2000 Chrysler Cirrus

2000 CHRYSLER CIRRUS LX 2.4 LITER ENGINE. CAR PARKED, WITH ENGINE OFF. FIRE STARTS IN ENGINE COMPARTMENT, STARTED BY EITHER THE FUEL LINES ON THE TOP OF THE ENGINE OR THE POWER STEERING UNIT ON THE REAR LEFT OF THE ENGINE BY THE RESERVOIR. THERE WERE NO SIGNS OF OVERHEATING, NO SMOKE AND NO STRANGE NOISES PRIOR TO THE FIRE. THE FIRE STARTED APPROXIMATELY 10 MINS AFTER I GOT OUT OF THE VEHICLE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 CHRYSLER CIRRUS. AFTER BEING PREVIOUSLY DRIVEN, THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE FIVE MINUTES AFTER IT WAS PARKED. THE VEHICLE WAS NEVER REPAIRED UNDER RECALL BECAUSE THE DEALER STATED THAT IT WAS FINE AND DID NOT NEED REPAIRING. THE CONTACT FEELS THAT THE DEALER SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FAILURE. THE RECALL NUMBER WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 123,000.

2000 CHRYSLER CIRRUS RECALL FOR HIGH PRESSURE STEERING HOSE. CONSUMER STATES THAT HER VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE UNDER THE HOOD DUE TO THE POWER STEERING FLUID LEAK. *KB THE CONSUMER STATED THE NIGHT BEFORE THE REPAIRS WERE TO BE MADE, THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE CONSUMER LEARNED A RECALL HAD BEEN ISSUED FOR THE EXACT PROBLEM HE EXPERIENCED. THE CONSUMER RECEIVED THE RECALL NOTICE IN MAY 2006, TWO MONTHS AFTER THE FIRE. *JB

I PARKED THE SUBJECT VEHICLE IN THE DRIVEWAY TAKING NOTICE THAT THE STEERING WHEEL WAS MUCH HARDER TO TURN. JUST EXITING THE CAR I NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD I APPROACHED THE CAR, PREPARED TO OPEN THE HOOD TO INVESTIGATE BUT SOON FOUND THE CAR BURSTING INTO FLAMES. FAR FROM ANY EXTINGUISHER I CALLED 911. FIREFIGHTERS CAME SHORTLY AFTER THE FLAMES TOTALLED THE CAR IN A MATTER OF MINUTES. THE FIRE REPORT STATED OF AN UNDERHOOD FIRE. THE FAILURE OF THE VEHICLE COST ME MY TRANSPORTATION FROM WORK AND IN TURN MY JOB WERE LACK OF FUNDS LATER LED TO THE LOSS OF MY APARTMENT. IN SHORT NOTHING WAS DONE TO CORRECT THE FAILURE, IT HAPPENED WITHOUT NOTICE. I REPORTED A CLAIM TO MY INSURANCE COMPANY ONLY HAVING THEM TELL ME "THEY MUST DENY MY CLAIM SINCE IT WAS CONSIDERED AN ACT OF GOD" AFTER I REPORTED THE INFORMATION TO THE MANUFACTURER THEY TOLD ME THEY MUST DENY MY CLAIM EVEN AFTER THE FACT THAT THE CAR WAS INDEED TOTALLED BASED ON THE RECALL REGARDING THE POWER STEERING HOSE. *TR

THE HEATER BLOWER FAN IN MY 2000 CHRYSLER CIRRUS CONTINUALLY BURNS OUT IN THE "LOW" AND "MEDIUM" SETTINGS. IT ONLY OPERATES ON THE "HIGH" SETTING. I HAVE REPLACED IT 3 TIMES, THE LAST REPLACEMENT LASTED ONE WEEK. I GO TO A SMALL INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP WHO HAVE HAD 11 OTHER CUSTOMERS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM WITH MULTIPLE FAILURES. *TR

2000 CHRYSLER CIRRUS SAFETY RECALL E23- HIGH PRESSURE POWER STEERING HOSE CUSTOMER FEELS UNSAFE IN THE CAR**CC THE CONSUMER MADE AN APPOINTMENT TO HAVE THE REPAIR DONE. THE DEALER HAD THE VEHICLE FOR OVER 7 HOURS. ONE MECHANIC TOLD THE CONSUMER THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED AND THEN ANOTHER MECHANIC TOLD HER IT WAS READY TO PICK UP. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO HER OWN LOCAL MECHANIC, AND HE TOLD HER IT LOOKED AS THOUGH THE HOSE HAD NOT BEEN REPLACED. *JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 CHRYSLER CIRRUS. WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH, THE POWER STEERING FAILED. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER, RAISED THE HOOD, AND A FIRE IGNITED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A MECHANIC AND A REPAIR WAS PERFORMED. WHEN THE CONTACT ARRIVED TO PICK UP HIS VEHICLE, THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE HIGH PRESSURE POWER STEERING HOSE HAD PREMATURELY HEATED AND DEVELOPED A LEAK. THE FAILURE RESULTED IN AN UNDERHOOD FIRE. DAYS AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL LETTER. CHRYSLER STATED THAT THEY WOULD REIMBURSE HIM FOR THE REPAIRS. WEEKS LATER, CHRYSLER REFUSED TO PROVIDE REIMBURSEMENT. THE SAME DAY HE PICKED UP THE VEHICLE FROM THE DEALER, IT CAUGHT FIRE AGAIN AFTER BEING DRIVEN APPROXIMATELY 20 MILES. CHRYSLER ADVISED HIM TO LEAVE THE VEHICLE AND THAT THEY WOULD TOW IT AND TAKE CARE OF THE SITUATION. IT HAS CURRENTLY BEEN SIX WEEKS AND NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 134,980. BEFORE THE FIRE, THE CONSUMER HAD OTHER WORK PERFORMED ON THE VEHICLE SUCH AS: A NEW WATER PUMP AND TIMING BELT. UPDATED