| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 999087552 | Incident Date: Oct, 14 1999 |
| Consumer's City: WOOSTER | Consumer's State: OH |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: Chrysler (FCA US, LLC) |
| Model Name: STEALTH | Model Year: 1993 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Power train:driveline:driveshaft |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: JB3BN74K8PY | Date added to File: May, 25 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Jan, 28 2002 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Jul, 31 1999 |
| Was Original Owner: No | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 0 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: Splines on shaft not heavy enoungh/ poor design no shielding, seals or lubrication to prevent corrosion of the already weak splines, i know of many cases of this same problem and others occuring on this transaxle/transfer case setup. have major problems with the drivetrain in cars with 60k or less miles and with sticker price of < $33k (in the early 90s) is unexceptable. it seems that 60k is when a lot of the problems begin to occur. what make matters worse is the fact the units can not be repaired by the dealers, they must swaped for reconditioned units at <$3500 for unit and labor. the reconditioned unit are rebuild with improved parts, but there is still not way to keep the splines from rusting besides taking the driveline apart to apply grease to the splines ever so many miles. this is a not a easy task for most owners and is not list in required maintance in any of the manuels. so it is seldom done. mit/dodge/getrig where aware of the problem and improved the transaxle/transfer case in the 2nd generation cars (1994 on). that one reason many of us (including myself) have switch our 1st gen. cars to 2nd gen. drivetrains. any help you can provide the owners of these cars with these problems will be greatly apperciated. we owners have been try to get mits/dodge/getrig to own up to this problem for 10 yrs now.*ak |
