Consumer Complaint Detail

CHRYSLER / LEBARON / 1992

Recalls
0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 999077890 Incident Date: Jan, 12 1999
Consumer's City: Consumer's State: PA
Vehicle Transmission Type: Manufacturers Name: Chrysler (FCA US, LLC)
Model Name: LEBARON Model Year: 1992
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Power train:automatic transmission
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 1C3XU4532NF Date added to File: May, 16 2021
Date Complaint Received: Jan, 14 1999 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Jun, 30 1998
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 0 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: While driving at <5 mph (rush hour traffic), depressed accelerator and car reacted as if in neutral (revving, no movement), let off gas and tried again. engine revved, slammed into gear and went approx. 30 ft. occurred 3 more times and had to be towed. transmission shop stated that "overdrive snap ring broke inside main input drum assembly and the forward drum assembly blew up" resulting in need to rebuild trans., replace all clutch plates and torque converter. shop stated that chrysler knew of this problem and had upgrades to transmission but did not recall because "not every car had the problem". cost to rebuild transmission and have upgrade installed $2025.51.