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 1991 Chrysler New Yorker submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 26 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.
The 25 most recent of 26, in the owner's own words
I AM REPORTING A PROBLEM WHICH MAY RELATE TO ACCELERATION DUE TO COMPUTER FAILURE. MY 1991 CHRYSLER NEW YORKER REVVED UP CONSIDERABLY AS I SAT IN NEUTRAL AFTER TRAVELING AT 45 TO 50 MPH FOR 7 HOURS. I WAS DRIVING FROM RICHMOND, VA TO ALBANY, GA AND SETTING THE PACE FOR A RENTAL TRUCK ON A VERY WINDY DAY. IT ONLY HAPPENED ON THE ONE DAY. I NO LONGER OWN THE CAR. *TR
REQUEST FOR INFORMATION REGARDING THE FUEL SYSTEM ON 1991 CHRYSLER NEW YORKERS. *MR *SC *JB
BLACK SMOKE AND LARGE FLAMES APPEARED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO INDICATED THE FUEL RAIL FAILED. *AK WHILE PARKED IN THE PARKING LOT WITH THE KEY STILL IN THE IGNITION SWITCH BUT WITH THE ENGINE TURNED OF, THE CONSUMER REALIZED THAT THE ENGINE WAS ON FIRE. THE FIRE MAY HAVE STARTED WHILE THE ENGINE WAS NOT RUNNING, BUT THE FIRE WASN'T NOTICED WHEN THE ENGINE WAS OFF. THE FIRE WAS POSSIBLY STARTED BY THE FUEL RAIL, THIS WAS NOT AN ELECTRICAL FIRE PER CONSUMER. *SC *JB
ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION WERE REPLACED AT 190,000 MILES DUE TO FUEL INJECTION LINE BUSTING. GAS LEAKED ONTO EXHAUST. CONSUMER BELIEVED IT WAS A FIRE HAZARD. *AK
FUEL RAIL IS LEAKING BAD AND IS VERY DANGEROUS. THERE HAS BEEN RECALLS ON THE SAME THING IN OTHER YEARS BUT NONE ON MINE. SOMTHING THIS DANGEROUS SHOULD BE AT LEAST DISCOUNTED ON REPAIR.
PROBLEMS WITH 1991 CHRYSLER NEW YORKER ABS SYSTEM.*MR THE CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE REGARDING THE ABS, BUT THE DEALER REFUSED TO SERVICE THE VEHICLE WITHOUT A FILTER AND REGULATOR. THE CONSUMER ALSO STATED THE VEHICLE NEEDED TIRES AND A FUEL RAIL. (RECALL # 96V099000). *JB *NLM
CONSUMER SMELLED FUEL WHEN DRIVING. DEALER DETERMINED FUEL RAIL NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.*AK
MY HUSBAND REPLACED 2 O-RINGS THAT WERE LEAKING FUEL, ($18.00!) ONLY TO DISCOVER THE PROFUSE SPRAYING OF FUEL ONTO THE ENGINE. BROUGHT IT TO DODGE COUNTRY. ITS STILL THERE, AND WILL COST $600 TO REPAIR FOR PARTS AND LABOR! PLEASE RESPOND WITH ANY INFO.*AK
FUEL IS LEAKING FROM FUEL INJECTION RAIL,CAUSING A FIRE HAZARD. CONSUMER IS AWARE OF RECALL#98V18400, AND STATES IT IS SAME DEFECT, BUT RECALL DOES NOT INCLUDE NEW YORKER, 1991. *AK
FUEL RAIL LEAKED AT THE MIDDLE OF RAIL WHICH WAS CRIMPED AND CAUSED FUEL TO LEAK ONTO ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THIS MAY CAUSE A FIRE. THERE IS A BACK ORDER ON FUEL RAIL, WHICH SEEMED TO BE A MAJOR PROBLEM. *AK
FUEL RAIL IS LEAKING GASOLINE ONTO ENGINE, CAUSING GASOLINE FUMES IN INTERIOR OF VEHICLE. *AK *SLC
FUEL LEAK WHERE FUEL LINE ATTACHES TO THE INJECTOR RAIL.FOR MORE THAN 4 YEARS AGO I OCCASIONALLY NOTICED THE SMELL OF GAS FUMES. NEITHER THE DEALERSHIP NOR I COULD FIND ANY INDICATION OF A LEAK. IN THE LAST 2 MONTHS THE ODOR HAS BEEN STRONGER & HAPPENED MORE OFTEN, WHICH STARTED ME LOOKING AGAIN. FOUND GAS DRIPPING ONTO THE VALVE COVER GASKET,FROM THERE TO THE EXAUST MANAFOLD. LEAK IS FROM A FACTORY CONNECTION WHERE THE STEEL GAS LINE ENTERS THE FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM. THE FOLLOWING ODI ID'S REFER TO SAME/SIMILAR PROBLEMS 514406, 522187, 543261, 543657, 820964, 830971, 833436, 834270, 834347, 835204, 838304, 937305 & 841312. THE LAST ONE (841312) INDICATES THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM BUT I DID NOT FIND IT IN YOUR DATABASE. MY PROBLEM WITH THIS I HAVE BEEN DRIVING A POTENTIAL "MOLINTOV COCKTAIL" FOR OVER 4 YEARS, AND IT WOULD SEEM FROM THE COMPLAINTS THAT THERE IS A DEFINATE SAFTY HAZARD. *AK
FUEL RAIL IS LEAKING OIL ONTO THE ENGINE / IGNITION. A RECALL WAS ISSUED. HOWEVER, THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *YC
FUEL RAIL IS LEAKING GAS ONTO ENGINE MANIFOLD, AND THIS COULD CAUSE A FIRE. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK
DUE TO DEFECTIVE FUEL RAIL AND "O"-RINGS THERE WAS FUEL SMELL AND A FUEL LEAK WHICH MAY HAVE CAUSED A FIRE. DEALER IS REPLACING THE PARTS AT OWNER'S EXPENSE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
FUEL LINE THAT GOES TO INJECTORS IS LEAKING FUEL ON TOP OF MOTOR, LEAK IS AT PRESS FITTED CONNECTION.
FUEL RAIL IS CRACKED, CAUSING FUEL TO LEAK ONTO ENGINE. DEALER REPLACED INJECTOR/ "O"-RINGS/REPAIRED RAIL, BUT DEFECT STILL OCCURRED. AFTER SECOND INJECTOR WAS REPLACED, THE PROBLEM STOPPED. *AK *ML
EXPERIENCING PROBLEM WITH FUEL RAIL LINE LEAKING. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN IN TO DEALER FOR REPAIRS ON 22 DEC 98 UNTIL 25 JAN 99. STILL NO PARTS, WAS INFORMED THAT THE PARTS WERE ON A NATIONAL BACK ORDER,AND NO DATE COULD BE GIVEN WHEN THE PART COULD BE AVAILABLE; CONSUMER WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THIS PROBLEM OCCURRED SHOULD THIS BE CONSIDERED A MAMUFACTURER'S DEFECT. VEHICLE STILL UNABLE TO TO USE BECAUSE OF THIS CONDITION. CONSUMER IS STILL MAKING PAYMENT FOR A VEHICLE THAT CANNOT BE USED. *AK
CONSUMER HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH FUEL INJECTOR RAIL. FUEL INJECTOR RAIL LEAKS GAS ONTO THE ENGINE. THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN CONTACTED.B *AK
FUEL RAIL LEAKING GAS CAUSING SMELL OF GAS WHILE DRIING OR PARKING.
WHEN DRIVING FUMES ARE GETTING INTO THE VEHICLE. VEHICLE HAS BEEN REPAIRED THREE TO FOUR TIMES FOR THE FUEL INJECTION FAILURE, AND THEY CAN'T DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. ALSO, THE TRANMISSION/WATER PUMP HAVE BEEN REPLACED, AND THE PROBLEM IS BACK. *AK
CONSUMER SMELLED A STRONG SMELL OF GASOLINE. WHEN VECHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A MECHANIC FOR INSPECTION, MECHANIC STATED THAT THE FUEL RAIL SYSTEM WAS LEAKING. THE FUEL RAIL SYSTEM WAS REPLACED ON JAN 20, 1998. MECHANIC ALSO STATED THAT THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH CHRYSLER, NEW YORKERS FOR THAT YEAR. *AK
FUEL RAIL REPLACED.
FUMES SMELLED, AND A GAS LEAK WAS NOTICED COMING FROM THE GAS TANK WHERE THE FUEL PUMP SITS IN THE FUEL TANK. ALSO THE ELECTRICAL CONNECTION FROM THE FUEL PUMP TO THE WIRING HARNESS HAD MELTED.*AK CONSUMER STATES FUEL WAS NOTICED LEAKING FROM THE ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS OF THE FUEL PUMP ON THE BACK TOP SIDE OF THE FUEL TANK, THE POSITIVE WIRE IN THE FUEL TANK HAD MELTED THE INSULATION OFF OF IT AND THE MALE TERMINALS OF THE ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS, THE FUEL PUMP AND FEMALE ELECTRICAL PLUG HAD TO BE REPLACED. *SLC
A FUEL LEAK IN THE FUEL RAIL AND HE CAN'T GET A PART SO HE CAN'T GET THE CAR REPAIRED. THE DEALER TOLD HIM THAT HE CAN'T GET THE PART. TT
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