Bulletins
| Bulletin | Bulletin date | Replacement Bulletin | Item no. | Summary | Added |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STEERING - COLUMN LOCKING - ANTI-THEFT DEVICE | |||||
| 084495 | 10/01/1995 | 46367 | Bulletin applies to talon models built prior to jun 1, 1995 (mdh 06-01-xx) and avenger/sebring models built prior to august 2, 1995 (mdh 08-02-xx). some vehicles may exhibit an intermittent or random activation of the theft alarm when the | 04/25/1996 | |
| STEERING - HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST - PUMP | |||||
| 190597 | 03/14/1997 | 6088938 | Concerns with power steering belt alignment. *nlm | 01/11/2000 | |
| 190199 | 01/22/1999 | 190597 | 604311 | Procedures on aligning the power steering belt. *tt | 04/22/1999 |
Investigations
| NHTSA ID | Manufacturer | Date open | Date close | Subject | Recall campaign | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STEERING - COLUMN | ||||||
| DP03002 | CHRYSLER GROUP LLC | 05/07/2003 | 07/22/2003 | STEERING COLUMN SEPARATION | ||
| Mr. larry a. sackey submitted a petition to the national highway traffic safety administration (nhtsa) by letter dated april 18, 2003, requesting that nhtsafurther investigate the defective collapsible steering shaft system on 1987-1995 vehicles manufactured by the daimlerchrysler corporation.in part because of 49 cfr | ||||||
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| STEERING | |||
| 06/09/2002 | 4 | 08/01/2001 | |
| Vehicle was involved in a low speed frontal collision. upon impact, driver's air bag did not deploy. ak prior to accident, vehicle was taken to a garage due to a popping sound that came from underneath the vehicle, the garage repaired the distributor, shortly after those repairs while driving around a slow turn, steering was lost and the vehicle also accelerated on its own, hitting a fence, 1 week later consumer received recall 00v421002. *slc | |||
| STEERING - COLUMN LOCKING - ANTI-THEFT DEVICE | |||
| 08/06/1996 | 5 | ||
| Premature wear of front brake pads, replace dworn out tires, also anti-theft alarm deploys at will and one horn is defective. *ak | |||
| 07/20/1995 | 0 | ||
| Anti-theft alarm system goes off by itself | |||
| STEERING - HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST - PUMP | |||
| 05/29/2001 | 1 | ||
| Particals were found floating in power steering fluid. nlm | |||
| Power steering puimp and the rack and pinion prematurely malfunctioned, causing the vehicle to pull to the left. cause unknown. please give any further details. *ak | |||
| STEERING - HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM | |||
| 09/14/1998 | |||
| While making a turn at 15 mph, the ball joint separated from the tire rod due to loss of lubrication. loss control of power steering. came to a stop with the vehicle on top of the tire. *ak | |||
| STEERING - RACK AND PINION | |||
| Power steering puimp and the rack and pinion prematurely malfunctioned, causing the vehicle to pull to the left. cause unknown. please give any further details. *ak | |||
| STEERING - WHEEL AND HANDLE BAR | |||
| 07/09/1996 | 1 | ||
| When changing steering wheel height, steering column casing comes apart. *slc | |||