Consumer Complaint Detail

EAGLE / TALON / 1997

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NHTSA Complaint Number: 004284997 Incident Date: May, 31 2004
Consumer's City: INDIANAPOLIS Consumer's State: IN
Vehicle Transmission Type: MAN Manufacturers Name: Chrysler (FCA US, LLC)
Model Name: TALON Model Year: 1997
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Engine and engine cooling:engine
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Jun, 17 2004 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Apr, 14 2003
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 4 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: 1997 eagle talon tsi fwd (identical to mitsubishi eclipse gs-t of the same year) has a problem with failing crankshaft bearings, causing the crank to be able to move around. it is physically movable by hand left and right and up and down instead of being stationary. car is not safe to drive, as this "walking crank" could crack the short block at any time rendering the car immobile. mitsubishi/chrysler refuses to recognize this as a defect and will not fix it under any circumstances. this is a defect in about half of their 95-99 eclipse/talons with the 2.0l dock turbo engine, and they refuse to even acknowledge it exists. these cars are not safe to drive and mitsubishi has and refuses to do anything about it.*ak