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 1992 Plymouth Laser 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
THE CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE INSPECTION FOR RECALL 98V-069 FOR THE FAULTY TRANSFER CASE BUT AT THAT TIME THE DEFECT DID NOT EXIST, THE VEHICLE TRANSFER CASE BEGAN TO FAIL AFTER THE INSPECTION AND THE CONSUMER PAID FOR THE REPAIR, CONSUMER REQUEST REIMBURSEMENT. NLM
THE HEAD GASKET WAS BLOWN 6 MONTHS AFTER PURCHASE, AND AGAIN A YEAR LATER. IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE TIMING BELT WAS REPLACED AT THAT TIME, YET IT BLEW A YEAR LATER. THE MECHANIC TOLD ME THE HEAD GASKET NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AGAIN BECAUSE OF THE DAMAGE DONE TO THE VALVES WHEN THE TIMING BELT WENT OUT. I FIND THIS UNACCEPTABLE!
WHILE DRIVING AT VARIED SPEEDS THE ENGINE COOLING ASSEMBLY DETACHED FROM ENGINE AND BLEW OUT ALL THE OIL IN ABOUT 30 SECONDS. I HAVE BEEN LEFT STRANDED 10 TIMES OVER THE LIFE OF THE CAR. THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED THE CARE WAS ONLY 2 YRS OLD, AND THE WHOLE ASSEMBLY BROKE DOWN. THE PARTS WERE REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. BUT THEY DID NOT HOLD UP. THE SAME PROBLEM HAPPENED ANOTHER 9 TIMES OVER THE NEXT 5 YEARS. *AK
ENGINE VALVE COVER GASKET WAS LEAKING OIL. TOOK TO MECHANIC & TOLD SEALS NEEDED REPLACING. GASKET STILL LEAKING OIL. *AK
ENGINE STALLED.
CONSUMER HAD WORK DONE UNDER A RECALL ON THE ENGINE TIMING BELT AND THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. CHRYSLER IS NOT WILLING TO CORRECT THE MISTAKE ON THE VEHICLE. *AK
THERE WAS A RECALL ON VEHICLE. SHE HAD THE RECALL REPAIRED BY THE DEALER. THE RECALL WAS ON THE CAMSHAFT TIMING BELT. OWNER SAYS THAT THE PROBLEM IS WORSE. THE CAR WILL NOT START AT ALL. CAR IS AT DEALER AT PRESENT. *AK
ENGINE: RECEIVED NOTICE FROM MANUFACTURER ON MAY 29 ,1997, FOR CAMSHAFT/TIMING BELT. WAS SITTING AT STOP LIGHT AND THE ENGINE JUST STOPPED. RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE TWO DAYS AFTER THE ENGINE LOCKED. VEHICLE IS IN FOR REPAIR SINCE MAY 27. *AK
ELECTRICAL DRAW FROM INTERIOR LIGHTS, CAUSING FAILURE OF TWO BATTERIES. *AW
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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