Owner-reported complaints naming the electrical system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming the electrical system — wiring, battery, charging, control modules, infotainment and electrical accessories. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1989 Chrysler New Yorker submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 9 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
WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH A FIRE STARTED IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED AND EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
THE CONSUMER EXPERIENCED A PROBLEM WITH ALTERNATOR. WHILE DRIVING NOTICED THAT SMOKE WAS COMING FROM HOOD. PANEL LIGHTS FAILED TO ILLUMINATE TO ALERT THEM OF THE PROBLEM. WHEN THEY PULLED THE VEHICLE OVER, THEY NOTICED THAT IT WAS ON FIRE. THE VEHICLE BURNED UNTIL IN IT WAS PUT OUT BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. THEY DIAGNOSED THAT IT WAS DUE TO THE WIRING ASSOCIATED WITH THE ALTERNATOR. THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK
WHEN THE VEHICLE IS AT ANY SPEED THE VEHICLE CUTS OFF, AND STARTS BACK UP. THIS SOMETIMES HAPPENS TWICE WHILE DRIVING. WHEN THE VEHICLE IS IN REVERSE, THE GEAR WILL SWITCH ALL BY ITSELF. TOOK TO DEALER, AND THEY SAID THAT THE VEHICLE NEEDS THE TRANSMISSION AND ELECTRONIC CONTROL MODULE FIXED. THERE IS AN INVESTIGATION ON THE TRANSMISSION DOWNSHIFTING. PE89-036. *AK
CORRODED BATTERY CABLES CAUSED COMPUTER TO READ "ENGINE OFF".
VEHICLE SEIZED WHILE DRIVING AT 40-45 MPH ON HWY, DEALER SAID STARTER WAS THE PROBLEM. TT
ELECTRICAL PROBLEM IN THE WIRING. TT LIGHT WOULD TURN ON AND OFF AT ANY TIME BLINKING OR NOT WORK AT ALL , THIS HAPPEN IN THE DASH BOARD ALSO TAIL LIGHTS WOULD NOT WORK, POSSIBLE SHOTRS IN THE WIRING HARNESS IN FRONT AND BACK IT TOOK THREE TIMES TO FIGURE OUT THE PROBLEM.*JB
THROTTLE FAILURE.
THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE DUE TO ELECTRICAL SHORT FROM THE WIRING HARNESS.PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT
ABS FAILURE, WHEN APPLIED BRAKES TOTAL BRAKE FAILURE, ALSO LOST OF POWER. 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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