THIS CAR IS A NIGHTMARE WHEN IT RAINS. I TRAVELED ONE AND A HALF HOURS IN A STORM. THE WATER ON THE BACK DRIVERS SIDE FLOOR WHERE I HAD CLOTHES IN A SMALL PILE..THEY WERE LITERALLY FLOATING FROM SO MUCH WATER THAT WAS POURING IN. AT ANY TIME THAT I HAD TO STOP AT A LIGHT THE WATER WOULD THEN COME TO THE FRONT IN A HUGE WAVE OF …
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THIS CAR IS A NIGHTMARE WHEN IT RAINS. I TRAVELED ONE AND A HALF HOURS IN A STORM. THE WATER ON THE BACK DRIVERS SIDE FLOOR WHERE I HAD CLOTHES IN A SMALL PILE..THEY WERE LITERALLY FLOATING FROM SO MUCH WATER THAT WAS POURING IN. AT ANY TIME THAT I HAD TO STOP AT A LIGHT THE WATER WOULD THEN COME TO THE FRONT IN A HUGE WAVE OF WATER. WHAT THE HECK IS THAT? *TR
NHTSA ODI #10331333
Mileage unknown · Jun 7, 2005
StructureInjury
TRUNK SPRINGS FOR TRUNK LID NO LONGER WORK. HAVE TO HOLD TRUNK OPEN MANUALLY. SPRINGS ARE NO LONGER AVAILABLE BECAUSE OF CHANGES CHRYSLER HAS MADE SO I HAVE TO PAY TO HAVE SPRINGS REWELDED. TRUNK LID HAS HIT ME IN HEAD ON OCCASION.WHY SHOULD I PAY FOR REWELDING BECAUSE OF YOUR CHANGES ON SOMETHING SO SIMPLE
NHTSA ODI #10124420
Mileage unknown · Apr 18, 2005
StructureVisibility
CONVERTIBLE TOP FRAYED AT EDGES AND BACK GLASS WINDOW WAS BECOMING LOOSE. *AK
NHTSA ODI #10118055
Mileage unknown · Sep 3, 2003
Structure
WATER LEAKAGE , THERE IS PERIODICALLY A FOOT OF WATER IN THE CAR. *AK
NHTSA ODI #10037142
84,638 miles · Mar 27, 2003
Electrical SystemStructure
WHEN IT RAINED, WATER LEAKED INSIDE THE VEHICLE. *JB DEALER REPAIRED DRAIN HOSES AT REAR. BURNING WIRE SMELL WITH HEATER ON. LACK OF POWER. RADIO INOPERATIVE. ERRATIC OPERATION OF THE DASH LIGHTS. MIRROR LIGHTS STAYED ON WHEN VEHICLE WAS SHUT OFF. DEALER INSPECTED ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS TO HEATER. CHECKED WIRING UNDER DA…
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WHEN IT RAINED, WATER LEAKED INSIDE THE VEHICLE. *JB DEALER REPAIRED DRAIN HOSES AT REAR. BURNING WIRE SMELL WITH HEATER ON. LACK OF POWER. RADIO INOPERATIVE. ERRATIC OPERATION OF THE DASH LIGHTS. MIRROR LIGHTS STAYED ON WHEN VEHICLE WAS SHUT OFF. DEALER INSPECTED ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS TO HEATER. CHECKED WIRING UNDER DASH AND FOUND OK. DISCONNECTED STERIO POWER AMP AND RESET BODY CONTROL MODULE. *TT
NHTSA ODI #10014596
Mileage unknown · Mar 27, 2003
Structure
WATER LEAKED INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE WHEN IT RAINED. *JB
NHTSA ODI #10014593
25,000 miles · Mar 7, 2003
Electrical SystemEngine And Engine CoolingEquipmentCrash
DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW, ELECTRICAL ISSUES, ABS, DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW HAS BEEN REPAIRED BY DEALER 4 TIMES. STILL NOT FIXED, LEAKS WATER, ELECTRICAL ISSUES WITH DOOR LOCKS AND LIGHTS COMING ON AND OFF, AND LIGHTER ALSO PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED, STILL A PROBLEM, BRAKES AND ROTORS MUST BE CHANGED ONCE A YEAR, LEAKS OIL. MINOR ACCIDENT A FEW…
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DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW, ELECTRICAL ISSUES, ABS, DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW HAS BEEN REPAIRED BY DEALER 4 TIMES. STILL NOT FIXED, LEAKS WATER, ELECTRICAL ISSUES WITH DOOR LOCKS AND LIGHTS COMING ON AND OFF, AND LIGHTER ALSO PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED, STILL A PROBLEM, BRAKES AND ROTORS MUST BE CHANGED ONCE A YEAR, LEAKS OIL. MINOR ACCIDENT A FEW YEARS AGO DUE TO SUSPECTED BRAKE ISSUES HOWEVER, THIS HAPPENED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO AND TOO LATE TO PROVE WHAT I KNOW.*JB
NHTSA ODI #10010127
Mileage unknown · Feb 9, 2001
Structure
WE COMPALINED TO OUR LOCAL SERVICE DEALER, CROTON DODGE IN CROTON NY OF A WATER LEAK FROM THE CAR WASH, THE DEALER DISCOVERED THAT THE ARM SUPPORTING CONVERTIBLE ROOF HAD CRACKED COMPLETELY ALL THE WAY THROUGH. DODGE SAYS THAT BECAUSE IT IS A FRAME PROBLEM AND BECAUSE OF THE MILEAGE THEY ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE. SINCE WHEN DOES A…
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WE COMPALINED TO OUR LOCAL SERVICE DEALER, CROTON DODGE IN CROTON NY OF A WATER LEAK FROM THE CAR WASH, THE DEALER DISCOVERED THAT THE ARM SUPPORTING CONVERTIBLE ROOF HAD CRACKED COMPLETELY ALL THE WAY THROUGH. DODGE SAYS THAT BECAUSE IT IS A FRAME PROBLEM AND BECAUSE OF THE MILEAGE THEY ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE. SINCE WHEN DOES A VEHICLE OWNER HAVE TO PROTECT HIMSELF FROM METAL FAILURE OF A CAR FRAME? ISN'T IT REASONABLE TO EXPECT A CAR FRAME TO LAST THE LIFE OF A CAR? CROTON DODGE HAS ESTIMATED THIS JOB TO COST WELL IN EXCESS OF $2500. YOUR ASSISTANCEW IS GREATKY APPRECIATED. *AK
NHTSA ODI #740659
Mileage unknown · Apr 7, 2000
Electrical SystemStructure
1. HORN STOPPED WORKING ALTOGETHER - FUSE CHECKED, OK 2. CONVERTIBLE TOP WILL NOT RAISE. HAVE HAD TO DEALER 4X PREVIOUSLY FOR THIS. NOW LEAKING HYDRAULIC OIL. *AK
ON CERTAIN PASSENGER VEHICLES, THE FLOOR SHIFTER IGNITION-PARK INTERLOCK MAY FAIL AND ALLOW THE SHIFTER TO BE MOVED OUT OF THE PARK POSITION WITH THE KEY REMOVED. AN INOPERATIVE INTERLOCK MAY ALSO ALLOW THE KEY TO BE REMOVED WHEN THE SHIFTER HAS NOT BEEN PLACED IN THE PARK POSITION.
Consequence & remedy
Consequence: EITHER CIRCUMSTANCE MAY RESULT IN THE VEHICLE ROLLING AWAY WITHOUT WARNING.
Remedy: DEALERS WILL INSTALL A NEW LOAD-LIMITING PUSH ROD INTO THE FLOOR SHIFTER LEVER OF THE AFFECTED VEHICLES. OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN ON JUNE 14, 2004. OWNERS SHOULD CONTACT DAIMLERCHRYSLER AT 1-800-853-1403.
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EA03011 · Auto Trans IGNITION-PARK Interlock
Opened Jul 17, 2003 · Closed Jan 30, 2004
Status: closed (inferred from source dates) · Power Train:automatic Transmission; Power Train:automatic Transmission:lever And Linkage:floor Shift
THE MANUFACTURER REPORTS ABOVE ARE BASED ON DAIMLERCHRYSLER?S (DC) ANALYSIS OF MODEL YEAR (MY) 1998 (POPULATION = 356,384) AND 1999 (POPULATION = 486,948) JA, JX AND LH FAMILY SUBJECT VEHICLE DATA (EARLIER MYS EXCLUDED).THE POPULATION NUMBER INCLUDES ALL MYS.THE PRECISE NUMBER OF DUPLICATES BETWEEN ODI AND DC REPORTS CANNOT BE DETERMINED DUE TO MISSING OR INCOMPLETE INFORMATION.THE FATALITY INCIDENT INVOLVED AN ELDERLY PERSON WHO ATTEMPTED TO STOP A ROLL AWAY VEHICLE AND RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES.ODI ALSO GATHERED INFORMATION ON MY 1997-99 PROWLER VEHICLES IN THIS INVESTIGATION. THE PROWLER VEHICLES WERE MANUFACTURED WITH A DIFFERENT DESIGN SHIFTER MECHANISM (THE SHIFT LEVER IS SHORTER).THERE ARE NO COMPLAINTS OF PROWLER INTERLOCK FAILURE IN ODI?S DATABASE, AND DC HAS RECEIVED NO REPORTS EITHER.THE PROWLER IS EXCLUDED FROM THE RECALL SCOPE.THE INVESTIGATION INVOLVED A CONDITION WHERE THE INTERLOCK SYSTEM COULD FAIL (OR BE MADE INOPERATIVE BY THE OPERATOR) DURING VEHICLE USE, POSSIBLY INADVERTENTLY.THE INTERLOCK SYSTEM IS REQUIRED UNDER FMVSS 114.WITH THE TRANSMISSION IN THE PARK POSITION AND THE IGNITION KEY OFF, THE COMBINED ACTION OF PRESSING THE SHIFT BUTTON AND PULLING THE SHIFT LEVER REARWARD MAY RESULT IN THE OPERATOR OVERCOMING THE INTERLOCK SYSTEM AND CAUSE THE MECHANICAL LINKAGE OF THE SYSTEM TO DISCONNECT.WHEN THIS OCCURS, THERE IS NO OVERT INDICATION TO AN OPERATOR THAT THE SYSTEM IS DEFEATED, AND AN INCREASED RISK OF VEHICLE ROLL-AWAY EXISTS.UNDER RECALL 04V021, DC WILL REPLACE DAMAGED SHIFT MECHANISMS, AND WILL INSTALL ON ALL VEHICLES A DEVICE WHICH INHIBITS THE OPERATOR?S ABILITY TO OVERCOME THE INTERLOCK AND DEFEAT THE SYSTEM.BEGINNING WITH MY 2000, DC INCORPORATED A BRAKE AND TRANSMISSION SHIFTER INTERLOCK (BTSI) SYSTEM INTO THE SUBJECT VEHICLES.INTRODUCTION OF BTSI INVOLVED DESIGN CHANGES TO THE SHIFT MECHANISM, ONE OF WHICH RESULTED IN REDUCED MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE (RMA) OF THE SHIFT BUTTON.THE RMA SHIFTER REQUIRES INCREASED FORCES TO OVERCOME THE INTERLOCK SYSTEM, MAKING THE SHIFTER LESS SUSCEPTIBLE TO DAMAGE.
Additional source detail variants (2)
Power Train:automatic Transmission
THE MANUFACTURER REPORTS ABOVE ARE BASED ON DAIMLERCHRYSLER?S (DC) ANALYSIS OF MODEL YEAR (MY) 1998 (POPULATION = 356,384) AND 1999 (POPULATION = 486,948) JA, JX AND LH FAMILY SUBJECT VEHICLE DATA (EARLIER MYS EXCLUDED).THE POPULATION NUMBER INCLUDES ALL MYS.THE PRECISE NUMBER OF DUPLICATES BETWEEN ODI AND DC REPORTS CANNOT BE DETERMINED DUE TO MISSING OR INCOMPLETE INFORMATION.THE FATALITY INCIDENT INVOLVED AN ELDERLY PERSON WHO ATTEMPTED TO STOP A ROLL AWAY VEHICLE AND RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES.ODI ALSO GATHERED INFORMATION ON MY 1997-99 PROWLER VEHICLES IN THIS INVESTIGATION. THE PROWLER VEHICLES WERE MANUFACTURED WITH A DIFFERENT DESIGN SHIFTER MECHANISM (THE SHIFT LEVER IS SHORTER).THERE ARE NO COMPLAINTS OF PROWLER INTERLOCK FAILURE IN ODI?S DATABASE, AND DC HAS RECEIVED NO REPORTS EITHER.THE PROWLER IS EXCLUDED FROM THE RECALL SCOPE.THE INVESTIGATION INVOLVED A CONDITION WHERE THE INTERLOCK SYSTEM COULD FAIL (OR BE MADE INOPERATIVE BY THE OPERATOR) DURING VEHICLE USE, POSSIBLY INADVERTENTLY.THE INTERLOCK SYSTEM IS REQUIRED UNDER FMVSS 114.WITH THE TRANSMISSION IN THE PARK POSITION AND THE IGNITION KEY OFF, THE COMBINED ACTION OF PRESSING THE SHIFT BUTTON AND PULLING THE SHIFT LEVER REARWARD MAY RESULT IN THE OPERATOR OVERCOMING THE INTERLOCK SYSTEM AND CAUSE THE MECHANICAL LINKAGE OF THE SYSTEM TO DISCONNECT.WHEN THIS OCCURS, THERE IS NO OVERT INDICATION TO AN OPERATOR THAT THE SYSTEM IS DEFEATED, AND AN INCREASED RISK OF VEHICLE ROLL-AWAY EXISTS.UNDER RECALL 04V021, DC WILL REPLACE DAMAGED SHIFT MECHANISMS, AND WILL INSTALL ON ALL VEHICLES A DEVICE WHICH INHIBITS THE OPERATOR?S ABILITY TO OVERCOME THE INTERLOCK AND DEFEAT THE SYSTEM.BEGINNING WITH MY 2000, DC INCORPORATED A BRAKE AND TRANSMISSION SHIFTER INTERLOCK (BTSI) SYSTEM INTO THE SUBJECT VEHICLES.INTRODUCTION OF BTSI INVOLVED DESIGN CHANGES TO THE SHIFT MECHANISM, ONE OF WHICH RESULTED IN REDUCED MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE (RMA) OF THE SHIFT BUTTON.THE RMA SHIFTER REQUIRES INCREASED FORCES TO OVERCOME THE INTERLOCK SYSTEM, MAKING THE SHIFTER LESS SUSCEPTIBLE TO DAMAGE.
Power Train:automatic Transmission:lever And Linkage:floor Shift
THE MANUFACTURER REPORTS ABOVE ARE BASED ON DAIMLERCHRYSLER?S (DC) ANALYSIS OF MODEL YEAR (MY) 1998 (POPULATION = 356,384) AND 1999 (POPULATION = 486,948) JA, JX AND LH FAMILY SUBJECT VEHICLE DATA (EARLIER MYS EXCLUDED).THE POPULATION NUMBER INCLUDES ALL MYS.THE PRECISE NUMBER OF DUPLICATES BETWEEN ODI AND DC REPORTS CANNOT BE DETERMINED DUE TO MISSING OR INCOMPLETE INFORMATION.THE FATALITY INCIDENT INVOLVED AN ELDERLY PERSON WHO ATTEMPTED TO STOP A ROLL AWAY VEHICLE AND RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES.ODI ALSO GATHERED INFORMATION ON MY 1997-99 PROWLER VEHICLES IN THIS INVESTIGATION. THE PROWLER VEHICLES WERE MANUFACTURED WITH A DIFFERENT DESIGN SHIFTER MECHANISM (THE SHIFT LEVER IS SHORTER).THERE ARE NO COMPLAINTS OF PROWLER INTERLOCK FAILURE IN ODI?S DATABASE, AND DC HAS RECEIVED NO REPORTS EITHER.THE PROWLER IS EXCLUDED FROM THE RECALL SCOPE.THE INVESTIGATION INVOLVED A CONDITION WHERE THE INTERLOCK SYSTEM COULD FAIL (OR BE MADE INOPERATIVE BY THE OPERATOR) DURING VEHICLE USE, POSSIBLY INADVERTENTLY.THE INTERLOCK SYSTEM IS REQUIRED UNDER FMVSS 114.WITH THE TRANSMISSION IN THE PARK POSITION AND THE IGNITION KEY OFF, THE COMBINED ACTION OF PRESSING THE SHIFT BUTTON AND PULLING THE SHIFT LEVER REARWARD MAY RESULT IN THE OPERATOR OVERCOMING THE INTERLOCK SYSTEM AND CAUSE THE MECHANICAL LINKAGE OF THE SYSTEM TO DISCONNECT.WHEN THIS OCCURS, THERE IS NO OVERT INDICATION TO AN OPERATOR THAT THE SYSTEM IS DEFEATED, AND AN INCREASED RISK OF VEHICLE ROLL-AWAY EXISTS.UNDER RECALL 04V021, DC WILL REPLACE DAMAGED SHIFT MECHANISMS, AND WILL INSTALL ON ALL VEHICLES A DEVICE WHICH INHIBITS THE OPERATOR?S ABILITY TO OVERCOME THE INTERLOCK AND DEFEAT THE SYSTEM.BEGINNING WITH MY 2000, DC INCORPORATED A BRAKE AND TRANSMISSION SHIFTER INTERLOCK (BTSI) SYSTEM INTO THE SUBJECT VEHICLES.INTRODUCTION OF BTSI INVOLVED DESIGN CHANGES TO THE SHIFT MECHANISM, ONE OF WHICH RESULTED IN REDUCED MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE (RMA) OF THE SHIFT BUTTON.THE RMA SHIFTER REQUIRES INCREASED FORCES TO OVERCOME THE INTERLOCK SYSTEM, MAKING THE SHIFTER LESS SUSCEPTIBLE TO DAMAGE.
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