Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1983 Chrysler NEW Yorker

What the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration knows about this vehicle: every recall, every consumer complaint, every defect investigation, every NCAP crash test. Sourced directly from NHTSA data feeds.

2
Open recalls
5
NHTSA complaints
2
Defect investigations
10
Service bulletins

Consumer complaints

5 filed
0
Crashes
0
Fires
0
Injuries reported
0
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • STRUCTURE:FRAME AND Members
    1
  • SUSPENSION:FRONT:MACPHERSON Strut
    1
  • STEERING:HYDRAULIC Power ASSIST:HOSE, PIPING, AND Connections
    1
  • Power Train
    1
  • SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER ARM
    1
  • Power TRAIN:AUTOMATIC Transmission
    1

Recalls

2 campaigns
89V052000·SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER ARM1989-03-29

FRONT SUSPENSION CROSSMEMBER MAY CORRODE AND FAIL AT LOWER CONTROL ARM REAR PIVOT MOUNTS IF OPERATED WHERE SALT IS USED TO AID IN SNOW REMOVAL.

RiskCONTROL ARM COULD DETACH FROM THE CROSSMEMBER, ADVERSELYAFFECTING DIRECTIONAL STABILITY, WHICH COULD RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT.

FixINSTALL ATTACHMENT REINFORCEMENT BRACKETS TO PREVENT CONTROL ARM DETACHMENT AS A RESULT OF CORROSION WEAKENING.

83V060000·SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS1983-06-06

LOCATION OF HYDRAULIC BRAKE TUBE TO BOTH REAR WHEELS CAUSES INTERFERENCE AND CHAFING BETWEEN THE TUBES AND REAR SUSPENSION TRAILING ARM PIVOT BRACKETS.

FixDEALER WILL INSPECT REAR WHEEL BRAKE TUBES AND REROUTE TO ENSURE PROPER TUBE TO PIVOT BRACKET CLEARANCE. ANY DAMAGED TUBES WILL ALSO BE REPLACED.

NHTSA investigations

2 actions
EA91010·POWER TRAIN1990-12-10 → 1991-12-31

TRANS PARK SYSTEM FAILURE

PE89093·SUSPENSION1989-03-01 → 1989-03-29

FRAME CORROSION

Led to recall89V052000

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