1991 Eagle Talon Owner Complaints

TOOK MY 1991 EAGLE TALON TSI TO KLABEN CHRYSLER TO BE SERVICED BY THEM PER THE RECALL ON THE CAR. THEY CALLED AND SAID EVERYTHING CHECKED OK. BUT THE TRANSMISSION IS BURNED UP. THAT WEEK A FELLOW TECHNICIAN AND I PULLED THE TRANSMISSION AND TRANSFER CASE AS AN ASSEMBLY AND FOUND THE INSIDES OF THE TRANSFER CASE WERE POWDER AND BLOWN APART INSIDE. THE TRANSFER CASE WAS NOT LEAKING DUE TO NO OIL AT ALL IN THE TRANSFER CASE. I HAVE THE INVOICE ( #CHBS538463) THAT STATES EVERYTHING OK BUT A NOTE THAT SAYS THE TRANSMISSION IS BURNED UP. NINE MILES FROM THE TIME I PICKED UP THE CAR THE TRANSFER CASE LOCKED UP AND THE CAR WAS NOT MOVABLE. WE HAD TO JACK UP THE VEHICLE TO BRING IT INSIDE THE SHOP TO SEE WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE FOR A POTENTIAL CRASH TO HAPPEN AND THE JUST PUSHED IT OUT THE DOOR LIKE EVERYTHING IS PERFECTLY FINE. *JB

NHTSA ID

10167013

Incident

Jan 11, 2006

Mileage

81,374 mi

NHTSA RECALL 98V069002 CONCERNING TRANSFER CASE FAILURE.. LOCK UP OF THE TRANSFER CASE CAN OCCUR DUE TO INSUFFICIENT LUBRICATION. *AK

NHTSA ID

10059171

Incident

Feb 17, 2004

DEFECT STATED IN THE TRANSFER CASE RECALL 98 V 069 002 OCCURRED AFTER THE RECALL REPAIRS WERE PERFORMED. AS A RESULT, THE BUSHING IN THE EXTENSION HOUSING WORE OUT AND DEVELOPED A LEAK. DEALERSHIP WAS REFUSING TO REPAIR THE BUSHING.*AK

NHTSA ID

10044378

Mileage

92,000 mi

CONTACTED DEALER REGARDING RECALL 98V069002 REMEDY DUE TO TRANSFER CASE LOCKUP. DEALER INFORMED CUSTOMER THAT THEY DID NOT HAVE TO REPLACE TRANSFER CASE BECAUSE IT WAS NOT MANDATED UNDER RECALL CORRECTIVE ACTION.*AK

NHTSA ID

8018557

Incident

Sep 11, 2002

TIMING BELT TEETH BROKE AT THE CRANK. THIS ALLOWED PISTONS TO KEEP RUNNING, BUT THE CAM STOPPED. AS A RESULT OF THIS VEHICLE FAILED. REPAIRS WERE DONE IN APRIL 2002, WITH FAILURE REOCCURING IN AUG 2002. MILEAGE ACCUMULATION BETWEEN THE REPAIRS WAS 7,500 MILES. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK

NHTSA ID

8016451

SNOW BUILDS UP AROUND HEADLIGHTS AND WILL NOT MELT,HEADLIGHT ILLUMINATION DIMINISHES IN BAD WEATHER CAUSING POOR VISBILITY. *MJ

NHTSA ID

566158

DRIVER'S SEATBELT TIGHTENS TO WHERE CONSUMER FEELS STRANGLED.*AK

NHTSA ID

8009927

Incident

Mar 15, 2002

I AM THE 2ND ONWER OF THE CAR. CAN I STILL GET A FREE REPLACEMENT OF THE PART? NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED. *AK

NHTSA ID

758042

Incident

Feb 9, 2002

CONTACED DEALERSHIP, WERE VERY DIFFICULT SAID NOT TRANSFER CASE SAID IT WAS CLUTCH, WAS REQUIRED TO PAY FOR CLUTCH, THEN CAR STILL DID NOT WORK, THEY THEN PUT ON NEW TRANSFER CASE EVEN THOUGH STATING IT WAS NOT THE CAUSE AND STILL THERE IS REAR WHEELS MAKING NOISE AS IF THERE IS SOMETHING INTHEM. RECALL SHOULD COVER CLUTCH TOO SINCE IT WAS TRF CASE CAUSING ALL THE DAMAGE.*AK

NHTSA ID

753987

Incident

Jul 22, 2001

CAR HAD SEVERAL TIMES FELT LIKE IT WAS "CUTTING OUT" AND JERKING, ONCE GETTING OFF FREEWAY IT SMELT HEAVILY OF BRAKES AND COULD NOT DETERMINE WHY CAR WAS LAGGING VERY BADLY, CONTINUED TO DRIVE FOR SEVERAL WEEKS THEN WHILE DRIVING 40MPH CAR BEGAN CONVULSING AND JERKING. PULLED OVER BARELY MADE TO GAS STATION. CAR WAS HAVING HARD TIME SHIFTING GEARS AND CLUTCH WAS VERY HARD TO PUSH. WHEELS LOCKED UP AND WOULD NOT ROLL OR MOVE PUT IN GEAR AND ATTEMPTED TO MOVE CAR REVVED UP BUT WOULD NOT BUDGE. DISCONNECTED REAR DRIVELINE AND DROVE HOME AS "FRONT WHEEL DRIVE" VEHICLE.TOOK TO CHRYSLER AND HAVEBEEN FIGHTING TO GET RESOLVED.SAYS CLUTCH IS BLOWN OUT AND HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH TRANSFER CASE.*AK

NHTSA ID

751750

Incident

May 20, 2001

VEHICLE WAS BEING REPAIRED. INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOUND RECALL NOTICE 98V069002 REGARDINNG TRANSFER CASE FAILURE. ALSO, CAMSHAFT FAILED. INDEPENDENT MECHANIC REPLACED PARTS. LATER PROBLEM WITH CAMSHAFT BELT AND TRANSFER CASE REAPPEARED, CAUSING DAMAGE TO VEHICLE. MECHANIC CONTACTED MANUFACTURER , AND WAS INFORMED THAT MANUFACTURER WAS WILLING TO REPAIR TRANSFER CASE /CAMSHAFT BELT, BUT NOT OTHER DAMAGE DONE TO VEHICLE. INFORMATION FURNISHED BY MECHANIC WITH PERMISSION FROM OWNER. *AK

NHTSA ID

893966

Incident

Aug 6, 2001

ECU ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS FAULTY CAUSING FUEL PUMP TO TURN ON AND OFF REPEATEDLY. ALSO CAUSES RPMS TO FLUCTUATE. MANUAL TRANSMISSION GRINDS, SHIFTS ROUGHLY, AND DOES NOT GO INTO GEAR.*AK

NHTSA ID

742869

VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED UNDER RECALL 98 V 069 002. 20000 MILES LATER TRANSFER CASE SIEZED UP DUE TO THE YOKE . DEALER WAS INSPECTING VEHICLE.*AK CONSUMER FEELS THAT DLR DID NOT PROPERLY PERFORM RECALL OR RECALL DOES NOT COVER ENOUGH PARTS TO FIX DEFECT.

NHTSA ID

879070

Incident

Jan 20, 2001

RECALL 98V069002./TRANSFER CASE. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THEY WOULD NOT CORRECT RECALL.*AK TRANSFER CASE FAILED, WHICH STRIPPED THE OUTPUT SHAFT OF THE TRANSMISSION AND ALSO THE INPUT SLEEVE OF THE TRANSFER CASE, TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REPLACED. *SLC

NHTSA ID

875948

Incident

Mar 30, 2000

A/C DRIPS ON ENGINE COMPUTER, SHORTING IT OUT. DESIGN FLAW. *AK

NHTSA ID

734510

Incident

Feb 3, 1997

HEARD SIZZILING SOUND, SMELLED BURNING AND CAR STOPPED COMPLETELY WHILE I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. I WAS JUST ABLE TO COAST TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE COMPUTER COMPONENT UNDER THE DASH IS BURNT. THE CAR WILL NOT START AT ALL. LUCKILY I WAS NOT IN HEAVY TRAFFIC WHEN THIS HAPPENED. I HAVE HEARD OF SEVERAL OTHER OWNERS WHO HAVE HAD THE SAME THING HAPPEN TO THEIR TALON,ECLIPSE OR LASER WHICH ARE ALL THE SAME EXACT CAR WITH IDENTICAL COMPONENTS.*AK

NHTSA ID

725704

Incident

Jun 26, 2000

CAR OVERHEATED AND WHITE SMOKE WAS COMING OUT OF THE ENGINE. CONSUMER PULLED OVER, AND CAR STALLED. THEN, THERE WAS MORE WHITE SMOKE, AND CONSUMER SAW FLAMES COMING OUT OF ENGINE.*AK

NHTSA ID

865278

Incident

Jul 10, 2000

DEALER REFUSED TO FIX RECALL 98V069.002 CONCERNING TRANSFER CASE FAILURE *AK *YD

NHTSA ID

859443

Incident

Jan 1, 2000

DEALER REFUSED TO FIX RECALL 98V069002 CONCERNING TRANSFER CASE FAILURE. *AK *YH

NHTSA ID

859439

Incident

Jan 1, 2000

DEALER REFUSED TO FIX RECALL 98V069.002 CONCERNING TRANSFER CASE FAILURE. *AK *JB

NHTSA ID

859437

Incident

Jan 1, 2000

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

NHTSA ID

720795

Incident

Mar 21, 2000

MY MANUAL TRANSMISSION GRINDS TERRIBLY WHEN SHIFTING FROM 2ND TO 3RD, OR 4 TO 3RD. THE CLUTCH IS FULLY PRESSED, YET STILL A BAD GRIND. IT IS HARD TO SHIFT INTO REVERS ALSO.

NHTSA ID

720470

Incident

Feb 13, 1999

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A BRAKE PROBLEM BECAUSE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO REPLACE A LEAKING DIFFERENTIAL: PROPORTIONAL VALVE. MANUFACTURER INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THE PROPORTIONAL VALVE NEEDED WAS NO LONGER AVAILABLE, SO CONSUMER HAD TO GET THE PART FROM A SALVAGE YARD. *AK *ML

NHTSA ID

857439

Incident

Feb 8, 2000

I AM INVESTIGATING PRIOR FAILURES AND/OR ACTIONS TAKEN IN REGARD TO FAILURE OF THE TIMING BELT AUTO-TENSIONER ASSEMBLY. THE TIMING & BALANCER BELTS WERE REPLACED UNDER A MANUFACTURER RECALL: 09594183 RECALL-594-TIMING BELT. THE WORK WAS PERFORMED AGAIN THE FOLLOWING WEEK AT NO-COST, AFTER REPORTING "MORE THAN USUAL ENGINE VIBRATION." I SUSPECTED THAT THE "BALANCE SHAFT" WAS INDEXED 180 DEGREES OUT-OF-PHASE, AS THIS WOULD BE THE ONLY PROBABLE CAUSE FOR "INCREASED ENGINE VIBRATION." THIS WAS CONFIRMED BY THE NOTES IN THE SECOND INVOICE STATING: "ADJUSTED BALANCE SHAFT; LABOR-2.5 HOURS." MY OTHER QUESTION IS IN REGARDS TO THE DEALER'S LIABILITY FOR GOODS AND SERVICES. IF DUE CARE WAS NOT GIVEN, THEN PROPER SERVICE OF A DIRECTLY RELATED COMPONENT CANNOT BE REASONABLY ASSUMED. THEREFORE, THE SUBSEQUENT PREMATURE FAILURE OF THE TIMING BELT AUTO-TENSIONER ASSEMBLY, COULD BE LINKED TO THAT SERVICE. ANY INFORMATION IN REGARDS TO OTHER CASES OF SIMILAR FAILURES AND ANSWERS TO THE LEGAL QUESTIONS WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL. *AK

NHTSA ID

718946

Incident

Feb 17, 2000

REAR RIGHT SIDE OF VEHICLE'S BODY HAS SEPARATED FROM THE FRAME WITHOUT ANY SIGNS. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

NHTSA ID

854921

Incident

Dec 24, 1999