Owner-reported complaints naming the fuel system system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming fuel storage or delivery — tanks, pumps, lines, injectors and fuel leaks. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1990 Chrysler New Yorker submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 17 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 1990 CHRYSLER NEW YORKER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ENTER THE VEHICLE, HE SMELLED GASOLINE. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION, IT WAS FOUND THAT GASOLINE WAS LEAKING ONTO THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 200,000. *TR
STARTED CAR THIS MORNING AND NOTICED A STRONG ODOR OF GAS. OPENED THE HOOD AND NOTICED FUEL LEAKING OUT OF FUEL RAIL AT CONNECTION BETWEEN THE U-BEND CROSS-OVER PIPE AND THE FRONT FUEL RAIL. PART HAS NOT BEEN REPLACED/REPAIRED YET. HOWEVER, NOTICED ON INTERNET CHAT ROOMS THAT THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM.*AK
ENGINE COMPARTMENT WAS SOAKED WITH GASOLINE SPRAYED FROM FUEL RAIL. FUEL RAIL LEAKS ON 3.3 ENGINE PART OF 1995-PRESENT RECALL CAMPAIGN. CHRYSLER WOULD NOT COMMENT IF 1990 3.3L IS AFFECTED BY SAME DESIGN ISSUE OR IF REPLACEMENT PART HAD SAME DEFECT. DT
FUEL LEAKING FROM THE FUEL RAIL. *AK
FUEL IS LEAKING FROM THE FUEL INJECTION " O" RINGS AND FUEL RAIL. *AK FUEL INJECTION RAIL AND ABS CLOCK SPRING ASSEMLY WERE REPLACED AS POSSIBLE CAUSE. *YH
WHEN VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A MECHANIC FOR OTHER WORK, MECHANIC NOTICED THE FUEL WAS LEAKING FROM THE FUEL RAIL AT POINTS. FUEL RAIL WILL BE REPLACED AT OWNER'S EXPENSE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
WHERE THE FUEL LINE CONNECTS TO THE FUEL INJECTOR, THERE IS FUEL GUSHING OUT FROM TOP OF THE CONNECTION. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK
REPORTING INCIDENT WITH VEHICLE EXPERIENCING FUEL LEAKAGE ON TOP OF ENGINE, WHICH COULD LEAD TO AN ENGINE FIRE; DEALER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT VEHICLE WAS NOT UNDER A MFR. RECALL. ASKING NHTSA HELP IN THIS MATTER.
FUEL RAIL LEAKING ONTO ENGINE CAUSING FUMES TO ENTER VEHICLE.
FUEL RAIL IS LEAKING FROM THE FUEL INJECTION DELIVERY SYSTEM. *AK
FUEL RAIL IS LEAKING FROM THE FUEL INJECTION DELIVERY SYSTEM UNTO THE EXHAUST WHICH COULD RESULT IN A FIRE. *AK
FUEL RAIL FAILED RESULTING IN LEAKAGE.
THERE IS GAS LEAKING FROM THE FUEL LINES ONTO THE MOTOR. DEALER HAS VEHICLE. *AK
OWNER COULD SMELL A FUEL ODOR COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. WHEN VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALERSHIP, PROBLEM WAS FOUND TO BE A LEAKING FUEL RAIL. THE FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM HAS BEEN REPLACED. *AK
VEHICLE HAD HEAVY ODOR OF GASOLINE, GASOLINE WAS LEAKING FROM THE FUEL INJECTOR RAIL. DEALER CONTACTED, AND IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM WITH OTHER MODELS. PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK
VEHICLE VAPOR LOCKS WHEN USING AIR CONDITIONER AND TEMPERATURES GETS A LITTLE ABOVE NORMAL.
NOTICED FUEL LEAKING WHILE AT STOP LIGHT, TOOK TO PRIVATE MECHANIC & WAS INFORMED THAT FUEL RAIL WAS LEAKING ONTO ENGINE; MECHANIC TRIED TO GET PARTS FROM CHRYSLER, WHO SAID THEY ARE ON BACK ORDER. *AK
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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