Recalls
| Campaign | Manufacturer | Manufacturing date | Type | # of units affected | Date Owner notified Mfg | Recall Initiated by | Manufacturers of recalled vehicles/products | Report Recieved Date | Record Creation Date | Regulation Part Number | FMVSS Number | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| POWER TRAIN - AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | ||||||||||||||||
| 98V168003 | CHRYSLER CORPORATION | from 07/01/1991 to 06/30/1996 | V (Vehicle) | 6198 | 12/21/1998 | MFR | CHRYSLER GROUP LLC | 10/05/1998 | 10/07/1998 | |||||||
| Defect Summary | Vehicle description: all wheel drive passenger vehicles. lockup of the transfer case can occur due to insufficient lubrication. | |||||||||||||||
| Consequence Summary | This condition can cause a loss of vehicle control, increasing the risk of a crash. | |||||||||||||||
| Corrective Summary | Dealers will inspect the vehicles for adequacy of the transfer case oil volume, transfer case oil leakage, and operational degradation of the transfer case mechanism. if oil volume is insufficient, the appropriate amount of oil will be added. if there is transfer case oil leakage, affected components will be replaced. if the transfer case shows operational degradation, the transfer case will be replaced. | |||||||||||||||
| Notes | Owner notification began december 21, 1998. owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact chrysler at 1-800-992-1997. also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-dash-2-dot (1-888-327-4236). | |||||||||||||||
Bulletins
| Bulletin | Bulletin date | Replacement Bulletin | Item no. | Summary | Added |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| POWER TRAIN - AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | |||||
| 211093 | 03/01/1993 | 39536 | Shift control solenoid valve revision. *tw | 11/01/1995 | |
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| POWER TRAIN - AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | |||
| Intermittently transmission will not shift into gear. dealer has replaced transmission three times and repaired it twice, but problem has reoccurred. please provide further information.*ak | |||
| 09/01/1993 | |||
| On the internet, i found where my car had a recall in 1998 for the power train transmission automatic. i never received any notice of this recall. over the last two years, i have been having oil leaks. i had a head gasket replaced in late 1999. i had an oil leak again this year, in march 2001. they had to repair the oil drain plug. then in may 2001, i had to get the main seal valve fixed. late july 2001, the oil light comes on again. now apparently the oil is burning inside the engine. if this recall had been done on my car, could this have been prevented? can i get my money back for the money that i have spent, if it should have been done as part of the recall? i'm now at the point where i have to have oil changes every two months in order to maintain the car until i can afford a new one. any assistance, will be great. | |||
| 07/05/1998 | 06/15/1993 | ||
| While driving the vehicle shuts off. dealer replaced distributor cap and rotor. also rebuilt transmission. | |||
| 07/01/1993 | 2 | 05/01/1993 | |
| Transmission has failed twice, both failures were attributed to electrical problems. | |||
| Owner states that while driving transmission slips, owner is concerned for his saftey. *ak | |||
| Problems with the transmission, the car jumps gears. *ak | |||
| 03/01/1996 | 2 | 07/31/1994 | |
| When driving the engine will high idle position, open throttle position, to stop vehicle put into nuetral or apply the brakes. consumer states while pulling into traffic, vehicle would not move the engine was racing the transmission grabbed jerking the vehicle foward squealing the rear tires, consumer states this was not the firt time this has happened.*jb | |||
| POWER TRAIN - AXLE ASSEMBLY | |||
| 10/31/1998 | 1 | ||
| Was getting vehicle up to speed when the wheels locked up. felt like brakes were on when they were not. could not go backwards or forward. had heard a noise as if something snapped, after forcing vehicle forward. at a repair shop, was informed that the axle had broken & the viscus clutch was broke. *ak | |||
| POWER TRAIN - MANUAL TRANSMISSION | |||
| 12/23/1998 | 5 | ||
| Was driving the vehicle & starting to shift into another gear. was not able to shift into another gear without depressing the button on the stick shift. whenever button is depressed, the vehicle would go into neutral. this can happen when shifting into reverse. *ak | |||