROLLS BACKWARD WHEN ON AN INCLINE, INSPECTOR STATES THIS IS NORMAL. BATTERY REPLACED, CONSUMER FEELS THIS WAS DUE TO VOLTAGE PROBLEMS, OVERHEAD COMPUTER WOULD GIVE FALSE READINGS WITHOUT TEMPERATURE AND DIRECTION, AND IT WOULD NOT STATE A PROBLEM WHEN TEHRE WAS ONE WITH THE OIL LEAK, DEALER REPLACED WIRING HARNESS. HEAT INOPERABLE AT TIMES, HORN WOULD BLOW WITH AC ON, LEFT SIDE OF DASH DEFOGGER VENT WOULD BLOW HOT AIR WHEN AC WAS ON. TRUNK WOULD NOT OPEN AUTOMATICALLY, ANTENNA WOULD NOT GO UP OR DOWN, MOLDING ON BOTTOM DECK LID WAS WARPED, WIND NOISE, RIGHT REAR DOOR COULD NOT BE OPENED FROM THE OUTSIDE, CHROME MOLDING ON FENDER WAS LOOSE, TRIM BY FRONT PASSENGER DOOR IS WAPRED AND LOOSE. TRUNK SPARE TIRE COVER FALLS DOWN, CARPET IN REAR TRUNK KEEPS FALLING DOWN. *SLC
THE ABS WORKS WHEN IT WANT TO WORK. I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE THIS CAR, DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE ABS MAY GO OUT ANY TIME. I HAD MY TWO CHILDREN AND ONE OF THEIR FRIENDS WITH ME WHEN THE ABS WOULD NOT WORK AT ALL. I STRONGLY FEEL THAT THIS IS A DEFECT IN THE ABS. *AK
VEHICLE WAS MAKING A CLUNKING NOISE. DEALER SAID THAT IT WAS ENGINE MOUNT BOLTS. CONSUMER GOT A 2ND OPINION & FOUND OUT THAT THE ABS SYSTEM WAS GOING OUT & NOISE WAS COMING FROM WHEN APPLYING BRAKES TO STOP. DEALER WAS NOT TRYING TO FIX VEHICLE BECAUSE HE ALREADY FIXED 2 THINGS ON VEHICLE & IT WAS OVER 30 DAYS. *AK
WHILE PULLING OUT OF PARKING SPACE, ABS LIGHT CAME ON & STAYED. HAD APPLIED BRAKES (HARD) WHICH FAILED TO STOP VEHICLE RIGHT AWAY. VEHICLE AT DEALERSHIP & NO PARTS AVAILABLE FOR BRAKES. *AK
WHILE LEAVING A TRAFFIC LIGHT HEARD A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM THE RIGHT REAR END OF VEHICLE. MECHANIC DISCOVERED NOSIE WAS DUE TO THE SEPARATION OF THE DISC BRAKE AND THE WHEEL HUB. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN REPAIRED. *AK
ANTI LOCK BRAKE PUMP ASSEMBLY AND POWER RELAYS FAILED, RESULTING IN LOSS OF BRAKING POWER.
ANTI-LOCK BRAKES FAILED, CAUSING TOTAL BRAKE FAILURE. ALSO, REPLACED MASTER CYLINDER. *AK
ABS BRAKE FAILURE, WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED, THEY MAKE A LOUD NOISE, ALSO PEDAL BECOMES VERY HARD AND BRAKES PULSATE. *AK
WARPED BRAKE ROTORS.
ANTILOCK BRAKES FAILED.
ANTILOCK BRAKES LOCK UP, ALSO BRAKES FADE.
ABS: ANTI LOCK BRAKE AND BRAKE LIGHT COMES ON, CAUSING LOSS OF BRAKING POWER, NEARLY RESULTED IN ACCIDENTS DUE TO NO BRAKE, USED EMERGENCY BRAKES TO STOP. *AK
THE FOUR WHEEL DISC BRAKES WENT OUT, THE CONSUMER COULD NOT STOP THE VEHICLE. *AK
FAILURE ON THE ABS BRAKE, CONSUMER HAVING A HARD TIME STOPPING THE VEHICLE. *AK
APPLIED PRESSURE ON BRAKE PEDAL THE WHOLE ANTI-LOCK BRAKING SYSTEM FAILED. *AK
ABS SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, EXCESSIVE STOPPING DISTANCES, ENTIRE ABS SYSTEM NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. TT
BRAKES PULSATE, THEN ABS AND BRAKE LIGHT COME ON, HAD TO HAVE ACCUMULATOR REPLACED. TT
THE ABS SYSTEM HAD TO HAVE THE CONTROLLER REPLACED. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT
CONSUMER WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND THE ABS ANTI LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM FAIL WITH NO WARNING ALMOST CAUSE AN ACCIDENT . TT
ABS LIGHT CAME ON WHILE DRIVING, SLOWED DOWN AND APPLIED BRAKES, BRAKES ENGAGE AND RELEASE, EXPERENCING LONG STOPPING DISTANCE. TT
ANTI-LOCK BRAKES CAUSE EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. *SKD
BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON RELAYS WENT BAD. FINAL DIAGNOSIS ANTI LOCK CONTROL SYSTEM. TT
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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