Owner-reported complaints naming the engine system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming the engine itself — including stalling, misfires, oil consumption, cooling and internal engine components. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1994 Chrysler New Yorker submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 28 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 28, in the owner's own words
ENGINE STALLED TWICE WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY. REGULAR AND ROUTINE MAINTENANCE WAS PROVIDED IN ACCORD WITH THE MANUFACTURES GUIDELINES, YET THE ENGINE STALLED ON THE FREEWAY AND WILL NOT START. I WAS TOLD THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK
WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY, THE VEHICLE SHUT DOWN AND NOT RESTART. PLEASE FILL IN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. DEALER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. *PH
I PURCHASED A 1994 CHRYSLER NEW YORKER IN 1998. EVERY SUMMER THE AIR CONDITIONING HAS FAILED. A CHRYSLER TECHNICIAN INFORMED ME THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE AIR CONDITIONING COMPONENT IN THE 1994 NEW YORKER. I CONTACTED CHRYSLER CORP. TO INQUIRE IF THERE IS INDEED A PROBLEM, AND IF OTHER OWNERS HAD THE SAME PROBLEM THEIR ANSWER WAS NO. AFTER VISITING THE COMPLAINT SECTION OF THIS SITE, I SEE THAT IS NOT THE CASE. DO I HAVE ANY RECOURSE AVAILABLE TO ME?
THE CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL#790 FOR THE O RINGS. THE PROBLEM IS STILL HAVING PROBLEM GASOLINE IS LEAKING OUT INTO THE ENGINE COMPARTMENTS. THE DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. MR
VEHICLE STALLED RIGHT AFTER STARTING UP. TRANSMISSION SHOP DETERMINED A SEAL INSIDE TRANSMISSION WAS LEAKING. PLEASE ADD FURTHER DETAILS.*AK
THIS IS INTERROGATIVE. MY WIFE JOINED AN ACCIDENT IN PROGRESS (NO. 3 OF 3 VEHICLES) BECASUE SHE COULDN'T STOP IN TIME. SHE WAS AT 35 MPH STEADY, SAID SHE HAD APPLIED FULL BRAKING. THE NYER WAS PITCHED DOWN WHEN IT CONTACTED THE BUMPER OF A S-10 PICKUP TRUCK. WE HAVE SHEET METAL DAMAGE TO THE HOOD, LEFT FENDER AND EVERYTHING ABOVE THE BUMPER LINE, INCLUDING AC COIL, RADIATOR, FAN, ETC. SHE WAS UNINJURED. NEITHER AIR BAG DEPLOYED. THE SYSTEM CHECK AT ENGINE START HAS ALWAYS BEEN EXACTLY AS DESCRIBED IN THE OPERATOR'S HANDBOOK. MY QUESTION IS, SHOULDN'T THE AIRBAGS HAVE DEPLOYED? IF THEY SHOULD HAVE, WHY DIDN'T THEY AND HOW DO I INSURE THE SYSTEM IS OPERATIONAL BEFORE I RETURN THE CAR TO SERVICE?
DURING NORMAL OPERATION OF VEHICLE ENGINE WILL STALL UNEXPECTEDLY WHILE TRAVELING AT ANY SPEED. DEALERSHIP HAS NOT EXAMINED VEHICLE TO DETERMINE CAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM. THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT AFFECTED BY RECALL 94V024000 DUE TO VIN. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION / ATTACHMENTS.*AK
WHILE TRAVELING AT ANY SPEED VEHICLE WOULD STALL WITHOUT ANY INDICATION. PLEASE PROVIED FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
VEHICLE WAS SPUTTERING AND MOVING VERY SLOWLY. TOWED TO MECHANIC, AND THEY SAID IT WAS ENGINE, AND IT HAD A CRACK IN THE BLOCK.*AK*JB
I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER CHRYSLER PRODUCT AGAIN. OUR CAR IS IN THE SHOP MORE THAN IT IS ON THE ROAD. AND NOW THERE IS A RATTLING NOISE WHEN WE START OUR VEHICLE. WE HAVE BEEN TOLD THE ENGINE IS GOING. WE HAVE HAD OUR VEHICLE TOWED AT LEAST 4 TIMES NOW. WE HAVE ONLY HAD THIS VEHICLE FOR 1 YEAR NOW. WE HAVE PUT 2,000 - 3,000 INTO THIS VEHICLE ALREADY AND TO TOP IT OFF WE PURCHASED THE DRIVE TRAIN WARRANTY WHICH COVERED US FOR ABOUT 3 MONTHS. PURCHASE PRICE PLUS WARRANTY PLUS ALL THE PROBLEMS = $13,300.
CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 40MPH ON THE HIGHWAY AND NOTICED THAT AN INDIVIDUAL INSIDE OF ANOTHER VEHIICLE THAT PASSED BY HIM YELLED OUTSIDE OF THE WINDOW THAT CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. *AK
TWO OF THE ENGINE MOUNTS BROKE. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK
WHILE TRAVELING AT 40 MPH, THE CAR REDUCED IN SPEED, UNABLE TO ACCLERATE, CAR WOULD NOT MOVE. OWNER HAD CAR TOWED TO DEALER. DEALER DID NOT ADVISE OWNER OF RECALL FOR TRANSMISSION TRANSAXLE. DEALER STATES OWNER NEEDS TO REPAIR TRANSMISSION FOR $3000 BEFORE COMPLETING RECALL REPAIR. OWNER CONTACTED DAIMLER CHRYSLER TWICE WITH A COMPLAINT REGARDING DEALER REFUSING TO COMPLETE RECALL REPAIR. DAIMLER CHRYSLER HAS YET TO RESPOND TO COMPLAINT. DEALER INDICATED OWNER MUST HAVE CAR TOWED OR A STORAGE FEE OF $15 PER DAY WILL BE INACTED. DEALER REPORTED EMPLOYEES OF DEALERSHIP WILL BE ABLE TO PURCHASE CAR FOR $100 IF OWNER DOES NOT PICKUP CAR. OWNER IS REQUESTING THAT RECALL BE REPAIRED WITHOUT ANY CHARGE. *AK
INTERMITTENTLY AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS VEHICLE WILL STALL AND DIE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
WHILE TRAVELING 55MPH; STEERING WAS HARD TO CONTROL/ DIFFICULT TO TURN AND VERY STIFF. RACK & PINION WAS CAUSE OF PROBLEM. ALSO, VEHICLE NOT SHIFTING INTO PARK. TRANSMISSION LINE LEAKED FLUID. COUPLING WAS CAUSING A LEAK BETWEEN RUBBER TUBING WHICH WAS INSERTED INTO METAL TUBING. IN ADDITION, FUEL RAIL WOULD ALSO LEAK/ ABS BRAKES STARTED TO LOCK UP WHEN APPLIED/ WATER PUMP WAS LEAKING WATER, AND DOOR STRAP NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO BEING OPENED & CLOSING HARD. TAKING VEHICLE TO DEALER TO CORRECT MAJOR PROBLEMS. *AK
CRUISE CONTROL INTERMITTENTLY GOES ON BY ITSELF, ENGINE STALLS INTERMITTENTLY, AT LOW SPEED. CRUISE CONTROL WENT ON AND COULD NOT SLOW CAR DOWN, THEN IT STALLED, LOSING STEERING CONTROLS. STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD ACROSS TWO LANES. HAVE BROUGHT CAR TO MECHANIC AND DEALER AND THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS, IT IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS FOR MY FAMILY, AND WE ARE GETTING NO ANSWERS FROM ANYONE.
THERE IS A LEAKAGE COMING FROM EXHAUST SYSTEM WHICH IS CAUSING OIL TO LEAK ONTO THE ENGINE. *AK
MAJOR ENGINE REPAIRS WERE DONE, AND VARIOUS PARTS, SUCH AS CAMSHAFT/PISTON RINGS/VALVES, GASKETS, ETC., WERE REPLACED BY DEALER. AT 55,000 MILES, ENGINE HEAD GASKETS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AGAIN. DEALER/MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT VEHICLE IS OUT OF WARRANTY AND REPAIRS WOULD BE AT CONSUMER'S COST. CAN NHTSA HELP OR PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *AK
WHILE TRAVELING VEHICLE STARTED MAKING NOISES, AND UPON CROSSING RAIL ROAD TRACK VEHICLE STALLED. CONSUMER TRIED TO RESTART VEHICLE AND ENGINE WOULD NOT START. BY THEN THE TRAIN WAS COMING AN RAN INTO TO VEHICLE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
O-RINGS AND FUEL RAIL LEAKED PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE.
TRANSMISSION SHIFTS INTO LOW GEAR. (QCAW)
CONSUMER WAS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE AND SMELLED A GASOLINE ODOR WHEN THE WEATHER WAS COLD. WHILE TRYING TO START THE VEHICLE ONE MORNING, IT WOULD NOT START, AND CAUGHT FIRE IN THE DRIVEWAY. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. VEHICLE WAS UNREPAIRABLE. VARIOUS OTHER PROBLEMS CONSISTED OF TIE ROD/AIR CONDITIONER AND WATER PUMP. *AK
WATER PUMP FAILED.
EXPERIENCED ABS MALFUNCTIONING WHILE IN STOP POSITION, BRAKE PEDAL PULSATES, AND ABS LIGHT STAYS ON CONTINUOUSLY. ALSO, TRANSAXLE REPLACED, AND DEFECTIVE ENGINE MOTOR MOUNTS WERE REPAIRED. *AK
IMPROPER ASSEMBLY RESULTED IN A LEAKING O-RING AT THE INJECTOR RAIL WHICH CAUSED ABNORMAL FUEL CONSUMPTION.
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