1999 Chrysler Cirrus Complaints

(1)A 1999 CHYSLER CIRRUS WAS RUN TO NEAR EMPTY ON GAS. THE GAUGE READ BETWEEN A QUARTER TANK AND EMPTY ON THE WAY TO THE GAS STATION. UPON ARRIVING AT THE GAS STATION THE TANK WAS FILLED. AFTER FILLING WITH GAS, I PROCEEDED TO TRY AFTER START MY CAR AND IT FAILED TO FUNCTION. MY HUSBAND WHO IS A SELF-EMPLOYEED MECHANIC THOUGHT IT TO BE A PROBLEM WITH THE FUEL PUMP. (2)UPON REMOVAL OF THE GAS TANK UNIT AND THE FUEL PUMP ASSEMBLY, WE FOUND THERE TO BE A POSSIBLE HAZARD WITH THE WIRING HARNESS LOCATED INSIDE OF THE GAS TANK UNIT ITSELF. THE WIRES ACTUALLY BEGAN TO MELTS TOGETHER INSTEAD OF DISTURBING THE FUEL PUMP FUSE LOCATED NUETRALLY ON THE FUSE PANEL IN ANOTHER AREA OF THE CAR. WE FEEL THAT IF THE MELTING OF THE WIRES HAD BEEN MORE INTENSE THAT THERE COULD HAVE BEEN AN EXPLOSION DUE TO THE MIXTURE OF HEAT AND COMBUSTABLE GASES/FUMES. (3)THE FUEL PUMP WAS REPLACED WITH A NEW UNIT AND INSTALLED.

OIL LIGHT IN WELL-MAINTAINED 1999 3.5L CHRYSLER 300M CAME ON AT 68,565 MILES IN FRONT OF DEALER, WHERE CAR WAS LEFT. ENGINE MAKING NO UNUSUAL NOISES WHEN SHUT OFF. INFORMED THAT WHEN RESTARTED FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING, ENGINE WAS MAKING NOISES INDICATING SUBSTANTIAL TOP AND BOTTOM END DAMAGE, NECESSITATING REPLACEMENT FOR $5,180.22. WAS GIVEN CHRYSLER'S CUSTOMER SERVICE NUMBER BY DEALER, BUT CHRYSLER STATES THERE IS NOTHING THEY WOULD DO ABOUT IT SINCE IT WAS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY. THIS IS CLEARLY PREMATURE ENGINE FAILURE FOR WHICH THE MANUFACTURER SHOULD BEAR SOME RESPONSIBILITY. VEHICLE HAD ALSO HAD PREMATURE STEERING RACK WEAR SEVERAL YEARS PRIOR THAT WAS REPAIRED UNDER WARRANTY. *JB

I HAVE A 300M, AND I HAVE TWO CRACKS ON MY PASSENGER AIRBAG. *AK

I CRASHED INTO SAND BARRELS AFTER I WAS CUT OFF THE ROAD AND USING MY BEST JUDGEMENT, TRIED TO UTILIZE THE EXIT. THE CENTER TO LEFT OF MY 1999 CHRYSLER 300M WAS CRUSHED AND THE CAR WAS TOTALLED AT OVER 80 PERCENT DAMAGE. I RECEIVED ONLY WHIPLASH AND A BRUISE FROM THE SEATBELT. SO WHERE WERE THE AIRBAGS? CHRYSLER CLAIMED, DURING A PHONE CALL, THAT AIRBAGS ARE SMARTER AND THE COMPUTER SENSES THE EXTENT OF NECESSITY FOR AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT. WHEN THE COLLISION SHOP DECLARED THE AUTO A TOTAL LOSS AT FIRST SIGHT, ALONG WITH THE ALLSTATE APPRAISOR, I HAD TO QUESTION THE VALIDITY OF THE CHYRSLER STATEMENT. CHRYSLER SAYS THAT THE COMPUTER CAN ESTIMATE THE TIME THAT THE CAR GOES FROM (I.E) 60 TO ZERO AND MAKES THE DECISION TO DEPLOY. OTHER CARS IN THE COLLSION LOT HAD SIMILAR DAMAGE AND THEIR AIRBAGS WERE HANGING OUT OF THEIR DASHBOARDS.*AK

WHILE DRIVING ANY SPEED, THE TRANSMISSION WOULD CAUSE THE VEHICLE TO JERK FORWARD. THE DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. THE CAUSE WAS NOT DETERMINED. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.