Consumer Complaint Detail

PLYMOUTH / LASER / 1992

Recalls
0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 999089020 Incident Date: Aug, 21 1999
Consumer's City: HALLSTEAD Consumer's State: PA
Vehicle Transmission Type: Manufacturers Name: Chrysler (FCA US, LLC)
Model Name: LASER Model Year: 1992
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: Yes Component's Description: Power train:transfer case (4-wheel drive)
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 4P3CT44U2NE Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Aug, 22 1999 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: Yes Purchase Date: Aug, 31 1997
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 0 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: I received a manufactures recall notice about a year ago on the transfer case of my vehicle. the notice stated that there was a problem with my transfer case which would cause the wheels to lock up. upon acceptance of this form i took my car to the nearest dealer. they checked it out and told me that everything seemed o.k. with it. now a year and 22,000 miles later, on 8/22/99 i was headed north bound on the pa turnpike at approximately 2145 hours. the car was running fine when all of the sudden my wheels locked up and sent me into a spin. when i came to a stop the car was running, but inmobile. somehow i managed not to hit anyone or anything. however i was still in the middle of the turnpike. after rocking the car back and forth several times i was able to free up the wheels enough to get the car off of the highway. i had the car towed to a chrysler dealership, where they tolled me that it was my transfer case which had forzen my wheels making the car impossible to drive. several calls were made to the chrysler corp. concerning this matter and the recall, but chrysler never returned their calls, and now i'm stuck with a 1200 repair bill, a towing bill, and a day off of work. this could have been a lot worse, this happened at the right time in the right place, i guess. i could have seriously injuried myself, or someone else and totaled my car. something this serious and dangerous should be covered by the chrysler corp.