This data is from the NHTSA — the US gov't agency tasked with vehicle safety. Complaints are spread across multiple & redundant categories, & are not organized by problem.
So how do you find out what problems are occurring? For this NHTSA complaint data, the only way is to read through the comments below. Any duplicates or errors? It's not us.
There's fuel leak from the fuel rail. This leak is continous whether the engine is running or not. The car fuel consuption has gone bad. I am buying gas like crazy.
Complete and sudden failure of gasoline lines near gas tank resulting in gasoline being sprayed over exterior of fuel tank. Failure was noticed quickly and engine stopped.
Vehicle experienced a fuel leak, dealer replaced the fuel lines and fuel rail, consumer believes this should be recalled due to a potential fire hazard, consumer is also requesting reimbursement.
While parked fuel line ruptured. Had vehicle towed to dealer and repaired it. Consumer stated that the fuel line ruptured and spray fuel all over engine and onto the floor.
Under normal driving conditions the fuel line fitting failed at the point where the fuel line enters the fuel injection rail. The result was a large amount of sprayed gas all over the top of the engine. I was lucky that the engine was cold and that the gas did not ignite from the exhaust manifold or a spark from the alternator. I my opinion this should not happen under any circumstance. If this happend on a summer day the car would have been engulfed in flames in a matter of seconds. I feel that this was a serious enough defect that I am taking the time to fill out this form. The car is scheduled to be repaired tomorrow 3/8/01 so the part in question will be available if needed. The vehicle is at stevens Dodge in milford, ct (203) 876-6464 where the service is to be performed. You can contact me if you have any questions. Marc kavulich.
There is a crack in the fuel line and in the engine manifold which causes the gas to leak out of the vehicle from the fuel injector which spilled out on the top of the engine. Dealer replaced the fuel rail.
All of the problems have been reported to the dealer, as well as the Chrysler corporation. The fuel line problem was corrected. The tie rods were corrected, but the problem recurred. The delearship claims they cannot reporduce the problem with the vehicle dying. Chrysler corporation would not offer asssistance with any of the problems. The dealership had the vehicle in for various problems 25 times in less than 3 years. I am unable to take the vehicle out of town at all, fof fear it is not safe to drive at highway speed.
Fuel line fitting leak at front of manifold spills gasoline onto hot manifold. Fire hazard. Water pump leak caused overheat due to low cooant level. Coolant reservoir is not transparent enough to check coolant level - always looks full.
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- Adelphi, MD, USA